cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring the role of physical activity during COVID-19 in the UK
Creators: name: Franco, Paul
name: D'Abundo, Michelle
name: DeLuca, Deborah
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Participation in physical activity (PA) is important to health and well-being. Prior to the pandemic, about 34% of men and 42% of women in the UK were not active enough for good health (GOV.UK, 2019). Prolonged quarantines can lead to sedentary lifestyles, which are associated with chronic health conditions (Chen et al., 2020; Mattioli et al., 2020). While many health professionals are purporting the need to stay healthy and physically active during COVID-19, there is little information about the general public’s PA during the pandemic. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the experience of PA during COVID-19. Methods: A qualitative study using the Physical Activity During COVID-19 Questionnaire (PADCQ) was conducted January-March 2021 online via SurveyMonkey®. The instrument consisted of 8 demographic items and 9 survey questions, two of which are the focus of this abstract: 1) Compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, are you currently more physically active, less or about the same? and 2) What role is physical activity playing in your life today? Data from 172 respondents were exported from Excel into Atlas.ti for analysis including preparing data, open-coding, sorting codes, and organizing themes. Results: Most respondents (57.6%) described themselves as less active, 24.4% as more active and 18.0% as about the same. 52.3% felt PA had a positive role, 29.7% had a negative outlook on PA, 3.49% had both a positive and negative outlook and 14.5% acknowledged PA without being positive or negative. Many reasons attributed to the positive PA-related responses including that it is important/vital, improves mental health/acuity and aids in general fitness. The negative outlook was primarily due to PA being a minor/minimal priority and/or having a decreased life role, particularly due to COVID-19 restrictions. Conclusions: If predictions are correct, due to climate change and other factors, the occurrence of infectious outbreaks may increase and to maintain health and well-being, public health will need to tailor PA recommendations, programming, and measurement. This information provides a baseline understanding of PA during COVID-19 and could be used to create PA promotion strategies and programs for situations where lifestyle is restricted or limited to home and/or local environments.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
THE EFFECTS OF FEED PRICES, INTEREST RATES AND FED CATTLE PRICES ON BREAKEVEN FEEDER CATTLE PRICES: A SIMULATION APPROACH
Creators: name: Menkhaus, Dale J.
name: Adams, Richard M.
name: Menkhaus, Dale J.
name: Adams, Richard M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: Using simulation, performance functions were estimated to assess the effects of rapidly changing production costs for fed cattle on feeder and fat cattle breakeven prices. From these functions response measures were calculated. They suggest inelastic relationships between production variables and breakeven prices for feeder and fat cattle.
Valence-bond crystal in a {111} slice of the pyrochlore antiferromagnet
Creators: name: Tchernyshyov, Oleg
name: Yao, Hong
name: Moessner, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate theoretically the ordering effect of quantum spin fluctuations in a Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a two-dimensional network of corner sharing tetrahedra. This network is obtained as a {111} slice of the highly frustrated pyrochlore lattice, from which it inherits the equivalence of all three pairs of opposite bonds of each tetrahedron. The lowest-order (in 1/S) quantum corrections partially lift the huge degeneracy of the classical ground state and select an ensemble of states with long-range valence-bond order.
description: 4 pages, 2 EPS figures. Minor revision: clarifications in response to referee comments, additional references
Relationship between leisure-time and occupational physical activity with depression among Brazilian adults
Creators: name: Da Costa, Bruno Gonçalves Galdino
name: Lopes, Marcus Vinicius Veber
name: Matias, Thiago Sousa
name: Silva, Kelly Samara
name: Chaput, Jean-Philippe
name: Schuch, Felipe Barreto
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The physical activity paradox suggests that while leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) provides many health benefits, occupational physical activity (OPA) is related to an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. However, whether this paradox holds for depression in a middle-income setting is unknown. Purpose: To test the association between LTPA and OPA with depression in a nationwide sample of Brazilian adults. Methods: This cross-sectional sample comprises adults who participated in the Brazilian National Health Survey 2019. Depression was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, with scores ≥9 being considered as having depression. Participants reported how much time per week they spent in LTPA and OPA. Sex, age, and education were used as covariates in logistic regression models. Results: Participants (n=88,522; 53% females; 44.9 ± 17.2 years old) reported 100.1 min/week of LTPA. Adults in the workforce (n=52,468) spent 564.4 min/week in OPA. Compared to not engaging in any LTPA, participants who engaged in 1-149 (OR=0.67, 95%CI: 0.59;0.76), 150-300 (OR=0.64, 95%CI: 0.57;0.72), and ≥301 (OR=0.70, 95%CI: 0.61;0.81) min/week of LTPA had lower odds of depression. On the other hand, those exceeding 300 min/week of OPA had higher odds of depression (OR=1.32, 95%CI 1.17;1.50) compared to those who did not engage in OPA. Conclusions: LTPA and OPA are associated with lower and higher odds of depression, respectively, among Brazilian adults. These results suggest that not all physical activities are equivalent when depression is concerned, and workers exposed to high volumes of OPA could especially benefit from mental health care. Funding: The Brazilian National Health Survey 2019 was funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. No funding was received for this study
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Secure Prolog-Based Mobile Code
Creators: name: Loke, Seng Wai
name: Davison, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.1.6; D.3.2

description: LogicWeb mobile code consists of Prolog-like rules embedded in Web pages, thereby adding logic programming behaviour to those pages. Since LogicWeb programs are downloaded from foreign hosts and executed locally, there is a need to protect the client from buggy or malicious code. A security model is crucial for making LogicWeb mobile code safe to execute. This paper presents such a model, which supports programs of varying trust levels by using different resource access policies. The implementation of the model derives from an extended operational semantics for the LogicWeb language, which provides a precise meaning of safety.
description: Appeared in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, vol. 1, no. 3, 2001
Additional file 5 of A novel approach to conducting clinical trials in the community setting: utilizing patient-driven platforms and social media to drive web-based patient recruitment
Creators: name: Applequist, Janelle
name: Burroughs, Cristina
name: Ramirez, Artemio
name: Merkel, Peter A.
name: Rothenberg, Marc E.
name: Trapnell, Bruce
name: Desnick, Robert J.
name: Sahin, Mustafa
name: Krischer, Jeffrey P.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5. Supplementary File 5 PRISM Patient Participant Interview Guide
Update constraints on neutrino mass and mass hierarchy in light of dark energy models
Creators: name: Liu, Zhenjie
name: Miao, Haitao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Combining cosmic microwave background (CMB) data from Planck satellite data, Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) measurements and Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) data, we obtain the bounds on total neutrino masses $M_ν$ with the approximation of degenerate neutrino masses and for three dark energy models: the cosmological constant ($Λ$CDM) model, a phenomenological emergent dark energy (PEDE) model and a model-independent quintessential parameterization (HBK). The bounds on the sum of neutrino masses $M_ν$ depend on the dark energy (DE) models. In the HBK model, we confirm the conclusion from some previous work that the quintessence prior of dark energy tends to tighten the cosmological constraint on $M_ν$. On the other hand, the PEDE model leads to larger $M_ν$ and a nonzero lower bound. Besides, we also explore the correlation between three different neutrino hierarchies and dark energy models.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures, published in IJMPD
Coherent states with complex functions
Creators: name: Thirulogasanthar, K.
name: Honnouvo, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The canonical coherent states are expressed as infinite series in powers of a complex number $z$ in their infinite series version. In this article we present classes of coherent states by replacing this complex number $z$ by other choices, namely, iterates of a complex function, higher functions and elementary functions. Further, we show that some of these classes do not furnish generalized oscillator algebras in the natural way. A reproducing kernel Hilbert space is discussed to each class of coherent states.
description: 14 pages
Learning in Young Children: A Study of the Ability of Young Children to Learn to React to a Size Relationship
Creators: name: Stewart, Florence D.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education

description: Recognition of the importance of the early years in the development of the individual is both a result and a cause of the increasing interest in the preschool child. By means of many observations and experiments, much has been learned which has made the proper training of the child less an art and more a science.Various studies have emphasized the importance of the differences between adult and child behavior.
The effect of leisure time physical activity and sedentary behaviour on the health of workers with different occupational physical activity demands: a systematic review
Creators: name: Prince Ware, Stephanie
name: Rasmussen, Charlotte
name: Biswas, Aviroop
name: Holtermann, Andreas
name: Aulakh, Tarnbir
name: Merucci, Katherine
name: Coenen, Pieter
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Although it is generally accepted that physical activity (PA) reduces the risk for chronic disease and mortality, accumulating evidence suggests that occupational PA (OPA) may not confer the same health benefits as leisure time PA (LTPA). It is also unclear if workers in high OPA jobs benefit from LTPA the same way as those in sedentary jobs. Purpose: To determine whether LTPA and leisure time sedentary behaviour (LTSB) confer the same health effects across occupations with different levels of OPA. Methods: Five bibliographic databases were searched from inception to June 2020. Prospective or experimental studies which examined the effects of LTPA or LTSB on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal pain, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, arrhythmias and depression among adult workers grouped by OPA (low OPA/sitters, standers, moderate OPA/intermittent movers, high OPA/heavy labourers). Results: The review includes 38 papers. Across all outcomes, except cardiovascular mortality, metabolic syndrome and atrial fibrillation, greater LTPA was consistently protective among low OPA, but conferred less protection among moderate and high OPA. For cardiovascular mortality and metabolic syndrome, higher levels of LTPA were generally associated with similar risk reductions among all OPA groups. Few studies examined effects in standers and none examined effects of LTSB across OPA groups. Conclusions: Evidence suggests that LTPA is beneficial for all workers, but with larger risk reductions among those with low compared to high OPA jobs. Tailored interventions for different occupational groups may be required. More high-quality studies are needed to establish recommended levels of LTPA/LTSB for different OPA groups. Funding: None.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Movement profiles associated with the optimal cardiometabolic health of workers: A cluster analysis of Canadian population-based accelerometry data
Creators: name: Biswas, Aviroop
name: Chen, Cynthia
name: Prince Ware, Stephanie
name: Smith, Peter
name: Mustard, Cameron
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: There is a scarcity of population-based, accelerometry data describing the movement patterns of workers at work and outside work, while the relationship between variations in workers' movements and their health effects is not well understood. By examining the different movement patterns of workers, we can better recommend movement patterns that are both feasible and beneficial for optimal health. Purpose: To develop cluster profiles from accelerometry-based population-level movement data of workers at work and outside work, and identify which profiles are associated with optimal cardiometabolic health. Methods: Accelerometry and clinically-measured health outcome data from 11,250 working adults who responded to the Canada Health Measures Survey (2007 to 2017) were examined. A cluster analysis statistical data-mining approach was used to examine the common types of distinct movement patterns based on the average time spent in sedentary behaviour (SB), light-, moderate-, and vigorous- intensity physical activity (PA) over a week. Multivariable regressions models were fit to examine associations between each movement cluster and cardiometabolic risk markers (blood pressure, cholesterol, waist circumference, triglycerides) and 10-year risk score of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Model estimates were examined for differences according to gender, age, and BMI. Clusters were also described by occupational and industry classification codes. Results: The cluster profile corresponding with engaging in mostly moderate-to-vigorous PA over the waking day was associated with the most optimal cardiometabolic health outcomes for the full sample and this finding was consistent across gender, age, and BMI. The least optimal cardiometabolic profile was associated with workers with the lowest movement counts over the working day, although this varied for certain sample subgroups. Conclusions: The healthiest profile of workers were those who engaged in the highest intensity of PA over their work and non-work hours. The unhealthiest worker profile differed according to gender, age, and BMI status. The findings can inform health promotion strategies which take into account the real-world movement profiles of workers. Funding: Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant (#FRN162244).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
THE ROLE OF THE CRITIC AND THE LOGIC OF CRITICISM IN HEGEL, BRUNO BAUER, AND THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL
Creators: name: Jetli, Arun Kumar
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 5003
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Admittedly, the dialectical philosophy of the Frankfurt School has its basis in Hegel; however, it is not commonplace knowledge that the continuity between the latter and the former lies in the following phenomena: (1)the privileged role of the Critic or the philosopher; (2)the dialectical logic of criticism that perceives the world in a state of crises. The Frankfurt School re-evaluates the privileged role of the Critic that was implicit in Hegel and explicit in Bruno Bauer in the light of a perpetual crisis giving import to an antithetical escalation between the Critic (theory) and the crisis (practice). The research claims that Hegel introduced the privilege of the Critic which enabled him to criticize every other philosophy because it was rooted in the crisis of its time. Hegel, however, failed to recognize the antagonism between the Critic and the world, which his logic had made inevitable. Bruno Bauer overcame this shortcoming by exposing the dialectic as a science of an antithetical escalation. Bauer in turn utilized the thesis of an antithetical escalation without explicating the logic behind it. This logic was provided approximately a century later by the Frankfurt School. The Frankfurt School exposes the critical logic as a purely negative system that discards all ontological structures, including the seemingly self-evident notion of self-sameness of objects. The undertaking follows a developmental approach. It exposes Hegel's thesis of mediation and antithetics as a thesis espousing an antithetical escalation between the Critic and the world without knowing about this very antagonism. Bauer is seen as a Hegelian who brings this antagonism into a sharper focus by positing the Critic as an antithesis of the masses. The Frankfurt School gives the method of the antithetical escalation a logical shape by attacking all a priori structures in the logic of non-identity. There are two important consequences of the research. First, the logic of non-identity is a culmination of the Hegelian dialectic in its sharpest stage; second, it is opposed to the very foundation of Hegelianism in that it separates the instrumental knowledge from a critical knowledge, re-establishing a dualism in knowledge, reminiscent of Kant. Two important conclusions can be drawn from this research: first, that the logic of Criticism is Hegelian and yet leads to anti-Hegelian conclusions; second, and more important, the contradictory position of this logic leads to an unbridgeable gap between theory and practice, and a concept and its realization. As a result, this philosophy cannot be acceptable to dialectical materialists, who always find a link between theory and practice, and a concept and its realization.
Physical activity, sedentary behavior and outcomes health of workers in Chile according to the 2017 National Health Survey
Creators: name: Leppe, Jaime
name: Leppe, Marco
name: Roa-Alcaino, Sonia
name: Sarmiento, Olga
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Work is associated with physical activity (PA) levels and sedentary behaviours (SB). Purpose: This study aims to determine the level of PA, SB, and the association with health outcomes of the employed population, according to the 2017 National Health Survey for different types of occupations. Methods: The sample was n=2024 subjects; 49.7% are women, and 88% from urban areas. The working population was defined as subjects who reported working for income in the last 12 months. PA and SB were obtained from the GPAQ reported in the survey. Wilcoxon, Kruskal-Wallis, and Chi-square tests were used. Logistic regresión were used in the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms. Results: 71.7% was classified as sufficiently active, 25.1% reported an SB >=4 hours/day, with no differences within sex. The Total PA was P50=125 RIQ=23-381 min/day. By PA domain was: Travel P50=20 RIQ=0-60 min/day, Work P50=0 RIQ=0-257 min/day and Leisure time P50=0 RIQ=0-13 min/day. For SB P50=120 RIQ=60-300 min/day. Cardiovascular risk, metabolic syndrome, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus reported less time of PA of leisure time p <0.05. There is not a difference in the other domains. The risk of musculoskeletal symptoms increases with PA at work, SB more than 4 hours OR=1.5 CI (1.1-2.1), age, and being a woman. Conclusion: PA and SB are risk factors for workers' health. The workplace is an environment that can be intervened to improve the health of the population.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
THE ROLE OF THE CRITIC AND THE LOGIC OF CRITICISM IN HEGEL, BRUNO BAUER, AND THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL
Creators: name: Jetli, Arun Kumar
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Admittedly, the dialectical philosophy of the Frankfurt School has its basis in Hegel; however, it is not commonplace knowledge that the continuity between the latter and the former lies in the following phenomena: (1)the privileged role of the Critic or the philosopher; (2)the dialectical logic of criticism that perceives the world in a state of crises. The Frankfurt School re-evaluates the privileged role of the Critic that was implicit in Hegel and explicit in Bruno Bauer in the light of a perpetual crisis giving import to an antithetical escalation between the Critic (theory) and the crisis (practice). The research claims that Hegel introduced the privilege of the Critic which enabled him to criticize every other philosophy because it was rooted in the crisis of its time. Hegel, however, failed to recognize the antagonism between the Critic and the world, which his logic had made inevitable. Bruno Bauer overcame this shortcoming by exposing the dialectic as a science of an antithetical escalation. Bauer in turn utilized the thesis of an antithetical escalation without explicating the logic behind it. This logic was provided approximately a century later by the Frankfurt School. The Frankfurt School exposes the critical logic as a purely negative system that discards all ontological structures, including the seemingly self-evident notion of self-sameness of objects. The undertaking follows a developmental approach. It exposes Hegel's thesis of mediation and antithetics as a thesis espousing an antithetical escalation between the Critic and the world without knowing about this very antagonism. Bauer is seen as a Hegelian who brings this antagonism into a sharper focus by positing the Critic as an antithesis of the masses. The Frankfurt School gives the method of the antithetical escalation a logical shape by attacking all a priori structures in the logic of non-identity. There are two important consequences of the research. First, the logic of non-identity is a culmination of the Hegelian dialectic in its sharpest stage; second, it is opposed to the very foundation of Hegelianism in that it separates the instrumental knowledge from a critical knowledge, re-establishing a dualism in knowledge, reminiscent of Kant. Two important conclusions can be drawn from this research: first, that the logic of Criticism is Hegelian and yet leads to anti-Hegelian conclusions; second, and more important, the contradictory position of this logic leads to an unbridgeable gap between theory and practice, and a concept and its realization. As a result, this philosophy cannot be acceptable to dialectical materialists, who always find a link between theory and practice, and a concept and its realization.
Who will more likely improve in a program promoting healthy lifestyle habits at work?
Creators: name: Kugathasan, Thiffya
name: Gilbert, Jo-Anne
name: Laberge, Suzanne
name: Mathieu, Marie-Eve
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Few studies have examined who positively responds to programs promoting healthy lifestyle habits (LHs) at work. More precisely, baseline characteristics that predict LH improvements need to be studied to improve the effectiveness of the program. Purpose: To identify predictors of improvement in LHs [physical activity (PA), eating habits, sleep habits, and stress management] and in health risk factors [stress levels at work and body mass index (BMI)]. Methods: Baseline and post-program data of 506 employees who participated in the Activate Your Health program and had the potential to improve at least one outcome were used. An online questionnaire provided self-reported sociodemographic data, health- and stress-related variables, perceived general health and life satisfaction, LHs of interest, and the intention to improve them in the next six months. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used. Results: Being a man and intending to improve alcohol consumption increased the odds of improving PA (both p<0.05). Intending to improve sleep habits and reporting depression predicted stress management improvement (both p<0.05). Having a very good/excellent perceived general health, poor sleep habits, high alcohol consumption, and intending to improve stress management increased odds of improving stress levels at work (all p<0.05). Reporting feelings of pleasure increased the odds of BMI improvement (p<0.05). Conclusions: To improve LHs, health promotion professionals should implement a targeted approach when offering multiple habits programs to employees who may need them the most. Funding: Public Health Agency of Canada and Capsana.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Solar Neutron Event in Association with a Large Solar Flare on November 24, 2000
Creators: name: Watanabe, K.
name: Muraki, Y.
name: Matsubara, Y.
name: Murakami, K.
name: Sako, T.
name: Tsuchiya, H.
name: Masuda, S.
name: Yoshimori, M.
name: Ohmori, N.
name: Miranda, P.
name: Martinic, N.
name: Ticona, R.
name: Velarde, A.
name: Kakimoto, F.
name: Ogio, S.
name: Tsunesada, Y.
name: Tokuno, H.
name: Shirasaki, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solar neutrons have been detected using the neutron monitor located at Mt. Chacaltaya, Bolivia, in association with a large solar flare on November 24, 2000. This is the first detection of solar neutrons by the neutron monitor that have been reported so far in solar cycle 23. The statistical significance of the detection is 5.5 sigma. In this flare, the intense emission of hard X-rays and gamma-rays has been observed by the Yohkoh Hard X-ray Telescope (HXT) and Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS), respectively. The production time of solar neutrons is better correlated with those of hard X-rays and gamma-rays than with the production time of soft X-rays. The observations of the solar neutrons on the ground have been limited to solar flares with soft X-ray class greater than X8 in former solar cycles. In this cycle, however, neutrons were detected associated with an X2.3 solar flare on November 24, 2000. This is the first report of the detection of solar neutrons on the ground associated with a solar flare with its X-ray class smaller than X8.
description: 20 pages, 12 figures. accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Robust topological order in fermionic $\mathbb{Z}_2$ gauge theories: from Aharonov-Bohm instability to soliton-induced deconfinement
Creators: name: González-Cuadra, Daniel
name: Tagliacozzo, Luca
name: Lewenstein, Maciej
name: Bermudez, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topologically-ordered phases of matter, although stable against local perturbations, are usually restricted to relatively small regions in phase diagrams. Their preparation requires thus a precise fine tunning of the system's parameters, a very challenging task in most experimental setups. In this work, we investigate a model of spinless fermions interacting with dynamical $\mathbb{Z}_2$ gauge fields on a cross-linked ladder, and show evidence of topological order throughout the full parameter space. In particular, we show how a magnetic flux is spontaneously generated through the ladder due to an Aharonov-Bohm instability, giving rise to topological order even in the absence of a plaquette term. Moreover, the latter coexists here with a symmetry-protected topological phase in the matter sector, that displays fractionalised gauge-matter edge states, and intertwines with it by a flux-threading phenomenon. Finally, we unveil the robustness of these features through a gauge frustration mechanism, akin to geometric frustration in spin liquids, allowing topological order to survive to arbitrarily large quantum fluctuations. In particular, we show how, at finite chemical potential, topological solitons are created in the gauge field configuration, which bound to fermions forming $\mathbb{Z}_2$ deconfined quasi-particles. The simplicity of the model makes it an ideal candidate where 2D gauge theory phenomena, as well as exotic topological effects, can be investigated using cold-atom quantum simulators.
Eubulus KIRSCH 1869
Creators: name: Anderson, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Eubulus

description: Key to species of Eubulus Kirsch in the United States and Canada
 1. Size larger (4.8–6.5 mm); frons foveate; eyes separated by almost width of base of rostrum in frontal view; area above each eye with oblique subcarinate ridge; femora each with two distinct teeth on inner margin, basal (proximal) tooth low and rounded................................... E. parochus (Herbst)
19. Size smaller (2.8–4.9 mm); frons not foveate; eyes separated by half to almost width of base of rostrum in frontal view; oblique subcarinate ridge above each eye very low or lacking; femora each with two small indistinct teeth on inner margin, hind femora only with small single tooth, or margin simple, lacking tooth..................................................................... 2
 2. Pronotum with median tuft of suberect to erect broad scales (may be abraded); eyes separated by about two-thirds to almost width of rostrum at base; femora each with two very small, indistinct teeth on inner margin; male first ventrite longitudinally concave medially, last ventrite of both sexes with uniformly appressed, broad scales, scales lighter in color laterally on ventrites 3–5; aedeagus subparallel throughout basal one half of length, internal sac with no obvious denticles; tergite VIII of female broadly rounded, apical margin finely dentate........................................ E. bisignatus (Say)
 29. Pronotum lacking median tuft of suberect or erect broad scales; eyes separated by about half width of rostrum at base, eyes slightly converging dorsally; front and middle femora each lacking teeth along inner margin, hind femora with single small tooth; male first ventrite uniformly convex, ventrite 5 with fine, golden, bifid scales each directed towards middle of posterior margin; females with all ventrites with broad appressed scales uniform in form and color; aedeagus constricted near base, internal sac with dentate longitudinal fold throughout length; tergite VIII of female narrowed, apical margin with 4 large denticles.................. E. obliquefasciatus (Boheman)
description: Published as part of Anderson, Robert S., 2008, A Review Of The Genus Eubulus Kirsch 1869 In The United States And Canada (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae), pp. 287-296 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 62 (2) on pages 288-289, DOI: 10.1649/1064.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924310
Measuring the Small-Scale Power Spectrum of Cosmic Density Fluctuations Through 21 cm Tomography Prior to the Epoch of Structure Formation
Creators: name: Loeb, Abraham
name: Zaldarriaga, Matias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The thermal evolution of the cosmic gas decoupled from that of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at a redshift z~200. Afterwards and before the first stars had formed, the cosmic neutral hydrogen absorbed the CMB flux at its resonant 21cm spin-flip transition. We calculate the evolution of the spin temperature for this transition and the resulting anisotropies that are imprinted on the CMB sky due to linear density fluctuations during this epoch. These anisotropies at an observed wavelength of 10.56[(1+z)/50] meters, contain an amount of information that is orders of magnitude larger than any other cosmological probe. Their detection, although challenging, could tightly constrain any possible running of the spectral index from inflation (as suggested by WMAP), small deviations from Gaussianity, or any significant contribution from neutrinos or warm dark matter to the cosmic mass budget.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
Get Up and Go: Factors Determining Game On Grant Recipients Success in Increasing Students' Physical Activity
Creators: name: Rosner, Amanda
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Action for Healthy Kids
subject: children
subject: obesity
subject: school
subject: health risk
subject: Pediatric Obesity
subject: Physical Education and Training
subject: Health Promotion
subject: Diet, Food, and Nutrition
subject: Data Analysis

description: This culminating experience focuses on school-based interventions to fight childhood obesity, seeking to identify what characteristics are shared amongst successful interventions versus unsuccessful interventions. The incorporated research is conducted on data provided by Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) about their Game On (GO) grants. AFHK is a national nonprofit organization that strives to improve the health of children across the country with school-based physical activity and nutrition initiatives. One of the organizations main programs is their GO grants, which they give to schools, so they can implement successful school health programs. The five steps of a GO program are to assemble a school health team, conduct a school health index, create and implement a wellness plan, select school specific activities, and engage families and communities. Some of the many suggestions for activities include before school programming, healthy food taste testing, salad bars, and walk/bike to school initiatives. The goal of this data analysis is to provide recommendations to both AFHK and to schools, so as to increase the success of future school-based childhood obesity initiatives. Using a statistical analysis and thematic coding, this paper highlights the most successful solutions for physical activity initiatives in schools are implementing before school activities, walk/bike programs, and gymnasium and play space refurbishment.
Does the Community Rating System Work? Evidence from Two Gulf Coast States
Creators: name: Frimpong, Eugene
name: Petrolia, Daniel
name: Harri, Ardian
name: Frimpong, Eugene
name: Petrolia, Daniel
name: Harri, Ardian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Community Rating System (CRS)
subject: damage claims payments
subject: fixed effects
subject: flood insurance
subject: flood mitigation
subject: flood risk
subject: genetic matching
subject: Mundlak
subject: National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

description: The Community Rating System (CRS) was introduced to encourage community-level flood mitigation and increase household-level National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) participation. It is not clear, however, if and to what extent community participation in the CRS increases household participation in the NFIP and decreases damage claims payments. We employ genetic matching methods and estimate Mundlak-style panel regression models that control for key geospatial, socioeconomic, and time effects to isolate the CRS treatment effect on these outcomes. Results show a positive and significant effect of CRS participation on NFIP participation. CRS effect on damage claims payments is negative but not significant.
De novo topology optimization of Total Ossicular Replacement Prostheses
Creators: name: Milazzo, Mario
name: Muyshondt, Pieter G. G.
name: Carstensen, Josephine
name: Dirckx, Joris J. J.
name: Danti, Serena
name: Buehler, Markus J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Conductive hearing loss, due to middle ear pathologies or traumas, affects more than 5% of the population worldwide. Passive prostheses to replace the ossicular chain mainly rely on piston-like titanium and/or hydroxyapatite devices, which in the long term suffer from extrusion. Although the basic shape of such devices always consists of a base for contact with the eardrum and a stem to have mechanical connection with the residual bony structures, a plethora of topologies have been proposed, mainly to help surgical positioning. In this work, we optimize the topology of a total ossicular replacement prosthesis, by maximizing the global stiffness and under the smallest possible volume constraint that ensures material continuity. This investigation optimizes the prosthesis topology in response to static displacement loads with amplitudes that normally occur during sound stimulation in a frequency range between 100 Hz and 10 kHz. Following earlier studies, we discuss how the presence and arrangement of holes on the surface of the prosthesis plate in contact with the umbo affect the overall geometry. Finally, we validate the designs through a finite-element model, in which we assess the prosthesis performance upon dynamic sound pressure loads by considering four different constitutive materials: titanium, cortical bone, silk, and collagen/hydroxyapatite. The results show that the selected prostheses present, almost independently of their constitutive material, a vibroacustic behavior close to that of the native ossicular chain, with a slight almost constant positive shift that reaches a maximum of 5 dB close to 1 kHz. This work represents a reference for the development of a new generation of middle ear prostheses with non-conventional topologies for fabrication via additive manufacturing technologies or ultraprecision machining in order to create patient-specific devices.
Leveraging professional sports teams to encourage healthy behavior: Calgary Flames Health Training Camp Events
Creators: name: Ori, Elaine
name: Berry, Tanya
name: McCormack, Gavin
name: Brett, Kelly
name: Lambros, George
name: Ghali, William
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Professional sporting teams may be well-positioned to act as promoters of health behaviors given their fixture within a community, and association with physical activity, nutrition and other healthy behaviors. Over four years, the Calgary Flames Sport and Entertainment Corporation in conjunction with local health promotion professionals, delivered a health promotion event to the public, The Calgary Flames Health Training Camp (FHTC) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Purpose: The purpose of these annual events has been to inspire and encourage healthy behavior uptake and adherence. A description of the FHTC over each of four years (2015-2018), lessons learned, and some evaluative work done alongside the event on two of the four years. Methods: In 2017, self-report surveys were administered to event attendees in order to assess current health status including physical activity, socio-cognitive variables, health information preference, and intention to make healthful behavior change based on event attendance. Biometric data was collected including blood pressure, height, weight, and resting heart rate. Results: Evaluations of the four consecutive events showed that the Calgary Flames Sport and Entertainment Corporation has an ability to attract substantial numbers of the general public to attend FHTC events. Self-report measures from 2017 suggest that already-active populations may be most interested in attending however, the events do appear to inspire attendees to consider behavioural changes for health. Conclusions: The events helped to identify individuals with health risks requiring medical attention. Positive community health impacts may arise from collaboration between health promoters and professional sporting organizations. Funding: This study and the Flames Health Training Camps were supported by in-kind contributions from the O'Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary. TRB is supported by the Canada Research Chairs program.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Association between cardiovascular risk and coronary artery disease in Masters athletes
Creators: name: Morrison, Barbara
name: Isserow, Saul
name: MacDonald, Mackenzie
name: Cater, Carlee
name: Zwaiman, Ingrid
name: Taunton, Jack
name: McKinney, James
name: Warburton, Darren
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Studies have shown that coronary artery disease (CAD) is more prevalent in those with a lifelong exercise history compared to the general population and that cardiovascular risk scores (i.e., Framingham Risk Score (FRS)) underestimate the presence of CAD in Masters athletes (> 35 years old). Purpose: To establish whether physical activity intensity and volume in a highly active population contributes to the risk of CAD. Methods: Masters athletes (n=799) underwent yearly cardiovascular screening for five years, including, anthropometrics, blood pressure, blood lipids (to determine FRS), and a health survey. Participants with an abnormal screen underwent further evaluations. All variables of interest (age, sex, FRS, body mass index, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, family history, physical activity volume, lifetime training hours, history of hypertension) were aggregated up to the first diagnosis for those that were diagnosed and aggregated over the entire time period for those who were not diagnosed. Logistic regression analysis assessed the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and CAD. Results: 81 (10%) Masters athletes were diagnosed with CAD over the study period. Increasing age (OR=1.05, 95%CI 1.00-1.09; p=0.038), FRS (%) (OR=1.09, 95%CI 1.03-1.16; p=0.003), and LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) (OR=1.71, 95% CI 1.22-2.40; p=0.002) were statistically significant in predicting the presence of CAD, whereas physical activity intensity and volume were not. Conclusions: These results support the utility of the cardiovascular risk score (FRS) in predicting CAD in Masters athletes, whereas physical activity/exercise participation does not. Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN: 157930), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN-2018-04613), and MITACs.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additive Manufacturing Approaches for Hydroxyapatite-Reinforced Composites
Creators: name: Milazzo, Mario
name: Negrini, Nicola Contessi
name: Scialla, Stefania
name: Marelli, Benedetto
name: Farè, Silvia
name: Danti, Serena
name: Buehler, Markus J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have gained interest in the tissue engineering field thanks to their versatility and unique possibilities of producing constructs with complex macroscopic geometries and defined patterns. Recently, composite materials - namely heterogeneous biomaterials identified as continuous phase (matrix) and reinforcement (filler) - have been proposed as inks that can be processed by AM to obtain scaffolds with improved biomimetic and bioactive properties. Significant efforts have been dedicated to hydroxyapatite (HA)-reinforced composites, especially targeting bone tissue engineering, thanks to the chemical similarities of HA with respect to mineral components of native mineralized tissues. Here we review applications of AM techniques to process HA-reinforced composites and biocomposites for the production of scaffolds with biological matrices, including cellular tissues. The primary outcomes of recent investigations in terms of morphological, structural, and in vitro and in vivo biological properties of the materials are discussed. We classify the approaches based on the nature of the matrices employed to embed the HA reinforcements and produce the tissue substitutes and report a critical discussion on the presented state of the art as well as the future perspectives, to offer a comprehensive picture of the strategies investigated as well as challenges in this emerging field.
Light-Front Hadron Dynamics and AdS/CFT Correspondence
Creators: name: Brodsky, S. J.
name: de Teramond, G. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A remarkable consequence of the AdS/CFT correspondence is the nonperturbative derivation of dimensional counting rules for hard scattering processes. Using string/gauge duality we derive the QCD power behavior of light-front Fock-state hadronic wavefunctions for hard scattering in the large-$r$ region of the AdS space from the conformal isometries which determine the scaling of string states as we approach the boundary from the interior of AdS space. The nonperturbative scaling results are obtained for spin-zero and spin-$\half$ hadrons and are extended to include the orbital angular momentum dependence of the constituents in the light-front Fock-expansion. The correspondence with string states is considered for hadronic states of arbitrary orbital angular momentum for a given hadron of spin $\leq 2$. We examine the implications of the color configuration of hadronic Fock-states for the QCD structure of scattering amplitudes at large $N_C$. Quark interchange amplitudes emerge as the dominant large $N_C$ scattering mechanisms for conformal QCD.
description: LaTex, 21 pages. Additional references, corrected color factors, and corrected Dirac conformal dimensions