cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Mixed Cooperative-Competitive Communication Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Creators: name: Vanneste, Astrid
name: Van Wijnsberghe, Wesley
name: Vanneste, Simon
name: Mets, Kevin
name: Mercelis, Siegfried
name: Latré, Steven
name: Hellinckx, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: By using communication between multiple agents in multi-agent environments, one can reduce the effects of partial observability by combining one agent's observation with that of others in the same dynamic environment. While a lot of successful research has been done towards communication learning in cooperative settings, communication learning in mixed cooperative-competitive settings is also important and brings its own complexities such as the opposing team overhearing the communication. In this paper, we apply differentiable inter-agent learning (DIAL), designed for cooperative settings, to a mixed cooperative-competitive setting. We look at the difference in performance between communication that is private for a team and communication that can be overheard by the other team. Our research shows that communicating agents are able to achieve similar performance to fully observable agents after a given training period in our chosen environment. Overall, we find that sharing communication across teams results in decreased performance for the communicating team in comparison to results achieved with private communication.
Novel 3-substituted coumarins inspire a custom pharmacology prediction pipeline: an anticancer discovery adventure
Creators: name: Matar, Islam K
name: Muhammad, Zeinab A
name: Gomha, Sobhi M
name: Al-Hussain, Sami A
name: Al-Ali, Maha
name: Zaki, Magdi EA
name: El-Khouly, Ahmed S
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Aim: This research aims to expand the established pharmacological space of tumor-associated carbonic anhydrases (TACAs) by exploring the synthetically accessible chemical space of 3-substituted coumarins, with the help of in silico pharmacology prediction. Materials & methods: 52 novel 3-substituted coumarins were sketched, prioritizing synthetic feasibility. Their pharmacological potentials were estimated using a custom machine-learning approach. 17 compounds were predicted as cytotoxic against HeLa cells by interfering with TACAs. Those compounds were synthesized and biologically tested against HeLa cells. The three most potent compounds were assayed against multiple carbonic anhydrases, and their enzyme binding mechanism(s) were studied using molecular docking. Results: Experimental results exhibited pronounced consensus with in silico pharmacology predictions. Conclusion: Novel 3-substituted coumarins are herein dispatched to the cancer therapeutics space. An innovative series of 52 synthetically feasible 3-substituted coumarins were sketched for in silico pharmacology exploration. A custom pharmacology prediction pipeline was constructed by exploiting open cheminformatics and machine-learning resources. 17 compounds were predicted to possess cytotoxic activity against HeLa cancer cells by targeting tumorigenic carbonic anhydrases. The 17 potentially cytotoxic compounds were synthesized and tested in vitro against the HeLa cell line. Most compounds displayed potent cytotoxic activity as predicted, with compounds 15, 20 and 22 exhibiting the highest activity. Compounds 15, 20 and 22 were, subsequently, tested against carbonic anhydrases I, II, IX and XII to assess their affinity/selectivity against the different carbonic anhydrase isoforms. The three compounds displayed pronounced activity, with compounds 15 and 20 demonstrating considerable selectivity. Molecular docking studies revealed interesting insights into the molecular pharmacology of compounds 15, 20 and 22 against the carbonic anhydrases in question.
The Initiation of Shear Band Formation in Deformed Metallic Glasses from Soft Localized Domains
Creators: name: Wang, Xinyi
name: Zhang, Hao
name: Douglas, Jack F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has long been thought that shear band (SB) formation in amorphous solids initiates from relatively 'soft' regions in the material in which large-scale non-affine deformations become localized. The test of this hypothesis requires an effective means of identifying 'soft' regions and their evolution as the material is deformed to varying degrees, where the metric of 'softness' must also account for the effect of temperature on local material stiffness. We show that the mean square atomic displacement on a caging timescale , the 'Debye-Waller factor', provides a useful method for estimating the shear modulus of the entire material and, by extension, the material stiffness at an atomic scale. Based on this 'softness' metrology, we observe that SB formation indeed occurs through the strain-induced formation of localized soft regions in our deformed metallic glass free-standing films. Unexpectedly, the critical strain condition of SB formation occurs when the softness () distribution within the emerging soft regions approaches that of the interfacial region in its undeformed state, initiating an instability with similarities to the transition to turbulence. Correspondingly, no SBs arise when the material is so thin that the entire material can be approximately described as being 'interfacial' in nature. We also quantify relaxation in the glass and the nature and origin of highly non-Gaussian particle displacements in the dynamically heterogeneous SB regions at times longer than the caging time.
Thermal derivation of the Coleman-De Luccia tunneling prescription
Creators: name: Brown, Adam R.
name: Weinberg, Erick J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the rate for transitions between de Sitter vacua by treating the field theory on the static patch as a thermal system. This reproduces the Coleman-De Luccia formalism for calculating the rate, but leads to a modified interpretation of the bounce solution and a different prediction for the evolution of the system after tunneling. The bounce is seen to correspond to a sequence of configurations interpolating between initial and final configurations on either side of the tunneling barrier, all of which are restricted to the static patch. The final configuration, which gives the initial data on the static patch for evolution after tunneling, is obtained from one half of a slice through the center of the bounce, while the other half gives the configuration before tunneling. The formalism makes no statement about the fields beyond the horizon. This approach resolves several puzzling aspects and interpretational issues concerning the Coleman-De Luccia and Hawking-Moss bounces. We work in the limit where the back reaction of matter on metric can be ignored, but argue that the qualitative aspects remain in the more general case. The extension to tunneling between anti-de Sitter vacua is discussed.
description: 28 pages, 5 figures; minor rephrasing, typos corrected
Effects of Supernova Feedback on the Formation of Galaxies
Creators: name: Scannapieco, Cecilia
name: Tissera, Patricia B.
name: White, Simon D. M.
name: Springel, Volker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of Supernova (SN) feedback on the formation of galaxies using hydrodynamical simulations in a Lambda-CDM cosmology. We use an extended version of the code GADGET-2 which includes chemical enrichment and energy feedback by Type II and Type Ia SN, metal-dependent cooling and a multiphase model for the gas component. We focus on the effects of SN feedback on the star formation process, galaxy morphology, evolution of the specific angular momentum and chemical properties. We find that SN feedback plays a fundamental role in galaxy evolution, producing a self-regulated cycle for star formation, preventing the early consumption of gas and allowing disks to form at late times. The SN feedback model is able to reproduce the expected dependence on virial mass, with less massive systems being more strongly affected.
description: To appear in "The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context"; Proceedings of IAU254; 9-13 June 2008; Copenhagen; v2: typo corrected; uses iaus.cls
Disinfection Technology for Auricularia auricula in Bag Cultivation: Problems and Countermeasures
Creators: name: WANG Xianggang
name: LI Yanfang
name: ZANG Fengzhi
name: MIAO Yuanxia
name: WANG Hui
name: YIN Xiaoyu
name: SHI Chunge
name: WANG Xianggang
name: LI Yanfang
name: ZANG Fengzhi
name: MIAO Yuanxia
name: WANG Hui
name: YIN Xiaoyu
name: SHI Chunge
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Auricularia auricular, Disinfection technology, Problems and countermeasures

description: This article analyzes the problems existing in disinfection technology for Auricularia auricular in bag cultivation, introduces the concept of disinfection and sterilization technology and the technical status of humidification for disinfection of A. auricular in bag cultivation, analyzes the related problems caused by this type of technology and the reasons for the problems, and puts forward solutions to the technical problems.
A comprehensive comparison of the Sun to other stars: searching for self-selection effects
Creators: name: Robles, Jose A.
name: Lineweaver, Charles H.
name: Grether, Daniel
name: Flynn, Chris
name: Egan, Chas A.
name: Pracy, Michael B.
name: Holmberg, Johan
name: Gardner, Esko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If the origin of life and the evolution of observers on a planet is favoured by atypical properties of a planet's host star, we would expect our Sun to be atypical with respect to such properties. The Sun has been described by previous studies as both typical and atypical. In an effort to reduce this ambiguity and quantify how typical the Sun is, we identify eleven maximally-independent properties that have plausible correlations with habitability, and that have been observed by, or can be derived from, sufficiently large, currently available and representative stellar surveys. By comparing solar values for the eleven properties, to the resultant stellar distributions, we make the most comprehensive comparison of the Sun to other stars. The two most atypical properties of the Sun are its mass and orbit. The Sun is more massive than 95 -/+ 2% of nearby stars and its orbit around the Galaxy is less eccentric than 93 +/- 1% of FGK stars within 40 parsecs. Despite these apparently atypical properties, a chi^2 -analysis of the Sun's values for eleven properties, taken together, yields a solar chi^2 = 8.39 +/- 0.96. If a star is chosen at random, the probability that it will have a lower value (be more typical) than the Sun, with respect to the eleven properties analysed here, is only 29 +/- 11%. These values quantify, and are consistent with, the idea that the Sun is a typical star. If we have sampled all reasonable properties associated with habitability, our result suggests that there are no special requirements for a star to host a planet with life.
description: Published in the Astrophysical Journal, 684:691-706, 2008 September 1. This version corrects two small errors the press could not correct before publication - the errors are addressed in an erratum ApJ will release on Dec 1, 2008
On Overcoming the Transverse Boundary Error of the SU/PG Scheme for Moving Conductor Problems
Creators: name: Subramanian, Sethupathy
name: Kumar, Udaya
name: Bhowmick, Sujata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Conductor moving in magnetic field is quite common in electrical equipment. The numerical simulation of such problem is vital in their design and analysis of electrical equipment. The Galerkin finite element method (GFEM) is a commonly employed simulation tool, nonetheless, due to its inherent numerical instability at higher velocities, the GFEM requires upwinding techniques to handle moving conductor problems. The Streamline Upwinding/Petrov-Galerkin (SU/PG) scheme is a widely acknowledged upwinding technique, despite its error-peaking at the transverse boundary. This error at the transverse-boundary, is found to be leading to non-physical solutions. Several remedies have been suggested in the allied fluid dynamics literature, which employs non-linear, iterative techniques. The present work attempts to address this issue, by retaining the computational efficiency of the GFEM. By suitable analysis, it is shown that the source of the problem can be attributed to the Coulomb's gauge. Therefore, to solve the problem, the Coulomb's gauge is taken out from the formulation and the associated weak form is derived. The effectiveness of this technique is demonstrated with pertinent numerical results.
description: 8 pages, 15 figures
Synthesis of indole-functionalized isoniazid conjugates with potent antimycobacterial and antioxidant efficacy
Creators: name: Gavadia, Renu
name: Rasgania, Jyoti
name: Sahu, Neetu
name: Varma-Basil, Mandira
name: Chauhan, Varsha
name: Kumar, Sanjay
name: Mor, Satbir
name: Singh, Devender
name: Jakhar, Komal
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Aim: Developing potent medicinal alternates for tuberculosis (TB) is highly desirable due to the advent of drug-resistant lethal TB strains. Methods & results: Novel indole-isoniazid integrates have been synthesized with promising antimycobacterial action against the H37Rv strain, and the nitro analogs 4e and 4j show the highest efficacy with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 1.25 μg/ml. The molecular docking studies against InhA support the experimental findings. Indole conjugates display remarkable radical quenching efficiency, and compounds 4e and 4j demonstrate maximum IC50 values of 50.19 and 52.45 μg/ml, respectively. Pharmacokinetic analysis anticipated appreciable druggability for the title compounds. Conclusion: The notable bioaction of the indole-isoniazid templates projects them as potential lead in developing anti-TB medications with synergetic antioxidant action. A series of novel N-(2-(1H-indol-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-N′-benzylideneisonicotinohydrazides were designed and synthesized. The indole-isoniazid hybrids display promising in vitro antimycobacterial action. The compounds 4e and 4j demonstrate maximum inhibition potency, with a MIC value of 1.25 μg/ml. The indole hybrids also demonstrate appreciable radical scavenging ability. The compounds 4e and 4j show maximum radical scavenging action with IC50 values of 50.19 and 52.45 μg/ml, respectively. Molecular docking simulations validate the in vitro anti-TB findings through remarkable InhA inhibitory competency with a high binding energy. Compound 4j displayed the highest docking affinity in the series with two hydrogen bond interactions. The DFT-based computational analysis of the synthesized entities revealed their apt biochemical characteristics supporting experimental and theoretical bioaction. ADMET screening of the investigated compounds projects them as nearly safe anti-TB medication candidates. With the synergetic antioxidant action, the novel indole-isoniazid analogs, especially 4e and 4j, may open fresh frontiers in developing potent anti-TB drugs.
Estudo da relação entre a Atividade Física e a função respiratória: análise da composição corporal e dos valores espirométricos de alunos Portugueses e Italianos
Creators: name: Paulo, Rui Miguel
name: Petrica, João Manuel
name: Martins, Júlio Cardoso
name: Pichetto, Filippo
name: Faure-Rolland, Flavio Alberto
name: Magno, Francesca
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2015

description: Objetivou-se analisar a influência e a relação da atividade física (AF) na composição corporal e nos valores espirométricos, relacionando esses indicadores com a função respiratória. Amostra com 179 indivíduos (85 Italianos; 94 Portugueses) alunos do ensino superior, dividida em três grupos: GESC+EXERC - 64 alunos com AF supervisionada, curricular e extracurricular, mínimo 4 sessões/semana; GESCOLA - 66 alunos com AF supervisionada, curricular, mínimo 2 sessões/semana; GSEDENTÁRIOS - 49 alunos sedentários. Aplicou-se uma adaptação do questionário de Telama et al. (1997), avaliou-se a espirometria através do espirómetro Microquark/Cosmed, o IMC e perímetro da cintura (PC). Após a verificação da normalidade da amostra (Kolmogorov-Smirnov), utilizou-se a Análise de variância e o teste não paramétrico Mann-Whitney. Utilizou-se ainda o teste de correlação de Spearman. O GESC+EXERC dos dois países obteve melhores resultados no PC e em alguns valores espirométricos, comparativamente ao GSEDENTÁRIOS. Verificámos na amostra uma correlação positiva entre o IMC e o PC, e para os alunos Portugueses correlação negativa entre a composição corporal e alguns valores espirométricos. A Itália apresenta melhores indicadores de composição corporal, enquanto Portugal os apresenta na espirometria. Há evidências que os alunos que praticam exercício supervisionado apresentaram melhores indicadores de composição corporal e na função respiratória.
description: Motricidade, Vol 11 No 1 (2015)
First results on e^+e^- -> 3 jets at NNLO
Creators: name: Ridder, A. Gehrmann-De
name: Gehrmann, T.
name: Glover, E. W. N.
name: Heinrich, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precision studies of QCD at $e^+e^-$ colliders are based on measurements of event shapes and jet rates. To match the high experimental accuracy, theoretical predictions to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD are needed for a reliable interpretation of the data. We report the first calculation of NNLO corrections (${\cal O}(α_s^3)$) to three-jet production and related event shapes, and discuss their phenomenological impact.
description: 5 pages, LaTeX, to appear in the proceedings of the International Linear Collider Workshop LCWS07, Hamburg, 2007
Note Illustrative della Carta geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000, F. 607 Corleone, Servizio Geologico d'Italia - ISPRA
Creators: name: Catalano, R.
name: Avellone, G.
name: Basilone, L.
name: Sulli, A.
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2010
Subjects: carta geologica, Corleone, Sicilia, Regione Siciliana, CARG, stratigrafia, tettonica, sottosuolo, geological map, stratigraphy, tectonics, subsurface

description: Note illustrative redatte per il Foglio geologico n. 607 Corleone della Carta Geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000. 190 pp.
Atrocious spelling and language awareness
Creators: name: Rally, Anne Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Current literature on spelling strategies has indicated that successful spellers use phonological and morphological information as well as graphemic memory in their spelling. Research into spelling disorders has uncovered two broad categories of poor spellers: Phonetically Inaccurate spellers, whose spelling errors are phonetically unrelated to the target and who also exhibit a generalized language impairment and Phonetically Accurate spellers, whose errors are phonetically plausible and who have no obvious neurological impairment. This study intended to investigate some of the organizational and language abilities of those children known as Phonetically Accurate or Atrocious spellers. The hypothesis was that Atrocious spellers have inadequate knowledge of the phonological and morphological rules necessary for correct spelling. Three phonological processes were under examinations Palatalization, Velar Softening and Stress Shift, Test items incorporated one or more of these processes. Subjects performed three spelling tasks two written spelling tasks with oral presentation of the item and one spelling task without auditory model and three language tasks. The first, Suffixation, required subjects to pronounce real and nonsense words derived from a root word and affix. Subjects also judged relatedness of word pairs and learned nonsense words which either did or did not employ the target processes correctly. Because of the "partial cue" reading method employed by the subjects, it was impossible to determine their knowledge of phonology through the Suffixation task. However, the data gave rise to some interesting considerations. Review of the historical development of spelling suggested possible parallels between synchronic and diachronic development of spelling. Poor handwriting was linked to poor spelling and a rationale was proposed. Several instances of motor perseveration of writing were noted, suggesting that for these cases, the stimulus of the motor pattern was stronger than an auditory model. Some evidence for word recall problems appeared; a confrontation naming task would determine whether the incidence of word finding difficulties is higher in Atrocious spellers than in proficient spellers, Errors in affixation led to further questioning of subjects' morphological competence. Atrocious and good spellers employed a spelling strategy known as "sounding out" with varying degrees of proficiency. The question was then raised of how strongly spelling errors were influenced by the speller's dialect of spoken language. Most notably, nearly all test subjects favoured an auditory over a visual strategy when they were unsure of spelling. This translation from morpheme to phoneme string and then to grapheme string was felt to be developmentally an earlier stage than a direct translation from morpheme to grapheme.
Efeito do exercício prévio severo nos parâmetros da relação potência - tempo em indivíduos ativos no ciclismo
Creators: name: Caritá, Renato Aparecido Corrêa
name: Picarelli, Cintia
name: Greco, Camila Coelho
name: Denadai, Benedito Sérgio
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2015

description: O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o efeito do exercício prévio severo (EPS) sobre a potência crítica (PC) e a capacidade de trabalho anaeróbio (CTA) determinados durante o exercício de ciclismo. Sete indivíduos realizaram os seguintes protocolos em cicloergômetro: (a) teste progressivo para determinação do limiar ventilatório (LV), consumo máximo de oxigênio (VO2max) e sua respetiva intensidade (IVO2max); (b) seis testes de carga constante em ordem aleatória, com (EPS) e sem (CON) a realização de EPS. O EPS foi realizado durante 6 min a 70%D (i.e., 70% da diferença entre o LV e a IVO2max). A PC na condição CON (199.71 ± 27.08 W) não foi significativamente diferente da condição EPS (211.71 ± 29.92 W). Do mesmo modo, a CTA não foi significativamente diferente entre as condições (CON = 23.46 ± 10.76 kJ vs. EPS = 17.51 ± 8.44 kJ). Portanto, o exercício prévio severo (70%D) seguido por 6 min. de recuperação não influencia a determinação da PC e da CTA em indivíduos ativos.
description: Motricidade, Vol 11 No 1 (2015)
Motivos para prática de esporte em idades jovens: Um estudo de revisão
Creators: name: Bernardes, Andrea Gomes
name: Yamaji, Bruna Hatsue Santos
name: Guedes, Dartagnan Pinto
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2015

description: O objetivo do estudo foi realizar uma revisão da literatura sobre motivos para prática de esporte em idades jovens. A busca de publicações foi re­alizada nas bases de dados Embase, Medline, PsycINFO e SPORTDiscus, considerando artigos publicados entre 1980 e 2013 nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol. Na estratégia de busca foram utilizados os descritores “motivo”, “motivação”, “adesão”, “esporte” e “treino” com os limites da pesquisa “criança”, “adolescente” e “jovem”. Também foram realizadas buscas manuais nas referências dos artigos selecionados. A busca bibliográfica resultou na localização de aproximadamente oito mil artigos. Contudo, 26 preencheram os critérios para compor a revisão. Os resultados demonstraram que os motivos para a prática de esporte em jovens-atletas resultam da interação entre diversos fatores individuais, sociais e ambientais. Os estudos selecionados para analise, em sua maioria, identificaram principalmente motivos vinculados à auto-realização associada ao domínio/aperfeiçoamento de habilidades esportivas, em que a Competência Técnica foi o fator mais apontado pelos jovens-atletas de ambos os sexos inseridos nos diferentes contextos socioculturais.
description: Motricidade, Vol 11 No 2 (2015)
Acromioplasty combined with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair can reduce the risk of reoperation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Zhao, Jinlong
name: Huang, Hetao
name: Zeng, Lingfeng
name: Pan, Jianke
name: Liu, Jun
name: Luo, Minghui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Whether to perform acromioplasty in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) is controversial, and the optimal surgical approach for rotator cuff tear repair is unknown. The purpose of this study was to compare the reoperation rate, retear rate and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) of ARCR with those of ARCR combined with acromioplasty (ARCR-A). PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched for relevant literature dated between database inception and 4 December 2023. The primary outcomes of this study were the reoperation rate and the retear rate. The secondary outcomes were PROs, including the visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) score, the Constant score and the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff (WORC) score. The quality of the included studies was evaluated by using the risk of bias assessment tool. RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis. Fixed (I2 <50%) or random (I2 ≥50%) effects models were applied to calculate the effect size. Meta-analysis revealed that ARCR-A had a lower reoperation rate (OR = 0.35, 95%CI: 0.15–0.85, p = 0.02), but the difference in the retear rate between ARCR-A and ARCR was not significant (p = 0.25). In type 2 acromion patients, the reoperation rate was not significantly different between ARCR and ARCR-A (p = 0.12), but, for type 3 acromion patients, the retear rate was lower for ARCR-A than for ARCR (OR = 0.12, 95%CI: 0.01–0.94, p = 0.04). There were statistically significant differences in the 6-month postoperative Constant scores (p < 0.001), VAS pain scores (p = 0.003) 12-month postoperative ASES scores (p = 0.02) and 24-month postoperative WORC scores (p = 0.04), but these differences were not clinically significant. Combining ARCR with acromioplasty can reduce the rate of reoperation, especially in patients with type 3 acromion, but it provides no clinically important change in the retear rate and postoperative PRO compared with ARCR.
Wavelet transforms in a critical interface model for Barkhausen noise
Creators: name: de Queiroz, S. L. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the application of wavelet transforms to a critical interface model, which is known to provide a good description of Barkhausen noise in soft ferromagnets. The two-dimensional version of the model (one-dimensional interface) is considered, mainly in the adiabatic limit of very slow driving. On length scales shorter than a crossover length (which grows with the strength of surface tension), the effective interface roughness exponent $ζ$ is $\simeq 1.20$, close to the expected value for the universality class of the quenched Edwards-Wilkinson model. We find that the waiting times between avalanches are fully uncorrelated, as the wavelet transform of their autocorrelations scales as white noise. Similarly, detrended size-size correlations give a white-noise wavelet transform. Consideration of finite driving rates, still deep within the intermittent regime, shows the wavelet transform of correlations scaling as $1/f^{1.5}$ for intermediate frequencies. This behavior is ascribed to intra-avalanche correlations.
description: RevTeX, 10 pages, 9 .eps figures; Physical Review E, to be published
Nutritional Quality of Oat from Different Producing Areas in China
Creators: name: LIU Wenting
name: ZHANG Xinjun
name: YANG Cai
name: BAI Jing
name: YANG Xiaohong
name: LI Tianliang
name: ZHOU Haitao
name: LIU Wenting
name: ZHANG Xinjun
name: YANG Cai
name: BAI Jing
name: YANG Xiaohong
name: LI Tianliang
name: ZHOU Haitao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Avena nuda L., Environmental factor, Nutritional quality, Correlation

description: [Objectives] This study aimed to provide some theoretical support for breeders and processing enterprises in choosing suitable locations, in order to cultivate varieties of different functional types and complete the processing needs of different purposes. [Methods] The oat varieties that are currently being grown in large areas in different production areas were selected. In 11 provinces across China’s main oat producing areas, 15 pilot sites were deployed for unified planting management. After harvest, the contents of protein, crude fat, starch, β-glucan, avenanthramides (AVEs) and other components in oat kernels were determined. [Results] The protein content in oat kernels ranged from (10.68±1.35)% to (16.65±0.81)%, highest in Ningxia and lowest in Tibet; the fat content in oat kernels ranged from (5.15±1.06)% to (7.54±1.51)%, highest in Yunnan and lowest in Ningxia; the starch content in oat kernels was in the range of (60.70±1.62)% - (67.84±2.09)%, highest in Tibet and lowest in Jilin; the β-glucan content in oat kernels ranged from (3.67±0.42)% to (4.48±0.33)%, highest in Xinjiang and lowest in Tibet; and the AVEs content in oat kernels was in the range of (58.67±20.25)% - (535.83±133.64)%. [Conclusions] The protein and β-glucan contents in oat kernels were significantly positively correlated with latitude and longitude, and were significantly negatively correlated with altitude; the starch and fat contents in oat kernels were negatively correlated with latitude and longitude and were significantly positively correlated with altitude; the β-glucan content in oat kernels and precipitation showed a negative correlation; and the AVEs content in oat kernels was negatively correlated with latitude and was positively correlated with longitude and precipitation.
Desenvolvimento motor global de crianças do 1º ciclo do ensino básico com e sem prática prévia de natação em contexto escolar
Creators: name: Martins, Vera
name: Silva, António J.
name: Marinho, Daniel A.
name: Costa, Aldo M.
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2015

description: Foi objetivo deste estudo descrever o nível de desenvolvimento motor global de crianças do 1º ciclo do ensino básico, com e sem experiência prévia em programas de ensino da natação. A amostra foi constituída por 140 crianças portuguesas do 1º ao 4º ano de escolaridade: 53 crianças sem experiência em programas aquáticos; e 87 crianças com histórico de participação em programas de ensino da natação no contexto escolar. O desenvolvimento motor global das crianças foi avaliado recorrendo à bateria de testes “Test of Gross Motor Development 2”. Os resultados revelaram a existência de diferenças significativas (p < .05) entre os grupos de crianças no que se refere ao desenvolvimento motor global e à mestria em diversas habilidades motoras globais em todos os anos de escolaridade. A influência da prática da natação parece maior nas habilidades de controlo de objetos. Mesmo assim, a classificação qualitativa do desenvolvimento motor é maioritariamente baixa para ambos os grupos. Em conclusão, os resultados demonstraram que o desenvolvimento motor global das crianças avaliadas é maioritariamente insuficiente, tendo por base a escala normativa Americana. Contudo, as crianças com experiência aquática em contexto escolar parecem agregar um estado otimizado de desenvolvimento motor em diversas habilidades, em particular na manipulação de objetos.
description: Motricidade, Vol 11 No 1 (2015)
Universal properties of boundary and interface charges in continuum models of one-dimensional insulators
Creators: name: Miles, Sebastian
name: Kennes, Dante M.
name: Schoeller, Herbert
name: Pletyukhov, Mikhail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study single-channel continuum models of one-dimensional insulators induced by periodic potential modulations which are either terminated by a hard wall (the boundary model) or feature a single region of dislocations and/or impurity potentials breaking translational invariance (the interface model). We investigate the universal properties of excess charges accumulated near the boundary and the interface, respectively. We find a rigorous analytic proof for the earlier observed linear dependence of the boundary charge on the phase of the periodic potential modulation as well as extend these results to the interface model. The linear dependence on the phase shows a universal value for the slope, and is intersected by discontinuous jumps by plus or minus one electron charge at the phase points where localized states enter or leave a band of extended states. Both contributions add up such that the periodicity of the excess charge in the phase over a $2π$-cycle is maintained. While in the boundary model this property is usually associated with the bulk-boundary correspondence, in the interface model a correspondence of scattering state and localized state contributions to the total interface charge is unveiled on the basis of the so-called nearsightedness principle.
description: 27 pages, 13 figures
Replication Package for "A Classification System of Microservice Integration Techniques"
Creators: name: Georg-Daniel Schwarz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Replication package for the paper "A Classification System of Microservice Integration Techniques", submitted to JSS in 2023.

Table of Contents:
- Overview over the selected literature
-- CSV export for literature considered in iteration 2021
-- CSV export for literature considered in iteration 2023
- Export of the code system
-- CSV export for code system structure
-- CSV export for coding statistics

Unfortunately, we cannot disclose the interview transcripts and the MaxQDA file (which includes the interview transcripts) due to data privacy regulations.
Plusiocampa (Stygiocampa) christiani Conde & Bareth 1996
Creators: name: Sendra, Alberto
name: Antić, Dragan
name: Barranco, Pablo
name: Borko, Špela
name: Christian, Erhard
name: Delić, Teo
name: Fadrique, Floren
name: Faille, Arnaud
name: Galli, Loris
name: Gasparo, Fulvio
name: Georgiev, Dilian
name: Giachino, Pier Mauro
name: Kovac, L'ubomír
name: Lukić, Marko
name: Marcia, Paolo
name: Miculinić, Kazimir
name: Nicolosi, Giuseppe
name: Palero, Ferran
name: Paragamian, Kaloust
name: Pérez, Toni
name: Polak, Slavko
name: Prieto, Carlos E.
name: Turbanov, Ilya
name: Vailati, Dante
name: Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Diplura
Campodeidae
Plusiocampa
Plusiocampa christiani

description: Plusiocampa (Stygiocampa) christiani Condé & Bareth, 1996
Fig. 202
Plusiocampa (Stygiocampa) christiani Condé & Bareth, 1996: 374, figs 1, 3, 4e, tables 1–4.
Diagnosis (Condé & Bareth 1996)
Troglomorphic species. Antennae with 29–33 antennomeres; 12–14 complex olfactory chemoreceptors in cupuliform organ; protruding frontal process with non-tubercular setae. Pronotum with 1+1 ma, 2+2 la, 1+1 lp macrosetae; mesonotum with 0+0–1+1 sla macrosetae; metanotum without macrosetae; long, barbed macrosetae; abundant barbed notal clothing setae. No ventral tibial macrosetae; unequal claws (1.35) with large lateral crests, posterior claw with a large backward overhang. Urotergite VII with 0+0– 1+1 post macrosetae; urotergite VIII with 3+3–2+2 post macrosetae; abdominal segment IX with 7+7 post macrosetae; urosternite I with 21+21–29+25, urosternites II–VII with 11+11–14+12, urosternite VIII with 4+4 (3+3, 4+5) macrosetae. Male without glandular g 1 setae, thick slightly short subcylindrical appendages without glandular a 2 setae; female with subcylindrical appendages without glandular a 2 setae. Spermatozoid fascicles 50 µm in diameter and 10–12 µm wide; wheels with 1½ turns of 140–150 µm long filament.
Remarks
The study of 26 specimens collected from three caves (see Table S 2 in Supplementary Material) allowed us to add characters to the diagnosis (Coll. AS).
Habitat and distribution
Subterranean species found in several caves in the Kučaj and Beljanica Mountains, eastern Serbia Balkan System (Fig. 202).
description: Published as part of Sendra, Alberto, Antić, Dragan, Barranco, Pablo, Borko, Špela, Christian, Erhard, Delić, Teo, Fadrique, Floren, Faille, Arnaud, Galli, Loris, Gasparo, Fulvio, Georgiev, Dilian, Giachino, Pier Mauro, Kovac, L'ubomír, Lukić, Marko, Marcia, Paolo, Miculinić, Kazimir, Nicolosi, Giuseppe, Palero, Ferran, Paragamian, Kaloust, Pérez, Toni, Polak, Slavko, Prieto, Carlos E., Turbanov, Ilya, Vailati, Dante & Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., 2020, Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae), pp. 1-138 in European Journal of Taxonomy 591 on page 97, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.591, http://zenodo.org/record/3659823
Evaluation of the use of telemedicine in pediatric intensive care units: a cluster-randomized trial
Creators: name: de Oliveira Laguna Silva, Gabriela
name: Klever, Emanuele König
name: da Rocha, Jacqueline Castro
name: da Silva, Mariana Motta Dias
name: de Amorim, Jerusa da Rosa
name: Jacovas, Vanessa Cristina
name: Simionato, Bárbara Marina
name: da Cunha, Luciane Gomes
name: Zaupa, Ana Paula Berni
name: Krauzer, João Ronaldo Mafalda
name: de Almeida Pires, Aristóteles
name: Cabral, Felipe Cezar
name: de Campos Moreira, Taís
name: Constant, Hilda Maria Rodrigues Moleda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Telemedicine has shown promising results, allowing specialists to provide rapid and effective care in remote locations. However, to our knowledge, current evidence is not robust enough to prove the effectiveness of this tool. This cluster-randomized trial (CRT) aimed to evaluate the impact of telemedicine on clinical care indicators in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). An open-label CRT was conducted in 16 PICUs within the Brazilian public health system. The trial took place from August 2022 to December 2023 and compared an intervention group, which received telemedicine support, with a control group, which received usual PICU care. The primary outcome was the PICU length of stay. The main secondary outcomes were mortality rate and ventilator-free days. A total of 1393 participants were included, 657 in the control group and 736 in the intervention group. The mean PICU length of stay was 10.42 (SD, 10.71) days for the control group and 11.52 (SD, 10.80) days for the intervention group. The overall mean of ventilator-free days was 6.82 (SD, 7.71) days. Regarding mortality, 7.54% of participants died in total. No significant difference was found in the outcomes between the groups. Despite the potential benefits of telemedicine, its effective implementation in the Brazilian public health system faces considerable challenges, highlighting the continued importance of investigating and improving the role of telemedicine in pediatric critical care. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05260710 and ReBEC – RBR-7×j4wyp.
Advances in the Study of Molecular Genetics of Grain Hardness in Wheat
Creators: name: ZHANG Qiqi
name: ZHANG Qiqi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Wheat, Grain hardness, Puroindoline

description: In this paper, the research progress of wheat grain hardness was reviewed from the aspects of wheat grain hardness formation, determination methods, biochemical genetic basis, puroindoline mutation type and distribution and its effect on wheat processing quality, and the frontier of transgenic research was introduced, in order to provide basic theoretical support for controlling and improving wheat grain hardness.
Junctions of anyonic Luttinger wires
Creators: name: Bellazzini, Brando
name: Calabrese, Pasquale
name: Mintchev, Mihail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an extended study of anyonic Luttinger liquids wires jointing at a single point. The model on the full line is solved with bosonization and the junction of an arbitrary number of wires is treated imposing boundary conditions that preserve exact solvability in the bosonic language. This allows to reach, in the low momentum regime, some of the critical fixed points found with the electronic boundary conditions. The stability of all the fixed points is discussed.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures, typos corrected, Refs added
Stability Assessment for Multi-Infeed Grid-Connected VSCs Modeled in the Admittance Matrix Form
Creators: name: Orellana, Luis
name: Sainz, Luis
name: Prieto-Araujo, Eduardo
name: Gomis-Bellmunt, Oriol
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The increasing use of power electronics converters to integrate renewable energy sources has been subject of concern due to the resonance oscillatory phenomena caused by their interaction with poorly damped AC networks. Early studies are focused to assess the controller influence of a single converter connected to simple networks, and they are no longer representative for existing systems. Lately, studies of multi-infeed grid-connected converters are of particular interest, and their main aim is to apply traditional criteria and identify their difficulties in the stability assessment. An extension of traditional criteria is commonly proposed as a result of these analysis, but they can be burdensome for large and complex power systems. The present work addresses this issue by proposing a simple criterion to assess the stability of large power systems with high-penetration of power converters. The criterion has its origin in the mode analysis and positive-net damping stability criteria, and it addresses the stability in the frequency domain by studying the eigenvalues magnitude and real component of dynamic models in the admittance matrix form. Its effectiveness is tested in two case studies developed in Matlab/Simulink which compare it with traditionally criteria, proving its simplicity.
Nilpotent normal form for divergence-free vector fields and volume-preserving maps
Creators: name: Dullin, H. R.
name: Meiss, J. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the normal forms for incompressible flows and maps in the neighborhood of an equilibrium or fixed point with a triple eigenvalue. We prove that when a divergence free vector field in $\mathbb{R}^3$ has nilpotent linearization with maximal Jordan block then, to arbitrary degree, coordinates can be chosen so that the nonlinear terms occur as a single function of two variables in the third component. The analogue for volume-preserving diffeomorphisms gives an optimal normal form in which the truncation of the normal form at any degree gives an exactly volume-preserving map whose inverse is also polynomial inverse with the same degree.
description: laTeX, 20 pages, 1 figure
The surprising external upturn of the Blue Straggler radial distribution in M55
Creators: name: Lanzoni, B.
name: Dalessandro, E.
name: Perina, S.
name: Ferraro, F. R.
name: Rood, R. T.
name: Sollima, A.
name: -
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By combining high-resolution HST and wide-field ground based observations, in ultraviolet and optical bands, we study the Blue Straggler Star (BSS) population of the low density galactic globular cluster M55 (NGC 6809) over its entire radial extent. The BSS projected radial distribution is found to be bimodal, with a central peak, a broad minimum at intermediate radii, and an upturn at large radii. Similar bimodal distributions have been found in other globular clusters (M3, 47 Tucanae, NGC 6752, M5), but the external upturn in M55 is the largest found to date. This might indicate a large fraction of primordial binaries in the outer regions of M55, which seems somehow in contrast with the relatively low (\sim 10%) binary fraction recently measured in the core of this cluster.
description: in press on ApJ
Efeitos de diferentes focos de atenção na performance motora de uma tarefa de agilidade em crianças
Creators: name: Oliveira, Francisco De Assis Furtado De
name: Pacheco, Matheus Maia
name: Drews, Ricardo
Publisher: name: Motricidade
Year: 2015

description: O objetivo do estudo foi investigar se instruções de foco externo de atenção comparado ao foco interno e sem foco determinado afetariam de forma diferente a performance motora de crianças. Adicionalmente, buscou-se mensurar a adoção das instruções prescritas sobre o foco de atenção pelos participantes. Vinte e três crianças, de ambos os sexos, com idade média de 10.04 ± .06 anos realizaram uma tarefa motora de agilidade em três condições diferentes: foco externo, foco interno e sem foco determinado. Estes realizaram cinco tentativas de prática de cada condição experimental em dias distintos e tiveram seus tempos de movimento registrados. Após cada tentativa, todos os participantes responderam a uma pergunta em relação ao foco de atenção utilizado. As análises apontaram superioridade da condição sem foco determinado e de foco interno em relação à condição foco externo. Em relação à adoção do foco de atenção, as crianças se utilizaram prioritariamente dos focos de atenção instruídos pelo experimentador. Porém, na condição sem foco determinado utilizaram o foco externo (65%) na maioria das tentativas. Conclui-se que as instruções relacionadas ao foco de atenção externo não beneficiaram a performance motora de uma tarefa de agilidade em crianças.
description: Motricidade, Vol 11 No 1 (2015)