cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thyanta pseudocasta Blatchley 1926
Creators: name: Rider, David A.
name: Swanson, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Thyanta
Thyanta pseudocasta

description: Thyanta pseudocasta Blatchley, 1926
 Distribution: United States: FL.
 Comments: Records of Thyanta casta from Florida should be referred to this species (Rider & Chapin 1992). Rider & Chapin (1992) included this species in the subgenus Argosoma.
description: Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
Wavefield divergence via hydrophone measurement on land
Creators: name: Edme, Pascal
name: Muyzert, Everhard
name: Goujon, Nicolas
name: Allouche, Noureddine
name: Kragh, Ed
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2019

description: Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21
description: ISSN:1029-7006
description: ISSN:1607-7962
High resolution Spectra of Earth-Like Planets Orbiting Red Giant Host Stars
Creators: name: Kozakis, Thea
name: Kaltenegger, Lisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the near future we will have ground- and space-based telescopes that are designed to observe and characterize Earth-like planets. While attention is focused on exoplanets orbiting main sequence stars, more than 150 exoplanets have already been detected orbiting red giants, opening the intriguing question of what rocky worlds orbiting in the habitable zone of red giants would be like and how to characterize them. We model reflection and emission spectra of Earth-like planets orbiting in the habitable zone of red giant hosts with surface temperatures between 5200 and 3900 K at the Earth-equivalent distance, as well as model planet spectra throughout the evolution of their hosts. We present a high-resolution spectral database of Earth-like planets orbiting in the red giant habitable zone from the visible to infrared, to assess the feasibility of characterizing atmospheric features including biosignatures for such planets with upcoming ground- and space-based telescopes such as the Extremely Large Telescopes and the James Webb Space Telescope.
description: 12 pages, 1 table, 5 figures, in production with AJ
Banasa dimidiata Say 1832
Creators: name: Rider, David A.
name: Swanson, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Banasa
Banasa dimidiata

description: Banasa dimidiata (Say, 1831a)
 New state records: Alabama: Baldwin Co.: Gulf Shores St. Pk., 17-V-1985, E. G. Riley & D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR). Cleburne Co.: Shoal Creek Ford, 6 mi. NNW Edwardsville, 23-VII-1965, J. & L. Donahue, det. J. E. McPherson (1♀ MSUC). Hale Co.: near Payne Lake, 11 mi. S Duncanville, 22-VII-1965, J. & L. Donahue, det. J. E. McPherson (1♂ MSUC). Lee Co.: [no specific locality], 22-VI-1981, D. A. Rider (1♂ DAR), 24-VI-1982, D. A. Rider (1♀ DAR). Tuscaloosa Co.: University, 1935, A. F. Archer (1♂ UMMZ). South Carolina: Pickens Co.: Clemson, 1-VII-1959 [additional dates: 13-VII-1958, 20-VII-1958, 29-VIII-1958], R. C. Fox, det. J E. McPherson (2♂♂ 2♀♀ MSUC). Wyoming: Albany Co.: Rock Creek Trail, 15-VI-2007, W. K. Reeves (1♀ DAR).
 Distribution: Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB (Brown 1941, Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), NS, ON, PE (Maw et al. 2000, Roch 2020), QC, SK (Walley 1929). United States: AL, AR, AZ (Thomas & Yonke 1981, Jones 1993), CA, CO, CT (Parshley 1917, 1923a; O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), DC, DE (Schrader & Hughes-Schrader 1958), FL, GA, IA, ID (Harris & Shull 1944), IL, IN, KS (Packauskas 2012), LA, MA, MD, ME (Parshley 1914, 1917; Johnson 1927; Phipps 1930; Roch 2020), MI, MN (Koch et al. 2014), MO, MS (Lago & Testa 2000), MT (Van Duzee 1917), NC, ND, NE, NH (Slosson 1896, Parshly 1917, Roch 2020), NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI (Parshley 1917), SC, SD (Parshley 1922, Harris 1937), TN (Lambdin et al. 2003, Vlach et al. 2010), TX, UT, VA, VT (Roch 2020), WV, WA, WI, WY. (Mexico)
 Comments: Say (1831a) originally used dimiata as the specific epithet for this species, which was emended to the present form by LeConte (1859). This was probably unjustified, hence the listing of this species as Banasa dimiata in Froeschner (1988), but Hoffman (2005) provided arguments for maintaining the use of Banasa dimidiata for reasons of stability. Thomas & Yonke (1981) characterized the range of this species as “Entire U.S., northern Mexico and southern Canada ”, but they did not give any specific state localities. This species was also recorded from Alabama, Maine, and Minnesota in an unpublished thesis (Simons 1969).
description: Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
Comment on "Relevant Length Scale of Barchan Dunes"
Creators: name: Kroy, Klaus
name: Guo, Xiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a recent experimental breakthrough, Hersen et al. [1] demonstrated that by changing the agitating medium from air to water, one can obtain, on laboratory scale, dunes that are downsized copies of desert dunes, thereby overcoming a major obstacle for their systematic study. Here we argue in two steps (i),(ii) that an alternative data analysis leads to some conclusions that are qualitatively and quantitatively different from Hersen et al.'s but justify their similarity hypothesis on different grounds. [1] P. Hersen, S. Douady, and B. Andreotti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 264301
description: 1 page, 1 eps-figure
The Dynamical Matching Mechanism in Phase Space for Caldera-Type Potential Energy Surfaces
Creators: name: Katsanikas, M.
name: García-Garrido, V. J.
name: Wiggins, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34C37, 70K44, 34Cxx, 70Hxx

description: Dynamical matching occurs in a variety of important organic chemical reactions. It is observed to be a result of a potential energy surface (PES) having specific geometric features. In particular, a region of relative flatness where entrance and exit to this region is controlled by index-one saddles. Examples of potential energy surfaces having these features are the so-called caldera potential energy surfaces. We develop a predictive level of understanding of the phenomenon of dynamical matching in a caldera potential energy surface. We show that the phase space structure that governs dynamical matching is a particular type of heteroclinic trajectory which gives rise to trapping of trajectories in the central region of the caldera PES. When the heteroclinic trajectory is broken, as a result of parameter variations, then dynamical matching occurs.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
The quest of shape coexistence in Zr isotopes
Creators: name: Garcia-Ramos, J. E.
name: Heyde, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mass region with A~100 and Z~40 is known to experience a sudden onset of deformation. The presence of the subshell closure $Z=40$ makes feasible to create particle-hole excitations at a moderate excitation energy and, therefore, likely intruder states could be present in the low-lying spectrum. In other words, shape coexistence is expected to be a key ingredient to understand this mass region. The aim of this work is to describe excitation energies, transition rates, radii, and two-neutron separation energies for the even-even 94-110Zr nuclei and, moreover, to obtain information about wave functions and deformation. The interacting boson model with configuration mixing will be the framework to study the even-even Zr nuclei, considering only two types of configurations: 0particle-0hole and 2p-2h excitations. On one hand, the parameters appearing in the Hamiltonian and in the E2 transition operator are fixed trough a least-squares fit to the whole available experimental information. On the other hand, once the parameters have been fixed, the calculations allow to obtain a complete set of observables for the whole even-even Zr chain of isotopes. Spectra, transition rates, radii, $ρ^2(E0)$, and two-neutron separation energies have been calculated and a good agreement with the experimental information has been obtained. Moreover, a detailed study of the wave function has been conducted and mean-field energy surfaces and deformation have been computed too. The importance of shape coexistence has been shown to correctly describe the A~100 mass area for even-even Zr nuclei. This work confirmed the rather spherical nature of the ground state of 94-98Zr and its deformed nature for 100-110Zr isotopes. The sudden onset of deformation in 100Zr is owing to the rapid lowering of a deformed (intruder) configuration which is high-lying in lighter isotopes.
description: Submitted to PRC
Changes in mortality associated with cancer drug approvals in the United States from 2000 to 2016
Creators: name: MacEwan, Joanna P.
name: Syvart Dennen
name: Kee, Rebecca
name: Ali, Farzad
name: Shafrin, Jason
name: Batt, Katharine
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: To estimate the extent to which the approvals of new pharmacological therapies were associated with cancer mortality in the USA between 2000 and 2016. The analysis quantified cancer drug approvals across the 15 tumor types with the highest incidence. Number of approvals in a given time period for each tumor was translated into a treatment stock measure, defined as a weighted sum of new indication approvals since 1976. The primary outcome was the annual tumor-specific cancer mortality, defined as the number of deaths per 100,000 U.S. population. The analysis used a multivariable ordinary least squares and a fixed effects model, controlling for incidence (new cases per 100,000 U.S. population) and the primary exposure, the treatment stock measure by year. Between 2000 and 2016, deaths per 100,000 population across the 15 most common tumor types declined by 24%. Additionally, 10.2 new indications were approved per year across the 15 most common tumor types. Cancer drug approvals were associated with statistically significant deaths averted in 2016 for colorectal cancer (4,991, p = 0.004), lung cancer (33,825, p p p p p p = 0.019), and renal cancer (739, p p Cancer drug approvals between 2000 and 2016 were associated with significant reduction in deaths from the most common cancers in the USA. Mortality changes were largest in prevalent tumor types with relatively more approvals, i.e. lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, lymphoma and leukemia. Future research evaluating the relationship between drug approvals and cancer mortality post 2016 is needed.
Conformally Kähler, Einstein-Maxwell metrics on Hirzebruch surfaces
Creators: name: de Souza, Isaque Viza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this note we prove that a special family of Killing potentials on certain Hirzebruch complex surfaces, found by Futaki and Ono, gives rise to new conformally Kähler, Einstein-Maxwell metrics. The correspondent Kähler metrics are ambitoric but they are not given by the Calabi ansatz. This answers in positive questions raised by Futaki-Ono.
description: 22 pages, updated references, corrected typos, revised and expanded section 6, results unchanged. Comments are welcome
Unambiguous comparison of the states of multiple quantum systems
Creators: name: Chefles, Anthony
name: Andersson, Erika
name: Jex, Igor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider N quantum systems initially prepared in pure states and address the problem of unambiguously comparing them. One may ask whether or not all $N$ systems are in the same state. Alternatively, one may ask whether or not the states of all N systems are different. We investigate the possibility of unambiguously obtaining this kind of information. It is found that some unambiguous comparison tasks are possible only when certain linear independence conditions are satisfied. We also obtain measurement strategies for certain comparison tasks which are optimal under a broad range of circumstances, in particular when the states are completely unknown. Such strategies, which we call universal comparison strategies, are found to have intriguing connections with the problem of quantifying the distinguishability of a set of quantum states and also with unresolved conjectures in linear algebra. We finally investigate a potential generalisation of unambiguous state comparison, which we term unambiguous overlap filtering.
description: 20 pages, no figures
Additional file 1 of The creation and validation of predictive models to assess the risk of unfavorable outcomes following hybrid total arch repair for Stanford type A aortic dissection
Creators: name: Liu, Xinyi
name: Liu, Xing
name: Yang, Yuehang
name: Zhang, Ai
name: Shi, Jiawei
name: Li, Huadong
name: Liu, Junwei
name: Jiang, Xionggang
name: Wang, Zhiwen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Marine Biology
Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 1: Supplementary File 1. Supplementary data for the study population
Banasa euchlora Stal 1872
Creators: name: Rider, David A.
name: Swanson, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Banasa
Banasa euchlora

description: Banasa euchlora Stål, 1872
 New state record: Mississippi: Forrest Co.: Ashe Nursery, nr. Maxie, 9-VIII-1985, E. G. Riley (2♀♀ DAR). Harrison Co.: Handsboro, 20-IX-1944, P. Brodkorb, det. R. F. Hussey 1952 (1♀ UMMZ).
 Distribution: Canada: ON (Paiero et al. 2003, Roch 2020), QC (Roch 2020). United States: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT (O’Donnell & Schaefer 2012), FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS (Packauskas 2012), LA (Stoner 1920), MD, MO (Sites et al. 2012), MS, NC, ND (Rider 2012), NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, SC, SD (Rider 2012, Wheeler 2015b), TX, UT, VA, WA (Zack et al. 2012), WY (Wheeler 2015b). (Mexico, Bermuda)
 Comments: Thomas & Yonke (1981) gave the distribution of this species as “northern Mexico, throughout southern U.S. north to Maryland, Illinois and Idaho.” Swanson (2012) reported a specimen from Michigan, but indicated that it was probably an incidental specimen and that this species should not be added to the Michigan faunal list until further specimens are discovered.
description: Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
Factors associated with humanistic burden and indirect cost among patients with cancer in Japan
Creators: name: Ohno, Shinya
name: Yirong Chen
name: Sakamaki, Hiroyuki
name: Matsumaru, Naoki
name: Tsukamoto, Katsura
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Patients with cancer experienced reduced health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL), increased work productivity and activity impairment (WPAI), and indirect costs. With the current emphasis on economic evaluation of health technology in Japan, it is important to understand how indirect costs correlate with HRQoL and patient characteristics. It is also crucial to assess the patient characteristics associated with the HRQoL, WPAI, and indirect costs among patients with any types of cancer. This cross-sectional study used data from the 2017 Japan National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS). Respondents self-reported their HRQoL and WPAI by answering validated SF-12v2 and WPAI questionnaires, respectively. Indirect costs were derived using the human capital method. Correlation between HRQoL components and indirect costs were assessed using Spearman’s rank-order correlation. Correlation between patient characteristics and HRQoL, WPAI, and indirect costs were analyzed using generalized linear models. A total of 1,540 patients with any types of cancer, 254 with breast cancer, and 144 with colorectal cancer were included in the analyses. There was significant negative correlation between the indirect costs and HRQoL components among patients with any types of cancer. Patients with lower comorbid burden, higher household income, employed, married, or living with partner, never smokers, and exercised tended to have higher HRQoL. Being never smokers, having lower comorbid burden, normal weight, and exercised were associated with lower WPAI measures. Additionally, patients who were older, not married, not obese, and not smoking tended to incur lower indirect costs. The negative correlation between HRQoL and indirect costs among patients with cancer emphasized the needs to improve health outcomes and reduce indirect costs of patients. The factors associated with cancer burden identified in this study provide insights to allow targeted intervention to improve HRQoL and lessen the WPAI and indirect cost among cancer patients in Japan.
Banasa grisea Ruckes 1957
Creators: name: Rider, David A.
name: Swanson, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Banasa
Banasa grisea

description: Banasa grisea Ruckes, 1957c
 Distribution: United States: AZ.
 Comments: Thomas & Yonke (1981), in the most recent comprehensive work on the North American species, gave only Arizona for the distribution of this species.
description: Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
Rydberg atom entanglements in the weak coupling regime
Creators: name: Jo, Hanlae
name: Song, Yunheung
name: Kim, Minhyuk
name: Ahn, Jaewook
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an entanglement scheme for Rydberg atoms using the van der Waals interaction phase induced by Ramsey-type pulsed interactions. This scheme realizes not only controlled phase operations between atoms at a distance larger than Rydberg blockade distance, but also various counter-intuitive entanglement examples, including two-atom entanglement in the presence of a closer third atom and $W$-state generation for partially-blockaded three atoms. Experimental realization is conducted with single rubidium atoms loaded in an array of optical tweezer dipole traps, to demonstrate the proposed entanglement generations and measurements.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Banasa herbacea
Creators: name: Rider, David A.
name: Swanson, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Banasa
Banasa herbacea

description: Banasa herbacea (Stål, 1872)
 Distribution: United States: FL. (Mexico, West Indies)
 Comments: Thomas & Yonke (1981) stated “for the U.S. its range includes only the very southern tip of Florida and the keys.”
description: Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
Additional file 1 of Associations between attainment of incentivised primary care indicators and incident diabetic retinopathy in England: a population-based historical cohort study
Creators: name: McKay, Ailsa J.
name: Gunn, Laura H.
name: Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu
name: Vamos, Eszter
name: Nugawela, Manjula
name: Azeem Majeed
name: Molina, German
name: Sivaprasad, Sobha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Diabetic retinopathy code list. Tables S2-S4. Univariate hazard ratios (with corresponding 95% CIs and p-values) for risk of diabetic retinopathy by each covariate across exposure definitions after 1:1 propensity score matching. Tables S5-S7. Multivariate hazard ratios (with corresponding 95% CIs and p-values) for risk of diabetic retinopathy by each covariate across exposure definitions after 1:1 propensity score matching. Tables S8-S9. Univariate and multivariate hazard ratios (with corresponding 95% CIs and p-values) for risk of diabetic retinopathy by each covariate across QOF exposure definitions, among those who meet all other QOF targets, after 1:1 propensity score matching. Tables S10-S12. Univariate hazard ratios (with corresponding 95% CIs and p-values) for risk of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy by each covariate across exposure definitions after 1:1 propensity score matching. Tables S13-S15. Multivariate hazard ratios (with corresponding 95% CIs and p-values) for risk of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy by each covariate across exposure definitions after 1:1 propensity score matching. Tables S16-S17. Univariate and multivariate hazard ratios (with corresponding 95% CIs and p-values) for risk of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy by each covariate across QOF exposure definitions, among those who meet all other QOF targets, after 1:1 propensity score matching. Figure S1. Kaplan-Meier survival curves (and corresponding 95% CIs) for risk of diabetic retinopathy after 1:1 propensity score matching across exposure definitions. Figure S2. Kaplan-Meier survival curves (and corresponding 95% CIs) for risk of diabetic retinopathy after 1:1 propensity score matching across QOF exposure definitions, among those who meet all other QOF targets. Figure S3. Kaplan-Meier survival curves (and corresponding 95% CIs) for risk of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy after 1:1 propensity score matching across exposure definitions. Figure S4. Kaplan-Meier survival curves (and corresponding 95% CIs) for risk of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy after 1:1 propensity score matching across QOF exposure definitions, among those who meet all other QOF targets.
The influence of the route environment on the route choice of bicyclists: A preliminary study
Creators: name: Livingston, Clarissa
name: Beyer Bartana, Ilil
name: Ziemke, Dominik
name: Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2019
Subjects: Route choice
Bicycle
Route environment
Urban design characteristics

description: As bicycling as a mode of transport for everyday mobility gains increasing interest from both the public and from policy makers in Germany (Abt. 3 Verkehrsplanung, Referat für Stadt- planung und Bauordnung, Landeshauptstadt München, 2015) (Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz, n.d.) (Tomik, 2018), the need to include bicycling in the transport models that support policy evaluation procedures becomes pressing. This study used an online stated preference survey and discrete choice modelling to investigate the effects of route environment attributes on bicyclists’ route choice in Berlin, Germany. Included among the attributes were two urban design characteristics, complexity and streetscape design. Both multinomial logit models with interaction parameters and mixed logit models with random coefficients were estimated. The results of these models show that both urban design characteristics have a significant effect on the route choice of bicyclists. The results also confirmed many hypotheses concerting the effects of route environment attributes, including several related to pavement types, motorized traffic volumes, and bicycle type used by the bicyclist. The results are also suitable to use as input for traffic modelling programs such as MATSim (Horni, Nagel, & Axhausen, 2016).
Retrieval of the reflection coefficient in neutron specular reflectometry
Creators: name: Masoudi, S. F.
name: Pazirandeh, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method is proposed which allows a complete determination of the complex reflection coefficient for any free unknown real potential (i.e., in the case where there is no effective absorption). In this method the unknown layer mounted on top of a known magnetic reference layer in touch with a macroscopic substrate. It lets us to determine the complex reflection coefficient without the effect of the substrate. The method exploits the interference of the spin components of a polarized neutron beam in the presence of a magnetic field. It is based on calculating the polarization of the reflected beam using the elements of transfer matrix and requires the measurement of the polarization in two(one) direction and (two) reflectivity of the reflected beam. A schematic example is presented.
AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODEL OF LIMITING PESTICIDE USAGE IN AGRICULTURE
Creators: name: Kania, John J.
name: Johnson, Bruce B.
name: Kania, John J.
name: Johnson, Bruce B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Environmental Economics and Policy
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: The use of agricultural crop pesticides has increased more than five-fold since 1950.1/ U.s. consumption of chemical pesticides currently exceeds one billion pounds of active ingredients annually; more than half of this volume is used for agriculturally-related enterprises. The explanation behind such growth is one of economics. The agricultural producer's rationale for using chemical pesticides on crops is to increase net revenues through 1) improved yields associated with more effective pest management, and/or 2) decreased cost of pest control.
Moving Atom-Field Interaction: Correction to Casimir-Polder Effect from Coherent Back-action
Creators: name: Shresta, S.
name: Hu, B. L.
name: Phillips, N. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Casimir-Polder force is an attractive force between a polarizable atom and a conducting or dielectric boundary. Its original computation was in terms of the Lamb shift of the atomic ground state in an electromagnetic field (EMF) modified by boundary conditions along the wall and assuming a stationary atom. We calculate the corrections to this force due to a moving atom, demanding maximal preservation of entanglement generated by the moving atom-conducting wall system. We do this by using non-perturbative path integral techniques which allow for coherent back-action and thus can treat non-Markovian processes. We recompute the atom-wall force for a conducting boundary by allowing the bare atom-EMF ground state to evolve (or self-dress) into the interacting ground state. We find a clear distinction between the cases of stationary and adiabatic motions. Our result for the retardation correction for adiabatic motion is up to twice as much as that computed for stationary atoms. We give physical interpretations of both the stationary and adiabatic atom-wall forces in terms of alteration of the virtual photon cloud surrounding the atom by the wall and the Doppler effect.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures, clarified discussions; to appear in Phys. Rev. A
INITIAL PERSPECTIVES ON NEBRASKA'S STATE WATER PLANNING AND REVIEW PROCESS
Creators: name: Gessaman, Paul H.
name: Gessaman, Paul H.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Late in the 1978 legislative session the Nebraska Legislaturel found it not politically possible to take action on a number of proposals for water resource management legislation. Political forces were divided on water legislation issues in ways that prevented majority coalitions from forming. Proponents of legislation to increase public management options for groundwater and streamflows had substantial strength and visibility. Those opposed to increased public management plus those opposed to specific legislative bills before the 1978 session had roughly equivalent political power. Charges of legislative inaction were rife in the newspapers of the state.
MOESM1 of Efficacy of switching to bilastine, a histamine H1 receptor antagonist, in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (H1-SWITCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Fukunaga, Atsushi
name: Oda, Yoshiko
name: Washio, Ken
name: Omori, Takashi
name: Kakei, Yasumasa
name: Hide, Michihiro
name: Nishigori, Chikako
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. SPIRIT 2013 checklist: recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents.
A cost-utility analysis of SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres versus best supportive care in the treatment of unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer refractory to chemotherapy in the UK
Creators: name: VK Brennan
name: F Colaone
name: S Shergill
name: RF Pollock
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Limited treatment options are available in chemotherapy-refractory or -intolerant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The objective of the present analysis was to evaluate the cost-utility of SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres relative to best supportive care (BSC) in the treatment of chemotherapy refractory mCRC from the perspective of the UK national healthcare payer. A cost-utility model was developed in Microsoft Excel to simulate transitions from progression-free survival to post-progression survival and death in patients with mCRC. Unit costs were captured in 2019 pounds sterling (GBP) based on the literature, formulary listings, and National Health Service (NHS) England reference costs. Future costs and effects were discounted at 3.5% per annum. A series of one-way sensitivity analyses, and probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) were conducted. The base case analysis showed that SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres would result in an increase in discounted quality-adjusted life years gained from 0.69 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to 1.50 QALYs, with an associated increase in cost from GBP 15,268 to GBP 34,168 yielding an incremental cost-utility ratio of GBP 23,435 per QALY. PSA showed that there would be a 56% likelihood that SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres would be cost-effective relative to BSC at a willingness-to-pay threshold of GBP 30,000 per QALY gained. This cost-utility analysis showed that, relative to BSC, SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres would be a cost-effective treatment option for patients with mCRC in the UK setting from the national healthcare payer perspective.
Theory of Melting and the Optical Properties of Gold/DNA Nanocomposites
Creators: name: Park, Sung Yong
name: Stroud, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: Quantitative Biology (q-bio)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We describe a simple model for the melting and optical properties of a DNA/gold nanoparticle aggregate. The optical properties at fixed wavelength change dramatically at the melting transition, which is found to be higher and narrower in temperature for larger particles, and much sharper than that of an isolated DNA link. All these features are in agreement with available experiments. The aggregate is modeled as a cluster of gold nanoparticles on a periodic lattice connected by DNA bonds, and the extinction coefficient is computed using the discrete dipole approximation. Melting takes place as an increasing number of these bonds break with increasing temperature. The melting temperature corresponds approximately to the bond percolation threshold.
description: 5 pages, 4 figure. To be published in Phys. Rev. B
Banasa mexicana Thomas
Creators: name: Rider, David A.
name: Swanson, Daniel R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Banasa
Banasa mexicana

description: Banasa mexicana Thomas, in Thomas & Yonke, 1988
 Distribution: United States: AZ (Thomas & Yonke 1988). (Mexico)
 Comments: This species was described after the cutoff date for the Froeschner (1988) catalog, so it was not included in that catalog.
description: Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085
D6.2. Fully loaded Agrobiodiversity data warehouse platform
Creators: name: Štraus, Saša
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: A data warehouse platform has been developed based on the Slovenian value chain case study, Green Point, where the Dynamic Value Chain (DVC) model is framed using a blockchain approach. This platform facilitates theidentification and mapping of the value chain actors, integrates data retrieved from their operations, and selects the most relevant  data relevant for value chain assessment and modelling. Additionally, it focuses on understanding how to retrieve data automatically over the long term.
SEALS – Das Schweizer Portal für retrodigitalisierte Zeitschriften
Creators: name: Graf, Nicole
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2008
Subjects: DIGITAL DOCUMENTS + ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS (LIBRARIANSHIP)
Digitalisierung
Zeitschriften

description: Das Konsortium der Schweizer Hochschulbibliotheken bietet seit dem Frühjahr 2006 mit SEALS (Swiss Electronic Academic Library Service) u. a. auch eine Plattform für retrodigitalisierte Zeitschriften an. Dieses im Rahmen des Projekts E-Archiving entstandene Angebot wurde mit der Digitalisierung der Schweizerischen Bauzeitung (340'000 Seiten) auf die ETH-Bibliothek als weiteren Partner ausgeweitet. Die retrodigitalisierten Zeitschriften bieten u.a. folgende Funktionalitäten: sie sind im Volltext durchsuchbar, es liegen die Inhaltsverzeichnisse und Einzelhefte von 130 Jahrgängen strukturiert mit weiteren Metadaten vor. Die Metadaten werden darüber hinaus über eine OAI-PMH-Schnittstelle weltweit zur Verfügung gestellt. Ein Plus ist hierbei, dass jeweils alle Zeitschriften unter Einhaltung einer Moving Wall Open Access sind und bei laufenden Zeitschriften die aktuelle Produktion integriert und gehostet werden kann. Ziel bis Ende 2008 ist es, eine repräsentative Auswahl der wichtigsten schweizerischen, wissenschaftlich und kulturhistorisch bedeutenden Zeitschriften in die Plattform zu integrieren. Geplant sind rund 20 Zeitschriften mit einem Umfang über einer Million Seiten. Die Digitalisierung der Zeitschriften wird jeweils in Absprache mit den Verlagen und Redaktionen vorgenommen. Die Projekt- und laufenden Archivierungskosten werden durch die Verlage mitfinanziert, dabei ist Sponsoring eine Möglichkeit der Refinanzierung. Mittelfristig angestrebtes Ziel ist die Überführung von SEALS in die derzeit entstehende digitale Bibliothek der Schweiz E-lib.ch und damit einhergehend auch die Öffnung für weitere Bibliotheken, die ihre Digitalisate auf SEALS anbieten können.
The far-IR/radio correlation in the ISO era
Creators: name: Pierini, D.
name: Popescu, C. C.
name: Tuffs, R. J.
name: Voelk, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the correlation between the far-infrared (FIR) and radio emissions from a composite sample of 72 nearby normal galaxies observed with the ISOPHOT instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory. The galaxies in the sample have measurements at three FIR wavelengths (60, 100 and 170 micron), which allowed a direct determination of the warm and cold FIR emission components. This is the first time that the correlation has been established for the total FIR luminosity, of which most is carried by the cold dust component predominantly emitting longwards of the spectral coverage of IRAS. The slope of this correlation is slightly non-linear (1.10+/-0.03). Separate correlations between the warm and cold FIR emission components and the radio emission have also been derived. The slope of the warm FIR/radio correlation was found to be linear (1.03+/-0.03). For the cold FIR/radio correlation we found a slightly non-linear (1.13+/-0.04) slope. We qualitatively interpret the correlations in terms of star formation rate and find that both the FIR and radio emissions may be consistent with a non-linear dependence on star formation rate for galaxies not undergoing starburst activity.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Suppression and Control of Pre-thermalization in Multi-component Fermi Gases Following a Quantum Quench
Creators: name: Huang, Chen-How
name: Takasu, Yosuke
name: Takahashi, Yoshiro
name: Cazalilla, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the mechanisms of control and suppression of pre-thermalization in $N$-component alkaline earth gases. To this end, we compute the short-time dynamics of the instantaneous momentum distribution and the relative population for different initial conditions after an interaction quench, accounting for the 11 peffect of initial interactions. We find that switching on an interaction that breaks the SU$(N)$ symmetry of the initial Hamiltonian, thus allowing for the occurrence of spin-changing collisions, does not necessarily lead to a suppression of pre-thermalization. However, the suppression will be most effective in the presence of SU$(N)$-breaking interactions provided the number of components $N \ge 4$ and the initial state contains a population imbalance that breaks the SU$(N)$ symmetry. We also find the conditions on the imbalance initial state that allow for a pre-thermal state to be stabilized for a certain time. Our study highlights the important role played by the initial state in the pre-thermalization dynamics of multicomponent Fermi gases. It also demonstrates that alkaline-earth Fermi gases provide an interesting playground for the study and control of pre-thermalization.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
WHEAT PRODUCTION COSTS PER BUSHEL FOR WHEAT-FALLOW, THREE YEAR ROTATION AND CONTINUOUS CROPPING, NEBRASKA 1978-79
Creators: name: Retzlaff, Robert E.J.
name: Retzlaff, Robert E.J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1982
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis
Production Economics

description: In 1978 Nebraska farmers produced approximately 77.7 million bushels of winter wheat on dryland acres. The three basic production systems used were wheat fallow (2-yr. rotation), wheat-fallow- corn or sorghum often referred to as the three year' rotation, and continuous wheat. Detailed production cost studies assist wheat growers in compiling their operation costs to other growers with similar production conditions and acreages of wheat. Cost of production information is a function of yield, variable cash costs, fixed costs, and the acres of wheat produced. A study of this type estimates production costs at one point in time. Annual revision of production cost figures is necessary as fuel and other input prices change.
Early health economic modelling for a treatment candidate in hidradenitis suppurativa
Creators: name: Willems, Damon
name: Mata Charokopou
name: Evers, Silvia
name: Hiligsmann, Mickaël
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Aims: Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin condition causing inflammatory lesions, pain, scarring and impaired mobility. Treatment options are limited and often lack success implying the need for additional/improved treatments. This research aimed to estimate the potential economic value of a treatment candidate, explore drivers of cost-effectiveness, and highlight economic evidence requirements for successful future value assessments. Materials and methods: An early cost-effectiveness model was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness (cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained) of a treatment candidate compared against the only authorized biologic, adalimumab, for moderate to severe HS, from a UK National Health Service and Personal Social Service perspective. A targeted literature review of clinical and economic references and previous health technology assessments (HTA) was performed for development and validation of the early economic model used to present sensitivity analyses accompanying the base-case cost-effectiveness results. Results and limitations: Base-case results revealed the candidate not to be cost-effective compared to adalimumab when considering a formal cost-effectiveness threshold of £30,000 per QALY gained. Scenario- and threshold analyses highlighted that reducing dosing or drug price by half improved the cost-effectiveness of the candidate. Cost-effectiveness was highly sensitive to health states’ utility values, treatment discontinuation and resource utilization, in line with existing HTA evidence. The paucity of economic studies and uncertainties around the candidate presented methodological constraints that were addressed through sensitivity analyses. Conclusions: Key costs and health effects drivers were highlighted to contextualize under which circumstances a treatment candidate for moderate to severe HS would reach acceptable cost-effectiveness levels. This early economic evaluation suggested promising economic perspectives for treatment candidates in HS. Exploring novel ways to use clinical endpoints to simulate the patient pathway and clinically meaningful treatment achievements in future research will facilitate the value demonstration of candidates in disease areas with high unmet care need.
A menu-driven facility for sample-size calculation in novel multiarm, multistage randomized controlled trials with a time-to-event outcome
Creators: name: Barthel, Friederike Maria-Sophie
name: Royston, Patrick
name: Parmar, Mahesh K.B.
name: Barthel, Friederike Maria-Sophie
name: Royston, Patrick
name: Parmar, Mahesh K.B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: nstage
subject: nstagemenu
subject: multiple arms
subject: randomized controlled trial
subject: survival analysis
subject: surrogate marker
subject: multistage trial

description: We present menu- and command-driven Stata programs for the calculation of sample size, number of events, and trial duration for a novel type of clinical trial design with a time-to-event outcome and two or more experimental arms. The approach is based on terminating accrual of patients to inferior experimental treatment arms at an early stage in the trial, allowing through to the next stage only treatments that show a predefined degree of advantage against the control treatment. The first stage of testing uses an intermediate outcome measure for the definitive (primary) outcome rather than with the primary outcome itself. The experimental arms are compared pairwise with the control arm according to the intermediate outcome measure. Arms that survive the comparison enter the next stage of patient accrual, culminating in comparisons against control on the primary outcome measure. The features supported include unequal patient allocation, target hazard ratios that may differ from 1 under the null hypothesis, and the ability to stop patient recruitment at a specified time after trial initiation. The computations of sample size and power are based on the asymptotic mean and variance of the log hazard-ratio under the null and alternative hypotheses. The overall operating characteristics are computed from the intermediate and final stage significance levels and power, and the correlation between the log hazard-ratios on the intermediate and primary outcome measures at the different stages. We illustrate the approach with the design of a United Kingdom Medical Research Council six-arm trial in prostate cancer in which the intermediate outcome is failure-free survival and the primary outcome is overall survival.
Valve Body Element with Embedded Sensors
Creators: name: Stoll, Philipp
name: Spierings, Adriaan
name: Ferchow, Julian
name: Klahn, Christoph
name: Brüngger, Kurt
name: Nägeli, Peter
name: Jung, Steffen
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2019

description: Eine Kombination (9) aufweisend ein Ventilkörperelement (10) und einen Sensor (40), wobei das Ventilkörperelement (10) zumindest teilweise durch ein generatives Herstellungsverfahren schichtweise und einstückig aufgebaut worden ist und der Sensor (40) in das Ventilkörperelement (10) eingebettet ist. Zudem ein Verfahren zu deren Herstellung; ein Ventil (1) aufweisend solche Kombinationen (9) sowie ein Set aufweisend zwei oder mehr Ventilkörper (2).