cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of soil-structure interaction effects in the dynamic response of instrumented bridges based on seismic records
Creators: name: Fraino, Miguel
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: The main objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of soil-structure interaction (SSI) and how it affected the response of the bridges under earthquake excitation. Detailed studies of signals recorded at key locations of a bridge –i.e. the bridge deck, pier base, and free field– were conducted. A total of 6 instrumented bridges subjected to 12 earthquakes were selected for the analysis, focusing on the behavior in the transverse direction for these particular cases. The first step of the evaluation process was the investigation of the modal properties by means of a system identification process. Then response spectra were calculated for all the records, and the effects of SSI were determined by comparing the acceleration spectrum of the free field motions with the spectrum of the bridge motions recorded at the foundation slabs or on the pile caps. The frequency contents of the signals were compared based on the Fourier amplitude amplifications of the records. The analysis of the comparisons of column base vs. free-field and column base vs. deck allowed to highlight behaviors related to SSI effects. The possible variability of the fundamental transverse period as a function of the amplitude of shaking with time was investigated using wavelet analysis techniques. The results from both response spectra and Fourier spectra analyses showed clearly that the free field motions are not always de-amplified at the foundation due to the soil-structure interaction effect, as it has been generally accepted. It was also demonstrated that for the same site and bridge, amplification or de-amplification varies from one earthquake to another. For almost all cases in this study the time-frequency analysis results showed that the peak response at the deck corresponds to the natural transverse period. This observation does not hold true only for one case, where the dynamic behavior was highly affected by the approaching embankments.
The Great War and Polish Memory. Architectural Forms of Commemoration and the Myth of a New State
Creators: name: Szymański, Wojciech
Publisher: name: Studi Slavistici
Year: 2019

description: 1918 was a seminal year in the history of 20th-century Poland – the country which, together with other Central and Eastern European states, gained independence as the Great War drew to an end. At the same time, the Great War does not appear to occupy a special and privileged place in Polish cultural memory. As a matter of fact, overshadowed by the trauma of World War II it is anything but an important site of memory. In the field of visual arts and literature the period 1914-1918 did not bring works which would be either formally ‘modern’ or would account for the tragedy of the war. It might well be stated that the eruption of modern means of expressions which were used by artists and writers to narrate the experience of the Great War – the phenomenon that can be observed in art and literature of many post-World War I European states – did not leave any substantial traces in Polish culture. On the contrary, if the Great War was represented in Polish art, it was done so in a highly traditional and academic fashion. What one may find surprising is not only a special conservatism of formal means applied to textual and visual narratives about World War I. What also calls one’s attention to is the semantic operation conducted in Polish post-World War I culture: the substitution of the Great War memory with the memory of 1914-1920. This extension of the conflict by two more years made it possible for the new Polish state to divert the social attention and concern from World War I to the on-going fights for Poland’s eastern border. It was the latter that became a climax – not only in Polish public discourse but also in war art and literature. While the rest of Europe was, at that time, erecting the tombs of the unknown soldiers that died in the Great War, Poland was erecting the tomb of the unknown soldier that died in the Polish-Ukrainian war. The present article wishes to investigate some selected works of literature, art and architecture from the period 1916-1926 so as to illustrate the above-mentioned processes of the use and abuse of the meaning and memory of the Great War – all in order to create a new culture of memory for a new state.
description: Studi Slavistici, Studi Slavistici XV, 2018, 2
Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy in Severe Acute Pancreatitis: Case Report and Literature Review
Creators: name: Taffurelli, Giovanni
name: D’Ambra, Marielda
name: Buscemi, Salvatore
name: Ricci, Claudio
name: Pezzilli, Raffaele
name: Casadei, Riccardo
name: Pigna, Antonina
name: Melotti, Rita
name: Di Nino, Gianfranco
name: Minni, Francesco
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Meeting Abstracts; Pancreas

description: Context Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is one of the most worrisome complications of hemorrhagic necrotic pancreatitis (HNP) and its prevention or correct treatment is crucial for patient survival. Case report A 29-year-old male patient with clinical history of sarcoidosis and alcoholic consumption was admitted to our Surgical Unit in March 2012 with diagnosis of severe acute pancreatitis. Clinical evaluation and laboratory tests revealed concurrent sepsis and anemia (WBC 34.91 x103/µL; PCR 34.76 mg/dL; LDH 714 U/L; Hb 10.1 g/L); a CT scan showed a wide pancreatic necrosis and multiple abdominal collections. These findings were suggestive of an infected pancreatic necrosis. A surgical abdominal toilette, necrosectomy and drainage of a large serous-hematic retroperitoneal collection were performed. In postoperative day 3, a gradual increase of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP: 22 mmHg) led up to an ACS, with respiratory distress, acute renal failure and paralytic ileus. Therefore, the patient underwent a second abdominal toilette, with laparostomy covered by a Bogota bag. This latter was replaced every 72 hours. In postoperative day 12,  the onset of severe anemia brought to a third operation consisting in abdominal toilette, wide necrosectomy, hemostasis of proper hepatic artery and replacement of the Bogota bag. In postoperative day 22, the Bogota bag was replaced with a vacuum assisted closure (VAC) therapy. VAC therapy was then changed every 48-72 hours. Clinical conditions improved rapidly, in postoperative day 43 the laparostomy was closed with a biological mesh and a CT scan, performed in postoperative day 45, showed the complete resolution of abdominal inflammation and peripancreatic collections. Patient was discharged in postoperative day 68. Conclusion In literature, a standardized surgical strategy for ACS developed from HNP is missing. While the use of laparostomy is widely accepted, only few cases treated with VAC therapy are described. In our experience, laparostomy seemed a good “bridge” treatment, but the best results in terms of clinical response have been gained with the use of VAC therapy.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5S (2012): September (Suppl.) - p. 548-650
Neuroserica Brenske 1900
Creators: name: Allsopp, Peter G.
name: Schoolmeesters, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Neuroserica

description: Neuroserica Brenske, 1900b
[4 species].
Type species Omaloplia (Emphania) fulvescens Blanchard, 1850, by subsequent monotypy.
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 104-175 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14984437
Celiac Disease Presenting as Recurrent Pancreatitis and Pseudocyst
Creators: name: Basha, Jahangeer
name: Appasani, Sreekanth
name: Vaiphei, Kim
name: Singh, Kartar
name: Kochhar, Rakesh
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Celiac Disease; Pancreatic Pseudocyst; Pancreatitis

description: Context The association between celiac disease and pancreatitis is sparsely reported. Celiac disease may remain asymptomatic or may have atypical features, and its diagnosis in pancreatitis may not be obvious. It is more than mere chance association that explains the occurrence of pancreatitis in celiac disease. Malnutrition, papillary stenosis and immunopathogenetic mechanisms contribute to the development of pancreatitis in a patient of celiac disease. Case report We here report one such case that had recurrent acute pancreatitis with pseudocyst formation and negative routine etiological work up. It was on noticing abnormal duodenal mucosa at the time of doing endoscopic cystogastrostomy that the diagnosis of celiac disease was suspected and later proved. Conclusion This report highlights that celiac disease should be considered in the etiological work up of patients with unexplained pancreatitis.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5 (2012): September - p. 470-547
A proposal for the origin of the anomalous magnetic moment
Creators: name: Novello, M.
name: Bittencourt, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a new form of contribution for the anomalous magnetic moment of all particles. This common origin is displayed in the framework of a recent treatment of electrodynamics that is based in the introduction of an electromagnetic metric which has no gravitational character. This effective metric constitutes a universal pure electromagnetic process perceived by all bodies, charged or not charged. As a consequence it yields a complementary explanation for the existence of anomalous magnetic moment for charged particles and even for non-charged particles like neutrino.
description: 10 pages, minor errors corrected, discussion improved and comparison with experiments updated
IPMN and Parathyroid Adenoma: An Interesting Association
Creators: name: Gilshtein, Hayim
name: Mekel, Michal
name: Kluger, Yoram
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal; Hyperparathyroidism, Primary; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5 (2012): September - p. 470-547
The use of remote sensing to characterize forest structure and improve the modeling of snow processes in extensively disturbed watersheds
Creators: name: Varhola, Andrés
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2013

description: The lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests of British Columbia have been recently affected by mountain pine beetle (MPB) (Dendroctonus ponderosae), constituting one of the most destructive insect outbreaks in North America. In such a snow-dominated environment, a receding forest cover is associated with increases in snow accumulation during winter, enhancements of snowmelt rates and suppression of spring transpiration. These changes can elevate flooding risk and thus threaten society. However, the unprecedented extent of the disturbance and particular nature of the beetles’ severe but gradual effect on the forests’ integrity have challenged scientists aiming to quantify the real ecological impacts. Even though hydrologic models remain as the only tool currently available to evaluate the effects of MPB on hydrologic dynamics, they are impaired in their present form for relying on coarse and oversimplified characterizations of forest structure. Remote sensing technologies such as Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), which provides detailed three-dimensional representations of canopy structure, offer a remarkable alternative to fill this knowledge gap. The main objective of this thesis is to determine how hydrologic modeling can be improved by remote sensing through a better characterization of forest structure. Given the variety and complexity of hydrologic models, the same research question is applied independently to the simplest forms of plot-level univariate empirical models and complex physically-based simulators operating at the watershed level. It was found that remotely-sensed forest metrics are better predictors of snow accumulation and ablation at the plot level than traditional ground-based variables, and that the accurate estimation of maximum snow accumulation and snow ablation with ultrasonic range devices significantly increases the quality of simple empirical models. It was also shown that a novel method, which minimizes the geometrical differences between ALS and traditional ground instruments’ data, was fundamental to obtain accurate plot-level estimates of forest structure metrics identified as primary drivers of snow processes. Wall-to-wall watershed-level coverage of hydrologically-relevant forest variables was successfully achieved by integrating ALS and Landsat metrics. The methods developed will result in better inputs for hydrologic models with the potential to improve the quality of snow process and streamflow predictions.
Foreword
Creators: name: Müller, Kees
name: Meulen, van der, Kelly
Publisher: name: Self-published
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Food writing

description: FRAME 35.1 Literary Perspectives on Food attempts to do similar things as the above-mentioned anthologies, edited volumes, and articles in this issue. By contributing to the study of literary food representation, this edition of FRAME hopes to incentivise scholarly approaches to food in literature among our readers. In this way, this issue hopes to challenge preconceived notions about food culture, and to inspire scholars and students alike to reassess their presuppositions concerning food, cooking, eating and their symbolism.
Vibrational structures and long-lasting electronic coherence
Creators: name: Chin, A. W.
name: Prior, J.
name: Rosenbach, R.
name: Caycedo-Soler, F.
name: Huelga, S. F.
name: Plenio, M. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent observations of beating signals in the excitation energy transfer dynamics of photosynthetic complexes have been interpreted as evidence for sustained coherences that are sufficiently long-lived for energy transport and coherence to coexist. The possibility that coherence may be exploited in biological processes has opened up new avenues of exploration at the interface of physics and biology. The microscopic origin of these long-lived coherences, however, remains to be uncovered. Here we present such a mechanism and verify it by numerically exact simulations of system-environment dynamics. Crucially, the non-trivial spectral structures of the environmental fluctuations and particularly discrete vibrational modes can lead to the generation and sustenance of both oscillatory energy transport and electronic coherence on timescales that are comparable to excitation energy transport. This suggests that the non-trivial structure of protein environments plays a more significant role for coherence in biological processes than previously believed.
description: Now with numerical confirmation of effect for ambient temperatures
U20 Kîîtharaka Psychological Science
Creators: name: Martin, Alexander
name: Culbertson, Jennifer
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Registered version of U20 Kîîtharaka project.
On rectifiable spaces and paratopological groups
Creators: name: Lin, Fucai
name: Shen, Rongxin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Topology (math.GN)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 54A25, 54B05, 54E20, 54E35

description: We mainly discuss the cardinal invariants and generalized metric properties on paratopological groups or rectifiable spaces, and show that: (1) If $A$ and $B$ are $ω$-narrow subsets of a paratopological group $G$, then $AB$ is $ω$-narrow in $G$, which give an affirmative answer for \cite[Open problem 5.1.9]{A2008}; (2) Every bisequential or weakly first-countable rectifiable space is metrizable; (3) The properties of Fr$\acute{e}$chet-Urysohn and strongly Fr$\acute{e}$chet-Urysohn are coincide in rectifiable spaces; (4) Every rectifiable space $G$ contains a (closed) copy of $S_ω$ if and only if $G$ has a (closed) copy of $S_{2}$; (5) If a rectifiable space $G$ has a $σ$-point-discrete closed $k$-network, then $G$ contains no closed copy of $S_{ω_{1}}$; (6) If a rectifiable space $G$ is pointwise canonically weakly pseudocompact, then $G$ is a Moscow space. Also, we consider the remainders of paratopological groups or rectifiable spaces, and give a partial answer to questions posed by C. Liu in \cite{Liu2009} and C. Liu, S. Lin in \cite{Liu20091}, respectively.
description: 19 pages (replace)
Almost perfect state transfer in quantum spin chains
Creators: name: Vinet, Luc
name: Zhedanov, Alexei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The natural notion of almost perfect state transfer (APST) is examined. It is applied to the modelling of efficient quantum wires with the help of $XX$ spin chains. It is shown that APST occurs in mirror-symmetric systems, when the 1-excitation energies of the chains are linearly independent over rational numbers. This result is obtained as a corollary of the Kronecker theorem in Diophantine approximation. APST happens under much less restrictive conditions than perfect state transfer (PST) and moreover accommodates the unavoidable imperfections. Some examples are discussed.
description: 11 pages
ESTRATÉGIAS EDUCACIONAIS PARA PREVENÇÃO REDUÇÃO DO AGEÍSMO EM INSTITUIÇÕES DE SAÚDE: REVISÃO DE ESCOPO
Creators: name: Da Silva, Carmela Farias
name: Figueiro, Mabel
name: Stein, Airton Tetelbom
name: De Almeida Da Silva, Roberta
name: OLSEN, VIRGILIO DA ROCHA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: ageísmo, educação, instituições de saúde, revisão de escopo

description: Introdução: Em decorrência do aumento da expectativa de vida na população mundial, existe uma preocupação em entender o envelhecimento como fenômeno social, nos seus diferentes aspectos como diversidade e necessidades. Nesse conjunto de fatores, inclui-se a revisão de crenças, estereótipos e preconceitos ao envelhecimento. O ageísmo, assim como etarismo e idadismo, são termos utilizados para expressar a discriminação contra pessoas em razão da idade. Por isso, é necessário identificar estratégias educacionais efetivas aos profissionais de saúde, com intuito do manejo integral e adequado aos idosos. No entanto, os estudos apresentam heterogeneidade em relação as estratégias escolhidas, assim como a identificação da estratégia mais efetiva para o manejo dessa condição. Objetivos: Mapear e identificar estratégias educacionais para melhorar a relação dos profissionais de saúde frente ao ageísmo. Metodologia: Será realizada uma revisão de escopo seguindo os critérios da PRISMA ScR (PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews) a partir da busca de estudos científicos nas seguintes bases de dados eletrônicas: Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), scopus, Effective Practice Organization Care da Cochrane (EPOC), Epistemonikos, Health System Evidence e também na literatura cinzenta. Serão incluídos estudos que analisaram o impacto de estratégias educacionais para minimização do ageísmo em profissionais que trabalham em instituições de saúde. Serão incluídos estudos e demais documentos publicados de 2003 até 2022 nos idiomas português, espanhol e inglês. Resultados esperados: encontrar estratégias efetivas para prevenção do ageísmo em instituições de saúde.
กำลังอัดและการหดตัวแบบออโตจีเนียสของซีเมนต์เพสต์ผสมผงหินปูนและผงแคลเซียมคาร์บอเนต
Creators: name: ทวิช กล้าแท้
name: คมสัน มาลีสี
Publisher: name: กองบริหารการวิจัย
Year: 2562
Subjects: ผงหินปูน
ผงแคลเซียมคาร์บอเนต
กำลังอัด
การหดตัวแบบออโตจีเนียส

description: วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี, 27, 1, 159-171
Knee joint kinematics and cartilage health using magnetic resonance imaging: applications to high tibial osteotomy
Creators: name: D'Entremont, Agnes Germaine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent disease with mechanical risk factors. One risk factor, varus knee alignment, is associated with medial tibiofemoral (TF) OA. High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a surgical treatment for younger patients with varus malalignment that aims to reduce medial TF loading by realigning the mechanical axis. Post-HTO MR investigation of cartilage health is complicated by metal artifact from surgical implants. Delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) is a validated assessment of cartilage health sensitive to early OA. Techniques to reduce metal artifact in dGEMRIC were tested in phantom and in vivo. Saturation recovery reduced the extent of metal artifact, allowing dGEMRIC measurement near metal. The mechanical change caused by HTO may increase lateral TF or patellofemoral (PF) loads, which may damage cartilage. Fourteen knees were examined before and after HTO using dGEMRIC. No significant differences were found between pre-operative and either 6- or 12-month results (TF or PF). These results indicate that cartilage may not be degenerating in the short term with HTO. Clinical measures of mechanical changes with HTO are often frontal radiographs obtained in one joint position. Three-dimensional kinematic changes associated with HTO are unknown. Using a validated MR kinematics method, fourteen knees were examined before and after HTO. Seven of 11 kinematic parameters (TF and PF) showed significant differences between pre-operative and both 6- and 12-month follow-ups. These 3D changes may relate to clinical success; identifying these relationships may lead to improvements in HTO. Knee kinematics are often assessed from a series of static positions. However, differences may exist between kinematics estimated from static poses and those from movement. A new dynamic method was developed to evaluate differences between static and dynamic kinematics in normal knees (n = 10). Eight of 11 kinematic parameters showed significant differences between dynamic and static kinematics. Dynamic 3D kinematics are often different from static results, and may provide information not obtainable from static scans. In conclusion, numerous changes in knee joint kinematics and no apparent changes in cartilage health are associated with HTO within one year. Methods developed may help answer important questions about other orthopaedic disorders.
Befriending Askey-Wilson polynomials
Creators: name: Szabłowski, Paweł J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 33D45, 33D65, 42C10, Secondary 60E05, 42C05, 05A30

description: We recall five families of polynomials constituting a part of the so-called Askey-Wilson scheme. We do this to expose properties of the Askey-Wilson (AW) polynomials that constitute the last, most complicated element of this scheme. In doing so we express AW density as a product of the density that makes $q-$Hermite polynomials orthogonal times a product of four characteristic function of $q-$Hermite polynomials (\ref{fAW}) just pawing the way to a generalization of AW integral. Our main results concentrate mostly on the complex parameters case forming conjugate pairs. We present new fascinating symmetries between the variables and some newly defined (by the appropriate conjugate pair) parameters. In particular in (\ref% {rozwiniecie1}) we generalize substantially famous Poisson-Mehler expansion formula (\ref{PM}) in which $q-$Hermite polynomials are replaced by Al-Salam-Chihara polynomials. Further we express Askey-Wilson polynomials as linear combinations of Al-Salam-Chihara (ASC) polynomials. As a by-product we get useful identities involving ASC polynomials. Finally by certain re-scaling of variables and parameters we reach AW polynomials and AW densities that have clear probabilistic interpretation.
description: 21
Pancreatitis During Treatment with Liraglutide
Creators: name: Famularo, Giuseppe
name: Gasbarrone, Laura
name: Minisola, Giovanni
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Incretins; liraglutide; Pancreatitis

description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5 (2012): September - p. 470-547
Abelian 3-form gauge theory: superfield approach
Creators: name: Malik, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a D-dimensional Abelian 3-form gauge theory within the framework of Bonora-Tonin's superfield formalism and derive the off-shell nilpotent and absolutely anticommuting Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) and anti-BRST symmetry transformations for this theory. To pay our homage to Victor I. Ogievetsky (1928-1996), who was one of the inventors of Abelian 2-form (antisymmetric tensor) gauge field, we go a step further and discuss the above D-dimensional Abelian 3-form gauge theory within the framework of BRST formalism and establish that the existence of the (anti-)BRST invariant Curci-Ferrari (CF) type of restrictions is the hallmark of any arbitrary p-form gauge theory (discussed within the framework of BRST formalism).
description: LaTeX file, 8 pages, Talk delivered at BLTP, JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
Lesson from Acute Experimental Pancreatitis: Multidrug Strategies Is Effective than Single-Target Therapy
Creators: name: Uomo, Generoso
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Cell Adhesion Molecules; Cytokines; Free Radical Scavengers; Nitric Oxide; Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing; Protease Inhibitors; Therapeutics

description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5 (2012): September - p. 470-547
Nipponoserica Nomura 1973
Creators: name: Allsopp, Peter G.
name: Schoolmeesters, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Nipponoserica

description: Nipponoserica Nomura, 1973
[20 species].
Type species Serica similis Lewis, 1895, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 104-175 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14984437
Towards a generic test of the strong field dynamics of general relativity using compact binary coalescence
Creators: name: Li, T. G. F.
name: Del Pozzo, W.
name: Vitale, S.
name: Broeck, C. Van Den
name: Agathos, M.
name: Veitch, J.
name: Grover, K.
name: Sidery, T.
name: Sturani, R.
name: Vecchio, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coalescences of binary neutron stars and/or black holes are amongst the most likely gravitational-wave signals to be observed in ground based interferometric detectors. Apart from the astrophysical importance of their detection, they will also provide us with our very first empirical access to the genuinely strong-field dynamics of General Relativity (GR). We present a new framework based on Bayesian model selection aimed at detecting deviations from GR, subject to the constraints of the Advanced Virgo and LIGO detectors. The method tests the consistency of coefficients appearing in the waveform with the predictions made by GR, without relying on any specific alternative theory of gravity. The framework is suitable for low signal-to-noise ratio events through the construction of multiple subtests, most of which involve only a limited number of coefficients. It also naturally allows for the combination of information from multiple sources to increase one's confidence in GR or a violation thereof. We expect it to be capable of finding a wide range of possible deviations from GR, including ones which in principle cannot be accommodated by the model waveforms, on condition that the induced change in phase at frequencies where the detectors are the most sensitive is comparable to the effect of a few percent change in one or more of the low-order post-Newtonian phase coefficients. In principle the framework can be used with any GR waveform approximant, with arbitrary parameterized deformations, to serve as model waveforms. In order to illustrate the workings of the method, we perform a range of numerical experiments in which simulated gravitational waves modeled in the restricted post-Newtonian, stationary phase approximation are added to Gaussian and stationary noise that follows the expected Advanced LIGO/Virgo noise curves.
description: 26 pages, 23 figures, Accepted by PRD
Secluded Dark Matter Coupled to a Hidden CFT
Creators: name: von Harling, Benedict
name: McDonald, Kristian L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Models of secluded dark matter offer a variant on the standard WIMP picture and can modify our expectations for hidden sector phenomenology and detection. In this work we extend a minimal model of secluded dark matter, comprised of a U(1)'-charged dark matter candidate, to include a confining hidden-sector CFT. This provides a technically natural explanation for the hierarchically small mediator-scale, with hidden-sector confinement generating m_{gamma'}>0. Furthermore, the thermal history of the universe can differ markedly from the WIMP picture due to (i) new annihilation channels, (ii) a (potentially) large number of hidden-sector degrees of freedom, and (iii) a hidden-sector phase transition at temperatures T << M_{dm} after freeze out. The mediator allows both the dark matter and the Standard Model to communicate with the CFT, thus modifying the low-energy phenomenology and cosmic-ray signals from the secluded sector.
description: ~50p, 8 figs; v2 JHEP version
Black-hole horizons as probes of black-hole dynamics I: post-merger recoil in head-on collisions
Creators: name: Jaramillo, José Luis
name: Macedo, Rodrigo P.
name: Moesta, Philipp
name: Rezzolla, Luciano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The understanding of strong-field dynamics near black-hole horizons is a long-standing and challenging prob- lem in general relativity. Recent advances in numerical relativity and in the geometric characterization of black- hole horizons open new avenues into the problem. In this first paper in a series of two, we focus on the analysis of the recoil occurring in the merger of binary black holes, extending the analysis initiated in [1] with Robinson- Trautman spacetimes. More specifically, we probe spacetime dynamics through the correlation of quantities defined at the black-hole horizon and at null infinity. The geometry of these hypersurfaces responds to bulk gravitational fields acting as test screens in a scattering perspective of spacetime dynamics. Within a 3 + 1 approach we build an effective-curvature vector from the intrinsic geometry of dynamical-horizon sections and correlate its evolution with the flux of Bondi linear momentum at large distances. We employ this setup to study numerically the head-on collision of nonspinning black holes and demonstrate its validity to track the qualita- tive aspects of recoil dynamics at infinity. We also make contact with the suggestion that the antikick can be described in terms of a "slowness parameter" and how this can be computed from the local properties of the horizon. In a companion paper [2] we will further elaborate on the geometric aspects of this approach and on its relation with other approaches to characterize dynamical properties of black-hole horizons.
description: final version published on PRD
Laparoscopic Left Pancreatectomy: Does Exist a Learning Curve?
Creators: name: Ricci, Claudio
name: Buscemi, Salvatore
name: D’Ambra, Marielda
name: Taffurelli, Giovanni
name: Pacilio, Carlo Alberto
name: Peri, Eugenia
name: Pezzilli, Raffaele
name: Marrano, Nicola
name: Casadei, Riccardo
name: Minni, Francesco
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Meeting Abstracts; Pancreas

description: Context Surgeons are performing laparoscopic left pancreatectomy (LLP) with increasing frequency. To our knowledge do not exist studies which defines learning curve (LC). Objectives To define a number of procedures needed to achieve LC in LLP. Methods From January 2008 to June 2012 data regarding 25 patients, undergoing LLP for pancreatic lesions, were collected in a prospective database. All procedures were performed by a single high volume surgeon in advanced laparoscopic and open pancreatic surgery. Decrease of the operative time (OT) was used as parameter to establish the achievement of LC. A preliminary multivariate analysis was carried out to establish which factors influenced OT. Correlation between OT and cumulative sum of procedure (CUSUM) was evaluated to calculate the LC cut-off. Finally multivariate analysis was repeated including LC cut-off. ANOVA test was used to estimate correlation and to calculate multivariate model. Results There were 18 (72%) females and 7 (28%) males with mean age of 55±16 years and mean BMI of 27±5 kg/m2. Patients were more frequently ASA II (64%). Thirteen patients (52%) presented one or more co-morbidity and had a previous surgical abdominal procedure. Splenectomy was carried out in 18 (72% ) cases. An extended resection was conducted in 5 cases (20%). Mean operative time was 219±52 min. Rate of conversion was 16%. Pathological examination showed only in 11 (44%) cases a malignant disease and none ductal adenocarcinoma. Preliminary multivariate analysis showed that splenectomy significantly decreased OT while size of lesion increased OT (P=0.033 and P=0.041, respectively). A significant inverse correlation was found between OT and CUSUM (P=0.050) and the LC cut-off was 14 procedures. Final analysis including LC cut-off showed that the achievement of LC cut-off reduced significantly OT (P=0.047). Instead BMI and extended resection independently increased OT (P=0.030 and P=0.022, respectively) Conclusion In our experience the number of procedure needed to achieve LC was 14 LLP. BMI and extended resection influenced OT even after the achievement of LC.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5S (2012): September (Suppl.) - p. 548-650
Pseudomaladera Nikolajev 1980
Creators: name: Allsopp, Peter G.
name: Schoolmeesters, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Pseudomaladera

description: Pseudomaladera Nikolajev, 1980 (not Pseudomaladera Nomura, 1974).
Type species Serica koltzei Reitter, 1897 by original designation.
Synonymy by Ahrens (2000b).
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 104-175 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14984437
Groove Pancreatitis Associated with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Creators: name: Buscemi, Salvatore
name: D’Ambra, Marielda
name: Pacilio, Carlo Alberto
name: Panzacchi, Riccardo
name: Taffurelli, Giovanni
name: Peri, Eugenia
name: Ricci, Claudio
name: Santini, Donatella
name: Pezzilli, Raffaele
name: Casadei, Riccardo
name: Minni, Francesco
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Meeting Abstracts; Pancreas

description: Context Groove pancreatitis is a chronic inflammation of ectopic pancreatic tissue within the duodenal C-loop and the head of the pancreas. Case report A 56-year-old man affected by Crohn’s disease was admitted to our Surgical Unit in 2010 for epigastric pain associated with jaundice, weight loss and vomiting. He was not an alcohol drinker. Laboratory tests revealed abnormal levels of total bilirubin (25.6 mg/dL), amylase and lipase (108 and 293 UI/L, respectively) and CA 19-9 (2,435 IU/mL). An US and a CT scan showed dilatation of common bile duct, a 30 mm iso-hypodense area in the head of pancreas involving the duodenal wall and a dilatation of the main pancreatic duct (6 mm). A FNAB revealed the presence of a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Finally, a 18F-FDG PET-CT scan showed an hyperfixation (SUVmax=4.3) of the pancreatic lesion. Thus, the patient underwent a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. The postoperative course was regular, with discharge in postoperative day 14th. Macroscopically, the pathological specimen showed a 50 mm multicystic paraduodenal mass and a solid 30 mm pancreatic nodule. Microscopically, the first lesion was consistent with a pancreatic hamartoma of the duodenal wall, with morphologic aspects of “groove pancreatitis”, while the solid nodule was a poorly differentiated pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Moreover, the adjacent pancreatic parenchyma was affected by a diffuse lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic autoimmune pancreatitis with epithelial granulocytic lesions. Five lymph nodes were metastatic (n=22), while resection margins were free. Patient is well and alive at 2 years from surgery. Conclusion A recent literature review of 348 patients with groove pancreatitis showed the association either with chronic pancreatitis (62.5%) and ductal adenocarcinoma (0.3%), separately. Our case is peculiar because the groove pancreatitis is associated with both pancreatic adenocarcinoma and autoimmune pancreatitis. Furthermore, there is no evidence that these pathologic entities could be connected each other.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5S (2012): September (Suppl.) - p. 548-650
Quadratic forms representing all odd positive integers
Creators: name: Rouse, Jeremy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 11E20, Secondary 11E25, 11E45, 11F30, 11F66

description: We consider the problem of classifying all positive-definite integer-valued quadratic forms that represent all positive odd integers. Kaplansky considered this problem for ternary forms, giving a list of 23 candidates, and proving that 19 of those represent all positive odds. (Jagy later dealt with a 20th candidate.) Assuming that the remaining three forms represent all positive odds, we prove that an arbitrary, positive-definite quadratic form represents all positive odds if and only if it represents the odd numbers from 1 up to 451. This result is analogous to Bhargava and Hanke's celebrated 290-theorem. In addition, we prove that these three remaining ternaries represent all positive odd integers, assuming the generalized Riemann hypothesis. This result is made possible by a new analytic method for bounding the cusp constants of integer-valued quaternary quadratic forms $Q$ with fundamental discriminant. This method is based on the analytic properties of Rankin-Selberg $L$-functions, and we use it to prove that if $Q$ is a quaternary form with fundamental discriminant, the largest locally represented integer $n$ for which $Q(\vec{x}) = n$ has no integer solutions is $O(D^{2 + ε})$.
description: 51 pages, improvements were made to the Petersson inner product bounds
Octotemna Blanchard 1850
Creators: name: Allsopp, Peter G.
name: Schoolmeesters, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Octotemna

description: Octotemna Blanchard, 1850
[1 species].
Type species Octotemna singularis Blanchard, 1850, by monotypy.
Note: Dalla Torre (1912a) incorrectly spelt Octotemna as “ Oetotemna ”.
Miotemna Lacordaire, 1855.
Unnecessary replacement name for Octotemna Blanchard, 1850 (confused with Octotemnus Mellié, 1847).
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 104-175 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14984437
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Pancreas: A Case Report
Creators: name: Pacilio, Carlo Alberto
name: D’Ambra, Marielda
name: Panzacchi, Riccardo
name: Taffurelli, Giovanni
name: Buscemi, Salvatore
name: Peri, Eugenia
name: Ricci, Claudio
name: Santini, Donatella
name: Pezzilli, Raffaele
name: Casadei, Riccardo
name: Minni, Francesco
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Meeting Abstracts; Pancreas

description: Context Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs), although originally described in the pulmonary system, are being reported in different anatomical locations. Case report A 55-year-old, asymptomatic man with clinical history of arterial hypertension and past smoking behavior, was admitted to our Surgical Unit in March 2012. A previous CT scan, performed for benign prostatic hyperplasia, revealed a 30 mm diameter mass in the pancreatic tail. Laboratory tests were within normal range. A further contrast-enhanced CT scan confirmed the presence of a nodular hypodense lesion with calcifications in the pancreatic tail, with no involvement of the spleen. A CWRM showed no communication with the main pancreatic duct. Finally, a 18F-FDG PET-CT scan showed no areas of pathological hyperfixation. The patient underwent a laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy. During the surgical procedure, due to the infiltration of transverse mesocolon and retroperitoneal fat, an en-block resection of pancreatic body-tail, spleen and splenic flexure of the colon was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged in postoperative day 9th. Macroscopically, the pathological examination showed a whitish, solitary, calcific, irregular shaped nodule. Microscopically, the lesion was characterized by myofibroblastic spindle cells mixed with diffuse inflammation made up of lymphocytes, plasmacells and eosinophils. Moreover, a myxoid struma together with a rich vascular growth was detected. These findings were consistent with a fasciitis-like variant of IMT. The patient is well and alive at 3 months from surgery. Conclusion To our knowledge, only 26 case of pancreatic IMT are reported in literature. They were mostly discovered incidentally and surgically treated, as in our case. This management seems to be correct because IMT is described as a neoplasm of intermediate biological behavior, with tendency for local recurrence instead of distant metastasizing.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5S (2012): September (Suppl.) - p. 548-650
A Rare Case of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Carcinoma of the Pancreas
Creators: name: D’Ambra, Marielda
name: Pacilio, Carlo Alberto
name: Panzacchi, Riccardo
name: Taffurelli, Giovanni
name: Buscemi, Salvatore
name: Ricci, Claudio
name: Cervellera, Maurizio
name: Tonini, Valeria
name: Santini, Donatella
name: Pezzilli, Raffaele
name: Casadei, Riccardo
name: Minni, Francesco
Publisher: name: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas
Year: 2012
Subjects: Meeting Abstracts; Pancreas

description: Context Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) of the pancreas represent an evolving pancreatic disease. Case report A 68-year-old asymptomatic woman, mild smoker, with clinical history of gallstones, arterial hypertension and surgical treatment for breast carcinoma, was admitted to our surgical unit in January 2012. An ultrasound examination, performed as a follow-up for gallstones, showed a cystic lesion of the pancreatic head. Laboratory tests revealed an increase of pancreatic amylases (114 U/L; reference range: 8-52 U/L) and lipases (89 U/L; reference range: 8-78 U/L), while tumor markers were within reference range. A contrast-enhanced CT scan showed the presence of a 22  mm diameter, multilocular, cystic lesion of the pancreatic head, with contrast-enhanced mural nodules. An endoscopic ultrasonography confirmed the lesion, the mural nodules and showed no dilatation of the main pancreatic duct (MPD); a fine needle aspiration (FNA) revealed an increase of CEA (416.6 ng/mL; reference range: 0-192 ng/mL) in the cystic fluid and cytological analysis showed mild to high grade dysplasia. The CEA levels were suggestive of a mucinous cystic neoplasm, while the presence of mural nodules suggested a malignant type II IPMN. Thus, a pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged in postoperative day 18th. The pathological specimen macroscopically showed a solid 14 mm diameter microcystic lesion with endoluminal micropapillae. Microscopically, the lesion was characterized by a carcinoma with tubulo-papillary pattern of growth, atypical cube-shaped cells without cytoplasmatic mucin and intralesional necrotic foci. Moreover, in the pathological specimen, clusters of IPMN gastric-subtype, with low to moderate dysplasia, were detected. These findings suggested the diagnosis of a well differentiated tubulo-papillary carcinoma associated to a mild dysplasia type II IPMN. All lymph nodes were negative. The patient is well and alive at 6 months from surgery. Conclusion To our knowledge, in literature only ten cases of ITPN were reported and its peculiar characteristic seems to be a more aggressive natural history.
description: JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, Vol 13, N° 5S (2012): September (Suppl.) - p. 548-650
Omaloplia Schonherr 1817
Creators: name: Allsopp, Peter G.
name: Schoolmeesters, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Omaloplia

description: Omaloplia Schönherr, 1817
[30 species and 3 additional subspecies].
The valid type species fixation is that of Thon (1832), who selected Scarabaeus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758, but that nominal species is currently the type species of the genus Serica MacLeay, 1819. An application to the Commission is necessary to fix Melolontha ruricola Fabricius, 1775 as the type species of Omaloplia to conserve current usage.
Note: Samouelle (1819) incorrectly spelt Omaloplia as “ Amaloplia ” and Stephens (1830) incorrectly spelt Omaloplia as “ Homaloplia ”.
Brachyphylla Mulsant, 1842 (not Brachyphylla Gray, 1834).
Type species Melolontha ruricola Fabricius, 1775, by monotypy. Synonymy by Erichson (1848).
Omaloplia (Acarina) Baraud, 1965b.
Type species Scarabaeus spireae Pallas, 1773, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 104-175 in Megataxa 12 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14984437