cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The role of social media platforms for diversified farm businesses in Scotland
Creators: name: Townsend, Leanne
name: Lambe, Sinead
name: Flanigan, Sharon
name: Noble, Christina
name: Creaney, Rachel
name: England, Matthew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This policy brief is concerned with the role of social media platforms for diversified farm businesses in Scotland. First, it outlines the benefits of diversification into digital platforms for farm businesses, and highlights good practices for its effective use. Then, by detailing the many barriers that Scottish farmers can face when engaging in social media platform diversification, this brief offers an explanation for its infrequent and at times ineffective usage by farms and rural businesses. Finally, this brief makes recommendations for policy and research pathways to support the better uptake of social media platforms amongst these groups.
Cardiovascular effects in patrol officers are associated with fine particulate matter from brake wear and engine emissions
Creators: name: Herbst, Margaret C
name: Griggs, Thomas R.
name: Bromberg, Philip A
name: Cascio, Wayne E
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2004

description: Abstract Background Exposure to fine particulate matter air pollutants (PM2.5) affects heart rate variability parameters, and levels of serum proteins associated with inflammation, hemostasis and thrombosis. This study investigated sources potentially responsible for cardiovascular and hematological effects in highway patrol troopers. Results Nine healthy young non-smoking male troopers working from 3 PM to midnight were studied on four consecutive days during their shift and the following night. Sources of in-vehicle PM2.5 were identified with variance-maximizing rotational principal factor analysis of PM2.5-components and associated pollutants. Two source models were calculated. Sources of in-vehicle PM2.5 identified were 1) crustal material, 2) wear of steel automotive components, 3) gasoline combustion, 4) speed-changing traffic with engine emissions and brake wear. In one model, sources 1 and 2 collapsed to a single source. Source factors scores were compared to cardiac and blood parameters measured ten and fifteen hours, respectively, after each shift. The "speed-change" factor was significantly associated with mean heart cycle length (MCL, +7% per standard deviation increase in the factor score), heart rate variability (+16%), supraventricular ectopic beats (+39%), % neutrophils (+7%), % lymphocytes (-10%), red blood cell volume MCV (+1%), von Willebrand Factor (+9%), blood urea nitrogen (+7%), and protein C (-11%). The "crustal" factor (but not the "collapsed" source) was associated with MCL (+3%) and serum uric acid concentrations (+5%). Controlling for potential confounders had little influence on the effect estimates. Conclusion PM2.5 originating from speed-changing traffic modulates the autonomic control of the heart rhythm, increases the frequency of premature supraventricular beats and elicits pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic responses in healthy young men.
Declaration of Intention of Domenico Laielli
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1917

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Domenico Laiellli Applicant age:37Occupation: FarmerCountry of Origin: ItalyDate of Birth: 28th October 1879Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Floria Italiana City of residence at time of declaration: Pomona Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 19th June 1917
title: Dual fluidized bed based technologies for carbon dioxide reduction
Creators: name: Fuchs, Josef
name: Mauerhofer, Anna Magdalena
name: Penthor, Stefan
name: Benedikt, Florian
name: Bartik, Alexander
name: Hammerschmid, Martin
name: Müller, Stefan
name: Hofbauer, Hermann
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: sorption enhanced reforming
gasification
chemical looping combustion

description: The dual fluidized bed technology offers a broad range of applications for the utilization of CO2 neutral energy carriers like biomass. This work provides an overview about dual fluidized bed technologies, which could contribute to a more sustainable future. The conventional biomass steam gasification is an already well-known technology. However, an advanced reactor design enables several further processes. These processes could be appropriate for a general CO2 reduction in the atmosphere. Based on this technology the sorption enhanced reforming process (SER) was developed and enables the in-situ removal of CO2 from the product gas. Consequently, the chemical equilibrium of the product gas is shifted and a high H2 content can be obtained in the product gas. Another variation of the DFB process is the gasification with CO2 instead of steam as gasification agent. This enables the utilization of a CO2 stream and the production of a product gas with high carbon content from biomass. Last but not least, a DFB reactor system can also be used for the so-called chemical looping combustion process of biomass (BioCLC), which has enormous potential for capturing CO2 due to its low energy demand. The principle is based on the use of a metal oxide as bed material and oxygen carrier. This oxygen carrier is used to burn the gas, which is produced by the gasification reactions of the biomass with steam.
Declaration of Intention of Adolf Ambs
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1919

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Adolf Ambs Applicant age:37Occupation: BakerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 22 September 1881Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Unknown City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:26 May 1919
Investigation of gene-by-sex interactions for lipid traits in diverse populations from the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study
Creators: name: Quibrera, P Miguel
name: Taylor, Kira C
name: North, Kari
name: Franceschini, Nora
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglyceride (TG) levels are influenced by both genes and the environment. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified ~100 common genetic variants associated with HDL-C, LDL-C, and/or TG levels, mostly in populations of European descent, but little is known about the modifiers of these associations. Here, we investigated whether GWAS-identified SNPs for lipid traits exhibited heterogeneity by sex in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study. Results A sex-stratified meta-analysis was performed for 49 GWAS-identified SNPs for fasting HDL-C, LDL-C, and ln(TG) levels among adults self-identified as European American (25,013). Heterogeneity by sex was established when phet < 0.001. There was evidence for heterogeneity by sex for two SNPs for ln(TG) in the APOA1/C3/A4/A5/BUD13 gene cluster: rs28927680 (phet = 7.4x10-7) and rs3135506 (phet = 4.3x10-4), one SNP in PLTP for HDL levels (rs7679; phet = 9.9x10-4), and one in HMGCR for LDL levels (rs12654264; phet = 3.1x10-5). We replicated heterogeneity by sex in five of seventeen loci previously reported by genome-wide studies (binomial p = 0.0009). We also present results for other racial/ethnic groups in the supplementary materials, to provide a resource for future meta-analyses. Conclusions We provide further evidence for sex-specific effects of SNPs in the APOA1/C3/A4/A5/BUD13 gene cluster, PLTP, and HMGCR on fasting triglyceride levels in European Americans from the PAGE study. Our findings emphasize the need for considering context-specific effects when interpreting genetic associations emerging from GWAS, and also highlight the difficulties in replicating interaction effects across studies and across racial/ethnic groups.
Mass loss from advective accretion disc around rotating black holes
Creators: name: Aktar, Ramiz
name: Das, Santabrata
name: Nandi, Anuj
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the properties of the outflowing matter from an advective accretion disc around a spinning black hole. During accretion, rotating matter experiences centrifugal pressure supported shock transition that effectively produces a virtual barrier around the black hole in the form of post-shock corona (hereafter, PSC). Due to shock compression, PSC becomes hot and dense that eventually deflects a part of the inflowing matter as bipolar outflows because of the presence of extra thermal gradient force. In our approach, we study the outflow properties in terms of the inflow parameters, namely specific energy (${\mathcal E}$) and specific angular momentum ($λ$) considering the realistic outflow geometry around the rotating black holes. We find that spin of the black hole ($a_k$) plays an important role in deciding the outflow rate $R_{\dot m}$ (ratio of mass flux of outflow and inflow), in particular, $R_{\dot m}$ is directly correlated with $a_k$ for the same set of inflow parameters. It is found that a large range of the inflow parameters allows global accretion-ejection solutions and the effective area of the parameter space (${\mathcal E}$, $λ$) with and without outflow decreases with black hole spin ($a_k$). We compute the maximum outflow rate ($R^{max}_{\dot m}$) as function of black hole spin ($a_k$) and observe that $R^{max}_{\dot m}$ weakly depends on $a_k$ that lies in the range $\sim 10\%-18\%$ of the inflow rate for the adiabatic index $(γ)$ with $1.5 \ge γ\ge 4/3$. We present the observational implication of our approach while studying the steady/persistent Jet activities based on the accretion states of black holes. We discuss that our formalism seems to have the potential to explain the observed Jet kinetic power for several Galactic Black Hole sources (GBHs) and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs).
description: 15 pages, 10 figures, accepted in MNRAS
Declaration of Intention of Max Schoenberg
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1917

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Max SchoenbergApplicant age: 62Occupation: ChefCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 22 July, 1854Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: SicilyCity of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 19 February, 1917
EHDEN - D5.5 - Federated Network
Creators: name: Rijnbeek, Peter
name: Diaz, Carlos
name: Prieto-Alhambra, Daniel
name: Wiener, Matthew
name: Lamb, Alan
name: Toulas, Jimmy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The objective of the EHDEN Consortium is to provide all the necessary services that enable a federated European data network to perform fast, scalable and highly reproducible research, while respecting privacy regulations, local data provenance and governance. This includes services and tools to perform data standardisation, analytical pipelines, tools to share study results, and tools for stakeholder engagement and training. The EHDEN Consortium combines active participation of stakeholder representatives with proven experience in: a) integrating different data types, methods and technologies to utilise diverse clinical datasets; b) platform development to make methods and datasets Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR); and c) engaging a wide variety of stakeholders, including health technology assessment agencies, regulators and patients. Success of this eco-system is ultimately measured by the amount and representativeness of the data included in the network, the number and relevance of studies executed, and the science translated into regulatory pathways and real-world practice, as well as the mutual involvement of key stakeholders. Currently, EHDEN has onboarded 98 Data Partners in Europe that has standardised their data to the OMOP CDM and has trained and certified a large number of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to support the Data Partners with standardisation to the OMOP CDM. This deliverable is the first in a series of three that focusses on Federated Network Studies through EHDEN. It describes the governance and operational model to execute studies based on more than a decade of experience in observational database studies. It describes all the steps in the process from research question to final results. This first version will form the basis for further improvement taking an agile approach in which we learn from each federated network study through iterative cycles.
השפעה של סוג התוכן וזמן החשיפה על תחושת החוללות העצמית
Creators: name: kimhi, hadar
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Life Sciences

description: .זוהי ההרשמה מראש למחקר שלנו, במסגרת קורס פסיכולוגיה ניסויית
Simplifying healthful choices: a qualitative study of a physical activity based nutrition label format
Creators: name: Braxton, Danielle F.
name: Dowray, Sunaina
name: Viera, Anthony
name: Mihas, Paul G.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background This study used focus groups to pilot and evaluate a new nutrition label format and refine the label design. Physical activity equivalent labels present calorie information in terms of the amount of physical activity that would be required to expend the calories in a specified food item. Methods Three focus groups with a total of twenty participants discussed food choices and nutrition labeling. They provided information on comprehension, usability and acceptability of the label. A systematic coding process was used to apply descriptive codes to the data and to identify emerging themes and attitudes. Results Participants in all three groups were able to comprehend the label format. Discussion about label format focused on issues including gender of the depicted figure, physical fitness of the figure, preference for walking or running labels, and preference for information in miles or minutes. Feedback from earlier focus groups was used to refine the labels in an iterative process. Conclusions In contrast to calorie labels, participants shown physical activity labels asked and answered, “How does this label apply to me?” This shift toward personalized understanding may indicate that physical activity labels offer an advantage over currently available nutrition labels.
title: Pore Size-Dependent Structure of Confined Water in Mesoporous Silica Films from Water Adsorption-Desorption using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Baumgartner, Bettina
name: Hayden, Jakob
name: Loizillon, Jérôme
name: Steinbacher, Sophia
name: Grosso, David
name: Lendl, Bernhard
Publisher: name: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Year: 2019

description: The final publication is available via https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01435.
description: The local structure of water on chemically and structurally different surfaces is a subject of ongoing research. In particular, confined spaces as found in mesoporous silica have a pronounced effect on the interplay between the adsorbate–adsorbate and adsorbate–surface interactions. Mid-infrared spectroscopy is ideally suited to quantitatively and qualitatively study such systems as the probed molecular vibrations are highly sensitive to intermolecular interactions. Here, the quantity and structure of water adsorbed from the gas phase into silica mesopores at different water vapor pressures was monitored using mid-infrared attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectroscopy. Germanium ATR crystals were coated with different mesoporous silica films prepared by evaporation-induced self-assembly. Quantitative analysis of the water bending vibration at 1640 cm–1 at varying vapor pressure allows for retrieving porosity and pore size distribution of the mesoporous films. The results were in excellent agreement with those obtained from ellipsometric porosimetry. In addition, different degrees of hydrogen bonding of water as reflected in the band position and shape of the stretching vibrations (3000–3800 cm–1) were analyzed and attributed to high-density, unordered bulk, low-density, and surface-induced ordered water. Thereby, the progression of surface-induced ordered water and bulk water as a function of water vapor pressure was studied for different pore sizes. Small pores of 5 nm diameter showed a number of two-ordered monolayers, whereas for pores >12 nm diameter, the number of ordered monolayers is significantly larger and agrees with the number observed on planar SiO2 surfaces.
NBD delivery improves the disease phenotype of the golden retriever model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Creators: name: Zhu, Hongtu
name: Bogan, Janet R
name: Dow, Jennifer L
name: Fan, Zheng
name: Styner, Martin
name: Bogan, Daniel J
name: Wang, Jiahui
name: Kornegay, Joe N.
name: Ahn, Mihye
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2014

description: Abstract Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene and afflicts skeletal and cardiac muscles. Previous studies showed that DMD is associated with constitutive activation of NF-κB, and in dystrophin-deficient mdx and utrophin/dystrophin (utrn -/- ;mdx) double knock out (dko) mouse models, inhibition of NF-κB with the Nemo Binding Domain (NBD) peptide led to significant improvements in both diaphragm and cardiac muscle function. Methods A trial in golden retriever muscular dystrophy (GRMD) canine model of DMD was initiated with four primary outcomes: skeletal muscle function, MRI of pelvic limb muscles, histopathologic features of skeletal muscles, and safety. GRMD and wild type dogs at 2 months of age were treated for 4 months with NBD by intravenous infusions. Results were compared with those collected from untreated GRMD and wild type dogs through a separate, natural history study. Results Results showed that intravenous delivery of NBD in GRMD dogs led to a recovery of pelvic limb muscle force and improvement of histopathologic lesions. In addition, NBD-treated GRMD dogs had normalized postural changes and a trend towards lower tissue injury on magnetic resonance imaging. Despite this phenotypic improvement, NBD administration over time led to infusion reactions and an immune response in both treated GRMD and wild type dogs. Conclusions This GRMD trial was beneficial both in providing evidence that NBD is efficacious in a large animal DMD model and in identifying potential safety concerns that will be informative moving forward with human trials.
Universal Behavior of Strain in Quantum Dots
Creators: name: Ilatikhameneh, Hesameddin
name: Ameen, Tarek
name: Klimeck, Gerhard
name: Rahman, Rajib
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) are highly strained heterostructures. the lattice strain significantly modifies the electronic and optical properties of these devices. A universal behavior is observed in atomistic strain simulations (in terms of both strain magnitude and profile) of QDs with different shapes and materials. In this paper, this universal behavior is investigated by atomistic as well as analytic continuum models. Atomistic strain simulations are very accurate but computationally expensive. On the other hand, analytic continuum solutions are based on assumptions that significantly reduce the accuracy of the strain calculations, but are very fast. Both techniques indicate that the strain depends on the aspect ratio (AR) of the QDs, and not on the individual dimensions. Thus simple closed form equations are introduced which directly provide the atomistic strain values inside the QD as a function of the AR and the material parameters. Moreover, the conduction and valence band edges $E_{C/V}$ and their effective masses $m^*_{C/V}$ of the QDs are dictated by the strain and AR consequently. The universal dependence of atomistic strain on the AR is useful in many ways; Not only does it reduce the computational cost of atomistic simulations significantly, but it also provides information about the optical transitions of QDs given the knowledge of $E_{C/V}$ and $m^*_{C/V}$ from AR. Finally, these expressions are used to calculate optical transition wavelengths in InAs/GaAs QDs and the results agree well with experimental measurements and atomistic simulations.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
Transport Theory from the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Lagrangian
Creators: name: Marty, R.
name: Torres-Rincon, J. M.
name: Bratkovskaya, E.
name: Aichelin, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Starting from the (Polyakov-) Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Lagrangian, (P)NJL, we formulate a transport theory which allows for describing the expansion of a quark-antiquark plasma and the subsequent transition to the hadronic world --without adding any new parameter to the standard (P)NJL approach, whose parameters are fixed to vacuum physics. This transport theory can be used to describe ultrarelativistic heavy-ion reaction data as well as to study the (first-order) phase transition during the expansion of the plasma. (P)NJL predicts such a phase transition for finite chemical potentials. In this contribution we give an outline of the necessary steps to obtain such a transport theory and present first results.
description: SQM 2015 proceedings, 12 pages, 12 figures
Declaration of Intention of Dymtro Slobodzion
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1917

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Dymtro Slobodzion Applicant age: 23 Occupation: LaborerCountry of Origin: AustriaDate of Birth: 23rd September 1893Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Prince Adelbert City of residence at time of declaration: Mizpah NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 14th July 1917
Fast coalescent-based computation of local branch support from quartet frequencies
Creators: name: Sayyari, Erfan
name: Mirarab, Siavash
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Species tree reconstruction is complicated by effects of Incomplete Lineage Sorting (ILS), commonly modeled by the multi-species coalescent model. While there has been substantial progress in developing methods that estimate a species tree given a collection of gene trees, less attention has been paid to fast and accurate methods of quantifying support. In this paper, we propose a fast algorithm to compute quartet-based support for each branch of a given species tree with regard to a given set of gene trees. We then show how the quartet support can be used in the context of the multi-species coalescent model to compute i) the local posterior probability that the branch is in the species tree and ii) the length of the branch in coalescent units. We evaluate the precision and recall of the local posterior probability on a wide set of simulated and biological data, and show that it has very high precision and improved recall compared to multi-locus bootstrapping. The estimated branch lengths are highly accurate when gene trees have little error, but are underestimated when gene tree estimation error increases. Computation of both branch length and local posterior probability is implemented as a new feature in ASTRAL.
Declaration of Intention of Rocco Carngno
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1925

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Rocco CarngnoApplicant age: 27Occupation: LaborerCountry of Origin: ItalyDate of Birth: 15 August 1898Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Ducca D' AbruzziCity of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 25 February, 1925
title: Re-envisioning Outreach Strategies
title: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Pursuing Medicine as a Career Choice in Qatar
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bendriss, Rachid
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2023

description: The State of Qatar has witnessed an exponential growth on many levels due to the current socio-economic development and its growing role in the region. Moving from a rentier economy to a knowledge-based society necessitated a re-envisioning of the higher education sector. Before the establishment of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in 2002, medical education was unavailable to local citizens and long-term residents, obliging them to travel to neighbouring Arab countries, the UK, or the U.S. to pursue a medical degree. Now, with two medical schools, Qatari citizens and residents finally have the opportunity to enrol in a medical degree without the need to leave Qatar. However, in the absence of a governmental framework to motivate prospective students, medical schools needed to establish recruitment strategies to attract and retain potential medical students and prepare them for the rigour of a foreign medical curriculum. This study investigates how potential medical students in Qatar perceive the influence of long-term curricular outreach initiatives on their decision to study medicine, what factors are significant in influencing their choice, and how their participation in one or more outreach pipeline programmes influences their choice of pursuing medical education in Qatar. Using a mixed-methods case study design, data were collected through a medical student survey, faculty interviews, and student interviews to identify personal and contextual factors that impact potential students’ decision to pursue medical education. This study demonstrates the efficacy of an integrated outreach strategy that combines longitudinal curricular programming with short-term programmes in medical student recruitment in Qatar. This research finds that intrinsic motivators, especially interest in medicine, desire to help others, and intellectual challenge stimulate a desire for medical career choice. Findings also show that participation in outreach programmes is perceived to be effective in stimulating interest by increasing self-efficacy expectations and outcome expectations as well as creating learning experiences, thereby strengthening interest in pursuing medical education and eventually leading to the pursuit of a chosen career path. Therefore, this study informs strategies aimed at attracting local citizens and residents to study medicine in Qatar. Additionally, this study proposes a conceptual framework that emphasises the importance of collaboration among the governmental sector, the public school system, and higher education institutions in Qatar. Although this framework is particularly relevant to the Qatari context, it has the potential to benefit regional institutions thanks to the sociocultural commonalities and the shared history of higher education in the Arab Gulf region.
title: Thermodynamic Investigation of SNG Production Based on Dual Fluidized Bed Gasification of Biogenic Residues
Creators: name: Bartik, Alexander
name: Benedikt, Florian
name: Lunzer, A.
name: Walcher, C.
name: Müller, Stefan
name: Hofbauer, Hermann
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: dual fluidized bed

description: Natural gas is an important commodity in the European energy market. A promising concept for the production of synthetic natural gas on a carbon neutral basis is presented by the gasification of biogenic residues and the further reaction to a methane-rich gas. This paper investigates the thermodynamics of methanation for different product gas compositions of the dual fluidized bed gasification technology. A complete methanation of the carbon oxides is possible by the utilization of a product gas from the sorption enhanced reforming process. For product gases from conventional or carbon dioxide gasification, only partial methanation of carbon monoxide occurs. Additionally, proper handling of carbon depositions through adjustments of feed gas composition and operational parameters in the methanation reactor are essential. Temperature and pressure variations allow a thermodynamically optimized operation, which can reduce energy costs for compression or lower the amount of gas upgrading for grid feed-in. Vice versa, it is shown that the feed gas can be optimally adjusted to the operational parameters of the methanation via the sorption enhanced reforming process.
Declaration of Intention of Hermann Otto Engel
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1916

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by:Hermann Otto Engel Applicant age:63Occupation: retiredCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 11 May 1853Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Franconia City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:7 December 1916
title: Mesoporous silica films for sensing volatile organic compounds using attenuated total reflection spectroscopy
Creators: name: Baumgartner, Bettina
name: Hayden, Jakob
name: Lendl, Bernhard
Publisher: name: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mid-IR spectroscopy
Mesoporous materials
Sensing
Volatile organic compounds
Functional coating

description: The final publication is available via https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.127194.
description: Sensitivity of evanescent wave sensing of gaseous species can be vastly increased by enrichment materials that locally concentrate the analyte on the sensor. Here, we investigate functionalized mesoporous silica films as versatile enrichment layer for sensing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from gas-phase. Attenuated total reflection (ATR) crystals were coated with silica films of different pore sizes and their capability to enrich three different aromatic hydrocarbons from a vapor stream was studied by means of Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Thereby, single-digit ppmv limits of detection (LOD) were achieved with an effective path length of only 6.3 μm. The selectivity introduced by the functionalization of the silica films effectively minimized interferences of water vapor, which gave access to the spectral fingerprint region between 1550 and 1450 cm−1. This allowed to discriminate and quantify toluene, p-xylene and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene in multicomponent mixtures at high humidity. Fast response and regeneration times and enrichment factors up to 32 000 showcase the high potential of this material for evanescent wave sensing.
Near-field radiative heat transfer between nanostructures in the deep sub-wavelength regime
Creators: name: St-Gelais, Raphael
name: Zhu, Linxiao
name: Fan, Shanhui
name: Lipson, Michal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radiative heat transfer between parallel objects separated by deep sub-wavelength distances and subject to large thermal gradients (>100 K) could enable breakthrough technologies for electricity generation and thermal transport control. However, thermal transport in this regime has never been achieved experimentally due to the difficulty of maintaining large thermal gradients over nm-scale distances while avoiding other heat transfer mechanism such as conduction. Previous experimental measurement between parallel planes were limited to distances greater than 500 nm (with a 20 K thermal gradient), which is much larger than the theoretically predicted distance (<100 nm) required for most applications. Here we show near-field radiative heat transfer between parallel nanostructures in the deep sub-wavelength regime using high precision micro electromechanical (MEMS) displacement control. We also exploit the high mechanical stability of structures under high tensile stress to minimize thermal buckling effects and maintain small separations at large thermal gradients. We achieve an enhancement of heat transfer of almost two orders of magnitude relative to the far-field limit, which corresponds to a 54 nm separation. We also achieve a high temperature gradient (260 K) between the cold and hot surfaces while maintaining a ~100 nm distance.
Recurrence-time statistics in non-Hamiltonian volume preserving maps and flows
Creators: name: da Silva, Rafael M.
name: Beims, Marcus W.
name: Manchein, Cesar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We analyze the recurrence-time statistics (RTS) in three-dimensional non-Hamiltonian volume preserving systems (VPS): an extended standard map, and a fluid model. The extended map is a standard map weakly coupled to an extra-dimension which contains a deterministic regular, mixed (regular and chaotic) or chaotic motion. The extra-dimension strongly enhances the trapping times inducing plateaus and distinct algebraic and exponential decays in the RTS plots. The combined analysis of the RTS with the classification of ordered and chaotic regimes and scaling properties, allows us to describe the intricate way trajectories penetrate the before impenetrable regular islands from the uncoupled case. Essentially the plateaus found in the RTS are related to trajectories that stay long times inside trapping tubes, not allowing recurrences, and then penetrates diffusively the islands (from the uncoupled case) by a diffusive motion along such tubes in the extra-dimension. All asymptotic exponential decays for the RTS are related to an ordered regime (quasi-regular motion) and a mixing dynamics is conjectured for the model. These results are compared to the RTS of the standard map with dissipation or noise, showing the peculiarities obtained by using three-dimensional VPS. We also analyze the RTS for a fluid model and show remarkable similarities to the RTS in the extended standard map problem.
description: 10 pages and 8 figures
Granzyme B as a therapeutic target: an update in 2022
Creators: name: Aubert, Alexandre
name: Lane, Michael
name: Jung, Karen
name: Granville, David J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Granzyme B is a serine protease extensively studied for its implication in cytotoxic lymphocyte-mediated apoptosis. In recent years, the paradigm that the role of granzyme B is restricted to immune cell-mediated killing has been challenged as extracellular roles for the protease have emerged. While mostly absent from healthy tissues, granzyme B levels are elevated in several autoimmune and/or chronic inflammatory conditions. In the skin, its accumulation significantly impairs proper wound healing. After an overview of the current knowledge on granzyme B, a description of newly identified functions will be presented, focussing on granzyme B ability to promote cell–cell and dermal-epidermal junction disruption, extracellular matrix degradation, vascular permeabilization, and epithelial barrier dysfunction. Progress in granzyme B inhibition, as well as the use of granzyme B inhibitors for the treatment of tissue damage, will be discussed. The absence of endogenous extracellular inhibitors renders extracellular granzyme B accumulation deleterious for the proper healing of chronic wounds due to sustained proteolytic activity. Consequently, specific granzyme B inhibitors have been developed as new therapeutic approaches. Beyond applications in wound healing, other autoimmune and/or chronic inflammatory conditions related to exacerbated granzyme B activity may also benefit from the development of these inhibitors.
Declaration of Intention of Mrs. Louise Belz
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1926

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Mrs. Louise Belz Applicant age: 29Occupation: HousewifeCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 20th March 1896Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Westphalia City of residence at time of declaration: Pleasantville NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 24th July 1926
Development of an agent-based model to assess the impact of substandard and falsified anti-malarials: Uganda case study
Creators: name: Evans, Daniel R
name: Higgins, Colleen R
name: Awor, Phyllis
name: Ozawa, Sachiko
name: Laing, Sarah K
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Abstract
                Background
                Global efforts to address the burden of malaria have stagnated in recent years with malaria cases beginning to rise. Substandard and falsified anti-malarial treatments contribute to this stagnation. Poor quality anti-malarials directly affect health outcomes by increasing malaria morbidity and mortality, as well as threaten the effectiveness of treatment by contributing to artemisinin resistance. Research to assess the scope and impact of poor quality anti-malarials is essential to raise awareness and allocate resources to improve the quality of treatment. A probabilistic agent-based model was developed to provide country-specific estimates of the health and economic impact of poor quality anti-malarials on paediatric malaria. This paper presents the methodology and case study of the Substandard and Falsified Antimalarial Research Impact (SAFARI) model developed and applied to Uganda.
                Results
                The total annual economic impact of malaria in Ugandan children under age five was estimated at US$614 million. Among children who sought medical care, the total economic impact was estimated at $403 million, including $57.7 million in direct costs. Substandard and falsified anti-malarials were a significant contributor to this annual burden, accounting for $31 million (8% of care-seeking children) in total economic impact involving $5.2 million in direct costs. Further, 9% of malaria deaths relating to cases seeking treatment were attributable to poor quality anti-malarials. In the event of widespread artemisinin resistance in Uganda, we simulated a 12% yearly increase in costs associated with paediatric malaria cases that sought care, inflicting $48.5 million in additional economic impact annually.
                Conclusions
                Improving the quality of treatment is essential to combat the burden of malaria and prevent the development of drug resistance. The SAFARI model provides country-specific estimates of the health and economic impact of substandard and falsified anti-malarials to inform governments, policy makers, donors and the malaria community about the threat posed by poor quality medicines. The model findings are useful to illustrate the significance of the issue and inform policy and interventions to improve medicinal quality.
title: Dual fluidized bed biomass gasification: Temperature variation using pure CO2 as gasification agent
Creators: name: Mauerhofer, Anna Magdalena
name: Müller, Stefan
name: Benedikt, Florian
name: Fuchs, Johannes
name: Bartik, Alexander
name: Hammerschmid, Martin
name: Hofbauer, Hermann
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: Dual fluidized bed

description: In many industrial processes, the climate-damaging gas CO2 is produced as undesired by-product. The dual fluidized bed biomass gasification technology offers the opportunity to solve this problem by using the produced CO2 within the process as gasification agent. Therefore, a 100 kW pilot plant at TU Wien was used to investigate the use of CO2 as gasification agent by converting softwood as fuel and olivine as bed material into a product gas. A temperature variation from 740 to 840°C was conducted to investigate the change of the main product gas components over the gasification temperature. With increasing temperature, CO and H2 increased and CO2 decreased. Additionally, another parameter variation was conducted, where the typically used gasification agent steam was substituted stepwise by CO2. Thereby, the amount of CO and CO2 increased and the content of H2decreased. These trends resulted in a declining H2/CO ratio and a decreasing lower heating value when CO2 was increased as gasification agent.
Declaration of Intention of Natale Carocio
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1911

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Natale CarocioApplicant age: 32Occupation: farmerCountry of Origin:ItalyDate of Birth: 24 December 1878Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: CherbeaugCity of residence at time of declaration: West Egg Harbor,NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:8 December 1911
Recruitment and retention in obesity prevention and treatment trials targeting minority or low-income children: a review of the clinical trials registration database
Creators: name: Ward, Dianne
name: Faith, Myles S
name: Cui, Zhaohui
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Background Efforts to recruit and retain participants in clinical trials are challenging, especially in studies that include minority or low-income children. To date, no studies have systematically examined recruitment and retention strategies and their effectiveness in working successfully with this population. We examined strategies employed to recruit or retain minority or low-income children in trials that included an obesity-related behavior modification component. Methods First, completed home-, community-, and school-based trials involving minority or low-income children aged 2–17 years were identified in a search of the ClinicalTrials.gov registry. Second, a PubMed search of identified trials was conducted to locate publications pertinent to identified trials. Recruitment and retention rates were calculated for studies that included relevant information. Results Our final analytic sample included 43 studies. Of these, 25 studies reported recruitment or retention strategies, with the amount of information varying from a single comment to several pages; 4 published no specific information on recruitment or retention; and 14 had no publications listed in PubMed. The vast majority (92 %) of the 25 studies reported retention rates of, on average, 86 %. Retention rates were lower in studies that: targeted solely Hispanics or African Americans (vs. mixed races of African Americans, whites, and others); involved children and parents (vs. children only); focused on overweight or obese children (vs. general children), lasted ≥1 year (vs. <1 year), were home or community-based (vs. school-based), included nutrition and physical activity intervention (vs. either intervention alone), had body mass index or other anthropometrics as primary outcome measures (vs. obesity-related behavior, insulin sensitivity, etc.). Retention rates did not vary based on child age, number of intervention sessions, or sample size. Conclusions Variable amounts of information were provided on recruitment and retention strategies in obesity-related trials involving minority or low-income children. Although reported retention rates were fairly high, a lack of reporting limited the available information. More and consistent reporting and systematic cataloging of recruitment and retention methods are needed. In addition, qualitative and quantitative studies to inform evidence-based decisions in the selection of effective recruitment and retention strategies for trials including minority or low-income children are warranted.
title: Hot Metal Production with Reduced Fossil Carbon Usage
Creators: name: Müller, Stefan
name: Theiss, Lara
name: Hammerschmid, Martin
name: Fuchs, Josef
name: Rosenfeld, Daniel Cenk
name: Lehner, M.
name: Hofbauer, Hermann
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2019
Subjects: fossil fuel replacement

description: The present work describes the results achieved during a study aiming at the full replacement of the natural gas demand of an integrated hot metal production. A novel approach for the implementation of a biomass gasification plant combined with an electrolysis unit was used to substitute the present natural gas demand of an integrated raw iron production plant. Therefore, a simulation platform, including mathematical models for all relevant process units, enabling the calculation of all relevant mass and energy balances was created. As a result, the calculations show that a natural gas demand of about 385 MW can be replaced and additional 100 MW hydrogen-rich reducing gas can be produced by the use of 132 MW of biomass together with 571 MW electricity produced from renewable energy sources.