cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
CUORE crystal validation runs: results on radioactive contamination and extrapolation to CUORE background
Creators: name: Alessandria, F.
name: Andreotti, E.
name: Ardito, R.
name: Arnaboldi, C.
name: Avignone, F. T.
name: Balata, M.
name: Bandac, I.
name: Banks, T. I.
name: Bari, G.
name: Beeman, J. W.
name: Bellini, F.
name: Bersani, A.
name: Biassoni, M.
name: Bloxham, T.
name: Brofferio, C.
name: Bryant, A.
name: Bucci, C.
name: Cai, X. Z.
name: Canonica, L.
name: Capelli, S.
name: Carbone, L.
name: Cardani, L.
name: Carrettoni, M.
name: Chott, N.
name: Clemenza, M.
name: Cosmelli, C.
name: Cremonesi, O.
name: Creswick, R. J.
name: Dafinei, I.
name: Dally, A.
name: De Biasi, A.
name: Decowski, M. P.
name: Deninno, M. M.
name: de Waard, A.
name: Di Domizio, S.
name: Ejzak, L.
name: Faccini, R.
name: Fang, D. Q.
name: Farach, H.
name: Ferri, E.
name: Ferroni, F.
name: Fiorini, E.
name: Foggetta, L.
name: Freedman, S.
name: Frossati, G.
name: Giachero, A.
name: Gironi, L.
name: Giuliani, A.
name: Gorla, P.
name: Gotti, C.
name: Guardincerri, E.
name: Gutierrez, T. D.
name: Haller, E. E.
name: Han, K.
name: Heeger, K. M.
name: Huang, H. Z.
name: Ichimura, K.
name: Kadel, R.
name: Kazkaz, K.
name: Keppel, G.
name: Kogler, L.
name: Kolomensky, Y. G.
name: Kraft, S.
name: Lenz, D.
name: Li, Y. L.
name: Liu, X.
name: Longo, E.
name: Ma, Y. G.
name: Maiano, C.
name: Maier, G.
name: Martinez, C.
name: Martinez, M.
name: Maruyama, R. H.
name: Moggi, N.
name: Morganti, S.
name: Newman, S.
name: Nisi, S.
name: Nones, C.
name: Norman, E. B.
name: Nucciotti, A.
name: Orio, F.
name: Orlandi, D.
name: Ouellet, J.
name: Pallavicini, M.
name: Palmieri, V.
name: Pattavina, L.
name: Pavan, M.
name: Pedretti, M.
name: Pessina, G.
name: Pirro, S.
name: Previtali, E.
name: Rampazzo, V.
name: Rimondi, F.
name: Rosenfeld, C.
name: Rusconi, C.
name: Salvioni, C.
name: Sangiorgio, S.
name: Schaeffer, D.
name: Scielzo, N. D.
name: Sisti, M.
name: Smith, A. R.
name: Stivanello, F.
name: Taffarello, L.
name: Terenziani, G.
name: Tian, W. D.
name: Tomei, C.
name: Trentalange, S.
name: Ventura, G.
name: Vignati, M.
name: Wang, B.
name: Wang, H. W.
name: Whitten, C. A.
name: Wise, T.
name: Woodcraft, A.
name: Xu, N.
name: Zanotti, L.
name: Zarra, C.
name: Zhu, B. X.
name: Zucchelli, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The CUORE Crystal Validation Runs (CCVRs) have been carried out since the end of 2008 at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories, in order to test the performances and the radiopurity of the TeO$_2$ crystals produced at SICCAS (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for the CUORE experiment. In this work the results of the first 5 validation runs are presented. Results have been obtained for bulk contaminations and surface contaminations from several nuclides. An extrapolation to the CUORE background has been performed.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures
Inward FDI in the United Kingdom and its policy context
Creators: name: Driffield, Nigel
name: Lancheros, Sandra
name: Temouri, Yama
name: Zhou, Ying
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Finance
International relations

description: Over the past 30 years, the United Kingdom (UK) has performed exceptionally well in consistently attracting significant volumes of inward foreign direct investment (IFDI). Of all foreign affiliates located in the EU-27 in 2010, 15% were in the United Kingdom (more than 45,000 affiliates). These foreign affiliates employed over 3.7 million workers, representing 13% of the employed UK labor force. IFDI stock represented an impressive 48% of the United Kingdom's GDP in 2009, as well as in 2010, when it reached US$ 1.1 trillion, the second largest globally after that of the United States. IFDI flows, which declined considerably in 2008 as well as 2009 and 2010, amounted to US$ 51 billion in 2010 and were just over 20% of gross fixed capital formation. According to UNCTAD data, in 2011, IFDI stock in the United Kingdom rose to US$ 1.2 trillion and IFDI flows, to US$ 54 billion. The recent global financial and economic crisis has had a significant negative impact on the investment of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) and has interrupted the upward trend in UK IFDI seen till then. However, it is hoped that the continued strength and the location of the UK economy, together with coordinated policy measures by the Government, will lead to a renewed surge in IFDI.
Rachis cunctatoris Van Bruggen 1975
Creators: name: Muratov, Igor V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Cerastidae
Rachis
Rachis cunctatoris

description: Rachis cunctatoris Van Bruggen, 1975
 Fig. 17 Rachis cunctatoris: Bruggen 1975: 217, figs 7–9 (Lower Shire Valley, southern Malawi; 18.7× 8.1 mm).
A rather uncommon species previously known only from the dry lowlands of Malawi. Found at four stations inland. Differs from the previous species by the more slender shell, with not more than two dark bands (on the periphery and just above the suture) and by the complete absence of spotted coloration.
description: Published as part of Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, pp. 255 in African Invertebrates 51 (2) on page 267, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0203, http://zenodo.org/record/10268367
Effects of Leader-­Subordinate Age Difference on Ratings of Leader Effectiveness
Creators: name: Thompson, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Psychology, Industrial
Organizational behavior
Social psychology

description: While  there  have  been  a  number  of  research  studies  devoted  to  understanding  the leader-­subordinate  exchange,  together,  their  analyses  have  not  yet  been  able  to  piece  together  the  many facets  of  this  complex  relationship.  Past  studies  have  ascertained  that  status  incongruence  (age differences)  between  the  leader  and  subordinates  affects  work  outcomes. To  elucidate  these  findings,  others  have  called  into  question  whether  it  is  the  actual  age  or  the  social  age (perception  of  an  individual’s  age)  that  has  greater  effects  on  the  leader-­subordinate  relationship (Lawrence,  1988).  This  paper  strives  to  promote  an  understanding  of  how  the  actual  age  difference between  leaders  and  subordinates  affects  ratings  of  leader  effectiveness.  Specifically,  how  ratings  of leader  effectiveness  are  affected  when  the  leader  is  younger  than  subordinates  is  addressed.
On Projections to the Pure Spinor Space
Creators: name: Grassi, P. A.
name: Guttenberg, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A family of covariant non-linear projections from the space of SO(10) Weyl spinors onto the space of pure SO(10) Weyl spinors is presented. The Jacobian matrices of these projections are related to a linear projector which was previously discussed in pure spinor string literature and which maps the antighost to its gauge invariant part. Only one representative of the family leads to a Hermitian Jacobian matrix and can itself be derived from a scalar potential. Comments on the SO(1,9) case are given as well as on the non-covariant version of the projection map. The insight is applied to the ghost action of pure spinor string theory, where the constraints on the fields can be removed using the projection, while introducing new gauge symmetries. This opens the possibility of choosing different gauges which might help to clarify the origin of the pure spinor ghosts. Also the measure of the pure spinor space is discussed from the projection point of view. The appendix contains the discussion of a toy model which served as a guideline for the pure spinor case.
description: 35+32 pages (main part+ appendix). Changes from version 2 to version 3: Reference [11] added. Equation numbers include now the section number in order to match the published version in JHEP. Changes from version 1 to version 2: Two references added about the derivation of the pure spinor string from a classical action; last equation in footnote 2 rewritten; 3 minor changes in the text
title: Pre-war Military Planning (Belgium)
title: Pre-war Military Planning (Belgium)
Creators: name: Bechet, Christophe
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Belgien
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Vorgeschichte
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Causes

description: Following the Treaty of London in 1839, pre-war planning theories in Belgium oscillated between two positions: secure and defend endangered borders or create a powerful military stronghold in Antwerp. On the eve of the Great War, King Albert I and his chief of staff held opposing strategies for protecting Belgium. The King advocated a concentration of the army on the Meuse, where the Germans had completed fortifications in 1892, but the chief of staff ultimately selected a central position to secure his line of communication with Antwerp. The lack of a determined, standardized doctrine at the highest level of the army led to a mixed, compromised plan adopted hurriedly during initial mobilization in August 1914.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Prevalence and correlates of HIV and STIs among drug-involved female offenders under community supervision in New York City
Creators: name: El-Bassel, Nabila
name: Gilbert, Louisa
name: Wu, Elwin
name: Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn A.
name: Chang, Mingway P.
name: Witte, Susan S.
name: Epperson, Matthew W.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sexually transmitted diseases--Epidemiology
HIV infections--Epidemiology
Women--Drug use
Probation
HIV infections--Risk factors
Public health

description: HIV/AIDS and criminal justice involvement are critical intersecting public health issues for drug-involved women. Low-income, Black women especially bear the burden of the HIV epidemic and are overrepresented in the U.S. criminal justice system. Accumulating research indicates that incarceration is a major driver of HIV.1,2  However, little is known about HIV risks and prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among drug-involved women on probation and other forms of community supervision. Probation is currently the fastest growing segment of the criminal justice population nationwide. The number of adults on probation in the U.S now represents 1 out of 45 adults. This study aims to examine the prevalence and correlates of HIV among drug-involved women under community supervision.
Discovery of a Be/X-ray pulsar binary and associated supernova remnant in the Wing of the SMC
Creators: name: Hénault-Brunet, V.
name: Oskinova, L. M.
name: Guerrero, M. A.
name: Sun, W.
name: Chu, Y. -H.
name: Evans, C. J.
name: Gallagher, J. S.
name: Gruendl, R. A.
name: Reyes-Iturbide, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a new Be/X-ray pulsar binary located in the Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The strong pulsed X-ray source was discovered with the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observatories. The X-ray pulse period of 1062 s is consistently determined from both Chandra and XMM-Newton observations, revealing one of the slowest rotating X-ray pulsars known in the SMC. The optical counterpart of the X-ray source is the emission-line star 2dFS 3831. Its B0-0.5(III)e+ spectral type is determined from VLT-FLAMES and 2dF optical spectroscopy, establishing the system as a Be/X-ray binary (Be-XRB). The hard X-ray spectrum is well fitted by a power-law with additional thermal and blackbody components, the latter reminiscent of persistent Be-XRBs. This system is the first evidence of a recent supernova in the low density surroundings of NGC 602. We detect a shell nebula around 2dFS 3831 in H-alpha and [O III] images and conclude that it is most likely a supernova remnant. If it is linked to the supernova explosion that created this new X-ray pulsar, its kinematic age of (2-4)x10^4 yr provides a constraint on the age of the pulsar.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
MPEC 2023-H164 : 2023 HE4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 HE4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Nonlinear Boundary Dynamics and Chiral Symmetry in Holographic QCD
Creators: name: Albrecht, Dylan
name: Erlich, Joshua
name: Wilcox, Ronald J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a hard-wall model of holographic QCD, we find that nonlinear boundary dynamics are required in order to maintain the correct pattern of explicit and spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking beyond leading order in the pion fields. With the help of a field redefinition, we relate the requisite nonlinear boundary conditions to a standard Sturm-Liouville system. Observables insensitive to the chiral limit receive only small corrections in the improved description, and classical calculations in the hard-wall model remain surprisingly accurate.
description: 19 pages, 3 eps figures. v2: Minor changes, references added
title: Pre-war Military Planning (USA)
title: Pre-war Military Planning (USA)
Creators: name: Yockelson, Mitchell
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: USA
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Mobilmachung
subject: World War, 1914-1918--United States
subject: Military planning--United States

description: During the two and a half years leading up to America’s entry into World War I, there was much debate concerning military preparedness within the United States. President Woodrow Wilson had little interest in readying the Regular Army and instead believed that the National Guard would prove adequate in the event that the United States became engaged in the conflict. Private organizations took up the cause of preparedness until the National Defense Act of 1916 shifted the president’s opinion. This entry provides an overview of how the United States debated the question of preparing its military in peacetime.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: quark: QUantum Application Reformulation Kernel
Creators: name: Lobe, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ising Problem
subject: QUBO
subject: Discrete Optimization
subject: Quantum Annealing
subject: Quantum Computing

description: Quantum annealers solve Ising problems heuristically. Several standard methods have been established to transform more complex problems into the Ising problem format, which are commonly still applied by hand. In this work, we present our software package quark, automating the full transformation process from an arbitrary discrete optimization problem to the corresponding Ising problem. Based on a parameterized formulation of the original problem, a series of easily reproducible experiments can thus be set up. This allows users to evaluate the suitability of the annealing machines in solving their specific problem without a deeper knowledge about the Ising problem specifics.
The Landscape of Noncredit Workforce Education: State Policies and Community College Practices
Creators: name: Van Noy, Michelle
name: Jacobs, James
name: Korey, Suzanne
name: Bailey, Thomas R.
name: Hughes, Katherine Lee
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Community college students--Education
Community colleges

description: Postsecondary noncredit education has become increasingly common in recent years, and at many community colleges, noncredit programs enroll more students than do credit programs (Bailey et al., 2003). Courses connected with workforce instruction and contract training account for much of this growth (Dougherty and Bakia, 1999), and such courses are noted for their important role in responding flexibly to shifting workforce demands. Still, the growth in community college noncredit workforce education raises questions about whether the colleges are keeping pace with student and industry needs, using resources efficiently, and providing adequate access to all students. The answers to these questions may challenge current state policies and college practices.
title: Press/Journalism (Belgium)
title: Press/Journalism (Belgium)
Creators: name: Dungen, Pierre Van Den
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Belgien
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Journalismus
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
subject: Journalism

description: The Belgian press world was turned upside down by the German occupation. Most of the editorial offices of the news dailies ceased all activity or went abroad. Yet a press under censorship did continue to appear when the Germans set up a “''Pressezentrale''”' in 1915. This censored press underwent major transformations: Belgians were not dupes but wanted information at all costs. Meanwhile an underground press was established, of which ''La Libre Belgique'' was the most prestigious example. The Belgian newspapers in unoccupied Belgium disseminated a very patriotic discourse, particularly the French-speaking ones. This discourse had the effect of reawakening a Flemish press at the Front that was especially active in the trenches. Yet only a minority of the press was seduced by the German ''Flamenpolitik''. On the Walloon side, a protest press appeared. By the end of the war, the dominant discourse was ultra-patriotic and stressed the role played by journalists themselves. Starting in the 1930s, different memories of the First World War appeared, depending on whether they came from north or south of the linguistic frontier.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: Textual Descriptions Used for Classification of Oaked vs Unoaked Wines
Creators: name: Böck, Ronald
name: Venkateswaran, Siddarth
name: Nguyen, Thi
name: Durner, Dominik
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Wine Descriptors
subject: Classification
subject: BERT
subject: NLP

description: Winemaking and grapegrowing are sciences with a long tradition dealing with one of the most complex beverages in the world. This complexity stems from the winemaking process itself as well as the characteristics of the final product. Wine’s aroma is often described through scalar assessments, though here we are focusing on textual descriptions, transferring methods from the natural language processing (NLP) community to the wine domain, in particular to analyse the statements of human panellists. Textual descriptions were used for the classification of oaked versus unoaked wines as an initial demonstration of NLP in the wine domain. We achieved significant discrimination results of 0.79 F1-score comparing BERT and Naïve Bayes classifiers. This shows that more natural textual (and potentially spoken) descriptions of wine, being later combined with classical scalar assessments, can provide more flexibility to human panellists.
Perturbative generation of theta_{13} from tribimaximal neutrino mixing
Creators: name: Brahmachari, Biswajoy
name: Raychaudhuri, Amitava
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solar and atmospheric neutrino oscillations are consistent with a tribimaximal form of the mixing matrix $U$ of the lepton sector. Exact tribimaximal mixing leads to $θ_{13}=0$. Recent results from the Daya Bay and RENO experiments have established a non-zero value of $θ_{13}$. Keeping the leading behaviour of $U$ as tribimaximal we perform a model-independent perturbative calculation to incorporate a non-vanishing $θ_{13}$. We identify the nature of the perturbation matrix and consider the possibility of the solar neutrino splitting also resulting from it. We calculate up to first order in perturbation theory and evaluate the deviations proportional to $\sin θ_{13}$ while including CP-nonconservation. Finally, we briefly discuss a gauge model where such an addition to the neutrino mass matrix arises through one-loop effects.
description: 9 pages, 1 eps fig. v2: Several corrections and new results. References added. v3: More discussions and clarifications in presentation, published version
title: ChatGPT – Modelliere mir meinen Geschäftsprozess!
Creators: name: Laue, Ralf
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: generative KI
subject: Sprachmodelle
subject: ChatGPT
subject: Geschäftsprozessmodellierung

description: In den letzten Monaten wurde vielerorts experimentiert und spekuliert, inwiefern große Sprachmodelle wie ChatGPT Arbeiten abnehmen oder unterstützen können. Da Geschäftspro- zessmodelle auch sprachliche Modelle sind, liegt es nahe, die Eignung von ChatGPT für die Geschäftsprozessmodellierung zu prüfen. In einer Live-Demo soll sowohl gezeigt werden, was möglich ist, als auch, wo ChatGPT derzeit noch grandios scheitert.
The nature and evolution of conduit faults in the 2004-2008 Mount St. Helens lava dome eruption
Creators: name: Friedlander, Elizabeth Anne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Mount St. Helens reawakened 24 years after erupting in the 1980’s. This effusive eruption produced 95 million cubic meters of dacite in the form of 7 discrete, competent spines or domes of lava between September 2004- June 2008. The spines comprise low-porosity dacite that is inferred to have crystallized at a depth of about 1 km and are enveloped by a 1-3 meter carapace of fault gouge. The rate of linear extrusion of the spines peaked at 11 m/day in November 2004 and subsequently slowed to < 0.5 m/day. Dome growth was accompanied by a “drumbeat” seismicity that was sourced from 1-0.5 km below the vent. Here, field, petrographic, and microstructural observations on the nature of deformation attending the extrusion of Spines 4, 5 and 7 at Mount St. Helens (2004-2006) are presented. The enveloping fault zones provide a static view of the cumulative strain produced by shear along the conduit wall. The conduit faults narrow from Spine 4 to Spine 7 and exhibit fewer macroscopic brittle features. Strain accommodation is achieved through a scale-dependent ductility. The subsurface ascent velocities for each packet of magma are reconstructed using surface observed extrusion rates. Computed shear strain rates for the margins of the conduit range from 1x10⁻⁴ to 7.9x10⁻⁵ s⁻¹. As ascent rate decreases, fault zone width also decreases maintaining an average shear strain rate of 4.3x10⁻⁵ s⁻¹. Intense strain localization within each fault zone is expressed by 0.001 m thick slickensides implying very high (co-seismic) transient shear-strain rates of 1x10⁻¹s⁻¹ (Spines 4-5) to 2.2x10⁻²s⁻¹ (Spine 7). I conclude with a time and space model for the evolution of the fault zone as magma ascends the conduit, and how the fault zones evolve through time. The factors that contribute to the differences in conduit fault zone width and nature throughout the eruption are: 1) differences in ascent rates at the onset and origin of brittle failure, 2) variations in shear strain rates, 3) and the increasing residence time throughout the eruption that the damaged fault rocks experienced at high temperatures within the conduit.
Finding 9-1-1 Callers in Tall Buildings
Creators: name: Song, Wonsang
name: Lee, Jae
name: Lee, Byung
name: Schulzrinne, Henning G.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Computer science

description: Accurately determining a user’s floor location is essential for minimizing delays in emergency response. This paper presents a floor localization system intended for emergency calls. We aim to provide floor-level accuracy with minimum infrastructure support. Our approach is to use multiple sensors, all available in today’s smartphones, to trace a user’s vertical movements inside buildings. We make three contributions. First, we present a hybrid architecture for floor localization with emergency calls in mind. The architecture combines beacon-based infrastructure and sensor-based dead reckoning, striking the right balance between accurately determining a user’s location and minimizing the required infrastructure. Second, we present the elevator module for tracking a user’s movement in an elevator. The elevator module addresses three core challenges that make it difficult to accurately derive displacement from acceleration. Third, we present the stairway module which determines the number of floors a user has traveled on foot. Unlike previous systems that track users’ foot steps, our stairway module uses a novel landing counting technique.
Parodontitis als ein Risikofaktor für die Bildung von Antikörpern gegen citrullinierte Peptide
Creators: name: Jurianz, Elisa
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Parodontitis (PA), parodontale Bakterien und HLA-Allele könnten die Bildung von Antikörpern gegen citrullinierte Peptide (ACPA) bei Patienten mit einer Rheumatoiden Arthritis (RA) fördern. Wir verglichen anti-CCP bzw. anti-CEP-1 bei Patienten mit RA und schwerer PA im Vergleich zu RA-Probanden mit moderater und ohne PA. Es wurden 107 Probanden untersucht und parodontal differenziert in a) keine, b) moderate und c) schwere PA. Die anti-CCP und anti-CEP-1 Antikörpertestungen erfolgten ELISA-basierend aus Patientenplasma. Der Nachweis von fünf Markerkeimen wurde mittels PCR durchgeführt. Die HLA-DRB1* Typisierung erfolgte mit kommerziellen PCR-SSP Kits. ACPAs kamen bei RA–Patienten häufiger vor als bei den Kontroll–Probanden. Die parodontal differenzierten Patienten unterschieden sich nicht signifikant bzgl. anti-CCP und anti–CEP-1. RA-Patienten mit Nachweis von A. actinomycetemcomitans (A.a.) waren häufiger positiv für anti-CCP (p=0,034). Das HLA-DRB1*04-Allel war mit anti-CCP (p=0,014) und anti-CEP-1 (p=0,004) assoziiert. HLA-DRB1*04 und der Nachweis von A.a., nicht jedoch eine schwere PA, sind mit ACPAs assoziiert.
description: Periodontitis (PA), periodontal bacteria as well as certain HLA-alleles, could trigger the production of anti-citrullinated-peptide-antibodies (ACPA) at patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We compared anti-CCP and anti-CEP-1 among patients with RA and sever periodontitis in comparison to patients with RA and moderate or no periodontitis. We examined 107 patients regarding their periodontal status into a) no, b) moderate and c) sever PA. Anti-CCP and anti-CEP-1 were determined by ELISA from blood plasma of the patients. The subgingival plaque samples were tested for DNA from five key periodontal bacteria using PCR. HLA-typing was carried out by PCR-SSP. ACPAs were detected more frequently in patients with RA in comparison to the control group. There were no significant differences regarding the periodontal status and anti-CCP and anti-CEP-1. RA-patients who were positive for A. actinomycetemcomitans (A.a.) were also more often positive of anti-CCP (p=0,034). HLA-DRB1*04 was positive associated to both anti-CCP (p = 0,014) and anti-CEP-1 (p = 0,004). HLA-DRB1*04 and the evidence of A.a. but not sever periodontitis, were associated to ACPA positivity.
Bethe Bounds and Approximating the Global Optimum
Creators: name: Weller, Adrian
name: Jebara, Tony
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Computer science

description: Inference in general Markov random fields (MRFs) is NP-hard, though identifying the maximum a posteriori (MAP) configuration of pairwise MRFs with submodular cost functions is efficiently solvable using graph cuts. Marginal inference, however, even for this restricted class, is in #P. We prove new formulations of derivatives of the Bethe free energy, provide bounds on the derivatives and bracket the locations of stationary points, introducing a new technique called Bethe bound propagation. Several results apply to pairwise models whether associative or not. Applying these to discretized pseudo-marginals in the associative case we present a polynomial time approximation scheme for global optimization provided the maximum degree is O(log n), and discuss several extensions.
MPEC 2023-H165 : 2023 HF4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 HF4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students Referred to Developmental Education
Creators: name: Edgecombe, Nicole Diane
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Community college students--Education
Community colleges

description: Acceleration, which involves the reorganization of instruction and curricula in ways that facilitate the completion of educational requirements in an expedited manner, is an increasingly popular strategy at community colleges for improving the outcomes of developmental education students. This Brief, based on a longer literature review, explores the evidence on the effects of acceleration on student outcomes and describes the various acceleration models that are used with developmental education students. It concludes by discussing ways of dealing with challenges involved in implementing and scaling up acceleration strategies.
title: Mobile semantische Dokumentation als Basis für KI-gestützte Beratungsdienste: Das GeoBox Buchungsjournal
Creators: name: Kadi, Ahmad
name: Martini, Daniel
name: Bernardi, Ansgar
name: Eberz-Eder, Daniel
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: KI-Beratungs-Chatbot im Pflanzenschutz
subject: Mobile Semantische Dokumentation
subject: Ontologie
subject: AGROVOC

description: KI-Systeme zur landwirtschaftlichen Beratung benötigen maschinenlesbare betriebsspezifische Informationen. Das GeoBox Buchungsjournal dokumentiert landwirtschaftliche Beobachtungen und Maßnahmen als formale Instanzen einer Aktivitäts-Ontologie mit Bezug zu etablierten V okabularien wie AGROVOC. Die Modellierungsprinzipien sichern maximale Flexibilität, Erweiterbarkeit, Austausch und maschinelle Verwertbarkeit der Daten. Der entstehende Wissensgraph wird exemplarisch im Chatbot für die Beratung zum Resistenzmanagement im Pflanzenschutz genutzt.
Fine structure of charge-exchange spin-dipole excitations in $^{16}$O
Creators: name: Liang, Haozhao
name: Zhao, Pengwei
name: Meng, Jie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The charge-exchange spin-dipole (SD) excitations for both $(p,n)$ and $(n,p)$ channels in $^{16}$O are investigated in the fully self-consistent random phase approximation based on the covariant density functional theory. The fine structure of SD excitations in the most up-to-date $^{16}$O($\vec p, \vec n$)$^{16}$F experiment is excellently reproduced without any readjustment in the functional. The characteristics of SD excitations are understood with the delicate balance between the $σ$- and $ω$-meson fields via the exchange terms. The fine structure of SD excitations for $^{16}$O($n,p$)$^{16}$N channel is predicted for future experiments.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Tax Reform in Kenya: Policy and Administrative Issues
Creators: name: Eissa, Nada O.
name: Jack, William
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Finance
Economics

description: Kenya's tax system has undergone more or less continual reform over the last twenty years. On the policy side, rate schedules have been rationalized and simplified, a new value-added tax introduced, and external tariffs brought in line with those of neighboring countries in East Africa. At the same time, administrative and institutional reforms have taken place. Kenya has the trappings of a modern tax system, including, for example, a credit-invoice VAT, a PAYE individual income tax with graduated but arguably moderate rates, and a set of excise taxes focused on the usual suspects (alcohol, cigarettes, gasoline, etc.). However, with up to 70 percent of GDP produced and possibly as much as 75 percent of labor employed in the informal sector, the ability of the tax system to raise sufficient revenue with minimal distortions is severely circumscribed. In such an environment, raising around one-fifth of GDP in tax revenue is likely to impose very large distortionary costs on the economy. Continued reform of both the policy instruments and the administrative and enforcement capacity of the tax system is therefore imperative. The aim of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the Kenyan tax system, the reforms that have occurred over the past two decades, and the administrative structures in place. To properly assess the distortionary costs of the current tax system, we intend to undertake micro-econometric analysis of the effects of the tax reforms pursued by the government, using individual-level tax return data when available. We discuss the proposed methodology for this subsequent research in the conclusion to this paper.
Three-dimensional Evolution of Solar Wind during Solar Cycles 22-24
Creators: name: Manoharan, P. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents the analysis of 3D evolution of solar wind density turbulence and speed at various levels of solar activity between solar cycles 22 and 24. The solar wind data has been obtained from interplanetary scintillation (IPS) measurements made at the Ooty Radio Telescope. Results show that (i) on the average, there was a downward trend in density turbulence from the maximum of cycle 22 to the deep minimum phase of cycle 23; (2) the scattering diameter of the corona around the Sun shrunk steadily towards the Sun, starting from 2003 to the smallest size at the deepest minimum, and it corresponded to a reduction of ~50% in density turbulence between maximum and minimum phases of cycle 23; (3) The latitudinal distribution of solar wind speed was significantly different between minima of cycles 22 and 23. At the minimum phase of solar cycle 22, when the underlying solar magnetic field was simple and nearly dipole in nature, the high-speed streams were observed from poles to ~30 deg. latitudes in both hemispheres. In contrast, in the long-decay phase of cycle 23, the sources of high-speed wind at both poles, in accordance with the weak polar fields, occupied narrow latitude belts from poles to ~60 deg. latitudes. Moreover, in agreement with the large amplitude of heliospheric current sheet, the low-speed wind prevailed the low- and mid-latitude regions of the heliosphere. (4) At the transition phase between cycles 23 and 24, the high levels of density and density turbulence were observed close to the heliospheric equator and the low-speed speed wind extended from equatorial- to mid-latitude regions. Results are consistent with the onset of the current cycle 24, from middle of 2009 and it has almost reached near to the maximum phase at the northern hemisphere of the Sun, but activity not yet developed in the southern hemisphere.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for Publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Effect of temperature anisotropy on various modes and instabilities for a magnetized non-relativistic bi-Maxwellian plasma
Creators: name: Bashir, M. F.
name: Murtaza, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using kinetic theory for homogeneous collisionless magnetized plasmas, we present an extended review of the plasma waves and instabilities and discuss the anisotropic response of generalized relativistic dielectric tensor and Onsager symmetry properties for arbitrary distribution functions. In general, we observe that for such plasmas only those electromagnetic modes whose magnetic field perturbations are perpendicular to the ambient magneticeld, i.e.,B1 \perp B0, are effected by the anisotropy. However, in oblique propagation all modes do show such anisotropic effects. Considering the non-relativistic bi-Maxwellian distribution and studying the relevant components of the general dielectric tensor under appropriate conditions, we derive the dispersion relations for various modes and instabilities. We show that only the electromagnetic R- and L- waves, those derived from them and the O-mode are affected by thermal anisotropies, since they satisfy the required condition B1\perpB0. By contrast, the perpendicularly propagating X-mode and the modes derived from it (the pure transverse X-mode and Bernstein mode) show no such effect. In general, we note that the thermal anisotropy modifies the parallel propagating modes via the parallel acoustic effect, while it modifies the perpendicular propagating modes via the Larmor-radius effect. In oblique propagation for kinetic Alfven waves, the thermal anisotropy affects the kinetic regime more than it affects the inertial regime. The generalized fast mode exhibits two distinct acoustic effects, one in the direction parallel to the ambient magnetic field and the other in the direction perpendicular to it. In the fast-mode instability, the magneto-sonic wave causes suppression of the firehose instability. We discuss all these propagation characteristics and present graphic illustrations.
title: Press/Journalism (USA)
title: Press/Journalism (USA)
Creators: name: Quinn, Patrick
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: USA
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Berichterstattung
subject: World War, 1914-1918--United States
subject: Press coverage

description: This article discusses how British propaganda influenced American journalism during the First World War. The British government, intent on drawing the United States into the European war, used media coverage of key events to portray the Central Powers as inhumane barbarians. As a result, the American press corps increasingly disregarded calls for unbiased reporting and helped propel the American public into war mode. Upon entering the war, American government officials and their allied partners pressured U.S. newspapers to whip up hatred for the Central Powers at any cost. The result was a manipulation of the truth and the suspension of certain civil liberties.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: Wirtschaftsinformatik an Hochschulen Angewandter Wis- senschaften (Workshop)
Creators: name: Czarnecki, Christian
name: Barton, Thomas
name: Meister, Vera G.
name: Lübbe, Alexander
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Wirtschaftsinformatik
subject: Hochschulen Angewandter Wissenschaften
subject: anwendungsorientierte Forschung.

description: Der Workshop wird in Kooperation mit dem Arbeitskreis Wirtschaftsinformatik an Hoch- schulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften (AKWI) organisiert. Es werden die besten Beiträge der diesjährigen Jahrestagung des AKWI in einer erweiterten Form vorgestellt. Daneben findet ein Aus- tausch zu aktuellen Themen in Lehre und Forschung statt.
Spektrum inzidenteller renaler Befunde in der Computertomografie : radiologische Muster und klinische Relevanz
Creators: name: Pfeil, Dorothée Alina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Das Ziel dieser Studie war es, die Art und Häufigkeit aller renalen Zusatzbefunde (ZB) in der Computertomografie (CT) zu bestimmen und diese anhand ihrer bildmorphologischen Eigenschaften nach ihrer klinischen Relevanz einzuteilen. Hierfür wurden 11.719 CT-Untersuchungen, welche am UKH von Januar 2013 bis Februar 2014 bei 7.365 Patienten durchgeführt wurden, analysiert und die ZB analog der Klassifizierung von Lumbreras et al. (2010) eingeteilt. Insgesamt konnten 3.425 inzidentelle Nierenbefunde bei 2.756 Patienten detektiert werden. 123 ZB (3,6 %) waren klinisch relevant, 231 (6,7 %) waren potentiell klinisch relevant und 3.066 (89,5 %) waren gering klinisch relevant. In 79 Fällen wurde eine maligne renale Läsion als Zusatzbefund detektiert. Die hohe Zahl von klinisch relevanten und potentiell relevanten renalen ZB verdeutlicht die Notwendigkeit Nieren im CT sorgfältig auf ZB zu untersuchen, um therapie- und prognoserelevante ZB von klinisch gering relevanten ZB zu unterscheiden.
description: The purpose of this study was to identify the type and frequency of all renal incidental findings (IF) on computed tomography (CT) and to classify them by their clinical relevance. We analysed 11.719 CT examinations of 7.365 patients, which were performed between January 2013 and February 2014 at the UKH and categorized the IFs analogous to the Lumbreras et al. classification (2010). In total 3.425 incidental renal findings could be detected in 2.756 patients. 123 IFs (3,6 %) were of clinical relevance, 231 (6,7 %) were potentially clinically relevant and 3.066 (89,5 %) were of minor clinical relevance. In 79 cases a malignant renal lesion was detected as an IF. The high prevalence of clinically relevant and potentially clinically relevant renal IFs demonstrates the necessity of examining kidneys on CT scans to differentiate IFs that are relevant to therapy and prognosis from IFs of minor clinical relevance.
Adler Function, Sum Rules and Crewther Relation of Order O(alpha_s^4): the Singlet Case
Creators: name: Baikov, P. A.
name: Chetyrkin, K. G.
name: Kühn, J. H.
name: Rittinger, J.
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: The analytic result for the singlet part of the Adler function of the vector current in a general gauge theory is presented in five-loop approximation. Comparing this result with the corresponding singlet part of the Gross-Llewellyn Smith sum rule [1], we successfully demonstrate the validity of the generalized Crewther relation for the singlet part. This provides a non-trivial test of both our calculations and the generalized Crewther relation. Combining the result with the already available non-singlet part of the Adler function [2,3] we arrive at the complete ${\cal O}(α_s^4)$ expression for the Adler function and, as a direct consequence, at the complete ${\cal O}(α_s^4)$ correction to the $e^+ e^-$ annihilation into hadrons in a general gauge theory.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure. Final published version
Using global indicators to inform the conservation of high nature value areas
Creators: name: Leberger, Roxanne Edith Ophélie
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 577

description: Im Anthropozän formt der Mensch die Welt um und beeinflusst die Ökosysteme, das Klimaregime und die biologische Vielfalt. Um unser Verständnis für die neuen Herausforderungen, denen die Erde gegenübersteht, zu verbessern, sind Analysen auf Makroebene erforderlich. Makroanalysen helfen, globale Muster und Trends zu erkennen und veränderte Regionen zu lokalisieren, die wichtigen oder sich beschleunigenden Verschlechterungen ausgesetzt sind. Die Identifizierung und Überwachung solcher Regionen ist durch die Entwicklung von globalen Indikatoren möglich. In dieser Arbeit werden drei Anwendungen globaler Indikatoren untersucht, indem drei Fragen beantwortet werden: (1) Was ist zu schützen, (2) wie ist der Schutz wirksam und (3) wie kann die Überwachung verbessert werden? Ich beantworte diese Fragen durch die Untersuchung von Wald- und Feuchtgebiets-Ökosystemen, die stark durch anthropogene Faktoren beeinflusst werden. Ich schließe diese Arbeit ab, indem ich jeden einzelnen Indikator im internationalen politischen Kontext untersuche.
description: In the Anthropocene, humans are reshaping the world, impacting its ecosystems, climate regime and biodiversity. To improve our understanding about the new challenges that Earth is facing, macroscale analyses are required. Macro-analyses help identify global patterns and trends, as well as to locate altered regions subjected to important or accelerating deteriorations. The identification and monitoring of such regions is possible through the development of global indicators. This thesis explores three dimensions of global indicators’ applications by answering three fundamental questions : (1) What to protect?, (2) How is protection effective? and (3) How to improve monitoring? I answer these questions through the study of forest and wetland ecosystems, highly impacted by anthropogenic factors. I conclude this work by examining each indicator within an international policy context, such as their potential use within an Aichi Biodiversity Target framework.
Ethics in Science Lecture
Creators: name: Drew, Joshua Adam
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Physical anthropology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental sciences

description: An introductory lecture on the topics of scientific misconduct and ethics of science for an audience of conservation biologists. Uses examples of the anti-vaccine movement and Climate change to discuss some of the responsibilities that scientists have to the public.
title: Press (Latin America)
title: Press (Latin America)
Creators: name: Jiménez, Patricia Vega
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Südamerika
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Latin America

description: Latin America experienced the Great War, which consumed Europe between 1914 and 1918, through the press. From the beginning, leading newspapers waged intense, constant, and diverse propaganda campaigns on behalf of both of the quarrelling sides in an attempt to obtain the public’s support. The international news agencies and wire networks turned the conflict into the first major media-covered event of the 20th century.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War