cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Asymmetric correlation matrices: an analysis of financial data
Creators: name: Livan, Giacomo
name: Rebecchi, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We analyze the spectral properties of correlation matrices between distinct statistical systems. Such matrices are intrinsically non symmetric, and lend themselves to extend the spectral analyses usually performed on standard Pearson correlation matrices to the realm of complex eigenvalues. We employ some recent random matrix theory results on the average eigenvalue density of this type of matrices to distinguish between noise and non trivial correlation structures, and we focus on financial data as a case study. Namely, we employ daily prices of stocks belonging to the American and British stock exchanges, and look for the emergence of correlations between two such markets in the eigenvalue spectrum of their non symmetric correlation matrix. We find several non trivial results, also when considering time-lagged correlations over short lags, and we corroborate our findings by additionally studying the asymmetric correlation matrix of the principal components of our datasets.
description: Revised version; 11 pages, 13 figures
Self-forced gravitational waveforms for Extreme and Intermediate mass ratio inspirals
Creators: name: Lackeos, Kristen A.
name: Burko, Lior M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first orbit-integrated self force effects on the gravitational waveform for an I(E)MRI source. We consider the quasi-circular motion of a particle in the spacetime of a Schwarzschild black hole and study the dependence of the dephasing of the corresponding gravitational waveforms due to ignoring the conservative piece of the self force. We calculate the cumulative dephasing of the waveforms and their overlap integral, and discuss the importance of the conservative piece of the self force in detection and parameter estimation. For long templates the inclusion of the conservative piece is crucial for gravitational-wave astronomy, yet may be ignored for short templates with little effect on detection rate. We then discuss the effect of the mass ratio and the start point of the motion on the dephasing.
description: 9 pages, 15 figures. Substantially expanded and revised. We added: description of the orbits and analysis of the dependence of the dephasing effect on the parameter space, specifically the mass ratio and starting point of the motion. Also added a more thorough description of out method
Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) monitoring of periovulatory lutropin in serum
Creators: name: Sauer, Mark V.
name: Gorrill, Marsha Jan
name: Buster, John E.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Obstetrics
subject: Gynecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: In an immunoradiometric assay (nu) for lutropin (luteinizing hormone, LH) recently developed by RSL/Immunchem Corp., Carson, CA, specific monoclonal antibodies directed against two distinct immunogenic sites of the LH molecule are used. The assay is used primarily to detect the preovulatory rise and peak of LH in serum as a predictor of ovulation time in women.
Additional file 8 of Using in vivo calcium imaging to examine joint neuron spontaneous activity and home cage analysis to monitor activity changes in mouse models of arthritis
Creators: name: Goodwin, George L.
name: Marin, Alina-Cristina
name: Walker, Julia Vlachaki
name: Hobbs, Carl
name: Denk, Franziska
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 8. Supplementary tables 1-3 are contained within the Supplementary tables.doc.
Association of polymorphisms in the LEDGF/p75 gene (PSIP1) with susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and disease progression
Creators: name: Madlala, Paradise
name: Gijsbers, Rik
name: Christ, Frauke
name: Hombrouck, Anneleen
name: Werner, Lise
name: Mlisana, Koleka P.
name: An, Ping
name: Abdool Karim, Salim
name: Debyser, Zeger
name: Winkler, Cheryl A.
name: Ndung'u, Thumbi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Virology
Epidemiology

description: OBJECTIVE: LEDGF/p75, encoded by the PSIP1 gene, interacts with HIV-1 integrase and targets HIV-1 integration into active genes. We investigated the influence of polymorphisms in PSIP1 on HIV-1 acquisition and disease progression in black South Africans. METHODS: Integrase binding domain of LEDGF/p75 was sequenced in 126 participants. Four haplotype tagging SNPs rs2277191, rs1033056, rs12339417 and rs10283923 referred to as SNP1, SNP2, SNP3 and SNP4, respectively, and one exonic SNP rs61744944 (SNP5, Q472L) were genotyped in 195 HIV-1 seronegative, 52 primary and 403 chronically infected individuals using TaqMan assays. LEDGF/p75 expression was quantified by real-time RT-PCR. The impact of Q472L mutation on the interaction with HIV_1 IN was measured by AlphaScreen. RESULTS: rs2277191 (SNP1) A was more frequent among seropositives (P = 0.06, Fisher's exact test). Among individuals followed longitudinally SNP1A trended towards association with higher likelihood of HIV-1 acquisition [relative hazard (RH) = 2.21, P = 0.08; Cox model] and it was also associated with rapid disease progression (RH = 5.98, P = 0.04; Cox model) in the recently infected (primary infection) cohort. rs12339417 (SNP3)C was associated with slower decline of CD4(+) T cells (P = 0.02) and lower messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of LEDGF/p75 (P < 0.01). Seroconverters had higher preinfection mRNA levels of LEDGF/p75 (P < 0.01) and these levels decreased after HIV-1 infection (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variants of PSIP1 may affect HIV-1 outcomes. Further studies are needed to confirm the effect of genetic variation of PSIP1 on HIV-1 pathogenesis in different cohorts.
Number of adaptive steps to a local fitness peak
Creators: name: Jain, Kavita
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a population of genotype sequences evolving on a rugged fitness landscape with many local fitness peaks. The population walks uphill until it encounters a local fitness maximum. We find that the statistical properties of the walk length depend on whether the underlying fitness distribution has a finite mean. If the mean is finite, all the walk length cumulants grow with the sequence length but approach a constant otherwise. Experimental implications of our analytical results are also discussed.
title: Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Vol 14, No 3/4 (1994)
title: Vol 14, No 3/4 (1994)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: University, George Mason
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 1994

description: Consultants and American Political Culture...1 to 6
Sentencing Guidelines, Disadvantaged Offenders, and Racial Disparities...7 to 13
Chastity, Morality, and the Schools...14 to 18
Juries and Higher Justice...19 to 24
Full Issue...1 to 24
Traditional and emerging methodology to educate the public about wild pigs
Creators: name: Higginbotham, Billy
name: Cathey, Jim
name: Tyson, Mark
name: Higginbotham, Billy
name: International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, Producer
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Wildlife management -- Congresses
subject: Range management -- Congresses

description: Moderator: Billy Higginbotham.
description: Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado.
description: Video presenter: James Cathey.
description: The wild pig population in Texas is estimated at 2.6 million animals and damage to agronomic enterprises is conservatively estimated at $52 million annually. In response to this damage, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service increased educational efforts and direct control of wild pigs via Wildlife Services. Recently social media has been employed to reach clientele who may not come to traditional Extension programming. From 2006 -2013, grant funds from the Texas State Legislature via the Texas Department of Agriculture were used to develop and deploy an integrated strategy of landowner education via traditional one-on-one contacts, group meetings, demonstrations, and publications. From 2010 to present, with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency via Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the National eXtension, we incorporated the use of internet-based tools and iPhone applications in addition to 45 face-to-face programs, to deliver information on wild pigs. Many of these tools are linked with the eXtension.org Feral Hog Community of Practice and benefit from the collaborative effort from 23 states. We dramatically increased information delivery and audience engagement. The Feral Hogs CoP Facebook has 1820 ‘likes' and a reach of over 7,000 on some posts. Articles on Wild Wonderings Blog have a total of 49,215 views and the wild pig videos on the WFSCAgrilife YouTube channel have a combined 35,626 views. As wild pig populations continue to increase the need for rapid and widespread distribution of information will become a vital component to improve the public's knowledge of this exotic species.
APOBEC3G expression is dysregulated in primary HIV-1 infection and polymorphic variants influence CD4+ T-cell counts and plasma viral load
Creators: name: Reddy, Kavidha
name: Winkler, Cheryl A.
name: Werner, Lise
name: Mlisana, Koleka P.
name: Abdool Karim, Salim
name: Ndung'u, Thumbi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Virology
Epidemiology

description: OBJECTIVES: In the absence of HIV-1 virion infectivity factor (Vif), cellular cytosine deaminases such as apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G) inhibit the virus by inducing hypermutations on viral DNA, among other mechanisms of action. We investigated the association of APOBEC3G mRNA levels and genetic variants on HIV-1 susceptibility, and early disease pathogenesis using viral load and CD4 T-cell counts as outcomes. METHODS: Study participants were 250 South African women at high risk for HIV-1 subtype C infection. We used real-time PCR to measure the expression of APOBEC3G in HIV-negative and HIV-positive primary infection samples. APOBEC3G variants were identified by DNA re-sequencing and TaqMan genotyping. RESULTS: We found no correlation between APOBEC3G expression levels and plasma viral loads (r = 0.053, P = 0.596) or CD4 T-cell counts (r = 0.030, P = 0.762) in 32 seroconverters. APOBEC3G expression levels were higher in HIV-negative individuals as compared with HIV-positive individuals (P < 0.0001), including matched pre and postinfection samples from the same individuals (n = 13, P < 0.0001). Twenty-four single nucleotide polymorphisms, including eight novel, were identified within APOBEC3G by re-sequencing and genotyping. The H186R mutation, a codon-changing variant in exon 4, and a 3' extragenic mutation (rs35228531) were associated with high viral loads (P = 0.0097 and P < 0.0001) and decreased CD4 T-cell levels (P = 0.0081 and P < 0.0001), respectively. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that APOBEC3G transcription is rapidly downregulated upon HIV-1 infection. During primary infection, APOBEC3G expression levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells do not correlate with viral loads or CD4 T-cell counts. Genetic variation of APOBEC3G may significantly affect early HIV-1 pathogenesis, although the mechanism remains unclear and warrants further investigation.
High-order time-adaptive numerical methods for the Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations
Creators: name: Willoughby, Mark Ryerson
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In some nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations of interest in applications, there are transition layers in solutions that separate two or more materials or phases in a medium when the reaction term is very large. Two well known equations that are of this type: The Allen-Cahn equation and the Cahn-Hillard equation. The transition layers between phases evolve over time and can move very slowly. The models have an order parameter epsilon. Fully developed transition layers have a width that scales linearly with epsilon. As epsilon goes to 0, the time scale of evolution can also change and the problem becomes numerically challenging. We consider several numerical methods to obtain solutions to these equations, in order to build a robust, efficient and accurate numerical strategy. Explicit time stepping methods have severe time step constraints, so we direct our attention to implicit schemes. Second and third order time-adaptive methods are presented using spectral discretization in space. The implicit problem is solved using the conjugate gradient method with a novel preconditioner. The behaviour of the preconditioner is investigated, and the dependence on epsilon and time step size is identified. The Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations have been used extensively to model phenomena in materials science. We strongly believe that our high order adaptive approach is also easily extensible to higher order models with application to pore formation in functionalized polymers and to cancerous tumor growth simulation. This is the subject of ongoing research.
title: Cervical myelopathy secondary to dural AV fistula (DAVF): a treatable condition often overlooked.
Creators: name: Bleakley, Aaron
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: Education and training
subject: Arteriovenous malformations
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Neuroradiology spine
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Emphasisethat dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF) are an important differential when considering causes for long segment cervical cord signal abnormality. Recap neurovascular anatomy. Identify tips and tricks usedto diagnosecervicalDAVF by...
Holographic Fermi Surfaces and Entanglement Entropy
Creators: name: Ogawa, Noriaki
name: Takayanagi, Tadashi
name: Ugajin, Tomonori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that Landau-Fermi liquids do not have any gravity duals in the purely classical limit. We employ the logarithmic behavior of entanglement entropy to characterize the existence of Fermi surfaces. By imposing the null energy condition, we show that the specific heat always behaves anomalously. We also present a classical gravity dual which has the expected behavior of the entanglement entropy and specific heat for non-Fermi liquids.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures, latex, references added, minor corrections (v2,3), figures improved and typos corrected (v4)
Microledrida olor Kramer 1983
Creators: name: Haas, Matthé Cornelis De
name: Bartlett, Charles R.
name: Hendrix, Solomon V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cixiidae
Microledrida
Microledrida olor

description: Microledrida olor Kramer, 1983
(Fig. 14)
Material examined. Mexico, Nuevo León, 17 mi. S. Linares, 1300’, 24.VI.1971, L. & CW O’Brien (1♂, 1♀, UDCC, barcodes UDCC_TCN 00105071, UDCC_TCN 00105072 respectively).
Identification. Kramer (1983).
Distribution. USA (Texas) (Bartlett et al. 2014); Mexico (Nuevo León).
description: Published as part of Haas, Matthé Cornelis De, Bartlett, Charles R. & Hendrix, Solomon V., 2025, A new species of Microledrida Fowler from Curaçao (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), pp. 174-192 in Zootaxa 5609 (2) on page 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15215034
title: Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Vol 15, No 1 (1995)
title: Vol. 15, No. 1 (1995)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: University, George Mason
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 1995

description: Front Cover...1
Welfare and the Liberal Conscience...1 to 6
Valuing Nature: Assessing Damages for Oil Spills...6 to 10
Futile Treatment and the Ethics of Medicine...10 to 14
Science and Social Harm: Genetic Research into Crime and Violence...14 to 20
Back Cover...20
Full Issue...1 to 20
Importance of Configuration Interaction for Accurate Atomic Data: Fluorescence Yields of K-Shell Vacancy, Lithium-Like Ions
Creators: name: Savin, Daniel Wolf
name: Gorczyca, T. W.
name: Dumitriu, I.
name: Hasoǧlu, M. F.
name: Korista, K. T.
name: Badnell, N. R.
name: Manson, S. T.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Astrophysics
Microphysics
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Physics

description: We demonstrate that the inclusion of configuration interaction (CI) results in significant values for the K-shell fluorescence yields of Li-like ions, which are zero in a single-configuration approach. Modeling codes for simulating
supernova remnants under nonequilibrium ionization conditions or photoionized plasmas such as active galactic nuclei or X-ray binaries need to be updated accordingly. A two-parameter fitting formula for the fluorescence
yields has been developed. The generality of important CI effects on atomic calculations is pointed out.
title: Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Vol 15, No 2/3 (1995)
title: Vol 15, No 2/3 (1995)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: University, George Mason
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 1995

description: Front Cover...1
Clarifying the Goals of Nondirective Genetic Counseling...1 to 6
Public Lands in the Next Century...6 to 11
The Holocaust and Moral Education...12 to 16
Escaping from Politics...16 to 20
Back Cover...20
Full Issue...1 to 20
Schematic Mode Coupling Theory of Glass Rheology: Single and Double Step Strains
Creators: name: Voigtmann, Th.
name: Brader, J. M.
name: Fuchs, M.
name: Cates, M. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mode coupling theory (MCT) has had notable successes in addressing the rheology of hard-sphere colloidal glasses, and also soft colloidal glasses such as star-polymers. Here, we explore the properties of a recently developed MCT-based schematic constitutive equation under idealized experimental protocols involving single and then double step strains. We find strong deviations from expectations based on factorable, BKZ-type constitutive models. Specifically, a nonvanishing stress remains long after the application of two equal and opposite step strains; this residual stress is a signature of plastic deformation. We also discuss the distinction between hypothetically instantaneous step strains and fast ramps. These are not generally equivalent in our MCT approach, with the latter more likely to capture the physics of experimental `step' strains. The distinction points to the different role played by reversible anelastic, and irreversible plastic rearrangements.
title: Illinois landowner perceptions of feral hogs and their management
title: Landowner attitudes toward wild pigs
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Harper, Erin E.
name: Miller, Craig A.
name: Higginbotham, Billy
name: International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, Producer
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Wildlife management -- Congresses
subject: Range management -- Congresses

description: Moderator: Billy Higginbotham.
description: Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado.
description: Video presenter: Erin Harper.
description: Wild pigs were first found in western Illinois in the 1990s. Since this time pig presence has been confirmed in 23 of Illinois' 102 counties and persistent populations exist in four counties. Problems associated with these animals include transfer of infectious diseases (e.g., pseudorabies) to domestic livestock, habitat destruction, and an absence of natural predators. In response to the spread of the wild pig population throughout the state, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is working to find the best management approaches for population control. To better understand landowner attitudes toward wild pigs and preferences for management approaches, we conducted a mail survey of 5,320 landowners who possess greater than one acre (.4 ha) of land from the 23 counties in which feral hogs had previously been reported to the IDNR and an additional 22 counties within close proximity to these counties. We received 3,061 (58%) usable questionnaires. Survey participants were asked attitudinal questions in relation to wild pigs and wild pig management. Responses were analyzed using Chi-squared tests, logistic regressions, and potential for conflict index (PCI2). We found significant differences (p < 0.001) between landowner type and targeted sharpshooting for both in the county where the respondents? land is located and on the respondents? land specifically. Discussion will focus on preferences for management based on personal attributes and attitudes, and potential for conflict index and what that means for the future management of wild pigs in Illinois.
title: A pictorial review of drug induced pneumonitis in early clinical trials
Creators: name: Curcean, Andra Diana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study
subject: Not applicable
subject: Toxicity
subject: Drugs / Reactions
subject: Treatment effects
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Oncology
subject: Lung
subject: Oncologic Imaging

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To describe radiological HRCT patterns of drug induced interstitial lung disease (DILD) To highlight the correlation between clinical symptoms and the radiological patterns of...
Reducing Disorder in Artificial Kagome Ice
Creators: name: Daunheimer, Stephen A.
name: Petrova, Olga
name: Tchernyshyov, Oleg
name: Cumings, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Artificial spin ice has become a valuable tool for understanding magnetic interactions on a microscopic level. The strength in the approach lies in the ability of a synthetic array of nanoscale magnets to mimic crystalline materials, composed of atomic magnetic moments. Unfortunately, these nanoscale magnets, patterned from metal alloys, can show substantial variation in relevant quantities such as coercive field, with deviations up to 6%. By carefully studying the reversal process of artificial kagome ice, we can directly measure the distribution of coercivities, and by switching from disconnected islands to a connected structure, we find that the coercivity distribution can achieve a deviation of only 3.3%. These narrow deviations should allow the observation of behavior that mimics canonical spin-ice materials more closely.
Adaptive changes in HIV-1 subtype C proteins during early infection are driven by changes in HLA-associated immune pressure
Creators: name: Treurnicht, Florette K.
name: Seoighe, Cathal
name: Martin, Darren P.
name: Abrahams, Melissa-Rose
name: Assis Rosa, Debra De
name: Bredell, Helba
name: Woodman, Zenda
name: Hide, Winston
name: Mlisana, Koleka P.
name: Abdool Karim, Salim
name: Gray, Clive M.
name: Williamson, Carolyn
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Virology
Epidemiology

description: It is unresolved whether recently transmitted human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) have genetic features that specifically favour their transmissibility. To identify potential "transmission signatures", we compared 20 full-length HIV-1 subtype C genomes from primary infections, with 66 sampled from ethnically and geographically matched individuals with chronic infections. Controlling for recombination and phylogenetic relatedness, we identified 39 sites at which amino acid frequency spectra differed significantly between groups. These sites were predominantly located within Env, Pol and Gag (14/39, 9/39 and 6/39 respectively) and were significantly clustered (33/39) within known immunoreactive peptides. Within 6 months of infection, we detected reversion-to-consensus mutations at 14 sites and potential CTL escape mutations at seven. Here we provide evidence that frequent reversion mutations probably allows the virus to recover replicative fitness which, together with immune escape driven by the HLA alleles of the new hosts, differentiate sequences from chronic infections from those sampled shortly after transmission.
title: Obstetrical pathology in the Emergency department: a pictorial review.
Creators: name: Prada San Martín, Leire
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Obstetrics
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Ultrasound
subject: CT
subject: Obstetrics (Pregnancy / birth / postnatal period)
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Emergency
subject: Emergency Imaging
subject: Not applicable

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To review the imaging findings of some of the most frequent obstetrical pathology. To illustrate unusual but urgent cases of obstetrical pathology such as uterine rupture to establish appropriate...
Majorana fermions in an out-of-equilibrium topological superconducting wire: an exact microscopic transport analysis of a p-wave open chain coupled to normal leads
Creators: name: Roy, Dibyendu
name: Bolech, C. J.
name: Shah, Nayana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological superconductors are prime candidates for the implementation of topological-quantum-computation ideas because they can support non-Abelian excitations like Majorana fermions. We go beyond the low-energy effective-model descriptions of Majorana bound states (MBSs), to derive non-equilibrium transport properties of wire geometries of these systems in the presence of arbitrarily large applied voltages. Our approach involves quantum Langevin equations and non-equilibrium Green's functions. By virtue of a full microscopic calculation we are able to model the tunnel coupling between the superconducting wire and the metallic leads realistically; study the role of high-energy non-topological excitations; predict how the behavior compares for increasing number of odd vs. even number of sites; and study the evolution across the topological quantum phase transition (QPT). We find that the normalized spectral weight in the MBSs can be remarkably large and goes to zero continuously at the topological QPT. Our results have concrete implications for the experimental search and study of MBSs.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
The Gurkhas and colonial knowledge
Creators: name: Montgomery, Carina Anne
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Gurkha soldiers--History.
subject: Ethnology--India.
subject: Masculinity.
subject: India - History - 19th century
subject: India - History, Military

description: Bibliography: p. 151-163
description: This thesis examines the origins and development of martial race discourse, the belief that Gurkhas were more warlike than other Indian 'races' , and their selective recruitment into the British Indian Army during the early nineteenth century. It seeks to reconcile the relationship between discourse and material forces by interrogating 'orientalism', examining the way in which colonial knowledge was gathered by British officers and surveyors and the relationship between this knowledge, military experience of the Gurkhas and colonial policy. It focuses on the shift from pre-war stereotypes of the 'barbarous' and 'insolent' Gurkha to those of a martial race; manly, brave, hardy, chivalrous and faithful, by examining the British discourses that developed on the Anglo- Nepalese War (1814-1816). ' Orientalism' and the construction of martial race theory was mediated by environmentalism, literary tropes of the day, military agendas and changing conceptions of masculinity, as 'martiality' became inextricably associated with manliness within the Army.
Autocalibration of HSPF for Simulation of Streamflow Using a Genetic Algorithm
Creators: name: Sahoo, Debabrata
name: Smith, Patricia
name: Ines, Amor Valeriano M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Hydrologic models
Hydrology

description: Hydrologic models are essential to watershed planning and management, particularly in the San Antonio River watershed where competition for scarce water resources is a challenge. As a result, the calibration and validation of hydrologic models are essential steps for their successful application. In this study, we examined the use of a loosely coupled genetic algorithm (GA) as an autocalibration tool for optimization of model parameters for the Hydrologic Simulation Program - Fortran (HSPF), a model frequently used in surface hydrology and water quality modeling. The GA-HSPF model is a more objective and less time-consuming alternative to traditional trial-and-error methods. The objective function was optimized by minimizing the mean absolute error (MAE) between corresponding simulated and observed average daily streamflow in the San Antonio River watershed. The MAE was used to evaluate the fitness of the parameter set in the GA. The calibrated model parameters (LZSN, INFILT, AGWRC, UZSN, DEEPFR, LZETP, and INTFW) were selected based on a sensitivity analysis from a previous study. Goodness-of-fit of the GA calibrated model was evaluated using the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient of efficiency, MAE, root mean square error, flow duration curves, wavelet analysis, and total volume error. Overall simulation time with 2000 model simulations was 11 days, which can be improved significantly under parallel computing, as GA-HSPF simulations are highly independent. The objective function ceased improvement after approximately 250 simulations, with a minimized MAE of 25.8 m3/s. With the exception of DEEPFR, all optimized model parameter values were within the range cited in the literature. Nash-Sutcliffe coefficients in all simulations were above 0.5, suggesting that the simulated flows were in good agreement with the observed flows. Visual comparison between observed and simulated stream flow using time series and flow duration curves showed that the GA calibrated model was unable to simulate peak flow events accurately, particularly in the 0% to 10% exceedence range. It is hypothesized that the storage-based routing scheme in HSPF limits its ability to predict peak flows in this watershed. Comparison between observed and simulated flows in the wavelet domain indicated that the GA calibrated model was not able to preserve the scale and location of some high frequencies, but the scale and location of lower frequencies were preserved. The cyclic nature of the streamflow in this watershed was more prominent in lower frequencies. While overall flow rates were adequately predicted using a GA-HSPF approach, future work in this watershed needs to focus on multi-objective optimization that optimizes both volumes and peak flows. The GA-HSPF model offers an objective and efficient method for calibration and validation, a useful tool in watershed planning efforts.
title: Fever and right hypochondrium pain: beyond acute cholecysitis. A diagnostic challenge in US practice.
Creators: name: Ramos Muñoz, Alejandro Alberto
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Not applicable
subject: Inflammation
subject: Infection
subject: Abscess
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Liver
subject: Emergency
subject: Abdomen
subject: Abdominal Viscera

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: This review aims to describe the differential diagnosis that has to be considered in patients suffering from fever and right hypochondrium pain when the first diagnosis of suspicion -acute cholecystitis- has been ruled...
Linear differential operators on contact manifolds
Creators: name: Conley, Charles H.
name: Ovsienko, Valentin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider differential operators between sections of arbitrary powers of the determinant line bundle over a contact manifold. We extend the standard notions of the Heisenberg calculus: noncommutative symbolic calculus, the principal symbol, and the contact order to such differential operators. Our first main result is an intrinsically defined "subsymbol" of a differential operator, which is a differential invariant of degree one lower than that of the principal symbol. In particular, this subsymbol associates a contact vector field to an arbitrary second order linear differential operator. Our second main result is the construction of a filtration that strengthens the well-known contact order filtration of the Heisenberg calculus.
title: The role of ultrasound in depicting calcified and non-calcified DCIS
Creators: name: Chiorean, ANGELICA
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Breast
subject: Oncology
subject: Elastography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Biopsy
subject: Cancer
subject: Not applicable

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: - Review the histological classification of DCIS; - Exemplify ultrasound imaging findings of both calcified and non-calcified DCIS; - Discuss the occult ultrasound DCIS; - Present major DCIS...
Webpage, project portal, social media accounts and co-creation platform
Creators: name: Soriano, Bárbara
name: Garrido, Alberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Please, find below the diverse communication channels developed in SURE-Farm: 1.-The website: https://www.surefarmproject.eu/ 2.-The intranet: https://cloud9.cesvima.upm.es/index.php/login 3.-Twitter account: https://twitter.com/surefarmproject 4.-Linkedin
description: EU; en; contact: barbara.soriano@upm.es; alberto.garrido@upm.es
title: Examining the monetary risks and rewards for the anthropogenic spread of wild hogs
title: Examining the risk and rewards for the anthropogenic spread of wild hogs
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Caudell, Joe N.
name: Welch, Katelyn
name: Dowell, Emily
name: Higginbotham, Billy
name: International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, Producer
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Wildlife management -- Congresses
subject: Range management -- Congresses

description: Moderator: Billy Higginbotham.
description: Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado.
description: Video presenter: Joe Caudell.
description: Wild hogs (Sus scrofa) are an invasive, exotic species that have spread through much of the US through anthropogenic means. Many states have laws and regulations with the intent of reducing the illegal importation, introduction, and establishment of wild swine populations. However, in many cases, these laws have been ineffectual for stopping the anthropogenic spread of wild swine. To assess the risk for moving wild hogs, we examined various wild hog-related laws throughout the US and assessed the potential reward for their illegal movement. We found that fines ranged from 0 to > $10,000, with the mean minimum fine of $497 a mean maximum fine of $2578. The average number of years in jail for the release or possession of wild hogs was .65 years. The mean cost of a single-day hunting trip was $500; however, this varied widely among states. In many cases, the potential rewards for releasing wild hogs far outweighed the monetary risk from getting caught. States with few or no wild hogs and weak laws and/or fine are at a substantial risk for the illegal importation of wild hogs. In many cases, the risk of getting caught and having to pay a low fine is far outweighed by the money and opportunity costs saved by being able to hunt hogs in their own state. To reduce the potential for the spread of wild hogs, agencies should concentrate on increasing monetary fines or increasing the perceptions that this illegal activity will be successfully prosecuted.
Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development
Creators: name: Stiglitz, Joseph E.
name: Andrew, Charlton
name: De Freitas Barbosa, Alexandre
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2006
Subjects: Economics

description: No one, not even the representatives of the United States, challenged the charges that we made against the gross inequities of the previous rounds, or even the inequities of some of the proposals then under discussion. But the trade ministers say in private, "What are we to do? Our congresses and parliaments have tied our hands. We live in democracies, and that is part of the price one has to pay for democracy."
Regulation of ges-l expression in the Caenorhabditis elegans digestive tract
Creators: name: Schroeder, Dana Frances
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Caenorhabditis elegans - Genetics
subject: Caenorhabditis elegans--Digestive organs.
subject: Gene expression

description: Bibliography: p. 135-155
title: Utility of Pelvic Computed Tomography Angiography Prior to Prostatic Artery Embolization: single center experience.
Creators: name: lucente, giuseppe
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Observational
subject: Retrospective
subject: Image verification
subject: Embolisation
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Interventional Radiology

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is technically challenging procedure, mostly due to anatomic aspects thet can lead to increased procedure time. Pelvic computed tomography angiography (CTA) prior to prostatic artery embolization is a significant...
Closed string field theory in a-gauge
Creators: name: Asano, Masako
name: Kato, Mitsuhiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a-gauge, a class of covariant gauges developed for bosonic open string field theory, is consistently applied to the closed string field theory. A covariantly gauge-fixed action of massless fields can be systematically derived from a-gauge-fixed action of string field theory.
description: 13 pages; Ver.2 to be published in JHEP
title: Viral Encephalitis: When the Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain can suggest the etiology
Creators: name: Salzani, Vagner
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: Inflammation
subject: Infection
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Emergency
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: The objective of this work is to review the main magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of primary viral encephalitis, and to correlate them with the most common...
Additional file 1 of Development and psychometric evaluation of a patient-reported symptom index for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: the NMIBC-SI
Creators: name: Rutherford, Claudia
name: Tait, Margaret-Ann
name: Costa, Daniel S. J.
name: King, Madeleine T.
name: Smith, David P.
name: Sengupta, Shomik
name: Ischia, Joseph
name: Mitterdorfer, Andrew
name: Hayne, Dickon
name: Watson, Roger
name: Anderson, Paul
name: Frydenberg, Mark
name: Gilling, Peter
name: Buchan, Nicholas
name: Green, Euan
name: Clarke, Noel
name: Boorjian, Stephen A.
name: Konety, Badrinath
name: Holzbeierlein, Jeffrey M.
name: Black, Peter C.
name: Chalasani, Venu
name: Henseler, Jörg
name: Patel, Manish I.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Stabilizing HIV prevalence masks high HIV incidence rates amongst rural and urban women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Creators: name: Abdool Karim, Quarraisha
name: Kharsany, Ayesha B. M.
name: Frohlich, Janet A.
name: Werner, Lise
name: Mashego, May
name: Mlotshwa, Mukelisiwe
name: Madlala, Bernadette T.
name: Ntombela, Fanelesibonge
name: Abdool Karim, Salim
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Virology
Epidemiology

description: Background: In mature generalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics, as survival from accessing antiretroviral treatment (ART) increases, HIV prevalence data may be suboptimal and difficult to interpret without HIV incidence rates. Objective: To determine the HIV incidence rate among rural and urban women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study from March 2004 to May 2007. Volunteers were recruited from a rural family-planning clinic and an urban clinic for sexually transmitted infections. Consenting, HIV-uninfected women aged 14-30 years were enrolled. Demographic, clinical, sexual and behavioural data were collected using standardized questionnaires with HIV risk reduction counselling and HIV testing. Pelvic examinations were completed at quarterly visits. Results: The HIV prevalence at screening was 35.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 32.7-38.8] amongst rural women and 59.3% (95% CI 56.5-62.0) amongst urban women. A total of 594/2240 (26.5%) enrolled women contributed to 602 person-years (PYs) of follow-up. The median age was 22 years [inter-quartile range 18-23 years]. HIV incidence rate was 6.5/100 PY (95% CI 4.4-9.2) amongst rural women and 6.4/100 PY (95% CI 2.6-13.2) amongst urban women. HIV incidence rate of 17.2/100 PY (95% CI 2.1-62.2) was highest amongst urban women <20 years of age and 10.2/100 PY (95% CI 4.1-20.9) amongst rural women ≥25 years of age. Conclusion: HIV incidence rates are devastatingly high in young women in rural and urban KwaZulu-Natal, despite reports of stabilized HIV prevalence observed in current surveillance data. The diffuse nature of the HIV epidemic underscores the urgent need to enhance HIV prevention and treatment modalities.
Flocculation of vesicles
Creators: name: Tsekov, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The flocculation of liposomes is theoretically studied. An expression for the flocculation activation energy is derived, accounting for the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions as well as for the correlation area of floc-spots.
Screening for 'window-period' acute HIV infection among pregnant women in rural South Africa
Creators: name: Kharsany, Ayesha B. M.
name: Hancock, N.
name: Frohlich, Janet A.
name: Humphries, H. R.
name: Abdool Karim, Salim
name: Abdool Karim, Quarraisha
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Virology
Epidemiology

description: OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the HIV-1 RNA pooled nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) strategy to screen pregnant women in the 'window period' of acute HIV infection (AHI) in rural South Africa. METHODS: In 2007 and 2008, 750 consecutive pregnant women on their first antenatal care visit to a primary health care clinic were tested anonymously for HIV infection. HIV-1 RNA pooled NAAT was performed on HIV antibody-negative samples. All positive pools were tested individually and positive samples were classified as incident cases to calculate HIV incidence. RESULTS: The overall HIV prevalence was 37.3% [95% confidence interval (CI) 34.3-41.3]. Of the 467 HIV antibody-negative samples, four (0.9%) were HIV-1 RNA-positive. The mean viral load in the four samples was 386 260 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL (range 64 200-1 228130). The HIV incidence was 11.2%per year (95% CI 0.3-22.1) and all women with AHI were 21 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: Identifying AHI in pregnancy is important for health interventions to reduce perinatal and heterosexual transmission of HIV, and to estimate HIV incidence for epidemiological surveillance.