cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A tiny event producing an interplanetary type III burst
Creators: name: Alissandrakis, C. E.
name: Nindos, A.
name: Patsourakos, S.
name: Kontogeorgos, A.
name: Tsitsipis, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the conditions under which small scale energy release events in the low corona gave rise to strong interplanetary (IP) type III bursts. We analyze observations of three tiny events, detected by the Nan\c cay Radio Heliograph (NRH), two of which produced IP type IIIs. We took advantage of the NRH positioning information and of the high cadence of AIA/SDO data to identify the associated EUV emissions. We measured positions and time profiles of the metric and EUV sources. We found that the EUV events that produced IP type IIIs were located near a coronal hole boundary, while the one that did not was located in a closed magnetic field region. In all three cases tiny flaring loops were involved, without any associated mass eruption. In the best observed case the radio emission at the highest frequency (435 MHz) was displaced by ~55" with respect to the small flaring loop. The metric type III emission shows a complex structure in space and in time, indicative of multiple electron beams, despite the low intensity of the events. From the combined analysis of dynamic spectra and NRH images we derived the electron beam velocity as well as the height, ambient plasma temperature and density at the level of formation of the 160 MHz emission. From the analysis of the differential emission measure derived from the AIA images we found that the first evidence of energy release was at the footpoints and this was followed by the development of flaring loops and subsequent cooling. We conclude that even small energy release events can accelerate enough electrons to give rise to powerful IP type III bursts. The proximity of the electron acceleration site to open magnetic field lines facilitates the escape of the electrons into the interplanetary space. The offset between the site of energy release and the metric type III location warrants further investigation.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
title: Measuring mammographic density: Comparing a fully automated volumetric assessment versus European radiologists’ qualitative classification
Creators: name: Sartor, Hanna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Screening
subject: Observer performance
subject: Mammography
subject: Oncology
subject: Computer applications
subject: Breast
subject: Cancer
subject: Epidemiology

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: High mammographic density is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer [1] and there has been a growing interest of evaluating mammographic density for individualized screening programs [2] and for incorporation in risk prediction models...
Adaptations of Clinical Examinations of Medical Students in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review Protocol
Creators: name: Cartledge, Sapphire
name: Ward, Derek
name: Stack, Rebecca
name: Terry, Emily
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Education
subject: Higher Education
subject: Medical Education
subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
subject: clinical examination
subject: coronavirus
subject: medical school
subject: medical student
subject: OSCE

description: A systematic review and narrative synthesis looking at the adaptations of clinical examinations of medical students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Growth Factor Delivery on Cartilage Repair in a Mini-Pig Model
Creators: name: Henning, Elizabeth A.
name: Mauck, Robert L.
name: Schaer, Thomas P.
name: Saxena, Vishal
name: Kim, Minwook
name: Fisher, Matthew B.
name: Dodge, George R.
name: Pfeifer, Christian
name: Belkin, Nicole S.
name: Burdick, Jason A.
name: Söegaard, Nicole
name: Steinberg, David R.
name: Milby, Andrew H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: We have recently shown that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) embedded in a hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogel and exposed to chondrogenic factors (transforming growth factor–β3 [TGF-β3]) produce a cartilage-like tissue in vitro. The current objective was to determine if these same factors could be combined immediately prior to implantation to induce a superior healing response in vivo relative to the hydrogel alone.
title: Reproducibility of basilar arterial atherosclerotic plaque employing dark blood high resolution MRI at 3T
Creators: name: Chen, Luguang
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Vascular
subject: CNS
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is the most common cause of ischemic stroke worldwide, especially among patients of Asian and Hispanic ancestry [1-3]. Basilar atherosclerotic plaque is usually observed in patients with ischemic strokes...
Multiple phylogenetically-diverse, differentially-virulent Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from a single soil sample collected in Thailand.
Creators: name: Roe, Chandler
name: Vazquez, Adam J
name: Phillips, Paul D
name: Allender, Chris J
name: Bowen, Richard A
name: Nottingham, Roxanne D
name: Doyle, Adina
name: Wongsuwan, Gumphol
name: Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn
name: Limmathurotsakul, Direk
name: Peacock, Sharon
name: Keim, Paul
name: Tuanyok, Apichai
name: Wagner, David M
name: Sahl, Jason W
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Research Article
subject: Biology and life sciences
subject: Medicine and health sciences
subject: Engineering and technology
subject: FOS: Engineering and technology
subject: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Burkholderia pseudomallei is a soil-dwelling bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia that causes the disease, melioidosis. Although the global genomic diversity of clinical B. pseudomallei isolates has been investigated, there is limited understanding of its genomic diversity across small geographic scales, especially in soil. In this study, we obtained 288 B. pseudomallei isolates from a single soil sample (~100g; intensive site 2, INT2) collected at a depth of 30cm from a site in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand. We sequenced the genomes of 169 of these isolates that represent 7 distinct sequence types (STs), including a new ST (ST1820), based on multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analysis. A core genome SNP phylogeny demonstrated that all identified STs share a recent common ancestor that diverged an estimated 796-1260 years ago. A pan-genomics analysis demonstrated recombination between clades and intra-MLST phylogenetic and gene differences. To identify potential differential virulence between STs, groups of BALB/c mice (5 mice/isolate) were challenged via subcutaneous injection (500 CFUs) with 30 INT2 isolates representing 5 different STs; over the 21-day experiment, eight isolates killed all mice, 2 isolates killed an intermediate number of mice (1-2), and 20 isolates killed no mice. Although the virulence results were largely stratified by ST, one virulent isolate and six attenuated isolates were from the same ST (ST1005), suggesting that variably conserved genomic regions may contribute to virulence. Genomes from the animal-challenged isolates were subjected to a bacterial genome-wide association study to identify genomic regions associated with differential virulence. One associated region is a unique variant of Hcp1, a component of the type VI secretion system, which may result in attenuation. The results of this study have implications for comprehensive sampling strategies, environmental exposure risk assessment, and understanding recombination and differential virulence in B. pseudomallei.
Brain morphology and stressor-evoked cardiovascular reactivity: A machine-learning analysis in midlife adults
Creators: name: DuPont, Caitlin
name: Rasero, Javier
name: Kraynak, Thomas
name: Kamarck, Thomas
name: Manuck, Stephen
name: Verstynen, Timothy
name: Gianaros, Peter
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: brain morphology
subject: cardiovascular stress reactivity
subject: daily stress
subject: stress reactivity

description: This study aims to assess whether individual differences in brain morphology cross-sectionally predict cardiovascular reactivity to stress reactivity both in the laboratory and in daily life. This project uses data that has already been collected from two samples of midlife adults (Pittsburgh Imaging Project and Adult Health and Behavior - II).
title: Radiographic signs predicting rotator cuff tears
Creators: name: van der Reijden, Jeroen
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Extremities
subject: Surgery
subject: Efficacy studies
subject: Outcomes
subject: Image verification
subject: Cysts

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Plain radiographs seem to have little predictive value for diagnosing rotator cuff tears. The purpose is to evaluate diagnostic accuracy of plain radiographs to predict rotator cuff tears using arthroscopy findings as the reference standard. We...
title: Small bowel diverticulosis: Identification and interpretation of complications
Creators: name: Dambha, Fatima
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Small bowel
subject: Anatomy
subject: CT
subject: Complications
subject: Acute

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The main learning objectives are: 1. Highlight diverticular disease of the small bowel as a frequently overlooked condition. 2. Be aware of and identify diverticular disease of the small bowel, especially in patients presenting with an acute...
Spontaneous Liquid Crystal and Ferromagnetic Ordering of Colloidal Magnetic Nanoplates
Creators: name: Shuai, Min
name: Klittnick, Arthur
name: Shen, Yongqiang
name: Smith, Gregory P.
name: Tuchband, Michael R.
name: Zhu, Chenhui
name: Petschek, Rolfe G.
name: Mertelj, Alenka
name: Lisjak, Darja
name: Čopič, Martin
name: Maclennan, Joseph E.
name: Glaser, Matthew A.
name: Clark, Noel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferrofluids are familiar as colloidal suspensions of ferromagnetic nanoparticles in aqueous or organic solvents. The dispersed particles are randomly oriented but their moments become aligned if a magnetic field is applied, producing a variety of exotic and useful magneto-mechanical effects. A longstanding interest and challenge has been to make such suspensions macroscopically ferromagnetic, that is having uniform magnetic alignment in absence of a field. Here we report a fluid suspension of magnetic nanoplates which spontaneously aligns into an equilibrium nematic liquid crystal phase that is also macroscopically ferromagnetic. Its zero-field magnetization produces distinctive magnetic self-interaction effects, including liquid crystal textures of fluid block domains arranged in closed flux loops, and makes this phase highly sensitive, with it dramatically changing shape even in the Earth's magnetic field.
Use of preprint articles in prevention research – a mixed-methods approach
Creators: name: Sommer, Isolde
name: Griebler, Ursula
name: Klerings, Irma
name: Dobrescu, Andreea
name: Sunder-Plassmann, Vincent
name: Gartlehner, Gerald
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Community Health and Preventive Medicine
subject: Mixed-methods study
subject: Preprints
subject: Prevention

description: The aim of this study is to describe the study characteristics of preprints prevention articles and to assess how results and conclusions change in relation to the peer-reviewed article. A further aim is to explore how the health research community perceives the growing numbers of published preprint articles.
Exact solutions and spacetime singularities in nonlocal gravity
Creators: name: Li, Yao-Dong
name: Modesto, Leonardo
name: Rachwal, Leslaw
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give here a list of exact classical solutions of a large class of weakly nonlocal theories of gravity, which are unitary and super-renormalizable (or finite) at quantum level. It is explicitly shown that flat and Ricci-flat spacetimes as well as maximally symmetric manifolds are exact solutions of the equation of motion. Therefore, well-known physical spacetimes like Schwarzschild, Kerr, (Anti-) de Sitter serve as solutions for standard matter content. In dimension higher than four we can also have Anti-de Sitter solutions in the presence of positive cosmological constant. We pedagogically show how to obtain these exact solutions. Furthermore, for another version of the theory, written in the Weyl basis, Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) spacetimes are also exact solutions, when the matter content is given by conformal matter (radiation). We also comment on the presence of singularities and possible resolution of them in finite and conformally invariant theories. "Delocalization" is proposed as a way to solve the black hole singularity problem. In order to solve the problem of cosmological singularities it seems crucial to have a conformally invariant or asymptotically free quantum gravitational theory.
description: 33 pages
A Social Capital Perspective on the Mentoring of Undergraduate Life Science Researchers: An Empirical Study of Undergraduate–Postgraduate–Faculty Triads
Creators: name: Sadselia, Sona
name: Evans, Mara
name: Eby, Lillian T.
name: Aikens, Melissa L.
name: Dolan, Erin L.
name: Watkins, Keiana
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Undergraduate researchers at research universities are often mentored by graduate students or postdoctoral researchers (referred to collectively as “postgraduates”) and faculty, creating a mentoring triad structure. Triads differ based on whether the undergraduate, postgraduate, and faculty member interact with one another about the undergraduate’s research. Using a social capital theory framework, we hypothesized that different triad structures provide undergraduates with varying resources (e.g., information, advice, psychosocial support) from the postgraduates and/or faculty, which would affect the undergraduates’ research outcomes. To test this, we collected data from a national sample of undergraduate life science researchers about their mentoring triad structure and a range of outcomes associated with research experiences, such as perceived gains in their abilities to think and work like scientists, science identity, and intentions to enroll in a PhD program. Undergraduates mentored by postgraduates alone reported positive outcomes, indicating that postgraduates can be effective mentors. However, undergraduates who interacted directly with faculty realized greater outcomes, suggesting that faculty interaction is important for undergraduates to realize the full benefits of research. The “closed triad,” in which undergraduates, postgraduates, and faculty all interact directly, appeared to be uniquely beneficial; these undergraduates reported the highest gains in thinking and working like a scientist.
Detecting the Supernova Breakout Burst in Terrestrial Neutrino Detectors
Creators: name: Wallace, Joshua
name: Burrows, Adam
name: Dolence, Joshua C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the distance-dependent performance of a few representative terrestrial neutrino detectors in detecting and measuring the properties of the $ν_e$ breakout burst light curve in a Galactic core-collapse supernova. The breakout burst is a signature phenomenon of core collapse and offers a probe into the stellar core through collapse and bounce. We examine cases of no neutrino oscillations and oscillations due to normal and inverted neutrino-mass hierarchies. For the normal hierarchy, other neutrino flavors emitted by the supernova overwhelm the $ν_e$ signal, making a detection of the breakout burst difficult. For the inverted hierarchy (IH), some detectors at some distances should be able to see the $ν_e$ breakout burst peak and measure its properties. For the IH, the maximum luminosity of the breakout burst can be measured at 10 kpc to accuracies of $\sim$30% for Hyper-Kamiokande (Hyper-K) and $\sim$60% for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Super-Kamiokande (Super-K) and Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) lack the mass needed to make an accurate measurement. For the IH, the time of the maximum luminosity of the breakout burst can be measured in Hyper-K to an accuracy of $\sim$3 ms at 7 kpc, in DUNE $\sim$2 ms at 4 kpc, and JUNO and Super-K can measure the time of maximum luminosity to an accuracy of $\sim$2 ms at 1 kpc. Detector backgrounds in IceCube render a measurement of the $ν_e$ breakout burst unlikely. For the inverted hierarchy, a measurement of the maximum luminosity of the breakout burst could be used to differentiate between nuclear equations of state.
description: 29 pages, 23 figures, updated according to referee comments
title: Spontaneous regression of brain tumors: A literature review with description of four illustrative cases documented by serial neuroimaging
Creators: name: Figueiras, Feelipe
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Education
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Outcomes
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Pathology

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To discuss the findings and the possible etiologies of spontaneous brain tumor regression, regarding different types of tumors. Presenting four illustrative cases, regarding this subjectin whichconservative treatment was performed, with different...
title: Cystic fibrosis sinus score (CFSS) for the evaluation of the paranasal sinuses complications of cystic fibrosis using cone beam CT
Creators: name: Firetto, Maria  Cristina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Paediatric
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Cone beam CT
subject: Screening
subject: Pathology

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The management of paranasal sinuses complications of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) isa challenge for the otorhinolaryngologist. The paranasal sinuses system represents a P. aeruginosa reservoir affecting lower airways system [1,2]. Early diagnosis and...
Analysis of Postdoctoral Training Outcomes That Broaden Participation in Science Careers
Creators: name: Rybarczyk, Brian J.
name: Whittington, Dawayne
name: Dykstra, Linda
name: Lerea, Leslie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Postdoctoral training is an optimal time to expand research skills, develop independence, and shape career trajectories, making this training period important to study in the context of career development. Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) is a training program that balances research, teaching, and professional development. This study examines the factors that promote the transition of postdocs into academic careers and increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Data indicate that SPIRE scholars (n = 77) transition into faculty positions at three times the national average with a greater proportion of underrepresented racial minorities (URMs) and females represented among SPIRE scholars. Logistic regression models indicate that significant predictors are the intended career track at the start of the postdoctoral training and the number of publications. Factors necessary for successful transition are teaching experience as independent instructors, professional development opportunities, and the experience of balancing teaching with research. Scholars’ continued commitment to increasing diversity in their faculty roles was demonstrated by their attainment of tenure-track positions at minority-serving institutions, continued mentorship of URMs, and engagement with diversity initiatives. These results suggest that a postdoctoral program structured to include research, teaching, and diversity inclusion facilitates attainment of desired academic positions with sustained impacts on broadening participation.
Individualism and personality traits
Creators: name: Arnkil, Sofie
name: Mac Giolla, Erik
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Multicultural Psychology
subject: Personality and Social Contexts
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Past research on cross-country differences in personality have examined how mean levels of personality traits in countries correlate with country differences on Hofstede’s (2001) cultural dimensions (e.g., McCrae & Terracciano, 2005). We extend this research by focusing on country differences in the dispersion or spread of personality traits. That is, rather than focusing on country mean differences in personality traits, we will focus on country differences in the standard deviation of personality traits. Specifically, we will test the hypothesis that a country’s level of individualism—based on Minkov et al’s (2017) measures—will positively correlate with a country’s standard deviation of personality traits. Our reasoning is that as individual freedoms increase, people will become more different from one another.
title: MRI based determination of fat content in brain tumours by a multiecho approach
Creators: name: Hietschold, Volker
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Using MR technique, assessment of tissue composition is possible by means of spectroscopic methods which are of clinical use in brain tumor differential diagnosis, but are time consuming and still need experienced staff. On the other hand, the Dixon...
title: An electronic survey to identify the French radiology residents’ expectations regarding their initial medical formation and their interest for clinical research
Creators: name: Ohana, Mickaël
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Management
subject: Professional issues
subject: Experimental
subject: Education
subject: eLearning

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Initial medical trainingof french radiology residents is based on theoritical and practical components, and requires for final M.D.validationthe realization of an original research work. The national part of the theoretical training is organized by...
Diversity Exiting the Academy: Influential Factors for the Career Choice of Well-Represented and Underrepresented Minority Scientists
Creators: name: Layton, Rebekah L.
name: Harrell, Jessica R.
name: Sinche, Melanie
name: Freeman, Ashalla M.
name: Brandt, Patrick D.
name: Hall, Joshua D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: A national sample of PhD-trained scientists completed training, accepted subsequent employment in academic and nonacademic positions, and were queried about their previous graduate training and current employment. Respondents indicated factors contributing to their employment decision (e.g., working conditions, salary, job security). The data indicate the relative importance of deciding factors influencing career choice, controlling for gender, initial interest in faculty careers, and number of postgraduate publications. Among both well-represented (WR; n = 3444) and underrepresented minority (URM; n = 225) respondents, faculty career choice was positively associated with desire for autonomy and partner opportunity and negatively associated with desire for leadership opportunity. Differences between groups in reasons endorsed included: variety, prestige, salary, family influence, and faculty advisor influence. Furthermore, endorsement of faculty advisor or other mentor influence and family or peer influence were surprisingly rare across groups, suggesting that formal and informal support networks could provide a missed opportunity to provide support for trainees who want to stay in faculty career paths. Reasons requiring alteration of misperceptions (e.g., limited leadership opportunity for faculty) must be distinguished from reasons requiring removal of actual barriers. Further investigation into factors that affect PhDs’ career decisions can help elucidate why URM candidates are disproportionately exiting the academy.
Factors predicting motion coherence thresholds in typically developing and autistic children
Creators: name: Woods, Heather
name: Manning, Catherine
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Cognition and Perception
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: A regression analysis aimed at elucidating which factors best predict motion coherence thresholds in children with and without a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition, and whether there are any significant differences between these two groups in this parameter.
title: Endovascular treatment of distal basilar artery aneurysms
Creators: name: Zaitoun, Mohamed
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: MR
subject: Catheters
subject: Aneurysms

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Distal basilar artery aneurysms are the aneurysms of the basilar artery tip, junction of the basilar artery with the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) and junction of the basilar artery with the superior cerebellar artery (SCA). Basilar tip aneurysms...
Preparing Postbaccalaureates for Entry and Success in Biomedical PhD Programs
Creators: name: Cohen, Kimberley W.
name: Phelps, Patricia V.
name: Hall, Joshua D.
name: Miller, Virginia L.
name: Cook, Jeanette G.
name: Harrell, Jessica R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Certain racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds remain underrepresented (UR) in the biomedical sciences. This underrepresentation becomes more extreme at each higher education stage. To support UR scholars during the critical transition from baccalaureate to PhD, we established an intensive, 1-yr postbaccalaureate training program. We hypothesized that this intervention would strengthen each participant’s competitiveness for leading PhD programs and build a foundation of skills and self-efficacy important for success during and after graduate school. Scholar critical analysis skills, lab technique knowledge, and Graduate Record Examination scores all improved significantly during the program. Scholars reported significant confidence growth in 21 of 24 categories related to success in research careers. In 5 yr, 91% (41/45) of scholars transitioned directly into PhD programs. Importantly, 40% (18/45) of participating postbaccalaureate scholars had previously been declined acceptance into graduate school; however, 17/18 of these scholars directly entered competitive PhD programs following our training program. Alumni reported they were “extremely well” prepared for graduate school, and 95% (39/41) are currently making progress to graduation with a PhD. In conclusion, we report a model for postbaccalaureate training that could be replicated to increase participation and success among UR scholars in the biomedical sciences.
Microscopically constrained mean field models from chiral nuclear thermodynamics
Creators: name: Rrapaj, Ermal
name: Roggero, Alessandro
name: Holt, Jeremy W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the use of mean field models to approximate microscopic nuclear equations of state derived from chiral effective field theory across the densities and temperatures relevant for simu- lating astrophysical phenomena such as core-collapse supernovae and binary neutron star mergers. We consider both relativistic mean field theory with scalar and vector meson exchange as well as energy density functionals based on Skyrme phenomenology and compare to thermodynamic equa- tions of state derived from chiral two- and three-nucleon forces in many-body perturbation theory. Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of symmetric nuclear matter and pure neutron matter are used to determine the density regimes in which perturbation theory with chiral nuclear forces is valid. Within the theoretical uncertainties associated with the many-body methods, we find that select mean field models describe well microscopic nuclear thermodynamics. As an additional consistency requirement, we study as well the single-particle properties of nucleons in a hot/dense environment, which affect e.g., charged-current weak reactions in neutron-rich matter. The identified mean field models can be used across a larger range of densities and temperatures in astrophysical simulations than more computationally expensive microscopic models.
title: MR thermometry: ex-vivo model assessment using three fast T1-weighted sequences during laser ablation procedures
Creators: name: Giurazza, Francesco
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Oncology
subject: Pancreas
subject: MR
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Laser
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Laser ablation (LA) is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of tumors as an alternative to surgical resection. The light absorbed by tissue is converted into heat, and causes irreversible cell damage when temperatures higher than 60 °C...
Searches for Beyond the Standard Model Physics at the LHC: Run1 Summary and Run2 Prospects
Creators: name: Cakir, Altan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The search for new physics is a major goal of the LHC physics program. As excitement grows for the upcoming start of Run 2, I review the CMS and ATLAS searches for physics beyond the Standard Model from Run 1 and present recent analyses. These searches have covered a wide range of new physics scenarios including Supersymmetry, new resonances, additional Higgs bosons, new hidden sectors, other Dark Matter, and multi-charged particles. In addition to reviewing some of the techniques that made the analyses possible, I will summarize what we have learned from the results and briefly discuss prospects for Run 2.
description: Plenary talk at Flavor Physics and CP Violation Conference 24-29 May, 2015 Nagoya, Japan
Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: Engaging Community College Students and Faculty
Creators: name: Misra, Anjali
name: Gorga, Joseph J.
name: Schinske, Jeffrey N.
name: McFarland, Jenny L.
name: Pape-Lindstrom, Pamela A.
name: Bangera, M. Gita
name: Seidel, Shannon B.
name: Bonney, Kevin M.
name: Curran-Everett, Douglas
name: Elliott, Samantha L.
name: Ngeve, Smith M.
name: Corwin, Lisa A.
name: Kiser, Stacey L.
name: Carter, Robert S.
name: Dolan, Erin L.
name: Balke, Virginia L.
name: Fletcher, Linnea
name: Yin, Yue
name: Tuthill, Matthew C.
name: Nenortas, Apryl
name: Gonzalez, Beatriz
name: Brownell, Sara E.
name: Hewlett, James A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Nearly half of all undergraduates are enrolled at community colleges (CCs), including the majority of U.S. students who represent groups underserved in the sciences. Yet only a small minority of studies published in discipline-based education research journals address CC biology students, faculty, courses, or authors. This marked underrepresentation of CC biology education research (BER) limits the availability of evidence that could be used to increase CC student success in biology programs. To address this issue, a diverse group of stakeholders convened at the Building Capacity for Biology Education Research at Community Colleges meeting to discuss how to increase the prevalence of CC BER and foster participation of CC faculty as BER collaborators and authors. The group identified characteristics of CCs that make them excellent environments for studying biology teaching and learning, including student diversity and institutional cultures that prioritize teaching, learning, and assessment. The group also identified constraints likely to impede BER at CCs: limited time, resources, support, and incentives, as well as misalignment between doing research and CC faculty identities as teachers. The meeting culminated with proposing strategies for faculty, administrators, journal editors, scientific societies, and funding agencies to better support CC BER.
Promoting Creative Engineering Design with Gratitude
Creators: name: Sisson, Natalie
name: Impett, Emily
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Engineering
subject: creativity
subject: Engineering design
subject: gratitude

description: This preregistration includes a detailed description of our hypotheses, study procedure and measures and planned analyses.
Freeze drying vs oven drying sediments at 40°C
Creators: name: Mucciarone, David
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
subject: Geochemistry
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Earth Sciences

description: Carbon and nitrogen sample preparation method for concentration and isotope analysis.
title: Endovascular therapy in cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Creators: name: Lai, Yee Tak Alta
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Angioplasty
subject: Aneurysms

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) carries up to 40% of mortality in stroke, partly related to the development of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia. Aneurysmal SAH is the most common cause of significant cerebral vasospasm, and is the major cause...
Stationary and transient Fluctuation Theorems for effective heat flux between hydrodynamically coupled particles in optical traps
Creators: name: Bérut, A
name: Imparato, A
name: Petrosyan, A
name: Ciliberto, S
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We experimentally study the statistical properties of the energy fluxes between two trapped Brownian particles, interacting through dissipative hydrodynamic coupling, submitted to an effective temperature difference $ΔT$, obtained by random forcing the position of one trap. We identify effective heat fluxes between the two particles and show that they satisfy an exchange fluctuation theorem (xFT) in the stationary state. We also show that after the sudden application of a temperature gradient $ΔT$, \resub{the total} hot-cold flux satisfies \resub{a} transient xFT for any integration time whereas \resub{the total} cold-hot flux only does it asymptotically for long times.
Experimental Psychology Example: The effect of context on judgment
Creators: name: Bar-Anan, Yoav
name: Grinfeld, Guy
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: An example for pre-registration for the experimental psychology course. Choose the subject psychology and in the page, copy your intro&method draft document below.
Aesthetic Pleasure as a Motive for Materialism and its Relationship to Wellbeing
Creators: name: Virzi, Angelica
name: Bellovary, Andrea
name: Quinn, Kimberly
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The attached document is the preregistration for a study of aesthetic motives for materialism and wellbeing.
The DNA Triangle and Its Application to Learning Meiosis
Creators: name: Wright, L. Kate
name: Newman, Dina L.
name: Catavero, Christina M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Although instruction on meiosis is repeated many times during the undergraduate curriculum, many students show poor comprehension even as upper-level biology majors. We propose that the difficulty lies in the complexity of understanding DNA, which we explain through a new model, the DNA triangle. The DNA triangle integrates three distinct scales at which one can think about DNA: chromosomal, molecular, and informational. Through analysis of interview and survey data from biology faculty and students through the lens of the DNA triangle, we illustrate important differences in how novices and experts are able to explain the concepts of ploidy, homology, and mechanism of homologous pairing. Similarly, analysis of passages from 16 different biology textbooks shows a large divide between introductory and advanced material, with introductory books omitting explanations of meiosis-linked concepts at the molecular level of DNA. Finally, backed by textbook findings and feedback from biology experts, we show that the DNA triangle can be applied to teaching and learning meiosis. By applying the DNA triangle to topics on meiosis we present a new framework for educators and researchers that ties concepts of ploidy, homology, and mechanism of homologous pairing to knowledge about DNA on the chromosomal, molecular, and informational levels.
title: Differentiation of adrenal nodular hyperplasia and lipid-poor adenoma by clinical manifestation and advance virtual monoenergetic technique on CT
Creators: name: Shu xian, Wang
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: This study is to explore the feasibility of using an advanced virtual monoenergetic technique (Mono+) to differentiate adrenal nodular hyperplasia and lipid-poor adenoma , and evaluate the clinical value of dual energy parameters and the spectrum...
Identity threat in response to gender differences in academic achievement
Creators: name: Sicard, Alyson
name: Martinot, Delphine
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This registration comprises the data for the two studies in this project, prior to the publication of the results in a peer review article.
title: Optimisation of the window/level settings for virtual monoenergetic imaging in dual-energy CT of the liver
Creators: name: Caruso, Damiano
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: 0 0 1 26 151 Università "La Sapienza" 1 1 176 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE To evaluate optimal window settings for display of virtual monoenergetic reconstructions in third-generation dual-source, dual-energy computed tomography...
Sexual Destiny and Growth Beliefs and Trajectories of Sexual Well-being for Couples in the Transition to Parenthood.
Creators: name: Rossi, Meghan
name: Dawson, Samantha
name: Kim, James
name: Vannier, Sarah
name: Impett, Emily
name: Rosen, Natalie
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This study examines sexual growth and destiny beliefs as predictors of various facets of couples' sexual well-being across the transition to parenthood.
title: Comparison between PET/CT scans obtained with 5.0 and 10.0 mCi of 18F-NaF
Creators: name: Facchetti, Luca
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: PET-CT
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Quality assurance
subject: Dosimetric comparison
subject: Image verification

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Prostate cancer (PCa) is currently the most common noncutaneous cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the United States (1). Prostate cancer places a significant burden on the U.S. Medicare system with...
title: Visualisation of cerebral arteries by means of cycled super-selective arterial spin labeling angiography
Creators: name: Lindner, Thomas
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Vascular
subject: MR physics
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Physics
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: Technology assessment

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Non-contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography methods are widely used in clinical neuroradiology. However, most methods are limited by acquiring images of the complete vasculature. In this study, a new approach is presented that uses a single...
Thickness dependence of superconductivity and superconductor-insulator transition in ultrathin FeSe films on SrTiO3(001) substrate
Creators: name: Wang, Qingyan
name: Zhang, Wenhao
name: Zhang, Zuocheng
name: Sun, Yi
name: Xing, Ying
name: Wang, Yayu
name: Wang, Lili
name: Ma, Xucun
name: Xue, Qi-Kun
name: Wang, Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interface-enhanced high-temperature superconductivity in one unit-cell (UC) FeSe film on SrTiO3(001) (STO) substrate has recently attracted much attention in condensed matter physics and material science. Here, by ex situ transport measurements, we report on the superconductivity in FeSe ultra-thin films with different thickness on STO substrate. We find that the onset superconducting transition temperature (Tc) decreases with increasing film thickness of FeSe, which is opposite to the behavior usually observed in traditional superconductor films. By systematic post-annealing of 5 UC FeSe films, we observe an insulator to superconductor transition, which is accompanied with a sign change of the dominated charge carriers from holes to electrons at low temperatures according to the corresponding Hall measurement.
Dual Chromatin and Cytoskeletal Remodeling by SETD2
Creators: name: Tripathi, Durga Nand
name: Fahey, Catherine C.
name: Powell, Reid T.
name: Rathmell, W. Kimryn
name: Ho, Thai H.
name: Verhey, Kristen J.
name: Jonasch, Eric
name: Bedford, Mark T.
name: Walker, Cheryl Lyn
name: Chiang, Yun-Chen
name: Hacker, Kathryn E.
name: Park, In Young
name: Blasius, T. Lynne
name: Davis, Ian J.
name: Dere, Ruhee
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of tubulin specify microtubules for specialized cellular functions and comprise what is termed a "tubulin code." PTMs of histones comprise an analogous "histone code," although the "readers, writers, and erasers" of the cytoskeleton and epigenome have heretofore been distinct. We show that methylation is a PTM of dynamic microtubules and that the histone methyltransferase SET-domain-containing 2 (SETD2), which is responsible for H3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) of histones, also methylates α-tubulin at lysine 40, the same lysine that is marked by acetylation on microtubules. Methylation of microtubules occurs during mitosis and cytokinesis and can be ablated by SETD2 deletion, which causes mitotic spindle and cytokinesis defects, micronuclei, and polyploidy. These data now identify SETD2 as a dual-function methyltransferase for both chromatin and the cytoskeleton and show a requirement for methylation in maintenance of genomic stability and the integrity of both the tubulin and histone codes.
Examining the cognitive validity of prominent trait self-control scales - A qualitative approach adopting the think aloud method
Creators: name: Wennerhold, Lasse
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale
subject: cognitive validity
subject: measurement
subject: qualitative
subject: self-control
subject: Self-Control Scale
subject: self-regulation
subject: think aloud method

description: This project examines the cognitive validity of two of the most prominent self-report scales measuring trait self-control: a) the Self-Control Scale (Tangney et al., 2004) and b) the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11; Patton et al., 1995). Its approach is qualitative adopting the think aloud method to gain insight into the thoughts participants of scientific studies have when given these scales and answering their items.