cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
INTERPENETRATION OF STRESS AND PITCH IN WIK-MUNKAN GRAMMAR AND PHONOLOGY (Part I)
Creators: name: Sayers, Barbara (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1976

description: INTERPENETRATION OF STRESS AND PITCH IN WIK-MUNKAN GRAMMAR AND PHONOLOGY (Part I). 31 0. INTRODUCTION 31 1. PHONOLOGICAL CLAUSE 34 1.1 Contrastive Clause Stress and Grammar 34 1.2 Predictable Pitch in the Body of a P-Clause 38 1.3 Predictable Speed in a P-Clause 39 1.4 Phonological Clause and Grammatical Clause 40 2. THE PHONOLOGICAL SENTENCE 42 2.1 Contrastive Sentence Stress and Grammar 42 2.2 Predictable Pitch of a P-Sentence 48 2.3 Predictable Speed in a P-Sentence 49 2.4 Sentence and Paragraph 49 3. INTONATION 51 3.1 Contrastive Components of Intonation Patterns 51 3.2 Grammatical Usage of Each Pattern 54 3.2.1 /...-#¹ 54 3.2.2 /...-a¹ 56 3.2.3 /...-àʔ³ 58 3.2.4 /...-à³¹˂˃ 59 3.2.5 /...-#² 59 3.2.6 /...-a² 60 3.2.7 /...-#¹²˂ 61 3.2.8 ↑...-#¹ 62 3.2.9 ↑...-a¹ 63 3.2.10 ↑...-àʔ³ 63 3.2.11 ↑...-è:³¹˂˃ 65 3.2.12 ↑...-#² 65 3.2.13 ↑...-à::³ 65 3.2.14 ↓...-#¹ 66 3.2.15 ↓...-a¹ 67 3.2.16 ↓...-aʔ³ 67 3.2.17 ↓...-#² 68 3.2.18 ↓...-#¹²˂ 68 3.2.19 ↕...-#¹ 68 3.2.20 ↕...-a¹ 69 3.2.21 ↕...-àʔ³ 69 3.2.22 ↕...-à³¹˂˃ 69 3.2.23 ↕...-àw³¹˂ 70 3.2.24 ↕...-#² 70 3.2.25 ↕...-a² 70 3.2.26 ↕...-#³ 71Abbreviations and Notations 72Notes 74Bibliography 75
Combinatorics of random tensor models
Creators: name: Tanasa, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 83D99

description: In this short review we introduce group field theory, a particular class of random tensor models, which represents nowadays one of the candidates for a fundamental theory of quantum gravity. We insist on the combinatorial richness of associated structures, namely tensor graphs, natural generalization of ribbon graph (or combinatorial maps).
description: 5 pages, 7 figures, invited paper
The epistemology and ethics of early stopping decisions in randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Stanev, Roger
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Philosophers subscribing to particular principles of statistical inference and evidence need to be aware of the limitations and practical consequences of the statistical approach they endorse. The framework proposed (for statistical inference in the field of medicine) allows disparate statistical approaches to emerge in their appropriate context. My dissertation proposes a decision theoretic model, together with methodological guidelines, that provide important considerations for deciding on clinical trial conduct. These considerations do not amount to more stopping rules. Instead, they are principles that address the complexity of interpreting and responding to interim data, based on a broad range of epistemic and ethical factors. While they are not stopping rules, they would assist a Data Monitoring Committee in judging its position with regard to necessary precautionary interpretation of interim data. By vindicating a framework that accommodates a wide range of approaches to statistical inference in one important setting (clinical trials), my results pose a serious challenge for any approach that advocates a single, universal principle of statistical inference.
Light scattering under nanofocusing: Towards coherent nanoscopies
Creators: name: Mohammadi, Ahmad
name: Agio, Mario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate light scattering under nanofocusing in the context of coherent spectroscopy. We discuss the different mechanisms that may enhance the signal in extinction and how these depend on nanofocusing as well as on the probed system. We find that nanofocusing may improve the detection sensitivity by orders of magnitude under realistic conditions, enabling scanning implementations of coherent spectroscopy at the nanoscale.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Additional file 1 of Long-term efficacy of lipoprotein apheresis and lomitapide in the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH): a cross-national retrospective survey
Creators: name: D’Erasmo, Laura
name: Gallo, Antonio
name: Cefalù, Angelo Baldassare
name: Di Costanzo, Alessia
name: Saheb, Samir
name: Giammanco, Antonina
name: Averna, Maurizio
name: Buonaiuto, Alessio
name: Iannuzzo, Gabriella
name: Fortunato, Giuliana
name: Puja, Arturo
name: Montalcini, Tiziana
name: Pavanello, Chiara
name: Calabresi, Laura
name: Vigna, Giovanni Battista
name: Bucci, Marco
name: Bonomo, Katia
name: Nota, Fabio
name: Sampietro, Tiziana
name: Sbrana, Francesco
name: Suppressa, Patrizia
name: Sabbà, Carlo
name: Fimiani, Fabio
name: Cesaro, Arturo
name: Calabrò, Paolo
name: Palmisano, Silvia
name: D’Addato, Sergio
name: Pisciotta, Livia
name: Bertolini, Stefano
name: Bittar, Randa
name: Kalmykova, Olga
name: Béliard, Sophie
name: Carrié, Alain
name: Arca, Marcello
name: Bruckert, Eric
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table 1. Patients’ genotypes. All mutations were classified according to ACMG guidelines (Chora JR, Medeiros AM, Alves AC, Bourbon M. Analysis of publicly available LDLR, APOB, and PCSK9 variants associated with familial hypercholesterolemia: application of ACMG guidelines and implications for familial hypercholesterolemia diagnosis. Genet Med. 2018;20(6):591-598). For 3 Homozygous LDLR and 1 LDLRAP1 causing mutations were not available and the diagnosis was only on clinical base. *Double Heterozygote patient for mutations in both LDLR (c.373C>T) and PCSK9 (c.60_ 65dupGCTGCT) genes.
SEED: A Mixed-Methods Study of Stroke-related Experiences and Priorities of Elderly Living with Dementia or Disability, their Family Caregivers, and Physicians.
Creators: name: Betzner, William
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Stroke
subject: Dementia
subject: Disability
subject: Reperfusion
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Health Care Management

description: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) results from blood flow loss to part of the brain and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Pre-stroke dementia is defined as evidence of substantial cognitive decline from a previous performance level, resulting in the person needing help with activities of daily living. This cognitive disorder is associated with higher AIS risk with around 10% of AIS patients have pre-existing dementia. A further 30% of stroke patients have pre-stroke disability. Little is known about the use of stroke therapies in PLWD, as these patients have been conventionally excluded from randomized-controlled trials. We aim to develop a broad picture of the current state of AIS management for PLWD by engaging with the key stake holders–patients, caregivers, and physicians–on the matter. This is accomplished through a systematic review and meta-analysis of reperfusion outcomes in persons with pre-existing dementia, followed by a mixed-methods approach focusing on PLWD. SEED A explores the experiences of PLWD who have a stroke and their primary caregiver. SEED B investigated physician approaches toward the acute stroke management of PLWD. The representative case style survey has been disseminated worldwide to physicians to reveal trends in the stroke management of PLWD, with data collection still ongoing. The use of reperfusion therapies in PLWD has no substantial safety concerns, although there is a need for more robust data, with tailored outcomes. Perspectives shared by patients and caregivers emphasize the importance of preserving independence, and the variety of challenges of navigating dementia and disability in the acute setting and daily life after stroke. Insights from physicians highlight the complexities and nuanced decision-making involved in managing acute stroke in PLWD. These opinions highlight an acute stroke care environment where research evidence, resources and tailored treatment strategies are limited. This thesis underscores the need for including PLWD in future clinical trials and creating tailored stroke treatment strategies. Findings will be used to develop better criteria for stroke therapies and contribute to better definitions of good outcomes after stroke for PLWD. This will inform future study designs, and is relevant to clinicians, researchers, policy makers, patients, and caregivers.
Machine Learning-based Tools for Predicting Neurological Deterioration in Non-operative Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients
Creators: name: Al-Shawwa, Abdul-Jawwad
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning
subject: Spinal Cord Injury
subject: Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Biophysics--Medical

description: Background Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common form of atraumatic spinal cord injury globally. DCM is characterized by the progressive compression of the cervical spinal cord as a result of vertebral column spondylotic degeneration. While surgery is currently the only effective treatment of DCM, clinical guidelines remain unclear on the benefit of surgery for patients with mild forms of DCM. This thesis utilizes machine learning based tools to elucidate clinical and imaging indicators of neurological deterioration in non-operative DCM patients. This thesis is comprised of two independent studies, one focussing on clustering patient groups at risk of deteriorating and the second focusing on developing a supervised machine learning (ML) model capable of predicting neurological deterioration. Methods DCM patients recruited from 2016-2023 underwent MRI scans, including T2w, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and magnetization transfer (MT) scans, along with a series of clinical metrics. These were collected every six months, resulting in 124 overall entries. T2w imaging scans were assessed for spinal cord compression, and cervical spinal canal diameter (SCD) was measured. Clustering was achieved through PaCMAP dimensionality reduction and K-Means clustering for the first study. Logistic regressions, support vector classifiers, and random forest classifiers were trained and tested for the second study. Findings We elucidated five patient groups with their associated risks of deterioration, according to both SCD range and cord compression pattern. Furthermore, we found that the compression pattern is unimportant at SCD extremes (≤14.5 mm or >15.75mm). Our best-performing supervised ML model had a testing balanced accuracy of 0.830 and ROC-AUC of 0.87. The three most important metrics for predicting neurological deterioration based on the model were MT ratio above the maximally compressed cervical level in the dorsal and ventral funiculi, and moderate tingling in the arm, shoulder, or hand (quickDASH item 10). Significance and Conclusion SCD and focal cord compression alone do not reliably predict an increased risk of neurological deterioration, their combination does. Furthermore, MT and DTI scans improve the prediction of neurological deterioration in non-operative mild DCM patients.
The Limited Role of Mutually Unbiased Product Bases in Dimension Six
Creators: name: McNulty, Daniel
name: Weigert, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that a complete set of seven mutually unbiased bases in dimension six, if it exists, cannot contain more than one product basis.
description: 8 pages, identical to published version
Modified Signals for Supersymmetry in the NMSSM with a Singlino-like LSP
Creators: name: Das, Debottam
name: Ellwanger, Ulrich
name: Teixeira, Ana M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the framework of the NMSSM with a singlino-like LSP, we study quantitatively the impact of the additional bino -> singlino cascade on the efficiencies in several search channels for supersymmetry of the ATLAS and CMS collaborations. Compared to the MSSM, the additional cascade reduces the missing transverse energy, but leads to additional jets or leptons. For the NMSSM benchmark lines which generalize cMSSM benchmark points, the efficiencies in the most relevant 2/3 jet + missing energy search channels can drop by factors ~1/3 to ~1/7, and can reduce the present lower bounds on M_{1/2} by as much as ~0.9 - 0.75 in the NMSSM for large bino-singlino mass differences. The larger efficiencies in multijet or multilepton search channels are not strong enough to affect this conclusion. In the fully constrained cNMSSM, sparticle decay cascades via the lightest stau can lead to signal cross sections in multilepton and 2tau search channels which are potentially visible at the LHC with 7 TeV center of mass energy.
description: 24 pages, 9 Figures, misprint in Table 1 correcred
Walmatjari: Nominative-Ergative Or Nominative-Accusative?
Creators: name: Hudson, Joyce (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1976

description: WALMATJARI: NOMINATIVE-ERGATIVE OR NOMINATIVE-ACCUSATIVE? 1 0. INTRODUCTION 1 1. THE NOMINATIVE-ERGATIVE CASE SYSTEM 2 2. NOMINATIVE-ACCUSATIVE DEEP STRUCTURE RULES 3 2.1 Verbal Auxiliary 3 2.2 Phrase Structure Rules 5 2.3 Obligatory Transformations 6 2.4 Case Marking Rules 8 2.5 Transformations Involving Two Sentences 9 2.6 Imperative Transformation 12 3. NOMINATIVE-ERGATIVE DEEP STRUCTURE RULES TYPE 1 14 3.1 Phrase Structure Rules 14 3.2 Obligatory Transformations 15 3.3 Case Marking Rules 17 3.4 Transformations Involving Two Sentences 18 4. NOMINATIVE-ERGATIVE DEEP STRUCTURE RULES TYPE 2 20 4.1 Phrase Structure Rules 20 4.2 Obligatory Transformations 21 4.3 Case Marking Rules 22 4.4 Transformations Involving Two Sentences 22CONCLUSION 24Abbreviations and Notations 26Notes 28Bibliography 30
Large universal deformation rings
Creators: name: Bleher, Frauke M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We provide a series of examples of finite groups G and mod p representations V of G whose stable endomorphisms are all given by scalars such that V has a universal deformation ring R(G,V) which is large in the sense that R(G,V)/pR(G,V) is isomorphic to a power series algebra in one variable.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures; for Prop. 2, the description of the groups and the proof have slightly changed
Additional file 1 of Genomic and functional characterization of five novel Salmonella-targeting bacteriophages
Creators: name: Kuźmińska-Bajor, Marta
name: Śliwka, Paulina
name: Ugorski, Maciej
name: Korzeniowski, Paweł
name: Skaradzińska, Aneta
name: Kuczkowski, Maciej
name: Narajaczyk, Magdalena
name: Wieliczko, Alina
name: Kolenda, Rafał
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: File S1. R code to analyse and plot UPWr_S phages host ranges and EOP and construct a heatmap. For host range determination 64 Salmonella strains belonging to 10 serovars were tested. UPWr_S phages showed a high ability to infect the majority of tested Salmonella strains belonging to Enteritidis and Gallinarum serovars, and all of them infected S. Senftenberg. Only the phages UPWr_S2 and UPWr_S3 could lyse the majority of strains belonging to S. Typhimurium nonspecifically, utilizing the lysis from without mechanism, and S. Stanley. S. Chester strains were lysed only by UPWr_S3.
Environmental rehabilitation of the formal city: The case of Rio das Pedras in Rio de Janeiro
Creators: name: De Castro Mazarro, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Architecture--Preservation
Cultural property
Slums
Squatter settlements
Informal sector (Economics)

description: This article explores the notion of “value” that lies beneath architectural preservation in order to establish a relationship between cultural and environmental values of the built heritage. To illustrate this case, an analysis has been done of the physical, social and environmental drama of the community of Rio das Pedras in Rio de Janeiro, adjacent to a lagoon where sewage flows from formal areas as well as informal settlements. Even though as a physical fact this informal settlement is a counter-image of the city architecture, the environmental load received by the urban environment is mostly produced by the formal neighbourhood next to Barra de Tijuca.
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Este artículo explora la noción de “valor” que subyace en la preservación arquitectónica para establecer una relación entre los valores culturales y ambientales del patrimonio construido. Para ilustrar este caso, se analiza el drama físico, social y medioambiental de la comunidad Rio das Pedras en Río de Janeiro, adyacente a una laguna en la que desaguan aguas fecales tanto de zonas formales como de asentamientos informales. Aunque como hecho físico este asentamiento informal es una contra-imagen de la arquitectura de la ciudad, la carga ambiental que sufre el entorno urbano es en gran parte producida por el barrio for- mal adyacente de Barra da Tijuca.
Additional file 2 of Genomic and functional characterization of five novel Salmonella-targeting bacteriophages
Creators: name: Kuźmińska-Bajor, Marta
name: Śliwka, Paulina
name: Ugorski, Maciej
name: Korzeniowski, Paweł
name: Skaradzińska, Aneta
name: Kuczkowski, Maciej
name: Narajaczyk, Magdalena
name: Wieliczko, Alina
name: Kolenda, Rafał
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2. Table S1. List of phages used in a comparison study to construct the phylogenetic tree in Fig. 4 and their order in the phylogenetic tree. For evolutionary relationships, 60 available genomes of bacteriophages belonging to Jerseyvirus and six available genomes of Cornellvirus bacteriophages, both members of the Guernseyvirinae subfamily, Siphoviridae family, and 29 representative genomes from other phage genera infecting Salmonella, were selected from the GenBank Virus database.
Consent to Specimen Storage and Continuing Studies by Race and Ethnicity: A Large Dataset Analysis Using the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Creators: name: Gabriel, Andre P.
name: Cohen, Catherine Crawford
name: Sun, Carolyn J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biological specimens--Collection and preservation
subject: Informed consent (Medical law)
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Medical statistics
subject: Minorities--Research

description: Purpose. To determine if significant differences exist in consent rates for biospecimen storage and continuing studies between non-Hispanic Whites and minority ethnic groups in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Methods. Using logistic regression, we analyzed 2011-2012 NHANES data to determine whether race/ethnicity, age, gender, and education level influence consent to specimen storage or future testing. Results. Compared to non-Hispanic Whites, some minorities were less willing to donate a specimen for storage and continuing studies, including other Hispanics (non-Mexican) (OR 0.236, 95% CI: 0.079, 0.706), non-Hispanic Asians (OR 0.212, 95% CI: 0.074, 0.602), and other/multiracial ethnic groups (OR 0.189, 95% CI: 0.037, 0.957). Within race and ethnic groups, those aged 20–39 years (OR 2.215, 95% CI: 1.006–4.879) and 40–59 years (OR 9.375, 95% CI: 2.163–40.637) are more willing than those over 60 years to provide consent. Conclusion. Lower consent rates by other Hispanics, non-Hispanic Asians, and other/multiracial individuals in this study represent the first published comparison of consent rates among these groups to our knowledge. To best meet the health care needs of this segment of the population and to aid in designing future genetic studies, reassessment of ethnic minority groups concerning these issues is important.
Injury and concussion in youth female rugby: Evaluating and informing injury and concussion prevention strategies
Creators: name: Shill, Isla Jordan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Female
subject: Youth
subject: Rugby union
subject: Injury prevention
subject: Neuromuscular training warm-up
subject: Tackle
subject: Video analysis
subject: Concussion
subject: Epidemiology
subject: Public Health

description: Injury and concussion rates in Canadian female high school rugby are the highest reported in youth rugby. The tackle accounts for the largest proportion of injuries. All injury prevention strategy evaluations are in male populations with none in youth females. This is insufficient to improve female player welfare. Therefore, the objectives of this dissertation were to (1) summarise the rugby injury epidemiology literature within youth female rugby, (2) discuss strengths and limitations of the literature using video analysis for rugby injury epidemiology, (3) evaluate the association between tackle-related characteristics and concussion in female rugby (high school, varsity), and (4) evaluate the effectiveness of a rugby-specific neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up on injury and concussion in high school female rugby. The association between tackle-related characteristics and suspected concussion was examined using a case-control video analysis study. Within female varsity rugby, ball-carrier concussion was associated with head contact intensity of 2/4 and 3-4/4, illegal and tap tackle, and down head position. Tackler concussion was associated with 3 tacklers in the event, tap tackle, head contact intensity of 3-4/4, and away head position. Within a female high school population, ball-carrier concussion was associated with illegal and trip/collision tackle, increased tackle height compared with knee to upper leg, deceleration and no change of speed, and any head contact. Tackler concussion was associated with 2-3 tacklers in the event, tap or trip/collision tackle, sternum to armpit tackle height, down head position, and any head contact. The effectiveness of a rugby-specific NMT warm-up in high school female rugby players was evaluated using a multi-year quasi-experimental study. There was no difference in injury and concussion rates between control and intervention cohorts, as well as no differences based on adherence to the NMT warm-up. All match and training injury burden were estimated to be lower in those that used a NMT warm-up compared with those that did not. These studies provide a summary of injury prevention evaluations in female rugby. To inform appropriate recommendations for female player safety, a multifaceted approach to injury prevention should be considered. A combination of a NMT warm-up and a tackle injury prevention intervention, such as a tackle training program or tackle law change (e.g., lower legal tackle height), should be considered.
Monotonous continuous-time random walks with drift and stochastic reset events
Creators: name: Montero, Miquel
name: Villarroel, Javier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we consider a stochastic process that may experience random reset events which bring suddenly the system to the starting value and analyze the relevant statistical magnitudes. We focus our attention on monotonous continuous-time random walks with a constant drift: the process increases between the reset events, either by the effect of the random jumps, or by the action of the deterministic drift. As a result of all these combined factors interesting properties emerge, like the existence|for any drift strength|of a stationary transition probability density function, or the faculty of the model to reproduce power-law-like behavior. General formulas for two extreme statistics, the survival probability and the mean exit time, are also derived. To corroborate in an independent way the results of the paper, Monte Carlo methods were used. These numerical estimations are in full agreement with the analytical predictions.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, revtex4-1; considerable revision, 4 appendices added
Improving Emergency Department Efficiency: A Study of Physician Scheduling Strategies to Reduce Patient Wait Times
Creators: name: Ganjouhaghighi, Negar
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Business Administration--Management

description: Prolonged wait times and overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) represent significant national challenges in Canada. Within this thesis, I examine three distinct approaches aimed at assisting managers, decision-makers, and schedulers within EDs in addressing these pressing issues. Emergency departments serve as the initial point of contact for patients within the healthcare system, constituting a crucial yet interconnected component of healthcare provision. This study narrows its focus to the aspect of physician scheduling within EDs, recognizing its pivotal role in mitigating wait times and improving efficiency. The initial focus of my investigation lies in optimizing physician schedules within EDs to align with the fluctuating supply and demand dynamics. Extensive literature review and our own dataset reveal the variable productivity levels among physicians in these settings. In this thesis, productivity primarily refers to the number of new patients seen (or treated) by a physician per hour of their shift—a crucial metric in our pursuit of reducing patient wait times. Acknowledging this variability, I first delve into incorporating physician productivity (measured in Patients Per Hour, or PPH rate) into a staffing and shift scheduling problem for physicians. Numerical results show that significant improvements can be obtained in terms of average wait times for patients if we consider the variable productivity if physicians in the staffing and shift scheduling problem. Despite the optimization of schedules, the inherent stochastic nature of ED operations implies occasions where patient volumes exceed expectations, which lead to increased wait times. In response to these fluctuations, in the second and third studies, I propose and assess two distinct strategies aimed at managing ED crowding levels. Particularly, I derive optimal policies for EDs on when and how to extend physicians' shifts or call in physicians in response to a surge in demand. Using the simulation model to evaluate these strategies, I show the effectiveness of having flexibility in physicians schedules in reducing the average wait time of patients.
Additional file 4 of Genomic and functional characterization of five novel Salmonella-targeting bacteriophages
Creators: name: Kuźmińska-Bajor, Marta
name: Śliwka, Paulina
name: Ugorski, Maciej
name: Korzeniowski, Paweł
name: Skaradzińska, Aneta
name: Kuczkowski, Maciej
name: Narajaczyk, Magdalena
name: Wieliczko, Alina
name: Kolenda, Rafał
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 4. Fig. S2: One-step growth curves of UPWr_S phages. The one-step growth curve of UPWr_S phages propagated on their respective hosts in LB medium revealed that the latent periods and burst sizes were approximately 15, 12, 9, 24, 23 and 92 minutes for phages (a) UPWr_S1, (b) UPWr_S2, (c) UPWr_S3, (d) UPWr_S4 and (e) UPWr_S5, respectively. The average burst size was estimated to be 201, 89, 92, 48, 92 PFU/cell for phages UPWr_S1, UPWr_S2, UPWr_S3, UPWr_S4 and UPWr_S5, respectively.
Production and Detection of Axion-like Particles by Interferometry
Creators: name: Tam, H.
name: Yang, Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose an interferometry experiment for the detection of axion-like particles (ALPs). As in ordinary photon-regeneration (light shining through a wall) experiments, a laser beam traverses a region permeated by a magnetic field, where photons are converted to ALPs via the Primakoff process, resulting in a slight power loss and phase shift. The beam is then combined with a reference beam that originates from the same source. The detection of a change in the output intensity would signal the presence of ALPs (or possibly other particles that couple to the photon in a similar way). Because only one stage of conversion is needed, the signal is of ${\cal O}(g^2_{aγγ})$, as opposed to ${\cal O}(g^4_{aγγ})$ for photon-regeneration experiments, where $g_{aγγ}$ is the coupling between ALPs and photons. This improvement over photon-regeneration is nullified by the presence of shot noise, which however can be reduced by the use of squeezed light, resulting in an improvement in the sensitivity to $g_{aγγ}$ over ordinary photon-regeneration experiments by an order of $10^{1/2}$ assuming $10{\rm dB}$ noise suppression. Additionally, our setup can incorporate straightforwardly optical delay lines or Fabry-Perot cavities, boosting the signal by a factor of $n\sim10^3$, where $n$ is the number of times the laser beam is folded. This way, we can constrain $g_{aγγ}$ better by yet another factor of $n^{1/2}\sim 10^{1.5}$, as compared to the $n^{1/4}$ boost that would be achieved in photon-regeneration experiments.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure. Version published by Physics Letters B
Additional file 5 of Genomic and functional characterization of five novel Salmonella-targeting bacteriophages
Creators: name: Kuźmińska-Bajor, Marta
name: Śliwka, Paulina
name: Ugorski, Maciej
name: Korzeniowski, Paweł
name: Skaradzińska, Aneta
name: Kuczkowski, Maciej
name: Narajaczyk, Magdalena
name: Wieliczko, Alina
name: Kolenda, Rafał
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 5. Fig. S3: Adsorption curves of UPWr_S phages. Adsorption assays showed that the adsorption rates within 10 minutes for phages (a) UPWr_S1, (b) UPWr_S2, (c) UPWr_S3, (d) UPWr_S4 and (e) UPWr_S5 were 90, 93, 99, 80 and 92%, respectively.
Co‐current filtrate flow in TFF perfusion processes. Decoupling transmembrane pressure from crossflow to improve product sieving
Creators: name: Romann, Patrick
name: Giller, Philip
name: Sibilia, Antony
name: Herwig, Christoph
name: Zydney, Andrew L.
name: Perilleux, Arnaud
name: Souquet, Jonathan
name: Bielser, Jean‐Marc
name: Villiger, Thomas
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Starling recirculation
subject: Perfusion cell culture
subject: Tangential flow filtration (TFF)
subject: 600 - Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: Hollow fiber‐based membrane filtration has emerged as the dominant technology for cell retention in perfusion processes yet significant challenges in alleviating filter fouling remain unsolved. In this work, the benefits of co‐current filtrate flow applied to a tangential flow filtration (TFF) module to reduce or even completely remove Starling recirculation caused by the axial pressure drop within the module was studied by pressure characterization experiments and perfusion cell culture runs. Additionally, a novel concept to achieve alternating Starling flow within unidirectional TFF was investigated. Pressure profiles demonstrated that precise flow control can be achieved with both lab‐scale and manufacturing‐scale filters. TFF systems with co‐current flow showed up to 40% higher product sieving compared to standard TFF. The decoupling of transmembrane pressure from crossflow velocity and filter characteristics in co‐current TFF alleviates common challenges for hollow fiber‐based systems such as limited crossflow rates and relatively short filter module lengths, both of which are currently used to avoid extensive pressure drop along the filtration module. Therefore, co‐current filtrate flow in unidirectional TFF systems represents an interesting and scalable alternative to standard TFF or alternating TFF operation with additional possibilities to control Starling recirculation flow.
On a class of degenerate parabolic equations with dynamic boundary conditions
Creators: name: Gal, Ciprian G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a quasi-linear parabolic equation with nonlinear dynamic boundary conditions occurring as a natural generalization of the semilinear reaction-diffusion equation with dynamic boundary conditions. The corresponding class of initial and boundary value problems has already been studied previously, proving well-posedness and the existence of the global attractor. The goal of this note is to show that the previous analysis can be redone for more general nonlinearities by proving an additional (uniform) L\infty-estimate on the solutions. In particular, we derive new conditions which reflect an exact balance between the two nonlinear mechanisms involved, even when both the nonlinear (source) terms contribute in opposite directions.
description: to appear in JDE
Three Essays on the Land Property Rights Reform in China
Creators: name: Xiao, Shukang
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: land property rights reform
subject: China
subject: culture
subject: family
subject: conflict
subject: Economics

description: This dissertation includes three essays exploring topics to land property rights reform in China. In the first chapter, co-authored with Pinghan Liang, we examine the effect of decollectivization reform in rural China after 1978 on cultural public goods provision. A staggered difference-in-differences model that analyzes the timing of reform implementation in 1,114 counties finds that the reform resulted in a surge in the number of newly constructed religious sites. Further evidence suggests that in the commune system before the reform, the demand for religions was suppressed and the reform increased people's power and resources for building religious sites. These findings demonstrate that economic institutions may shape cultural behaviors in the short term. In the second chapter, co-authored with Pinghan Liang, we exploit the county-by-county rollout of land reform in rural China since 1978 to explore the causal impact of decollectivization on child adoptions. The difference-in-differences estimation demonstrates an increase in child adoption by sterile households after the reform, coinciding with a surge in child trafficking. Further analysis seems to support that decollectivization raises the value of children by increasing labor demand for old age support and for agricultural production, as well as receiving favorable redistribution of land. This indicates the importance of economic incentives in child adoption in developing countries. In the third chapter, I focus on land conflict in another type of land property rights reform-land expropriation. Using staggered changes in county-level land compensation mandated by provincial governments in China, I test how increased compensation affects land conflicts using the difference-in-differences method. Perhaps counterintuitively, I find that an increase in compensation results in a 10% increase in land conflicts. Subsequent investigation uncovers that the increase in land conflicts is likely driven by the unequal increase in compensation across regions, although the overall rise in compensation partially alleviates grievances. The results highlight the need for carefully designed and progressively changing compensation policies to reduce conflict around land-transfer programs.
Idealized Christian Womanhood through Church History: Three Historical Periods and Today
Creators: name: Doyle, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Theology
Motherhood--Religious aspects--Christianity
Virginity--Religious aspects--Christianity
Women in Christianity
Church history

description: This paper looks at the ways that ideal womanhood is prescribed in three distinct periods of Christian history, from the Early church through today.
Local knowledge as praxis : a reflective critical narrative of child welfare practice and service to Aboriginal children and families
Creators: name: Kozey, Stephen William
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: “The truth about stories is that’s all we are.” Thomas King (2003, p.2). This study is a reflective critical narrative by a non-Aboriginal practitioner whose professional practice has been associated with provision of services to Aboriginal children and families. The themes of the study include: my efforts to make meaning and theorize about my practice; illustrations of how Aboriginal epistemologies and worldviews have transformed my practice; and evidence in the literature, supported by my practice experience, that meaningful service change inclusive of ‘place-centered knowledge’ is necessary for transforming child welfare service and service delivery. My narrative draws on: stories and oral accounts of Aboriginal Elders and carriers of local knowledges; families engaged in Aboriginal Family Group Conferences; statements of Aboriginal community leaders and non-Aboriginal human service agency personnel including government officials. Some of the data is represented in the vignettes; from personal reflections of my participation in ceremonial work and Family Group Conference sharing circles. This reflective narrative responds to three questions: first; what knowledge and human service practice elements a non-Aboriginal professional service provider should possess in order to provide an effective service to Aboriginal children and families, second; what are the impacts of re-introducing local knowledge as the foundation upon which an alternative and effective Aboriginal child welfare service delivery system can be achieved, and third; what paradigm shifts in human services are necessary for the professional helping disciplines to become ‘facilitators of’ rather than ‘obstacles to’ changes that are required for the effective delivery of child welfare services to Aboriginal populations? I call for a service change that re-introduces local cultural practices including ceremony, healing, and sacred spiritual practices; and a general shift in relationships between professionals and families from a linear ‘results based’ approach that identifies with professionalism and Eurocentric knowledge to a relational and ‘process based’ connection and communication that is characteristic of Indigenous epistemologies. Such a transformation is necessary in order to engage the collective resources of Aboriginal extended families to help reduce the high rates of Aboriginal children held in Provincial protective care across Canada.
Additional file 6 of Genomic and functional characterization of five novel Salmonella-targeting bacteriophages
Creators: name: Kuźmińska-Bajor, Marta
name: Śliwka, Paulina
name: Ugorski, Maciej
name: Korzeniowski, Paweł
name: Skaradzińska, Aneta
name: Kuczkowski, Maciej
name: Narajaczyk, Magdalena
name: Wieliczko, Alina
name: Kolenda, Rafał
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 6. Table S2: Predicted ORFs and genes encoded by the UPWr_S phage genomes. Protein sequences of the predicted ORFs of UPWr_S phages were subjected to the BLASTp program to analyze their best known matches on the NCBI website ( https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ). The average nucleotide identity and query coverage were calculated by BLASTp with the cutoff E-value set at 1E-04. “Related phages” refers to a top hit from NCBI BLASTp.
The evolution of cyclopropenium ions into functional polyelectrolytes
Creators: name: Jiang, Yivan
name: Freyer, Jessica Leigh
name: Cotanda, Pepa
name: Brucks, Spencer D.
name: Killops, Kato L.
name: Bandar, Jeffrey Scott
name: Torsitano, Christopher
name: Balsara, Nitash P.
name: Lambert, Tristan H.
name: Campos, Luis M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Polyelectrolytes
Chemistry, Organic
Materials--Electric properties
Aromatic compounds

description: Versatile polyelectrolytes with tunable physical properties have the potential to be transformative in applications such as energy storage, fuel cells and various electronic devices. Among the types of materials available for these applications, nanostructured cationic block copolyelectrolytes offer mechanical integrity and well-defined conducting paths for ionic transport. To date, most cationic polyelectrolytes bear charge formally localized on heteroatoms and lack broad modularity to tune their physical properties. To overcome these challenges, we describe herein the development of a new class of functional polyelectrolytes based on the aromatic cyclopropenium ion. We demonstrate the facile synthesis of a series of polymers and nanoparticles based on monomeric cyclopropenium building blocks incorporating various functional groups that affect physical properties. The materials exhibit high ionic conductivity and thermal stability due to the nature of the cationic moieties, thus rendering this class of new materials as an attractive alternative to develop ion-conducting membranes.
Papers in Philippine Linguistics No. 5
Creators: name: Chandler, D. (Ed.)
name: Ruch, E. (Ed.)
name: Witucki, J. (Ed.)
Publisher: name: Pacific Linguistics
Year: 1974

description: A-41
description: Contents iii{Donna Hettick Chandler} 1VERB STEM CLASSES IN NORTHERN KANKANAY. INTRODUCTION 1 1. AGENT ORIENTED 3 2. EXPERIENCER ORIENTED 8 3. PATIENT ORIENTED 10 4. ARGUMENT INCORPORATION 11 5. PROPOSITION CONSOLIDATION 12 Notes 17 References 20{Edward Ruch} 23ROLE COMBINATIONS AND VERB STEM CLASSES IN KALAMIAN TAGBANWA. 0. INTRODUCTION 23 1. STEM CLASSES BASED ON AFFIXATION POTENTIAL 24 2. STEM CLASSES BASED ON PARTICIPANT ROLES 26 3. STEM CLASSES IN DETAIL 30 4. MEANINGS OF AFFIXES 46 5. METHODOLOGY 50 6. MULTIPLE ROLE COMBINATIONS 52 7. CONCLUSION 56 Notes 57{Jeannette Witucki} 61A LEXICOSTATISTICAL EVALUATION OF TAGALOG-CHAMORRO RELATIONS. 1. INTRODUCTION 61 2. SUBSTITUTIONS 63 3. SOUND CORRESPONDENCES 64 4. THE LISTS 66 5. COMPUTATION OF TIME DEPTH 71 Notes 12 References Cited 73
Snake graphs, perfect matchings and continued fractions
Creators: name: Schiffler, Ralf
Publisher: name: Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
Year: 2019

description: A continued fraction is a way of representing a real
number by a sequence of integers. We present a new
way to think about these continued fractions using
snake graphs, which are sequences of squares in the
plane. You start with one square, add another to
the right or to the top, then another to the right or
the top of the previous one, and so on. Each continued
fraction corresponds to a snake graph and vice
versa, via “perfect matchings” of the snake graph. We
explain what this means and why a mathematician
would call this a combinatorial realization of continued
fractions.
description: Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach;2019,01
Instrumental practice with digital technology: Facilitating children's self-regulation of music learning
Creators: name: WAN, LYDIA ANGELINA CHAI YUN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This research explores the role of digital technology in supporting children’s instrumental music learning between lessons. Many young children lack the self-regulatory skills required to solve musical problems and to self-manage their learning. An environment that promotes effective learning is imperative for engagement and meaningful progress. The findings suggest that the strategic use of digital tools can facilitate self-regulation of learning, but only when their use is aligned with learning needs and reinforced with consistent teacher guidance. This study concludes that technology can be utilised purposefully to manifest learner-centred environments in supporting students to become more independent and self-motivated musicians.
Fréchet frames, general definition and expansions
Creators: name: Pilipović, Stevan
name: Stoeva, Diana T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42C15, 46A13

description: We define an {\it $(X_1,Θ, X_2)$-frame} with Banach spaces $X_2\subseteq X_1$, $|\cdot|_1 \leq |\cdot|_2$, and a $BK$-space $(Θ, \snorm[\cdot])$. Then by the use of decreasing sequences of Banach spaces ${X_s}_{s=0}^\infty$ and of sequence spaces ${Θ_s}_{s=0}^\infty$, we define a general Fr\' echet frame on the Fr\' echet space $X_F=\bigcap_{s=0}^\infty X_s$. We give frame expansions of elements of $X_F$ and its dual $X_F^*$, as well of some of the generating spaces of $X_F$ with convergence in appropriate norms. Moreover, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a general pre-Fr\' echet frame to be a general Fr\' echet frame, as well as for the complementedness of the range of the analysis operator $U:X_F\toΘ_F$.
description: A new section is added and a minor revision is done