cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Low-noise top-gate graphene transistors
Creators: name: Liu, G.
name: Stillman, W.
name: Rumyantsev, S.
name: Shao, Q.
name: Shur, M.
name: Balandin, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report results of experimental investigation of the low-frequency noise in the top-gate graphene transistors. The back-gate graphene devices were modified via addition of the top gate separated by 20 nm of HfO2 from the single-layer graphene channels. The measurements revealed low flicker noise levels with the normalized noise spectral density close to 1/f (f is the frequency) and Hooge parameter below 2 x 10^-3. The analysis of the noise spectral density dependence on the top and bottom gate biases helped us to elucidate the noise sources in these devices and develop a strategy for the electronic noise reduction. The obtained results are important for all proposed graphene applications in electronics and sensors.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
Prediction of Ideal Topological Semimetals with Triply Degenerate Points in the NaCu3Te2 Family
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: cond-mat.mtrl-sci

description: © 2017 American Physical Society. Triply degenerate points (TDPs) in band structure of a crystal can generate novel TDP fermions without high-energy counterparts. Although identifying ideal TDP semimetals, which host clean TDP fermions around the Fermi level (EF) without coexisting with other quasiparticles, is critical to explore the intrinsic properties of this new fermion, it is still a big challenge and has not been achieved up to now. Here, we disclose an effective approach to search for ideal TDP semimetals via selective band crossing between antibonding s and bonding p orbitals along a line in the momentum space with C3v symmetry. Applying this approach, we have successfully identified the NaCu3Te2 family of compounds to be ideal TDP semimetals, where two, and only two, pairs of TDPs are located around the EF. Moreover, we demonstrate a fundamental mechanism to modulate energy splitting between a pair of TDPs, and we illustrate the intrinsic features of TDP Fermi arcs in these ideal TDP semimetals.
Hydrodynamic attraction and repulsion between asymmetric rotors
Creators: name: Schreiber, Steffen
name: Fischer, Thomas
name: Zimmermann, Walter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At low Reynolds numbers, the hydrodynamic interaction between dumbbells driven by an external rotating field can be attractive or repulsive. Dumbbells of dissimilar asymmetric shape or different coupling to the external field undergo conformational rearrangements that break the time reversal symmetry. The parameter ranges leading to attraction or repulsion are explored numerically. The results of our simulations suggest that rotating fields may be a useful avenue for the assembly, disassembly, and sorting of particles of different shape as well as for the study of collective micro-swimmers.
Differential rotation and meridional circulation in global models of solar convection
Creators: name: Miesch, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the outer envelope of the Sun and in other stars, differential rotation and meridional circulation are maintained via the redistribution of momentum and energy by convective motions. In order to properly capture such processes in a numerical model, the correct spherical geometry is essential. In this paper I review recent insights into the maintenance of mean flows in the solar interior obtained from high-resolution simulations of solar convection in rotating spherical shells. The Coriolis force induces a Reynolds stress which transports angular momentum equatorward and also yields latitudinal variations in the convective heat flux. Meridional circulations induced by baroclinicity and rotational shear further redistribute angular momentum and alter the mean stratification. This gives rise to a complex nonlinear interplay between turbulent convection, differential rotation, meridional circulation, and the mean specific entropy profile. I will describe how this drama plays out in our simulations as well as in solar and stellar convection zones.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures (one color)
Evolution of AGN Space Densities and the FR Dichotomy
Creators: name: Gendre, Melanie A.
name: Wall, Jasper V.
name: Best, Philip N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We focus on a comparison of the space densities of FRI and FRII extended radio sources at different epochs, and find that FRI and FRII sources show similar space density enhancements in various redshift ranges, possibly implying a common evolution.
description: IAU Symposium 267 Proceeding - 1 page
title: America on the Go... U.S. Holiday Travel
title: America on the Go...Findings from the National Household Travel Travel Survey: U.S. Holiday Travel
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publisher: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05xfdey77
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2003
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88198
subject: Travel surveys
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88186
subject: Travel and shipment characteristics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88250
subject: Travel patterns
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88189
subject: Mode choice
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/96717
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97484
subject: Tables (Data)

description: America on the go...findings form the National Household Travel Survey;4p. in various pagings
description: The Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year's holiday periods are among the busiest long-distance travel periods of the year. During the 6-day Thanksgiving travel period, the number of long-distance trips (to and from a destination 50 miles or more away) increases by 54 percent, and during the Christmas/New Year's Holiday period the number rises by 23 percent, compared to the average number for the remainder of the year. And although heavy media attention focuses on crowded airports and bus and train stations on the Wednesday before and Sunday after Thanksgiving, when personal vehicle trips are added to the mix the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) reveals that Thanksgiving Day is actually a heavier long-distance travel day than Wednesday.
CALIS - A CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams)

description: © 2017 The Author(s). This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS deploys radioactive sources into the liquid scintillator veto to characterize the detector response and detection efficiency of the DarkSide-50 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, and the surrounding 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto. It was commissioned in September 2014 and has been used successfully in several gamma and neutron source campaigns since then. A description of the hardware and an excerpt of calibration analysis results are given below.
title: America on the Go... U.S. Business Travel
title: America on the Go... Findings from the National Household Travel Survey: U.S. Business Travel
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publisher: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05xfdey77
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2003
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88234
subject: Business trips
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88186
subject: Travel and shipment characteristics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88189
subject: Mode choice
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/96717
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97484
subject: Tables (Data)
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91598
subject: Middle income groups
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91597
subject: Upper income groups

description: America on the go...findings from the National Household Travel Survey;4p. in various pagings
description: Americans make more than 405 million long-distance business trips per year, accounting for 16% of all long-distance travel, according to a preliminary analysis of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS). Conducted from 2001 to 2002, the NHTS asked 60,000 people in 26,000 U.S. households about all trips they took in a given travel period and looked at the characteristics of those travelers and trips. This report examines early NHTS findings on domestic business trips to destinations at least 50 miles from home.
Gravitational renormalization of quantum field theory: a "conservative" approach
Creators: name: Casadio, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose general guidelines in order to incorporate the geometrical description of gravity in quantum field theory and address the problem of UV divergences non-perturbatively. In our aproach, each virtual particle in a Feynman graph should be described by a modified propagator and move in the space-time generated by the other particles in the same graph according to Einstein's (semiclassical) equations.
description: 7 pages, talk given at DICE 2008
Energy metabolism in glioblastoma stem cells: PPARα a metabolic adaptor to intratumoral microenvironment.
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: PPARs
metabolism
tumor stem cells

description: Glioblastoma (GB), the most-common cancer in the adult brain, despite surgery and radio/ chemotherapy, is to date almost incurable. Many hypoxic tumors, including GB, show metabolic reprogramming to sustain uncontrolled proliferation, hypoxic conditions and angiogenesis. Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptors (PPAR), particularly the α isotype, have been involved in the control of energetic metabolism. Herein, we characterized patient-derived GB neurospheres focusing on their energetic metabolism and PPARα expression. Moreover, we used a specific PPARα antagonist and studied its effects on the energetic metabolism and cell proliferation/survival of GB stem cells. The results obtained demonstrate that tumor neurospheres are metabolically reprogrammed up-regulating glucose transporter, glucose uptake and glycogen and lipid storage, mainly under hypoxic culture conditions. Treatment with the PPARα antagonist GW6471 resulted in decreased cell proliferation and neurospheres formation. Therefore, PPARα antagonism arises as a potent new strategy as adjuvant to gold standard therapies for GB for counteracting recurrences and opening the way for pre-clinical trials for this class of compounds. When tumor neurospheres were grown in hypoxic conditions in the presence of different glucose concentrations, the most diluted one (0.25g/L) mimicking the real concentration present in the neurosphere core, PPARα increase/PPARγ decrease, increased proliferation and cholesterol content, decreased glycogen particles and LDs were observed. All these responses were reverted by the 72 h treatment with the PPARα antagonist.
Cronica de Fernando IV : estudio linguistico
Creators: name: Rytell, Catherine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Este trabajo intenta ser un breve estudio gramatical de la lengua castellana como se usa en la Crónica de don Fernando IV. El estudio se basa en la edición de la Biblioteca de Autores Españoles de las Crónicas de los reyes de Castilla. Los ejemplos vienen de los veinte capítulos de la Crónica de don Fernando IV., pp. 93-102. El original de esta crónica fue escrito de 1340 a 1352. Hay muchos códices de ella, y la impresión de Sebastián Martínez en el año 1554 fue sacada de alguno de éstos. El editor de la presente edición apunta que la de 1554 tenía muchas variantes, faltas y alteraciones, y por eso él ha deducido su texto del códice de la Biblioteca Naclonal, comparándola con el del Escorial y el del señor Duque de Osuna, y también con la impresión de Sebastián Martínez. Algunos suponen que el autor de esta crónica es Fernán Sánchez de Valladolid, o de Tovar, pero la Academia Española la atribuyó a Juan de Villaizan. El sistema de ortografía empleado por el editor es muy variable, y él lo justifica así: "No extrañen nuestros lectores la irregularidad é inconsecuencia que notarán en el sistema, ó mejor dicho, en la falta total de sistema de la orto-grafia que nemos empleado. La variedad con que escribimos nombres y verbos, unas veces respetando su forma antigua, otras modernizándolos, usando indistintamente de mayúsculas o minúsculas, y desatendiendo completamente los signos prosódicos de las voces, proviene de la misma incorrección que se ve en los origlnales. Hállanse en ellos también blancos y lagunas, que no siempre hemos podido llenar, porque en todos se advierte la misma falta. Trabajoso hubiera sido, pero posible al fin, establecer un sistema uniforme de escritura; sin embargo, habríamos privado á los textos de su carácter, que precisamente consiste en ese desórden y confusión." Esta irregularidad de parte del señor Rosell se nota también en sus fechas. Advierte al lector en la página 119, "La edición de 1554 y los códices que tenemos á la vista adelantan un año en el computo cronológico, como lo demostró el señor Benavides en la reimpresión de esta crónica, hecha por la Academia de la Historia el año 1860. Hemos hecho la corrección en los capítulos anteriores; pero desde aquí conservarémos el yerro del original. Téngase presente." Más tarde, en la página 162, lo reítera; "Respecto á la equivocacion de la cronología, ya hemos hecho la oportuna advertencia." ¿No habría sido más conveniente o seguir el original en todo o corregirlo completamente?
Spin symmetry in Dirac negative energy spectrum in density-dependent relativistic Hartree-Fock theory
Creators: name: Liang, Haozhao
name: Long, Wen Hui
name: Meng, Jie
name: Van Giai, Nguyen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spin symmetry in the Dirac negative energy spectrum and its origin are investigated for the first time within the density-dependent relativistic Hartree-Fock (DDRHF) theory. Taking the nucleus $^{16}$O as an example, the spin symmetry in the negative energy spectrum is found to be a good approximation and the dominant components of the Dirac wave functions for the spin doublets are nearly identical. In comparison with the relativistic Hartree approximation where the origin of spin symmetry lies in the equality of the scalar and vector potentials, in DDRHF the cancellation between the Hartree and Fock terms is responsible for the better spin symmetry properties and determines the subtle spin-orbit splitting. These conclusions hold even in the case when significant deviations from the G-parity values of the meson-antinucleon couplings occur.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, accepted by Eur. Phys. J. A
Place Marketing Implementation in Different Administrative Subdivisions: Estonian Case Study
Creators: name: Agan, Andres
name: Kask, Triin
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: place marketing; regional development; tourism; life quality; region marketing; city marketing; geographical area promotion

description: The principal scope of this paper is to construct the chain-of-marketing that regards the implementation of a place marketing strategy, in particular regional tourism and development policy. For a few decades place marketing has been mostly a marketing viewpoint for urban areas in the context of tourism in cities or metropols. Smaller rural areas and country-sides have not got so much attention and place marketing is not much used as a strategic tool to improve development in such areas. Place marketing is usually seen as a tourism improvement for tourists, but actually the target audience is much wider. The starting point of the paper was the assumption that the quality of place marketing in these rural areas is not good and strategically elaborated. By comparing three different case studies, Tartu Rural Development Association (Example 1), 4P area in Central-Estonia (Example 2) and Attractions in Municipality of Konguta (Example 3), worst and best practices have been identified, and an answer to the question whether there exists such a thing as ideally sized and structured geographical area that deals with place marketing on the regional level has been sought
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 17 (2009)
Bunching visibility for correlated photons from single GaAs quantum dots
Creators: name: Kuroda, T.
name: Belhadj, T.
name: Abbarchi, M.
name: Mastrandrea, C.
name: Gurioli, M.
name: Mano, T.
name: Ikeda, N.
name: Sugimoto, Y.
name: Asakawa, K.
name: Koguchi, N.
name: Sakoda, K.
name: Urbaszek, B.
name: Amand, T.
name: Marie, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study photon bunching phenomena associated with biexciton-exciton cascade in single GaAs self-assembled quantum dots. Experiments carried out with a pulsed excitation source show that significant bunching is only detectable at very low excitation, where the typical intensity of photon streams is less than the half of their saturation value. Our findings are qualitatively understood with a model which accounts for Poissonian statistics in the number of excitons, predicting the height of a bunching peak being determined by the inverse of probability of finding more than one exciton.
description: 6 pages, 6 figs to appear in Phys. Rev. B
The Possibilities for Appraising Teachers’ Performance in the Perspective of Educational Policy and Organisational Culture
Creators: name: Irs, Reelika
name: Türk, Kulno
name: Vadi, Maaja
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: performance; performance management; appraisal; evaluation; organisational culture; effectiveness; education; educational policy

description: With the view to raising the effectiveness of Estonian educational system, new course concerning schools’ and pupils’ individual development must be taken. It can be achieved through performance management, which also generates the need to appraise schools’ and teachers’ performance. The purpose of this article is to bring out the opportunities for appraising schools’ and teachers’ performance in Estonian general education schools in a perspective of organizational culture and educational policy. On the assumption of teachers’ main activities the authors grouped evaluation criteria into activities connected to school management and activities connected to educational process. Teachers’ appraisal criteria a brought out in three main themes: teachers’ personal characteristics, learning process and learning environment and school management and development. The authors also debate over the Estonian educational policy.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 17 (2009)
The electronics, trigger and data acquisition system for the liquid argon time projection chamber of the DarkSide-50 search for dark matter
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)

description: © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab. The DarkSide-50 experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is a search for dark matter using a dual phase time projection chamber with 50 kg of low radioactivity argon as target. Light signals from interactions in the argon are detected by a system of 38 photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs), 19 above and 19 below the TPC volume inside the argon cryostat. We describe the electronics which processes the signals from the photo-multipliers, the trigger system which identifies events of interest, and the data-acquisition system which records the data for further analysis. The electronics include resistive voltage dividers on the PMTs, custom pre-amplifiers mounted directly on the PMT voltage dividers in the liquid argon, and custom amplifier/discriminators (at room temperature). After amplification, the PMT signals are digitized in CAEN waveform digitizers, and CAEN logic modules are used to construct the trigger; the data acquisition system for the TPC is based on the Fermilab artdaq software. The system has been in operation since early 2014.
Conformational dynamics in TRPV1 channels reported by an encoded coumarin amino acid
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: SPAD
TRPV1
biophysics
computational biology
coumarin
gating
non-canonical amino acids
none
pore
structural biology
systems biology
Capsaicin
Coumarins
HEK293 Cells
Humans
Intravital Microscopy
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Models, Molecular
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Protein Conformation
Staining and Labeling
TRPV Cation Channels
Tyrosine

description: © Steinberg et al. TRPV1 channels support the detection of noxious and nociceptive input. Currently available functional and structural data suggest that TRPV1 channels have two gates within their permeation pathway: one formed by a 0bundle-crossing0 at the intracellular entrance and a second constriction at the selectivity filter. To describe conformational changes associated with channel gating, the fluorescent non-canonical amino acid coumarin-tyrosine was genetically encoded at Y671, a residue proximal to the selectivity filter. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy was performed to image the conformational dynamics of the channels in live cells. Photon counts and optical fluctuations from coumarin encoded within TRPV1 tetramers correlates with channel activation by capsaicin, providing an optical marker of conformational dynamics at the selectivity filter. In agreement with the fluorescence data, molecular dynamics simulations display alternating solvent exposure of Y671 in the closed and open states. Overall, the data point to a dynamic selectivity filter that may serve as a gate for permeation.
Binary control of enzymatic cleavage of DNA origami by structural antideterminants
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Base Sequence
subject: Binding Sites
subject: DNA
subject: DNA Cleavage
subject: DNA Restriction Enzymes
subject: Models, Molecular
subject: Nanostructures
subject: Nanotechnology
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: Nucleic Acid Conformation
subject: Protein Binding
subject: Protein Domains

description: © The Author(s) 2017. Controlling DNA nanostructure interaction with protein is essential in developing nanodevices with programmable function, reactivity, and stability for biological and medical applications. Here, we show that the sequence-specific action of restriction endonucleases towards sharp triangular or rectangular DNA origami exhibits a novel, binary 'on/off' behaviour, as canonical recognition sites are either essentially fully reactive, or strongly resistant to enzymatic cutting. Moreover, introduction of structural defects in the sharp triangle can activate an otherwise unreactive site, with a site-to-defect distance of ∼50 nm. We argue that site reactivity is dependent upon programmable, mechanical coupling in the two-dimensional DNA origami, with specific structural elements, including DNA nicks and branches proximal to the sites that can function as negative(anti) determinants of reactivity. Empirically modelling the constraints to DNA degrees of freedom associated with each recognition site in the sharp triangle can rationalize the pattern of suppressed reactivity towards nine restriction endonucleases, in substantial agreement with the experimental results. These results provide a basis for a predictive understanding of structure-reactivity correlates of specific DNA nanostructures, which will allow a better understanding of the behaviour of nucleic acids under nanoscale confinement, as well as in the rational design of functional nanodevices based on self-assembling nucleic acids.
On a Class of Doubly-Generalized LDPC Codes with Single Parity-Check Variable Nodes
Creators: name: Paolini, E.
name: Flanagan, M. F.
name: Chiani, M.
name: Fossorier, M. P. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A class of doubly-generalized low-density parity-check (D-GLDPC) codes, where single parity-check (SPC) codes are used as variable nodes (VNs), is investigated. An expression for the growth rate of the weight distribution of any D-GLDPC ensemble with a uniform check node (CN) set is presented at first, together with an analytical technique for its efficient evaluation. These tools are then used for detailed analysis of a case study, namely, a rate-1/2 D-GLDPC ensemble where all the CNs are (7,4) Hamming codes and all the VNs are length-7 SPC codes. It is illustrated how the VN representations can heavily affect the code properties and how different VN representations can be combined within the same graph to enhance some of the code parameters. The analysis is conducted over the binary erasure channel. Interesting features of the new codes include the capability of achieving a good compromise between waterfall and error floor performance while preserving graphical regularity, and values of threshold outperforming LDPC counterparts.
description: 2009 IEEE Int. Symp. on Information Theory. 5 pages, 3 figures
White, affluent, educated parents are least likely to choose HPV vaccination for their children: A cross-sectional study of the National Immunization Study - teen
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Adolescent
Ethnicity
Gender
HPV
Males

description: © 2017 The Author(s). Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage is below national goals in the United States. Research is needed to inform strategically designed interventions that target sociodemographic groups with underutilization of HPV vaccination. Methods: Secondary data analysis of the National Immunization Survey-Teen 2013 measured association of sociodemographic factors (e.g., ethnicity/race, insurance) with HPV vaccination among females and males ages 13-17 (N=18,959). Chi-square and multivariable Poisson regressions were conducted using survey-weighted statistics. Results: Having a mother ≥35 years, a mother with some college, being of "Other" ethnicity/race, and having no providers who order vaccines from health departments was negatively associated with females initiating HPV vaccination. Having a mother with some college, being of Non-Hispanic White or "Other" ethnicity/race, and having some or no providers who order vaccines from health departments was negatively associated with males initiating HPV vaccination. These same factors were negatively associated with males completing HPV vaccination with the exception of "Other" ethnicity/race. In contrast, having an unmarried mother, being ages 15-17, having a hospital based provider, and receiving other adolescent vaccinations were positively associated with females initiating and completing HPV vaccination. Having an unmarried mother, health insurance that is not employer or union sponsored, and influenza and meningitis vaccinations was positively associated with male's initiating HPV vaccination. For males, being 15 or 17 years old and having other adolescent vaccinations was positively associated with vaccine completion. All findings p≤0.05. Conclusions: Future HPV vaccination interventions may benefit from targeting certain sociodemographic groups that were negatively associated with HPV vaccination in this study.
Product development approach to introducing a new wine style and grape varietal: Marquette
Creators: name: Blake, Amy
name: Bowen, Amy J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Interspecies hybrid grape varieties make up a substantial portion of grape production around the world. They can provide superior disease resistance and climate adaptation along with interesting, distinct flavour profiles. Marquette, a recently introduced cold-hardy, hybrid varietal has limited research to date on sensory profiles and consumer perception. This study sought to define consumer acceptance and sensory profiles of Marquette so that viticultural and oenological practices can be targeted to make consumer-friendly wines. Red wine consumers (n = 113) evaluated commercial Marquette and other red wines (hybrid and non-hybrid) and trained assessors profiled wines using a rapid technique. Results were used to define sensory drivers of liking and to characterize consumer segments through correlation to sociodemographic factors, including wine knowledge. Overall, Marquette wines with a fruit-forward or spicy + savoury flavour were preferred by novice consumers (20% and 27% of respondents, respectively). For more knowledgeable and wine-interested consumers (53% of respondents), the recommended profile is dark fruit, herbaceous flavour and full-body. These findings and approaches can be used as a roadmap for winemakers looking to produce and market Marquette. Additionally, this approach can be applied to understand the sensory profiles and consumer perception of other novel or non-traditional wines.
Level of Living and Well-being as Measures of Welfare: Evidence from European Countries
Creators: name: Kaldaru, Helje
name: Kaasa, Anneli
name: Tamm, Katrin
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: Welfare; Level of living; Well-being

description: The aim of the present study is to elaborate generalized indicators describing objective and subjective aspects of welfare and analyze the relationships between them based on the sample of European countries. While applying the quality of life approach we differentiate economic, human capital, social capital and emotional aspects of welfare. With help of confirmatory factor analysis generalized objective level of living and subjective well-being indicators to measure all mentioned aspects will be composed. Our results show that in countries with objectively lower positions the subjective assessments on welfare tend to be higher. Although an ideal situation could be imagined where objective and subjective assessments were equal, there are deviations from the equilibrium to both directions.
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 17 (2009)
Sectoral Structure and GDP: is there a Remarkable Relationship in the Case of the Estonian Counties
Creators: name: Kaldaru, Helje
name: Paas, Tiiu
Publisher: name: MATTIMAR OÜ
Year: 2013
Subjects: sectoral structure; economic wealth; regional disparities

description: The paper aims to offer some empirical insights into regional disparities in sectoral structure and GDP per capita in the case of the Estonian counties. In order to elaborate on the aggregated indicators of the Estonian counties’ sectoral structure and to explore the relations between sectoral structure and GDP per capita as a proxy of economic wealth, the method of principal component in combination with regression analysis is applied. The results of empirical analysis confirm the validity of the hypothesis that regional disparities in GDP per capita are remarkably affected by the sectoral structure of the counties’ economy. Additionally to sectoral structure, the location of a county, measured by the distance between the capital city and counties’ centre, has a significant impact on GDP per capita. There is a coreperiphery structure with high income levels in the capital region (Harjumaa) and low income levels in peripheral regions. The divergence in regional GDP levels may indicate the concentration of production inputs and development of sectoral structure in regions, where economies are functioning more efficiently
description: Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy, Vol 17 (2009)
Origin of Extremely Asymmetric Stokes V Profiles in an Inhomogeneous Atmosphere
Creators: name: Sheminova, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of unusually shaped Stokes V profiles of the Fe I 630.2 nm line in the solar photosphere are investigated. The results of numerical 2-D MHD simulation of solar magnetogranulation are used for this. In their properties, the synthetic unusual profiles with extremely asymmetry are similar to the unusual profiles observed with a spatial resolution better than 1" in the network and internetwork regions. According to our results the unusual profiles mostly appear in clusters along the polarity inversion lines in the regions of weak magnetic fields with mixed polarity. As a rule, they are located at the edges of granules and lanes, and sometimes they are met close to strong magnetic field concentrations with high velocity and magnetic field strength gradients. They turned out to appear as clusters in the regions where large granules disintegrate and new magnetic flux tubes begin to form. The unusual $V$ profiles may have from one to six lobes. The one-lobe and multilobe profiles are of the same origin. The processing causing the extreme asymmetry of the profiles are characterized by one or several polarity reversal along the line of sight as well as by complicated velocity and field strength gradients. The greater the number of profile lobes, the greater is the probability of the field gradient sign change. Hence it follows that the magnetic field should be very complicated in the regions of formation of extremely asymmetric $V$ profiles. This is confirmed by immediate results of MHD granulation simulations, which demonstrate the formation of vortices and turbulence by the velocity shear at down draft edges. These processes add complexity to the magnetic field structure by mixing field polarities, particularly at the edges of granules.
description: 23 pages, 10 figures
title: Atlantic Coast U.S. Seaports
Creators: name: Chambers, Matthew
name: Menegus, Dominic
Publisher: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05xfdey77
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2010
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/92639
subject: Seaports
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88114
subject: Container traffic
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88123
subject: Tonnage
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/88421
subject: Water traffic

description: BTS fact sheet;6p. in various pagings
description: This fact sheet highlights the major Atlantic container ports of New York/New Jersey, Virginia, Savannah, and Charleston. Containerships and containerized cargo comprise the bulk of vessel calls and most of the vessel value at these seaports along the eastern seaboard. Commodities transiting the canal to the Atlantic ports include auto parts, bananas, chemicals, canned and frozen fish, and pulpwood, among others.
SOP for tryptophan metabolite analysis of dried blood spots (DBS) via LC-QQQ
Creators: name: Biomarker Analytical Laboratories
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: tryptophan metabolites; anthranilate; indole-3-acetamide; indole-3-acetate; indole-3-aldehyde; indole-3-butyric acid; indole-3-lactic acid; L-kynurenine; L-tryptophan; N-acetyl tryptophan; dried blood spots (DBS); LC-QQQ

description: Gut microbiota is an important factor affecting human health. The tryptophan metabolites (anthranilate, indole-3-acetamide, indole-3-acetate, indole-3-aldehyde, indole-3-butyric acid, indole-3-lactic acid, L-kynurenine, L-tryptophan, N-acetyl tryptophan) perform important signalling and immunomodulatory functions, especially interaction of the innate immune system of the host with PXR or AHR xenobiotic receptors. This protocol describe preparation of dried blood spots (DBS) and quantitative/semiquantitative determination using LC-QQQ. Sample preparation of DBS is complementary to the protein analysis and thus allows the simultaneous determination of tryptophan metabolites and proteins in DBS.
description: Research Infrastructure RECETOX RI (No LM2018121) financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and Operational Programme Research, Development and Innovation - project CETOCOEN EXCELLENCE (No CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_043/0009632).
title: Gulf Coast Ports Surrounding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Creators: name: Chambers, Matthew
name: Menegus, Dominic
Publisher: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05xfdey77
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2010
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91305
subject: Oil spills
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/92639
subject: Seaports
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/91274
subject: Environmental impacts

description: BTS facts sheet;4p. in various pagings
description: This fact sheet provides a snapshot of two major seaports (New Orleans, LA, and Mobile, AL) and summary tables of other Gulf coast seaports close to the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) explosion and oil spill. New Orleans is approximately 132 miles from the site, and Mobile is approximately 136 miles from the site.
White matter structural connectivity and episodic memory in early childhood
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: White matter
Memory development
Episodic memory
Diffusion weighted imaging

description: © 2017 The Authors Episodic memory undergoes dramatic improvement in early childhood; the reason for this is poorly understood. In adults, episodic memory relies on a distributed neural network. Key brain regions that supporting these processes include the hippocampus, portions of the parietal cortex, and portions of prefrontal cortex, each of which shows different developmental profiles. Here we asked whether developmental differences in the axonal pathways connecting these regions may account for the robust gains in episodic memory in young children. Using diffusion weighted imaging, we examined whether white matter connectivity between brain regions implicated in episodic memory differed with age, and were associated with memory performance differences in 4- and 6-year-old children. Results revealed that white matter connecting the hippocampus to the inferior parietal lobule significantly predicted children's performance on episodic memory tasks. In contrast, variation in the white matter connecting the hippocampus to the medial prefrontal cortex did not relate to memory performance. These findings suggest that structural connectivity between the hippocampus and lateral parietal regions is relevant to the development of episodic memory.
Construct validation and correlates of preoperative expectations of postsurgical recovery in persons undergoing knee replacement: Baseline findings from a randomized clinical trial
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Knee
Arthroplasty
Expectations
Outcome

description: © 2017 The Author(s). Background: A patient's recovery expectations prior to knee arthroplasty influence postsurgical outcome and satisfaction but a unidimensional measure of expectation has not been reported in the literature. Our primary purpose was to determine the extent to which a patient expectations scale reflects a unidimensional construct. Our second purpose was to identify pre-operative variables associated with patients' expectations. We hypothesized that previously identified predictors of the latent expectation scale score would be associated with expectations and that previously unexplored variables of pain catastrophizing, depressive and anxiety symptoms, self-efficacy and number of painful body regions would also associate with pre-operative expectations. Methods: Our randomized clinical trial had 384 patients assessed prior to knee replacement surgery. The expectations scale along with several predictor variables including WOMAC, psychological distress, and sociodemographic variables were obtained. Confirmatory factor analysis tested the unidimensionality of the measure and structural equation modeling identified predictors of the latent expectations measure. Results: The expectations scale was found to be unidimensional with superior model fit (χ2=1.481; df=2; p=0.224; RMSEA=0.035; 90% CI=[0-0.146]; CFI=0.999; TLI=0.993). The only variable significantly associated with expectations in the multivariate model was self-efficacy. Conclusions: The expectations scale used in our study demonstrated unidimensionality and has strong potential for clinical application. Poor self-efficacy is a potential target for intervention given its independent association with expectation. Addressing expectations directly and indirectly through self-efficacy assessment may assist in better aligning patient's expectations with likely outcome. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01620983.
title: BTS News: A Newsletter for the Transportation Community
Creators: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publisher: name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05xfdey77
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2002
Subjects: classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/96717
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97115
subject: Trend (Statistics)
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97089
subject: Descriptive statistics
classificationCode: https://trt.trb.org/term/97023
subject: Statistical analysis

description: Newsletter highlighting activities in BTS, including awards and recent survey data.
New Responses to Natural Disasters through Seasonal Labour Mobility Programs
Creators: name: Bailey, Rochelle
name: Shiu, Roannie Ng
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Year: 2016

description: This In Brief discusses how recent labour mobility policies can and have enabled contributions for immediate and mid- to long-term recoveries from natural disasters. We draw on three main examples of responses. First, we focus on ways in which remittances from labour mobility can benefit recovery efforts. Next, we explore how employers and host communities respond to disasters in the region. Finally, policy suggestions and responses at a government level will be outlined.
Absolute dimensions of solar-type eclipsing binaries. II. V636 Centauri: A 1.05 Msun primary with an active, cool, oversize 0.85 Msun secondary
Creators: name: Clausen, J. V.
name: Bruntt, H.
name: Claret, A.
name: Larsen, A.
name: Andersen, J.
name: Nordstrom, B.
name: Gimenez, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The influence of stellar activity on the fundamental properties of stars around and below 1 Msun is not well understood. We aim to determine absolute dimensions and abundances for the solar-type detached eclipsing binary V636 Cen. The results are based on uvby light curves, uvby-beta standard photometry, radial velocity observations, and high-resolution spectra. Masses and radii that are precise to 0.5% have been established for the components of V636 Cen. The 0.85 Msun secondary component is moderately active with starspots and CaII H and K emission, and the 1.05 Msun primary shows signs of activity as well, but at a much lower level. We derive a [Fe/H] abundance of -0.20+/-0.08 and similar abundances for Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Co, and Ni. Corresponding solar-scaled stellar models are unable to reproduce V636 Cen, especially its secondary component, which is ~10% larger and ~400 K cooler than predicted. Models adopting significantly lower mixing-length parameters l/H_p remove these discrepancies, seen also for other solar-type binary components. For the observed [Fe/H], Claret models for l/H_p = 1.4 (primary) and 1.0 (secondary) reproduce the components of V636 Cen at a common age of 1.35 Gyr. V636 Cen and 10 other well-studied inactive and active solar-type binaries suggest that chromospheric activity, and its effect on envelope convection, is likely to cause radius and temperature discrepancies, which can be removed by adjusting the model mixing length parameters downwards. Noting this, the sample may also lend support to theoretical 2D radiation hydrodynamics studies, which predict a slight decrease of the mixing length parameter with increasing temperature/mass for inactive main sequence stars.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Multi-field DBI inflation: introducing bulk forms and revisiting the gravitational wave constraints
Creators: name: Langlois, David
name: Renaux-Petel, Sebastien
name: Steer, Daniele A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study multi-field Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) inflation models, taking into account the NS-NS and R-R bulk fields present in generic flux compactifications. We compute the second-order action, which governs the behaviour of linear cosmological perturbations, as well as the third-order action, which can be used to calculate non-Gaussianities in these models. Remarkably, for scalar-type perturbations, we show that the contributions due to the various form fields exactly cancel in both the second- and third-order actions. Primordial perturbations and their non-Gaussianities are therefore unaffected by the presence of form fields and our previous results are unmodified. We also study vector-type perturbations associated with the U(1) gauge field confined on the D3-brane, and discuss whether their quantum fluctuations can be amplified. Finally, we revisit the gravitational wave constraints on DBI inflation and show that an ultra-violet DBI multi-field scenario is still compatible with data, in contrast with the single field case, provided there is a transfer from entropy into adiabatic perturbations.
description: 22 pages