cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone
Creators: name: Baez, John C.
name: Stay, Mike
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In physics, Feynman diagrams are used to reason about quantum processes. In the 1980s, it became clear that underlying these diagrams is a powerful analogy between quantum physics and topology: namely, a linear operator behaves very much like a "cobordism". Similar diagrams can be used to reason about logic, where they represent proofs, and computation, where they represent programs. With the rise of interest in quantum cryptography and quantum computation, it became clear that there is extensive network of analogies between physics, topology, logic and computation. In this expository paper, we make some of these analogies precise using the concept of "closed symmetric monoidal category". We assume no prior knowledge of category theory, proof theory or computer science.
description: 73 pages, 8 encapsulated postscript figures
Satisfaction with early postpartum care among postpartum women at University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)
Creators: name: Rahman, Rasnah Abdul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Objective: To assess the postpartum women satisfaction with the early postpartum care received at University Malaya Medical Center. Background: Early puerperium is the period of dependence by the mothers on nurses and midwives. Postnatal natural biophysical and psychological changes which occur during this period may contribute to some adverse health condition. However, most maternal and neonatal problems can be prevented with careful attention from the midwives during the first twenty four hours post delivery. This study was undertaken to examine women's satisfaction level with the care received as indicator of quality care. Study Design: A descriptive quantitative research approach was used to explore the early postpartum care services and examine the postpartum women's level of satisfaction with the carer eceived. Data were collected from 297 postpartum women who had normal delivery from March 2005 to June 2005. Data were analyzed to determine the adequacy of ward routine practices received where satisfaction towards care received was regarded as an indicator of quality postpartum care. Bivariate correlation, t-test analysis was conducted to examine whether care satisfaction was predicted by demographic data. Principal Findings: Majority of the participants were 50% to 75% satisfied with the postpartum care received even though the ward routine care practices received by the postpartum women averaged 69% compliance with the ward Standard Operating Procedures. Satisfaction towards the overall postpartum care interventions received by both mother and baby registered the area of care with highest satisfaction level whereas the amount of help received from the nurses in assisting them with their own basic needs and with babies' need registered the area of care with the lowest satisfaction level. However, there was no significant relationship found between the women's demographic data with the level of satisfaction as tested by the Spearman and Pearson Correlation analysis. Conclusion: The enthusiastic response relating high satisfaction level with care received, even though services rendered did not comply well with the ward Standard Operating Procedure, indicated that most of the postpartum women did not know their preferences nor had low expectations towards quality postpartum care. Overall, the findings suggested that the quality management system has an important role in strengthening the postpartum services by increasing the midwives' awareness on the importance of quality early postpartum care in promoting maternal and newborn health and preventing maternal postpartum complications.
Gradient Gibbs measures for the SOS model with countable values on a Cayley tree
Creators: name: Henning, F.
name: Kuelske, C.
name: Ny, A. Le
name: Rozikov, U. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 82B26 (Primary) 60K35 (Secondary)

description: We consider an SOS (solid-on-solid) model, with spin values from the set of all integers, on a Cayley tree of order k and are interested in translation-invariant gradient Gibbs measures (GGMs) of the model. Such a measure corresponds to a boundary law (a function defined on vertices of the Cayley tree) satisfying a functional equation. In the ferromagnetic SOS case on the binary tree we find up to five solutions to a class of 4-periodic boundary law equations (in particular, some 2-periodic ones). We show that these boundary laws define up to four distinct GGMs. Moreover, we construct some 3-periodic boundary laws on the Cayley tree of arbitrary order k, which define GGMs different from the 4-periodic ones.
description: 24 pages, 3 figures
THE IMPACT OF GILTI AND FDII ON THE INVESTMENT LOCATION CHOICE OF U.S. MULTINATIONALS
Creators: name: Singh, Kartikeya
name: Mathur, Aparna
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Tax Law
Year: 2019

description: This article analyzes the impact of two new international tax provisions, GILTI and FDII, passed under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on U.S. multinational corporations’ location of new capital. We analyze whether these rules help retain internationally mobile rents within the U.S. tax base and the associated economic activity within the United States. Our analysis suggests that for a wide range of investment profiles (characterized in terms of scale and expected above-normal returns) for intangible capital, a U.S. MNC can do better by locating a new investment in the United States.
description: Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 10 No. 2 (2019): Summer 2019
Exploring the role of physical activity as an adjunct treatment to compression in the management of venous leg ulcers
Creators: name: QIU, YUNJING
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420319
subject: Primary health care
classificationCode: 420106
subject: Physiotherapy

description: Venous leg ulcer is a common chronic leg ulcer in the primary care setting, but the healing rate and recurrence rate remain high when managed by compression therapy. Physical activity may be a potentially effective adjunct treatment to compression therapy to improve ulcer healing outcomes, but it is not well explored. This thesis systematically explores the role of physical activity as an adjunct treatment and proposes an exercise programme aimed at improving healing outcomes for venous leg ulcers.
AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF, WHAT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL HOUSE: HOW TAX LAWS DISTORT BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE LENS OF ARCHITECTURE
Creators: name: Conway, Meredith R.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Tax Law
Year: 2019

description: This Article examines the unintended yet profound impacts of various taxes, either currently in effect or historically imposed, most of which are property taxes, on the architectural style in various parts of the world. Many architectural styles that the Article covers were initially intended as a tax-avoidance strategy but later on gained independent status in the history of architecture.
description: Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 10 No. 2 (2019): Summer 2019
Property Tax Exemptions for Hospitals: A Blunt Instrument Where a Scalpel is Needed
Creators: name: Santos, Eric J.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Tax Law
Year: 2019

description: The hospital industry in the United States has entered a crucible. Though the financial state of nonprofit hospitals has improved recently, many are still struggling to cope with sweeping regulatory reform and a changing healthcare landscape. They are attempting to accommodate a wave of newly insured patients without sacrificing quality of care. Nonprofit hospitals largely enjoy tax exemption, but are facing challenges from state governments in both courtrooms and statehouses. There is widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo. From a tax perspective, the primary problem is that hospitals no longer fit the mold of traditional charitable institutions. When the tax exemption rules were written, hospitals were places where only the indigent sought care, the providers of last resort. They did not charge for their services and were staffed primarily by volunteers. Since then, hospitals have become the nexus of the United States healthcare system. They now host the world’s best doctors and cutting-edge medical technology. And, they have become larger and more business-oriented.
description: Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017)
Studying Facebook as a Facilitator of Community in Catholic Congregations
Creators: name: Therrien, Anabel
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2021
Subjects: Digital religion
Cyberspace
Catholics
Facebook
Virtual 'space'
Virtual community
Internet
Identity

description: The current wave of digital religion searches to understand where the online and the offline meet and how they influence one another. The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the online and offline communities to demonstrate whether the former facilitates the latter. This research investigated three public self-identifying Catholic Facebook groups. Data was gathered through three waves, textual analysis, ethnography, and semi-structured interviews, to understand the influence offline communities have on offline communities. The data was analyzed through six elements of virtual analysis, to evaluate the evidence of virtual community in the three groups. In the end, this paper found that although these Facebook groups are indeed virtual communities, their ambiguity demonstrates their online community is more an extension of the offline life than something that influences it. Further analysis is needed to investigate the relationship between online and offline religious communities.
Spectroscopic confirmation of the planetary nebula nature of PM1-242, PM1-318 and PM1-333 and morphological analysis of the nebulae
Creators: name: Miranda, L. F.
name: Pereira, C. B.
name: Guerrero, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present intermediate resolution long-slit spectra and narrow-band Halpha, [NII] and [OIII] images of PM1-242, PM318 and PM1-333, three IRAS sources classified as possible planetary nebulae. The spectra show that the three objects are true planetary nebulae and allow us to study their physical properties; the images provide a detailed view of their morphology. PM1-242 is a medium-to-high-excitation (e.g., HeII4686/Hbeta ~0.4; [NII]6584/Halpha ~0.3) planetary nebula with an elliptical shape containing [NII] enhanced point-symmetric arcs. An electron temperature [Te([SIII])] of ~10250 K and an electron density [Ne([SII])] of ~2300 cm-3 are derived for PM1-242. Abundance calculations suggest a large helium abundance (He/H ~0.29) in PM1-242. PM1-318 is a high-excitation (HeII4686/Hbeta ~1) planetary nebula with a ring-like inner shell containing two enhanced opposite regions, surrounded by a fainter round attached shell brighter in the light of [OIII]. PM1-333 is an extended planetary nebula with a high-excitation (HeII4686/Hbeta up to ~0.9) patchy circular main body containing two low-excitation knotty arcs. A low Ne([SII]) of ~450 cm-3 and Te([OIII]) of ~15000 K are derived for this nebula. Abundance calculations suggest that PM1-333 is a type I planetary nebula. The lack of a sharp shell morphology, low electron density, and high-excitation strongly suggest that PM1-333 is an evolved planetary nebula. PM1-333 also shows two low-ionization polar structures whose morphology and emission properties are reminiscent of collimated outflows. We compare PM1-333 with other evolved planetary nebulae with collimated outflows and find that outflows among evolved planetary nebulae exhibit a large variety of properties, in accordance with these observed in younger planetary nebula.
description: Accepted in The Astronomical Journal, 23 pages, 6 figures
Positive scalar curvature on simply connected spin pseudomanifolds
Creators: name: Botvinnik, Boris
name: Piazza, Paolo
name: Rosenberg, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C21 (Primary) 58J22, 53C27, 19L41, 55N22 (Secondary)

description: Let $M_Σ$ be an $n$-dimensional Thom-Mather stratified space of depth $1$. We denote by $βM$ the singular locus and by $L$ the associated link. In this paper we study the problem of when such a space can be endowed with a wedge metric of positive scalar curvature. We relate this problem to recent work on index theory on stratified spaces, giving first an obstruction to the existence of such a metric in terms of a wedge $α$-class $α_w (M_Σ)\in KO_n$. In order to establish a sufficient condition we need to assume additional structure: we assume that the link of $M_Σ$ is a homogeneous space of positive scalar curvature, $L=G/K$, where the semisimple compact Lie group $G$ acts transitively on $L$ by isometries. Examples of such manifolds include compact semisimple Lie groups and Riemannian symmetric spaces of compact type. Under these assumptions, when $M_Σ$ and $βM$ are spin, we reinterpret our obstruction in terms of two $α$-classes associated to the resolution of $M_Σ$, $M$, and to the singular locus $βM$. Finally, when $M_Σ$, $βM$, $L$, and $G$ are simply connected and $\dim M$ is big enough, and when some other conditions on $L$ (satisfied in a large number of cases) hold, we establish the main result of this article, showing that the vanishing of these two $α$-classes is also sufficient for the existence of a well-adapted wedge metric of positive scalar curvature.
description: 28 pages. A few minor corrections from previous version. To appear in Journal of Topology and Analysis
Associations between endometriosis and depression and/or anxiety : a population-based study using symptomatic and asymptomatic endometriosis patients
Creators: name: Goodwin, Emma
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2025

description: Objectives: Endometriosis is a painful and inflammatory condition affecting approximately 10% of female people. The association between endometriosis, depression, and anxiety is well known, but the mechanism driving it, and its potential effects on treatment, remain elusive. This thesis aims to: 1) Determine the prevalence of depression and/or anxiety in a pathologically-confirmed endometriosis cohort and estimate how these co-morbid conditions may affect treatment outcomes; and 2) Estimate the depression and/or anxiety risk in three different groups of endometriosis or pelvic pain patients to better understand the mechanism between endometriosis and mental health. Methods: Population-based administrative databases in British Columbia were linked from 1998 to 2017. The prevalence of depression and/or anxiety was determined in those with pathologically-confirmed endometriosis. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to estimate effects on treatment outcomes following surgery, such as physician visits, prescriptions, and reoperations. Then the cohort was split into three groups based on their symptomology and diagnoses (Group 1 – symptomatic endometriosis patients, Group 2 – symptomatic patients without endometriosis, and Group 3 – asymptomatic endometriosis patients). Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate each group’s depression and/or anxiety risk. Results: Pathologically-confirmed endometriosis patients had a 15.8% prevalence of depression and/or anxiety. Patients with depression and/or anxiety had a higher odds of having a reoperation, visiting a physician for pelvic pain, and being prescribed hormonal medications and prescription-level analgesics. When comparing our three groups, Group 2 had a higher risk of depression and/or anxiety compared to Group 1. Additionally, Group 3 had no significant difference in risk compared to Group 1. This confirms that both the painful symptoms of endometriosis and its inflammatory nature could be contributing to the risk for depression and/or anxiety. Conclusion: Our results support and contribute to the growing evidence that endometriosis is a systemic condition. We observed a high prevalence of depression and/or anxiety in this cohort and higher odds of reoperation and pain-related health services use in these individuals. Further, both painful symptoms and inflammation appear to be factors in the risk for depression and/or anxiety. Therefore, systemic care, with consideration for mental well-being, should be part of endometriosis treatment.
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Supernovae: The First Two Years of Swift Observations
Creators: name: Bufano, F.
name: Immler, S.
name: Turatto, M.
name: Landsman, W.
name: Brown, P.
name: Benetti, S.
name: Cappellaro, E.
name: Holland, S. T.
name: Mazzali, P.
name: Milne, P.
name: Panagia, N.
name: Pian, E.
name: Roming, P.
name: Zampieri, L.
name: Breeveld, A. A.
name: Gehrels, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the entire sample of ultraviolet (UV) spectra of supernovae (SNe) obtained with the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on board the Swift satellite during the first 2 years of observations (2005/2006). A total of 29 UV-grism and 22 V-grism spectra of 9 supernovae (SNe) have been collected, of which 6 are thermonuclear (type Ia) and 3 core collapse (type Ibc/II) SNe. All the spectra have been obtained during the photospheric phase. After a comparison of the spectra of our sample with those in the literature (SNe 1992A, 1990N and 1999em), we confirm some degree of diversity in the UV emission of Type Ia SNe and a greater homogeneity in the Type II Plateau SN sample. Signatures of interaction between the ejecta and the circumstellar environment have been found in the UV spectrum of SN 2006jc, the only SN Type Ib/c for which UVOT grism data are available. Currently, Swift UVOT is the best suited instrument for early SN studies in the UV due to its fast response and flexible scheduling capabilities. However, in order to increase the quality of the data and significantly improve our understanding of the UV properties of SNe and to fully maximize the scientific potential of UVOT grism observations, a larger investment in observing time and longer exposures are needed.
description: 64 pages, 18 figures, accepted to ApJ
The Tax Lives of Uber Drivers: Evidence from Internet Discussion Forums
Creators: name: Oei, Shu-Yi
name: Ring, Diane M.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Tax Law
Year: 2019

description: In this Article, we investigate the tax issues and challenges facing Uber and Lyft drivers by studying their online interactions in three internet discussion forums: Reddit.com, Uberpeople.net, and Intuit TurboTax AnswerXchange. Using descriptive statistics and content analysis, we examine (1) the substantive tax concerns facing forum participants, (2) how taxes affect their driving and profitability decisions, and (3) the degree of user sophistication, accuracy of legal advising, and other cultural features of the forums. We find that while forum participants displayed generally accurate understandings of tax filing and income inclusion obligations, their approaches to expenses and deductions were less accurate and more varied in sophistication and willingness to comply with tax law. Forum participants also frequently discussed whether driving was profitable and exhibited a range of awareness concerning how taxes affected profitability. Finally, while the forums contained a surprising degree of sophisticated and accurate tax and legal advice, they also contained many examples of inaccurate or confusing information. It is thus uncertain whether forum readers were able to successfully distinguish between accurate and inaccurate advice dispensed in the forums. Based on our findings, we make tentative recommendations for effective tax administration in the ridesharing and related sectors, including use of industry-specific guidance, clarification of how existing tax rules apply to ridesharing, and guidance on Form 1099-K interpretation. We analyze the implications of our findings regarding taxes and profitability for Uber’s business model and its potential regulation. Finally, we discuss the possible impacts of targeted tax compliance initiatives on internet communities.
description: Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017)
title: Сюжетно-деятельностные технологии в медиаобразовании
title: Монография
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ковалева Н.Б.
Publisher: name: Московский педагогический государственный университет
Year: 2018

description: Важнейшей целью современного образования является формирование метапредметных знаний и способностей, сопряженных с достижением высоких личностных результатов. Одной из центральных образовательных проблем является снижение культуры понимания и выражения мысли как в живой коммуникации, так и в социокультурном дискурсе. Соответственно, важнейшая задача обновления содержания образования связана с формированием способности понимания и коммуникации в сложной информационной и знаковой среде, позволяющей не только сохранить, но и качественно развить коммуникативные способности, позиционность самоопределения и мировоззренческие идеалы личности с опорой на ценность «образования через всю жизнь». В монографии представлены авторский подход и технологии решения поставленной задачи, эффективность которых подтверждена многолетней практикой, примеры которой представлены в монографии в развернутом виде.
description: The most important goal of modern education is the formation of interdisciplinary knowledge and skills associated with achieving high personal results. One of the Central educational problems is the decline in the culture of understanding and expressing thoughts in a living communication, and social-cultural discourse. Accordingly, the most important task of updating the content of education is connected with formation of abilities of understanding and communication of complex information and symbolic environment, allowing not only to maintain but also to develop high quality communication skills, a positional feature of self-determination and ideological ideals of the individual based on the value of "education through life". The monograph presents the author's approach and technology solutions to the tasks which effectiveness is confirmed by long practice, examples of which are presented in the monograph in expanded form.
Being a Substitute Decision-Maker for People with Dementia: An Interpretive Description of Education and Support Needs
Creators: name: CRESP, SARAH JANE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 420502
subject: Aged care nursing

description: Many families are affected by the disease of dementia. Because decision-making difficulties are a common symptom of dementia, family members who act as substitute decision-makers, usually step in to make decisions on behalf of their person living with dementia. In this study, substitute decision-makers for people living with dementia were interviewed about their experiences. Based on these findings, an education and support framework for family substitute decision-makers of people with dementia was developed. This framework provides a foundation from which substitute decision-makers can be informed and supported in their role.
Hepp's bound for Feynman graphs and matroids
Creators: name: Panzer, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study a rational matroid invariant, obtained as the tropicalization of the Feynman period integral. It equals the volume of the polar of the matroid polytope and we give efficient formulas for its computation. This invariant is proven to respect all known identities of Feynman integrals for graphs. We observe a strong correlation between the tropical and transcendental integrals, which yields a method to approximate unknown Feynman periods.
description: 78 pages, 26 figures, 1 ancillary file, v3 is identical to published version except for layout and cosmetic adjustments
Large-N scaling behavior of the ground-state energy and fidelity in the Dicke Model
Creators: name: Liu, Tao
name: Zhang, Yu-Yu
name: Chen, Qing-Hu
name: Wang, Ke-Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the numerically exact solution to the Dicke model proposed previously, we study the quantum criticality in terms of the ground-state (GS) energy, fidelity, and the order parameter. The finite size scaling analysis for the average fidelity susceptibility (FS) and second derivative of GS energy are performed. The correlation length exponent is obtained to be $ν=2/3$, which is the same as that in Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model obtained previously, suggesting the same universality. It is observed that average FS and second derivative of GS energy show similar critical behavior, demonstrating the intrinsic relation in the Dicke model. The scaling behavior for the order parameter and the singular part of the GS energy at the critical point are also analyzed and the obtained exponents are consistent with the previous scaling hypothesis in 1/N expansion scheme.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
Slow relaxations of magnetoresistance in AlGaAs-GaAs quantum well structures quenched in a magnetic field
Creators: name: Agrinskaya, N. V.
name: Kozub, V. I.
name: Shamshur, D. V.
name: Shumilin, A. V.
name: Galperin, Y. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observed a slow relaxation of magnetoresistance in response to applied magnetic field in selectively doped p-GaAs-AlGaAs structures with partially filled upper Hubbard band. We have paid a special attention to exclude the effects related to temperature fluctuations. Though this effect is important, we have found that the general features of slow relaxation still persist. This behavior is interpreted as related to the properties of the Coulomb glass formed by charged centers with account of spin correlations, which are sensitive to an external magnetic field. Variation of the magnetic field changes numbers of impurity complexes of different types. As a result, it effects the shape and depth of the polaron gap formed at the states belonging to the percolation cluster responsible for the conductance. The suggested model explains both the qualitative behavior and the order of magnitude of the slowly relaxing magnetoresistance.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
New classes of exact solutions of three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations
Creators: name: Aristov, S. N.
name: Polyanin, A. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New classes of exact solutions of the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes equations containing arbitrary functions and parameters are described. Various periodic and other solutions, which are expressed through elementary functions are obtained. The general physical interpretation and classification of solutions is given.
description: 11 pages
Approximate solutions of the Dirac equation for the Rosen-Morse potential including the spin-orbit centrifugal term
Creators: name: Ikhdair, Sameer M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give the approximate analytic solutions of the Dirac equations for the Rosen-Morse potential including the spin-orbit centrifugal term. In the framework of the spin and pseudospin symmetry concept, we obtain the analytic bound state energy spectra and corresponding two-component upper- and lower-spinors of the two Dirac particles, in closed form, by means of the Nikiforov-Uvarov method. The special cases of the s-wave kappa=1,-1 (l=l bar=0) Rosen-Morse potential, the Eckart-type potential, the PT-symmetric Rosen-Morse potential and non-relativistic limits are briefly studied.
description: 23 pages
Presencing Settler Colonialism: White Settler Girls’ Engagement with Colonial Violence
Creators: name: Claude, Stephanie-Danielle
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2021
Subjects: Settler Colonialism
Colonial Violence
Indigenous Feminist Theories
Girlhood Studies

description: Euro-Western girls are well represented within the field of girlhood studies. However, there exists a silence in the girlhood literature vis-à-vis the ways that white settler girls maintain and resist systems of colonial injustice. Everything that is known about white, North American girlhood is, therefore, predicated on a foundation of settler colonialism that has never been interrogated. The current research disrupts the colonial fixation on Indigenous “dysfunction” in order to interrogate settler identity. More precisely, drawing on girlhood theory, Indigenous feminist theories, and settler colonial theory, I examine the ways that white settler girls negotiate recently emerging discourses related to colonial violence against Indigenous women and girls. Using feminist, qualitative, narrative methods, I conducted twelve in-depth, semi-structured interviews with white settler girls, aged fifteen to seventeen, living in Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Montreal. My analysis of the interviews offers critical insights into white settler girlhood in the following ways: the complex ways that Canadian identity and whiteness are intricately linked; the ways that white settler girls disrupt and support national narratives that erase Canada’s relationship to colonialism; the ways that Canadian curricula fail to adequately prepare settler girls to make sense of colonial violence; and the complex ways that settler girls tend to situate colonialism in the past. These insights reveal the on-going structure of colonialism in Canada and the way it shapes the identities and lived realties of settler and Indigenous girls. They also create space for further discourses surrounding the socio-political interventions required to restructure relations of colonial oppression in radical ways.
Characterizing Cysteine Modifications in Parkinson’s-Linked Parkin and Their Influence on Dopaminergic Cell Health
Creators: name: Fehr, Travis
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2021
Subjects: Parkin
Dopamine
Cysteine
Redox
Parkinson disease
Mass spectrometry

description: Recessive mutations in PRKN, the gene coding for parkin, cause early-onset Parkinson disease (PD). Neuronal loss in parkin-deficient PD cases is restricted to specific dopamine-producing neuronal populations that have high oxidative stress. Our lab recently uncovered a role for parkin in redox biology, whereby the wild-type protein neutralizes reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as reactive electrophilic species (RES), including dopamine itself and its metabolites. We propose that this may be an essential function that parkin confers in these vulnerable neurons. In the current work, I have further characterized parkin’s redox function by using mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to analyze the redox state of parkin’s cysteines following exposure to H2O2 by differentially labelling oxidized vs. reduced cysteines; furthermore, I mapped adducts of reactive dopamine metabolites to specific cysteine residues. Using a differential labelling technique followed by LC-MS/MS analysis, we found that the redox state of parkin’s cysteines is altered when exposed to oxidative stress. There, increased oxidation of parkin correlated with both aggregation and insolubility, a phenomenon also observed in adult human brain. Furthermore, by using LC-MS/MS, I have detected adducts of oxidized dopamine metabolites at various cysteine residues on parkin; there, one specific site, the primate-specific residue C95, showed a particular vulnerability to modification by dopamine. This evidence confirmed our previous biochemical assays that had suggested parkin can be directly modified by dopamine. Expanding on previous data generated in our lab, which showed that the presence of wild-type (WT) parkin promotes the formation of melanin in vitro, I created a C95A mutation-carrying, recombinant parkin protein and observed that its ability to promote melanin formation in vitro was abolished. Similarly, we found that p.C95A parkin is not able to protect cells from dopamine-induced ROS stress as well as does WT parkin. Overall, these results suggest that parkin’s ability to neutralize ROS, to sequester reactive dopamine metabolites (RES) and to promote melanin formation, all via its cysteine oxidation, may confer protection of vulnerable dopamine-producing cells in adult human brain.
The position’s of libraries on social media
Creators: name: Harisanty, Dessy
name: Sugihartati, Rahma
name: Srimulyo, Koko
name: Anwar, Norizan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Libraries as public spaces cannot be separated from the subjective assessments of the public as users which are represented in the form of discourse on social media. This research aims to dismantle this discourse. The method used is qualitative. Data collection is carried out by crawling data on social media via the Brand24 application. Based on the data collection process from Twitter, blogs, news, and the web 18,461 texts were obtained in the form of discourses about libraries in the scope of Indonesia. From these, 82 texts were selected to represent the discourse used in the analysis. Data were categorized and analyzed using a critical discourse analysis perspective coined by Teun A. van Dijk, based on text, social cognition, and social context. The results of this research show that the discourses shared on social media, both positive and negative, are not absolute truth and are still worthy of discussion according to the interpretation of each individual who views them.
Chinese State Capitalism and the International Tax Regime
Creators: name: Rotblat, Cameron
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Tax Law
Year: 2019

description: As signaled by its participation in the G-20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project, China is gaining significant influence over international tax rules. Yet, how exactly China intends to shape international tax law remains an open question, even amongst leading Chinese tax scholars. As both a major capital importer and exporter as well as a developing economy with tremendous global economic power, China does not fit neatly into the traditional dichotomies of the international tax regime. This article argues that China’s international tax policy is likely to be strongly influenced by its unique system of state capitalism. Both the history of Chinese domestic tax reforms and the Communist Party’s current mechanisms of control over the Chinese economy suggest that China’s tax policy cannot be understood separately from its system of state capitalism. This article contends that as a result, China is likely to adopt distinctive international tax policies including maintaining a worldwide system of corporate taxation, providing tacit state support for international tax planning by major Chinese multinationals, and negotiating for broad exemptions in tax treaties for state-associated entities. If not proactively addressed by OECD countries, these policies may lead to significant fractures within the international tax regime.
description: Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019)
Perceptions of the implications for the nursing workforce in Australia in international trade in services agreements
Creators: name: KIDGELL, DIANNA MARGARET
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 480308
subject: International trade and investment law
classificationCode: 380108
subject: Health economics
classificationCode: 420505
subject: Nursing workforce

description: Trade agreements in the 21st century have evolved to include provisions that increasingly intrude into sectors previously the domain of governments alone. The potential for unintended consequences for the health sector arising from these agreements is poorly understood. This study explored the potential implications for the nursing workforce in Australia of select provisions of trade agreements using, as an example, the ‘Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership'.
An exploration of competence among hospital emergency nurses in the context of armed conflict
Creators: name: MANI, ZAKARIA AHMED M
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 350703
subject: Disaster and emergency management
classificationCode: 420505
subject: Nursing workforce

description: Nurses play major roles in managing the effects of disasters, yet little is known about the
core competencies of emergency nurses in the context of armed conflict. This study aimed
to explore competence by mixed method approach in the southern border areas of Saudi
Arabia with Yemen. The predominant core competency recommended by participants was
strong leadership, reported to improve outcomes of care and team experiences. Core
competencies should be included in the response plan for emergency nurses in the context
of armed conflict to enhance their preparedness and response and are likely to inform their
education and overall preparation.
title: ПРОБЛЕМЫ  И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ  ФУНКЦИОНИРОВАНИЯ  ТЕРРИТОРИЙ  ОПЕРЕЖАЮЩЕГО СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ РОССИИ
Creators: name: Никитин, Григорий
name: Сергеева, Татьяна
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2021

description: В  статье  рассмотрен  вопрос  эффективности  применения  одного  из  инструментов территориального  развития.  Территории  опережающего  социально-экономического  развития (ТОСЭР) –способ поддержания местных и привлечения новых компаний в отдельные россий-ские регионы, повышения активности их бизнес-среды. Исследование имеет актуальность в свя-зи с наличием восьмидесяти девяти действующих ТОСЭР на территории Российской Федерации. При этом у многих должностных лиц и известных экономистов возникает вопрос о целесооб-разности  создания  таких  территорий.  Вопрос  неэффективности функционирования ТОСЭР  на постоянной основе поднимается органами исполнительной власти, однако при этом в настоя-щее время критерии неэффективности или низкой результативности этих территорий законода-тельством не установлены.
Determining and Asset's Tax Basis in the Absence of a Meaningful Transfer Tax Regime
Creators: name: Soled, Jay A.
name: Schmalbeck, Richard L.
Publisher: name: Columbia Journal of Tax Law
Year: 2019

description: Until recently, in those circumstances where there was a valuation range with respect to a particular asset, executors faced a choice: among estates subject to the estate tax, declaring a high value would increase the estate tax liability; however, due to the Internal Revenue Code’s “basis equal to fair market value” rule applicable at death, declaring a low value would expose heirs to a greater capital gains tax on subsequent asset disposition. Because the estate tax rates were higher and that tax was immediate (as opposed to deferred until a later sale by the heir), executors typically minimized asset values, with the corresponding effect of tax basis diminishment. This commonplace strategy thus negated the possibility that taxpayers might exploit the basis equal to fair market rule. But this is often no longer the case. Through a series of exemption level increases, tax rate reductions, and other reforms, Congress has gutted the nation’s transfer tax system. What remains is a teetering transfer tax system that applies only to a handful of the wealthiest taxpayers. For the rest, the transfer tax system provides no disincentive to executors from assigning the highest defensible valuations to a decedent’s assets, opening the opportunity to capitalize upon the basis equal to fair market value rule. Unfortunately, the I.R.S. lacks the tools and resources to combat this practice. To preserve the integrity of the capital gains tax and the revenue that it produces, Congress must therefore intercede.
description: Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019)
Repositórios de Dados de Pesquisa LattesData e Aleia
Creators: name: Segundo, Washington Carvalho
name: Paganine, Lucas Nóbrega
name: Bonetti, Letícia Guarany
name: Santana, Paulo Henrique Assis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Apresentação realizada na sessão Pecha Kucha IV da 12ª Conferência Luso-Brasileira de Ciência Aberta, formato híbrido, de 13 a 15 de outubro de 2021.
Permanence properties of verbal products and verbal wreath products of groups
Creators: name: Brude, Javier
name: Sasyk, Román
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20E22, 20F19, 20F65, 20F69, 43A05

description: By means of analyzing the notion of verbal products of groups, we show that soficity, hyperlinearity, amenability, the Haagerup property, the Kazhdan's property (T) and exactness are preserved under taking $k$-nilpotent products of groups, while being orderable is not preserved. We also study these properties for solvable and for Burnside products of groups. We then show that if two discrete groups are sofic, or have the Haagerup property, their restricted verbal wreath product arising from nilpotent, solvable and certain Burnside products is also sofic or has the Haagerup property respectively. We also prove related results for hyperlinear, linear sofic and weakly sofic approximations. Finally, we give applications combining our work with the Shmelkin embedding to show that certain quotients of free groups are sofic or have the Haagerup property.
description: v5: Corrects some typos. No new results added. Final version, to appear in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics
Unitary representations of the $\mathcal{W}_3$-algebra with $c\geq 2$
Creators: name: Carpi, Sebastiano
name: Tanimoto, Yoh
name: Weiner, Mihály
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 17B69, 81R10

description: We prove unitarity of the vacuum representation of the $\mathcal{W}_3$-algebra for all values of the central charge $c\geq 2$. We do it by modifying the free field realization of Fateev and Zamolodchikov resulting in a representation which, by a nontrivial argument, can be shown to be unitary on a certain invariant subspace, although it is not unitary on the full space of the two currents needed for the construction. These vacuum representations give rise to simple unitary vertex operator algebras. We also construct explicitly unitary representations for many positive lowest weight values. Taking into account the known form of the Kac determinants, we then completely clarify the question of unitarity of the irreducible lowest weight representations of the $\mathcal{W}_3$-algebra in the $2\leq c\leq 98$ region.
description: 30 pages, no figures
Additional file 1 of A simple and effective method to purify and activate T cells for successful generation of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells from patients with high monocyte count
Creators: name: Wang, Haiying
name: Tsao, Shih-Ting
name: Gu, Mingyuan
name: Fu, Chengbing
name: He, Feng
name: Li, Xiu
name: Zhang, Mian
name: Li, Na
name: Hu, Hong-Ming
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Cell density in cell-bead co-incubation is not critical in the T cell selection process. Description: During the cell-bead co-incubation step, cell density (ranging from 4*106 to 10*106 cells/mL) did not affect T cell activation, CAR-T proliferation, and CAR transduction efficiency. (a) CD25 expression percentage in CD3+ cells, (b) CD69 expression percentage in CD3+ cells, and (c) live cell diameter before CD3+ T cell selection and after 48-hour T cell activation. In (a), (b), and (c), an unpaired t-test was used, and two-tailed P value was calculated between 4*106 cells/mL and 7*106 cells/mL, 4*106 cells/mL and 10*106 cells/mL, and 7*106 cells/mL and 10*106 cells/mL; ns, P>0.3000. (d) Changes of CD25 expression percentage in CD3+ cells, (e) CD69 expression percentage in CD3+ cells, and (f) live cell diameter in the CAR-T manufacturing process. (g) Expansion fold of CAR-T cells after retroviral transduction. (h) CAR expression percentage in CD3+ cells at days 6 and 9 after retroviral transduction.
SuperIso Relic: A program for calculating relic density and flavor physics observables in Supersymmetry
Creators: name: Arbey, A.
name: Mahmoudi, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe SuperIso Relic, a public program for evaluation of relic density and flavor physics observables in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM). SuperIso Relic is an extension of the SuperIso program which adds to the flavor observables of SuperIso the computation of all possible annihiliation and coannihilation processes of the LSP which are required for the relic density calculation. All amplitudes have been generated at the tree level with FeynArts/FormCalc, and widths of the Higgs bosons are computed with FeynHiggs at the two-loop level. SuperIso Relic also provides the possibility to modify the assumptions of the cosmological model, and to study their consequences on the relic density.
description: 25 pages, 2 figures. SuperIso Relic can be obtained from http://superiso.in2p3.fr/relic