cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Relation between fat and protein from various types of food and the confirmed and death rates of COVID-19
Creators: name: Wang, Xueting
Publisher: name: Eliwise Academy
Year: 2023

description: In the past three years, all countries and populations have been challenged by COVID-19 in the economy, education, lifestyle, etc., and it has raised concerns about food security. Some researchers demonstrated the effective role of diet in COVID-19, but the analysis of various types of fat and protein from diet was still required. This study focused on the impacts of fat and protein from various kinds of food on the confirmed rate and death rate of COVID-19. The study used Pearson Correlation and Linear Regression to deplore the impacts of diet on the confirmed and death rates of COVID-19 based on data on the food supply of all countries from the United Nations and data on confirmed cases and deaths of COVID-19 from John Hopkins University. The results showed that the confirmed rate and death rate of COVID-19 had a positive relation with the intake of fat from animal products, eggs, meat, and tree nuts and were reduced with higher consumption of fat and protein from cereals, fish and seafood, oil crops, pulses, and vegetal products.
Distribution of ratio of two Wishart matrices and evaluation of cumulative probability by holonomic gradient method
Creators: name: Hashiguchi, Hiroki
name: Takayama, Nobuki
name: Takemura, Akimichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62H10, 13N10

description: We study the distribution of the ratio of two central Wishart matrices with different covariance matrices. We first derive the density function of a particular matrix form of the ratio and show that its cumulative distribution function can be expressed in terms of the hypergeometric function 2F1 of a matrix argument. Then we apply the holonomic gradient method for numerical evaluation of the hypergeometric function. This approach enables us to compute the power function of Roy's maximum root test for testing the equality of two covariance matrices.
title: Perforiertes Hornhautulkus bei einem 14-jährigen Jungen
Creators: name: Kesper, Christiane
name: Fiorentzis, M.
name: Viestenz, A.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Perforierende Hornhautulcera führen meistens zu einer notfallmäßigen perforierenden Keratoplastik, welche auf Grund des Reizzustandes des Auges mit einer schlechteren Prognose einhergeht. Mehrlagige Amnionmembrantransplantationen stellen bei kornealen Ulcerationen ein erfolgsversprechendes[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Effects of Nitrogen Rates on Yield, and Yield Components of Improved Sorghum Varieties in the lower watersheds of Habru District, Northern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Shibeshi*, Mohammed Hussen
name: Gedamu, Moges Tadesse
name: Fiseha, Alemu Molla
Publisher: name: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022

description: Nitrogen is the most limiting nutrient for the growth and development of sorghum; as in most Ethiopia soils, the soils of the study areas are deficient in nitrogen because of over cultivation of the land. Hence, this research was designed to study the effects of nitrogen rates on yield and yield components of improved sorghum varieties in the three lower watersheds of Habru district, northern Ethiopia. Factorial combinations of nitrogen rates (0, 46, 69, 92, and 115kg N ha-1) and two sorghum varieties (Melkam and Girana 1) were arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The experiment was conducted in three watersheds for two years. The analysis of variance showed that all the combined seasons and locations for the growth, yield, and yield-related traits of sorghum parameters were significantly (p<0.05) affected by the interaction of nitrogen rates and varieties except plant height which was significantly affected by the main effects of nitrogen and varieties only. Almost all the yield and yield-related parameters had shown a significant increase up to the rate of 92 kg N ha-1. The partial budget analysis showed that the treatment combination of Melkam with 92 kg N ha-1 gave the highest marginal rate of return of 4321% followed by Melkam with 69 kg N ha-1. Applying nitrogen to sorghum increased its productivity. Thus, the application maximizes yield of Melkam variety resulted in maximum profit and can be recommended for the study area.
description: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)
Disparities in Food Security and Glycemic Control Among People with Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Creators: name: Tran, Thanh
name: Young, Laura Anne
name: Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth
name: Fogleman, Cy
name: Cristello Sarteau, Angelica
Publisher: name: North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Year: 2023

description:  Background Little is known about the differing impacts of food insecurity on HbA1c by race in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Predictions around increased food insecurity from COVID-19 exacerbating racial disparities led us to estimate its prevalence and associations with HbA1c by race during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Methods Data came from medical records and surveys among a clinic-based sample of T2D patients. Linear regression models estimated associations between food insecurity and HbA1c and between change in food insecurity and change in HbA1c. Likelihood ratio tests and examination of stratum-specific estimates assessed effect modification by race.   Results Our sample was 59% White, 59% female, and mean age was 60.8 ± 12.6. During the pandemic, food insecurity prevalence and HbA1c were significantly (p < .05) higher among non-Whites (39%, 8.4% ± 2.1) compared to Whites (15%, 7.8% ±1.6). HbA1c among those who were very food insecure was 1.00% (95% CI: 0.222, 1.762, p = .01) higher than those who were food secure. Those with increased food insecurity had a 0.58% (95% CI: 0.024, 1.128, p = .04) higher HbA1c increase than among those experiencing no change. No effect modification was detected.   Limitations Convenience sampling in an endocrinology clinic, recall bias, and inadequate power may underlie null effect modification results.   Conclusion Although effect modification was not detected, racial disparities in HbA1c and food insecurity warrant further investigation. These disparities, combined with the significant impact of food insecurity on HbA1c, suggest that prioritization of resources to high-risk populations should be considered early during public emergencies to minimize short- and long-term health consequences.
Isolation and Characterization of Rhizobacteria with Biocontrol activities against Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) Chocolate spot disease causing Botrytis fabae
Creators: name: Adal*, Mussa
name: Wubie, Gedefaw
name: Adem, Kedija
Publisher: name: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022

description: This study has aimed at isolating and characterizing rhizobacteria having biocontrol traits against chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae L.) that attacks faba bean. Accordingly, a total of 52 rhizobacterial isolates were recovered from rhizosphere of faba bean and screened for biocontrol activities against the test pathogen using dual culture method. Of these, only 50% of them showed inhibition against the pathogen. All the 26 isolates with antagonistic activities against Botrytis fabae were characterized using standard microbiological methods. The isolates inhibited the radial growth of the pathogen at an inhibition percentage ranging to 52.5- 85.8%. Among these isolates, 17(65.38%) of them were Gram negative. Regarding the isolates’ plant growth promoting properties, 26(100%), 23(88.5) and 21(80.8%) were positive for nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilisation and indole acetic acid production, respectively. The minimum and maximum phosphate solubilisation indexes of the isolates were 2.3 and 4.1 cm, respectively. The hydrolytic enzyme production test showed that 25(96.2%), 15(57.69%) and 14(53.84%) of isolates produced protease, chitinase and cellulase, respectively. Moreover, all (100%) and 6(23.07%) of the rhizobacterial isolates produced ammonia and hydrogen cyanide, respectively. Several isolates showed better growth at lower and higher temperature ranges and salt concentrations. Similarly, the majority of these isolates showed better resistance to the tested antibiotics and heavy metals with a decreased growth response to tetracycline and mercury. Elite isolates (WUFBI 6A and WUFBI 9D) which showed the highest performance in all the tests can be recommended as inoculants for application under greenhouse conditions and field test.
description: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)
Two Small Planets Transiting HD 3167
Creators: name: Vanderburg, Andrew
name: Bieryla, Allyson
name: Duev, Dmitry A.
name: Jensen-Clem, Rebecca
name: Latham, David W.
name: Mayo, Andrew W.
name: Baranec, Christoph
name: Berlind, Perry
name: Kulkarni, Shrinivas
name: Law, Nicholas M.
name: Nieberding, Megan N.
name: Riddle, Reed
name: Salama, Maissa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery of two super-Earth-sized planets transiting the bright (V = 8.94, K = 7.07) nearby late G-dwarf HD 3167, using data collected by the K2 mission. The inner planet, HD 3167 b, has a radius of 1.6 R_e and an ultra-short orbital period of only 0.96 days. The outer planet, HD 3167 c, has a radius of 2.9 R_e and orbits its host star every 29.85 days. At a distance of just 45.8 +/- 2.2 pc, HD 3167 is one of the closest and brightest stars hosting multiple transiting planets, making HD 3167 b and c well suited for follow-up observations. The star is chromospherically inactive with low rotational line-broadening, ideal for radial velocity observations to measure the planets' masses. The outer planet is large enough that it likely has a thick gaseous envelope which could be studied via transmission spectroscopy. Planets transiting bright, nearby stars like HD 3167 are valuable objects to study leading up to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
description: Accepted by ApJL. 6 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables
Breast exam use during the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, by age, race, and geography
Creators: name: Benefield, Thad
name: Butler, Eboneé N
name: Kuzmiak, Cherie
name: Nyante, Sarah
name: Henderson, Louise
name: Pritchard, Michael
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Year: 2023

description: In this study we analyzed data collected from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic through March 31, 2022, to identify temporal shifts in breast exam volume. Screening mammography volume stabilized toward the end of the study period, and diagnostic exam volume varied over time and by age. Older women experienced a decline in diagnostic exam volume between August 2020 and April 2021 that was not observed among women aged younger than 50 years (50-69 years: monthly percentage change [MPC] = -6.5%; and 70 years and older: MPC = -15.7%). With respect to breast biopsy volume, women aged younger than 70 years had increased exam volume beginning in April 2020 and June 2020, whereas a corresponding increase among older women was delayed until April 2021 (70 years and older: MPC = 9.3%). Findings from our study suggest a temporal shift in the use of breast exams that could result in differential detection of breast cancer by age.
title: Assessment of central and peripheral corneal astigmatism in an elderly population
Creators: name: Łabuz, Grzegorz
name: Varadi, D.
name: Khoramnia, R.
name: Auffarth, G.U.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Purpose: Corneal astigmatism can be successfully corrected with implantation of a toric intraocular lens (IOL), which has become a standard in modern cataract surgery. The selection of lens power is based on astigmatism measurements taken in the central (about 3 mm) cornea. In this study, we aimed to[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Response of Potato Varieties to Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates in Debark District, Northwestern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kemal*, Yenus Ouusman
name: Alemu, Gebrie Getie
name: Belachew, Tiru Tesfa
Publisher: name: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022

description: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops in the highlands of Ethiopia. However, its productivity is very low mainly due to soil infertility, lack of site-specific fertilizer recommendation and appropriate varieties. Therefore, a study was conducted in 2019 under irrigation to evaluate the response of improved potato varieties to different rates of nitrogen fertilizer rates. The treatments comprised of four nitrogen rates (0, 55, 110 and 165 kg ha-1) and three potato varieties (Belete, Gudene and Local), which were laid in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The analysis of variance revealed that the main effects of nitrogen rates and varieties significantly influenced the tested growth, yield and yield related traits of potato. The maximum marketable tuber yield (30.70 t ha-1) was recorded from application of 110 kg nitrogen ha−1, which increased tuber yields by 86% as compared to unfertilized plots. Among the tested varieties, Belete produced the highest marketable yield (29.8 t ha-1) with a yield advantage of 71% compared to the local variety. The partial budget analysis result showed that application of nitrogen 110 kg nitrogen ha−1for Belete variety gave the highest profit (205787ETB ha-1) with acceptable marginal rate of return (485%). From the present result, it can be concluded that optimum yield and high profit can be obtained by applying110 kg nitrogen ha−1 for Belete variety.
description: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)
"The Unexamined Unit is Not Worth Running": A Critical Analysis of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
Creators: name: Pessagno, Regina M
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: This is a qualitative study that used organization theory to analyze the institutional logics that various healthcare facilities and healthcare providers use when being investigated by on Illinois state advocacy agency that mobilizes the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to protect the rights of those with psychiatric, intellectual and developmental disabilities. For this study, I analyzed 430 publicly available investigation reports published by the Human Rights Authority division of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission. These reports are summaries of the Human Rights Authority’s investigations into facilities and different service providers who violated the state law—the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. I used grounded theory and a critical content analysis of the investigation reports as well as facilities public responses to the Human Rights Authority’s findings to uncover the institutional logics of the hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities investigated. I began with open coding and then used thematic coding and magnitude coding to analyze the data. During this process, the institutional logics that the Human Rights Authority division of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission also became evident. My findings indicate that various healthcare facilities and providers employ different institutional logics that are sometimes, but not always, at odds with the logics used by the Human Rights Authority. Also, I find that the Mental Health and Disabilities Code is a law that is not static. Instead, the investigations conducted by the Human Rights Authority and the conflicting institutional logics held by facilities lead to a dynamic, fluid process during which the state Code is interpreted differently by different social actors. Furthermore, I found that in some instances chemical restraint and physical restraints were used by facility to staff to control patients who were not a danger to themselves or others. I argue this amount to a form of violence in which patients are stripped of their bodily autonomy and self-determination, which is similar to previous research that found some patients experiences “sanctuary harm” in psychiatric hospitals.
title: Vergleich von Standard-K-Werten mit den neuen Total-Keratometrie-Werten und der Total Corneal Refractive Power bei der Berechnung der torischen Intraokularlinsen
Creators: name: Ramsauer, Michaela
name: Shajari, M.
name: Priglinger, S.
name: Mayer, W.J.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Der Einsatz von torischen Intraokularlinsen (tIOL) hat die Kataraktoperation revolutioniert und sie immer mehr in den Fokus der refraktiven Chirurgie gestellt. Doch damit Patienten mit einem Hornhautastigmatismus eine scharfe optische Abbildung ohne Brille erreichen, ist eine präzise[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Separating signal from noise in wastewater data: An algorithm to identify community-level COVID-19 surges in real time
Creators: name: Musse, Isabel
name: Roguet, Adélaïde
name: Christensen, Ariel
name: Clerkin, Thomas
name: Huff, Ian
name: Keshaviah, Aparna
name: Guidry, Virginia
name: Hu, Xindi C.
name: Noble, Rachel T.
name: Reckling, Stacie
name: Blackwood, Denene
name: McLellan, Sandra L.
name: Berkowitz, Steven
Publisher: name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Year: 2023

description: Wastewater monitoring has provided health officials with early warnings for new COVID-19 outbreaks, but to date, no approach has been validated to distinguish signal (sustained surges) from noise (background variability) in wastewater data to alert officials to the need for heightened public health response. We analyzed 62 wk of data from 19 sites participating in the North Carolina Wastewater Monitoring Network to characterize wastewater metrics around the Delta and Omicron surges. We found that wastewater data identified outbreaks 4 to 5 d before case data (reported on the earlier of the symptom start date or test collection date), on average. At most sites, correlations between wastewater and case data were similar regardless of how wastewater concentrations were normalized and whether calculated with county-level or sewershed-level cases, suggesting that officials may not need to geospatially align case data with sewershed boundaries to gain insights into disease transmission. Although wastewater trend lines captured clear differences in the Delta versus Omicron surge trajectories, no single wastewater metric (detectability, percent change, or flow-population normalized viral concentrations) reliably signaled when these surges started. After iteratively examining different combinations of these three metrics, we developed the Covid-SURGE (Signaling Unprecedented Rises in Groupwide Exposure) algorithm, which identifies unprecedented signals in the wastewater data. With a true positive rate of 82%, a false positive rate of 7%, and strong performance during both surges and in small and large sites, our algorithm provides public health officials with an automated way to flag community-level COVID-19 surges in real time.
Obituary of Saul Holiff in the Times Colonist
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Death
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/888613
subject: Music trade--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030650
subject: Concert agents
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/872987
subject: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1958130

description: Obituary of Saul Holiff in the Times Colonist titled "Saul Holiff: Concert promoter cashed Cash in because he felt career had peaked."
Group 1-cohomology is complemented
Creators: name: Nowak, Piotr W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show a structural property of cohomology with coefficients in an isometric representation on a uniformly convex Banach space: if the cohomology group $H^1(G,π)$ is reduced, then, up to an isomorphism, it is a closed complemented, subspace of the space of cocycles and its complement is the subspace of coboundaries.
description: To appear in the Bulletin of the LMS
title: Visual results and rotational stability after implantation of a toric panfocal intraocular lens – 3-month results
Creators: name: Kohnen, Thomas
name: Lwowski, C.
name: Forster, R.
name: Hemkeppler, E.
name: Petermann, K.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcome and rotational stability of a toric panfocal intraocular lens (IOL) 3 months after femtosecond assisted cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange. Methods: 50 eyes of 25 patients were bilaterally implanted with a toric panfocal IOL (Panoptix, Alcon, [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Young Adult Mental Health Beyond the COVID-19 Era: Can Enlightened Policy Promote Long-Term Change?
Creators: name: Clark, Lee Anna
name: Hinshaw, Stephen P.
name: Prinstein, Mitchell J.
name: Gruber, June
name: Rottenberg, Jonathan
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2023

description: The status of mental health for adolescents and young adults has aptly been termed a "crisis" across research, clinical, and policy quarters. Arguably, the status quo provision of mental health services for adolescents and young adults is neither acceptable nor salvageable in its current form. Instead, only a wholesale policy transformation of mental health sciences can address crises of this scope. Pandemic-related impacts on mental health, particularly among young adults, have clearly exposed the need for the mental healthcare field to develop a set of transformative priorities to achieve long overdue, systemic changes: (1) frequent mental health tracking, (2) increased access to mental health care, (3) working with and within communities, (4) collaboration across disciplines and stakeholders, (5) prevention-focused emphasis, (6) use of dimensional descriptions over categorical pronouncements, and (7) addressing systemic inequities. The pandemic required changes in mental healthcare that can and should be the beginning of long-needed reform, calling upon all mental health care disciplines to embrace innovation and relinquish outdated traditions.
title: Vergleich der Ergebnisse einer Implantation torischer Intraokularlinsen mit Adjustierung durch eine einfache fotografische Methode und der Positionierung nach Pendelmarkierung
Creators: name: Gerding, Heinrich
name: Langenegger, M.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Zielsetzung: Ziel diese Studie war es, die Ergebnisse der Implantation torischer Hinterkammerlinsen mit Hilfe einer kürzlich publizierten (Gerding et al. Klin Mbl Augenheilkd, 2019; 236: 391-397), einfachen fotografischen Methode der intraoperativen Implantatadjustierung mit den Resultaten nach[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Vertrauen in der ersten Phase der Sozialpädagogischen Familienbegleitung: Die Relevanz des Vertrauens der Familien in die Fachpersonen im Kontext einer angeordneten Sozialpädagogischen Familienbegleitung
Creators: name: Kuchen, Noëlle
name: Schuler, Malena
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Die vorliegende Bachelor-Arbeit, verfasst von Noëlle Kuchen und Malena Schuler, widmet sich dem Vertrauensaufbau in der ersten Phase der Sozialpädagogischen Familienbegleitung (SPF) im Zwangskontext. Ein zentraler Fokus liegt dabei auf dem Vertrauen – welches das Familiensystem zur SPF entwickeln kann – obwohl mit der SPF und dem Zwangskontext ein Eingriff in die familiale Privatheit einhergeht. Die Arbeit betrachtet den Eingriff in die Privatheit als Herausforderung, jedoch nicht als unüberwindbares Hindernis für den Vertrauensaufbau. Mithilfe gezielter und vertrauensfördernder Praktiken wird untersucht, wie der Vertrauensaufbau in der ersten Phase gestärkt werden kann, um eine erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit zu ermöglichen. Die Analyse verdeutlicht, dass Vertrauen ein komplexer Prozess ist, der von verschiedenen Faktoren beeinflusst wird. Dennoch kann Vertrauen im Zwangskontext entstehen, wenn die Fachperson gezielt auf vertrauensfördernde Praktiken setzt. Abschliessend werden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit praxisorientierten Handlungsempfehlungen für einen erfolgreichen Vertrauensaufbau in der angeordneten SPF ermittelt. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse unterstreichen die hohe Relevanz der Thematik des Vertrauensaufbaus in der ersten Phase der angeordneten SPF und betonen, dass Vertrauen – trotz des Zwangskontextes – ein essenzieller Aspekt für eine gelingende Zusammenarbeit zwischen Fachperson und Familiensystem darstellt.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basp + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialpädagogik, 2023 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202309
QCD Phase-transition and chemical freezeout in nonzero magnetic field at NICA
Creators: name: Tawfik, Abdel Nasser
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Because of relativistic off-center motion of the charged spectators and the local momentum-imbalance experienced by the participants, a huge magnetic field is likely generated in high-energy collisions. The influence of such short-lived magnetic field on the QCD phase-transition(s) shall be analysed. From Polyakov linear-sigma model, we study the chiral phase-transition and the magnetic response and susceptibility in dependence on temperature, density and magnetic field strength. The systematic measurements of the phase-transition characterizing signals, such as the fluctuations, the dynamical correlations and the in-medium modifications of rho-meson, for instance, in different interacting systems and collision centralities are conjectured to reveal an almost complete description for the QCD phase-structure and the chemical freezeout. We limit the discussion to NICA energies.
description: 9 pages, 4 figure, accepted for publication in Indian J. Phys. (June 23rd, 2016)
RADx-UP Testing Core: Access to COVID-19 Diagnostics in Community-Engaged Research with Underserved Populations
Creators: name: Tsalik, Ephraim L.
name: Corbie, Giselle
name: Lee, Mark J.
name: Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael
name: Raghavan, Vidya
name: Narayanasamy, Shanti
name: Glover, William A.
name: Woods, Christopher W.
name: Reller, Megan E.
name: Tillekeratne, L. Gayani
name: Neighbors, Coralei E.
name: Kennedy, Scott W.
name: Veldman, Timothy H.
name: Harper, Barrie
name: Denny, Thomas
name: Carper, Miranda
name: Kibbe, Warren A.
name: Petti, Cathy A.
Publisher: name: American Society for Microbiology
Year: 2023

description: Research on the COVID-19 pandemic revealed a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 infection and death among underserved populations and exposed low rates of SARS-CoV-2 testing in these communities. A landmark National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding initiative, the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program, was developed to address the research gap in understanding the adoption of COVID-19 testing in underserved populations. This program is the single largest investment in health disparities and community-engaged research in the history of the NIH. The RADx-UP Testing Core (TC) provides community-based investigators with essential scientific expertise and guidance on COVID-19 diagnostics. This commentary describes the first 2 years of the TC's experience, highlighting the challenges faced and insights gained to safely and effectively deploy large-scale diagnostics for community-initiated research in underserved populations during a pandemic. The success of RADx-UP shows that community-based research to increase access and uptake of testing among underserved populations can be accomplished during a pandemic with tools, resources, and multidisciplinary expertise provided by a centralized testing-specific coordinating center. We developed adaptive tools to support individual testing strategies and frameworks for these diverse studies and ensured continuous monitoring of testing strategies and use of study data. In a rapidly evolving setting of tremendous uncertainty, the TC provided essential and real-time technical expertise to support safe, effective, and adaptive testing. The lessons learned go beyond this pandemic and can serve as a framework for rapid deployment of testing in response to future crises, especially when populations are affected inequitably.
title: Incidence of IOL rotation after toric IOL implantation
Creators: name: Pawlowicz, Katarzyna H.
name: Varna-Tigka, K.
name: Arad, T.
name: Lwowski, C.
name: Ahmad, W.
name: Hinzelmann, L.
name: Kohnen, T.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of IOL rotation in patients with a history of toric IOL Implantation for astigmatism. Design: Retrospective consecutive case series. Methods: Case records of patients who underwent surgery to rotate their intraocular lens after implantation of a toric IOL[for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
title: Evaluation einer Software zur Nachrotation einer torischen IOL
Creators: name: Varna-Tigka, Kleopatra
name: Chionos, G.
name: Kohnen, T.
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Ein postoperativer Restastigmatismus nach torischer IOL-Implantation kann durch eine IOL-Rotation behoben werden. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung prüften wir den Toric-Results-Analyzer (www.astigmatismfix.com-Programm) zur Berechnung eine potenzielle IOL-Rotation. Methoden: [zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
NewsWise in Primary Education
Creators: name: McLoughlin, Shane
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
subject: #civic engagement #news literacy

description: Research questions 1. Does the NewsWise programme improve news literacy (a near transfer effect) of participants? 2. Does the NewsWise programme improve civic engagement (a far transfer effect) of participants? 3. Do observed effects of the NewsWise programme on participants’ news literacy last from the post-intervention survey to follow-up? 4. Do observed effects of the NewsWise programme on participants’ civic engagement last from the post-intervention survey to follow-up? 5. What is relationship between news literacy and civic engagement among participants?
Effect of Feeding Sweet Blue Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) Haulm and Concentrate Mixture on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Washera Lambs
Creators: name: Walie, Misganaw
name: Yeheyis*, Likawent
name: Adane, Adebabay
name: Hunegnaw, Biyadiglign
name: Amsalu, Yohanes
name: Mekuriaw, Shigdaf
name: Ayalew, Mehari
name: Tilahun, Yeshwas
Publisher: name: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022

description: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the feeding value of graded level of sweet blue lupin haulm and concentrate mixture in the diets of lambs. For the feeding trial, twenty-four yearling Washera lambs with initial body weight of 24.6 kg ± 0.57 were used. The design of the experiment was randomized complete block design. The four experimental feeds were sweet blue lupin haulm to concentrate mixture ratio of 0:453 g, 251 g:362 g, 503 g:272 g and 754 g:181 g per day per head, respectively. Natural pasture hay was used as a basal diet. Results showed that supplementation of sweet blue lupin haulm and concentrate mixture significantly increased total dry matter, crude protein and organic matter intakes. Supplementation of sweet blue lupin haulm and concentrate mixture improved the digestibility of crude protein by 4%. Average daily weight gain was higher for the groups supplemented by sweet blue lupin haulm and concentrate mixture (68.7-87.4 g/day). Carcass parameters were slightly lower for lambs supplemented with higher level of sweet blue lupin haulm, while those supplemented with concentrate mixture and up to 40% sweet blue lupin haulm did not show significant difference. It was concluded that supplementing of mixture of 80% or 60% concentrate mixture with 20% or 40% sweet blue lupin haulm, respectively, in natural pasture hay-based diet can serve as locally available protein source to partially substitute commercial concentrate feeds for Washera lambs in Ethiopia.
description: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)
Accuracy of Digital Indirect Bonding Using Different Bracket Transfer Methods and a Novel Tray Material
Creators: name: Kahng, Sara
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Accurate bracket placement is essential for successful orthodontic treatment. The indirect bonding (IDB) technique was developed to overcome errors found in direct bonding. IDB provides advantages of minimized patient discomfort, improved visualization of teeth, and reduction of wire bending. Digital IDB techniques now include intra-oral scanning, 3D printing, and IDB software. Studies have repeatedly shown the high transfer accuracy of silicone IDB trays. 3D printed IDB trays are a time saving alternative with comparable accuracy to silicone trays. To utilize the benefits of both materials, a novel shape memory polymer (SMP) Tera Harz TC-85DAC has been proposed as a digital IDB material for this study. The objective of this study is to evaluate the bracket transfer accuracy of three distinct digital IDB techniques: 3D printed resin, CAD driven silicone, and 3D printed shape-memory polymer (SMP) trays. 15 maxillary and 15 mandibular intra-orally scanned arches of pre-existing University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Orthodontic Department were used for the study. Brackets were semi-automatically placed on each arch following the digitally fabricated facial axis (FA) point. 30 IDB transfer trays were produced for each material: 3D printed resin (“bar”), CAD driven silicone (“silicone”), and 3D printed (“SMP”) for a total of 90 transfer trays. IDB was performed for each technique and bracketed models were scanned for superimposition to test accuracy in the linear (mesiodistal, occluso-gingival, and bucco-lingual) and angular (torque, rotation, and tip) dimensions. A one-sample t-test was conducted to assess for any significant error in bracket placement in the three materials. A repeated measures ANOVA, with Greenhouse-Geisser correction, was conducted to assess whether there were mean differences between the three techniques in the linear and angular dimension. The results of our study showed that the bar material had the greatest frequency of bracket placement errors. Premolars had the greatest frequency of bracket placement errors specifically with the bar technique. Overall, the SMP technique had the greatest accuracy in linear and angular dimensions when compared to the bar and silicone method. The standard for clinical acceptability was set to <0.5mm and <2 degrees. All methods were clinically acceptable in the linear directions and all methods were not clinically acceptable in the angular measurements. The SMP resin material shows promising results as a novel IDB tray material. Further investigation is needed to develop the SMP material to be compatible with in vivo testing. In addition, future studies are needed to evaluate transfer tray design to control deviations in the angular dimensions. By mastering the indirect bonding technique, orthodontists will successfully streamline the clinical workflow, reduce costs, and ultimately increase patient satisfaction.
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Plant Diversity and Regeneration of Woody Species in Qenfot Dry Afromontane Forest, Northeastern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Assefa*, Famos
name: Gobezie, Tsegaye
Publisher: name: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2022

description: Qenfote forest, which encompasses the remnant forest patches in northeastern Ethiopia, is undergoing fragmentation, leading to loss of habitat and then erosion of biodiversity. The theory of island biogeography describes that the number of species in oceanic islands can be affected by island size and isolation. This study intended to estimate the effect of patch size, and distance between patches (isolation) on the diversity and regeneration status of plant species. Stratified and proportional sampling strategies were implemented to collect data from forest patches. Forest patch size was identified by delineating each patch from Google Earth and distances between patches were also measured. Forest patches were grouped into three based on size (small 7 ha-20 ha, medium 20.1 ha-45 ha, and large above 45 ha) and into three isolation (distance apart) categories (nearest 0-4 km, medium 4.01 km-8 km, and far distance 8.01 km-11 km). For each category three replicated patches were selected and then systematic sampling was used to lay the transect lines within each nine sample patches. Vegetation data were collected from a total of 75 plots (20 m × 20 m) from every patch. Results showed that the number of species (species richness) found in small forests, medium forest patches, and large forest patches was 55±6.43, 66.67±7.96, and 77.67±10.42, respectively, while the Shannon diversity found in the small forests was 2.52±0.09, in medium forest patches 2.69±0.07 and in large forest patches 2.78±0.08. Both species diversity and species richness were increased with increasing patch size and decreased as distance increased from largest patch. Thus, we concluded that fragmentation in Qenfote forests affects plant diversity and regeneration status, a finding that supports the demands for forest restoration.
description: Abyssinia Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)
Time/memory/data trade-off attack to a psuedo-random generator
Creators: name: Khadem, Behrooz
name: Madadi, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Time, data and memory trade off attack is one of the most important threats against pseudo- random generators and resisting against it, is considered as a main criteria of designing such generators. In this research, the pseudo-random GMGK generator will be addressed and analyzed in details. Having indicated various weaknesses of this generator, we performed three different versions of structural attack on this generator and showed that proposed TMDTO attacks to this generator can discover blocks of plaintext with lower complexity than exhaustive search of space of key generator. Results indicated that the mentioned generator is lack of the security claimed by authors.
title: Patientenberichte zum Erfolg von Katarakt-Operationen
Creators: name: Fabian, Ekkehard
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Hintergrund: Bewertung von Patienten-Berichten nach refraktiven Linsen- / Katarakt-Operationen Methode: Es wurden Fragen in Bezug zum Sehen gestellt: Zufriedenheit und Qualität, Schwierigkeiten, Störungen und Häufigkeit des Tragens einer Brille. Erhoben wurden Daten nach den[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: 34. Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen-Implantation, interventionelle und refraktive Chirurgie
Food access, domestic environments, and dietary quality of low-middle income Chilean children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Pemjean, Isabel
name: Corvalán, Camila
name: Garmendia, María Luisa
name: Ferrer, Pedro
name: Mediano, Fernanda
Publisher: name: Frontiers
Year: 2023

description: Introduction: Food access is associated with dietary quality; however, people living in similar physical environments can have different food access profiles. Domestic environments may also influence how food access relates to dietary quality. We studied food access profiles of 999 low-middle income Chilean families with children during the COVID-19 lockdown and how these profiles relate to dietary quality; secondarily, we also explore the role of the domestic environment in this relationship.
Materials and methods: Participants of two longitudinal studies conducted in the southeast of Santiago, Chile, answered online surveys at the beginning and end of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Food access profiles were developed by a latent class analysis considering food outlets and government food transfers. Children's dietary quality was estimated by self-reported compliance with the Chilean Dietary Guidelines of Americans (DGA) and daily ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption. Logistic and linear regressions were used to assess the association between food access profiles and dietary quality. Domestic environment data (i.e., the sex of the person who buys food and cooks, meal frequency, cooking skills, etc.) were incorporated in the models to assess their influence on the relationship between food access and dietary quality.
Results: We have categorized three food access profiles: Classic (70.2%), Multiple (17.9%), and Supermarket-Restaurant (11.9%). Households led by women are concentrated in the Multiple profile, while families from higher income or education levels are focused on the Supermarket-Restaurant profile. On average, children presented poor dietary quality, with a high daily UPF consumption (median = 4.4; IQR: 3) and low compliance with national DGA recommendations (median = 1.2; IQR: 2). Except for the fish recommendation (OR = 1.77, 95% CI:1.00-3.12; p: 0.048 for the Supermarket-Restaurant profile), the food access profiles were poorly associated with children's dietary quality. However, further analyses showed that domestic environment variables related to routine and time use influenced the association between food access profiles and dietary quality.
Conclusion: In a sample of low-middle income Chilean families, we identified three different food access profiles that presented a socioeconomic gradient; however, these profiles did not significantly explain children's dietary quality. Studies diving deeper into household dynamics might give us some clues on intra-household behaviors and roles that could be influencing how food access relates to dietary quality.
Prevalence and determinants of food insecurity during the 2022 COVID-19 related lockdown in Shanghai
Creators: name: Tang, Weiming
name: Wu, Bei
name: Li, Gen
name: Latkin, Carl A
name: Liu, Yuming
name: Qi, Xiang
name: Hall, Brian J
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023

description: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic has led to increased food insecurity levels. This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity during the two-month (1 April to 1 June 2022) city-wide lockdown in Shanghai. The data was collected via an online questionnaire from 3230 adult Shanghai residents during the lockdown. Food insecurity was measured using an adapted version of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. Nearly 70% of participants reported being exposed to food insecurity. Using multivariable logistic regressions, we examined the associations between key correlates (i.e. age, income, lockdown-related income loss, migration, employment status, social capital, preparedness, and received social support) and overall food insecurity while adjusting for ethnicity, gender, education, household size, and marital status. Results showed that compared to local Shanghai residents, migrants (i.e, permanent migrants with Hukou (OR = 2.16), permanent migrants without Hukou (OR = 2.06), temporary migrants (OR = 2.74)), and participants with less than or greather than 50% lockdown-related income loss (OR = 2.60, OR = 3.09), were associated with higher odds of overall food insecurity. Participants with greater preparedness (OR = 0.66), greater bonding social capital (OR = 0.93), and greater bridging social capital (OR = 0.94), had lower odds of overall food insecurity. Targeted interventions are needed to enhance food resilience and health equity among vulnerable populations.
Scale invariance analysis on channel network structure and possible implications for flood behaviour
Creators: name: Richards., Betty
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Letter from Saul Holiff to Johnny Cash, 9 July 1965
Creators: name: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Concert tours
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/872992
subject: Serrahn, Andy
subject: Cash, Johnny
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31281
subject: Jackson, Stonewall
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/297487
subject: Television commercials
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1733453
subject: Padula, Edward, 1916-2001
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1970014
subject: Hill and Range Songs (Firm)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/2012710
subject: Country musicians
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/881442
subject: Music trade--Management
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030650
subject: Owens, Buck, 1929-2006
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/257374
subject: CBS Records (Firm)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/559728
subject: William Morris Agency
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/578341
subject: Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1363934
subject: Television programs
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1147026
subject: Entertainers
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/912655
subject: Johnny Cash show (Television program)
subject: Columbia Records, Inc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/677750
subject: Ritter, Tex
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/145857
subject: Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1958130
subject: Music trade
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1030641

description: Letter from Saul Holiff to Johnny Cash with list of enumerated points about balance of commissions; rescheduling dates and settling contracts for tour in northwestern U.S. promoted by Andy Serrahn; upcoming tour dates; an offer for a Levi Company commercial; and developing a television pilot. Offers to resign as Cash's manager and keep working as booking agent and promoter. Letter in reply from Johnny Cash to Saul Holiff, 14 July 1965 (Accession Number: 2016-018, File: 1.9)