cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sivers Function in the MIT Bag Model
Creators: name: Yuan, Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Sivers function, an asymmetric transverse-momentum distribution of the quarks in a transversely polarized nucleon, is calculated in the MIT bag model. The bag quark wave functions contain both $S$-wave and $P$-wave components, and their interference leads to nonvanishing Sivers function in the presence of the final state interactions. We approximate these interactions through one-gluon exchange. An estimate of another transverse momentum dependent distribution $h_1^\perp$ is also performed in the same model.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
AFLT-type Selberg integrals
Creators: name: Albion, Seamus P.
name: Rains, Eric M.
name: Warnaar, S. Ole
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05E05, 05E10, 30E20, 33D05, 33D52, 33D67, 81T40

description: In their 2011 paper on the AGT conjecture, Alba, Fateev, Litvinov and Tarnopolsky (AFLT) obtained a closed-form evaluation for a Selberg integral over the product of two Jack polynomials, thereby unifying the well-known Kadell and Hua--Kadell integrals. In this paper we use a variety of symmetric functions and symmetric function techniques to prove generalisations of the AFLT integral. These include (i) an $\mathrm{A}_n$ analogue of the AFLT integral, containing two Jack polynomials in the integrand; (ii) a generalisation of (i) for $γ=1$ (the Schur or GUE case), containing a product of $n+1$ Schur functions; (iii) an elliptic generalisation of the AFLT integral in which the role of the Jack polynomials is played by a pair of elliptic interpolation functions; (iv) an AFLT integral for Macdonald polynomials.
description: 53 pages; v2 contains minor corrections and changes of notation
Additional file 9 of POLYAR, a new computer program for prediction of poly(A) sites in human sequences
Creators: name: Akhtar, Malik Nadeem
name: Bukhari, Syed Abbas
name: Fazal, Zeeshan
name: Raheel Qamar
name: Shahmuradov, Ilham A
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 9:Supplemental Table 9 - Comparative testing results of POLYAR, polya_svm and polyadq programs on 8261 randomized poly(A) site regions. (PDF 9 KB)
Deprescribing Medications at the End of Life at a Community Hospice Setting
Creators: name: Dickson, Shannon
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

 Background: Polypharmacy can yield various adverse outcomes for patients over the age of 65. The lack of a standardized process and education for hospice nurses to implement into their clinical practice can increase polypharmacy, which burdens patients and families at the end of life.
Purpose: This quality improvement project aimed to increase hospice nurses' knowledge and confidence to initiate deprescribing for non-essential or inappropriate medications with hospice patients.
Methods:  A multimodal educational program that incorporated evidenced-based resources composed of STOPP Frail Criteria, Garfinkel algorithm, and the BUILD model was presented at a community hospice agency. Pre- and post-intervention questionnaires were used to assess the hospice nurses' level of knowledge and confidence with deprescribing. Meetings with the hospice nurses and retrospective chart reviews were also conducted to evaluate actual trends of deprescribing at the agency.
Results:  The 25 hospice nurses who completed the program demonstrated increased confidence and knowledge of deprescribing, polypharmacy, and the identification of inappropriate medications using the STOPP Frail Criteria and Garfinkel algorithm. There was an increase in patients who had inappropriate medications deprescribed.
Conclusion: Deprescribing and polypharmacy are significant issues that impact older patients at end of life. Ongoing education and evaluation are recommended to improve patients' overall symptom management and quality of life.
Keywords: polypharmacy, deprescribing, end of life, hospice, nurses, discontinuing medications, pill burden
An Adaptive ALE Scheme for Non-Ideal Compressible-Fluid Dynamics over Dynamic Unstructured Meshes
Creators: name: Re, Barbara
name: Guardone, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: G.1.8; J.2
subject: 65M08, 65M50, 74S10

description: This paper investigates the application of mesh adaptation techniques in the Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamic (NICFD) regime, a region near the vapor-liquid saturation curve where the flow behavior significantly departs from the ideal gas model, as indicated by a value of the fundamental derivative of gasdynamics less than one. A recent interpolation-free finite-volume adaptive scheme is exploited to modify the grid connectivity in a conservative way, and the governing equations for compressible inviscid flows are solved within the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian framework by including special fictitious fluxes representing volume modifications due to mesh adaptation.The absence of interpolation of the solution to the new grid prevents spurious oscillations that may make the solution of the flow field in the NICFD regime more difficult and less robust.Non-ideal gas effects are taken into account by adopting the polytropic Peng-Robinson thermodynamic model. The numerical results focus on the problem of a piston moving in a tube filled with siloxane $\mathrm{MD_4M}$, a simple configuration which can be the core of experimental research activities aiming at investigating the thermodynamic behavior of NICFD flows. Several numerical tests involving different piston movements and initial states in 2D and 3D assess the capability of the proposed adaption technique to correctly capture compression and expansion waves, as well as the generation and propagation of shock waves, in the NICFD and in the non-classical regime.
description: Original research article, published at Shock Waves (2019) at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00193-018-0840-2
MOESM2 of Detection and characterization of bacterial endosymbionts in Southeast Asian tephritid fruit fly populations
Creators: name: Asimakis, Elias
name: Doudoumis, Vangelis
name: Hadapad, Ashok
name: Hire, Ramesh
name: Batargias, Costas
name: Changying Niu
name: Mahfuza Khan
name: Bourtzis, Kostas
name: Tsiamis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. Genes and PCR primers used.
Increasing Knowledge About HPV and the HPV Vaccine Amongst Adolescents and Adults Through a School-Based Setting: A Capstone Project
Creators: name: Barry, Denise
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2013

Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical and other types of cancer, can be prevented. A safe and effective vaccine has been approved for both boys and girls. Despite this recommendation and alarming rates of HPV-associated cancers, vaccination rates among adolescents in the United States are low. A capstone project was implemented to target students and parents of students who attend Holyoke High School and William J. Dean Vocational Technical High (Dean Tech) in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The goals of the project were to improve knowledge about HPV and the HPV vaccine in students and parents, to increase the number of parents of adolescents who intend to vaccinate their children against HPV, and to increase the number of adolescents who intend to receive the HPV vaccine. The project was based on the theoretical framework of the Health Belief Model. Students in ninth grade health classes at both schools were taught content about HPV and why they should receive the HPV vaccine. An informational handout was sent home with all ninth grade students at the schools and reminded them that the school-based health center (SBHC) had the HPV vaccine available. Outreach to parents was done at two community events. The research translation method that was used for this project is an educational intervention that utilized the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model. Evaluation of this project was done with a pre-test post-test design with the ninth grade students. The results showed an increase in knowledge and increase in intent among the students to get vaccinated against HPV. No formal data was gathered from the parents. Knowledge gained from this capstone project should encourage nurses to continue educating adolescents and their parents about the HPV vaccine and showed that SBHCs are a promising site to increase HPV vaccination rates.
Development of a Standardized Transfer Acceptance Bundle to Improve Team Collaboration during the Transfer from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to the Surgical Unit
Creators: name: Morrison, Pamela
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

Background/Significance: The project site utilizes a high reliability framework to support safety and quality improvement. Although the infant-toddler surgical unit frequently accepts transfers of surgical patients from the ICU, there was no standardized process in place. 
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to develop and implement a standardized transfer acceptance process bundle for patients transferring from the ICU to the inpatient surgical unit.
Methods: This Quality Improvement project utilized a Plan-Do-Study-Act model to guide the project implementation. The standardized transfer acceptance process bundle included APRN use of the I-PASS hand-off tool, an RN and APRN bedside huddle at the time of transfer, and an APRN transfer documentation.  Pre and post intervention collaboration and satisfaction scores were measured using the Collaboration and Satisfaction about Care Decisions survey. Data were collected to evaluate whether all components of the bundle were completed.
Results: Of the 53 patient transfers during the pilot period, the bedside huddle at the time of transfer was completed for 75.5% and the APRN transfer acceptance documentation was completed for 73.6%.  The components of collaboration scores and the overall CSACD tool scores for the combined RN and APRN staff were improved (components of collaboration p=.002; overall p = .003) by the implementation of this bundle.
Conclusion: The implementation of a standardized transfer acceptance bundle at the time of patient transfer from the ICU to the surgical unit improved staff collaboration and satisfaction during this critical transfer of care. This bundle aligns with the hospital’s high reliability framework.
Draco -- A Failure of the Tidal Model
Creators: name: Klessen, Ralf
name: Grebel, Eva
name: Harbeck, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We test whether the structural properties of the nearby dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy Draco, a well-studied Milky Way companion, can be reconciled with the suggestion that dSphs are unbound tidal remnants with a large depth extent along the line of sight. In order to apply the observational test of this hypothesis suggested by Klessen & Zhao, we use public photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to explore the width of Draco's blue horizontal branch over a range of areas covering 0.06 square degrees to 6.25 square degrees centered on Draco. The SDSS database is the only currently existing database with sufficient depth and area coverage to permit a stringent test of the tidal models. We show that blue horizontal branch stars extend beyond the previously inferred limiting radii of Draco, consistent with the observed absence of a truncated stellar surface density profile of this dSph. We calculate new models for a galaxy without dark matter, using Draco's morphological properties as constraints. The resulting models are unable to reproduce the narrow observed horizontal branch width of Draco, which stays roughly constant regardless of the field of view. We conclude that Draco cannot be the remnant of a tidally disrupted satellite, but is probably strongly dark-matter dominated. (ABSTRACT ABBREVIATED)
description: 26 pages, 9 figures included, accepted for publication in ApJ, high-resolution version available at http://www.aip.de./~ralf/Publications/p22.abstract.html
Reducing the Risk of Fentanyl Related Overdose in Medication Assisted Treatment Programs Based on Principles of Motivational Interviewing
Creators: name: Snow, Anna B
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

Background: The increase in fentanyl exposure by individuals who use illicit drugs has risen causing a significant increase in the number of overdoses and overdose-related deaths. Drug checking for the presence of fentanyl can allow drug users to make more informed decisions especially when combined with motivational interviewing.
 Purpose: The purpose of this project was to assess the effectiveness of an educational program for clinical staff regarding the use of fentanyl test strips based on the principles of motivational interviewing.
Methods: The project was completed at a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program in an outpatient behavioral health facility in New England. The educational training video was presented in-person in a group setting to clinicians. Surveys were conducted before and after the educational training video, which was also posted on the internet for additional access.
Results: Six clinicians participated in person and half the participants agreeing and half strongly agreeing that they were comfortable with using motivational interviewing in different stages of recovery after the presentation. All participants felt their knowledge of fentanyl use after the educational training video was presented increased: agreed (50%) and strongly agreed (50%). Conclusions: The data collected before and after the educational training video demonstrate the need for further training on motivational interviewing and fentanyl testing strips prior for those working in outpatient MAT clinics.
Keywords: fentanyl, fentanyl testing, drug users, people who use drugs, opioids, opiates motivational interviewing, substance use, adults, opioid treatment, drugs, motivational enhancement, medication assisted treatment program, self-management of chronic conditions
Effects of Strong Photospheric Dissipation on the Spectra and Structure of Accretion Disks with Non-zero Inner Torque
Creators: name: Dezen, Theodore
name: Egger, Noah
name: Mwansa, Lwendo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present numerical calculations of spectra and structure of accretion disks models appropriate for near-Eddington luminosity black hole X-ray binaries (BHB). Our work incorporates non-zero torque at the ISCO as well as several dissipation profiles based on first-principles three-dimensional disk interior simulations. We found that significant dissipation near the photosphere can produce steep power law-like spectra for models with moderate viewing angles spanning a range of black hole spins while including inner torque push the spectral peak to higher energies. Consistent with previous studies, we also conclude that disks with stresses at the inner edge remain viable models for high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPO), especially given that increasing dissipation near the photospheres actually resulted in QPO power spectra with higher quality factors compared to those found in recent work.
description: Accepted to ApJ
Pseudo Memory Effects, Majorization and Entropy in Quantum Random Walks
Creators: name: Bracken, Anthony J.
name: Ellinas, Demosthenes
name: Tsohantjis, Ioannis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantum random walk on the integers exhibits pseudo memory effects, in that its probability distribution after N steps is determined by reshuffling the first N distributions that arise in a classical random walk with the same initial distribution. In a classical walk, entropy increase can be regarded as a consequence of the majorization ordering of successive distributions. The Lorenz curves of successive distributions for a symmetric quantum walk reveal no majorization ordering in general. Nevertheless, entropy can increase, and computer experiments show that it does so on average. Varying the stages at which the quantum coin system is traced out leads to new quantum walks, including a symmetric walk for which majorization ordering is valid but the spreading rate exceeds that of the usual symmetric quantum walk.
description: 3 figures included
MOESM2 of Detection and characterization of bacterial endosymbionts in Southeast Asian tephritid fruit fly populations
Creators: name: Asimakis, Elias
name: Doudoumis, Vangelis
name: Hadapad, Ashok
name: Hire, Ramesh
name: Batargias, Costas
name: Changying Niu
name: Mahfuza Khan
name: Bourtzis, Kostas
name: Tsiamis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. Genes and PCR primers used.
Goal-directed graph construction using reinforcement learning
Creators: name: Darvariu, Victor-Alexandru
name: Hailes, Stephen
name: Musolesi, Mirco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Graphs can be used to represent and reason about systems and a variety of metrics have been devised to quantify their global characteristics. However, little is currently known about how to construct a graph or improve an existing one given a target objective. In this work, we formulate the construction of a graph as a decision-making process in which a central agent creates topologies by trial and error and receives rewards proportional to the value of the target objective. By means of this conceptual framework, we propose an algorithm based on reinforcement learning and graph neural networks to learn graph construction and improvement strategies. Our core case study focuses on robustness to failures and attacks, a property relevant for the infrastructure and communication networks that power modern society. Experiments on synthetic and real-world graphs show that this approach can outperform existing methods while being cheaper to evaluate. It also allows generalization to out-of-sample graphs, as well as to larger out-of-distribution graphs in some cases. The approach is applicable to the optimization of other global structural properties of graphs.
Generation of large scale magnetic fields at recombination epoch
Creators: name: Berezhiani, Z.
name: Dolgov, A. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is argued that large scale cosmic magnetic field could be generated in the primeval plasma slightly before hydrogen recombination. Non-zero vorticity, necessary for that, might be created by the photon diffusion in the second order in the temperature fluctuations. The resulting seed fields at galactic scale would be only 4 orders of magnitude smaller than the observed ones and with a mild galactic dynamo amplifying the seed fields by the factor $\sim 10^4$ an existence of coherent magnetic fields in galaxies may be explained.
description: 20 pages, latex; some explanatory comments and one reference are added
Additional file 1 of Genomic analysis of worldwide sheep breeds reveals PDGFD as a major target of fat-tail selection in sheep
Creators: name: Dong, Kunzhe
name: Yang, Min
name: Han, Jiangang
name: Ma, Qing
name: Han, Jilong
name: Song, Ziyi
name: Luosang, Cuicheng
name: Gorkhali, Neena Amatya
name: Yang, Bohui
name: He, Xiaohong
name: Ma, Yuehui
name: Jiang, Lin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1 Table S1. Information of samples used in this study.
Improving Cultural Competency among RN Case Managers Serving Hispanic Adult Patients in Western Massachusetts
Creators: name: Boadu, Victor O.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

Background: Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States and account for an increasing number of poor health outcomes in treating and managing mental illnesses. The barriers to care include low socioeconomic status, lack of health insurance, clinician bias, low health literacy, and lack of effort around cultural care. A literature review was conducted to synthesize the effectiveness of cultural competency training supporting clinical practice and to evaluate areas that needs improvement. Purpose: To increase RN case managers’ cultural competency levels by completing an educational intervention based on a specific cultural competency model to improve quality of care and provider-patient relationship. Methods: RN case managers completed the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence among Healthcare Providers – Revised ( IAPCC-R). The IAPCC-R survey was conducted, pre- and post- intervention to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention. Implementation Plan/Procedure: Cultural competency baseline levels of RN case managers (N = 5), working with adult Hispanic patients were assessed, followed by an educational intervention via PowerPoint presentation. A post-test evaluation survey was administered after the intervention. Results: Statistically significant increases were noted in mean cultural competency scores (9.8 points). Increases were noted in the measured constructs of cultural awareness (2.00 points), knowledge (3.00 points), and skill (2.20 points). Implications/Conclusion: Periodic educational interventions may lead to increased levels of cultural competence and may also foster meaningful working relationship among providers and minority populations. Future enhancements should focus on the effects of increased cultural competency on health outcomes.
Using The RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate the Programmatic Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Maine
Creators: name: Bayingana, Jovin M
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

Background: Treating Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) which is asymptomatic and a reservoir for TB disease is essential to end tuberculosis. This project focused on identifying gaps in programmatic management of LTBI in the state of Maine and the creation of minimum data metrics to serve as a framework for potential quality improvement initiatives.
Methods: Participants included Maine Medical Center/TB Clinic, referring primary care sites, their staff, and the Public Health Nursing Central Referral Office. The number of referrals to TB Clinic, number of attendances, number of individuals diagnosed and prescribed with LTBI treatment, number of treatment initiations, number of treatment refusals, number of clients lost to follow-up were retrospectively collected from existing published reports and electronic medical records for 2019. An online survey monkey was used to collect data from partner organizations.
Results:  A total of 169 LTBI cases were identified where individual were diagnosed and prescribed treatment by Public Health. The level of adherence to LTBI treatment was 38% which is low, but consistent with average rates in the United States. In the online survey staff had adequate knowledge about LTBI (100%) on integration of preventive therapy and TB disease treatment and 80% agreed that follow up after referral is the primary care provider’s responsibility. Identified barriers included lack of a structure, resources, and follow-up systems to ensure optimal outcomes along with lack of recognition of the importance of screening and management of LTBI in the medical community. Most respondents (80%) were supportive of LTBI awareness raising interventions, particularly migrant communities and the screening of new immigrants without delay. Reach scored low for awareness and screening with a lack of data on outreach to at-high risk groups and effectiveness due to lack of a strategic plan and budget.
Conclusion: Adequate planning, implementation and evaluation that apply systems thinking, sector wide approach, data and implementation sciences are needed to narrow identified performance gaps. Additional resources are needed in terms of policies, guidelines and human infrastructure for the state’s monitoring and treatment of LTBI.
Keywords: latent tuberculosis infection, treatment, cascade of care, gaps, compliance
Additional file 2 of Genomic analysis of worldwide sheep breeds reveals PDGFD as a major target of fat-tail selection in sheep
Creators: name: Dong, Kunzhe
name: Yang, Min
name: Han, Jiangang
name: Ma, Qing
name: Han, Jilong
name: Song, Ziyi
name: Luosang, Cuicheng
name: Gorkhali, Neena Amatya
name: Yang, Bohui
name: He, Xiaohong
name: Ma, Yuehui
name: Jiang, Lin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2 Table S2. Positively selected SNPs identified in comparison of Middle East fat-tailed sheep vs South Asian thin-tailed sheep.
Diabetes Footcare in a Rural Community: Footcare Education and Outreach
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Dyanne
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2022

Background: Foot care self-management is critical in continuity of care and in prevention of foot complications associated with diabetes. The purpose of this project was to help residents in a rural Canadian community gain a better understanding foot care self-management.
Methods: This project aimed to implement and evaluate evidence-based education in self-foot care among adults in with diabetes or pre-diabetes who live in Vegreville. Educational sessions were held in person based on the framework of the Social Cognitive Theory. Recruitment occurred over five months in collaboration with community housing centers. The goals focused on evidenced based education in daily foot care and footwear. Data was collected from the pre and post intervention survey questionnaire.
Results: Despite vigorous recruitment due to the pandemic, there were only three participants. Self-foot care practice changes were assessed using descriptive statistics and open-ended questions. Following footcare educational sessions, findings highlight increase frequency of examining feet and checking shoes. Overall, there was a 22% increase in knowledge in the post education intervention score based on the Nottingham Assessment of Functional Footcare Revised.
Conclusions: Information about diabetes foot care self-maintenance has important public health and nursing implications. Evidence-based educational community approaches can be facilitated as outreach efforts to promote footcare outcomes among adults with diabetes or pre-diabetes. Future recommendations include continuing to advance this quality improvement project through informational sessions, nursing student education, continuing efforts in foot care in rural communities and to explore health service delivery education components within the community.
MOESM1 of Detection and characterization of bacterial endosymbionts in Southeast Asian tephritid fruit fly populations
Creators: name: Asimakis, Elias
name: Doudoumis, Vangelis
name: Hadapad, Ashok
name: Hire, Ramesh
name: Batargias, Costas
name: Changying Niu
name: Mahfuza Khan
name: Bourtzis, Kostas
name: Tsiamis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Prevalence of reproductive bacteria in tephritid fruit fly populations from Bangladesh, China and India using a 16S rRNA gene-based PCR screening approach. Red values in the heat map indicate high occurrence and blue values low. For each genus the absolute number and the percentage (in parentheses) of infected individuals are given. The last column on the right (“Total*”) indicates the total occurrence of all three Entomoplasmatales genera.
Responding to Female Inmates’ Prior Histories of Violent Victimisation
Creators: name: Dornan, Thomas P.
Publisher: name: Australian Catholic University
Year: 2021

description: The central theme of this thesis is the analysis of female inmates’ experiences following participation in a Trauma Specific Treatment Program (TSTP). Three separate but inter-related studies were undertaken to determine: if differences existed between an inmate sample (offending) and a matched community sample (non-offending): if a trauma-specific service would work in a prison: and finally, what the experiences of the participants and staff were of the trauma-specific service. Study 1 determined that there were marked differences between the community and custodial populations, with the custodial population reporting higher levels of polyvictimisation and more offenders, characterised by: more familial offenders, a marked difference in diagnoses, and experiencing victimisation across each point of the lifespan. This study provided support for the literature which suggests that the community and custody samples significantly differed in regard to their trauma histories. Having determined that there were differences between the two populations, Study 2 then investigated the effects of a TSTP within both an inmate population, and matched community sample. Firstly, the study found that baseline Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) scores were unaffected by the prison environment. Next, when participants completed the TSTP, their corresponding DASS scores across all three DASS subscales, had significantly reduced, indicating improved wellbeing and a reduction in emotional disturbance. The inmate cohort also demonstrated positive effects of the TSTP after the treatment period had ended. Finally, Study 3, based on the rich testimonies of the participants, provided support for implementing the study as a standard program, and recommended the implementation of a model of trauma-informed correctional care.
Additional file of From an electrophoretic mobility shift assay to isolated transcription factors: a fast genomic-proteomic approach
Creators: name: Mach-Aigner, Astrid R
name: Grosstessner-Hain, Karin
name: Poças-Fonseca, Marcio J
name: Mechtler, Karl
name: Mach, Robert L
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file of From an electrophoretic mobility shift assay to isolated transcription factors: a fast genomic-proteomic approach
Reconstruction and exact solutions for cosmological perturbations from a generalized gravity theory
Creators: name: Belinchón, José Antonio
name: González, Carlos
name: Herrera, Ramón
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Scalar and tensor cosmological perturbations during an inflationary universe scenario in the context of the a generalized gravity theory are studied. This analyze is carried out considering an ansatz on the variables associated to scalar and tensor perturbation ($z_s$ and $z_t$) in the Jordan frame. In this context, we analyze two different Ansatze for the ratio $z_s/z_t$, and we study in great detail the analytical and exact solutions for the cosmological perturbations together with the corresponding reconstruction of the background variables. Recent observational data from the Planck 2018 results are employed to constrain the parameters of each of the models.
description: 24 pages, 2 figures
Evolutionary design of photometric systems and its application to Gaia
Creators: name: Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Designing a photometric system to best fulfil a set of scientific goals is a complex task, demanding a compromise between conflicting requirements and subject to various constraints. A specific example is the determination of stellar astrophysical parameters (APs) - effective temperature, metallicity etc. - across a wide range of stellar types. I present a novel approach to this problem which makes minimal assumptions about the required filter system. By considering a filter system as a set of free parameters it may be designed by optimizing some figure-of-merit (FoM) with respect to these parameters. In the example considered, the FoM is a measure of how well the filter system can `separate' stars with different APs. This separation is vectorial in nature, in the sense that the local directions of AP variance are preferably mutually orthogonal to avoid AP degeneracy. The optimization is carried out with an evolutionary algorithm, which uses principles of evolutionary biology to search the parameter space. This model, HFD (Heuristic Filter Design), is applied to the design of photometric systems for the Gaia space astrometry mission. The optimized systems show a number of interesting features, not least the persistence of broad, overlapping filters. These HFD systems perform as least as well as other proposed systems for Gaia, although inadequacies remain in all. The principles underlying HFD are quite generic and may be applied to filter design for numerous other projects, such as the search for specific types of objects or photometric redshift determination.
description: Accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics
Educating Novice Nurses and Nurse Practitioners about Military Sexual Trauma Screening
Creators: name: Freeman, Alyssa D
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

Abstract 
Background:  Military sexual trauma prevalence has continually increased over the past 25 years. Exposure to sexual trauma, violence, and abuse result in notable health consequences. The Veterans Health Administration has led the integration of universal Military Sexual Trauma (MST) screening and training. Purpose: The purposes of this project were to educate novice nurses and nurse practitioners about MST and to increase their knowledge and comfort in MST screening techniques. Methods: Following an educational session, a pre- and post-study design was used to evaluate improvement in knowledge and comfort screening for MST.  Thirty-two participants including PBRNR Nurse Residents, Transition to Practice Nurse Residents, and Nurse Practitioner Residents participated in a 1-hour educational session on military sexual trauma, screening, and its impact on the healthcare setting. Twenty-nine participants fully completed pre and post surveys. These pre and post surveys were used to determine the impact of the educational session on the knowledge, confidence, and opinions of project participants. 
Results: Nearly 90% eligible nurses participated in the program, and 100% of participants reported that they learned from the educational session. All the participants had less than one year of clinical experience in their roles. Analysis of pre and post survey data found both knowledge and screening for MST increased. There was a significant difference in specific areas of participants MST knowledge after the educational session. Conclusion: The project successfully increased novice nurse and nurse practitioner knowledge and comfort level in screening for MST.
Keywords: Clinical reminders, audit and feedback, military sexual trauma, sexual abuse, screening methods, screenings, novice nurse, education
Improving Referral of Frail Orthopedic Patients to Gerofit Exercise Prehabilitation Program for Functional Capacity Optimization During the Preoperative Period
Creators: name: Igbokwe, Lucky
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

Background: Frailty is a major cause of increased morbidity and mortality among older adults that undergo surgery. Prehabilitation programs are designed to reduce surgical complications in older adults. However, education about prehabilitation programs for older adults is lacking among health providers.
Purpose: The purpose of this DNP project was to increase knowledge about, and referrals to, a prehabilitation program among orthopedic providers at one Veterans Affairs Health Center.
Methods: A pre-and post-intervention survey design was used to assess change in knowledge of the Gerofit exercise program referral process in a Veterans Affairs Center. Additionally, a pre and post health record review was conducted to assess change in referrals to the Gerofit program.
Results: Nine providers participated in the online pre-intervention survey and received educational materials. Eight participants completed the post-intervention survey. Provider’s knowledge of the Gerofit exercise program increased post education. Referrals of patients with frailty ADL score > 7 for the Gerofit program also increased.
Conclusion: The educational intervention was successful. Initiating a referral to the Gerofit program prior to elective surgeries may improve outcomes for frail older Veterans.
MOESM1 of Detection and characterization of bacterial endosymbionts in Southeast Asian tephritid fruit fly populations
Creators: name: Asimakis, Elias
name: Doudoumis, Vangelis
name: Hadapad, Ashok
name: Hire, Ramesh
name: Batargias, Costas
name: Changying Niu
name: Mahfuza Khan
name: Bourtzis, Kostas
name: Tsiamis, George
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Prevalence of reproductive bacteria in tephritid fruit fly populations from Bangladesh, China and India using a 16S rRNA gene-based PCR screening approach. Red values in the heat map indicate high occurrence and blue values low. For each genus the absolute number and the percentage (in parentheses) of infected individuals are given. The last column on the right (“Total*”) indicates the total occurrence of all three Entomoplasmatales genera.
New evidence for the ubiquity of prominent polar dust emission in AGN on tens of parsec scales
Creators: name: Asmus, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The key ingredient of active galactic nuclei (AGN) unification, the dusty obscuring torus was so far held responsible for the observed mid-infrared (MIR) emission of AGN. However, the best studied objects with VLTI/MIDI show that instead a polar dusty wind is dominating these wavelengths, leaving little room for a torus contribution. But is this wind an ubiquitous part of the AGN? To test this, we conducted a straightforward detection experiment, using the upgraded VLT/VISIR for deep subarcsecond resolution MIR imaging of a sample of nine [O IV]-bright, obscured AGN, all of which were predicted to have detectable polar emission. Indeed, the new data reveal such emission in all objects but one. We further estimate lower limits on the extent of the polar dust and show that the polar dust emission is dominating the total MIR emission of the AGN. These findings support the scenario that polar dust is not only ubiquitous in AGN but also an integral part of its structure, processing a significant part of the primary radiation. The polar dust has to be optically thin on average, which explains, e.g., the small dispersion in the observed mid-infrared--X-ray luminosity correlation. At the same time, it has to be taken into account when deriving covering factors of obscuring material from mid-infrared to bolometric luminosity ratios. Finally, we find a new tentative trend of increasing MIR emission size with increasing Eddington ratio.
description: recommended for publication in MNRAS
Adolescent Pregnancy and History of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): Evaluating an Educational Program for Health Care Providers
Creators: name: Tulysse, Mildrine
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

Background: Females with histories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are at greater risk for pregnancy as adolescents.  There is a lack of knowledge about, and screening for histories of ACEs among adolescents.  Purpose: To increase health care providers’ knowledge about the relationship between a history of ACEs and adolescent pregnancy, and the importance of screening for childhood adversity among adolescents. Methods: An educational program was developed based on evidence-based research on individuals with ACEs having higher rates of adolescent pregnancy compared to those who had not.  Health care providers’ knowledge of the association between a history of ACEs and adolescent pregnancy, and importance of screening for ACEs was measured using a pre and post assessment tool.  Results: Fifty percent of pediatric providers in an urban community health center in Boston participated in the educational program.  One hundred percent of participants believed adolescent pregnancy was associated with a history of ACEs; and 66.67% routinely screened for ACEs in their practice prior to the program.  One hundred percent of participants reported intentions to screen after the program.  Following the educational program and a discussion about the importance of screening and possible interventions to implement when screening, 100% of participants reported plans to screen.  Conclusion: An increase was seen in the knowledge of providers about the relationship between ACEs and adolescent pregnancy and importance of screening.  Participants reported an increase in intentions to screen routinely for ACEs.  Time remains a barrier to providing comprehensive services to patients.  Patients are referred to the behavioral health department for further discussion, follow up and supportive services.
A two-component ionized reflection model of MCG--6-30-15
Creators: name: Ballantyne, D. R.
name: Vaughan, S.
name: Fabian, A. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ionized reflection has often been considered as the explanation for the unusual Fe K variability observed in MCG--6-30-15. In this paper, we test this model using a 325 ks observation of MCG--6-30-15 by XMM-Newton and BeppoSAX. The data are fit between 2.5 and 80 keV with the constant density models of Ross & Fabian. The best fit ionized reflection model requires the Fe K line to be split into two reprocessing events: one from the inner disc to build up the red wing, and the other from the outer accretion disc to fit the blue horn. The implied geometry is a disc which becomes strongly warped or flared at large radii. A good fit was obtained with a solar abundance of iron and a reflection fraction (R) of unity for the inner reflector. The combination of the two reflection spectra can appear to have R>2 as required by the BeppoSAX data. The inner reflector has an ionization parameter \log ξ=3.8, but the outer one is neutral with an inner radius ~70 gravitational radii (r_g), corresponding to a light crossing time of about an hour for a 10^7 Msun black hole. Applying this model to time-resolved spectra shows that the inner reflector becomes more ionized as the source brightens. This reduces the strength of the red wing at high flux states. The X-ray source is constrained to arise from a narrow annulus at ~5 r_g, with only 6 per cent of the 2-10 keV flux due to the outer reprocessor. This amount of localized energy generation is extremely difficult to produce without resorting to other energy sources such as the black hole spin. In fact, all the Fe K models fit to XMM-Newton spectra of MCG--6-30-15 require a large increase in energy production at the inner edge of the accretion disc.
description: 11 pages, 7 figuers, MNRAS in press
Educating Health Care Providers on the Benefits of Trauma-Informed Care and Sensory Modulation Techniques for Adolescents on an Inpatient Unit
Creators: name: Khalifa, Sophia
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2023

Background: Restraint and seclusion have been utilized in a multitude of settings to prevent injury to self and or others, but restraint and seclusion have also demonstrated to have a negative impact on the individuals involved, including risk of physical injury and psychological trauma. The quality improvement project titled Educating Health Care Providers on the Benefits of Trauma-Informed Care and Sensory Modulation Techniques for Adolescents on an Inpatient Unit focuses on the implementation of an educational training program for staff members of inpatient adolescent units (nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, mental health counselors and nurses) on trauma-informed care and use of sensory modulation.
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to improve knowledge for healthcare providers regarding the use of trauma-informed care and sensory modulation for an inpatient adolescent population to minimize the risk for restraint and seclusion.
Method:     A pre and post survey was administered before and after two training sessions presented by this DNP student, focused on restraint reduction techniques, sensory modulation, and trauma informed practice.
Results: Twenty-four participants completed the pre and post survey. Results from the post survey demonstrated a statistically significant increase in knowledge gained regarding trauma-informed care and sensory modulation use following participant attendance at a training session.
Conclusion The education of trauma-informed care and sensory modulation is beneficial as it can improve knowledge for staff members on two effective interventions that can minimize the risk of restraint and seclusion.
Keywords: restraint and seclusion, adolescent, trauma-informed care, sensory modulation, education, improve knowledge