cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Joint models for mixed categorical outcomes: a study of HIV risk perception and disease status in Mozambique
Creators: name: Loquiha, Osvaldo
name: Hens, Niel
name: Martins-Fonteyn, Emilia
name: Meulemans, Herman
name: Wouters, Edwin
name: Temmerman, Marleen
name: Osman, Nafissa
name: Aerts, Marc
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Two types of bivariate models for categorical response variables are introduced to deal with special categories such as ‘unsure’ or ‘unknown’ in combination with other ordinal categories, while taking additional hierarchical data structures into account. The latter is achieved by the use of different covariance structures for a trivariate random effect. The models are applied to data from the INSIDA survey, where interest goes to the effect of covariates on the association between HIV risk perception (quadrinomial with an ‘unknown risk’ category) and HIV infection status (binary). The final model combines continuation-ratio with cumulative link logits for the risk perception, together with partly correlated and partly shared trivariate random effects for the household level. The results indicate that only age has a significant effect on the association between HIV risk perception and infection status. The proposed models may be useful in various fields of application such as social and biomedical sciences, epidemiology and public health.
Nonequilibrium phase transition in an open quantum spin system with long-range interaction
Creators: name: Jo, Minjae
name: Um, Jaegon
name: Kahng, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a nonequilibrium phase transition in a dissipative and coherent quantum spin system using the quantum Langevin equation and mean-field theory. Recently, the quantum contact process (QCP) was theoretically investigated using the Rydberg antiblockade effect, in particular, when the Rydberg atoms were excited in s-states so that their interactions were regarded as being between the nearest neighbors. However, when the atoms are excited to d-states, the dipole-dipole interactions become effective, and long-range interactions must be considered. Here, we consider a quantum spin model with a long-range QCP, where the branching and coagulation processes are allowed not only for the nearest-neighbor pairs, but also for long-distance pairs, coherently and incoherently. Using the semiclassical approach, we show that the mean-field phase diagram of our long-range model is similar to that of the nearest-neighbor QCP, where the continuous (discontinuous) transition is found in the weak (strong) quantum regime. However, at the tricritical point, we find a new universality class, which was neither that of the QCP at the tricritical point nor that of the classical directed percolation model with long-range interactions. Implementation of the long-range QCP using interacting cold gases is discussed.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
title: Changes in marine communities of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) over the past six decades (1945-2008): insights from fisheries landings
Creators: name: Fortibuoni, Tomaso
name: Libralato, Simone
name: Solidoro, Cosimo
name: Giovanardi, Otello
name: Raicevich, Saša
Publisher: name: ASC 2011 - Theme session D
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
The sea and human culture and societies

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Time‐series of fishery‐dependent data (such as landings), if detailed, corrected, and disaggregated, can provide a basis for describing changes in a marine community and calculating insightful ecological indicators (e.g. trophodynamic indicators). Long‐term changes in the fish community were described in the northern Adriatic Sea through landings data time‐series from over 60 years (1945–2008) in the main fish market of the area (Chioggia) by applying a set of indicators. Although fishing capacity increased during the whole period, total catch and the fishing‐in‐balance index sharply increased between 1945 and 1985, and then dramatically declined. No significant trend was observed for the mean trophic level, even applying a cut‐off level of 3.25 TL. However, the elasmobranch–teleost ratio and the mean maximum length of the catch significantly declined, from a value of 0.10 (1945) to 0.004 (2008) and from approximately 43 cm (1945) to 22 cm (2008), respectively. The fishing‐in‐balance index captured not only the historical expansion of the fishery in the area that started after the World War II, but also its collapse in the 1980s, suggesting that this expansion met its natural limits (unbalanced fishery). Conversely, the relative stability of the mean trophic level of the catch hardly reflects massive changes in the system, which in turn are highlighted by the dramatic decline of elasmobranchs and by the change of catches towards smaller species. Overall, indicators applied on detailed and disaggregated landings proved to be useful in highlighting important changes that have occurred in the marine community in the last 60 years in the northern Adriatic Sea.
Monte Carlo Studies of Two-Dimensional Systems with a $θ$ Term
Creators: name: Plefka, Jan C.
name: Samuel, Stuart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A $θ$ term, which couples to topological charge, is added to the two-dimensional lattice CP^3 model and U(1) gauge theory. Monte Carlo simulations are performed and compared to strong-coupling character expansions. In certain instances, a flattening behavior occurs in the free-energy at sufficiently large $θ$, but the effect is an artifact of the simulation methods.
description: 27 pages, Latex file requiring epsf.tex for five eps figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Additional file 6 of Exploring transcription factors reveals crucial members and regulatory networks involved in different abiotic stresses in Brassica napus L.
Creators: name: Wang, Pei
name: Yang, Cuiling
name: Chen, Hao
name: Luo, Longhai
name: Leng, Qiuli
name: Li, Shicong
name: Han, Zujing
name: Li, Xinchun
name: Song, Chunpeng
name: Zhang, Xiao
name: Wang, Daojie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Detailed information for the 153 common DEGs. (PDF 61 kb)
Risk reduction analysis of mix-and-match vaccination strategy in healthcare workers during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant predominant period: A multi-center cohort study in Taiwan
Creators: name: Chen, Yi-Ching
name: Chuang, Chih-Hsien
name: Shen, Tsai-Fong
name: Lin, Chun-Sui
name: Yang, Hsin-Ping
name: Li, Hsin-Chieh
name: Chen, Chyi-Liang
name: Lin, I-Feng
name: Chiu, Cheng-Hsun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: This study investigated the relative effectiveness of a mix-and-match vaccination strategy, primarily comprising ChAdOx1 nCOV-19, mRNA-1273, BNT162b2, and a protein-based vaccine, MVC-COV1901, against COVID-19 in a healthcare worker (HCW) cohort in Taiwan during a period when the Omicron variant was predominant. The analysis included a total of 21,729 HCWs and recorded 3,672 infections with no severe disease nor death. Two main findings were observed from the study. Firstly, for those with ChAdOx1 nCOV-19 as primary series, a booster dose with BNT162b2 was associated with a small decrease in the risk of acquiring infection compared to those with mRNA-1273 as a booster (Adjust hazard ratio [Adj HR] 0.864; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.761‒0.981, P = .024). Secondly, for HCWs receiving an mRNA-1273 booster, compared to those receiving ChAdOx1 nCOV-19 as the primary series, mixed primary series and homologous mRNA-1273 primary series were associated with a higher (Adj HR 1.144; 95% CI 1.021‒1.282, P = .021) and lower risk (Adj HR 0.735; 95% CI 0.671‒0.805, P < .001) of acquiring infection, respectively. Our study demonstrated that mix-and-match vaccination strategy may be associated with different level of risk reduction in acquiring infection, and sizable, prospective studies are encouraged to further elucidate our observation.
Radiative-capture cross sections for the $^{139}$La($n,γ$) reactionusing thermal neutrons and structural properties of $^{140}$La
Creators: name: Hurst, A. M.
name: Sweet, A.
name: Goldblum, B. L.
name: Firestone, R. B.
name: Basunia, M. S.
name: Bernstein, L. A.
name: Revay, Zs.
name: Szentmiklosi, L.
name: Belgya, T.
name: Escher, J. E.
name: Harsanyi, I.
name: Krticka, M.
name: Sleaford, B. W.
name: Vujic, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A set of prompt partial $γ$-ray production cross sections from thermal neutron-capture were measured for the $^{139}$La($n,γ$) reaction using a guided beam of subthermal (thermal and cold) neutrons incident upon a $^{\rm nat}$La$_{2}$O$_{3}$ target at the Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis facility of the Budapest Research Reactor. Absolute $^{140}$La cross sections were determined relative to the well-known comparator $^{35}$Cl($n,γ$) cross sections from the irradiation of a stoichiometric $^{\rm nat}$LaCl$_{3}$ sample. The total cross section for radiative thermal neutron-capture on $^{139}$La from the sum of experimentally measured cross sections observed to directly feed the $^{140}$La ground state was determined to be $σ_{0}^{\rm expt} = 8.58(50)$ b. To assess completeness of the decay scheme and as a consistency check, the measured cross sections for transitions feeding the ground state from levels below a critical energy of $E_{c} = 285$ keV were combined with a modeled contribution accounting for ground-state feeding from the quasicontinuum to arrive at a total cross section of $σ_{0} = 9.36(74)$ b. In addition, a neutron-separation energy of $S_{n} = 5161.005(21)$ keV was determined from a least-squares fit of the measured primary $γ$-ray energies to the low-lying levels of the $^{140}$La decay scheme. Furthermore, several nuclear structure improvements are proposed for the decay scheme. The measured cross-section and separation-energy results are comparable to earlier measurements of these quantities.
description: 37 pages, 11 figures, 8 tables
Long-term Projection of Hourly Electricity Demand with Sectoral Decomposition for Developing Economies: Bangladesh Case Study
Creators: name: Sieed, Jubair
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Electricity is one of the cleanest forms of final energy. With the growth of economy and industrialization, many of the developing countries face increased demand of energy and electricity. In order to meet the growing demand in an economically efficient way, proper prediction of hourly load and appropriate planning is important. Bangladesh being one of the developing countries, experienced steady economic growth and increasing electricity demand over the last decade. Electricity generation has increased more than twice and percentage of people having access to electricity reached from 47% in 2009 to 94% in 2019. So far, the household sector is the main contributor in electricity consumption. However, as the access to electricity reaches saturation, industry and service sectors would play significant role in coming decades in terms of both electricity consumption amount and pattern. In this study, we analyze the projected electricity demand from the year 2020 to 2050 at an interval of 5 years and decompose the total demand into sectoral contribution from household, industry, service and other sectors. In addition, the hourly load demand pattern of each sectors has been synthesized so that the overall changes in the daily electricity demand pattern for different seasons could be identified.
Pairing in the Hubbard model: the Cu_{5}O_{4} Cluster versus the Cu-O plane
Creators: name: Cini, Michele
name: Balzarotti, Adalberto
name: Stefanucci, Gianluca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Cu_{5}O_{4} cluster by exact diagonalization of a three-band Hubbard model and show that bound electron or hole pairs are obtained at appropriate fillings, and produce superconducting flux quantisation. The results extend earlier cluster studies and illustrate a canonical transformation approach to pairing that we have developed recently for the full plane. The quasiparticles that in the many-body problem behave like Cooper pairs are W=0 pairs, that is, two-hole eigenstates of the Hubbard Hamiltonian with vanishing on-site repulsion. The cluster allows W=0 pairs of d symmetry, due to a spin fluctuation, and s symmetry, due to a charge fluctuation. Flux quantisation is shown to be a manifestation of symmetry properties that hold for clusters of arbitrary size.
description: 13 pages, 3 figures, a few intermediate steps added for clarity
On the Problem of the Transmission and the Ensuing Adoption of the Byzantine Acrostic in the Early Ecclesiastical Slavonic Hymnography
Creators: name: Borisova, Tatiana
Publisher: name: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica
Year: 2015

description: Σχετικά με το πρόβλημα της μεταφοράς και τη συνακόλουθη υιοθέτηση της βυζαντινής ακροστιχίδα κατά την πρώιμη εκκλησιαστική σλαβική υμνογραφία Η παρούσα μελέτη είναι αφιερωμένη σε μερικές πτυχές της πολύπλοκες διαδικασίας της μετάβασης και της ακόλουθης προσαρμογής της Βυζαντινής τέχνης του λόγου στην Εκκλησιαστική Σλαβική γλώσσα. Συγκεκριμένα παρακολουθούσαμε την απόδοση ενός από τα πιο δημοφιλές ρητορακά μέσα της Βυζαντινής υμνογραφίας – της αλφαβητικής ακροστιχίδας - στις πρώτες Εκκλησιαστικές Σλαβονικές μεταφράσεις των δυο υμνογραφικών έργων: του Ακαθίστου Ύμνου και των Στήχερων από την ακολουθία του Μεγάλου Κανόνα του Αγίου Ανδρέα της Κρήτης. Και τα δυο κείμενα μελετήθηκαν διαχρονικά βάσει της συγκριτικής ανάλυσης των εκδοχών που υπήρχαν στην χειρόγραφη παράδοση του 12ου - 14ου αι. Η συγκεκριμένη προσέγγιση βοηθάει στην καλύτερη κατανόηση της ανίληψης των διάφορων ποιητικών μέσων από τους Σλάβους λογίους εκείνης της εποχής και προσφέρει πιο αναλυτική και ορθή εικόνα της ιστορίας των συγκεκριμένων φαινομένων στην σλαβική γραμματεία. Τα αρχαιότερα σλαβικά χειρόγραφα των Τριωδίων περιέχουν τις μεταφράσεις και των δυο υμνών στην οποία αποδίδεται η αλφαβητική ακροστιχίδα των πρωτοτύπων. Η συγκεκριμένη μετάφραση ανάγεται στην μεταφραστική δραστηριότητα των μαθητών του Κύριλλου και Μεθοδίου και συνυπήρχε στην παλαιά νοτιοσλαβική παράδοση με μια άλλη χωρίς την απόδοση της ακροστιχίδας. Παρακολουθώντας τις αλλαγές που έγιναν συνειδιτά ή ασυνείδιτα στην μετάφραση αυτή από τους λογίους και απλούς αντιγραφεις παρατηρούμε ότι οι αλλαγές αυτές σε αρκετά σημεία καταστρέφουν την ακροστιχίδα, η οποία δεν διατηρήθηκε πλήρως σε κανένα χειρόγραφο. Συνεπώς σε αντίθεση με την πρώτη περίοδο της Σλαβικής γραμματείας (9ος – 10ος αι) στην περίοδο του 11ου – 14ου αι η ακροστιχίδα δεν θεωρήθηκε από τους Σλάβους λογίους ως σημαντικό μέρος του συνολικού ποιητικού μηνύματος του κειμένου και εύκολα θυσιάστηκε για διάφορους λόγους όπως η κατά λέξη ακρίβεια στην απόδοση του περιεχωμένου ή αλλαγή της σειράς των τροπάριων. Τα αποτελέσματα την παρούσας μελέτης μπορούν να συνβάλλουν στην ορθή κατανόηση των βασικών γνωρισμάτων της Εκκλησιαστικής Σλαβονικής ποητικής τέχνης στα πρώημα στάδια τηε εξέλιξης της γραμματείας.
description: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica, Vol 2 (2015)
title: Great Britain s role in North Sea demersal fisheriesA long-term perspective over the past century
Creators: name: Kerby, Tina K.
name: Cheung, William W. L.
name: Engelhard, Georg H.
Publisher: name: ASC 2011 - Theme session D
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
The sea and human culture and societies

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.This study compiles 100 years of North Sea demersal fish landings, focusing on Great Britain and placing them in historical context in terms of events and political, technological, and economical drivers that influenced British demersal fisheries. In the early twentieth century, aided by technological advances, Great Britain had unchallenged dominance in North Sea fisheries. Since then, the two World Wars and other political developments have had a massive impact on British fisheries. Between the 1920s and 1960s, English fishing ports shifted their interests away from the North Sea towards highly profitable distant waters. Meanwhile, especially in the 1960s, other European countries expanded their fisheries within the North Sea, undermining Britain’s lead. Scotland retained its fleet mainly in the North Sea, benefiting from this in the 1970s and 1980s. First, the assertion of 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zones made the distant waters inaccessible to English fleets at a time when England’s fisheries were highly dependent on them. Second, the relatively low activity in the North Sea by the English compared with the Scottish fleet coincided with the establishment of the Common Fisheries Policy. This had implications when total allowable catches were first implemented because quota allocations to countries were based on their recent fish catches from the North Sea. After the loss of fishing opportunities in distant waters, the North Sea is once more an important fishing ground for Britain, just as in the early twentieth century, however, the emphasis of fisheries has shifted from England to Scotland.
Towards an Account of Extraposition in HPSG
Creators: name: Keller, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper investigates the syntax of extraposition in the HPSG framework. We present English and German data (partly taken from corpora), and provide an analysis using lexical rules and a nonlocal dependency. The condition for binding this dependency is formulated relative to the antecedent of the extraposed phrase, which entails that no fixed site for extraposition exists. Our analysis accounts for the interaction of extraposition with fronting and coordination, and predicts constraints on multiple extraposition.
description: 6 pages Postscript; use uudecode and gunzip to decode
Functional assays to screen and select monoclonal antibodies that target Yersinia pestis
Creators: name: Biryukov, Sergei S.
name: Rill, Nathaniel O.
name: Klimko, Christopher P.
name: Dankmeyer, Jennifer L.
name: Shoe, Jennifer L.
name: Hunter, Melissa
name: Talyansky, Yuli
name: Hau, Derrick
name: Gates-Hollingsworth, Marcellene A.
name: Pandit, Sujata G.
name: Fetterer, David P.
name: Qiu, Ju
name: Davies, Michael L.
name: AuCoin, David P.
name: Cote, Christopher K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology
subject: Cardiology

description: Yersinia pestis is a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague in animals and humans. Depending on the route of disease transmission, the bacterium can cause an acute, often fatal disease that has a narrow window for treatment with antibiotics. Additionally, antibiotic resistant strains have been identified, emphasizing the need for novel treatments. Antibody therapy is an appealing option that can direct the immune system to clear bacterial infections. Advances in biotechnology have made both engineering and producing antibodies easier and more affordable. In this study, two screening assays were optimized to evaluate the ability of antibodies to promote phagocytosis of Y. pestis by macrophages and to induce a cytokine signature in vitro that may be predictive of protection in vivo. We evaluated a panel of 21 mouse monoclonal antibodies targeting either the anti-phagocytic capsule F1 protein or the LcrV antigen, which is part of the type 3 secretion system that facilitates translocation of virulence factors into the host cell, using two functional assays. Anti-F1 and anti-LcrV monoclonal antibodies both increased bacterial uptake by macrophages, with greater uptake observed in the presence of antibodies that were protective in the mouse pneumonic plague model. In addition, the protective anti-F1 and anti-LcrV antibodies produced unique cytokine signatures that were also associated with in vivo protection. These antibody-dependent characteristics from in vitro functional assays will be useful in down-selecting efficacious novel antibodies that can be used for treatment of plague.
Monte Carlo simulations of copolymers at homopolymer interfaces: Interfacial structure as a function of the copolymer density
Creators: name: Werner, A.
name: Schmid, F.
name: Mueller, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By means of extensive Monte Carlo simulations of the bond fluctuation model, we study the effect of adding AB diblock copolymers on the properties of an interface between demixed homopolymer phases. The parameters are chosen such that the homopolymers are strongly segregated, and the whole range of copolymer concentrations in the two phase coexistence region is scanned. We compare the ``mushroom'' regime, in which copolymers are diluted and do not interact with each other, with the ``wet brush'' regime, where copolymers overlap and stretch, but are still swollen by the homopolymers. A ``dry brush'' regime is never entered for our choice of chain lengths. ``Intrinsic'' profiles are calculated using a block analysis method introduced by us in earlier work. We discuss density profiles, orientational profiles and contact number profiles. In general, the features of the profiles are similar at all copolymer concentrations, however, the profiles in the concentrated regime are much broader than in the dilute regime. The results compare well with self-consistent field calculations.
description: to appear in J. Chem. Phys
Ο όσιος Θεοδόσιος του Τυρνόβου ως πρότυπο ησυχαστή μοναχού
Creators: name: Evaggelou, Ilias
Publisher: name: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica
Year: 2015

description: Στην εργασία αυτή παρουσιάζεται συνοπτικά η ζωή και δράση του οσίου Θεοδοσίου του Τυρνόβου, ο οποίος σύμφωνα με τον συγγραφέα αποτέλεσε πρότυπο για τους βούλγαρους ησυχαστές του 14ου αιώνα. Η εργασία ξεκινά με μια σύντομη και περιεκτική παρουσίαση της ζωής του Θεοδοσίου, η οποία, όπως επισημαίνεται, είναι γνωστή στην επιστημονική έρευνα. Ακολούθως ο συγγραφέας αναπτύσσει την άποψη ότι ο Θεοδόσιος ως ο κυριότερος εκπρόσωπος της ησυχαστικής κίνησης στη Βουλγαρία και πνευματικός πατέρας όλων των μεγάλων βούλγαρων ησυχαστών λειτούργησε ως πρότυπο για αυτούς. Έτσι, η μελέτη της ζωής και της δράσης του μας δίνει τα κυριότερα χαρακτηριστικά της κίνησης του ησυχασμού στον βουλγαρικό αλλά και ευρύτερα στον ορθόδοξο σλαβικό κόσμο, όπου έφτασε η επιρροή του διά μέσω των μαθητών του άμεσων και έμμεσων. Τα βασικά χαρακτηριστικά της ζωής του Θεοδοσίου τα οποία καθόρισαν τον χαρακτήρα και την εξέλιξη του βουλγαρικού αλλά και γενικότερα του ορθόδοξου σλαβικού ησυχασμού είναι: α) Οι διαρκείς μετακινήσεις που είχαν ως στόχο άλλοτε την αναζήτηση νέων πνευματικών εμπειριών, άλλοτε την αναζήτηση κατάλληλου τόπου για ησυχία και άσκηση και άλλοτε για την αποφυγή ληστών και επιδρομών. β) Η ίδρυση και οργάνωση μοναστικών κέντρων όχι μόνο ως κέντρων άσκησης και προσευχής αλλά παράλληλα ως κέντρων καλλιέργειας των γραμμάτων και της παιδείας, που σφράγισαν την πνευματική ζωή του βουλγαρικού αλλά και ολόκληρου του ορθόδοξου σλαβικού κόσμου. γ) Το ενδιαφέρον για την ζωή της Εκκλησίας και ιδιαίτερα η ποιμαντική μέριμνα για το ποίμνιό της. Και δ) Το οικουμενικό πανορθόδοξο πνεύμα που πρότασσε την ενότητα της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας σύμφωνα με την Παράδοση των Αγίων Πατέρων ως υπέρτατη υποχρέωση όλων των πιστών πέρα και πάνω από οποιεσδήποτε διαφορές.
description: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica, Vol 2 (2015)
Finite difference method for Dirac electrons in circular quantum dots
Creators: name: Szafran, B.
name: Mrenca-Kolasinska, A.
name: Zebrowski, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A simple and reliable finite difference approach is presented for solution of the Dirac equation eigenproblem for states confined in rotationally symmetric systems. The method sets the boundary condition for the spinor wave function components at the external edge of the system and then sweeps the radial mesh in search for the energies for which the boundary conditions are met inside the flake. The sweep that is performed from the edge of the system towards the origin allows for application of a two-point finite difference quotient of the first derivative, which prevents the fermion doubling problem and the appearance of the spurious solutions with rapid oscillations of the wave functions in space.
Light Quark Masses with Dynamical Wilson Fermions
Creators: name: Eicker, N.
name: Glässner, U.
name: Güsken, S.
name: Hoeber, H.
name: Lacock, P.
name: Lippert, Th.
name: Ritzenhöfer, G.
name: Schilling, K.
name: Siegert, G.
name: Spitz, A.
name: Ueberholz, P.
name: Viehoff, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the masses of the light and the strange quarks in the $\bar{MS}$-scheme using our high-statistics lattice simulation of QCD with dynamical Wilson fermions. For the light quark mass we find $m^{light}_{\bar{MS}}(2 GeV) = 2.7(2) MeV$, which is lower than in quenched simulations. For the strange quark, in a sea of two dynamical light quarks, we obtain $m^{strange}_{\bar{MS}}(2 GeV) = 140(20) MeV$.
description: 10 pages (latex file, uses epsf-style)
title: Long term dynamics of river lamprey fishery in Latvia
Creators: name: Birzaks, Jānis
name: Abersons, Kaspars
name: Baranova, Tatjana
Publisher: name: ASC 2011 - Theme session D
Year: 2024
Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture
The sea and human culture and societies

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) is one of the most significant species in Latvian inland fisheries. The importance of river lamprey is still increasing because of its stable and high market price and demand. Fishing of river lamprey in Latvia is mostly carried out with different types of fykenets. In the River Daugava, drifting trammelnets are used as well as the traditional river lamprey fish basket weirs in several rivers. In 1945, regular river lamprey landing data collection was started in Latvia. The most significant changes in annual landings are recorded from the 1960s and 1970s. A continual increase in landings reached its peak in 1971 and 1973 (410 and 386 tons). In the mid1970s annual landings decreased rapidly and by 1980 had dropped to only 8 tons. The lowest landings have corresponded with a period of increased cod stock in the Baltic Sea and the years following the building of a hydroelectric power dam 30 km from the mouth of the Daugava, the biggest river flowing into the Gulf of Riga. In the early 1980s new management approaches were implemented to preserve river lamprey resources. First, fishing regulations were restricted by decreasing of fishing effort (e.g. shortening of season and decreasing the numbers of allowable gear). In addition, artificial propagation of river lamprey was started. In recent years, 15–20 million river lamprey larvae have been restocked annually. In the last decade landings have become stable and now fluctuate from 73 to 135 tons per year.
Τὸ Μαρτυρολόγιο τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Τραπεζουντίου σὲ ρουμανικὴ διασκευὴ (1643)
Creators: name: Gonis, Dimitrios
Publisher: name: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica
Year: 2015

description: The Martyrologion of Saint Ioannis of Trapezus in a Romanian Adaptation (1643) This paper presents the Romanian adaptation of the Martyrologion of Saint Ioannis of Trapezus, which was composed by Metropolitan of Moldavia Varlaam (1632-1653). The adaptation has particular interest. So why is given information for the author, as well as some issues related to the book that hosts the Martyrologion. Also the causes of his pension, its contents, its differences compared with the text of monk Gregory and the consequences of the adaptations of the Greek Martyrologion prepared then in the Romanian and the Greek territories.
description: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica, Vol 2 (2015)
An open-label, Phase 3 trial of TAK-003, a live attenuated dengue tetravalent vaccine, in healthy US adults: immunogenicity and safety when administered during the second half of a 24-month shelf-life
Creators: name: Patel, Sanjay S.
name: Winkle, Peter
name: Faccin, Alice
name: Nordio, Francesco
name: LeFevre, Inge
name: Tsoukas, Claudia Galindo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Dengue is caused by a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus. The disease is now endemic to many tropical and subtropical regions, manifesting as approximately 96 million symptomatic cases of dengue each year. Clinical trials have shown TAK-003 (Qdenga®), a live attenuated dengue tetravalent vaccine, to be well-tolerated, immunogenic, and efficacious in adults with no prior exposure to dengue virus infection living in non-endemic regions, as well as in adults and children living in dengue-endemic areas. This open-label, single-arm phase 3 trial (NCT03771963) was conducted in two dengue non-endemic areas of the USA, and it evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of naturally-aged TAK-003 administered to adult participants. Overall, the immunogenicity data from this trial are consistent with those reported from other TAK-003 phase 2 and 3 trials, and the safety data are consistent with the broader integrated safety data analysis. The data show that naturally-aged TAK-003 had a well-tolerated reactogenicity and adverse events profile when administered in the second half of its clinical 24-month shelf-life and that it still elicited an immune response that persisted up to 6 months after the second dose against all four dengue serotypes, with no important safety risks identified during the trial.
The effects of labor leverage on firm performance
Creators: name: Seo, K.
name: Soh, Jung Tae
Publisher: name: Singapore Institute of Technology
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 350402
subject: Hospitality management

description: The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of labor leverage on firm performance among tourism and hospitality firms. Based on dynamic capabilities theory, we analyze the impact of labor leverage on firm performance across three major tourism and hospitality industries: lodging, airline, and restaurant. In particular, we aim to examine the impact of labor leverage on performance for firms with different business models: 1) asset-light and asset-heavy business models, and 2) full-service and limited-service business models. The findings of this study will provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of labor leverage and how tourism and hospitality firms can balance labor costs and profit management.
Effects of aluminum-salt, CpG and emulsion adjuvants on the stability and immunogenicity of a virus-like particle displaying the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD)
Creators: name: Kumru, Ozan S.
name: Bajoria, Sakshi
name: Kaur, Kawaljit
name: Hickey, John M.
name: Van Slyke, Greta
name: Doering, Jennifer
name: Berman, Katherine
name: Richardson, Charles
name: Lien, Hans
name: Kleanthous, Harry
name: Mantis, Nicholas J.
name: Joshi, Sangeeta B.
name: Volkin, David B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Second-generation COVID-19 vaccines with improved immunogenicity (e.g., breadth, duration) and availability (e.g., lower costs, refrigerator stable) are needed to enhance global coverage. In this work, we formulated a clinical-stage SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidate (IVX-411) with widely available adjuvants. Specifically, we assessed the in vitro storage stability and in vivo mouse immunogenicity of IVX-411 formulated with aluminum-salt adjuvants (Alhydrogel™, AH and Adjuphos™, AP), without or with the TLR-9 agonist CpG-1018™ (CpG), and compared these profiles to IVX-411 adjuvanted with an oil-in-water nano-emulsion (AddaVax™, AV). Although IVX-411 bound both AH and AP, lower binding strength of antigen to AP was observed by Langmuir binding isotherms. Interestingly, AH- and AP-adsorbed IVX-411 had similar storage stability profiles as measured by antigen-binding assays (competitive ELISAs), but the latter displayed higher pseudovirus neutralizing titers (pNT) in mice, at levels comparable to titers elicited by AV-adjuvanted IVX-411. CpG addition to alum (AP or AH) resulted in a marginal trend of improved pNTs in stressed samples only, yet did not impact the storage stability profiles of IVX-411. In contrast, previous work with AH-formulations of a monomeric RBD antigen showed greatly improved immunogenicity and decreased stability upon CpG addition to alum. At elevated temperatures (25, 37°C), IVX-411 formulated with AH or AP displayed decreased in vitro stability compared to AV-formulated IVX-411and this rank-ordering correlated with in vivo performance (mouse pNT values). This case study highlights the importance of characterizing antigen-adjuvant interactions to develop low cost, aluminum-salt adjuvanted recombinant subunit vaccine candidates.
title: Response of the Benguela Upwelling Systems to spatial variations in the wind stress
Creators: name: Fennel, Wolfgang
name: Junker, Tim
name: Schmidt, Martin
name: Mohrholz, Volker
Publisher: name: ASC 2011 - Theme session E
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In this paper we combine ﬁeld observations, numerical modeling and an idealized analytical theory to study some features of the Benguela upwelling system. The current system can be established through a combination of ob-servations and realistic simulations with an advanced numerical model. The poleward undercurrent below the equator-ward coastal jet is often found as a counter-current that reaches the sea surface seaward of the coastal jet. The coastal band of cold upwelled water appears to broaden from south to north and at the northern edge of the wind band an oﬀ-shore ﬂow is often detected, which deﬂects the coastal Angola current to the west. These features can be ex-plained and understood with an idealized analytical model forced by a spatially variably wind.
Neutralizing activity of a third dose of CoronaVac against Omicron subvariants within a 20-month follow-up study
Creators: name: Cao, Cheng
name: Guo, Qin
name: Dai, Yaping
name: Jiang, Junfeng
name: Liu, Min
name: Ji, Tuo
name: Zhou, Pengcheng
name: Gong, Fang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: The durability of antibody responses induced by the three-dose of CoronaVac vaccination, especially against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants, remains unclear. Here in our study, 160 plasma samples from 32 healthy individuals who received three doses of CoronaVac were longitudinally tracked for a period of 20 months. The results showed that a third homologous dose of CoronaVac efficiently increased the SARS-CoV-2 IgG and neutralizing antibody titers and enhanced neutralization activity against Omicron subvariants. The levels of IgG and neutralizing antibody declined from peak levels but remained detectable in most subjects over the course of the next 10–12 months. However, most of the individuals kept neutralizing titers against ancestral Wuhan-Hu-1, while they lost their neutralizing activities against Omicron B.1.1.529, BA.2, BA.4/BA.5, and BA.2.75.2 subvariants at 10–12 months post the third vaccination. Our results suggest that a fourth dose of vaccine may be necessary for uninfected individuals to confer higher neutralization against emerging Omicron subvariants.
The Gunn Peterson effect: a test for a black holes induced photoionization of the intergalactic medium
Creators: name: Gibilisco, Marina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many experimental evidences indicate the presence of a ionizing background radiation flux at large redshifts; in some previous works I suggested the possibility that this ionizing flux comes from the quantum evaporation of primordial black holes (PBHs). Here I discuss the constraints that the experimental measurements put upon the free parameters of this reionization model and I study the absorption of the ionizing background due to $\lia$ clouds: in particular, I discuss this phenomenon in presence of different absorption levels and I calculate the HI Gunn Peterson optical depth $τ_{GP}(z)$; from a comparison with the experimental data I obtain a constraint on the intergalactic medium density parameter, namely $Ω_{IGM}$ $<0.020$. A study of the characteristics of the absorbers is also performed; finally, the same kind of analysis is repeated for He II.
description: Plain Tex, 36 pages. Accepted for Pub. in Int. Jour. of Mod. Phys. A
The Catechistic Homilies of Theodoros of Stoudios for Bishop Michael of Synnada and Bishop John of Chalcedon in the Serbian Orthography Manuscript Entitled “Theodoros of Studios” of the End of the 13th and Early 14th Century: Translative and Interpretive Approaches
Creators: name: Gkoranis, Polydoros
Publisher: name: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica
Year: 2015

description: Οι κατηχητικοί λόγοι του Θεοδώρου Στουδίτου για τον μητροπολίτη Μιχαήλ Συνάδων και τον Μητροπολίτη Χαλκηδόνος Ιωάννη στον κώδικα σερβικής ορθογραφίας με τίτλο «Θεόδωρος Στουδίτης» του τέλους του 13ου αιώνος και των αρχών του 14ου : Mεταφραστικές και ερμηνευτικές προσεγγίσεις Ο Θεόδωρος Στουδίτης, ο ηγούμενος της Μονής Στουδίου στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, έπαιξε πολύ σημαντικό ρόλο στην πολιτική και εκκλησιαστική ζωή της περιόδου της Εικονομαχίας υπερασπιζόμενος την εικονολατρική αντίληψη και γράφοντας έναν εξαιρετικά μεγάλο αριθμό λόγων, επιστολών και κατηχητικών λόγων. Στην εισήγηση αυτή θα προσπαθήσουμε να εμβαθύνουμε σε μια σειρά κομβικών ερωτημάτων που εύλογα προκύπτουν, όπως το γιατί επιλέχθηκε να δοθεί ως τίτλος του κώδικος του 13ου αιώνα το όνομα του Θεοδώρου Στουδίτου; Ποιες είναι οι ιδεολογικές και πολιτικές προεκτάσεις μιας τέτοιας επιλογής; Ποιος είναι ο βαθύτερος στόχος της μετάφρασης των συγκεκριμένων κατηχητικών λόγων για τον Μητροπολίτη Συνάδων Μιχαήλ και τον Μητροπολίτη Χαλκηδόνος Ιωάννη σε έναν κώδικα, όπου το περιεχόμενο του σχετίζεται με ομιλίες του κύκλου νηστειών; Ποια η σχέση του μεταφρασμένου κειμένου με το πρωτότυπο; Απαντώντας στα συγκεκριμένα ερωτήματα θα καταλήξουμε σε συμπεράσματα που ει δυνατόν θα διαφωτίσουν τις πτυχές των μεταφραστικών και ερμηνευτικών πρακτικών.
description: Fragmenta Hellenoslavica, Vol 2 (2015)
Additional file 2: of Comparative genomics of molybdenum utilization in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Creators: name: Peng, Ting
name: Xu, Yinzhen
name: Zhang, Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S1. Genomic content of genes encoding the Moco biosynthetic pathway, MOSC-containing protein and AOR in D. fastidiosa JC13. Figure S2. Relationship between Mo/W transport systems, molybdoproteins and environmental factors in bacteria. Figure S3. Distribution of predicted tungstoprotein families. Figure S4. Phylogenetic analysis of ACH proteins in Gordonibacter pamelaeae 7â 10-1-b. (PDF 444 kb)
Motivational interview-based health mediator interventions increase intent to vaccinate among disadvantaged individuals
Creators: name: Cogordan, Chloé
name: Fressard, Lisa
name: Ramalli, Lauriane
name: Rebaudet, Stanislas
name: Malfait, Philippe
name: Dutrey-Kaiser, Anne
name: Attalah, Yazid
name: Roy, David
name: Berthiaume, Patrick
name: Gagneur, Arnaud
name: Verger, Pierre
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Coverage for recommended COVID-19 and diphtheria-tetanus-poliomyelitis (DTP) booster shots is often inadequate, especially among disadvantaged populations. To help health mediators (HMs) involved in outreach programs deal with the problems of vaccine hesitancy (VH) in these groups, we trained them in motivational interviewing (MI). We evaluated the effectiveness of this training among HMs on their MI knowledge and skills (objective 1) and among the interviewees on their vaccination readiness (VR) and intention to get vaccinated or accept a booster against COVID-19 and/or DTP (objective 2). Two MI specialists trained 16 HMs in a two-day workshop in May 2022. The validated MISI questionnaire evaluated HMs’ acquisition of MI knowledge and skills (objective 1). Trained HMs offered an MI-based intervention on vaccination to people in disadvantaged neighborhoods of Marseille (France). Those who consented completed a questionnaire before and after the interview to measure VR with the 7C scale and intentions regarding vaccination/booster against COVID-19 and DTP (objective 2). The training resulted in HMs acquiring good MI skills (knowledge, application, self-confidence in using it). HMs enrolled 324 interviewees, 96% of whom completed both questionnaires. VR increased by 6%, and intentions to get vaccinated or update COVID-19 and DTP vaccination increased by 74% and 52% respectively. Nearly all interviewees were very satisfied with the interview, although 21% still had questions about vaccination. HMs assimilated MI principles well. MI use in outreach programs appears to show promise in improving vaccine confidence and intentions among disadvantaged people.
Fluid and plastic flow dynamics of the critical state for a strongly pinned 2D superconductor
Creators: name: Monier, D.
name: Fruchter, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present simulations of the dynamic critical state for a 2D superconductor with strong pinning centers, corresponding to a matching field twice the applied magnetic field. The sharp crossover between the plastic regime, at low current density and temperature, and the fluid flow regime for flux motion is characterized by the activation energy for flux motion and the transverse diffusion of the vortices trajectory.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures. To be published in The European Physical Journal B. One reference added
Characterizing vortex tangle properties in steady-state He II counterflow using particle tracking velocimetry
Creators: name: Mastracci, Brian
name: Guo, Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Historically, there is little faith in particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) as a tool to make quantitative measurements of thermal counterflow in He II, since tracer particle motion is complicated by influences from the normal fluid, superfluid, and quantized vortex lines, or a combination thereof. Recently, we introduced a scheme for differentiating particles trapped on vortices (G1) from particles entrained by the normal fluid (G2). In this paper, we apply this scheme to demonstrate the utility of PTV for quantitative measurements of vortex dynamics in He II counterflow. We estimate $\ell$, the mean vortex line spacing, using G2 velocity data, and $c_2$, a parameter related to the mean curvature radius of vortices and energy dissipation in quantum turbulence, using G1 velocity data. We find that both estimations show good agreement with existing measurements that were obtained using traditional experimental methods. This is of particular consequence since these parameters likely vary in space, and PTV offers the advantage of spatial resolution. We also show a direct link between power-law tails in transverse particle velocity probability density functions (PDFs) and reconnection of vortex lines on which G1 particles are trapped.
description: Submitted to Physical Review Fluids
The burden of influenza and the role of influenza vaccination in adults aged 50-64 years: A summary of available evidence
Creators: name: Marchi, Serena
name: Fallani, Elettra
name: Salvatore, Marco
name: Montomoli, Emanuele
name: Trombetta, Claudia Maria
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease and a global public health problem. Although most national influenza vaccination recommendations focus on subjects aged ≥65 years, an extensive burden of influenza has also been reported in those aged ≥50 years and is exacerbated by immune system aging. The main purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the burden of influenza and its potential prevention within the 50–64 age-group. These subjects account for a large proportion of the workforce, and play a central economic and social role. Individuals aged 50–64 years had a 3-times higher rate of hospitalization and a 9-fold higher mortality rate attributable to influenza than those aged 18–49-years, generating higher influenza-related hospitalization costs. Available data suggest that including healthy subjects aged 50–64 years in influenza vaccination recommendations would allow a broader population to be reached, reducing the economic and social burden of influenza.