cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of Sarilumab and adalimumab differential effects on bone remodelling and cardiovascular risk biomarkers, and predictions of treatment outcomes
Creators: name: Gabay, Cem
name: Burmester, Gerd R.
name: Strand, Vibeke
name: Msihid, Jérôme
name: Zilberstein, Moshe
name: Kimura, Toshio
name: Hoogstraten, Hubert Van
name: Boklage, Susan H.
name: Sadeh, Jonathan
name: Graham, Neil M. H.
name: Boyapati, Anita
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Additional methodology. Table S1. Individual serum biomarker assessment schedule. Table S2. Efficacy and PROs at week 24 in the biomarker and ITT populations. Table S3. Baseline biomarker serum concentrations in the biomarker population. Table S4. Absolute change from baseline in biomarker concentrations through week 24. Table S5. Percentage of patients with CRP ≤10 mg/L and ≤3 mg/L at weeks 12 and 24 (overall safety population). Table S6. Percentage of patients with anaemia at weeks 2 and 24 (overall safety population). Table S7. Treatment-by-tertile biomarker interactions for efficacy endpoints at week 24 analysed by baseline biomarker in tertiles. Table S8. Treatment-by-tertile biomarker interactions for PROs at week 24 analysed by baseline biomarker in tertiles. Figure S1. Correlation matrix for baseline biomarkers and haematology parameters. Figure S2. Median percentage changes from baseline in (A) CXCL13 and (B) sICAM-1 through week 24. Figure S3. Median percentage changes from baseline in biomarkers of anaemia of chronic disease 2 weeks post treatment. Figure S4. ACR50 responses at week 24 and corresponding ORs with differential combinations of CXCL13 and sICAM-1.
Metal-Induced Gap States at Well Defined Alkali-Halide/Metal Interfaces
Creators: name: Kiguchi, Manabu
name: Arita, Ryotaro
name: Yoshikawa, Genki
name: Tanida, Yoshiaki
name: Katayama, Masao
name: Saiki, Koichiro
name: Koma, Atsushi
name: Aoki, Hideo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to search for states specific to insulator/metal interfaces, we have studied epitaxially grown interfaces with element-selective near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). An extra peak is observed below the bulk edge onset for LiCl films on Cu and Ag substrates. The nature of chemical bonds as probed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy remains unchanged, so we regard this as evidence for metal-induced gap states(MIGS) formed by the proximity to a metal, rather than local bonds at the interface. The dependence on the film thickness shows that the MIGS are as thin as one monolayer. An ab initio electronic structure calculation supports the existence of the MIGS that are strongly localized at the interface.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett
Geographical Indications and Their Role in Rural Development: A Comparative Legal Analysis of India and the EU's IPR Framework
Creators: name: Madalsa Ashawat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This paper aims at discussing the significance of Geographical Indications as part of Intellectual Property Rights with particular focus on aspects of developments in rural area and culture of India and EU. GIs safeguard products associated with certain geographical locations and provide several efficiencies through product valorisation and preserving traditional knowledge. The legal protection of GIs remains well developed in the EU benefits rural economies of the place of origin of quality-enhanced foods such as Champagne and Feta. India, despite having valuable cultural gateways currently constituted by GIs such as Darjeeling Tea and Kanjeevaram Silk, protests about awareness, marketing, and enforcement. The article is focused on examining the performances of the Indian and the EU legal systems in organising rural growth and development. It moreover assess the possibility of India to enhance their GI system and therefore look at the EU system. To optimise the opportunities GIs hold for both economic and cultural benefit, both jurisdictions must overcome these hurdles
American Realities on Public Television : Analysis of the Independent Television Service’s Documentaries, 2007–2016
Creators: name: Borum, Cathryn
name: Aufderheide, Patricia
name: Alexander, Michele
name: Green, Chandler
name: Hanson, Brian
name: Drabkin, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Fifty years after the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act, this study examines the way in which TV documentaries produced by the Independent Television Service (ITVS)—the largest public funder and coproducer of independent documentaries in the U.S. public broadcasting system—represent the America they are mandated to portray. The study examines the geographic, demographic, and topical diversity of ITVS documentaries against U.S. Census and polling data. Using quantitative content analysis of ITVS film archival data, this study of a decade (2007–16) of U.S. public television documentaries (N = 342) shows that the representation of American realities on public TV broadly reflects U.S. Census demographics and Americans’ social concerns, as reflected in a decade (2007–16) of aggregated Gallup monthly “Most Important Problem [Facing the Country Today]” poll data. ITVS-funded filmmakers are disproportionately female and diverse, and they come from 33 states and the District of Columbia. Films portray life in all quadrants of the United States, in both rural and urban communities. These public TV documentaries represent a geographically, racially, and ethnically diverse America.
IMPORTANCIA DE LA INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA PARA LOS ESTUDIANTES EN LA LICENCIATURA EN SISTEMAS ADMINISTRATIVOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA CAMPUS SANTA ANA
Importance of the Scientific Investigation for Students in the License in the Administrative System of the University of Sonora Campus Santa Ana
Creators: name: Rivera, Martha Hortencia Martin
name: Flores, Fernando Arturo Ibarra
name: Medina, Salomón Moreno
name: Flores, Gabriela Hernández
name: Rivera, Martha Hortencia Martin
name: Flores, Fernando Arturo Ibarra
name: Medina, Salomón Moreno
name: Flores, Gabriela Hernández
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Scientific research
subject: Training of young researchers
subject: Knowledge, Linking
subject: LSA

description: The purpose of the study was to explore the importance and interest, conditions and limitations of the research for students within the administration area for the Administrative Systems Bachelors. This project is part of a comprehensive project of the Human Capital Network. The work instrument was a questionnaire consisting of 24 questions to 36 students with questions related to the interest of working in research and / or developing technological milk, competences, conditions and limitations for research. In this first part the data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics in the SPSS program. 55.6% have an interest in working in scientific research, preferring 65% to the public sector. The ignorance of the activities carried out by researchers does not decrease their interest in the investigation since 47.2% disagreed in relation to this point, they consider that they possess sufficient knowledge to develop research, they responded positively with a 27.8% agreement. Consider having the skills to become involved in research, the lack of experience does not see it as an obstacle, obtaining 30.6% of indecided regarding this question. As an infrastructure infrastructure limit, 38.9% do not know the facilities for research facilities within the University, 30.6% said they were not sure about the link. It is concluded that LSA students are interested in conducting research mainly within the public sector in innovation and information, industry, livestock and administration. However, they consider lacking the knowledge and skills necessary to penetrate in the area, in addition to a deficiency in the link, promotion and training to be incorporated in the field of scientific research.
description: ISNN-1405-9282
American Realities on Public Television : Analysis of the Independent Television Service’s Documentaries, 2007–2016
Creators: name: Borum, Cathryn
name: Aufderheide, Patricia
name: Alexander, Michele
name: Green, Chandler
name: Hanson, Brian
name: Drabkin, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: University of Southern California Annenburg; International Journal of Communication
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture
classificationCode: 4701
subject: Communication and media studies

description: Fifty years after the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act, this study examines the way in which TV documentaries produced by the Independent Television Service (ITVS)—the largest public funder and coproducer of independent documentaries in the U.S. public broadcasting system—represent the America they are mandated to portray. The study examines the geographic, demographic, and topical diversity of ITVS documentaries against U.S. Census and polling data. Using quantitative content analysis of ITVS film archival data, this study of a decade (2007–16) of U.S. public television documentaries (N = 342) shows that the representation of American realities on public TV broadly reflects U.S. Census demographics and Americans’ social concerns, as reflected in a decade (2007–16) of aggregated Gallup monthly “Most Important Problem [Facing the Country Today]” poll data. ITVS-funded filmmakers are disproportionately female and diverse, and they come from 33 states and the District of Columbia. Films portray life in all quadrants of the United States, in both rural and urban communities. These public TV documentaries represent a geographically, racially, and ethnically diverse America.
Could dietary glutamate be contributing to the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Creators: name: Holton, Kathleen
name: Cotter, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Lay abstract: A 50-year-old man who had suffered from daily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms for 39 years, in addition to fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, was enrolled in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial to test the effects of a low-glutamate diet on fibromyalgia/irritable bowel syndrome symptoms. After 1 month on the low-glutamate diet all of his symptoms remitted, including his OCD, which had previously been nonresponsive to pharmacological treatment. This case study is limited by self-report of symptoms; however, glutamatergic neurotransmission appears to be dysregulated in OCD, suggesting biological plausibility for this observation. Future research is needed.
Could dietary glutamate be contributing to the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Creators: name: Holton, Kathleen
name: Cotter, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Future Science
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Lay abstract: A 50-year-old man who had suffered from daily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms for 39 years, in addition to fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, was enrolled in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial to test the effects of a low-glutamate diet on fibromyalgia/irritable bowel syndrome symptoms. After 1 month on the low-glutamate diet all of his symptoms remitted, including his OCD, which had previously been nonresponsive to pharmacological treatment. This case study is limited by self-report of symptoms; however, glutamatergic neurotransmission appears to be dysregulated in OCD, suggesting biological plausibility for this observation. Future research is needed.
Disorder and magnetoconductivity in tilted Weyl semimetals
Creators: name: Wang, Yi-Xiang
name: Li, Fuxiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gapless Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are a novel class of topological materials that host massless Weyl fermions as their low-energy excitations. When the Weyl cone is tilted, the Lorentz invariance is broken and the Lifshitz transition drives the system from type-I WSMs into type-II WSMs. Here, based on the lattice model, we perform a systematic numerical study of the effect of on-site disorder on the diagonal magnetoconductivity in tilted WSMs.We use the self-consistent Born approximation to calculate the disorder-induced self-energy and then apply the Kubo-Streda formula to calculate the diagonal magnetoconductivity. For the transverse magnetoconductivity σ_xx, the disorder is found to exhibit distinct effects in the quantum limit regime and in the quantum oscillation regime of type-I WSMs, which could be understood from Einstein's relationship.With strong disorder, σ_xx shows a linear relation with the inverse magnetic field 1/B , which exhibits certain robustness to both the Fermi energy and the Weyl cone tilting. For the longitudinal magnetoconductivity σ_zz , the strong disorder can break the positive magnetoconductivity as well as the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations.By analyzing the spectral function, we find that the chiral anomaly is still preserved at strong disorder even when the Weyl cone is overtilted, as there is no gap opening around the Weyl nodes. The implications of our results for experiments are discussed.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Gaming with purpose : Heuristic understanding of ubiquitous game development and design for human computation
Creators: name: Grace, Lindsay D.
name: Jamieson, Peter
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The emerging growth of digital gaming has resulted in wide audiences of players. These players are capable of solving difficult problems through human computation games while ubiquitous gaming provides play anywhere opportunities to solve those problems. This chapter outlines characteristics of human computation games and ubiquitous games in a variety of disciplines, describing they key components of such solutions and articulating their distinguishing characteristics from other types of entertainment software. The focus is on entertainment software design theory as applied to human computation games. It outlines the fundamental characteristics of such games and offers approaches to applying human computation games to promote player engagement and adopt application. Readers will learn how ubiquitous gaming and human computation can be combined to address the simplest educational goals through the most complicated problems in the sciences. A brief structural analysis of human computation games is provided. It concludes with a discussion of the potential of persuasive play and the rhetoric of gameplay in the coupling of human computation games with ubiquitous gaming.
Gaming with purpose : Heuristic understanding of ubiquitous game development and design for human computation
Creators: name: Grace, Lindsay D.
name: Jamieson, Peter
Publisher: name: Handbook of Digital Games
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4607
subject: Graphics, augmented reality and games

description: The emerging growth of digital gaming has resulted in wide audiences of players. These players are capable of solving difficult problems through human computation games while ubiquitous gaming provides play anywhere opportunities to solve those problems. This chapter outlines characteristics of human computation games and ubiquitous games in a variety of disciplines, describing they key components of such solutions and articulating their distinguishing characteristics from other types of entertainment software. The focus is on entertainment software design theory as applied to human computation games. It outlines the fundamental characteristics of such games and offers approaches to applying human computation games to promote player engagement and adopt application. Readers will learn how ubiquitous gaming and human computation can be combined to address the simplest educational goals through the most complicated problems in the sciences. A brief structural analysis of human computation games is provided. It concludes with a discussion of the potential of persuasive play and the rhetoric of gameplay in the coupling of human computation games with ubiquitous gaming.
NOVY METODOLOGICKY PRISTUP K PROGNOZOVANIU DEMOGRAFICKYCH CASOVYCH RADOV
A NEW METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC TIME SERIES PROJECTION
Creators: name: STEHLIKOVA, Beata
name: STEHLIKOVA, Beata
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: forecasting
subject: fuzzy cluster analysis
subject: neural network
subject: demographic indicator

description: In the past, conventional statistical techniques have been extensively used for forecasting. The most of the statistical methods have limited capabilities when modelling time series. The aim of the paper is to present a new nontraditional approach for time series projection. We use fuzzy c-mean cluster analysis to identify period of the time series. The neural network for projection is constructed with respect to this period. Suggested method is applied to some demographic indicators of the Slovak republic.
Zero-norm states and High-energy Symmetries of String Theory
Creators: name: Chan, Chuan-Tsung
name: Lee, Jen-Chi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive stringy Ward identities from the decoupling of two types of zero-norm states in the old covariant first quantized (OCFQ) spectrum of open bosonic string. These Ward identities are valid to all energy and all loop orders in string perturbation theory. The high-energy limit of these stringy Ward identities can then be used to fix the proportionality constants between scattering amplitudes of different string states algebraically without referring to Gross and Mende's saddle point calculation of high-energy string-loop amplitudes. As examples, all Ward identities for the mass level 4 and 6 are derived, their high-energy limits are calculated and the proportionality constants between scattering amplitudes of different string states are determined. In addition to those identified before, we discover some new nonzero components of high-energy amplitudes not found previously by Gross and Manes. These components are essential to preserve massive gauge invariances or decouple massive zero-norm states of string theory. A set of massive scattering amplitudes and their high energy limits are calculated explicitly for each mass level to justify our results.
Additional file 2 of Cytokine response in human leptospirosis with different clinical outcomes: a systematic review
Creators: name: Indika Senavirathna
name: Devarajan Rathish
name: Suneth Agampodi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Summary of NIH Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies. This provides the summary of quality assessment for the selected studies.
KONKURENCNA SCHOPNOST ODVETVIA ZIVOCISNEJ VYROBY VO VYBRANYCH KANDIDATSKYCH KRAJINACH PRED VSTUPOM DO EU
COMPETITIVENESS OF LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN SELECTED EU CANDIDATE COUNTRIES
Creators: name: ATICI, Cemal
name: ARMAGAN, Goksel
name: SZOVICS, Peter
name: ATICI, Cemal
name: ARMAGAN, Goksel
name: SZOVICS, Peter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: EU enlargement
subject: livestock sector
subject: competitiveness
subject: comparative export index

description: The more liberalized trade, regional trading agreements, and the process of globalization lead countries to adjust their agricultural policies towards more competitive markets. The EU enlargement requires the candidate countries to reform and harmonize their agricultural policies. Livestock sector has noticeable weight in these countries. This study examines the current situation of the livestock sector in the EU candidate countries in some selected products such as meat, milk, cheese, and egg concentrating on the competition power. The export performance index is used to determine the competitiveness of these selected products. Results show that Lithuania has competitiveness in butter, Hungary in poultry, and Bulgaria in sheep and goat meat compared to other candidate countries. Since the EU liberalizes its policies, candidate countries should be cautious about the further support of the livestock sector and should make necessary adjustments towards competitiveness.
A Life Cycle and Economic Analysis: Butter vs. Margerine Used in UBC Food Service
Creators: name: Hu, Marina
name: Wong, Gaby
name: Yu, Alice
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Additional file 9 of Non-homogeneous dispersion of graphene in polyacrylonitrile substrates induces a migrastatic response and epithelial-like differentiation in MCF7 breast cancer cells
Creators: name: Diban, Nazely
name: Mantecón-Oria, Marián
name: Berciano, María T.
name: Puente-Bedia, Alba
name: Rivero, María J.
name: Urtiaga, Ane
name: Lafarga, Miguel
name: Tapia, Olga
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 9. Additional experimental procedures.
Characterizing X-ray properties of the gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1418$-$6058 in the Rabbit pulsar wind nebula
Creators: name: Kim, Minjun
name: An, Hongjun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on X-ray studies of the gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1418$-$6058 in the Rabbit pulsar wind nebula (PWN) carried out using archival Chandra and XMM-Newton observations. A refined timing analysis performed with the 120-ks XMM-Newton data finds significant ($p\approx10^{-7}$) pulsation at $P\approx110$ ms which is consistent with that measured with the Fermi large area telescope (LAT). In the Chandra image, we find extended emission around the pulsar similar to those seen around other pulsars in young PWNe, which further argues for association between PSR J1418$-$6058 and the Rabbit PWN. The X-ray spectrum of the pulsar is hard and similar to those of soft-gamma pulsars. Hence PSR J1418$-$6058 may add to the list of soft-gamma pulsars.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Mechanismen tribologisch-induzierter Oxidation in hochreinem Kupfer
Creators: name: Rau, Julia S.
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2021
Subjects: Tribooxidation
Kupfer
Tribologie
Saphir
Diffusion
Kupferoxide

description: Häufig erfahren metallische Oberflächen, die tribologischer Beanspruchung ausgesetzt sind, Änderungen der chemischen Zusammensetzung, welche oft Vorbote und Ursache von Versagen technischer Systeme sein können. Die elementaren Mechanismen tribologisch-induzierter Oxidation für verschiedene Stadien und Einflussparameter sind, trotz zahlreicher Forschungsarbeiten, bis heute noch nicht hinreichend verstanden. Diese Arbeit untersucht diese Mechanismen systematisch an einem einfachen modellhaften Aufbau: Hochreines Kupfer gleitet ungeschmiert reversierend gegen eine Saphirkugel unter kontrollierten Umgebungsbedingungen und milden tribologischen Lasten. Die untersuchte Hypothese lautet: Tribologisch erzeugte Defekte dienen als Diffusionspfade für eine beschleunigte Oxidation. Durch systematische Variation der Versuchsgeschwindigkeit, -dauer, -temperatur, -atmosphäre und -zyklenzahl konnten die zugrundeliegenden Diffusionsmechanismen und -pfade der Tribooxidation sowie deren zeitliche Abläufe ermittelt werden. Die Schlussfolgerungen basieren auf Ergebnissen hoch-auflösender chemischer und mikrostruktureller Analysen. Überraschenderweise war der Einfluss der Gleitgeschwindigkeit auf die Oxiddicke gegenüber der Zeit für Diffusion im Rahmen der hier untersuchten Parameter vernachlässigbar. Die Oxidation von Kupfer unter milder Gleitbeanspruchung ist somit hauptsächlich Diffusionsprozessen zuzuschreiben. Mittels Atomsondentomographie konnten röhrenartige Strukturen, welche als Versetzungen interpretiert werden, als Diffusionspfade der Tribooxidation erstmals direkt nachgewiesen werden. Zudem wurden Korngrenzen sowie Phasengrenzen zwischen Kupfer und seinem Oxid als wichtige Diffusionspfade bei Raumtemperatur beobachtet. Die weitreichenden Folgen tribologisch-induzierter Oxidation auf die Reibeigenschaften und Verschleißschicht und -partikelbildung wurden ermittelt. Mit der Oxidbildung trat eine vorteilhafte Reduktion des Reibungskoeffizienten auf. Die Verschleißpartikelbildung konnte ebenfalls mit Diffusionsprozessen in Zusammenhang gebracht werden - als wesentlicher Indikator dienten dabei Kirkendall-Poren an der Metall/Oxid Grenzfläche. Die zeitlichen Stadien der Tribooxidation verlaufen wie folgt: Die Oxidbildung unter tribologischer Last findet zunächst durch Diffusion entlang von Versetzungen und Korngrenzen im Metall und - mit Bildung eines Oxids - entlang von Pfaden im Oxid und an der Grenzfläche zwischen Metall und Oxid statt. Die Erzeugung und Bewegung von für die Diffusion freien Pfaden wurde als maßgeblich für die beschleunigte Oxidation unter tribologischer Last identifiziert. Neben der wesentlichen Beschleunigung der Oxidation unter tribologischer Last wurden weitere chemische Reaktionen beobachtet. Beispielsweise wurde metallisches Kupfer nach langem Gleiten in einem CuO-Saphir Kontakt gefunden.
A state-specific multireference coupled-cluster method based on the bivariational principle
Creators: name: Bodenstein, Tilmann
name: Kvaal, Simen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A state-specific multireference coupled-cluster method based on Arponen's bivariational principle is presented, the bivar-MRCC method. The method is based on singlereference theory, and therefore has a relatively straightforward formulation and modest computational complexity. The main difference from established methods is the bivariational formulation, in which independent parameterizations of the wavefunction (ket) and its complex conjugate (bra) are made. Importantly, this allows manifest multiplicative separability (exact in the extended bivar-MRECC version of the method, and approximate otherwise), while preserving polynomial scaling of the working equations. A feature of the bivariational principle is that the formal bra and ket references can be included as bivariational parameters, which eliminates much of the bias towards the formal reference. A pilot implementation is described, and extensive benchmark calculations on several standard problems are performed. The results from the bivar-MRCC method are comparable to established state-specific multireference methods. Considering the relative affordability of the bivar-MRCC method, it may become a practical tool for non-experts.
Blaste macrura
Creators: name: Neto, Alberto Moreira da Silva
name: Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Psocidae
Blaste
Blaste macrura

description: Blaste macrura (New)
 Blaste (Blastopsocidus) macrurus New, 1972: 201, figs. 16-19.
 Blaste macrura (New); Mockford, 1991: 274.
 Holotype: female, Brazil: Mato Grosso, 12°49’S, 51°46’W; cerradão, on bark, 25.III.1969, T. R. New.
 Condition of holotype: Right fore- and hindwing, right antenna and right hind leg mounted on one slide (№ 69221); subgenital plate, gonapophyses, clunium, paraprocts and epiproct mounted in another slide (№ 69221). Thorax and remaining parts in a separate micro-vial with ethanol (MZSP 000232).
description: Published as part of Neto, Alberto Moreira da Silva, Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García & Rafael, José Albertino, 2019, Catalogue of Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) types housed in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, pp. 1-11 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59 on page 5, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.30, http://zenodo.org/record/4637371
Multiple- to single-gap superconductivity crossover in Nb$_5$Ir$_{3-x}$Pt$_x$O alloys
Creators: name: Xu, Y.
name: Jöhr, S.
name: Das, L.
name: Kitagawa, J.
name: Medarde, M.
name: Shiroka, T.
name: Chang, J.
name: Shang, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By using mostly the muon-spin rotation/relaxation ($μ$SR) technique, we investigate the superconductivity (SC) of Nb$_5$Ir$_{3-x}$Pt$_x$O ($x = 0$ and 1.6) alloys, with $T_c = 10.5$ K and 9.1 K, respectively. At a macroscopic level, their superconductivity was studied by electrical resistivity, magnetization, and specific-heat measurements. In both compounds, the electronic specific heat and the low-temperature superfluid density data suggest a nodeless SC. The superconducting gap value and the specific heat discontinuity at $T_c$ are larger than that expected from the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory in the weak-coupling regime, indicating strong-coupling superconductivity in the Nb$_5$Ir$_{3-x}$Pt$_x$O family. In Nb$_5$Ir$_3$O, multigap SC is evidenced by the field dependence of the electronic specific heat coefficient and the superconducting Gaussian relaxation rate, as well as by the temperature dependence of the upper critical field. Pt substitution suppresses one of the gaps, and Nb$_5$Ir$_{1.4}$Pt$_{1.6}$O becomes a single-gap superconductor. By combining our extensive experimental results, we provide evidence for a multiple- to single-gap SC crossover in the Nb$_5$Ir$_{3-x}$Pt$_x$O family.
description: 10 pages, 13 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev. B
Role of magnesium in neurological disorders, the
Creators: name: Kirkland, Anna E.
name: Sarlo, Gabrielle L.
name: Holton, Kathleen
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Magnesium is well known for its diverse actions within the human body. From a neurological standpoint, magnesium plays an essential role in nerve transmission and neuromuscular conduction. It also functions in a protective role against excessive excitation that can lead to neuronal cell death (excitotoxicity), and has been implicated in multiple neurological disorders. Due to these important functions within the nervous system, magnesium is a mineral of intense interest for the potential prevention and treatment of neurological disorders. Current literature is reviewed for migraine, chronic pain, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and stroke, as well as the commonly comorbid conditions of anxiety and depression. Previous reviews and meta-analyses are used to set the scene for magnesium research across neurological conditions, while current research is reviewed in greater detail to update the literature and demonstrate the progress (or lack thereof) in the field. There is strong data to suggest a role for magnesium in migraine and depression, and emerging data to suggest a protective effect of magnesium for chronic pain, anxiety, and stroke. More research is needed on magnesium as an adjunct treatment in epilepsy, and to further clarify its role in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Overall, the mechanistic attributes of magnesium in neurological diseases connote the macromineral as a potential target for neurological disease prevention and treatment.
EFFICIENCY OF LAND USE
Doeltreffendheid van grondgebruik
Creators: name: Nieuwoudt, W. L.
name: Nieuwoudt, W. L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: Land Economics/Use
Productivity Analysis

description: In the communal agricultural sectors three reasons for market failure were advanced (a) free access to communal grazing which is a problem if the group is larger than the immediate family (b) lack of incentive to invest in improved pastures and fodder production due to the free rider situation and (c) opportunity cost of land differs from what market forces will determine. Commercial land expropriated should be resettled on a private individual tenure basis by small scale farmers and not on a communal basis. Under a communal system the return (rent) on grazing land is zero while the return on arable land is low due to lack in permanent tenure. This explains idle arable land in KwaZulu in spite of population pressure. The rental value is the cost to the farmer for non usage of land if it can make a positive contribution. The market mechanism penalizes the commercial farmer for the non usage of commercial land. A land tax does not increase this cost and will thus not bring unproductive land into production. (The supply of land is not perfectly inelastic due to improvements). Taxes on agricultural land have certain advantages such as (a) avoidance less possible than income taxes(b) a wealth tax and (c) may better target to wealthy landowners who with the assistance of tax experts arc better able to avoid taxes. Disadvantages of land taxes are that administration cost may be high and the tax is the same in good and bad years.
Role of magnesium in neurological disorders, the
Creators: name: Kirkland, Anna E.
name: Sarlo, Gabrielle L.
name: Holton, Kathleen
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3209
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Magnesium is well known for its diverse actions within the human body. From a neurological standpoint, magnesium plays an essential role in nerve transmission and neuromuscular conduction. It also functions in a protective role against excessive excitation that can lead to neuronal cell death (excitotoxicity), and has been implicated in multiple neurological disorders. Due to these important functions within the nervous system, magnesium is a mineral of intense interest for the potential prevention and treatment of neurological disorders. Current literature is reviewed for migraine, chronic pain, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and stroke, as well as the commonly comorbid conditions of anxiety and depression. Previous reviews and meta-analyses are used to set the scene for magnesium research across neurological conditions, while current research is reviewed in greater detail to update the literature and demonstrate the progress (or lack thereof) in the field. There is strong data to suggest a role for magnesium in migraine and depression, and emerging data to suggest a protective effect of magnesium for chronic pain, anxiety, and stroke. More research is needed on magnesium as an adjunct treatment in epilepsy, and to further clarify its role in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Overall, the mechanistic attributes of magnesium in neurological diseases connote the macromineral as a potential target for neurological disease prevention and treatment.
title: The Burden and Spectrum of Paediatric Severe Malaria and Aetiology of Dark Urine Syndrome in Eastern Uganda
Creators: name: Olupot-Olupot, Peter
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2015

description: From May 2011 - April 2012, I prospectively conducted paediatric ward admissions surveillance (WSS) and described both the in-patient burden and clinical spectrum of severe P. falciparum malaria (SM) in children admitted to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (Mbale RRH). Furthermore, epidemiology, clinical features and the outcomes of dark urine syndrome (DUS) were described using both retrospective dark urine epidemiological study (REDUES); (FEAST trial ISRCTN 69856593) and the prospective dark urine epidemiological study (PRODUES) nested in the WSS. Overall 10,208/23,217 (44.0%) children were enrolled in the WSS, a majority 87% were under 5 years of age. Malaria 6,714/10,208 (65. 8%) and DUS 1,087/10,208 (10.6%) were among the common diagnoses. Neonatal conditions accounted for 947/9,551 (10.0%) admissions. The in-hospital mortality was high 655 (6.4%); with higher case fatality rate (CFR) 13.2% in neonates compared to 3.7% in older children, P=0.0001. The WHO criteria for surveillance of severe malaria were fulfilled in 662 admissions or 10% of all malaria cases. The common clinical presentations included respiratory distress 554/662 (83.7%), shock 411/662 (62.1%), clinical jaundice 177/662 (26.7%), severe anaemia 169/662 (25.5%), hyperlactataemia 134/662 (20. 3%) and DUS 93/662 (14.0%); features similar to, but also varying from those reported from other settings. The mortality in SM was high 63/662 (9.5%) but consistent with other reports, with higher CFR in patients with multiple features. In the REDUES, 394/3,170 (12.4%) had DUS with a majority 318/394 (81.0%) presenting to Eastern Uganda. Complications of DUS included clinical jaundice in 256/318 (80.5%) and severe anaemia (Hb <5g/dL) in 238/310 (77.0%). Current malaria infection 147/300 (49.0%) was lower than evidence of recent infection 192/246 (78. 0%). G6PD was marginally higher in DUS 35/224 (15.6%) v 53/489 (10.8%) in those without DUS. Mortality at 48hours (10.4% v 8.9%, P=0.402) and at 28 days (12.3% v 9.9%, P=0.211) was similar in children with and without DUS respectively. PRODUES enrolled 268 strictly defined cases in whom use of antimalarials 129/268 (48.1%) and herbs 52/268 (19.4%) were common. Haemoglobinuria 92/165 (55.8%) and myoglobinuria 59/165 (36.0%), markers of massive haemolysis and muscle cell injury respectively were found; possibly related to the pathophysiology of malaria. In conclusion, the spectrum of SM in children at Mbale RRH was similar to, but also varied from current descriptions from other sites. The DUS was linked to malaria with innate characteristics and drugs being risk factors.
Structure and Dynamics of Superconducting NaxCoO(2) Hydrate and Its Unhydrated Analog
Creators: name: Lynn, J. W.
name: Huang, Q.
name: Brown, C. M.
name: Miller, V. L.
name: Foo, M. L.
name: Schaak, R. E.
name: Jones, C. Y.
name: Mackey, E. A.
name: Cava, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutron scattering has been used to investigate the crystal structure and lattice dynamics of superconducting Na0.3CoO2 1.4(H/D)2O, and the parent Na0.3CoO2 material. The structure of Na0.3CoO2 consists of alternate layers of CoO2 and Na and is the same as the structure at higher Na concentrations. For the superconductor, the water forms two additional layers between the Na and CoO2, increasing the c-axis lattice parameter of the hexagonal P63/mmc space group from 11.16 A to 19.5 A. The Na ions are found to occupy a different configuration from the parent compound, while the water forms a structure that replicates the structure of ice. Both types of sites are only partially occupied. The CoO2 layer in these structures is robust, on the other hand, and we find a strong inverse correlation between the CoO2 layer thickness and the superconducting transition temperature (TC increases with decreasing thickness). The phonon density-of-states for Na0.3CoO2 exhibits distinct acoustic and optic bands, with a high-energy cutoff of ~100 meV. The lattice dynamical scattering for the superconductor is dominated by the hydrogen modes, with librational and bending modes that are quite similar to ice, supporting the structural model that the water intercalates and forms ice-like layers in the superconductor.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, Phys. Rev. B (in press). Minor changes + two figures removed as requested by referee
Evaluation of pamphlets supplied to self-help groups in the Nottingham area by national support groups
Creators: name: Wallace, Ian
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Evaluation of pamphlets supplied to self-help groups in the Nottingham area by national support groups
Optimal Participation of Price-Maker Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) in Energy, Reserve and Pay as Performance Regulation Markets
Creators: name: Khalilisenobari, Reza
name: Wu, Meng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Motivated by the need of assessing the optimal allocation of battery energy storage services across various markets and the corresponding impact on market operations, an optimization framework is proposed in this work to coordinate the operation of an independent utility-scale price-maker battery energy storage system (BESS) in the energy, spinning reserve and performance-based regulation markets. The entire problem is formulated as a bi-level optimization process, where the structure of all markets is modeled considering the joint operation limits. The strategic bidding behavior of a price-maker BESS in a pay as performance regulation market is investigated. Additionally, a specific approach is introduced for modeling automatic generation control (AGC) signals in the optimization. Although the formulated problem is non-linear, it is converted to mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) to find the optimum solution. The proposed framework is evaluated using test case scenarios created from real-world market data. Case study results show the impact of BESS's price-making behavior on the joint operation of energy, reserve, and regulation markets.
Recalled initiation and duration of maternal breastfeeding among children without ADHD in a well characterized case-control sample
Creators: name: Stadler, Diane D.
name: Musser, Erica D.
name: Holton, Kathleen
name: Shannon, Jackilen
name: Nigg, Joel T.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Early environmental influences are increasingly of interest in understanding ADHD as a neurodevelopmental condition, particularly in light of recognition that gene by environment interplay are likely involved in this condition. Breastfeeding duration predicts cognitive development, as well as development of brain white matter connectivity, in areas similar to those seen in ADHD. Prior studies show an association between breastfeeding and ADHD but without adequate evaluation of ADHD. A case control cohort of 474 children aged 7–13 years was examined, 291 with wellcharacterized ADHD (71.5 % male) and the rest typically developing controls (51.9 % male). Mothers retrospectively reported on breast feeding initiation and duration. Initiation of breastfeeding was not associated with child ADHD, but shorter duration of breastfeeding was associated with child ADHD with a medium effect size (d=0.40, p<0.05); this effect held after covarying a broad set of potential confounders, including child oppositional defiant and conduct problems and including maternal and paternal ADHD symptoms. Effects were replicated across both parent and teacher ratings of child ADHD symptoms. Shorter duration of breastfeeding is among several risk factors in early life associated with future ADHD, or else longer duration is protective. The direction of this effect is unknown, however. It may be that some children are more difficult to breastfeed or that breastfeeding provides nutrients or other benefits that reduce future chance of ADHD.
Strange Star Equation of State With a Modified Richardson Potential
Creators: name: Bagchi, Manjari
name: Ray, Subharthi
name: Dey, Mira
name: Dey, Jishnu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Richardson potential is an phenomenological interquark interaction taking care of two aspects of QCD, namely the asymptotic freedom and the confinement. The original potential has a scale parameter having value around 400 MeV and is well tested in hadronic property calculations. This potential was then used in strange star calculation. Strange stars are very compact stars composed of strange quark matter i.e. a very high density strange quark phase consisting of deconfined u, d and s quarks. Here the value of the scale parameter was taken as 100 MeV. The argument was that for a deconfined quark system like a strange star, the scale parameter may have a value quite different from that used in hadronic sector. To remove this discrepancy we introduced two scale parameters in the potential, one for the asymptotic freedom part and the other for the confining part. With suitable values of the parameters, this modified potential has been successfully used in both baryonic property and strange star calculations. The Equation of States obtained with the modified potential are also used to obtain mass-radius relations for the strange stars.
description: 4 pages, no figure, to appear in the Proceedings of COSPAR Colloquium "Spectra & Timing of Compact X-ray Binaries," January 17-20, 2005, Mumbai, India
Recalled initiation and duration of maternal breastfeeding among children without ADHD in a well characterized case-control sample
Creators: name: Stadler, Diane D.
name: Musser, Erica D.
name: Holton, Kathleen
name: Shannon, Jackilen
name: Nigg, Joel T.
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology

description: Early environmental influences are increasingly of interest in understanding ADHD as a neurodevelopmental condition, particularly in light of recognition that gene by environment interplay are likely involved in this condition. Breastfeeding duration predicts cognitive development, as well as development of brain white matter connectivity, in areas similar to those seen in ADHD. Prior studies show an association between breastfeeding and ADHD but without adequate evaluation of ADHD. A case control cohort of 474 children aged 7–13 years was examined, 291 with wellcharacterized ADHD (71.5 % male) and the rest typically developing controls (51.9 % male). Mothers retrospectively reported on breast feeding initiation and duration. Initiation of breastfeeding was not associated with child ADHD, but shorter duration of breastfeeding was associated with child ADHD with a medium effect size (d=0.40, p<0.05); this effect held after covarying a broad set of potential confounders, including child oppositional defiant and conduct problems and including maternal and paternal ADHD symptoms. Effects were replicated across both parent and teacher ratings of child ADHD symptoms. Shorter duration of breastfeeding is among several risk factors in early life associated with future ADHD, or else longer duration is protective. The direction of this effect is unknown, however. It may be that some children are more difficult to breastfeed or that breastfeeding provides nutrients or other benefits that reduce future chance of ADHD.