cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Small-amplitude nonlinear modes under the combined effect of the parabolic potential, nonlocality and ${\cal PT}$ symmetry
Creators: name: Zezyulin, Dmitry A.
name: Konotop, Vladimir V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider nonlinear modes of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a nonlocal nonlinearity and an additional PT-symmetric parabolic potential. We show that there exists a set of continuous families of nonlinear modes and study their linear stability in the limit of small nonlinearity. It is demonstrated that either PT symmetry or the nonlocality can be used to manage the stability of the small-amplitude nonlinear modes. The stability properties are also found to depend on the particular shape of the nonlocal kernel. Additional numerical simulations show that the stability results remain valid not only for the infinitesimally small nonlinear modes, but also for the modes of finite amplitude
description: 11 pages, 2 figures; submitted
Moral Identity predicts adherence to COVID-19 mitigation procedures depending on political ideology: A comparison between the USA and New Zealand
Creators: name: Mchugh, Cillian
name: Griffin, Siobhan
name: McGrath, Melanie J.
name: Rhee, Joshua J.
name: Maher, Paul
name: McCashin, Darragh
name: ROTH, JENNY
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Reducing the spread of infectious viruses (e.g., COVID-19) can depend on societal compliance with effective mitigations. Identifying factors that influence adherence can inform public policy. In many cases, public health messaging has become highly moralized, focusing on the need to act for the greater good. In such contexts, a person’s moral identity may influence behavior and serve to increase compliance through different mechanisms: if a person sees compliance as the right thing to do (internalization) and/or if a person perceives compliance as something others will notice as the right thing to do (symbolization). We argue that in societies that are more politically polarized, people’s political ideology may interact with their moral identity to predict compliance. We hypothesized that where polarization is high (e.g., USA), moral identity should positively predict compliance for liberals to a greater extent than for conservatives. However, this effect would not occur where polarization is low (e.g., New Zealand). Moral identity, political ideology, and support for three different COVID-19 mitigation measures were assessed in both nations (N = 1,980). Results show that while moral identity can influence compliance, the political context of the nation must also be taken into account
title: 'Puff of smoke' in paediatric Sickle cell disease patients!
Creators: name: Waheed, Khawaja Bilal
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Emergency
subject: Paediatric
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Complications
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Haematologic diseases
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To highlight Moyamoya syndrome in pediatric Sickle cell disease (SCD)...
Effectiveness of a patient- and practice-level colorectal cancer screening intervention in health plan members: Design and baseline findings of the CHOICE trial
Creators: name: Schild, Laura A.
name: Winquist, Andrea
name: Glanz, Karen
name: Lewis, Carmen
name: Rimer, Barbara K.
name: Scott, Tracy
name: Pignone, Michael
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Evidence-based interventions have been found effective in increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Translating these successful interventions into real world settings, such as health plans, can be challenging.
Low temperature dynamics of the one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Creators: name: Mendl, Christian B.
name: Spohn, Herbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study equilibrium time correlations for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a one-dimensional lattice and unravel three dynamical regimes. There is a high temperature regime with density and energy as the only two conserved fields. Their correlations have zero velocity and spread diffusively. In the low temperature regime umklapp processes are rare with the consequence that phase differences appear as an additional (almost) conserved field. In an approximation where all umklapp is suppressed, while the equilibrium state remains untouched, one arrives at an anharmonic chain. Using the method of nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamics we establish that the DNLS equilibrium time correlations have the same signature as a generic anharmonic chain, in particular KPZ broadening for the sound peaks and Lévy 5/3 broadening for the heat peak. In the, so far not sharply defined, ultra-low temperature regime the integrability of the dynamics becomes visible. As an illustration we simulate the completely integrable Ablowitz-Ladik model and confirm ballistic broadening of the time correlations.
description: 7 figures
Labour market in the city of Split – participant’s assessment of importance of education for employability
Creators: name: Bešker, Martina
name: Relja, Renata
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: labour market; education; soft-skills

description: This paper is a result of empirical research done in the second largest city in Croatia. It was conducted by interviewing both employers and work contingent members. Results have shown us the differences among them when assessing some educational aspects. Employers more often appreciate a certain behaviour patterns and soft-skills which can be trained in schools. It seems that professional knowledge nowadays represents just one of many qualities required on labour market, especially due to increasing share of university  graduates.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 3, No 1 (2013)
Supplementary methods, figures, and tables from Mutualistic strategies minimize coextinction in plant–disperser networks.
Creators: name: Fricke, Evan C.
name: Tewksbury, Joshua J.
name: Wandrag, Elizabeth M.
name: Haldre S. Rogers
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The global decline of mutualists such as pollinators and seed dispersers may cause negative direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity. Mutualistic network models used to understand the stability of mutualistic systems indicate that species with low partner diversity are most vulnerable to coextinction following mutualism disruption. However, existing models have not considered how species vary in their dependence on mutualistic interactions for reproduction or survival, overlooking the potential influence of this variation on species' coextinction vulnerability and on network stability. Using global databases and field experiments focused on the seed dispersal mutualism, we found that plants and animals that depend heavily on mutualistic interactions have higher partner diversity. Under simulated network disruption, this empirical relationship strongly reduced coextinction because the species most likely to lose mutualists depend least on their mutualists. The pattern also reduced the importance of network structure for stability; nested network structure had little effect on coextinction after simulations incorporated the empirically derived relationship between partner diversity and mutualistic dependence. Our results highlight a previously unknown source of stability in mutualistic networks and suggest that differences among species in their mutualistic strategy, rather than network structure, primarily accounts for stability in mutualistic communities.
Topological phase transitions in the 1D multichannel Dirac equation with random mass and a random matrix model
Creators: name: Grabsch, Aurélien
name: Texier, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish the connection between a multichannel disordered model --the 1D Dirac equation with $N\times N$ matricial random mass-- and a random matrix model corresponding to a deformation of the Laguerre ensemble. This allows us to derive exact determinantal representations for the density of states and identify its low energy ($\varepsilon\to0$) behaviour $ρ(\varepsilon)\sim|\varepsilon|^{α-1}$. The vanishing of the exponent $α$ for $N$ specific values of the averaged mass over disorder ratio corresponds to $N$ phase transitions of topological nature characterised by the change of a quantum number (Witten index) which is deduced straightforwardly in the matrix model.
description: 7+4 pages, 9+1 pdf figures ; v2: paper reorganised, discussion of non-isotropic case added
Peak oxygen consumption and long-term all-cause mortality in nonsmall cell lung cancer
Creators: name: Watson, Dorothy
name: Jones, Lee W.
name: Kohman, Leslie
name: Herndon II, James E.
name: Loewen, Gregory
name: Eves, Neil D.
name: Haithcock, Benjamin E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Identifying strong markers of prognosis is critical to optimize treatment and survival outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated the prognostic significance of preoperative cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak) among operable candidates with NSCLC.
Who was Hannibal? How one brilliant general almost brought Ancient Rome to its knees
Creators: name: von Guttner Sporzynski, Darius
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430305
subject: Classical Greek and Roman history

description: This article examines Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general widely regarded as one of history’s most brilliant military commanders. Focusing on his innovative strategies, psychological warfare, and tactical genius, the article highlights Hannibal’s near-defeat of Rome during the Second Punic War. Hannibal’s victories, such as the Battle of Cannae and his famous crossing of the Alps, forced Rome to reconsider its military strategies, ultimately shaping the future of the Roman Empire. Despite his eventual defeat at the Battle of Zama, Hannibal’s legacy endures, influencing military leaders and strategists throughout history. His ability to adapt, exploit weaknesses, and maintain high morale among his troops is a testament to his lasting impact on military thought and practice.
title: Tumor contact lenght with the capsule versus arc-dimension-ratio for predicting extraprostatic extension of prostate cancer on mp-MRI
Creators: name: Vassallo, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: MR
subject: Staging
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of tumor curvilinear contact length with the capsule (TCL) with that of arc-dimension ratio (tumor curvilinear contact length with the capsule divided by tumor dimension) for predicting extraprostatic extension...
Translating research into evidence-based practice: The National Cancer Institute Community Clinical Oncology Program
Creators: name: Carpenter, William R.
name: McCaskill-Stevens, Worta
name: Kaluzny, Arnold D.
name: Nelson, Stefanie
name: Minasian, Lori M.
name: Kelaghan, Joseph
name: Whitman, Cynthia
name: O'Mara, Ann M.
name: Weiner, Bryan J.
name: Anderson, Darrell E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: The recent rapid acceleration of basic science is reshaping both our clinical research system and our health care delivery system. The pace and growing volume of medical discoveries are yielding exciting new opportunities, yet we continue to face old challenges to maintain research progress and effectively translate research into practice. The National Institutes of Health and individual government programs are increasingly emphasizing research agendas involving evidence development, comparative effectiveness research among heterogeneous populations, translational research, and accelerating the translation of research into evidence-based practice, as well as building successful research networks to support these efforts. For over 25 years, the National Cancer Institute's Community Clinical Oncology Program has successfully extended research into the community and facilitated the translation of research into evidence-based practice. By describing its keys to success, this article provides practical guidance to cancer-focused provider-based research networks as well as those in other disciplines.
Court-ordered assessments of family resources in family law proceedings: the technical advisor and other non-juridical professionals compared and contrasted
Creators: name: Cordiano, Alessandra
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: family proceedings; interests of the minor; parenting responsibilities

description: This study provides a reconstruction of the legal framework surrounding family break-up proceedings in order to observe the overlaps in the responsibilities of and relations between the social services and the courtappointed technical advisor and the technical advisor chosen by the parties.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 3, No 1 (2013)
Identity, recognition and work in post-Fordist society: a path of indepth critical analysis
Creators: name: Bertell, Lucia
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: social justice; self-realization; work

description: From an approach to questions and theories of identity and recognition and through authors that have dealt with them over the last few decades using different political-philosophical perspectives, I have addressed the concept of recognition by focusing on the issue of work from the starting point of Axel Honneth. Self-realization at work and capitalist paradox are combined in a debate with Fraser’s perspectival dualism, continuing the dialogue between the two scholars on recognition and redistribution.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 3, No 1 (2013)
Supplementary methods, figures, and tables from Mutualistic strategies minimize coextinction in plant–disperser networks
Creators: name: Fricke, Evan C.
name: Tewksbury, Joshua J.
name: Wandrag, Elizabeth M.
name: Haldre S. Rogers
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The global decline of mutualists such as pollinators and seed dispersers may cause negative direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity. Mutualistic network models used to understand the stability of mutualistic systems indicate that species with low partner diversity are most vulnerable to coextinction following mutualism disruption. However, existing models have not considered how species vary in their dependence on mutualistic interactions for reproduction or survival, overlooking the potential influence of this variation on species' coextinction vulnerability and on network stability. Using global databases and field experiments focused on the seed dispersal mutualism, we found that plants and animals that depend heavily on mutualistic interactions have higher partner diversity. Under simulated network disruption, this empirical relationship strongly reduced coextinction because the species most likely to lose mutualists depend least on their mutualists. The pattern also reduced the importance of network structure for stability; nested network structure had little effect on coextinction after simulations incorporated the empirically derived relationship between partner diversity and mutualistic dependence. Our results highlight a previously unknown source of stability in mutualistic networks and suggest that differences among species in their mutualistic strategy, rather than network structure, primarily accounts for stability in mutualistic communities.
A phase 2 study of estramustine, docetaxel, and bevacizumab in men with castrate-resistant prostate cancer: Results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study 90006
Creators: name: Whang, Young E.
name: Picus, Joel
name: Halabi, Susan
name: Stadler, Walter M.
name: Small, Eric J.
name: Kelly, W. Kevin
name: Kaplan, Ellen B.
name: Vogelzang, Nicholas J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: The use of docetaxel prolongs survival for patients with castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) with bevacizumab may further enhance the anti-tumor effect of docetaxel and estramustine in patients with CRPC.
title: ADPKD: a practical guide for radiologists.
Creators: name: Vassallo, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Education
subject: Congenital

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this EPOS is to discuss the pathogenesis of autosomal-dominant polycistic kidney disease (ADPKD), the various diagnostic challenge surrounding its evaluation and to reviewthe different imaging modalities and their...
\(τ\) vector and axial-vector spectral functions in the extended linear sigma model
Creators: name: Habersetzer, A.
name: Giacosa, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The extended linear sigma model describes the vacuum phenomenology of scalar, pseudoscalar, vector and axial-vector mesons at energies \(\simeq 1\text{ GeV}\). We combine the chiral \(U(2)_L\times U(2)_R\) symmetry of this model with a local \(SU(2)_L\times U(1)_Y\) symmetry and obtain a gauge invariant effective description for electroweak interaction of hadrons in the vacuum. Vector and axial-vector spectral functions can be described well by two intermediate resonances \(ρ\) and \(a_1\). They are implemented into this model as chiral partners and yield the predominant contributions to both spectral functions. However, the contributions that arise from the non-resonant decay channels of the weak charged \(W\) bosons are essential for reproducing the lineshapes of the spectral functions.
description: 5 pages, Conference Proceedings FAIRNESS 2014, Vietri sul Mare. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1411.7881
Opportunities for chiral discrimination using high harmonic generation in tailored laser fields
Creators: name: Smirnova, Olga
name: Mairesse, Yann
name: Patchkovskii, Serguei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Chiral discrimination with high harmonic generation (cHHG method) has been introduced in the recent work by R. Cireasa et al ( Nat. Phys. 11, 654 - 658, 2015). In its original implementation, the cHHG method works by detecting high harmonic emission from randomly oriented ensemble of chiral molecules driven by elliptically polarized field, as a function of ellipticity. Here we discuss future perspectives in the development of this novel method, the ways of increasing chiral dichroism using tailored laser pulses, new detection schemes involving high harmonic phase measurements, and concentration-independent approaches. Using the example of the epoxypropane molecule C$_3$H$_6$O (also known as 1,2-propylene oxide), we show theoretically that application of two-color counter-rotating elliptically polarized laser fields yields an order of magnitude enhancement of chiral dichroism compared to single color elliptical fields. We also describe how one can introduce a new functionality to cHHG: concentration-independent measurement of the enatiomeric excess in a mixture of randomly oriented left-handed and right-handed molecules. Finally, for arbitrary configurations of laser fields, we connect the observables of the cHHG method to the amplitude and phase of chiral response, providing a basis for reconstructing wide range of chiral dynamics from cHHG measurements, with femtosecond to sub-femtosecond temporal resolution.
title: Vaccine effectiveness against referral to hospital and severe lung injury associated with COVID-19: A population-based case-control study
Creators: name: Cherkashin, Mikhail
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Lung
subject: CT
subject: Efficacy studies
subject: Infection
subject: Patterns of Care

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To assess effectiveness of vaccination against COVID-19 in symptomatic patients, referred to CT-triage...
A Phase II Trial of Gemcitabine, 5-Florouracil, and Radiation Therapy in Locally Advanced Non-Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 80003
Creators: name: Hollis, Donna
name: Goldberg, Richard M.
name: Tepper, Joel E.
name: Niedzwiecki, Donna
name: Tan, Benjamin R.
name: Fuchs, Charles S.
name: Mamon, Harvey J.
name: Blackstock, A. William
name: Mayer, Robert J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: To assess the efficacy and safety of 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and gemcitabine administered concurrently with radiation in patients with locally advanced, non-metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Supplementary material from China's fight to halt tree cover loss.
Creators: name: Ahrends, Antje
name: Hollingsworth, Peter M.
name: Beckschäfer, Philip
name: Huafang Chen
name: Zomer, Robert J.
name: Lubiao Zhang
name: Mingcheng Wang
name: Jianchu Xu
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: China is investing immense resources for planting trees, totalling more than US$ 100 billion in the past decade alone. Every year, China reports more afforestation than the rest of the world combined. Here, we show that China's forest cover gains are highly definition-dependent. If the definition of ‘forest’ follows FAO criteria (including immature and temporarily unstocked areas), China has gained 434 000 km2 between 2000 and 2010. However, remotely detectable gains of vegetation that non-specialists would view as forest (tree cover higher than 5 m and minimum 50% crown cover) are an order of magnitude less (33 000 km2). Using high-resolution maps and environmental modelling, we estimate that approximately 50% of the world's forest with minimum 50% crown cover has been lost in the past approximately 10 000 years. China historically lost 1.9–2.7 million km2 (59–67%), and substantial losses continue. At the same time, most of China's afforestation investment targets environments that our model classes as unsuitable for trees. Here, gains detectable via satellite imagery are limited. Conversely, the regions where modest gains are detected are environmentally suitable but have received little afforestation investment due to conflicting land-use demands for agriculture and urbanization. This highlights the need for refined forest monitoring, and greater consideration of environmental suitability in afforestation programmes.
Supplementary material from China's fight to halt tree cover loss
Creators: name: Ahrends, Antje
name: Hollingsworth, Peter M.
name: Beckschäfer, Philip
name: Huafang Chen
name: Zomer, Robert J.
name: Lubiao Zhang
name: Mingcheng Wang
name: Jianchu Xu
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: China is investing immense resources for planting trees, totalling greater than US$ 100 billion in the last decade alone. Every year, China reports more afforestation than the rest of the world combined. Here, we show that China's forest cover gains are highly definition-dependent. If the definition of ‘forest’ follows FAO criteria (including immature and temporarily unstocked areas), China has gained 434 000 km2 between 2000 and 2010. However, remotely detectable gains of vegetation that non-specialists would view as forest (tree cover greater than 5 m height and greater than or equal to 50% crown cover) are an order of magnitude less (33 000 km2). Using high-resolution maps and environmental modelling, we estimate that approximately 50% of the world's forest greater than or equal to 50% crown cover has been lost in the last approximately 10 000 years. China historically lost 1.9–2.7 Mio km2 (59–67%), and substantial losses continue. At the same time, most of China's afforestation investment targets environments which our model classes as unsuitable for trees. Here, gains detectable via satellite imagery are limited. Conversely, the regions where modest gains are detected are environmentally suitable but have received little afforestation investment due to conflicting land-use demands for agriculture and urbanization. This highlights the need for refined forest monitoring, and greater consideration of environmental suitability in afforestation programmes.
Chasing the Chelyabinsk asteroid N-body style
Creators: name: Marcos, C. de la Fuente
name: Marcos, R. de la Fuente
name: Aarseth, S. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: On 2013 February 15 a small asteroid rammed against the atmosphere above the region of Chelyabinsk in Russia, producing the most powerful superbolide since the Tunguska event in 1908. Lacking proper astrometric observations, the pre-impact orbit of this object has been determined using videos, satellite images, and pure geometry. Unfortunately, more than two years after the event, the published estimates vary so much that there is no clear orbital solution that could be used to investigate the origin of the impactor and the existence of dynamically, or perhaps even genetically, related asteroids. Here, we revisit this topic using a full N-body approach. A robust statistical test is applied to published solutions to discard those unable to produce a virtual impact at the observed time (03:20:20.8 s UTC). The same N-body methodology and the latest ephemerides are used to compute a new orbital solution: a=1.6247 AU, e=0.5318, i=3.9750 degrees, Omega=326.4607 degrees and omega=109.7012 degrees. This new solution --which has an impact probability > 0.99999 and uncertainties in time and space of 0.2 s and 6 km, respectively-- is utilized to explore the past orbital evolution of the impactor as well as the presence of near-Earth objects moving in similar paths. A dynamical link between asteroid 2011 EO40 and the Chelyabinsk impactor is confirmed. Alternative orbital solutions are extensively explored.
description: 45 pages, 15 figures, 9 tables. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (2015 August 24). Updated to better match the published version
title: Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Pearls and Pitfalls in multimodal imaging.
Creators: name: Cruz Marmolejo, Miguel
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Paediatric
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Echocardiography
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Congenital

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: 1. Review the epidemiology, embryology, and classification of anomalous pulmonary venous connection. 2. Examine most common imaging findings in echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance of different types of anomalous venous...
Table of arthropods and supplementary figures 1 & 2 from Genetics-based interactions of foundation species affect community diversity, stability and network structure.
Creators: name: Keith, Arthur R.
name: Bailey, Joseph K.
name: Lau, Matthew K.
name: Whitham, Thomas G.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology

description: We examined the hypothesis that genetics-based interactions between strongly interacting foundation species, the tree Populus angustifolia and the aphid Pemphigus betae, affect arthropod community diversity, stability and species interaction networks of which little is known. In a 2-year experimental manipulation of the tree and its aphid herbivore four major findings emerged: (i) the interactions of these two species determined the composition of an arthropod community of 139 species; (ii) both tree genotype and aphid presence significantly predicted community diversity; (iii) the presence of aphids on genetically susceptible trees increased the stability of arthropod communities across years; and (iv) the experimental removal of aphids affected community network structure (network degree, modularity and tree genotype contribution to modularity). These findings demonstrate that the interactions of foundation species are genetically based, which in turn significantly contributes to community diversity, stability and species interaction networks. These experiments provide an important step in understanding the evolution of Darwin's ‘entangled bank’, a metaphor that characterizes the complexity and interconnectedness of communities in the wild.
Effectiveness of a patient and practice-level colorectal cancer screening intervention in health plan members: The CHOICE trial
Creators: name: Lewis, Carmen
name: Hawley, Jonathan
name: Glanz, Karen
name: Pignone, Michael
name: Scott, Tracy
name: Winquist, Andrea
name: Schild, Laura A.
name: Rimer, Barbara K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening reduces CRC incidence and mortality but is underutilized. Effective interventions to increase screening that can be implemented broadly are needed.
Thermophysical modeling of asteroids from WISE thermal infrared data - Significance of the shape model and the pole orientation uncertainties
Creators: name: Hanuš, Josef
name: Delbo', Marco
name: Ďurech, Josef
name: Alí-Lagoa, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the analysis of thermal infrared data of asteroids by means of thermophysical models (TPMs) it is a common practice to neglect the uncertainty of the shape model and the rotational state, which are taken as an input for the model. Here, we present a novel method of investigating the importance of the shape model and the pole orientation uncertainties in the thermophysical modeling - the varied shape TPM (VS-TPM). Our method uses optical photometric data to generate various shape models that map the uncertainty in the shape and the rotational state. The TPM procedure is then run for all these shape models. We apply the implementation of the classical TPM as well as our VS-TPM to the convex shape models of several asteroids together with their thermal infrared data acquired by the NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and compare the results. These show that the uncertainties of the shape model and the pole orientation can be very important (e.g., for the determination of the thermal inertia) and should be considered in the thermophysical analyses. We present thermophysical properties for six asteroids - (624) Hektor, (771) Libera, (1036) Ganymed, (1472) Muonio, (1627) Ivar, and (2606) Odessa.
description: Accepted for publication in Icarus (April 10, 2015)
title: Head MRA Using Ultra-Short TE : Improvement of the Vascular Visualization and the Time Resolution by Changing Segments
Creators: name: Araki, Tomokazu
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Blood

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Head magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) using Pointwise Encoding Time Reduction with Radial Acquisition (PETRA-MRA) acquires an image (Label image) by applying a saturation pulse to the caudal side to erase the blood flow signal. Thereafter, head...
Methylation of the candidate biomarker TCF21 is very frequent across a spectrum of early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancers
Creators: name: Baggerly, Keith A.
name: Hayes, D. Neil
name: Dong, Wenli
name: Sun, Menghong
name: Richards, Kristy L.
name: Wilson, Charmaine D.
name: Bachinski, Linda L.
name: Churchill, Jennifer
name: Zhang, Baili
name: Krahe, Ralf
name: Yin, Guosheng
name: Wistuba, Ignacio I.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: The transcription factor TCF21 is involved in mesenchymal-to-epithelial differentiation and was shown to be aberrantly hypermethylated in lung and head and neck cancers. Because of its reported high frequency of hypermethylation in lung cancer, we sought to characterize the stages and types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that are hypermethylated and to define the frequency of hypermethylation and associated “second hits”.
Sex-specific differences in key functional traits in the dioecious shrub Dodonaea viscosa: an exploratory study.
Creators: name: Thornhill, Jake
name: Baruch Glaser, Zdravko
name: Hill, Kathryn
Publisher: name: The University of Adelaide
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecological physiology

description: Disproportionate investment in reproduction by female plants of dioecious species may produce sex-specific disadvantages under a changing climate, leading to sex ratio biases which can ultimately threaten the long-term persistence of species. This is particularly valid for regions of projected increasing aridity, such as South Australia. We studied several functional traits of the dioecious Dodonaea viscosa, a wide-ranging shrub and key species in many southern Australian ecosystems. Here we compare sexes and reveal significantly greater values for specific leaf area, stomatal density, and potential maximum stomatal conductance for female plants. These differences may reflect female-specific morpho-physiological responses to overcome or compensate for their disproportionate reproductive investment. This is the first study to investigate sex-specific differences in key functional traits in Dodonaea viscosa and reveals clear differences between the sexes that merit future research.
The prognostic contribution of clinical breast cancer subtype, age, and race among patients with breast cancer brain metastases
Creators: name: Khorram, Carmen
name: Deal, Allison M.
name: Burrows, Emily
name: Perou, Charles M.
name: Ewend, Matthew G.
name: Carey, Lisa A.
name: Fritchie, Karen
name: Miller, C. Ryan
name: Livasy, Chad
name: Meng, Hong
name: Anders, Carey K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Brain metastases (BM) arising from Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) portend poor prognosis. TNBC is more common in premenopausal and African-American (AA) patients; both also confer poor prognosis. In a single institution cohort study, we sought to determine if inferior outcome of TN BCBM is more reflective of a higher-risk population or subtype itself.
Table of arthropods and supplementary figures 1 & 2 from Genetics-based interactions of foundation species affect community diversity, stability and network structure
Creators: name: Keith, Arthur R.
name: Bailey, Joseph K.
name: Lau, Matthew K.
name: Whitham, Thomas G.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology

description: We examined the hypothesis that genetics-based interactions between strongly interacting foundation species, the tree Populus angustifolia and the aphid Pemphigus betae, affect arthropod community diversity, stability and species interaction networks of which little is known. In a 2-year experimental manipulation of the tree and its aphid herbivore four major findings emerged: (i) the interactions of these two species determined the composition of an arthropod community of 139 species; (ii) both tree genotype and aphid presence significantly predicted community diversity; (iii) the presence of aphids on genetically susceptible trees increased the stability of arthropod communities across years; and (iv) the experimental removal of aphids affected community network structure (network degree, modularity and tree genotype contribution to modularity). These findings demonstrate that the interactions of foundation species are genetically based, which in turn significantly contributes to community diversity, stability and species interaction networks. These experiments provide an important step in understanding the evolution of Darwin's ‘entangled bank’, a metaphor that characterizes the complexity and interconnectedness of communities in the wild.
Users' Perspectives on Multimodal Menstrual Tracking Using Consumer Health Devices
Creators: name: Lin, Georgianna
name: Li, Brenna
name: Li, Helen
name: Zhao, Chloe
name: Truong, Khai N
name: Mariakakis, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Previous menstrual health literature highlights a variety of signals not included in existing menstrual trackers because they are either difficult to gather or are not typically associated with menstrual health. Since it has become increasingly convenient to collect biomarkers through wearables and other consumer-grade devices, our work examines how people incorporate unconventional signals (e.g., blood glucose levels, heart rate) into their understanding of menstrual health. In this paper, we describe a three-month-long study on fifty participants' experiences as they tracked their health using physiological sensors and daily diaries. We analyzed their experiences with both conventional and unconventional menstrual health signals through surveys and interviews conducted throughout the study. We delve into the various aspects of menstrual health that participants sought to affirm using unconventional signals, explore how these signals influenced their daily behaviors, and examine how multimodal menstrual tracking expanded their scope of menstrual health. Finally, we provide design recommendations for future multimodal menstrual trackers.
description: 25 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. The paper was accepted by IMWUT/Ubicomp 2024
Spatio-temporal networks: reachability, centrality and robustness
Creators: name: Williams, Matthew J.
name: Musolesi, Mirco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent advances in spatial and temporal networks have enabled researchers to more-accurately describe many real-world systems such as urban transport networks. In this paper, we study the response of real-world spatio-temporal networks to random error and systematic attack, taking a unified view of their spatial and temporal performance. We propose a model of spatio-temporal paths in time-varying spatially embedded networks which captures the property that, as in many real-world systems, interaction between nodes is non-instantaneous and governed by the space in which they are embedded. Through numerical experiments on three real-world urban transport systems, we study the effect of node failure on a network's topological, temporal and spatial structure. We also demonstrate the broader applicability of this framework to three other classes of network. To identify weaknesses specific to the behaviour of a spatio-temporal system, we introduce centrality measures that evaluate the importance of a node as a structural bridge and its role in supporting spatio-temporally efficient flows through the network. This exposes the complex nature of fragility in a spatio-temporal system, showing that there is a variety of failure modes when a network is subject to systematic attacks.
description: 26 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables
Freelancers in Germany's Old and New Media Industry: Beyond Standard Patterns of Work and Life?
Creators: name: Henninger, Annette
name: Gottschall, Karin
Publisher: name: Universität Bremen
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Gender
subject: work
subject: work-life-balance
subject: regulation
subject: labor markets
subject: media industry
subject: 300

description: The paper addresses potential changes in the patterns of work and private life among free-lancers in Germany’s media industry (journalists, designers, software developers). In the ﬁrst step, we analyze how freelance workers have been integrated into Germany’s regulations for the labor market. Our analysis points to important diﬀerences between the professional groups. In a second step, we ask whether freelancers in the German media industry ﬁt the picture of workaholics. Our interviews with freelancers show that only a minority has thor-oughly blurred the boundaries between work and life, while most others still draw a clear line between the two. Findings on partnerships reveal that structurally equal dual-earner ar-rangements are widespread, but are not the only type of gender arrangement. An important group opts for structurally specialized arrangements based on traditional as well as reversed gender roles. In the ﬁnal discussion we assess to what extent German trends in the changing patterns of work and life converge with those in the US and in the UK.
Importance of molecular interactions in colloidal dispersions
Creators: name: Lopez-Esparza, R.
name: Altamirano, M. A. Balderas
name: Pérez, E.
name: Goicochea, A. Gama
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review briefly the concept of colloidal dispersions, their general properties and some of their most important applications, as well as the basic molecular interactions that give rise to their properties in equilibrium. Similarly, we revisit Brownian motion and hydrodynamic interactions associated with the concept of viscosity of colloidal dispersion. It is argued that the use of modern research tools, such as computer simulations, allows one to predict accurately some macroscopically measurable properties by solving relatively simple models of molecular interactions for a large number of particles. Lastly, as a case study, we report the prediction of rheological properties of polymer brushes using state of the art, coarse grained computer simulations, which are in excellent agreement with experiments.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures
title: The value of single-energy metal artifact reduction in CT examination with hip prosthesis
Creators: name: LI, Xiaoshi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: Radiographers
subject: CT
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Artifacts
subject: Image registration

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of single-energy metal artifact reduction (SEMAR) in CT examination with hip...
title: Basics and particularities in esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula
Creators: name: Calota, Mariana Andreea
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Paediatric
subject: Respiratory system
subject: CT
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: Contrast agent-other
subject: Congenital
subject: Fistula

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Exemplify different types of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Define and illustrate uncommon congenital anomalies that can be associated with this...
A method for analyzing the business case for provider participation in the National Cancer Institute's Community Clinical Oncology Program and similar federally funded, provider-based research networks: Analyzing the Business Case for Research
Creators: name: Minasian, Lori
name: Weiner, Bryan J.
name: Good, Marjorie
name: Song, Paula H.
name: McAlearney, Ann Scheck
name: Reiter, Kristin L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: The Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) plays an essential role in the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) efforts to increase enrollment in clinical trials. There is currently little practical guidance in the literature to assist provider organizations in analyzing the return on investment (ROI), or business case, for establishing and operating a provider-based research network (PBRN) such as the CCOP. This paper presents a conceptual model of the business case for PBRN participation and provides a spreadsheet-based tool and advice for evaluating the business case for provider participation in a CCOP organization.
Quantum Anatomy of Supersymmetric Black Holes in AdS Spacetimes
Creators: name: Lee, Siyul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The entropy of the universe might decrease if black holes did not have entropy. Hawking's derivation of black hole temperature and the first law of thermodynamics suggest that black holes indeed have entropy. However, Einstein's classical gravity does not allow black holes to have internal degrees of freedom that entropy implies. Thus it is the central mission of quantum gravity to uncover the many quantum microstates of black holes. Via the AdS/CFT correspondence, black holes in Anti-de-Sitter (AdS) spacetimes are dual to ensembles of quantum states in conformal field theories (CFTs). Recently, the number of supersymmetric quantum states in CFTs has been counted to successfully account for the supersymmetric AdS black hole entropy. We take a step forward by studying properties of such supersymmetric quantum states dual to black holes. First, a supersymmetric AdS black hole may exist only if its charges obey a certain relation. We reproduce the same relation from a certain ensemble of the supersymmetric states in CFT. This gives a heuristic derivation of the supersymmetric black hole charge constraint for AdS black holes in $3$, $4$, $5$, and $7$ dimensions from the respective microscopic theories. Second, we find explicit expressions for the black hole cohomologies in the weakly coupled 4d maximal Super-Yang-Mills theory with gauge groups $SU(2)$ and $SU(3)$. These are connected to the actual microstates of quantum black holes in the 5-dimensional AdS spacetime.
description: Ph.D. Thesis. 162 pages