cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effect of maternal stress on early life history traits and performance in salmonids
Creators: name: Lazaro-Côté, Analisa
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: maternal stress
subject: cortisol
subject: Pacific salmon
subject: Animal Physiology

description: During the upstream spawning migration of Pacific salmon, circulating cortisol concentration increases to mobilize energy stores. Pacific salmon contend with a gauntlet of stressors that can further elevate cortisol concentrations in response to stressful stimuli. Consequently, plasma cortisol concentrations measured in maternal fish that have reached their spawning grounds may reflect their recent stress history. Despite studies mimicking the maternal transfer of cortisol to the eggs, how natural variation in maternal cortisol concentrations shapes offspring phenotypes is unclear. Therefore, I assessed whether stress in maternal salmonids alters the growth and stress performance of their offspring via increased cortisol deposition in the eggs. Specifically, I tested whether high concentrations of circulating cortisol in maternal fish reduced embryo survival, and fry growth and stress performance. Eggs from 101 wild coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) females were collected from three rivers in the interior Fraser River watershed, British Columbia, Canada. The eggs were fertilized and reared until the fry stage at a hatchery. High egg cortisol concentration increased offspring mortality at the eyed stage. Interestingly, the surviving free-swimming fry had enhanced growth, resulting in larger size, and heightened cortisol stress response. The corresponding increase in the transcript abundance of genes related to growth and stress axis functioning in the fry suggest that high maternal cortisol concentrations programmed offspring for faster growth and heightened stress reactivity during early development. To test whether high egg cortisol concentrations specifically causes the phenotypic variation such as that observed in coho salmon, I manipulated steroid concentrations in the eggs of 10 maternal rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by immersion in water-borne cortisol during fertilization. Cortisol treatments increased egg steroid concentrations; however, neither the developmental trajectory nor the stress performance of fry differed statistically among treatments. Therefore, the utility of egg cortisol concentration as a biomarker of offspring developmental performance may be dependent on the life history of the animal. Overall, maternal cortisol concentration seems to act as a cue that prepares the offspring of wild coho salmon for stressful environments.
MOESM2 of Utilization of dental services and associated factors among preschool children in China
Creators: name: Gao, Xiaoli
name: Ding, Min
name: Xu, Mengru
name: Wu, Huijing
name: Zhang, Chunzi
name: Wang, Xing
name: Feng, Xiping
name: Tai, Baojun
name: Hu, Deyu
name: Lin, Huancai
name: Wang, Bo
name: Zheng, Shuguo
name: Liu, Xuenan
name: Rong, Wensheng
name: Wang, Weijian
name: Wang, Chunxiao
name: Si, Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2: Oral health questionnaire for parents/caregivers.
The Ontology of Violence: United Nations Peacekeeping Response to Mass Atrocity Violence in Sudan and South Sudan
Creators: name: Winger, Sara Marie
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sudan
subject: South Sudan
subject: Darfur
subject: violence
subject: United Nations
subject: peacekeeping
subject: communal violence
subject: conflict-related sexual violence
subject: child soldiers
subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Political Science--International Law and Relations

description: This research identifies significant shortcomings related to the United Nations (UN) conceptualizations of violence. It is based on the starting hypothesis that the UN’s ineffectiveness in stabilizing conflicts is partly due to an inadequate consideration of specific forms of violence. The primary research question that this dissertation answers is: What approach has the UN taken to ensure that responding to violence is a strategic priority in peacekeeping missions? A secondary question is: Are there opportunities for the UN to better incorporate understandings of violence into peacekeeping to potentially improve the efficacy of the missions? The three cases this research explores are the three separate peacekeeping missions within the greater Sudan: the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) to address the violence between Sudan and southern Sudan, the UN and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to address conflict in the west of Sudan, and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to assist in solidifying peace after South Sudan declared independence. I analyze how the UN considers violence in peacekeeping missions through my cases. This research demonstrates that forms of violence are significant enough that the UN should actively consider them in the makeup of its mission. The forms examined in this dissertation are communal violence, conflict-related sexual violence, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers. The research demonstrated that throughout history, these forms of violence have been widespread and have continued throughout the conflict. The commission of these forms of violence destabilizes the region, thus making the work of the UN more challenging. The findings of this dissertation offer insights into how missions could improve.
Water Cut Measurement and Solvent Detection for Production Surveillance and Optimization using Microwave Sensors
Creators: name: Kamal, Bushra
Publisher: name: Schulich School of Engineering
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Chemical

description: Monitoring of water-cut and solvent in multiphase flows is essential in petroleum production, processing, and transportation. Achieving precise online water cut measurements is highly desirable but challenging, especially when high accuracy is necessary. It holds great importance for maintaining production quality, assessing well conditions, reducing energy consumption, and automating oil production management. Solvent recovery in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods such as Expanding Solvent-Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (ES-SAGD) is an important key metric for assessing the solvent return that meets economic threshold. Online water-cut meters typically rely on sensing the dielectric permittivity, density, infrared, or gamma-ray spectral absorption characteristics of the oil and water mixture. The currently available methods lack an inexpensive, non-contact, real-time water cut (WC) measurement that is high in demand and technology. Microwave technology can introduce a practical solution to address these problems. Over the past two decades, planar microwave resonator-based sensors have become increasingly popular. This heightened popularity is due to several factors, including their uncomplicated fabrication process, ease of integration with experimental setups, and adaptability in design. A noteworthy and intriguing aspect of microwave sensors is their ability to perform non-contact sensing and real-time monitoring. This unique capability arises from the interaction between the electromagnetic field produced by the sensor and the characteristics of the sensing material in its immediate surroundings. This research work investigated water-cut measurement and solvent detection through the integration of unique planar microwave sensor designs within highly sophisticated experimental setups at various conditions. The sensors are designed such that they do not require any special facilities or equipment for their integration in the pipelines to perform efficiently.
Superconducting properties of single-crystalline A_{x}Fe_{2-y}Se_{2} (A=Rb, K) studied using muon spin spectroscopy
Creators: name: Shermadini, Z.
name: Luetkens, H.
name: Khasanov, R.
name: Krzton-Maziopa, A.
name: Conder, K.
name: Pomjakushina, E.
name: Klauss, H-H.
name: Amato, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the superconducting properties of A_{x}Fe_{2-y}Se_{2} (A = Rb, K) single crystals studied with the muon spin relaxation or rotation (\muSR) technique. At low temperatures, close to 90% of the sample volumes exhibit large-moment magnetic order which impedes the investigation of their superconducting properties by \muSR. On the other hand, about 10% of the sample volumes remain paramagnetic and clearly show a superconducting response. The temperature dependence of the superconducting carrier density was analyzed within the framework of a single s-wave gap scenario. The zero-temperature values of the in-plane magnetic penetration depths λ_{ab}(0) = 258(2) and 225(2) nm and the superconducting gaps Δ(0) = 7.7(2) and 6.3(2) meV have been determined for A = Rb and K, respectively. The microscopic coexistence and/or phase separation of superconductivity and magnetism is discussed.
description: 2 figures, 1 table
Additional file 9 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 9. Linear mixed model of ΔFSS-9 sum scores from baseline to EOT12 for integrated HCV treatment (intention-totreat, sensitivity analysis without computed data), adjusted for SVR at EOT12 (number of participants = 189, number of observations: 378). Legends: The table displays a linear mixed model analysis (Restricted Maximum Likelihood) regression of the impact of integrated HCV treatment and SVR on changes in FSS-9 sum scores (ΔFSS-9 sum score) from baseline to EOT12 (intention-to-treat analysis without computed data by the expectation–maximization algorithm). The FSS-9 sum score ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of HCV treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item fatigue severity scale; SVR: Sustained virological response.
MOESM1 of Disease outbreak accompanies the dispersive structure of shrimp gut bacterial community with a simple core microbiota
Creators: name: Yao, Zhiyuan
name: Yang, Kunjie
name: Huang, Lei
name: Huang, Xiaolin
name: Qiuqian, Linglin
name: Wang, Kai
name: Zhang, Demin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. The average body length and the weight of the shrimp under different health state across three sampling days. Figure S1. Rarefaction curves of individual shrimp samples. Rarefaction curves were assembled showing the number of OTUs, defined at the 97% sequence similarity cut-off, relative to the number of total sequences. The dashed vertical line indicates the number of sequences subsampled from each sample to calculate alpha diversity estimates. Figure S2. The alpha-diversity indices (Shannon index and number of observed species, per 26100 sequences of the shrimp gut samples under different health state across three sampling days. HI: healthy gut; DI: diseased gut. Significant differences were indicated by the asterisk (*, P < 0.05) based on one-way analysis of variance. Lines at the top, bottom, and middle of the box correspond to the 75th, 25th, and 50th percentiles (median), respectively. The asterisk in the box represents the mean value. Figure S3. Relative abundance of the dominant bacterial phyla (>3%) or classes (Proteobacteria) under different health state across three sampling days. Each bar represents the mean Âą standard deviation. Significant differences were indicated by the asterisk (*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01) based on one-way analysis of variance. Figure S4. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) plots of community dissimilarities based on unweighed Unifrac distance between healthy and diseased shrimp gut across three sampling days. Sampling days exhibited with distinct colors (Blue: Day 70; Red: Day 80; Green: Day 85) and health state showed with the solid (Healthy) and hollow (Diseased). Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) was used to test the significance of time, health state and their interaction in community variation at each day. HI: healthy gut; DI: diseased gut.
Additional file 10 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 10. Linear mixed model of ΔFSS-9 sum scores from baseline to EOT12 for integrated HCV treatment, adjusted for SVR . Legends: The table displays a linear mixed model analysis regression of the impact of integrated HCV treatment and SVR on changes in FSS-9 sum scoresfrom baseline to EOT12. The FSS-9 sum score ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of HCV treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item fatigue severity scale; SVR: Sustained virological response.
Deconfinement in the presence of a strong magnetic background: an exercise within the MIT bag model
Creators: name: Fraga, Eduardo S.
name: Palhares, Leticia F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of a very strong homogeneous magnetic field B on the thermal deconfinement transition within the simplest phenomenological approach: the MIT bag pressure for the quark- gluon plasma and a gas of pions for the hadronic sector. Even though the model is known to be crude in numerical precision and misses the correct nature of the (crossover) transition, it provides a simple setup for the discussion of some subtleties of vacuum and thermal contributions in each phase, and should provide a reasonable qualitative description of the critical temperature in the presence of B. We find that the critical temperature decreases, saturating for very large fields.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures; v2: clarifications and references added; v3: improved discussion and new section on renormalization subtleties, to appear in PRD
Studying Infection Transmission Dynamics Amongst Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis
Creators: name: Izydorczyk, Conrad
Publisher: name: Cumming School of Medicine
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: cystic fibrosis
subject: infection transmission
subject: genomic epidemiology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cystic fibrosis (CF) impairs the natural immune defenses of the lungs and leaves affected individuals susceptible to incident and chronic lung infections by a variety of microbial pathogens. The potential for patient-to-patient transmission of lung infections between persons with CF (pwCF) was first realized in the 1980's with incident infections caused by members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex, followed in the 1990’s by the recognition of epidemic strains of the archetypal CF pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To mitigate this risk, progressively stringent infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines have been implemented to prevent further spread amongst pwCF. However, few longitudinal studies assessing the potential for transmission of CF pathogens have been performed. Accordingly, the primary objective of this thesis was to investigate the natural history and potential for transmission of four key CF pathogens amongst pwCF attending the Southern Alberta Adult CF Clinic (SAACFC) in Calgary, Canada between 2002-2020: Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and P. aeruginosa. Whole-genome sequencing +/- pulse field gel electrophoresis were utilized for investigating infection transmission to achieve maximal resolution. A wide variety of genomic approaches were investigated for the inference of patient-to-patient transmission from genomic data, including several measures of genetic relatedness, phylogenetics, and pangenome analyses. These were combined with investigations of epidemiological linkages between pwCF to identify potential transmission opportunities. While a high degree of strain sharing was observed for all examined species, healthcare associated patient-to-patient transmission was rare through two decades. No instances of potential transmission were observed between 2002-2020 for E. coli, H. influenzae, or S. maltophilia, while infrequent transmission was postulated for P. aeruginosa. However, evidence of widespread historical transmission of epidemic P. aeruginosa strains was observed prior to patients entering the SAACFC. These findings corroborate the paradigm that most lung infections in pwCF in the current era of rigorous IPC mandates are acquired by independent acquisition events from independent environmental sources. Overall, the findings of this thesis contribute not only to CF and infection control literature, but also to the application of whole-genome sequencing to the study of infection transmission.
Magic Messengers in Gauge Mediation and signal for 125 GeV boosted Higgs boson
Creators: name: Byakti, Pritibhajan
name: Ghosh, Diptimoy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a renormalizable messenger sector with magic messenger fields instead of usual SU(5) complete multiplets. We derive the soft supersymmetry breaking terms and show that the gaugino sector can be parameterized by only two parameters. These parameters can be chosen appropriately to obtain various patterns of gaugino masses and different ratios among them. The sfermion sector can also be characterized by two independent parameters which can be adjusted to change the relative masses of squarks and sleptons. A judicious choice of parameters also allows us to achieve the lightest Higgs boson mass about 125 GeV. In this paper we focus on a scenario where a comparatively large hierarchy exists between the U(1) and SU(2) gaugino mass parameters. In such a case, the lightest Higgs boson originating from the decay of the next-to-lightest neutralino, following the direct production of chargino neutralino pair, can be considerably boosted. We show that a boosted Supersymmetric Higgs signal with a decent signal to background ratio can be obtained using the jet substructure technique at LHC with 8 TeV (14 TeV) center of mass energy and an integrated luminosity of about 30 fb$^{-1}$ (15 fb$^{-1}$).
description: Predictions for 14 TeV LHC and a few references added, typos corrected, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Loneliness and mattering : investigating distinctions among university students
Creators: name: Chang, Selena
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Perceived mattering, or the psychological tendency to evaluate the self as significant to others, and loneliness are two constructs that have received increasing attention in the past several decades. However, there is a dearth of literature on the relationship between mattering and loneliness. The purpose of this study was to empirically test the relationship between the two constructs, as well as to determine whether perceived mattering has a compensatory or additive effect in accounting for variance in loneliness. The secondary aim of this study was to test for any moderating effects of gender on the relationships between loneliness and mattering to various referents. The data were gathered from a convenience sample of university students (N = 99; 77% female, n = 76; 23% male, n = 23). Stepwise regressions, with loneliness as the dependent variable and perceived mattering to various referents as the independent variables, were conducted. Interaction terms were created and entered into regressions to test for compensatory and moderating effects. The results revealed that perceived mattering and loneliness were not inversely related although they were significantly negatively associated. Mattering to various referents (mothers, fathers, friends, and romantic partners) had an additive effect in accounting for variance in loneliness. Lastly, gender moderated the negative relationship between mattering and loneliness when the referents were mothers and fathers. Implications for future research and social work practice are discussed.
A Novel Approach to Constrain the Escape Fraction and Dust Content at High Redshift Using the Cosmic Infrared Background Fractional Anisotropy
Creators: name: Fernandez, Elizabeth R.
name: Dole, Herve
name: Iliev, Ilian T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) provides an opportunity to constrain many properties of the high redshift (z>6) stellar population as a whole. This background, specifically, from 1 to 200 microns, will contain any information about the era of reionization and the stars responsible for producing these ionizing photons. In this paper, we look at the fractional anisotropy delta I/I of this high redshift population, which is the ratio of the magnitude of the fluctuations (delta I) and the mean intensity (I). We show that this can be used to constrain the escape fraction of the population as a whole. The magnitude of the fluctuations of the CIB depend on the escape fraction, while the mean intensity does not. This results in lower values of the escape fraction producing higher values of the fractional anisotropy. This difference is predicted to be larger at the longer wavelengths bands (above 10 microns), albeit it is also much harder to observe in that range. We show that the fractional anisotropy can also be used to separate a dusty from a dust-free population. Finally, we discuss the constraints provided by current observations on the CIB fractional anisotropy.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted to ApJ, some clarifications added, matches accepted version
Development of an SUPG based numerical framework for the analysis of non-ionized hypersonic flows in thermochemical non-equilibrium
Creators: name: Codoni, David
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: compressible flow
subject: Finite Element Method
subject: Computational Fluid Dynamics
subject: hypersonic flow
subject: stabilized Finite Element Method
subject: Engineering--Mechanical

description: The present work focuses on the development of a numerical framework for the aerothermodynamic analysis in the hypersonic regime. In this work the Navier-Stokes equations for the compressible flows in thermochemical non-equilibrium are solved in the set of pressure-based primitive variables, using the Streamline-Upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) based stabilized formulation for the Finite Element Method (FEM) enhanced with a discontinuity-capturing operator. The first part of the project focuses on the validation of the fluid dynamic framework for compressible flows in high-speed regimes without considering real gas effects. In this part, the fluid is assumed ideal, non-reacting, and in thermal equilibrium. The numerical framework is validated against benchmark cases with increasing complexity, namely the flat plate, the compression corner, the two-dimensional cylinder and the three-dimensional atmospheric re-entry capsule. The results obtained gave the confidence that the SUPG stabilized formulation enhanced with a discontinuity-capturing term constitutes a valid approach to studying high-speed flows. The second part of the project involves the development and implementation of real gas effects at the hypersonic regime. The developed numerical framework is able to predict 5-species nonionized flows in thermochemical non-equilibrium. The numerical framework for reacting flows in thermal non-equilibrium is verified and validated against benchmark cases, such as the zero-dimensional nitrogen reactor, two-dimensional cylinder, and the three-dimensional hollow flare and double cone. Based on the good agreement of the results obtained with the available data in the literature, it is safe to state that the methodology presented in this work proved to be a valid alternative to analyse the non-ionized hypersonic flows in thermochemical non-equilibrium. The pressure-based primitive variables numerical framework presented in this work, set the first step towards the development of a Fluid-Thermal-Structure Interaction (FTSI) framework for the analysis of aerothermoelastic problems in the hypersonic regime.
Additional file 11 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 11. Linear mixed model of the association between sociodemographic factors, injecting drug use, and drug use and FSS-9 sum score. Legends: The table displays a linear mixed model analysis regression of the impact of sociodemographic factors, injecting drug use, and drug use on FSS-9 sum scores at baseline and from baseline to EOT12in the study sample. The FSS-9 sum score ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue. “Educational attainment” was defined as the highest level of education completed. “Injecting substance use” was defined as having injected any substance at least once during the 12 months leading up to the first health assessment. Drug use was categorized according to the use during the past year. Frequent drug use was defined as consuming at least one of the drugs in the five drug classes more than weekly during the year leading up to the first health assessment. Participants who did not use drugs or used them less than weekly during the year were categorized as having “no frequent use of drugs”. Missing values were identified in 1.4% of FSS-9 scores, 1.1 % of educational attainment, 2.5 % of injecting drug use and 3.3 % of drug use at baseline and 29.9% of FSS-9 score at EOT12, and all were handled as “missing at random” and replaced with estimated values using expectation- maximization algorithm. Except for the “achieving SVR” predictor, we kept all the predictor variables constant at the baseline level in predicting changes in the FSS-9 sum scores from baseline to EOT12. To explore whether predictors predicted changes in the FSS-9 score from baseline to EOT12, the interaction between these factors and timeand EOT12) were added. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of HCV treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item fatigue severity scale; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; SVR: Sustained virological response.
Next-to-leading order QCD effect of $W'$ on top quark Forward-Backward Asymmetry
Creators: name: Yan, Kai
name: Wang, Jian
name: Shao, Ding Yu
name: Li, Chong Sheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the calculations of the complete next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the total cross section, invariant mass distribution and the forward-backward asymmetry ($\rm A_{FB}$) of top quark pair production mediated by $W'$ boson. Our results show that in the best fit point in the parameter space allowed by data at the Tevatron, the NLO corrections change the new physics contributions to the total cross section slightly, but increase the $\rm A_{FB}$ in the large invariant mass region by about 9%. Moreover, we evaluate the total cross section and charge asymmetry ($\rm{A}_{\rm{C}}$) of top pair production at the LHC, and find that both total cross section and $A_{\rm C}$ can be used to distinguish NP from SM with the integrated luminosity increasing.
description: 24 pages, 9 figures, 1 table
Dark matter merging induced turbulence as an efficient engine for gas cooling
Creators: name: Prieto, Joaquin
name: Jimenez, Raul
name: Martí, Jose
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have performed a cosmological numerical simulation of primordial baryonic gas collapsing onto a $3\times10^7$M$_{\odot}$ dark matter (DM) halo. We show that the large scale baryonic accretion process and the merger of few $\sim10^6$ M$_{\odot}$ DM halos, triggered by the gravitational potential of the biggest halo, is enough to create super sonic ($\mathcal{M}>10$) shocks and develop a turbulent environment. In this scenario the post shocked regions are able to produced both H$_2$ and HD molecules very efficiently reaching maximum abundances of $n_\mathrm{H_2}\sim10^{-2}n_\mathrm{H}$ and $n_\mathrm{HD}\sim \mathrm{few}\times10^{-6}n_\mathrm{H}$, enough to cool the gas below 100K in some regions. The kinetic energy spectrum of the turbulent primordial gas is close to a Burgers spectrum, $\hat{E}_k\propto k^{-2}$, which could favor the formation of low mass primordial stars. The solenoidal to total kinetic energy ratio is $0.65\la R_k\la0.7$ for a wide range of wave numbers; this value is close to $R_k\approx 2/3$ natural equipartition energy value of a random turbulent flow. In this way turbulence and molecular cooling seem to work together in order to produce potential star formation regions of cold and dense gas in primordial environments. We conclude that both the mergers and the collapse process onto the main DM halo provide enough energy to develop super sonic turbulence which favor the molecular coolants formation: this mechanism, which could be universal and the main route toward formation of the first galaxies, is able to create potential star forming regions at high redshift.
First order and stable relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics
Creators: name: Ván, P.
name: Biró, T. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Relativistic thermodynamics is derived from kinetic equilibrium in a general frame. Based on a novel interpretation of Lagrange multipliers in the equilibrium state we obtain a generic stable but first order relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics. Although this was believed to be impossible, we circumvent this difficulty by a specific handling of the heat flow.
description: revised, 11 pages, accepted for publication in PLB
Cornering New Physics in b --> s Transitions
Creators: name: Altmannshofer, Wolfgang
name: Straub, David M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive constraints on Wilson coefficients of dimension-six effective operators probing the b --> s transition, using recent improved measurements of the rare decays Bs --> mu+mu-, B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and including all relevant observables in inclusive and exclusive decays. We consider operators present in the SM as well as their chirality-flipped counterparts and scalar operators. We find good agreement with the SM expectations. Compared to the situation before winter 2012, we find significantly more stringent constraints on the chirality-flipped coefficients due to complementary constraints from B --> K mu+mu- and B --> K* mu+mu- and due to the LHCb measurement of the angular observable S_3 in the latter decay. We also list the full set of observables sensitive to new physics in the low recoil region of B --> K* mu+mu-.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables. v3: typos corrected
Additional file 12 of The efficacy of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment in relieving fatigue in people who inject drugs: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Vold, Jørn Henrik
name: Chalabianloo, Fatemeh
name: Løberg, Else-Marie
name: Aas, Christer F.
name: Lim, Aaron G.
name: Vickerman, Peter
name: Johansson, Kjell Arne
name: Fadnes, Lars Thore
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 12. Linear mixed model of the association between sociodemographic factors, injecting drug use, and drug use and FSS-9 sum score. Legends: The table displays a linear mixed model analysis regression of the impact of sociodemographic factors, injecting drug use, and drug use on FSS-9 sum scores at baseline and from baseline to EOT12in the study sample. The FSS-9 sum score ranges from 9 points, no fatigue, to 63 points, worst fatigue. “Educational attainment” was defined as the highest level of education completed. “Injecting substance use” was defined as having injected any substance at least once during the 12 months leading up to the first health assessment. Drug use was categorized according to the use during the past year. Frequent drug use was defined as consuming at least one of the drugs in the five drug classes more than weekly during the year leading up to the first health assessment. Participants who did not use drugs or used them less than weekly during the year were categorized as having “no frequent use of drugs”. Missing values were identified in 1.4% of FSS-9 scores, 1.1 % of educational attainment, 2.5 % of injecting drug use and 3.3 % of drug use at baseline and 29.9% of FSS-9 score at EOT12, and all were handled as “missing at random” and replaced with estimated values using expectation- maximization algorithm. Except for the “achieving SVR” predictor, we kept all the predictor variables constant at the baseline level in predicting changes in the FSS-9 sum scores from baseline to EOT12. To explore whether predictors predicted changes in the FSS-9 score from baseline to EOT12, the interaction between these factors and timeand EOT12) were added. EOT12: 12 weeks after the end of HCV treatment; FSS-9: Nine-item fatigue severity scale; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; SVR: Sustained virological response.
A New Approach to Ratio Asymptotics for Orthogonal Polynomials
Creators: name: Simanek, Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a non-linear characterization of orthonormal polynomials due to Saff in order to show that the behavior of orthonormal polynomials is determined only by its leading coefficient and its normalization. Several applications of this equivalence are also discussed. One of our main results is that for regular measures on the closed unit disk - including, but not limited to the unit circle - one has ratio asymptotics along a sequence of asymptotic density 1.
description: 20 pages, 1 figure. In version 2, Section 3 has been reorganized and presents simpler proofs of the OPRL theorems. Version 3 corrects an error in the statement of Theorem 3.3
Additional file 15 of Glycemic control and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated using glyburide, metformin, or insulin: a pairwise and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Dan-Qing
name: Xu, Guan-Xin
name: Teng, Xin-Yuan
name: Xu, Jing-Wei
name: Tang, Liang-Fang
name: Feng, Chun
name: Rao, Jin-Peng
name: Jin, Min
name: Wang, Li-Quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 15: Supplementary Table 3. Prevalence of adverse outcome.
Analysis of the mechanism of maintenance of the H3K27 trimethylation mark using a novel chromatin targeting system
Creators: name: Lepage, Sarah Isabelle Marie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Chromatin replication during cell division must be accurately orchestrated to ensure genetic and epigenetic information is transmitted to cell progeny. Upon cell division, newly synthesized histones assemble onto the newly formed chromatin to replace the disassociated parental histones. As these newly synthesized histones do not contain the same post-translational modifications as their adjacent parental histones, these modifications must be recapitulated after each cell division. The trimethylation of lysine 27 (K27me3) on histone H3 is associated with transcriptional repression, and is deposited by EZH2, a member of the PRC2 complex. Using a Gal4 DNA binding domain (Gal4DBD) fused to EZH2 coupled with FLP/FRT-based deletion of a gal4 binding site cassette, I provide evidence that, once established, the maintenance of H3K27me3 does not require the presence of the DNA binding sites necessary for the initial deposition of this mark. These results suggest that the presence of specific histone marks may be sufficient to promote reiterative deposition of the same mark on nascent histones in association with DNA replication.
Additional file 1 of Challenges of being a maternity service leader during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive analysis of the journey
Creators: name: Tan, Annie
name: Wilson, Alyce N.
name: Bucknall, Tracey
name: Digby, Robin
name: Vogel, Joshua P.
name: Homer, Caroline SE.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Appendix 1
Gravitational entropy and thermodynamics away from the horizon
Creators: name: Brustein, Ram
name: Medved, A. J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We define, by an integral of geometric quantities over a spherical shell of arbitrary radius, an invariant gravitational entropy. This definition relies on defining a gravitational energy and pressure, and it reduces at the horizon of both black branes and black holes to Wald's Noether charge entropy. We support the thermodynamic interpretation of the proposed entropy by showing that, for some cases, the field theory duals of the entropy, energy and pressure are the same as the corresponding quantities in the field theory. In this context, the Einstein equations are equivalent to the field theory thermodynamic relation TdS=dE+PdV supplemented by an equation of state.
description: 13 pages, Substantial changes to presentation. Conclusions unchanged, version to be published in PLB
Has a fermiophobic Higgs boson been detected at the LHC?
Creators: name: Gabrielli, Emidio
name: Mele, Barbara
name: Raidal, Martti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that, in the present inclusive searches for the Higgs boson at the LHC, a fermiophobic Higgs mimics the standard-model-like Higgs if its mass is around 125 GeV. For that mass the order-of-magnitude reduction of fermiophobic Higgs production cross sections is compensated by a corresponding increase in the Higgs branching fraction into $γγ$, while the $WW^*,$ $ZZ^*,$ $Zγ$ signal yields are predicted to be somewhat smaller. The excess seen in the ATLAS and CMS fermiophobic Higgs boson searches in $γγ$ channel, including the exclusive vector-boson-fusion analysis, suggests that the LHC sees a fermiophobic instead of a standard-model-like Higgs boson. If the Higgs boson turns out to be fermiophobic, many of our present ideas of new physics should be revised.
description: New fermiophobic Higgs hint from the LHC announced in Moriond 2012 included, discussion expanded, results unchanged
Additional file 2 of Challenges of being a maternity service leader during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive analysis of the journey
Creators: name: Tan, Annie
name: Wilson, Alyce N.
name: Bucknall, Tracey
name: Digby, Robin
name: Vogel, Joshua P.
name: Homer, Caroline SE.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Appendix 2
Gamma-Ray Bursts in Circumstellar Shells: A Possible Explanation for Flares
Creators: name: Mesler, Robert A.
name: Whalen, Daniel J.
name: Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole M.
name: Fryer, Chris L.
name: Pihlström, Ylva M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is now generally accepted that long-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are due to the collapse of massive rotating stars. The precise collapse process itself, however, is not yet fully understood. Strong winds, outbursts, and intense ionizing UV radiation from single stars or strongly interacting binaries are expected to destroy the molecular cloud cores that give birth to them and create highly complex circumburst environments for the explosion. Such environments might imprint features on GRB light curves that uniquely identify the nature of the progenitor and its collapse. We have performed numerical simulations of realistic environments for a variety of long-duration GRB progenitors with ZEUS-MP, and have developed an analytical method for calculating GRB light curves in these profiles. Though a full, three-dimensional, relativistic magnetohydrodynamical computational model is required to precisely describe the light curve from a GRB in complex environments, our method can provide a qualitative understanding of these phenomena. We find that, in the context of the standard afterglow model, massive shells around GRBs produce strong signatures in their light curves, and that this can distinguish them from those occurring in uniform media or steady winds. These features can constrain the mass of the shell and the properties of the wind before and after the ejection. Moreover, the interaction of the GRB with the circumburst shell is seen to produce features that are consistent with observed X-ray flares that are often attributed to delayed energy injection by the central engine. Our algorithm for computing light curves is also applicable to GRBs in a variety of environments such as those in high-redshift cosmological halos or protogalaxies, both of which will soon be targets of future surveys such as JANUS or Lobster.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, Accepted by ApJ
Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy from the Client Perspective
Creators: name: Lupton, Melissa Erin
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Indigenous Research Methods
subject: Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy
subject: Storywork Methodology
subject: Indigenous Therapeutic Approaches
subject: Education--Guidance and Counseling
subject: Mental Health

description: While Indigenous people account for only 5% of the general population of Canada, they are greatly overrepresented in our social service systems. Within children services, 69% of children are Indigenous (Children Services, 2020). In 2020, out of all incarcerated women, 50% were Indigenous (Government of Canada [GOC], 2022, June 30). The rate of suicide in Indigenous youth is 5-11 times higher than non-Indigenous youth (Canadian Federation of Medical Students, 2017), and Indigenous folks are six times more likely than non-Indigenous people to be victims of homicide (Statistics Canada, 2022, July 19). There is a clear need for change in these systems. Counselling psychology is dominated by Euro Western approaches that are not accessed by Indigenous people for a number of reasons including that these approaches have also been found, in many cases, to be ineffective within the Indigenous population. Psychology’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (CPA & PFC, 2018) encourages psychologists to familiarize themselves with Indigenous approaches to therapy to better serve this population. One therapeutic approach, named specifically in this response, is Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy (IFOT). As there is an almost non-existent research base for psychologists to become familiar with IFOT, the aim of this research is to fill this gap in the literature. The current research focused specifically on the client perspective of IFOT. The question was: How do clients experience Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy? Utilizing an Indigenous research paradigm, this question was explored through an Indigenous Storywork (ISW) methodology. Storytellers were IFOT practitioners who had experience as clients through their training. Storytellers shared their experience of IFOT from the client perspective. The researcher made meaning of the stories gathered and through this process, themes emerged. An overarching theme of IFOT is Effective surrounded the themes: IFOT as ceremony, a decolonized approach, IFOT Felt Sense, Medicines, Land, and All My Relations. These themes are understood in an interconnected, non-linear framework wherein they are all related and influence each other. This framework offers a preliminary understanding of the benefits of IFOT as well as recommendations for clinicians aiming toward culturally safe and relevant practice with Indigenous peoples.