cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fragebogen 1998 für Museen und Ausstellungshäuser
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Zahlen und Materialien aus dem Institut für Museumsforschung
Year: 2021

description: Zahlen und Materialien aus dem Institut für Museumsforschung , Nr. 52 (1999): Materialien aus dem Institut für Museumskunde
Socio-demographic factors associated with meeting the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines among adults and older adults
Creators: name: Rollo, Scott
name: Roberts, Karen
name: Bang, Felix
name: Carson, Valerie
name: Chaput, Jean-Philippe
name: Colley, Rachel
name: Janssen, Ian
name: Tremblay, Mark
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and Adults aged 65 years or older (24hrMG) provide evidence-based recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep. Purpose: To provide estimates of the proportion of Canadian adults meeting the new 24hrMG and examine associations between socio-demographic factors and meeting vs. not meeting the individual and integrated guideline recommendations. Methods: The study is based on 7,651 respondents aged 18-79 years from the 2007-to-2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey, a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey. Socio-demographic factors included age, sex, household education, household income, ethnicity, having a chronic condition, smoking status, alcohol consumption, and BMI. Participants were classified as meeting or not meeting each of the time-specific recommendations for MVPA, SB, and sleep duration. A combination of self-reported and device-based measures were used. Results: The proportion of adults who met the MVPA, SB, sleep and integrated guidelines were 42.0, 18.4, 65.2, and 7.1%, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that age, BMI, smoking status, and presence of a chronic condition were associated with meeting the integrated guidelines. Examining adherence to the individual recommendations, age, sex, BMI, household education, household income, smoking status, and having a chronic condition were associated with meeting the MVPA recommendation; age was associated with meeting the SB recommendation; and household income, ethnicity, and presence of a chronic condition were associated with meeting the sleep recommendation. Conclusions: Few Canadian adults meet the Canadian 24hrMG and disparities across socio-demographic factors exist. Funding: None.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Additional file 1 of Developing a toolkit for engagement practice: sharing power with communities in priority-setting for global health research projects
Creators: name: Pratt, Bridget
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Sharing Power with Communities in Priority-Setting for Health Research Projects: A Toolkit. Companion Document.
Health associations with meeting the Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for adults and older adults
Creators: name: Rollo, Scott
name: Roberts, Karen
name: Bang, Felix
name: Carson, Valerie
name: Chaput, Jean-Philippe
name: Colley, Rachel
name: Janssen, Ian
name: Tremblay, Mark
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and Adults aged 65 years or older (24hrMG) provide evidence-based recommendations for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep. Purpose: To examine whether meeting the overall 24hrMG, and different combinations of guideline recommendations, were associated with health indicators in a representative sample of Canadian adults. Methods: Participants were 8,297 adults aged 18-79 years from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. They were classified as meeting or not meeting each of the 24hrMG recommendations: MVPA (≥150 minutes/week), SB (≤9 hours/day of sedentary time including ≤3 hours/day of recreational screen time), and sleep duration (adults 18-64 years: 7-9 hours/day, adults aged ≥65 years: 7-8 hours/day). A combination of self-reported and device-based measures were used. Indicators of adiposity (n=2), aerobic fitness (n=1), and cardiometabolic health (n=7) were measured. Results: A total of 19.1% of the sample met none, 43.9% met one, 29.8% met two, and 7.1% met all three recommendations. Compared to meeting no recommendations, meeting one, two and all three recommendations was associated with better health for one, six and seven health indicators, respectively (p
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Extending Transition Path Theory: Periodically-Driven and Finite-Time Dynamics
Creators: name: Helfmann, Luzie
name: Borrell, Enric Ribera
name: Schütte, Christof
name: Koltai, Péter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60J22, 82C26, 60J45, 60J10

description: Given two distinct subsets $A,B$ in the state space of some dynamical system, Transition Path Theory (TPT) was successfully used to describe the statistical behavior of transitions from $A$ to $B$ in the ergodic limit of the stationary system. We derive generalizations of TPT that remove the requirements of stationarity and of the ergodic limit, and provide this powerful tool for the analysis of other dynamical scenarios: periodically forced dynamics and time-dependent finite-time systems. This is partially motivated by studying applications such as climate, ocean, and social dynamics. On simple model examples we show how the new tools are able to deliver quantitative understanding about the statistical behavior of such systems. We also point out explicit cases where the more general dynamical regimes show different behaviors to their stationary counterparts, linking these tools directly to bifurcations in non-deterministic systems.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEFINED IN THE HOLY BOOKS OF RELIGIONS
Creators: name: MOHSEN HOSSEINI DEHNAVI
name: REZA ALLAH DADI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Quran, Torah, Bible, Avesta, Crime, Punishment.

description: Abstract

Familiarity with the crimes and punishments defined in them can play an effective role in recognizing the benefits and legal challenges in different religions. The studies conducted show that there is a certain closeness between the crimes and punishments determined in the Holy Qur'an and the Old Testament, which are accepted by Jews and Christians. The fact is that the pattern of determining crime and punishment in the Avesta is far from the Old Testament and the Qur'an and cannot be compared. However, the similarities between the Qur'an and the Old Testament do not prevent us from ignoring the differences that exist in the field of proof of crime in the two religions of Islam and Judaism. These differences are particularly noteworthy in the two areas of matching the punishment with the crime and also the lack of acceptance of the principle of innocence in Judaism compared to Islam. In order to achieve such knowledge, it is necessary to review the crimes and punishments defined in the Qur'an, the Old Testament, and the Avesta and examine these methods.
The use of financial data for selection of investments in chemical common stocks
Creators: name: Kiefer, David M.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3502
subject: Banking, finance and investment

description: This study is an attempt to correlate certain quantitative financial data--readily available from public sources--with growth in investment values for specific common stocks of chemical firms. The period of time covered is, roughly, the past two decades. The study was undertaken in the hope that such comparisons would provide some insight into the characteristics and requirements for growth of capital that is invested in common stocks.
Additional file 4 of Metabolic profiling and scavenging activities of developing circumscissile fruit of psyllium (Plantago ovata Forssk.) reveal variation in primary and secondary metabolites
Creators: name: Patel, Manish Kumar
name: Mishra, Avinash
name: Santlal Jaiswar
name: Bhavanath Jha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4: Figure S1. Loading plot of PC analysis (PCA) based on (A) fatty acid composition, (B) amino-acids and (C) total flavonoid and phenolic contents of developing psyllium fruit.
Magnetospheric return-current-heated atmospheres of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars
Creators: name: Salmi, Tuomo
name: Suleimanov, Valery F.
name: Nättilä, Joonas
name: Poutanen, Juri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We computed accurate atmosphere models of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars in which the polar caps of a neutron star (NS) are externally heated by magnetospheric return currents. The external ram pressure, energy losses, and stopping depth of the penetrating charged particles were computed self-consistently with the atmosphere model, instead of assuming a simplified deep-heated atmosphere in radiative equilibrium. We used exact Compton scattering formalism to model the properties of the emergent X-ray radiation. The deep-heating approximation was found to be valid only if most of the heat originates from ultra-relativistic bombarding particles with Lorentz factors of $γ\gtrsim 100$. In the opposite regime, the atmosphere attains a distinct two-layer structure with an overheated optically thin skin on top of an optically thick cool plasma. The overheated skin strongly modifies the emergent radiation: it produces a Compton-upscattered high-energy tail in the spectrum and alters the radiation beaming pattern from limb darkening to limb brightening for emitted hard X-rays. This kind of drastic change in the emission properties can have a significant impact on the inferred NS pulse profile parameters as performed, for example, by Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR. Finally, the connection between the energy distribution of the return current particles and the atmosphere emission properties offers a new tool to probe the exact physics of pulsar magnetospheres.
description: 13 pages, 10 figures, published in A&A
The use of financial data for selection of investments in chemical common stocks
Creators: name: Kiefer, David M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study is an attempt to correlate certain quantitative financial data--readily available from public sources--with growth in investment values for specific common stocks of chemical firms. The period of time covered is, roughly, the past two decades. The study was undertaken in the hope that such comparisons would provide some insight into the characteristics and requirements for growth of capital that is invested in common stocks.
FindBounce: package for multi-field bounce actions
Creators: name: Guada, Victor
name: Nemevšek, Miha
name: Pintar, Matevž
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We are launching FindBounce, a Mathematica package for the evaluation of the Euclidean bounce action that enters the decay rate of metastable states in quantum and thermal field theories. It is based on the idea of polygonal bounces, which is a semi-analytical approach to solving the bounce equation by discretizing the potential into piecewise linear segments. This allows for a fast and robust evaluation of arbitrary potentials with specified precision and any number of scalar fields. Time cost grows linearly with the number of fields and/or the number of segments. Computation with 20 fields takes $\sim 2$ seconds with $0.5\%$ accuracy of the action. The FindBounce function is simple to use with the native Mathematica look and feel, it is easy to install, and comes with detailed documentation and physical examples, such as the calculation of the nucleation temperature. We also provide timing benchmarks with comparisons to existing tools, where applicable.
description: 30 pages, 8 figures. Package homepage is available at https://github.com/vguada/FindBounce
Optical spectrum of the planetary nebula M 2-24
Creators: name: Zhang, Y.
name: Liu, X. -W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have obtained medium-resolution, deep optical long-slit spectra of the bulge planetary nebula (PN) M 2-24. The spectrum covers the wavelength range from 3610--7330 A. Over two hundred emission lines have been detected. The spectra show a variety of optical recombination lines (ORLs) from C, N, O and Ne ions. The diagnostic diagram shows significant density and temperature variations across the nebula. Our analysis suggests that the nebula has a dense central emission core. The nebula was thus studied by dividing it into two regions: 1) an high ionization region characterized by an electron temperature of T_e=16,300K and a density of logN_e(cm^{-3})=6.3; and 2) a low ionization region represented by T_e=11,400K and logN_e(cm^{-3})=3.7. A large number of ORLs from C, N, O and Ne ions have been used to determine the abundances of these elements relative to hydrogen. In general, the resultant abundances are found to be higher than the corresponding values deduced from collisionally excited lines (CELs). This bulge PN is found to have large enhancements in two {alpha}-elements, magnesium and neon.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures; accepted for publication in A&A
Additional file 5 of Examining user fee reductions in public primary healthcare facilities in Kenya, 1997–2012: effects on the use and content of antenatal care
Creators: name: Dennis, Mardieh L.
name: Benova, Lenka
name: Goodman, Catherine
name: Barasa, Edwine
name: Abuya, Timothy
name: Campbell, Oona M. R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology

description: Additional file 5. Receipt of individual ANC components.
Channel estimation: unified view of optimal performance and pilot sequences
Creators: name: Magoarou, Luc Le
name: Paquelet, Stéphane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Channel estimation is of paramount importance in most communication systems in order to optimize the data rate/energy consumption tradeoff. In modern systems, the possibly large number of transmit/receive antennas and subcarriers makes this task difficult. Designing pilot sequences of reasonable size yielding good performance is thus critical. Classically, the number of pilots is reduced by viewing the channel as a random vector and assuming knowledge of its distribution. In practice, this requires estimating the channel covariance matrix, which can be computationally costly and not adapted to scenarios with high mobility. In this paper, an alternative view is considered, in which the channel is a function of unknown deterministic parameters. In this setting, the problem of designing optimal pilot sequences of smallest possible size is studied for any parametric channel model. To do so, the Cram{é}r-Rao bound (CRB) for this general channel estimation problem is given, highlighting its key dependency on the introduced variation space. Then, the minimal size of pilot sequences and minimal value of the CRB are determined. Moreover, a general strategy to build optimal minimal length power constrained pilots sequences is given, based on an estimation of the variation space. The theoretical results are finally illustrated in a massive MIMO system context. They conveniently allow to retrieve well known previous results, but also to exhibit minimal length optimal pilot sequences for a new strategy based on a nonlinear physical model.
description: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, In press
Supporting open research, discovery, and impact in academic research
Creators: name: Gutzman, Karen E
Publisher: name: Galter Health Science Library & Learning Center
Year: 2017

description: This presentation was given as part of a panel on Understanding Academic Research: Free and Low-Cost Tools and Workflows at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2017 on Saturday, Jun 24, 2017 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Panelists included: Mike Taylor, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science; William Gunn, Director of Scholarly Communications, Mendeley; Karen Gutzman, Impact and Evaluation Librarian, Galter Health Sciences Library Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The moderator was Kristi Homes, Director, Galter Health Sciences LibraryDirector of Evaluation, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Effects of six-week virtual exercise program on senior citizens’ multidimensional well-being
Creators: name: Sato, Takahiro
name: Peltonen, Garrett
name: Iwasaki, Susumu
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Community-based exercise programs promote healthy aging by improving multidimensional well-being. Purpose: To elucidate the effect of a six-week community-based virtual exercise program on senior participants’ multidimensional well-being, including self-perception of health and fitness and physical activity levels as well as adherence to the exercise program. Methods: The six-week exercise intervention, being offered via Zoom under the COVID-19 pandemic, consisted of bi-weekly whole body resistance training sessions that lasted 1 hour in duration. Pre- and post-intervention assessments were conducted with sub-groups of the senior participants to examine their perceived health and fitness utilizing Short Version of Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ-S). Physical activity levels were quantified by an accelerometer prior to, during, and following the exercise program. Adherence was calculated as the percentage of exercise sessions attended. Results: Pre- and post-assessments indicated that the six-week exercise program was partially effective for the senior participants’ multidimensional well-being. More specifically, paired t-tests revealed significant improvements (P
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Methods and Materials in Health Education in American Secondary Schools
Creators: name: Wheatley, Richard Neal
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3901
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Health is the virtual essence of our existence. There is a distinct relationship between the state of being physically and psychologically sound and the methods employed by teachers who want to inspire others toward the wisdom of health.Success in motivating others toward health is determined and not predetermined as some people might believe.
Supporting open research, discovery, and impact in academic research
Creators: name: Gutzman, Karen E
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: bibliometrics
subject: open research
subject: open science
subject: open access
subject: Bibliometrics
subject: Research Design
subject: Research

description: This presentation was given as part of a panel on Understanding Academic Research: Free and Low-Cost Tools and Workflows at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2017 on Saturday, Jun 24, 2017 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Panelists included: Mike Taylor, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science; William Gunn, Director of Scholarly Communications, Mendeley; Karen Gutzman, Impact and Evaluation Librarian, Galter Health Sciences Library Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The moderator was Kristi Homes, Director, Galter Health Sciences LibraryDirector of Evaluation, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
description: Much of the academic research world remains available only to institutions that are able to pay for subscriptions to specific tools and resources. However, over the last few years, vendors, funders, and other organizations have developed a number of free and low-cost tools targeted to a range of stakeholders. These tools and resources help support users inside and beyond institutions to discover, understand and use academic research.This panel will highlight a number of favorite free and low-cost tools. Panelists will offer diverse perspectives, including best practices, real-life examples, and information on how you can use the tools to support your patrons as they discover, understand and use academic research. Resources to be presented include: Altmetric, ORCID, Mendeley, Google Scholar, Figshare, Overleaf, iCite, RePORTER, and more. Finally, the panel will publish an engaging poster with their top tips, and will make these posters available to attendees at their panel.Participants:Mike Taylor, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science, William Gunn, Director of Scholarly Communications, Mendeley, Karen Gutzman, Impact and Evaluation Librarian, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Moderator:Kristi Homes, Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Director of Evaluation, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
description: presentation_location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Induced Ge Spin Polarization at the Fe/Ge Interface
Creators: name: Freeland, J. W.
name: Kodama, R. H.
name: Vedpathak, M.
name: Erwin, S. C.
name: Keavney, D. J.
name: Winarski, R.
name: Ryan, P.
name: Rosenberg, R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report direct experimental evidence showing induced magnetic moments on Ge at the interface in an Fe/Ge system. Details of the x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and resonant magnetic scattering at the Ge L edge demonstrate the presence of spin-polarized {\it s} states at the Fermi level, as well as {\it d} character moments at higher energy, which are both oriented antiparallel to the moment of the Fe layer. Use of the sum rules enables extraction of the L/S ratio, which is zero for the {\it s} part and $\sim0.5$ for the {\it d} component. These results are consistent with layer-resolved electronic structure calculations, which estimate the {\it s} and {\it d} components of the Ge moment are anti-parallel to the Fe {\it 3d} moment and have a magnitude of $\sim0.01 μ_B$.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Investigation of social support provided for senior citizens in six-week virtual exercise program
Creators: name: Sato, Takahiro
name: Iwasaki, Susumu
name: Peltonen, Garrett
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Providing social support is considered key for senior citizens to increase adherence to physical activity. Purpose: To qualitatively investigate the types of social support provided for senior participants by instructors during a six-week community-based virtual exercise program. Methods: The six-week exercise intervention, being offered via Zoom under the COVID-19 pandemic, consisted of bi-weekly whole body resistance training sessions that lasted 1 hour in duration. Semi-structured interviews were conducted individually with two exercise groups consisting of two instructors and eight senior participants on a weekly basis. Results: Qualitative analysis revealed that the instructors provided the senior participants with encouragement implementing specific strategies including the instructional, behavioral, and motivational approaches, while the senior participants felt encouraged by their instructors utilizing the forementioned approaches. The participants also felt challenged in ways that the instructors challenged their participants, such as providing tough exercises. The senior participants perceived that Zoom sessions exceeded their expectations and accepted it positively, while both instructors and participants had to handle technological difficulties. Conclusions: Data indicate that exercise instructors demonstrated various kinds of social support to encourage and challenge the senior participants while the senior participants coincidently perceived to be supported by the instructors in a six-week virtual exercise program offered via Zoom. The senior participants perceived the virtual class to be effective. Funding: Western New Mexico University Research Grant.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Benchmarking Network Embedding Models for Link Prediction: Are We Making Progress?
Creators: name: Mara, Alexandru
name: Lijffijt, Jefrey
name: De Bie, Tijl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Network embedding methods map a network's nodes to vectors in an embedding space, in such a way that these representations are useful for estimating some notion of similarity or proximity between pairs of nodes in the network. The quality of these node representations is then showcased through results of downstream prediction tasks. Commonly used benchmark tasks such as link prediction, however, present complex evaluation pipelines and an abundance of design choices. This, together with a lack of standardized evaluation setups can obscure the real progress in the field. In this paper, we aim to shed light on the state-of-the-art of network embedding methods for link prediction and show, using a consistent evaluation pipeline, that only thin progress has been made over the last years. The newly conducted benchmark that we present here, including 17 embedding methods, also shows that many approaches are outperformed even by simple heuristics. Finally, we argue that standardized evaluation tools can repair this situation and boost future progress in this field.
Additional file 4 of Examining user fee reductions in public primary healthcare facilities in Kenya, 1997–2012: effects on the use and content of antenatal care
Creators: name: Dennis, Mardieh L.
name: Benova, Lenka
name: Goodman, Catherine
name: Barasa, Edwine
name: Abuya, Timothy
name: Campbell, Oona M. R.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Cardiology

description: Additional file 4. Graphs of trends in ANC frequency, timing, source of care, and content of care.
The Association of retirement and leisure-time physical activity among middle-aged and older US adults
Creators: name: Zhang, Yuzi
name: Burford, Kathryn
name: Kohl, Harold
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Changes in daily routine with retirement provides a good opportunity for adapting an active lifestyle. Purpose: To examine the association between retirement and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among middle-aged and older US adults. Methods: The sample comprised participants aged 55 years of age and older (n = 148,849; female = 52.9%) from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Employment status, LTPA, and socio-demographics were self-reported. The primary outcome was meeting the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (Guidelines). Univariate logistic regression was conducted to explore the association in each 5-year age group for both sexes. Results: Retirement was associated with higher odds of meeting the aerobic guidelines for both sexes (Men: OR 1.33; 95% CI 1.29-1.37; women: OR 1.06; 95% CI 1.03-1.09) and were observed across most of the age groups. Retirement was associated with higher odds for men (OR 1.04; 95% CI 1.00-1.07), while lower odds for women (OR 0.91; 95% CI 0.88-0.94) of meeting the muscle-strengthening guidelines. The associations were varied by age group for both sexes. Retirees were more likely to meet either vs. none of the guidelines, while retired women were less likely to meet both vs. none of the guidelines. Conclusions: Reported aerobic activity was higher across age groups for both sexes with retirement. The change in muscle-strengthening activity was different by sexes and not consistent across age groups, highlighting the need for promoting muscle-strengthening activity among retirees, especially in women and the older population. Funding: No funding.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Shot noise in tunneling through a single quantum dot
Creators: name: Nauen, A.
name: Hohls, F.
name: Maire, N.
name: Pierz, K.
name: Haug, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the noise properties of a zero-dimensional InAs quantum dot (QD) embedded in a GaAs-AlAs-GaAs tunneling structure. We observe an approximately linear dependence of the Fano factor and the current as function of bias voltage. Both effects can be linked to the scanning of the 3-dimensional emitter density of states by the QD. At the current step the shape of the Fano factor is mainly determined by the Fermi function of the emitter electrons. The observed voltage and temperature dependence is compared to the results of a master equation approach.
SYNTACTIC AND RHETORICAL ORGANIZATION AND THE TEACHING OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
Creators: name: Rosen, Leonard Jay
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4704
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The purpose of the proposed research is to explore the relationship presumed to exist between the syntactic and rhetorical components of compositions and to determine an appropriate method of instruction based upon that relationship. Grammarians and rhetoricians agree that there are two dimensions (syntactic and rhetorical) to "well-formed" sentences, but they disagree as to which element has primacy over the other. Grammarians argue that the principles underlying sentence-level meaning account for paragraph and essay-level meaning; rhetoricians argue the reverse. The present research is designed to explore the possibility that both explanations are correct, that syntax and rhetoric are autonomous components of compositions but that they also operate according to one set of perceptual principles--analysis and synthesis--which is applied differently at the levels of the sentence and the paragraph/essay. Thus, a student whose syntactic and rhetorical skills develop at different rates might produce a composition that is organized intelligently at the level of the essay but is executed poorly at the level of individual sentences (and vice versa). The claim has direct importance for the teaching of composition: if the same perceptual principles (analysis and synthesis) can be observed to operate at the levels of the sentence and the paragraph/essay, then one could expect the writing of students to improve to the extent that these principles are made explicit in the composition classroom. The proposed experiment is designed to test the validity of this claim. Twelve freshman-composition classes at The American University are involved in the experiment. Three groups will receive explicit instruction in the principle of analysis and synthesis as it applies to the writing of compositions. Three groups will receive such instruction for the level of the sentence and three more for the level of the paragraph/essay. The remaining (control) groups will receive no such instruction. The research design predicts that the writing of students who receive explicit instruction in analysis and synthesis will be judged superior (holistically and along dimensions of rhetorical and syntactic maturity) to the writing of students in the other groups. Having presented the research proposal, the author offers a critique of a pilot study conducted at The American University (during the fall semester, 1980), upon which he based his proposal. He then demonstrates the usefulness of the theoretical orientation underlying the experimental design by conducting a "close reading" of a student's paper.
Additional file 3 of Metabolic profiling and scavenging activities of developing circumscissile fruit of psyllium (Plantago ovata Forssk.) reveal variation in primary and secondary metabolites
Creators: name: Patel, Manish Kumar
name: Mishra, Avinash
name: Santlal Jaiswar
name: Bhavanath Jha
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 3: Table S3. Probable metabolites identified by LC-MS (+ve mode) in developing fruit of psyllium.
SYNTACTIC AND RHETORICAL ORGANIZATION AND THE TEACHING OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
Creators: name: Rosen, Leonard Jay
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of the proposed research is to explore the relationship presumed to exist between the syntactic and rhetorical components of compositions and to determine an appropriate method of instruction based upon that relationship. Grammarians and rhetoricians agree that there are two dimensions (syntactic and rhetorical) to "well-formed" sentences, but they disagree as to which element has primacy over the other. Grammarians argue that the principles underlying sentence-level meaning account for paragraph and essay-level meaning; rhetoricians argue the reverse. The present research is designed to explore the possibility that both explanations are correct, that syntax and rhetoric are autonomous components of compositions but that they also operate according to one set of perceptual principles--analysis and synthesis--which is applied differently at the levels of the sentence and the paragraph/essay. Thus, a student whose syntactic and rhetorical skills develop at different rates might produce a composition that is organized intelligently at the level of the essay but is executed poorly at the level of individual sentences (and vice versa). The claim has direct importance for the teaching of composition: if the same perceptual principles (analysis and synthesis) can be observed to operate at the levels of the sentence and the paragraph/essay, then one could expect the writing of students to improve to the extent that these principles are made explicit in the composition classroom. The proposed experiment is designed to test the validity of this claim. Twelve freshman-composition classes at The American University are involved in the experiment. Three groups will receive explicit instruction in the principle of analysis and synthesis as it applies to the writing of compositions. Three groups will receive such instruction for the level of the sentence and three more for the level of the paragraph/essay. The remaining (control) groups will receive no such instruction. The research design predicts that the writing of students who receive explicit instruction in analysis and synthesis will be judged superior (holistically and along dimensions of rhetorical and syntactic maturity) to the writing of students in the other groups. Having presented the research proposal, the author offers a critique of a pilot study conducted at The American University (during the fall semester, 1980), upon which he based his proposal. He then demonstrates the usefulness of the theoretical orientation underlying the experimental design by conducting a "close reading" of a student's paper.
Sleep and physical activity patterns in coordinator administrative staff in wildfire service settings
Creators: name: Schwartz, Juliano
name: Jeklin, Andrew
name: Bredin, Shannon
name: Kaufman, Kai
name: Perotta, Andrew
name: Hansen, Bradley
name: Warburton, Darren
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Coordinator administrative staff working in wildland fire settings have high levels of stress and strain. They are responsible for the oversight of the health and safety of wildland firefighters and the general public. They are also often required to work in harsh environments with limited time for recovery. Purpose: To examine the sleep and physical activity patterns in coordinator administrative staff working in a wildfire service setting. Methods: The Sleep Condition Indicator (SCI) and the modified Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire were completed by 21 workers (61.9% Female), aged 21-61yr (mean ± SD = 38.5 ± 11.9yr) from the British Columbia Wildfire Service, before and after the 2020 fire season. Results: In comparison to before the fire season, by the end of the season there was a significant decrease in the quality of sleep (SCI score: 21.1 ± 7.1 vs 19.3 ± 6.9, respectively, t(20) = 2.493, p= 0.01), as well as in the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week (268.6 ± 232.3min vs. 173.3 ± 169.7min, respectively, t(20) = 1.831, p = 0.04). Conclusions: Our findings indicate that these individuals exhibit altered sleep and physical activity patterns during the fire season. The alterations in lifestyle behaviours are likely the result of the stressful and strenuous working conditions imposed by the fire season. Further studies are warranted to fully elucidate the effects of these changes on health outcomes in this population. Funding: This study was funded by WorkSafeBC.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
A natural construction of Borcherds' Fake Baby Monster Lie Algebra
Creators: name: Hoehn, Gerald
name: Scheithauer, Nils R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We use a Z_2-orbifold of the vertex operator algebra associated to the Niemeier lattice with root lattice A_3^8 and the no-ghost theorem of string theory to construct a generalized Kac-Moody algebra. Borcherds' theory of automorphic products allows us to determine the simple roots and identify the algebra with the fake baby monster Lie algebra.
description: 13 pages, LaTeX
Enjoyment and physiological benefits from exergaming vs. brisk walking among older adults: a comparison
Creators: name: Sayar, Reza
name: Daryanoosh, Farhad
name: Jahromi, Maryam
name: Sinaei, Ehsan
name: Parizi, Maryam
name: Sobhani, Sobhan
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical activity (PA) rates are low among older adults, despite having various physiological and psychological benefits. Among the various reasons behind this low turn-out, is a lack of enjoyment from traditional exercise. Purpose: This study was conducted to compare the effects of Exergaming (EX;a form of active video gaming) with Brisk Walking (BW) on physiologic and psychological measures of older adults. Methods: 40 eligible male/female older adults were recruited in Shiraz, Iran. They were randomly put in two groups of 20 in a crossover design, and performed either a Brisk Walking or Exergaming session first and the other one a week later. Measures of Heart Rate (Chest Strap), Blood Pressure (Blood pressure monitor), Enjoyment (PACES Questionnaire) and Perceived Exertion (RPE Scale) were taken before, during, and after training sessions. A linear mixed model was used to analyze the data. Results: Although EX was physiologically more demanding compared to BW, as shown by both a significantly higher average ( p=0.003), and peak heart rate ( p=0.000), and also double product measurements ( p=0.002), it resulted in significantly lower levels of perceived exertion ( p=0.000), and higher enjoyment ( p=0.000) among older adults. Conclusions: Exergaming sessions can be a good alternative to traditional exercises like walking for older adults, providing higher to similar physiological benefits while being less exhausting and more enjoyable for the participants. Funding: No Funding sources to disclose.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Narrowing the parameter space of collapse models with ultracold layered force sensors
Creators: name: Vinante, A.
name: Carlesso, M.
name: Bassi, A.
name: Chiasera, A.
name: Varas, S.
name: Falferi, P.
name: Margesin, B.
name: Mezzena, R.
name: Ulbricht, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the unquestionable empirical success of quantum theory, witnessed by the recent uprising of quantum technologies, the debate on how to reconcile the theory with the macroscopic classical world is still open. Spontaneous collapse models are one of the few testable solutions so far proposed. In particular, the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) model has become subject of an intense experimental research. Experiments looking for the universal force noise predicted by CSL in ultrasensitive mechanical resonators have recently set the strongest unambiguous bounds on CSL; further improving these experiments by direct reduction of mechanical noise is technically challenging. Here, we implement a recently proposed alternative strategy, that aims at enhancing the CSL noise by exploiting a multilayer test mass attached on a high quality factor microcantilever. The test mass is specifically designed to enhance the effect of CSL noise at the characteristic length $r_c=10^{-7}$ m. The measurements are in good agreement with pure thermal motion for temperatures down to 100 mK. From the absence of excess noise we infer a new bound on the collapse rate at the characteristic length $r_c=10^{-7}$ m, which improves over previous mechanical experiments by more than one order of magnitude. Our results are explicitly challenging a well-motivated region of the CSL parameter space proposed by Adler.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
Open Case Studies: Statistics and Data Science Education through Real-World Applications
Creators: name: Wright, Carrie
name: Meng, Qier
name: Breshock, Michael R.
name: Atta, Lyla
name: Taub, Margaret A.
name: Jager, Leah R.
name: Muschelli, John
name: Hicks, Stephanie C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: With unprecedented and growing interest in data science education, there are limited educator materials that provide meaningful opportunities for learners to practice statistical thinking, as defined by Wild and Pfannkuch, with messy data addressing real-world challenges. As a solution, Nolan and Speed advocated for bringing applications to the forefront in undergraduate statistics curriculum with the use of in-depth case studies to encourage and develop statistical thinking in the classroom. Limitations to this approach include the significant time investment required to develop a case study—namely, to select a motivating question and to create an illustrative data analysis—and the domain expertise needed. As a result, case studies based on realistic challenges, not toy examples, are scarce. To address this, we developed the Open Case Studies (opencasestudies.org) project, which offers a new statistical and data science education case study model. This educational resource provides self-contained, multimodal, peer-reviewed, and open-source guides (or case studies) from real-world examples for active experiences of complete data analyses. We developed an educator’s guide describing how to most effectively use the case studies, how to modify and adapt components of the case studies in the classroom, and how to contribute new case studies (opencasestudies.org/OCS_Guide).
Li-Meng Yan in the spotlights with embarrassing questions to some world-renowned scientists and to expert virologists of the Pasteur Institute
Creators: name: Lounnas, Valère
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Covid-19, SARS-Cov-2 origin, mutations, restriction sites, coronavirus genome manipulations, RaTG13, Pangolin-Cov, Li-Meng Yan

description: Summary for the hurried reader : in this part 3 of chapter 8, we have deepened the initial work of Li-Meng Yan to demonstrate that she is indisputably right on two crucial issues that demonstrate the artificiality of SARS-Cov2. Firstly, we show that the three viruses : SARS-Cov2 (human), RaTG13 (bat) and Pan-Cov-GD (Pangolin-Cov-2020), supposedly from pangolin, share both the EcoRI and BsTEII restriction enzyme sites flanking the receptor binding motif (RBM) of their spike (S) protein. We show that at the end of 2019, the statistics on SARS-Like coronaviruses deposited in Genbank allowed for estimating the odds that this happens simultaneously, in 3 a priori unrelated natural viruses, as about 1 chance in 1.7 billion. Thus, SARS-Cov2 and Pan-Cov-GD are directly related to RaTG13, a virus kept since 2013 at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). Secondly, comparing the S protein ratio of synonymous versus non-synonymous mutations between the RaTG13/SARS-Cov2 supposed bat-to-human species crossing pair with the natural RsSHC014/SARS-Cov and Rs3367/SARS-Cov bat-to-human pairs, we demonstrate further the non-natural relationship between SARS-Cov2 and its closest parent RaTG13, pointing to a laboratory manipulation.