cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Incorporating place as a learning intention: a place-based education project to build engagement around the teaching of grade 8 earth science
Creators: name: Hendriks, Stephanie M.
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Place-based education

description: In this project, the incorporation of place as a learning intention was examined to create place-based learning experiences that allow students to gain a better sense of place. The question of how to best design place-based learning activities is addressed through a review of literature on the elements of place-based education and place-based education design. Elements of environmental education, experiential learning, and connecting students with nature were examined along with inquiry based learning, and the role technology can play in place-based education. The research resulted in the creation of a grade 8 earth science unit plan, a website (http://kootsrootspbe.weebly.com/), and number of connection/collaboration tools that are meant to encourage place-based learning activities in the West Kootenay region. The project is built primarily around connecting students and teachers with the geophysical landscape with the hopes that it will increase engagement around the teaching of intermediate earth science units.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5226/StephanieHendriksThesis.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
Adjacent-Bits-Swapped Polar codes: A new code construction to speed up polarization
Creators: name: Li, Guodong
name: Ye, Min
name: Hu, Sihuang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The construction of polar codes with code length $n=2^m$ involves $m$ layers of polar transforms. In this paper, we observe that after each layer of polar transforms, one can swap certain pairs of adjacent bits to accelerate the polarization process. More precisely, if the previous bit is more reliable than its next bit under the successive decoder, then switching the decoding order of these two adjacent bits will make the reliable bit even more reliable and the noisy bit even noisier. Based on this observation, we propose a new family of codes called the Adjacent-Bits-Swapped (ABS) polar codes. We add a permutation layer after each polar transform layer in the construction of the ABS polar codes. In order to choose which pairs of adjacent bits to swap in the permutation layers, we rely on a new polar transform that combines two independent channels with $4$-ary inputs. This new polar transform allows us to track the evolution of every pair of adjacent bits through different layers of polar transforms, and it also plays an essential role in the Successive Cancellation List (SCL) decoder for the ABS polar codes. Extensive simulation results show that ABS polar codes consistently outperform standard polar codes by 0.15dB--0.3dB when we use CRC-aided SCL decoder with list size $32$ for both codes. The implementations of all the algorithms in this paper are available at https://github.com/PlumJelly/ABS-Polar
description: The implementations of all the algorithms in this paper are available at https://github.com/PlumJelly/ABS-Polar We rewrote the whole decoding section and added lots of detailed explanations in this revision
Wearable Conformal Fiber Sensor for High Fidelity Physiological Measurements
Creators: name: Stefani, Alessio
name: Rukhlenko, Ivan D.
name: Runge, Antoine F. J.
name: Large, Maryanne C. J.
name: Fleming, Simon C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wearable devices are becoming increasingly important, addressing needs in both the fitness and the medical markets. In this paper, we describe a novel sensing platform based on a hollow-core polyurethane optical fiber, operating through capillary guidance, that acts as a conformal sensor of pressure or deformation. The novelty is achieved by combining a simple structure (hollow capillary) and a simple detection technique (intensity-based measurement) with unconventional material properties (extreme deformability and high optical absorbance). Used on the wrist and ankle, the sensor allows detailed features of the cardiac pulse wave to be identified with high fidelity, while on the chest it allows the simultaneous measurement of breathing rate and walking cadence. Used together, an array of such sensors (with others) could be incorporated into clothing and provide physiologically rich real-time data for health monitoring.
title: Multifocal endosteal thickening of the femur in patients on long-term bisphosphonate therapy presenting with atypical femoral fractures
Creators: name: Png, Meng
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Extremities
subject: Emergency
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Endocrine disorders
subject: Trauma
subject: Metabolic disorders

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Atypical femoral fractures, previously referred to as subtrochanteric fractures, were first reported in 2007 [1]. They are a rare finding seen in patients on long-term treatment with certain bisphosphonates and other risk factors such as proton pump...
Prematurity: Parent Engagement and Attitudes to Research (PEAR)
Creators: name: Ginnell, Lorna
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Teacher Education and Professional Development
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing
subject: Education
subject: Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: A public engagement project designed to survey the attitudes, opinions and preferences of parents of children who were born preterm concerning research and communication around childhood outcomes.
A multi-nutrient array protocol to study disease-diet interactions in Drosophila melanogaster
Creators: name: Lin, Jiayi
name: Martelli, Felipe
name: Mele, Sarah
name: Quig, Annelise
name: Johnson, Travis
name: Piper, Matthew DW
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310904
subject: Animal diet and nutrition
classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3105
subject: Genetics
classificationCode: 310206
subject: Sequence analysis

description: The availability of a defined fully synthetic diet for the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster allows for complete and precise manipulation of its nutritional environment. Here, we present a protocol for performing large-scale multivariate nutrient analysis via the traditional diet preparation approach, or by adding nutrient solutions to a baseline medium. We detail procedures from sample collection to data analysis. This protocol has applications for the study of nutrition-life trait interactions and nutrigenomics, to reveal interactions between genotype and diet composition.
Surveys vs. experiments: A meta-analysis of the effect of survey-based trust measures and Trust Game methods on trusting behaviour. PRISMA CHECKLIST
Creators: name: Grežo, Matúš
name: Sedlár, Martin
name: Kaššaiová, Zuzana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: meta-analysis
subject: trust

description: The present study aims to meta-analytically examine the relationship between two conceptually and methodologically different measures of individuals’ trust—survey-based measures and Trust Game measures—as well as their effect on trusting behaviour in real-life situations.
Disentangling Light Fields for Super-Resolution and Disparity Estimation
Creators: name: Wang, Yingqian
name: Wang, Longguang
name: Wu, Gaochang
name: Yang, Jungang
name: An, Wei
name: Yu, Jingyi
name: Guo, Yulan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Light field (LF) cameras record both intensity and directions of light rays, and encode 3D scenes into 4D LF images. Recently, many convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been proposed for various LF image processing tasks. However, it is challenging for CNNs to effectively process LF images since the spatial and angular information are highly inter-twined with varying disparities. In this paper, we propose a generic mechanism to disentangle these coupled information for LF image processing. Specifically, we first design a class of domain-specific convolutions to disentangle LFs from different dimensions, and then leverage these disentangled features by designing task-specific modules. Our disentangling mechanism can well incorporate the LF structure prior and effectively handle 4D LF data. Based on the proposed mechanism, we develop three networks (i.e., DistgSSR, DistgASR and DistgDisp) for spatial super-resolution, angular super-resolution and disparity estimation. Experimental results show that our networks achieve state-of-the-art performance on all these three tasks, which demonstrates the effectiveness, efficiency, and generality of our disentangling mechanism. Project page: https://yingqianwang.github.io/DistgLF/.
description: We have corrected a mistake in Table 1 and updated Fig. 6 by using HR GT depth maps for evaluation
title: Use of multimedia structured reporting for tumour response assessment.
Creators: name: Vining, David
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: PACS
subject: RIS
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Health policy and practice
subject: Structured reporting
subject: Metastases
subject: Neoplasia

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) is used to assess patient response to anticancer therapy (1). However, radiologists often fail to report tumor metrics, save measurements in a picture archiving and communications system...
Nuclear Renaissance? Contemporary Geography of the U.S. Nuclear Energy Industry
Creators: name: Marshall, Lisa
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The U.S. nuclear energy industry is engaged in practices and policies to invigorate the material and discursive nuclear landscape.  The year 2000 marked the beginning of a contemporary resurgence with operating license renewals for Calvert Cliffs and Oconee nuclear power plants.  These actions were closely followed by legislations that underwrote research and development of an improved fuel cycle (the 2003 Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative) and new nuclear construction (the 2005 Energy Policy Act). Industrializing nations such as China moved into a rapid development phase dominated by U.S. based technologies (two EPR Areva and four Westinghouse AP 1000 designs). Domestic construction of four Westinghouse AP 1000 reactors commenced in 2012 at the Vogtle, GA and VC Summer, SC sites. Correspondingly, counter-arguments have impacted the production of nuclear space – proliferation concerns, nuclear waste management (the 2008 halt to the Yucca Mountain National Repository) along with past and recent nuclear accidents at Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011) as well as nation states phasing out of nuclear (Germany and Italy). The last decade and a half has reintroduced the question of U.S. nuclear energy industry’s expansion, survival or exit. Thus in my thesis, I examine –
      1.  What is the geography of the contemporary U.S.  nuclear energy industry?
      2.  What work does this industry do in the world, and how is this work reflected in
                    current geographies of nuclear energy, real and imagined?
      3.  How is the industry (re)producing space for future significance? Has it been successful and why?  Is the nuclear renaissance in the U.S. alive?  Is the industry expanding, surviving, and/or on the way out?
      Through a mapping project of the nuclear industrial enterprise – operating or under construction power plants, engineering firms, national laboratories, the regulatory agency, colleges, and professional organizations – this thesis will produce an original mapping  of companies in the U.S. and their presence in key global markets. Then through a discursive analysis of governmental and industrial literature, my analysis examines how the U.S. nuclear industry has positioned itself in an appeal for efficient and effective energy systems and in arguments for national security/international influence and environmental protectionism. In depth interviews, representing various facets of industry and oppositional voices, provide an illustrative look into key current nuclear energy perspectives.
      The U.S. nuclear industry is at a crossroads and the influence of government, managerial and public views will define its path moving forward. This thesis assesses some of the variables and intersections involved in the story-thus-far.
Cardio-metabolic effects of one hundred hours of exoskeletal-assisted walking in individuals with spinal cord injury
Creators: name: Knezevic, Steven
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2025

description: The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is significantly higher in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) compared to able-bodied counterparts. Current upper body aerobic exercise modalities, such as arm crank ergometry and rowing, offer limited benefits to significantly improve CVD risk factors in SCI. While upright exoskeletal-assisted walking (EAW), improves cardiorespiratory fitness, its effects on CVD risk in SCI remain uncertain. This study aims to assess the impact of an EAW program on body composition and lipid profile in individuals with chronic incomplete SCI. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry obtained fat mass and lean mass measurements. Overnight fasted blood draws were analyzed for lipid profile parameters (High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL-c, triglycerides, & total cholesterol). All outcome measures were collected at three points, baseline, 50-hours, and 100-hours. A linear mixed model and clinically significant changes (5% reduction for total body fat mass and 10% reduction for total LDL-c), were utilized to observe group and within-subject effects. Findings from 19 participants (13 paraplegia, 6 tetraplegia, & average body mass index 43.4 ± 6.0 kg/m²) yielded significant reductions in total body fat mass (0.70 ± 2.66 kgs, p = 0.047) and arm fat mass (0.11 ± 0.36 kgs, p = 0.042) post 100-hour EAW intervention. Clinically significant changes in total body fat mass were present in one third of participants (7/19). Of these participants, the majority had a paraplegia SCI (6/7) and a lower extremity motor score of 11 or higher (5/7). For lipid changes, 10 participants showed clinically significant improvements, with most of them also having paraplegia SCI (7/10) and a lower extremity motor score of 11 or higher (6/10). Statistical differences in pattern of change were found by level of injury (total body fat mass, total cholesterol, & LDL-c), lower extremity motor score (Visceral adipose tissue, leg lean mass, & total cholesterol), and time since SCI (High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol). Findings of the present investigation demonstrate that EAW can contribute to the improvement of risks associated with CVD. The significant differences in pattern of change between subgroups support further investigating the implications of EAW across SCI subgroups for promoting optimal cardiovascular health across individuals with SCI.
Identifikation und Analyse kohärenter Strömungsstrukturen sowie der hydroakustischen Schallabstrahlung eines nabenlosen Propellers
Creators: name: Hieke, Max
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 620 Engineering & allied operations

description: In dieser Arbeit wurden das instationäre Strömungsfeld sowie das daraus resultierende Hydroschallfeld eines nabenlosen Propellers mittels experimentellen sowie numerischen Methoden untersucht. Ziel der hydrodynamischen Untersuchungen war es, das Strömungsfeld zu quantifizieren sowie periodisch, kohärente Strömungsstrukturen zu idenifizieren und die Verbindung zur Hydroakustik genauer zu untersuchen. Aus den Druck- sowie Geschwindigkeitsfeldern der Strömungssimualtion wurde anschließend das hydroakustische Schallfeld durch den Projektpartner berechnet und im Rahmen der Arbeit vorgestellt.
Big Data Analytics für die effiziente Aktivitätserkennung und -vorhersage in Assistenzsystemen
Creators: name: Marten, Dennis
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 004 Data processing Computer sciences

description: In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, inwiefern parallele relationale Datenbanksysteme für Methoden der Aktivitätserkennung und -vorhersage in Assistenzsystemen gewinnbringend eingesetzt werden können. Der Fokus liegt hierbei auf der effizienten und skalierbaren Umsetzung und Komposition von Basisoperatoren der linearen Algebra. Dies ermöglicht neben der Umsetzung zugehöriger Machine-Learning-Verfahren die Einbeziehung zahlreicher weiterer Methoden des wissenschaftlichen Rechnens. Für die potenzielle Umsetzung solcher werden daher zahlreiche Aspekte diskutiert und experimentell ausgewertet.
title: Functional mapping of the visual word form area with frequent words of the Portuguese lexicon: an fMRI study
Creators: name: Ferreira, Carlos
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Education

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides a non-invasive way to obtain anatomical and functional details of the brain. Using this approach it is possible to map noble and specialized areas of the brain. Neuronal activity implies an...
Relationship between personality traits and emotional variability: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Nguyen, Phuong Linh
name: Syed, Moin
name: Abusamrah, Salma
name: Zhao, Yuyang
name: Buss, Emily
name: Li, Jocelyn
name: Zhang, Qilin
name: Schlinsog, Wendy
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: emotion
subject: emotional variability
subject: experience sampling method
subject: longitudinal study
subject: meta-analysis
subject: personality

description: Registration following PRISMA-P template (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7647) This is an amended preregistration: 1. We updated the systematic process (page 5). Originally, we proposed searching for the search terms in the title, abstract, keywords, and subject headings. An initial search showed that this scope returned many irrelevant results, particularly due to the overly broad inclusion of the term "personality" in keywords and subject headings that meant for general individual differences. As a result, the search now only includes the title and abstract. 2. Originally, the first page indicated that the study will be preregistered in PROSPERO. This has been amended to indicate preregistration at OSF.
Methoden zur Analyse der Spannungsqualität im Frequenzbereich bis 500 kHz
Creators: name: Kitzig, Jan-Philipp
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 621.3 Electrical Engineering, Electronics

description: Die Ankopplung von Geräten an das elektrische Energienetz erfolgt zunehmend mittels leistungselektronischer Baugruppen. Dies führt zu einer Degradation der Spannungsqualität und zu Leistungsflüssen oberhalb der Grundschwingung. Bisher können diese Effekte nicht ausreichend genau gemessen werden. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Messsystem entwickelt, das die Messung spektraler Spannungsqualität, harmonischer Leistungen und der Netzfrequenz mit höherer Genauigkeit und Zeitauflösung ermöglicht. Mit einem Laborprototypen wird die Leistungsfähigkeit durch Messungen am Netz gezeigt.
מוחצנות, מופנמות ולקיחת סיכונים
Creators: name: tubis, shalev
name: kipper, noa
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: הרשמה מראש למחקר במסגרת הקורס פסיכולוגיה ניסויית
title: Gadoxetic acid-enhanced hepatobiliary phase MRI and high b-value diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the differential diagnosis between benign to malignant liver lesions
Creators: name: Arcuri, Pier Paolo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Contrast agents
subject: Oncology
subject: Liver
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Metastases
subject: Haemangioma
subject: Cirrhosis

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: The aim of our experience was to evaluate the value of gadoxetic acid enhanced hepatobiliary phase imaging and high b-value DWI in the differential diagnosis between benign to malignant liver lesions using a 1,5 T magnet...
At a Loss for Words: Nonverbal Communication in Kleist's "Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden," "Michael Kohlhaas," and "Der Findlin"
Creators: name: Feminella, Matthew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: This thesis examines instances of nonverbal communication in three works of Heinrich von Kleist. Once viewed outside the context of authentic communication, nonverbal signs expose structures within his texts. These structures reveal previously overlooked conflicts and character dynamics. The first chapter explores the essay Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden, and demonstrates that Kleist's model of successful speech acts as an implicit dialogue and consists of nonverbal cues performed the speech recipient. The second chapter extends this analysis to Michael Kohlhaas, whose protagonist is gradually exiled into a nonverbal condition. The third chapter examines the nonverbal elements in Der Findling, particularly glancing, and claims that through nonverbal acts characters previously thought of as passive play an additional active role.
Topological superconductivity in ferromagnetic atom chains beyond the deep-impurity regime
Creators: name: Pöyhönen, Kim
name: Westström, Alex
name: Ojanen, Teemu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent developments in the search for topological superconductivity have brought lattices of magnetic adatoms on a superconductor into intense focus. In this work we will study ferromagnetic chains of adatoms on superconducting surfaces with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Generalising the deep-impurity approach employed extensively in previous works to arbitrary subgap energies, we formulate the theory of the subgap spectrum as a nonlinear matrix eigenvalue problem. We obtain an essentially analytical description of the subgap spectrum, allowing an efficient study of the topological properties. Employing a flat-band Hamiltonian sharing the topological properties of the chain, we evaluate the $\mathbb{Z}$-valued winding number and discover five distinct topological phases. Our results also confirm that the topological band formation does not require the decoupled Shiba energies to be fine-tuned to the gap centre. We also study the properties of Majorana bound states in the system.
description: 11 pages, 16 figures
Speculation in Procurement Auctions
Creators: name: Deng, Shanglyu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Theoretical Economics (econ.TH)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: A speculator can take advantage of a procurement auction by acquiring items for sale before the auction. The accumulated market power can then be exercised in the auction and may lead to a large enough gain to cover the acquisition costs. I show that speculation always generates a positive expected profit in second-price auctions but could be unprofitable in first-price auctions. In the case where speculation is profitable in first-price auctions, it is more profitable in second-price auctions. This comparison in profitability is driven by different competition patterns in the two auction mechanisms. In terms of welfare, speculation causes private value destruction and harms efficiency. Sellers benefit from the acquisition offer made by the speculator. Therefore, speculation comes at the expense of the auctioneer.
title: CT risk factors predicting spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Fung, Vincent Kai Pong
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the cause of 250,000 deaths worldwide each year. (1) In 2010, it is the forth most common cancer in Hong Kong. (2) Spontaneous rupture of the tumor has been reported to occur in 3-26% of patients with HCC. (3-4) (8)...
Regression based principal component analysis for sparse functional data with applications to screening growth paths
Creators: name: Zhang, Wenfei
name: Wei, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Growth charts are widely used in pediatric care for assessing childhood body size measurements (e.g., height or weight). The existing growth charts screen one body size at a single given age. However, when a child has multiple measures over time and exhibits a growth path, how to assess those measures jointly in a rigorous and quantitative way remains largely undeveloped in the literature. In this paper, we develop a new method to construct growth charts for growth paths. A new estimation algorithm using alternating regressions is developed to obtain principal component representations of growth paths (sparse functional data). The new algorithm does not rely on strong distribution assumptions and is computationally robust and easily incorporates subject level covariates, such as parental information. Simulation studies are conducted to investigate the performance of our proposed method, including comparisons to existing methods. When the proposed method is applied to monitor the puberty growth among a group of Finnish teens, it yields interesting insights.
description: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/15-AOAS811 in the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
A House Is Not A Phone: Mobile Phones and the Plight of Homeless LGBT Youth
Creators: name: Jasinski, Christopher
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: With the advent of new media technologies, eHealth applications have become a growing and promising form for health campaigns. These programs have provided an opportunity to engage LGBT populations and other disenfranchised communities in order to understand their health and information needs, and improve overall wellbeing of these groups. Using a mixed-methods analysis of a pilot mobile phone program in the Washington, D.C. area, this study seeks to understand how mobile technology aids homeless LGBT youth in navigating their daily lives, and how such technology might help improve health outcomes for these individuals.
A Learning Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Network Robustness Prediction
Creators: name: Lou, Yang
name: Wu, Ruizi
name: Li, Junli
name: Wang, Lin
name: Li, Xiang
name: Chen, Guanrong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Network robustness is critical for various societal and industrial networks again malicious attacks. In particular, connectivity robustness and controllability robustness reflect how well a networked system can maintain its connectedness and controllability against destructive attacks, which can be quantified by a sequence of values that record the remaining connectivity and controllability of the network after a sequence of node- or edge-removal attacks. Traditionally, robustness is determined by attack simulations, which are computationally very time-consuming or even practically infeasible. In this paper, an improved method for network robustness prediction is developed based on learning feature representation using convolutional neural network (LFR-CNN). In this scheme, higher-dimensional network data are compressed to lower-dimensional representations, and then passed to a CNN to perform robustness prediction. Extensive experimental studies on both synthetic and real-world networks, both directed and undirected, demonstrate that 1) the proposed LFR-CNN performs better than other two state-of-the-art prediction methods, with significantly lower prediction errors; 2) LFR-CNN is insensitive to the variation of the network size, which significantly extends its applicability; 3) although LFR-CNN needs more time to perform feature learning, it can achieve accurate prediction faster than attack simulations; 4) LFR-CNN not only can accurately predict network robustness, but also provides a good indicator for connectivity robustness, better than the classical spectral measures.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures. IEEE Trans. Cybern. 2022
title: Superficial breast lesions. A comprehensive review of skin and superficial parenchimal breast lesions with pathologic correlation.
Creators: name: Lorente Ramos, Rosa María
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Mammography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Pathology

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: To review the spectrum of findings (mammogram, US and MR) of breast lesions involving both the skin and superficial breast tissue To provide clinical images and pathologic correlation when available. To emphasize pitfalls, diagnostic difficulties...
title: Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures around the shoulder.
Creators: name: Tagliafico, Alberto
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Calcifications / Calculi

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Shoulder Ultrasonography (US) is an accurate method to perform diagnostic studies because it evaluates both morphology and function by mean of dynamic evaluations. Actually, US is a great tool to guide interventional procedures around the...
Establishing the level of cylindrical rotation in Boxy/Peanut bulges
Creators: name: Molaeinezhad, Alireza
name: Falcón-Barroso, Jesus
name: Martínez-Valpuesta, Inma
name: Khosroshahi, Habib G.
name: Balcells, Marc
name: Peletier, Reynier F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present SAURON integral-field observations of a sample of 12 mid to high-inclination disk galaxies, to unveil hidden bars on the basis of their kinematics, i.e., the correlation between velocity and h3 profiles, and to establish their degree of cylindrical rotation. For the latter, we introduce a method to quantify cylindrical rotation that is robust against inner disk components. We confirm high-levels of cylindrical rotation in boxy/peanut bulges, but also observe this feature in a few galaxies with rounder bulges. We suggest that these are also barred galaxies with end-on orientations. Re-analysing published data for our own Galaxy using this new method, we determine that the Milky Way bulge is cylindrically rotating at the same level as the strongest barred galaxy in our sample. Finally, we use self-consistent three-dimensional N-body simulations of bar-unstable disks to study the dependence of cylindrical rotation on the bar's orientation and host galaxy inclination.
description: 19 pages, 7 main body figures +6 appendix figures, 2 tables. Accepted by MNRAS
Numerical modelling of electrical stimulation for cartilage tissue engineering
Creators: name: Zimmermann, Julius
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 621.3 Electrical Engineering, Electronics

description: In this thesis, the design and validity of numerical models of electrical stimulation for cartilage tissue engineering are critically assessed at different scales. In sum, the results of this thesis pave the way for experimentally validated numerical models of electrical stimulation devices for cartilage tissue engineering. Furthermore, models of tissue samples can be developed down to the cellular scale and will contribute to the development of patient-specific stimulation approaches.
title: Pulmonary Complications of Antineoplastic Agents : Era of Targeted Therapy
Creators: name: Kim, Ha Youn
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Toxicity
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: Thorax

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Learning objectives To review the spectrum of pulmonary complications in patients with various targeted antineoplastic therapy. To learn pulmonary complications according to each specific targeted agent. To illustrate findings on chest radiograph...
Physics-based discrete modelling and digital control design for grid-side inverters for renewable energy
Creators: name: Schütt, Michael
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 620 Engineering & allied operations
subject: 621.3 Electrical Engineering, Electronics

description: This work lays out the methodology of the analysis and consequent control design for the LC filter application on the example of a 5 MW wind turbine. The chapters progress sequentially through the different complexity steps from the continuous analysis to the discrete-space modeling to control algorithm design, integrated into a microcontroller-based hardware setup. The methods in each complexity step illustrate the process, starting with the identification of the control issue, through the control solutions, and ending with the evaluation using dynamic analysis.
Pion polarizabilities: Theory vs Experiment
Creators: name: Ivanov, Mikhail A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The values of charged pion polarizabilities obtained in the framework of chiral perturbation theory at the level of two-loop accuracy are compared with the experimental result recently reported by COMPASS Collaboration. It is found that the calculated value for the dipole polarizabilities $(α-β)_{π^\pm}= (5.7\pm 1.0)\times 10^{-4}\,{\rm fm}^3$ fits quite well the experimental result $(α-β)_{π^\pm} = (4.0 \pm 1.2_{\rm stat} \pm 1.4_{\rm syst}) \times 10^{-4}\,{\rm fm}^3$.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures. Talk given at the 9th joint International HADRON STRUCTURE'15 Conference, GRAND HOTEL BELLEVUE, Horny Smokovec, Slovak Republic, 29 June - 3 July, 2015
Nursing care of infection prevention in neutropenic patients with acute leukemia: a systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Santos, Kelli
name: Pires, Maria
name: Nascimento, Thiago
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: This scope review aims to identify effective nursing care measures in preventing infection in neutropenic patients with leukemia. Infection in the neutropenic patient is considered a case of medical emergency, and requires assistance actions and measures by the entire health team. Therefore, the nursing team needs technical and scientific knowledge in order to minimize the occurrence of serious infections in order to guarantee quality nursing care. Inclusion criteria: Studies that analyzed nursing care measures in the prevention and control of infections in neutropenic patients with acute leukemia. Studies that do not address nursing care in relation to these factors will be excluded. Methods: This scope review will follow the JBI methodology for scope reviews. The initial search was carried out on the Public Medline (PubMed), Virtual Health Library (VHL), Embase Biomedical Answers and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database was conducted using the keywords in the bottom. All types of sources published in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish that meet the purpose of this review were included, with no date limit. After data extraction, analysis and synthesis will be performed. The results will be tabulated and presented in narrative form.
Revisiting the role of the Thermally-Pulsating Asymptotic Giant Branch phase in high-redshift galaxies
Creators: name: Capozzi, Diego
name: Maraston, Claudia
name: Daddi, Emanuele
name: Renzini, Alvio
name: Strazzullo, Veronica
name: Gobat, Raphael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the debated contribution from thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) stars in evolutionary population synthesis models. We investigate the Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of a sample of 51 spectroscopically confirmed, high-z ($1.3
description: 48 pages, 17 figures, 10 Tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Combined Effects of Ocean Acidification and Warming on Calcification Rate and Skeletal Morphology of the Caribbean Reef-building Coral Siderastrea siderea
Creators: name: Horvath, Kimmaree
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biogeochemistry

description: Atmospheric pCO2 is predicted to rise from 400 to 900 ppm by year 2100, causing seawater temperatures to increase by 1-4 °C and pH to decrease by 0.1-0.3. Sixty-day experiments were conducted to investigate the independent and combined impacts of acidification (pCO2=425/915 ppm) and warming (T=28/32 °C) on calcification rate and skeletal morphology of the tropical scleractinian coral Siderastrea siderea. Coral calcification rate was negatively impacted by warming and acidification, with their combined effects yielding the most negative impact. Effects of warming and high-temperature acidification on calcification rate were apparent across both 30-day observational intervals of the experiment, while effects of low-temperature acidification were not apparent until the second observational interval. Corallite height and infilling were negatively impacted by acidification, but not significantly (p>0.05) impacted by warming. These results suggest that S. siderea will grow more slowly and accrete weaker skeletons in warmer, more acidic oceans predicted for the future.
Integrating knowledge about complex adaptive systems
Creators: name: Pierce, Maria Elena
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 004 Data processing Computer sciences
subject: 333.7 Natural resources, energy and environment
subject: 570 Life science

description: Currently, the Eastern Baltic cod (EBC) is in continuing decline. Supporting management efforts to assist in its recovery will require a functional understanding of the dynamics of the EBC and the Baltic ecosystem. However, aquatic environments are challenging to research as they are elusive, encompass many scientific disciplines and are complex adaptive systems. This thesis explores how modelling and simulation methods can be applied and adapted to meet the specific needs of fisheries biologies’ current challenges regarding the EBC and potentially those of other stocks in similar situations.
title: Sonographic assessment of adult and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Ruano, Carina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Paediatric
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: Education
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Arthritides
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: In this poster we will illustrate the sonographic spectrum of both adult and juvenile forms of Rheumatoid Arthritis, focusing on the value of ultrasonography in early diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring. Furthermore we will emphasize...
Bewertung der flexibilisierten Fahrweise eines Gas- und Dampfturbinenkraftwerkes mit Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung mittels dynamischer Simulation
Creators: name: Prause, Jens Hinrich
Publisher: name: Universität Rostock
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 620 Engineering & allied operations

description: Die sich wandelnden Marktrealitäten zwingen die Betreiber der Bestandskraftwerke, ihre Anlagenfahrweise an tagesaktuelle Marktgegebenheiten anzupassen. Diese Arbeit zeigt eine Methode zur Vergleichbarkeit von Flexibilisierungsmaßnahmen eines Gas- und Dampfturbinenkraftwerkes auf. Mittels dynamischer Simulation des realen Betriebes werden Potentiale analysiert und mit Hilfe eines entwickelten Einsatzplanungsmodells wird die Auswirkung der jeweiligen Flexibilisierungsmaßnahme auf den Jahresfahrplan beurteilt.
Simulated Annealing is a Polynomial-Time Approximation Scheme for the Minimum Spanning Tree Problem
Creators: name: Doerr, Benjamin
name: Rajabi, Amirhossein
name: Witt, Carsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We prove that Simulated Annealing with an appropriate cooling schedule computes arbitrarily tight constant-factor approximations to the minimum spanning tree problem in polynomial time. This result was conjectured by Wegener (2005). More precisely, denoting by $n, m, w_{\max}$, and $w_{\min}$ the number of vertices and edges as well as the maximum and minimum edge weight of the MST instance, we prove that simulated annealing with initial temperature $T_0 \ge w_{\max}$ and multiplicative cooling schedule with factor $1-1/\ell$, where $\ell = ω(mn\ln(m))$, with probability at least $1-1/m$ computes in time $O(\ell (\ln\ln (\ell) + \ln(T_0/w_{\min}) ))$ a spanning tree with weight at most $1+κ$ times the optimum weight, where $1+κ= \frac{(1+o(1))\ln(\ell m)}{\ln(\ell) -\ln (mn\ln (m))}$. Consequently, for any $ε>0$, we can choose $\ell$ in such a way that a $(1+ε)$-approximation is found in time $O((mn\ln(n))^{1+1/ε+o(1)}(\ln\ln n + \ln(T_0/w_{\min})))$ with probability at least $1-1/m$. In the special case of so-called $(1+ε)$-separated weights, this algorithm computes an optimal solution (again in time $O( (mn\ln(n))^{1+1/ε+o(1)}(\ln\ln n + \ln(T_0/w_{\min})))$), which is a significant speed-up over Wegener's runtime guarantee of $O(m^{8 + 8/ε})$.
description: 19 pages. Extended version of a paper at GECCO 2022. This version is accepted for publication in Algorithmica
A Formation Scenario for the Disk of Satellites: Accretion of Satellites during Mergers
Creators: name: Smith, Rory
name: Duc, Pierre-Alain
name: Bournaud, Frederic
name: Yi, Sukyoung K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Disk of Satellites (DoS) observed in the Andromeda galaxy is a thin and extended group of satellites, nearly perpendicular to the disk plane, that share a common direction of rotation about the centre of Andromeda. Although a DoS is also observed in the Milky Way galaxy, the prevalance of such structures in more distant galaxies remains controversial. Explanations for the formation of such DoSs vary widely from filamentary infall, or flattening due to the potential field from large scale structure, to galaxy interactions in a Mondian paradigm. Here we present an alternative scenario -- during a merger, a galaxy may bring its own satellite population when merging with another galaxy. We demonstrate how, under the correct circumstances, during the coalescence of the two galaxies, the satellite population can be spread into an extended, flattened structure, with a common direction of rotation about the merger remnant. We investigate the key parameters of the interaction, and the satellite population, that are required to form a DoS in this scenario.
description: Accepted to ApJ, 16th November 2015, 11 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Explaining Variation in Behavioral Parent Training Outcomes among Low Income Families: What do Caregiver Emotion Regulation and Socialization Practices Predict?
Creators: name: Zachary, Chloe
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Low income status simultaneously increases a child’s risk of developing a Disruptive Behavior Disorder (DBD), while decreasing their likelihood of benefiting from current standard-of-care treatment, Behavioral Parent Training (BPT). Given literature to suggest compromises in low income families, as well as links with child DBDs, examination of caregiver emotion regulation and socialization may facilitate the identification of mechanisms underlying variability in treatment success and outcomes within low-income populations. As such, this study examined how caregiver emotion regulation and socialization practices predict treatment outcomes in 19 low income families. Findings revealed pre-treatment caregiver emotion regulation impairment explained variation in BPT treatment duration and outcomes, while pre-treatment caregiver emotion socialization explained variation in the severity of child disruptive behaviors at baseline, as well as BPT treatment outcomes. Pre-to-post treatment effect sizes suggested standard treatment produced reductions in caregiver’s emotion regulation impairment of high practical significance, and improvements in caregiver’s emotion socialization behaviors of medium practical significance.