cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 4 of Cytokine signatures differentiate systemic sclerosis patients at high versus low risk for pulmonary arterial hypertension
Creators: name: Kolstad, Kathleen D.
name: Khatri, Avani
name: Donato, Michele
name: Chang, Sarah E.
name: Li, Shufeng
name: Steen, Virginia D.
name: Utz, Paul J.
name: Khatri, Purvesh
name: Chung, Lorinda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4: Supplementary Table 2. Mean/standard deviation values for each cytokine by clinical group.
title: The Effects of Aligning Supplemental and Core Reading Instruction on Second-Grade Students' Reading Achievement
Creators: name: Wonder-McDowell, Carla V
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aligning supplemental reading instruction with core classroom reading instruction on struggling second-grade students’ proficiency in phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Alignment was defined as core classroom and supplemental instruction that are congruent in philosophy, goals, instructional materials, instructional methods, student activities, and reading strategies that follow the same scope and sequence. This study employed a two-group, pre-post true experimental design. Second-grade students (N = 153) scoring in the lowest quartile on the fall Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Oral Reading Fluency assessment were randomly assigned to either an aligned or nonaligned supplemental reading instructional condition received instruction over a 20-week period. Reading specialists in 11 schools provided the supplemental instruction. iv The DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and the Woodcock Reading Mastery-Revised (WRMT-R III) assessments were used to assess student reading growth in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and vocabulary. Each student received one score from the DIBELS ORF and six scores from the WRMT-R III. Seven separate nested analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) were conducted to examine differences in group means at posttest while accounting for nesting of reading specialists within schools. Pretest measures for each of the dependent variables were used as covariates to adjust posttest scores at the end of the study. After controlling for pretest score differences and accounting for the variance associated with reading specialists nested within schools, statistically significant differences were found favoring the aligned supplemental condition for posttest scores on all measures. Effect sizes ranged from small to moderate, with largest effect sizes being found for vocabulary and comprehension. The results of the study suggest that at-risk second-grade students benefitted from supplemental instruction that is aligned to the classroom core reading program.
On the Past Asymptotic Dynamics of Non-minimally Coupled Dark Energy
Creators: name: Leon, Genly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply dynamical systems techniques to investigate cosmological models inspired in scalar-tensor theories written in the Einstein frame. We prove that if the potential and the coupling function are sufficiently smooth functions, the scalar field almost always diverges into the past. The dynamics of two important invariant sets is investigated in some detail. By assuming some regularity conditions for the potential and for the coupling function, it is constructed a dynamical system well suited to investigate the dynamics where the scalar field diverges, i.e. near the initial singularity. The critical points therein are investigated and the cosmological solutions associated to them are characterized. We find that our system admits scaling solutions. Some examples are taken from the bibliography to illustrate the major results. Also we present asymptotic expansions for the cosmological solutions near the initial space-time singularity, which extend in a way previous results of other researchers.
description: 38 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in CQG
title: Effect of Processing and Formulation Conditions on Physicochemical Characteristics of Food Emulsions
Creators: name: Tippetts, Megan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The objective of this research was to systematically study the effect of processing conditions on crystallization behavior and destabilization mechanisms of oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions. The effects of oil content (20 and 40 wt %); crystallization temperature (Tc = 10, 5, 0, -5, -10 °C); homogenization conditions, such as high shear (HS), very low pressure homogenization (VLPH), and high pressure homogenization (HPH); and cooling rate (0.2 and 30 °C/min) on both thermal behavior and destabilization mechanisms were analyzed. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was added to VLPH emulsions and its effect on the physicochemical and oxidative stabilities and flavor was studied. Emulsions with 20% oil were less stable than those with 40% oil with a fast-cooling rate; however, stability increased when the emulsions were cooled slowly. Stability was also affected by oil and droplet size; the smaller the droplet the more stable the system. Smaller droplets (i.e., VLPH, HPH) had an effect on crystallization by delaying the onset of the crystal formation, which was promoted in emulsions with larger droplets (i.e., HS); 20% o/w emulsion crystallization was delayed more than 40%; and in emulsions crystallized using a slow-cooling rate, the crystal formation was less inhibited (i.e., crystals formed at a higher onset temperature [Ton], but at lower Tc) than when using a fast-cooling rate. The formation of lipid crystals either helped stabilize (small droplets) the emulsion and melted in a less fractionated manner or destabilized (big droplets) the emulsion. In addition, fast-cooling rates have greater fractionation than slow-cooling rates. Due to the greater stability of VLPH emulsions after thawing from being at -10 °C for 3 h, DHA was added to evaluate its effect on flavor (besides the effect on stability) of the emulsion. A descriptive panel was used to evaluate four attributes: oxidized, rancid, fishy, and buttery. The panelists were given samples after 72 h, because contrary to the TBA analysis which showed no significant differences between samples with and without DHA, the fishy smell was evident. The sensory evaluation results showed that there was a significant (p < 0.05) difference in fishiness between the VLPH emulsions with and without DHA, and that the odor was repulsive. No significance was seen for rancid and buttery flavors, and only a marginal significance was seen for oxidized.
Assessing membrane ageing using historical data
Creators: name: Shishir, Md Nurul Afcher
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: Historical data from four full-scale ultrafiltration membrane facilities was analyzed to gain insight into changes in membranes' performance over time, commonly referred to as membrane ageing. The analysis indicates that performance factors, such as hydraulically irreversible resistance, clean membrane resistance, total fouling rate, and the extent of resistance reversed during Backwash (BW), increase as membranes age. The rates at which these performance factors increased were substantially different between facilities indicating that membrane ageing is influenced by site-specific raw water and operational conditions. A framework was developed to forecast membrane replacement age using data from the initial years of operation. Adoption of this framework provides evidence-based tools to assist with the operation and long-term financial management of membrane infrastructure.
New hypergeometric series solutions to the general Heun equation
Creators: name: Sokhoyan, R.
name: Melikdzanian, D.
name: Ishkhanyan, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce new hypergeometric series expansions of the solutions to the general Heun equation. The form of the Gauss hypergeometric functions used as expansion function differs from that used before. We derive three such expansions and further generate, by termination of the series, closed-form solutions for several sets of involved parameters.
description: 7 pages
Additional file 7 of Baseline atherogenic index of plasma and its trajectory predict onset of type 2 diabetes in a health screened adult population: a large longitudinal study
Creators: name: Sun, Yongbing
name: Lin, Xinbei
name: Zou, Zhi
name: Zhao, Caiwen
name: Liu, Ao
name: Zhou, Jing
name: Li, Zhonglin
name: Wu, Xiaoling
name: Dou, Shewei
name: Zhu, Jiadong
name: Li, Tao
name: Lv, Xue
name: Wang, Yong
name: Li, Yongli
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 7
Additional file 1 of 3D printing of injury-preconditioned secretome/collagen/heparan sulfate scaffolds for neurological recovery after traumatic brain injury in rats
Creators: name: Liu, Xiao-Yin
name: Chang, Zhe-Han
name: Chen, Chong
name: Liang, Jun
name: Shi, Jian-Xin
name: Fan, Xiu
name: Shao, Qi
name: Meng, Wei-Wei
name: Wang, Jing-Jing
name: Li, Xiao-Hong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Typical representative images of TEM (A–C) and HE staining (D–F) of 3D-CH-IB-ST. G Degradation of 3D-CH-IB-ST in rats over 8 weeks. Fig. S2. A–D Representative graphs of phase contrast microscopy (A) and immunofluorescence staining (Nestin) (B–D) of cultured NSCs
Nonassociative Riemannian Geometry by Twisting
Creators: name: Beggs, E. J.
name: Majid, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many quantum groups and quantum spaces of interest can be obtained by cochain (but not cocycle) twist from their corresponding classical object. This failure of the cocycle condition implies a hidden nonassociativity in the noncommutative geometry already known to be visible at the level of differential forms. We extend the cochain twist framework to connections and Riemannian structures and provide examples including twist of the $S^7$ coordinate algebra to a nonassociative hyperbolic geometry in the same category as that of the octonions.
description: 29 pages no figures
title: The Effects of Interactive Writing Instruction on Kindergarten Students' Acquisition of Early Reading Skills
Creators: name: Jones, Cindy D
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: This study focused upon the established importance of the reading-writing relationship and its posited effect on literacy development. A repeated-measures experimental design investigated the effects of interactive writing instruction on 151 kindergarten students’ acquisition of early reading skills. Multilevel modeling was used to evaluate the impact of the reading-writing relationship as operationalized with interactive writing and writing workshop on the acquisition of early reading skills as repeated outcome measures at four points in time (Level 1) were clustered within students (Level 2). Results of this study indicated that instruction grounded in the reading-writing relationship, namely, interactive writing and writers’ workshop combined with existing reading instruction, led to equal growth in kindergarteners’ acquisition of early reading skills for each of the outcome measures at each of the four time points assessed. The growth effects obtained from the use of the reading-writing instructional treatments used in this study compared with the national normative samples from the outcome measures indicated that the reading-writing instruction significantly increased the rate of growth for the early reading skills of phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, and word reading.
title: Cause and Prevention of Liver Off-Flavor in Five Beef Chuck Muscles
Creators: name: Wadhwani, Ranjeeta
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: Liver off-flavor is a sporadic problem that limits the consumer acceptance of several beef chuck muscles, including the infraspinatus (flat iron steak). Residual blood hemoglobin is known to contribute to liver off-flavor development. This study was conducted to evaluate factors affecting development of liver off-flavor after cooking of beef chuck (shoulder) muscles. The study was conducted in three parts. The objective of part 1 was to determine effects of muscle (infraspinatus, longissimus dorsi, serratus ventralis, supraspinatus, teres major) and processing (with or w/o carcass electrical stimulation) on residual blood hemoglobin content and total pigment content of raw muscle and sensory characteristics after cooking to 71 or 82?C. The objective of part 2 was to evaluate the effect of antioxidant treatment and anaerobic packaging to possibly reduce the incidence of liver and other off-flavors of beef infraspinatus (IF) steaks. The objective of part 3 was to determine the effect of animal age (commercial grade; >42 months, compared to select grade; months), antioxidant treatment, and anaerobic packaging on sensory characteristics of beef IF steaks. Among beef chuck muscles, the infraspinatus had highest mean liver flavor score of 2.08±1.00 where 2=slightly intense liver flavor. Other muscles (longissimus dorsi, serratus ventralis, supraspinatus, teres major) had mean liver flavor scores less than 2. Liver flavor score, myoglobin, hemoglobin, and total pigment content were higher (p
Correlation effects during liquid infiltration into hydrophobic nanoporous mediums
Creators: name: Borman, V. D.
name: Belogorlov, A. A.
name: Byrkin, V. A.
name: Lisichkin, G. V.
name: Tronin, V. N.
name: Troyan, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Correlation effects arising during liquid infiltration into hydrophobic porous medium are considered. On the basis of these effects a mechanism of energy absorption at filling porous medium by nonwetting liquid is suggested. In accordance with this mechanism, the absorption of mechanical energy is a result expenditure of energy for the formation of menisci in the pores on the shell of the infinite cluster and expenditure of energy for the formation of liquid-porous medium interface in the pores belonging to the infinite cluster of filled pores. It was found that in dependences on the porosity and, consequently, in dependences on the number of filled pores neighbors, the thermal effect of filling can be either positive or negative and the cycle of infiltration-defiltration can be closed with full outflow of liquid. It can occur under certain relation between percolation properties of porous medium and the energy characteristics of the liquid-porous medium interface and the liquid-gas interface. It is shown that a consecutive account of these correlation effects and percolation properties of the pores space during infiltration allow to describe all experimental data under discussion.
title: Development of a Mathematical Model for 3D Reconstruction of Target Objects by Photogrammetry
Creators: name: Blonquist, Keith F
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: This thesis outlines the development of a mathematical model which can be used to perform 3D reconstruction of a target object from surveillance images. 3D reconstruction is a common procedure in photogrammetry, but performing 3D reconstruction from surveillance images can be more difficult than typical photogrammetry applications. Surveillance images are generally captured in an unsystematic manner because there is no control over the target that is being photographed. Surveillance images can have a wide variety of fields of view, are often captured with uncalibrated cameras, and typically the targets are objects for which there is no other a priori information. For these reasons, performing 3D reconstruction from surveillance images may not be possible using standard photogrammetric methods, especially when the angular fields of view of the images are rather narrow.
New World Drugs in England's Early Empire
Creators: name: Maydom, Katrina Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019
Subjects: history of medicine
early modern england
history of drugs
Abraham Hill
James Petiver
sassafras
seventeenth-century Virginia
colonial America
empire and medicine
drug trade
apothecary
history of science
early modern London
global circulation of things
medical marketplace

description: How were New World drugs received and understood in early modern England? In the seventeenth century, England’s first empire was being established and an increasing abundance of medicinal plants arrived in London from across the Atlantic. In this thesis, I argue that commercial and political imperatives drove the production, trade and consumption of New World medicines. I explore trends in the drug trade across the early modern period to identify how the scale and diversity of American medicines fluctuated in the English market. I recognise a critical juncture in the 1650s with a change in political institutions and the collapse of the colonial tobacco economy. In the case of Virginia, merchants and colonial statesmen advised the Parliamentarian government on new forms of plantation governance and economic development. Their recommendations included investment in perceived lucrative new commodities, such as sassafras, sarsaparilla and other medicinal plants. As the supply of American drugs expanded in the English market from the 1650s to the 1680s, medical writers became more engaged in the recommendation of New World medicaments for the treatment of diseases, including scurvy and venereal diseases. I consider the process of knowledge negotiation and commercial policymaking in issues surrounding the trade, propagation and transplantation of American medicinal plants into England during the late seventeenth century. The availability and consumption of New World drugs became commonplace by the early eighteenth century, and they could even be accessed by schoolboys and pensioners at charitable institutions. To formulate this narrative, I employ an integrated historical approach, drawing from economic, colonial, intellectual and medical history. I examine customs records, first-hand colonial accounts, printed books and pamphlets, manuscript commonplace books, letters, prescription lists and medical journals. This study contributes to research programmes on English colonial development, global commodities, the Columbian exchange and the early modern medical marketplace.
description: This thesis was supported by the Wellcome Trust through a medical humanities doctoral studentship.
Adaptive Spam Detection Inspired by a Cross-Regulation Model of Immune Dynamics: A Study of Concept Drift
Creators: name: Abi-Haidar, Alaa
name: Rocha, Luis M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper proposes a novel solution to spam detection inspired by a model of the adaptive immune system known as the crossregulation model. We report on the testing of a preliminary algorithm on six e-mail corpora. We also compare our results statically and dynamically with those obtained by the Naive Bayes classifier and another binary classification method we developed previously for biomedical text-mining applications. We show that the cross-regulation model is competitive against those and thus promising as a bio-inspired algorithm for spam detection in particular, and binary classification in general.
title: Sex Differences in the Use and Evaluated Helpfulness of Premarital Advice
Creators: name: Sullivan, Neal J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The purpose of this study was to explore sex differences in the use and evaluated helpfulness of advice received before marriage. In addition, this study explored who typically gave premarital advice. Advice is considered by some to be a form of social support which can be helpful or hurtful to the marriage relationship. The sex of the advice-giver and advice-receiver as well as the relationship quality between them was explored in order to highlight how these variables affect advice use and helpfulness. Utilizing a questionnaire and interviews with individual newlywed husbands (n = 56) and wives (n = 56), data were collected and analyzed. Advice was mostly given by mothers, fathers, friends, and religious leaders. Generally, both husbands and wives used the advice they were given and both evaluated the advice as helpful. Sex did not have a significant impact on advice use or helpfulness, but in some cases, the relationship between the advice-giver and advice-receiver significantly influenced the use and evaluated helpfulness of advice.
Resolving the Corbino Shockley-Ramo Paradox for Hydrodynamic Current Noise
Creators: name: Hui, Aaron
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Johnson noise thermometry enables direct measurement of the electron temperature, a valuable probe of many-body systems. Practical use of this technique calls for non-equilibrium generalizations of the Johnson-Nyquist theorem. For a hydrodynamic Corbino device, however, a naïve use of the Shockley-Ramo theorem alongside the "Corbino paradox" leads to yet another paradox: bulk velocity fluctuations cannot be measured by the contacts. In this work, we resolve the unphysical "Corbino Shockley-Ramo paradox" by correctly formulating the hydrodynamic Shockley-Ramo problem. This allows us to properly formulate the problem of current noise in an hydrodynamic multi-terminal device of arbitrary geometry, as well as validate a previously unjustified assumption for rectangular geometry results. As an example, we compute the Johnson noise in a hydrodynamic Corbino device, where we find a suppression of Johnson noise with magnetic field. This unusual characteristic serves as a strong signature of viscous hydrodynamic behavior.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures + appendix
Additional file 1 of Nurse-led decision coaching by specialized nurses for healthy BRCA1/2 gene mutation carriers - adaptation and pilot testing of a curriculum for nurses: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Berger-Höger, Birte
name: Vitinius, Frank
name: Fischer, Hannah
name: Beifus, Karolina
name: Köberlein-Neu, Juliane
name: Isselhard, Anna
name: Töpper, Maren
name: Wiedemann, Regina
name: Rhiem, Kerstin
name: Schmutzler, Rita
name: Stock, Stephanie
name: Steckelberg, Anke
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. COREQ (COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative research) Checklist
title: The Feasibility of Artificial Insemination of Dairy Cattle Managed by Fulani Tribesmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Creators: name: Ojomo, Christian Olafimihan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1987

description: This study sought to determine: (a) the essential elements of a viable artificial insemination program for the Fulani Tribesmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria, and (b) to determine if the essential elements of a viable artificial insemination program exist in Kaduna State, Nigeria. This study was conducted from April 15 to May 15, 1985, in the Artificial Insemination (AI) Subcenters of Zaria, Katsina, Kabomo, Kaduna, Ikara, Zonkwa, Kurmin-Biri, and Kauranjuli. The data presented in this study were collected by personal interviews with Fulani Tribesmen. The population of this study was from a partial list of Fulani Tribesmen who have had AI performed on their dairy cattle by the cooperative inseminators in the subcenters. The statistical analysis showed an overview of herdsmen reactions to each question. The use of additional statistical tests to determine the degree of significance was not appropriate because the respondents were not randomly selected. The writer did not know in advance the number of Fulani Tribesmen that constituted the total population of the AI system in the subcenters. Noneconomic analysis of this research study includes five linked essential elements of a viable AI program. These elements are: (1) high performance bulls with quality semen, (2) skilled dependable AI technicians, (3) healthy cows, (4) functional communication and transportation resources, and (5) cooperative and informed farmers. This study concluded that four of the five essential elements for a viable AI program currently do not exist for the Fulani Tribesmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria. As a result of this study, it was determined a viable AI program for the Fulani Tribesmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria, is not feasible under the present situation.
Relativistic Attosecond Electron Bunches from Laser-Illuminated Droplets
Creators: name: Liseykina, T. V.
name: Pirner, S.
name: Bauer, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The generation of relativistic attosecond electron bunches is observed in three-dimensional, relativistic particle-in-cell simulations of the interaction of intense laser light with droplets. The electron bunches are emitted under certain angles which depend on the ratios of droplet radius to wavelength and plasma frequency to laser frequency. The mechanism behind the multi-MeV attosecond electron bunch generation is investigated using Mie theory. It is shown that the angular distribution and the high electron energies are due to a parameter-sensitive, time-dependent local field enhancement at the droplet surface.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, REVTeX-style
Style transfer between Microscopy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging via Generative Adversarial Network in small sample size settings
Creators: name: Pytlarz, Monika
name: Onicas, Adrian
name: Crimi, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
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: Cross-modal augmentation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and microscopic imaging based on the same tissue samples is promising because it can allow histopathological analysis in the absence of an underlying invasive biopsy procedure. Here, we tested a method for generating microscopic histological images from MRI scans of the corpus callosum using conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) architecture. To our knowledge, this is the first multimodal translation of the brain MRI to histological volumetric representation of the same sample. The technique was assessed by training paired image translation models taking sets of images from MRI scans and microscopy. The use of cGAN for this purpose is challenging because microscopy images are large in size and typically have low sample availability. The current work demonstrates that the framework reliably synthesizes histology images from MRI scans of corpus callosum, emphasizing the network's ability to train on high resolution histologies paired with relatively lower-resolution MRI scans. With the ultimate goal of avoiding biopsies, the proposed tool can be used for educational purposes.
description: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)
title: Employers' Perceptions Of Utah State University's Marriage And Family Therapy Program Requirements
Creators: name: Altom, Blake D
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of program requirements on employability of Utah State University's (USU) marriage and family therapy (MFT) program graduates, the training and employability of USU MFT graduates, and whether or not there is anything that sets these graduates apart from graduates of other MFT programs. Nineteen employers participated in this study. Twelve of these employers were known to have hired USU MFT graduates as the graduates' first employment post-graduation, and seven of the participants were considered potential employers: those who could hire MFTs in the future. Questions were asked to these participants regarding seven major requirements of USU's MFT program. A six-point Likert scale was implemented where participants were able to rank the helpfulness of each requirement and the influence it might have on the hiring process. Participants were given prompts to provide comments or explanations of each question.
Puzzling asteroid 21 Lutetia: our knowledge prior to the Rosetta fly-by
Creators: name: Belskaya, I. N.
name: Fornasier, S.
name: Krugly, Yu. N.
name: Shevchenko, V. G.
name: Gaftonyuk, N. M.
name: Barucci, M. A.
name: Fulchignoni, M.
name: Gil-Hutton, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A wide observational campaign was carried out in 2004-2009 aimed to complete the ground-based investigation of Lutetia prior to the Rosetta fly-by in July 2010. We have obtained BVRI photometric and V-band polarimetric measurements over a wide range of phase angles, and visible and infrared spectra in the 0.4-2.4 micron range. We analyzed them together with previously published data to retrieve information on Lutetia's surface properties. Values of lightcurve amplitudes, absolute magnitude, opposition effect, phase coefficient and BVRI colors of Lutetia surface seen at near pole-on aspect have been determined. We defined more precisely parameters of polarization phase curve and showed their distinct deviation from any other moderate-albedo asteroid. An indication of possible variations both in polarization and spectral data across the asteroid surface was found. To explain features found by different techniques we propose that (i) Lutetia has a non-convex shape, probably due to the presence of a large crater, and heterogeneous surface properties probably related to surface morphology; (ii) at least part of the surface is covered by a fine-grained regolith with particle size less than 20 microns; (iii) the closest meteorite analogues of Lutetia's surface composition are particular types of carbonaceous chondrites or Lutetia has specific surface composition not representative among studied meteorites.
Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa
Creators: name: Thompson, JC
name: Wright, DK
name: Ivory, SJ
name: Choi, JH
name: Nightingale, S
name: Mackay, Alexander
name: Schilt, F
name: Otárola-Castillo, E
name: Mercader, J
name: Forman, SL
name: Pietsch, T
name: Cohen, AS
name: Arrowsmith, JR
name: Welling, M
name: Davis, J
name: Schiery, B
name: Kaliba, P
name: Malijani, O
name: Blome, MW
name: O'Driscoll, Corey
name: Mentzer, SM
name: Miller, C
name: Heo, S
name: Choi, J
name: Tembo, J
name: Mapemba, F
name: Simengwa, D
name: Gomani-Chindebvu, E
Publisher: name: University of Wollongong
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 3705
subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
classificationCode: 43
subject: History, heritage and archaeology
classificationCode: 4301
subject: Archaeology
classificationCode: 37
subject: Earth sciences
classificationCode: 3709
subject: Physical geography and environmental geoscience

description: Modern Homo sapiens engage in substantial ecosystem modification, but it is difficult to detect the origins or early consequences of these behaviors. Archaeological, geochronological, geomorphological, and paleoenvironmental data from northern Malawi document a changing relationship between forager presence, ecosystem organization, and alluvial fan formation in the Late Pleistocene. Dense concentrations of Middle Stone Age artifacts and alluvial fan systems formed after ca. 92 thousand years ago, within a paleoecological context with no analog in the preceding half-million-year record. Archaeological data and principal coordinates analysis indicate that early anthropogenic fire relaxed seasonal constraints on ignitions, influencing vegetation composition and erosion. This operated in tandem with climate-driven changes in precipitation to culminate in an ecological transition to an early, pre-agricultural anthropogenic landscape.
Educational-Qualification-And-Job-Position-Satisfaction-As-Correlate-Of-Employees-Job-Performance-In-Eco-Bank-Plc-Calabar-Nigeria.pdf
Creators: name: Obo, Ekpenyong  Bassey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Industrial and employee relations
Employment equity and diversity
Occupational and workplace health and safety
Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life

description: The study was an assessment of educational qualification and job position satisfaction as correlate of employees’ job performance in Eco Bank PLC, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, three specific objectives and hypotheses were formulated. The design adopted for the study was survey research design. The study employed a sample of 95 employees’ selected from a population that comprised all Eco Bank PLC staff, Calabar through stratified random sampling technique. The instrument used for the study was a questionnaire called Personal Characteristics and Employee Job Performance Questionnaire. Results of the analysis using One-way and Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test statistical techniques shows that, employee qualification and job position has a significant influence on job performance in Eco Bank PLC, Calabar. The results further show that, there is no interaction between educational qualification and job position on job performance in Eco Bank PLC, Calabar. Based on these findings it was recommended among others that, Human resource administrators ought to be worry with characteristics and foundation of staff that best suit work positions. To accomplish a fit between the activity and the jobholders, managers either need to make the activity to coordinate the individual trademark or make the people attributes to coordinate required employment.
Raman scattering evidence for a cascade-like evolution of the charge-density-wave collective amplitude mode
Creators: name: Lavagnini, M.
name: Eiter, H. -M.
name: Tassini, L.
name: Muschler, B.
name: Hackl, R.
name: Monnier, R.
name: Chu, J. -H.
name: Fisher, I. R.
name: Degiorgi, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The two-dimensional rare-earth tri-tellurides undergo a unidirectional charge-density-wave (CDW) transition at high temperature and, for the heaviest members of the series, a bidirectional one at low temperature. Raman scattering experiments as a function of temperature on DyTe$_3$ and on LaTe$_3$ at 6 GPa provide a clear-cut evidence for the emergence of the respective collective CDW amplitude excitations. In the unidirectional CDW phase, we surprisingly discover that the amplitude mode develops as a succession of two mean-field, BCS-like transitions in different temperature ranges.
title: Self-Medicative Behavior of Sheep Experiencing Gastrointestinal Nematode Infections and the Postingestive Effects of Tannin
Creators: name: Lisonbee, Larry D
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: Diet selection and self-medication are fundamental to the survival of all species. The abilities to choose healthy foods in response to past consequences are basic elements of evolution. This study explores self-medication regarding tannins both as a medication and as a dietary challenge. In the first study, sheep with natural parasite infections were offered a low quality supplement containing a dose of tannins considered to be therapeutic (medicine), while the control infected lambs received the same supplement without tannins (placebo). This study included a group of parasite-free lambs. The parasitized lambs ate more of the tannin containing supplement than non-parasitized lambs for the first 12 d of the study, when parasite burdens were high, but differences became smaller and disappeared towards the end of the study when parasite burdens decreased. This result indicated lambs ability to detect the presence of internal parasites and to learn to ingest tannin when followed by relief from parasite burdens.In the second study, lambs grazed on pastures with forages containing saponins (alfalfa),iiialkaloids (endophyte-infected tall fescue) and tannins (birdsfoot trefoil). I observed the foraging behavior of groups of lambs after intra-ruminal infusions of tannins (treatment). Lambs that first received intraruminal infusions of tannins and then were offered 2-way choices between varieties of forages with high and low concentrations of either saponins, alkaloids, or tannins increased their preference for the high-saponin variety of alfalfa and the high-alkaloid variety of tall fescue relative to lambs not infused with tannins (controls). Lambs infused with tannins and offered choices among the 3 forages with high concentrations of secondary compounds also manifested higher preference for the high-alkaloid variety of tall fescue than control lambs. In contrast, lambs infused with tannin reduced their preference for the high-tannin variety of birdsfoot trefoil.This research has implications for many situations where forages with secondary compounds are available but underutilized. Landscapes where such forages are available could be used effectively with little or no harm to livestock if medicinal forages or supplements are made available and offered as alternatives so animals can learn about their benefits of chemical complementarities among different plant species.
Double Pair Production by Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Photons
Creators: name: Demidov, S. V.
name: Kalashev, O. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With use of CompHEP package we've made the detailed estimate of the influence of double e+e- pair production by photons (DPP) on the propagation of ultra high energy electromagnetic cascade. We show that in the models in which cosmic ray photons energy reaches few thousand EeV refined DPP analysis may lead to substantial difference in predicted photon spectrum compared to previous rough estimates.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures (misprints removed, 2 additional figures added in ver. 2)
Chemical Abundances of the S star GZ Peg
Creators: name: Pompéia, Luciana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chemical compositions of stars from the Asymptotic Giant Branch are still poorly known due to the low temperatures of their atmospheres and therefore the presence of many molecular transitions hampering the analysis of atomic lines. One way to overcome this difficulty is by the study of lines in regions free from molecular contamination. We have chosen some of those regions to study the chemical abundance of the S-type star GZ Peg. Stellar parameters are derived from spectroscopic analysis and a metallicity of -0.77 dex is found. Chemical abundances of 8 elements are reported and an enhancement of s-process elements is inferred, typical to that of an S-type star.
description: 5 figures, 3 tables. accepted for publication in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Measurement of neutron detection efficiency between 22 and 174 MeV using two different kinds of Pb-scintillating fiber sampling calorimeters
Creators: name: Anelli, M.
name: Bertolucci, S.
name: Bini, C.
name: Branchini, P.
name: Corradi, G.
name: Curceanu, C.
name: De Zorzi, G.
name: Di Domenico, A.
name: Di Micco, B.
name: Ferrari, A.
name: Fiore, S.
name: Gauzzi, P.
name: Giovannella, S.
name: Happacher, F.
name: Ilieascu, M.
name: Luca', A.
name: Martini, M.
name: Miscetti, S.
name: Nguyen, F.
name: Passeri, A.
name: Prokofiev, A.
name: Sarra, I.
name: Sciascia, B.
name: Sirghi, F.
name: Tagnani, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We exposed a prototype of the lead-scintillating fiber KLOE calorimeter to neutron beam of 21, 46 and 174 MeV at The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala, to study its neutron detection efficiency. This has been found larger than what expected considering the scintillator thickness of the prototype. %To check our method, we measured also the neutron %detection efficiency of a 5 cm thick NE110 scintillator. We show preliminary measurement carried out with a different prototype with a larger lead/fiber ratio, which proves the relevance of passive material to neutron detection efficiency in this kind of calorimeters.
Additional file 1 of Origanum vulgare L. essential oil inhibits virulence patterns of Candida spp. and potentiates the effects of fluconazole and nystatin in vitro
Creators: name: Cid-Chevecich, Camila
name: Müller-Sepúlveda, Andrea
name: Jara, José Antonio
name: López-Muñoz, Rodrigo
name: Santander, Rocío
name: Budini, Mauricio
name: Escobar, Alejandro
name: Quijada, Raúl
name: Criollo, Alfredo
name: Díaz-Dosque, Mario
name: Molina-Berríos, Alfredo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
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: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure 1. GC-MS chromatogram of essential oil of O. vulgare. Letters indicate the major constituents identified in the sample. a: γ-terpinene; b: cis-sabinene hydrate; c: 4-terpineol; d: thymol.
title: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Organic Geochemistry of the Red Pine Shale, Uinta Mountains, Utah: A Prograding Deltaic System in a Mid-Neoproterozoic Interior Seaway
Creators: name: Myer, Caroline Amelia
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: The Red Pine Shale (RPS; ~1120m), uppermost formation of the Neoproterozoic Uinta Mountain Group, Utah, is an organic-rich sedimentary succession that represents marine deltaic systems delivering mature sediment from the east and immature sediment from the north. Multiple data sets suggest regional climate and sea-level changes associated with changing organic carbon burial rates. Six facies identified represent wave-, tidal-, and river-influenced parts of the distal prodelta to delta front. The shale facies is interpreted as distal prodeltaic deposition in a marine environment. The concretion facies is interpreted as prodeltaic deposition to distal prodelta. The shale-sandstone facies represents suspension settling with dilute density currents in a proximal prodelta to delta front environment. The slump fold facies was deposited on the proximal prodelta or delta front. The sandstone facies represents deposition on the delta front and shows marine- and river- influences. The pebbly sandstone facies is representative of a delta front environment. C-isotope values from this shale range from -29.46 / to -16.91 / PDB and TOC from 0.04% to 5.91%. Combined H/C, TOC, and local-regional isotopic correlations suggest that these values are representative of C-isotope composition of Neoproterozoic seawater. The composite C-isotope curve for the RPS is less negative values near the base, followed by a long decline to a thick interval of homogeneous lower values. Petrographic analyses reveal immature arkosic sandstone and mature quartz arenite populations. Detrital zircon data show an Archean population from the Wyoming Craton to the north and a mixed Proterozoic/Archean population from the east-southeast. Measured sections show north to south delta progradation with a proximal source to the north and a mature sediment source to the east. The composite section shows one low-order regressive cycle and ~11 high-order cycles. There is a relationship between C-isotope values, shale geochemistry, and lithostratigraphy. Less negative C-isotope values correspond with increased kaolinite and facies indicating higher sea-level. These relationships are seen in the correlative Chuar Group, Arizona, and a similar model is suggested for their origin: humid climate, high organic carbon burial rates, and high sea-level. This paper meets the requirements to revise the RPS as a formalized unit in accordance with the Stratigraphic Code guidelines.
Observables in 3d spinfoam quantum gravity with fermions
Creators: name: Dowdall, Richard J.
name: Fairbairn, Winston J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study expectation values of observables in three-dimensional spinfoam quantum gravity coupled to Dirac fermions. We revisit the model introduced by one of the authors and extend it to the case of massless fermionic fields. We introduce observables, analyse their symmetries and the corresponding proper gauge fixing. The Berezin integral over the fermionic fields is performed and the fermionic observables are expanded in open paths and closed loops associated to pure quantum gravity observables. We obtain the vertex amplitudes for gauge-invariant observables, while the expectation values of gauge-variant observables, such as the fermion propagator, are given by the evaluation of particular spin networks.
description: 32 pages, many diagrams, uses psfrag.
title: A Critical Analysis of the Cooperatives Working Together Program
Creators: name: Parkinson, Spencer N
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: This study analyzes the effectiveness of the Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program. This program is believed to have improved the farm-level price of milk since it began in July 2003. To date, no publicly available analysis addressing this question has been conducted. Total milk removed by the program was determined and expressed as a percentage of total milk produced nationally during the same time frame. Elasticity measures from prior studies were adapted to determine the impact of the program. This analysis suggests the program has had a significantly positive effect on the price of milk. Issues dealing with future action were identified and discussed. In addition to analyzing the effectiveness of the CWT program, a survey was conducted among Utah dairy producers who had recently exited the industry. It was determined that the majority of these producers were older and did not exit through the CWT program. The primary reasons for their exit were their older age, low milk prices, and lack of family interest in continuing to operate the dairy.