cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
SRGe2149+6736 -- the new candidate to AM~Her type variables discovered by eROSITA telescope on "Spectrum--Roentgen--Gamma" orbital observatory
Creators: name: Bikmaev, I. F.
name: Kolbin, A. I.
name: Shimansky, V. V.
name: Khamitov, I. M.
name: Irtuganov, E. N.
name: Nikolaeva, E. A.
name: Sakhibullin, N. A.
name: Gumerov, R. I.
name: Burenin, R. A.
name: Gilfanov, M. R.
name: Zaznobin, I. A.
name: Krivonos, R. A.
name: Medvedev, P. S.
name: Mescheryakov, A. V.
name: Sazonov, S. Yu.
name: Sunyaev, R. A.
name: Khorunzhev, G. A.
name: Moiseev, A. V.
name: Malygin, E. A.
name: Shablovinskaya, E. S.
name: Zheltoukhov, S. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of the optical identification, classification, as well as analysis of photometric and spectral observations of the X-ray transient SRGe2149+6736 detected by the eROSITA telescope during SRG all-sky X-ray survey. Photometric observations of the optical companion of SRGe2149+6736 were carried out on 6m telescope BTA SAO RAS, 1.5m Russian-Turkish telescope RTT-150 and 2.5m telescope CMO of Moscow State University. Together with ZTF data they showed that the source is a cataclysmic variable with an orbital period $P=85\pm0.4$~min which demonstrates long-term brightness variability from $23.5$~mag (low state) to $20$~mag (high state). The high-state light curves are consistent with a model of accreting magnetic white dwarf and suggest that SRGe2149+6736 belongs to AM~Her type variables. The optical spectra obtained in the low state are consistent with a spectral energy distribution of a white dwarf with a temperature of ~24000 K.
Proton temperature-anisotropy-driven instabilities in weakly collisional plasmas: Hybrid simulations
Creators: name: Hellinger, Petr
name: Travnicek, Pavel M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Kinetic instabilities in weakly collisional, high beta plasmas are investigated using two-dimensional hybrid expanding box simulations with Coulomb collisions modeled through the Langevin equation (corresponding to the Fokker-Planck one). The expansion drives a parallel or perpendicular temperature anisotropy (depending on the orientation of the ambient magnetic field). For the chosen parameters the Coulomb collisions are important with respect to the driver but are not strong enough to keep the system stable with respect to instabilities driven by the proton temperature anisotropy. In the case of the parallel temperature anisotropy the dominant oblique fire hose instability efficiently reduces the anisotropy in a quasilinear manner. In the case of the perpendicular temperature anisotropy the dominant mirror instability generates coherent compressive structures which scatter protons and reduce the temperature anisotropy. For both the cases the instabilities generate temporarily enough wave energy so that the corresponding (anomalous) transport coefficients dominate over the collisional ones and their properties are similar to those in collisionless plasmas.
description: in press in J. Plasma Phys
Approaching the Sacred in Chinese past Contexts
Creators: name: Messner, Angelika C.
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Die konzeptionelle Trennung von Glauben und Wissen ist irreführend und sollte dementsprechend ebenso wenig als methodologische Grundlage dienen wie die Dichotomisierung von heilig und säkular, davon zeugen neueste Forschungsbefunde mit Blick auf die Geschichte von Pilgern und Heilige Orte im chinesischen Kontext. Der vorliegende Beitrag fokussiert Berge, weil ohne sie keine Diskussion um das Heilige in China möglich ist. Mit Blick auf konkrete Praktiken, die auf die Kultivierung des Selbst abzielen und durchgängig mit körperlicher Einleibung (Embodiment) von Vorstellungen des Heiligen verquickt sind, sucht der Beitrag die Frage zu beantworten, auf welche Weise Menschen ihre eigene Begegnung mit dem Heiligen erzählen. Die Berge dienten als Orte kaiserlicher Ritualhandlungen, sie waren und sind mit Mystik, Natur, Geschichte, Leben, Fruchtbarkeit und Tod verbunden, und als Orte konfuzianischer, buddhistischer und daoistischer Verehrung dienten sie Gelehrten als Projektsmöglichkeit ihres Selbst in die Zukunft hinein.
Dyspnea Review for the Palliative Care Professional: Treatment Goals and Therapeutic Options
Creators: name: Abernethy, Amy P.
name: Maguire, Jennifer M.
name: Wheeler, Jane L.
name: Currow, David C.
name: Kamal, Arif H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Although dyspnea is frequently encountered in the palliative care setting, its optimal management remains uncertain. Clinical approaches begin with accurate assessment, as delineated in part one of this two-part series. Comprehensive dyspnea assessment, which encompasses the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of this complex symptom, guide the clinician in choosing therapeutic approaches herein presented as part two. Global management of dyspnea is appropriate both as complementary to disease-targeted treatments that target the underlying etiology, and as the sole focus when the symptom has become intractable, disease is maximally treated, and goals of care shift to comfort and quality of life. In this setting, current evidence supports the use of oral or parenteral opioids as the mainstay of dyspnea management, and of inhaled furosemide and anxiolytics as adjuncts. Nonpharmacologic interventions such as acupuncture and pulmonary rehabilitation have potential effectiveness, although further research is needed, and use of a simple fan warrants consideration given its potential benefit and minimal burden and cost.
Developing an empirical model for spillover and emergence: Orsay virus host range in Caenorhabditis Supplemental Information
Creators: name: Shaw, Clara L.
name: Kennedy, David A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Health Care
subject: Diseases
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This file contains a description of our methods for titrating virus filtrate used in experiments and supplemental figures demonstrating virus replication and reproducibility of transmission data.
End-of-Life Decision-Making Confidence in Surrogates of African-American Dialysis Patients Is Overly Optimistic
Creators: name: Lin, Feng-Chang
name: Ward, Sandra E.
name: Song, Mi-Kyung
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Recent studies suggest that surrogate decision makers may be too optimistic about their end-of-life decision making abilities for loved ones. We examined surrogates' decision making confidence with an emphasis on its linkages to their understandings of patients' values and goals for end-of-life care.
Unconstrained Tree Tensor Network: An adaptive gauge picture for enhanced performance
Creators: name: Gerster, Matthias
name: Silvi, Pietro
name: Rizzi, Matteo
name: Fazio, Rosario
name: Calarco, Tommaso
name: Montangero, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a variational algorithm to simulate quantum many-body states based on a tree tensor network ansatz which releases the isometry constraint usually imposed by the real-space renormalization coarse-graining: This additional numerical freedom, combined with the loop-free topology of the tree network, allows one to maximally exploit the internal gauge invariance of tensor networks, ultimately leading to a computationally flexible and efficient algorithm able to treat open and periodic boundary conditions on the same footing. We benchmark the novel approach against the 1D Ising model in transverse field with periodic boundary conditions and discuss the strategy to cope with the broken translational invariance generated by the network structure. We then perform investigations on a state-of-the-art problem, namely the bilinear-biquadratic model in the transition between dimer and ferromagnetic phases. Our results clearly display an exponentially diverging correlation length and thus support the most recent guesses on the peculiarity of the transition.
description: 11 pages, 13 figures
Quality of life among patients with atrial fibrillation
Creators: name: Rush, Kathy L.
name: Seaton, Cherisse L.
name: Burton, Lindsay
name: Loewen, Peter
name: O'Connor, Brian P.
name: Moroz, Lana
name: Corman, Kendra
name: Smith, Mindy A.
name: Andrade, Jason G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Atrial fibrillation
Quality of life
treatment satisfaction

description: Background

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have significantly lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared to the general population and patients with other heart diseases. The research emphasis on the influence of AF symptoms on HRQoL overshadows the role of individual characteristics. To address this gap, this study's purpose was to test an incremental predictive model for AF-related HRQoL following an adapted HRQoL conceptual model that incorporates both symptoms and individual characteristics.

Methods

Patients attending an AF specialty clinic were invited to complete an online survey. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine whether individual characteristics (overall mental health, perceived stress, sex, age, AF knowledge, household and recreational physical activity) incremented prediction of HRQoL and AF treatment satisfaction beyond AF symptom recency and overall health.

Results

Of 196 participants (mean age 65.3 years), 63% were male and 90% were Caucasian. Most reported 'excellent' or 'good' overall and mental health, had high overall AF knowledge scores, had low perceived stress scores, and had high household and recreation physical activity. The mean overall AF Effect On Quality-Of-Life Questionnaire (AFEQT) and AF treatment satisfaction scores were 70.62 and 73.84, respectively. Recency of AF symptoms and overall health accounted for 29.6% of the variance in overall HRQoL and 20.2% of the variance in AF treatment satisfaction. Individual characteristics explained an additional 13.6% of the variance in overall HRQoL and 7.6% of the variance in AF treatment satisfaction. Perceived stress and household physical activity were the largest contributors to overall HRQoL, whereas age and AF knowledge made significant contributions to AF treatment satisfaction.

Conclusions

Along with AF symptoms and overall health, individual characteristics are important predictors of HRQoL and AF treatment satisfaction in AF patients. In particular, perceived stress and household physical activity could further be targeted as potential areas to improve HRQoL.
description: Funding provided by: Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchCrossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000024Award Number: PJT-148737
Research Priorities for Geriatric Palliative Care: Goals, Values, and Preferences
Creators: name: Winzelberg, Gary
name: Hanson, Laura C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Older patients and their families desire control over health decisions in serious illness. Experts recommend discussion of prognosis and goals of care prior to decisions about treatment. Having achieved longevity, older persons often prioritize other goals such as function, comfort, or family support—and skilled communication is critical to shift treatment to match these goals.
Asian Futures Option Model
Creators: name: Lee, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Asian Futures Option Model

description: A commodity Asian Futures option is a vanilla Asian option on one or several commodity futures. The matured payoff of the Asian option depends on an arithmetic average of the underlying futures prices over a specified set of reset dates. The pricing model of the Commodity Asian Futures Option is used for pricing, marking-to-the-market (P&L) and risk number calculations.
description: https://finpricing.com/lib/EqAsian.html
Comparing Unmet Needs between Community-Based Palliative Care Patients with Heart Failure and Patients with Cancer
Creators: name: Kavalieratos, Dio
name: Kamal, Arif H.
name: Dev, Sandesh
name: Reeve, Bryce B.
name: Weinberger, Morris
name: Abernethy, Amy P.
name: Carey, Timothy S.
name: Biddle, Andrea K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Background: As the role of palliative care (PC) has yet to be clearly defined in patients with heart failure (HF), such patients may face barriers regarding PC referral. In order to maximally meet the needs of HF patients, it is necessary to understand how they compare to the classic PC population: patients with cancer.
Approaching Emptiness: Buddhist Pilgrimage in Japan
Creators: name: Triplett, Katja
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Pilgerfahrt zu religiösen Stätten und säkulare Reisekultur sind seit Jahrhunderten in Japan eng verknüpft. Im Kontext des japanischen Buddhismus besuchen Pilger und Pilgerinneneine Reihe von Tempeln, die einen festen Rundgang bilden. Der sechshundert Jahre alte Saikoku-Pilgerrundweg, der zu dreiunddreißig Tempeln in und um die alte Kaiserstadt Kyoto führt, stellt eine der erfolgreichsten komplexen religiösen Einrichtungen dar. Der Beitrag führt Gründe für den anhaltenden Erfolg dieser Pilgerfahrt auf. Zentral für den Erfolg und die Kontinuität der Pilgerfahrt in Japan sind die Erinnerungspflege in Form von Gründungslegenden und Wundergeschichten. Die Narrative zeigen sowohl die Verwaltung der Pilgerfahrt auf als auch die Verortung des Rundwegs in der physischen und der spirituell gedachten Landschaft.
Long String Dynamics in Pure Gravity on AdS$_3$
Creators: name: Kim, Jihun
name: Porrati, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the classical dynamics of a completion of pure AdS gravity in 3D, whose only degrees of freedom are boundary gravitons and long strings. We argue that the best regime for describing pure gravity is that of "heavy" strings, for which back-reaction effects on the metric must be taken into account. We show that once back-reaction is properly accounted for, regular finite-energy states are produced by heavy strings even in the infinite-tension limit. Such a process is similar to, but different from, nucleation of space out of a "bubble of nothing."
description: Submitted to a special issue of JETP in honor of Valery Rubakov's 60th birthday. 12 pages
Emotional Distress and Compassionate Responses in Palliative Care Decision-Making Consultations
Creators: name: Gramling, David
name: Norton, Sally A.
name: Alexander, Stewart C.
name: Ladwig, Susan
name: Davis, J. Kelly
name: Gramling, Robert
name: Metzger, Maureen
name: DeLuca, Jane
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Background: Seriously ill hospitalized patients and their loved ones are frequently faced with complex treatment decisions laden with expressions of emotional distress during palliative care (PC) consultations. Little is known about these emotional expressions or the compassionate responses providers make and how common these are in PC decision-making conversations.
De Rham cohomology of rigid spaces
Creators: name: Grosse-Klönne, Elmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We define de Rham cohomology groups for rigid spaces over non-archimedean fields of characteristic zero, based on the notion of dagger space. We establish some functorial properties and a finiteness result, and discuss the relation to the rigid cohomology as defined by P. Berthelot.
The Panhellenic Festival of Artemis Leukophryene in Magnesia-On-The-Meander
Creators: name: Kristoph Hammerschmied (Geb. Jürgens)
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Der Artikel diskutiert aus einer archäologischen Perspektive sakrale Mobilität und rituelle Bewegung in griechischen Festkontexten hellenistischer Zeit. Im Mittelpunkt steht das panhellenische Fest der Artemis Leukophryene in Magnesia am Mäander. Dieser Befundzeigt exemplarisch Funktion und Bedeutung verschiedener Bewegungsformen in panhellenischen Festen: Einerseits im Vorfeld der Feste zur Positionierung innerhalb eines größeren kulturellen Bezugssystems, andererseits als konkretes Festritual, in dem die feiernde Gemeinde ein Bild ihrer selbst inszenierte. Die funktionale und inhaltliche Bedeutung der bestimmenden Architekturen, Monumente und Inschriften der magnesischen Festtopographie steht hierbei im Zentrum, um zu Aussagen über Prozessionsroute, Teilnehmer und Rituale zu erhalten.
Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Creators: name: Meagher, Kevin J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next major ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. With CTA gamma-ray sources will be studied in the very-high energy gamma-ray range of a few tens of GeV to 100 TeV with up to ten times better sensitivity than available with current generation instruments. We discuss the proposed US contribution to CTA that comprises imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope with Schwarzschild-Couder (SC) optics. Key features of the SC telescope are a wide field of view of eight degrees, a finely pixelated camera with silicon photomultipliers as photon detectors, and a compact and power efficient 1 GS/s readout. The progress in both the optical system and camera development are discussed in this paper.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V in Proceedings of SPIE volume 9145 (2014)
Rotating-Moving D-Branes with Background Fields in the Superstring Theory
Creators: name: Safarzadeh-Maleki, Farzin
name: Kamani, Davoud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the boundary state formalism we study rotating and moving D$p$-branes in the presence of the following background fields: Kalb-Ramond, $U(1)$ gauge potential and the tachyon field. The rotation and motion are in the brane volumes. The interaction amplitude of two D$p$-branes will be studied, and specially contribution of the superstring massless modes will be segregated. Because of the tachyon fields, rotations and velocities of the branes, the behavior of the interaction amplitude reveals obvious differences from what is conventional.
description: 18 pages, Latex, No figure
Probing Wilson Loops in the QCD Instanton Vacuum
Creators: name: Liu, Yizhuang
name: Zahed, Ismail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the quark and gluon condensates in the presence of a rectangular Wilson loop using the QCD instanton vacuum with three light dynamical quarks. The scalar quark condensate is found to decrease while the gluon condensate to increase. We also derive the static potential between two QCD dipoles and show that it is attractive but short ranged at large distances. Its relevance to static QCD string interactions is discussed.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures
Processions and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece: Some Iconographical Considerations
Creators: name: Kubatzki, Jana
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Entstehung von Prozessionen und Pilgerfahrten im antiken Griechenland, welche ihren Ursprung in sogenannten Delegationen (pompé) zunächst ohne religiöse Bedeutung hatten. Ab dem sechsten Jahrhundert wird der Begriff pompé für ‘Opferprozession’ genutzt, also für Veranstaltungen, bei denen Göttern Geschenke dargeboten wurden. Neben den offiziellen, von der kulturellen und/oder politischen Eliteorganisierten Prozessionen existierten auch private. Viele der staatlichen Prozessionen waren regelmäßige Veranstaltungen, bei denen Weihrauch, prunkvolle Kleider und Musikinstrumente eine wichtige Rolle spielten. Im Beitrag wird deren unterschiedliche Darstellung in der Vasenmalerei und auf Töpferware analysiert. Dabei wird hingewiesen auf verschiedene Funktionen der Prozessionen, die aufgrund ihrer wichtigen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Rolle innerhalb der Polis und panhellenistischen Gemeinden über die religiöse Sphäre hinausgingen.
Millimeter-wave Molecular Line Observations of the Tornado Nebula
Creators: name: Sakai, Daisuke
name: Oka, Tomoharu
name: Tanaka, Kunihiko
name: Matsumura, Shinji
name: Miura, Kodai
name: Takekawa, Shunya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of millimeter-wave molecular line observations of the Tornado Nebula (G357.7--0.1), which is a bright radio source behind the Galactic Center region. A 15'x15' area was mapped in the J=1--0 lines of CO, 13CO, and HCO+ with the Nobeyama Radio Observatory 45-m telescope. The VLA archival data of OH at 1720 MHz were also reanalyzed. We found two molecular clouds with separate velocities, V_LSR=-14 km/s and +5 km/s. These clouds show rough spatial anti-correlation. Both clouds are associated with OH 1720 MHz emissions in the area overlapping with the Tornado Nebula. The spatial and velocity coincidence indicates violent interaction between the clouds and the Tornado nebula. Modestly excited gas prefers the position of the Tornado "head" in the -14 km/s cloud, also suggesting the interaction. Virial analysis shows that the +5 km/s cloud is more tightly bound by self-gravity than the -14 km/s cloud. We propose a formation scenario for the Tornado Nebula; the +5 km/s cloud collided into the -14 km/s cloud, generating a high-density layer behind the shock front, which activates a putative compact object by Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton accretion to eject a pair of bipolar jets.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, 8 pages, 7 figures
We must come out
Creators: name: Ajuzie, Cynthia
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2024

description: We Must Come Out is a short story collection that centers Nigerian American experiences. This collection features narratives that traverse the challenges that accompany being a first-generation American. I explore parent-child relationships, highlighting the disconnect that often trails behind one generation and latches onto the next. I also delve into the intricacies of interracial love and the desire for reconciliation within oneself as they navigate their place in the world as a person of color.
Quality Measures for Hospice and Palliative Care: Piloting the PEACE Measures
Creators: name: Hanson, Laura C.
name: Schenck, Anna P.
name: Cagle, John G.
name: Durham, Danielle
name: Rokoske, Franziska S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Background: The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence launched the PEACE project in 2006, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to identify, develop, and pilot test quality measures for hospice and palliative care programs.
Ca’ripalit Sangh: Jain Group Pilgrimages on Foot
Creators: name: Luithle-Hardenberg, Andrea
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Pilgerfahrten sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der gemeinsamen Identität der indischen Händlerkaste der Jains, da diese über kein eigenes Gebiet verfügen. Die größtenteils zu Fuß stattfindende jährliche Gruppenpilgerschaft versammelt Hunderte oder sogar Tausende von Pilgern, die bereitwillig körperliche Schmerzen, Hunger und Durst auf sich nehmen, um dem Gründer ihrer Religion zu huldigen. Nach tagelanger Wanderung durch spärlich besiedelte Landstriche, machen sich die Pilger auf den Weg in das Shatrunjaya Gebirge mit seinen 108 Tempeln und ca. 1000 kleineren Schreinen. Dieser Tempelkomplex ist konzipiert als einer der wenigen Plätze der Unendlichkeit in einem sich immer wandelnden Universum. Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit dem Aufbau, der Organisation und rituellen Performanzen während der Pilgerfahrt, mit der Frage, welche Vorstellungen vom Universum ihr zugrunde liegen, und mit der ständigen Bestätigung der Jain Identität durch die Verehrung ihrer Vorfahren und spirituellen Gründer.
Heavy flavor production in the STAR experiment
Creators: name: Trzeciak, Barbara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, recent STAR heavy flavor measurements in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions are highlighted. We report studies of open charm mesons, reconstructed directly from hadronic decay products, and studies of electrons from semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavor hadrons. We also present J/$ψ$ measurements via the di-electron decay channel at various collision systems and energies. In Au+Au collisions the energy dependence of J/$ψ$ production measured at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 39, 62.4 and 200 GeV is shown. Finally, prospects of heavy flavor measurements with the STAR detector upgrades are discussed.
description: 8 pages, 13 figures, The 30th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics (WWND 2014), Galveston, Texas, USA, April 6-12, 2014
Development of an HPV Educational Protocol for Adolescents
Creators: name: Tissot, Abbigail
name: Kollar, Linda M.
name: Stone, Rachel
name: Hillard, Paula A.
name: Kahn, Jessica A.
name: Wetzel, Caitlin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: To develop an educational protocol about HPV and Pap tests for adolescents, to evaluate the protocol for understandability and clarity, and to evaluate the protocol for its effectiveness in increasing knowledge about HPV.
Pilgrimage to the Qoyllur Rit‘i and the Feast of Corpus Christi
Creators: name: Schäfer, Axel
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Der vorliegende Artikel setzt sich kritisch mit der von Victor Turner und John Sallnow geforderten kategorischen Unterscheidung von lokalen und regionalen Ritualen und insbesondere von Pilgerfahrt und Patronatsfesten auseinander. Er stützt sich auf ethnographische und ethnohistorische Daten aus dem Departement Cuzco/Peru und analysiert mit der Pilgerfahrt zum Qoyllur Rit’i und der Fronleichnamsfeier in Cuzco-Stadt zwei der wichtigsten religiösen Feiern der Region, auf welche sich auch Sallnow bezog. Gegenüber letzterem wird jedoch gezeigt, dass beide Veranstaltungen unmittelbar ineinander übergehen, ähnlicher Motivation entspringen, sich zahlreiche Teilnehmer und Symbole teilen. Damit wird deutlich, dass lokale und regionale Formen des Kultes nicht klar voneinander getrennt werden können.
SceNDD: A Scenario-based Naturalistic Driving Dataset
Creators: name: Prabu, Avinash
name: Ranjan, Nitya
name: Li, Lingxi
name: Tian, Renran
name: Chien, Stanley
name: Chen, Yaobin
name: Sherony, Rini
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper, we propose SceNDD: a scenario-based naturalistic driving dataset that is built upon data collected from an instrumented vehicle in downtown Indianapolis. The data collection was completed in 68 driving sessions with different drivers, where each session lasted about 20--40 minutes. The main goal of creating this dataset is to provide the research community with real driving scenarios that have diverse trajectories and driving behaviors. The dataset contains ego-vehicle's waypoints, velocity, yaw angle, as well as non-ego actor's waypoints, velocity, yaw angle, entry-time, and exit-time. Certain flexibility is provided to users so that actors, sensors, lanes, roads, and obstacles can be added to the existing scenarios. We used a Joint Probabilistic Data Association (JPDA) tracker to detect non-ego vehicles on the road. We present some preliminary results of the proposed dataset and a few applications associated with it. The complete dataset is expected to be released by early 2023.
description: Conference: 2022 IEEE 25th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9921953
Use of the Copper T380A Intrauterine Device by Adolescent Mothers: Continuation and Method Failure
Creators: name: Patchen, Loral
name: Berggren, Erica K.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: This report contributes to limited empirical data regarding use of the Copper T380A intrauterine device among adolescent mothers.
The Sakalava Pilgrimage as a Royal Service (Western Madagascar)
Creators: name: Kneitz, Peter
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Das ethnographische Fallbeispiel untersucht die besonderen Formen von Pilgerschaft und Prozession im Kontext des zentralen Königsschreins der Sakalava im westlichen Madagaskar. ‘Pilgern’ entstand hier im Rahmen einer dezidiert nicht-westlichen Logik und wird von den Akteuren zunächst als eine von vielen Aspekten königlicher Arbeit (fanompoa) verstanden, wodurch die Beziehung zu den königlichen Ahnen erhalten und gefestigt werden kann. Der vorgelegte Text erörtert die spezifische Vorstellungswelt der Sakalava-Pilgerschaft im Kontext einer mehr als 300 Jahre langen Entwicklung. Die ursprünglich dominierende Funktion einer Bekräftigung der königlichen Machtposition wurde in neuerer Zeit in Folge der Entmachtung der Könige durch vielfältige neue religiöse, soziale und identitäre Aspekte ergänzt.
Kevelaer – A New Place for Tamil Pilgrimages in the Diaspora
Creators: name: Luchesi, Brigitte
Publisher: name: Edition Topoi
Year: 2018

description: Kevelaer, eine der wichtigsten Marienwallfahrtsorte in Deutschland, ist berühmt für ein wundertätiges Gnadenbild, das die Madonna als Consolatrix Afflictorum (Trösterin der Betrübten)zeigt. Seit 1978 treffen sich hier einmal im Jahr tamilische Flüchtlinge aus Sri Lanka. Sie sehen in der Madonna von Kevelaer auch die in ihrem Heimatland hochverehrte Madhu Mata, von der es heißt, sie stehe allen bei, die Angst und Verfolgung erfahren haben. Der Beitrag befasst sich besonders mit den rituellen Aspekten, durch die sich die sogenannte Tamilenwallfahrt von der Wallfahrt anderer Pilgergruppen unterscheidet. Spezielles Augenmerk gilt der Tatsache, dass nicht nur Katholiken zu diesem Ereignis nach Kevelaer kommen, sondern auch eine große Zahl tamilischer Hindus.
Coherent spin-rotational dynamics of oxygen super rotors
Creators: name: Milner, Alexander A.
name: Korobenko, Aleksey
name: Milner, Valery
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use state- and time-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy to study the rotational dynamics of oxygen molecules in ultra-high rotational states. While it is possible to reach rotational quantum numbers up to $N \approx 50$ by increasing the gas temperature to 1500 K, low population levels and gas densities result in correspondingly weak optical response. By spinning O$_2$ molecules with an optical centrifuge, we efficiently excite extreme rotational states with $N\leqslant 109$ in high-density room temperature ensembles. Fast molecular rotation results in the enhanced robustness of the created rotational wave packets against collisions, enabling us to observe the effects of weak spin-rotation coupling in the coherent rotational dynamics of oxygen. The decay rate of spin-rotation coherence due to collisions is measured as a function of the molecular angular momentum and explained in terms of the general scaling law. We find that at high values of $N$, the rotational decoherence of oxygen is much faster than that of the previously studied non-magnetic nitrogen molecules. This may suggest a different mechanism of rotational relaxation in paramagnetic gases.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
title: Γέφυρες με μεγάλα ανοίγματα
title: Large span bridges
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Γεωργούσης, Μιχαήλ
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Γέφυρες

description: Αντικείμενο της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι ο σχεδιασμός, η αρχιτεκτονική, ο τρόπος κατασκευής και ορισμένες δυσκολίες που προέκυψαν κατά τη διάρκεια της κατασκευής δέκα γεφυρών, οι οποίες έχουν από τα μεγαλύτερα ανοίγματα σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο. Η συγκεκριμένη εργασία αποτελείται από δέκα κεφάλαια. Αρχικά στην εισαγωγή γίνεται μία γενική αναφορά στην ιστορία της γέφυρας καθώς και στους τύπους που διακρίνεται, ενώ στα επόμενα κεφάλαια αναλύονται σε κάθε ένα ξεχωριστά μία από τις δέκα γέφυρες. Πιο συγκεκριμένα στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται αναφορά στη γέφυρα Akashi Kaikyo, στο δεύτερο στη γέφυρα Golden Gate, στο τρίτο στη γέφυρα Lupu, στο τέταρτο στη γέφυρα που βρίσκεται στο λιμάνι του Σίδνεϋ, στο πέμπτο στη γέφυρα Russky, στο έκτο στη γέφυρα Millau, στο έβδομο στη γέφυρα Forth, στο όγδοο στη γέφυρα Ρίου - Αντιρρίου, στο ένατο στη γέφυρα Great Belt και τέλος στο δέκατο στη γέφυρα Bloukrans.
The influence of exposure to maternal diabetes in utero on the rate of decline in β-cell function among youth with diabetes
Creators: name: Greenbaum, Carla
name: Pettitt, David J.
name: D’Agostino, Ralph B.
name: Crume, Tessa L.
name: Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth J.
name: Dabelea, Dana
name: Lawrence, Jean M.
name: Andrews, Jeanette S.
name: Dolan, Lawrence
name: Rodriguez, Beatriz L.
name: Law, Jennifer R.
name: Saydah, Sharon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: A relationship between exposure to maternal diabetes in utero and a younger age at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was detected in SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, while no significant association was detected with paternal diabetes status, suggesting an independent effect of the intrauterine exposure to hyperglycemia. We assessed the influence of exposure to maternal diabetes in utero on beta cell decline measured using fasting C-peptide (FCP) among 1079 youth with diabetes, including 941 with type 1 and 138 with type 2, who were followed post-diagnosis for an average of 58 months. No significant relationship was detected between exposure to maternal diabetes in utero and change in FCP levels in youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. These findings suggest that exposure to maternal diabetes in utero may not be an important determinant of short-term beta-cell function decline in youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
The Mass Dependance of Satellite Quenching in Milky Way-like Halos
Creators: name: Phillips, John I.
name: Wheeler, Coral
name: Cooper, Michael C.
name: Boylan-Kolchin, Michael
name: Bullock, James S.
name: Tollerud, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we examine the quenching of satellite galaxies around isolated Milky Way-like hosts in the local Universe. We find that the efficiency of satellite quenching around isolated galaxies is low and roughly constant over two orders of magnitude in satellite stellar mass ($M_{*}$ = $10^{8.5}-10^{10.5} \, M_{\odot}$), with only $\sim~20\%$ of systems quenched as a result of environmental processes. While largely independent of satellite stellar mass, satellite quenching does exhibit clear dependence on the properties of the host. We show that satellites of passive hosts are substantially more likely to be quenched than those of star-forming hosts, and we present evidence that more massive halos quench their satellites more efficiently. These results extend trends seen previously in more massive host halos and for higher satellite masses. Taken together, it appears that galaxies with stellar masses larger than about $10^{8}~M_{\odot}$ are uniformly resistant to environmental quenching, with the relative harshness of the host environment likely serving as the primary driver of satellite quenching. At lower stellar masses ($< 10^{8}~M_{\odot}$), however, observations of the Local Group suggest that the vast majority of satellite galaxies are quenched, potentially pointing towards a characteristic satellite mass scale below which quenching efficiency increases dramatically.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures
EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF  M-WALLET ADOPTION: A DELPHI STUDY
Creators: name: Soukaina BOUALOU
name: Ilham EL HARAOUI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of mobile wallets globally, especially in Morocco. Amid this digital transformation, our study delves into the challenges and barriers affecting m-wallet adoption, with merchant hesitancy towards electronic payments being a significant obstacle. Several key determinants, including effort expectancy, performance expectancy, social influence, trust, and risk perception, emerged as crucial influencers in this adoption journey.
To comprehensively understand these nuances, we utilized the Delphi method over two rounds, engaging banking application experts. A meticulous literature review led to 39 pivotal criteria from previous research that anchored our expert discussions. Results from these discussions displayed a strengthening consensus on these criteria, emphasizing their significance in the adoption landscape.
These findings are set to inform a detailed questionnaire, tailored for both m-wallet users and non-users, aiming to unearth deeper insights into adoption behaviors. Ultimately, this study provides a holistic view of m-wallet adoption during COVID-19, offering valuable guidance for stakeholders to enhance uptake and bridge adoption gaps in varied user segments.
title: Μικροβιακή βιοσύνθεση ομοπλαστικού PHA από απόβλητα βιομηχανίας τροφίμων για την ανάπτυξη μιας βιώσιμης συσκευασίας
title: Microbial biosynthesis of PHA bioplastic from food industry waste for the development of a sustainable packaging
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Αστρά, Μαρία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Παραγωγή βιοπλαστικού
subject: Σύνθεση PHA
subject: Απόβλητα τροφίμων

description: Σήμερα, ο άνθρωπος είναι αρκετά ενημερωμένος και ευαισθητοποιημένος σχετικά με τα περιβαλλοντικά θέματα και επιζητά πιο βιώσιμες λύσεις σχετικά με τις αναντικατάστατες ορυκτές πλαστικές συσκευασίες. Στην αγορά υπάρχουν αρκετά είδη βιοπολυμερών από ανανεώσιμες πηγές ή φθηνά υποστρώματα, όπου κάθε χρόνο ξεπερνάνε τις περσινές εκτιμήσεις. Ο βιοπλαστικός στόχος είναι να μιμηθεί τον κύκλο ζωής των μικροβιακών κυττάρων, ο οποίος συμβάλλει στη διατήρηση των ορυκτών πόρων και του νερού και την εξισορρόπηση της παραγωγής του διοξειδίου του άνθρακα. Η λύση αυτή δεν έχει μόνο φιλικό προς το περιβάλλον χαρακτήρα, άλλα είναι και οικονομικά αποδοτικότερη, εφόσον μπορούν να χρησιμοποιούνται φθηνότερες πρώτες ύλες και να παραχθούν τόσο ενέργεια όσο και πολύτιμα βιοπροϊόντα. Από την άλλη, ένας άλλος τομέας που απασχολεί τους επιστήμονες είναι αυτός των τροφίμων, καθώς από τη μια προσφέρει ένα από τα σημαντικότερα είδη πρώτης ανάγκης, αφετέρου εξάγει τόνους στερεών και υγρών αποβλήτων. Βέβαια, μελέτες έχουν πειραματικά αποδείξει ότι αρκετά απόβλητα τροφίμων περιέχουν σημαντικές ουσίες που μπορούν να αξιοποιηθούν σε άλλους τομείς. Επομένως, στόχος αυτής της διπλωματικής ήταν να αναδείξει μέσω αναφοράς βιβλιογραφικών πειραμάτων, τις προσπάθειες που έχει ξεκινήσει η επιστημονική κοινότητα για το συνδυασμού δυο βασικών παραγόντων περιβαλλοντικής ρύπανσης, με αποτέλεσμα την ανάπτυξη ενός νέου είδους πλαστικού και την εφαρμογή ενός συστήματος κυκλικής βιο-οικονομίας.
Spin Hall effect associated with SU(2) gauge field
Creators: name: Tao, Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we focus on the connection between spin Hall effect and spin force. Here we investigate that the spin force due to spin-orbit coupling, which in two-dimensional system is equivalent to forces of Hirsch and Chudnovsky besides constant factors 3 and 3/2 respectively, is a part of classic Anandan force, and that the spin Hall effect is an anomalous Hall effect. Furthermore, we develop the method of AC phase to derive the formula for the spin force, and find that the most basic spin Hall effect originates from the AC phase and is therefore an intrinsic quantum mechanical property of spin. This method differs from approach of Berry phase in the study of anomalous Hall effect, which is the intrinsic property of the perfect crystal. On the other hand, we use an elegant skill to show that the Chudnovsky-Drude model is reasonable, and further have improved the theoretical values of spin Hall conductivity of Chudnovsky. Compared to the theoretical values of spin Hall conductivity in the Chudnovsky-Drude model, ours are in better agreement with experimentation. Finally, we discuss the relation between spin Hall effect and fractional statistics.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
title: Quelles interventions infirmières permettent de favoriser la transition identitaire chez un patient adulte défiguré du visage suite à une brûlure ?
title: Quelles interventions infirmières permettent de favoriser la transition identitaire chez un patient adulte défiguré du visage suite à une brûlure ?
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Molembi, Brandi
name: Morgenegg, Marie
name: Mottet, Louise
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: Interventions infirmières
subject: Patients brûlés
subject: Brûlure/facteurs psychosociaux
subject: Visage
subject: Défiguration
subject: Blessures faciales
subject: Adaptation psychologique
subject: Pratique infirmière

description: But : Bien que la prise en charge médicale des patients brûlés a beaucoup évolué au cours des dernières décennies, cette population nécessite un accompagnement psychologique et social. L'objectif est donc de mettre en évidence des interventions infirmières afin de soutenir ces patients durant la période de transition de l'hôpital jusqu'au suivi ambulatoire. Méthode : Sur les bases de données CINHAL et Pubmed, sept articles ont été sélectionnés grâce aux équations de recherche et critères d'inclusion et d'exclusion. Par la suite, des lectures critiques qualitatives et quantitatives de ces articles, à l'aide des grilles de Fortin (2010) ont été réalisés. La population comprend des adultes victimes de brûlures principalement du visage, mais aussi des parties visibles. Résultats : Les différentes pistes d'interventions sont l'identification des perceptions reliées aux changements de l'image corporelle et des ressources psychosociales. La préparation et le soutien lors de l'étape du miroir et l'utilisation de différentes échelles permettent d'évaluer les besoins du patient et de l'accompagner dans la transition. Discussion : La plupart des interventions ne sont pas uniquement infirmières mais pluridisciplinaires, ce qui est indispensable à la bonne prise en charge des patients brûlés. Les diverses études ressortent un besoin de formation supplémentaire du personnel et la nécessité de mener d'autres études afin de généraliser les résultats.
On Families of Pure Slope $L$-Functions
Creators: name: Grosse-Klönne, Elmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $R$ be the ring of integers in a finite extension $K$ of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, let $k$ be its residue field and let $χ:π_1(X)\to R^{\times}=GL_{1}(R)$ be a "geometric" rank one representation of the arithmetic fundamental group of a smooth affine $k$-scheme $X$. We show that the locally $K$-analytic characters $κ:R^{\times}\to\mathbb{C}_p^{\times}$ are the $\mathbb{C}_p$-valued points of a $K$-rigid space ${\cal W}$ and that $$L(κ\circχ,T)=\prod_{\overline{x}\in X}\frac{1}{1-(κ\circχ)(Frob_{\overline{x}})T^{°(\overline{x})}},$$viewed as a two variable function in $T$ and $κ$, is meromorphic on $\mathbb{A}_{\mathbb{C}_p}^1\times{\cal W}$. On the way we prove, based on a construction of Wan, a slope decomposition for ordinary overconvergent (finite rank) $σ$-modules, in the Grothendieck group of nuclear $σ$-modules.
Parental Worries and Beliefs About Abdominal Pain
Creators: name: van Tilburg, Miranda AL
name: Palsson, Olafur S
name: Chitkara, Denesh K
name: Whitehead, William E
name: Levy, Rona L
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Solicitous parental responses to stomach aches may perpetuate chronic abdominal pain in children. Discussing these issues in clinical practice is difficult as parents feel misunderstood and blamed for their child’s pain. Focusing on parental worries and beliefs that motivate solicitous responses may be better accepted.
ESM - supplementary methods and results from Waiting for a better possibility: delay of gratification in corvids and its relationship to other cognitive capacities
Creators: name: Schnell, Alexandra K.
name: Boeckle, Markus
name: Clayton, Nicola S.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Self-control, the ability to resist temptation and wait for better but delayed possibilities, is an important cognitive skill that underpins decision-making and planning. The capacity to exert self-control has been linked to intelligence in humans, chimpanzees and most recently cuttlefish. Here, we presented 10 Eurasian jays, Garrulus glandarius, with a delayed maintenance task, which measured the ability to choose a preferred outcome as well as the ability to sustain the delay prior to that outcome. Jays were able to wait for better possibilities, but maximum wait times varied across the subjects. We also presented them with five cognitive tasks that assessed spatial memory, spatial relationships and learning capacity. These tasks are commonly used as measures of general intelligence within an ecological context. Individual performance was correlated across the cognitive tasks, which suggests that there was a general intelligence factor underlying their performance. Performance in these tasks was correlated significantly with the jays' capacity to wait for better possibilities. This study demonstrates that self-control and intelligence are correlated in jays. The fact that this correlation exists in diverse species suggests that self-control is a fundamental feature of cognition. Our results are discussed in the context of convergent evolution.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Thinking about possibilities: mechanisms, ontogeny, functions and phylogeny’.