cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thioredoxin 1 in prostate tissue is associated with gleason score, erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activity, and dietary antioxidants
Creators: name: Chen, M.-H.
name: Steck, S.E.
name: Fontham, E.T.H.
name: Vance, T.M.
name: Arab, L.
name: Chun, O.K.
name: Su, L.J.
name: Pop, E.A.
name: Bensen, J.T.
name: Azabdaftari, G.
name: Lee, S.G.
name: Koo, S.I.
name: Mohler, J.L.
Publisher: name: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Year: 2015

description: Background. Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men in the US. Growing evidence suggests that oxidative stress is involved in prostate cancer. Methods. In this study, thioredoxin 1 (Trx 1), an enzyme and subcellular indicator of redox status, was measured in prostate biopsy tissue from 55 men from the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project. A pathologist blindly scored levels of Trx 1. The association between Trx 1 and the Gleason score, erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activity, and dietary antioxidant intake was determined using Fisher's exact test. Results. Trx 1 levels in benign prostate tissue in men with incident prostate cancer were positively associated with the Gleason score (P=0.01) and inversely associated with dietary antioxidant intake (P=0.03). In prostate cancer tissue, Trx 1 levels were associated with erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase activity (P=0.01). No association was found for other erythrocyte enzymes. Greater Gleason score of malignant tissue corresponds to a greater difference in Trx 1 levels between malignant and benign tissue (P=0.04). Conclusion. These results suggest that the redox status of prostate tissue is associated with prostate cancer grade and both endogenous and exogenous antioxidants.
Effect of thermal aging on shear strength of concrete-epoxy interface in extreme moisture conditions
Creators: name: Briffaut, Matthieu
name: Duan, Zhibo
name: Gay, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2024

description: A series of shear strength measurements are carried out, to study the effect of curing temperature and the effect of thermal ageing on the bond strength of concrete-epoxy interface. The results show that the curing temperature and water immersion play an important role. At early age, the shear strength of the samples cured at 40°C in air for 24h is more than twice the one at 20°C. The samples treated at 80°C in air could maintain a strong interface strength until 32 days, however, a drop due to interface debonding is observed for the samples treated at 80°C in water for 16 days.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 42 No 1 (2024): Special Issue - RUGC 2024
Étude du Comportement Thermomécanique des Murs en Maçonneries de Pierres Calcaires
Creators: name: OBAEI, Armita
name: ESLAMI, Javad
name: BEAUCOUR, Anne-Lise
name: HOXHA, Dashnor
name: NOUMOWE, Albert
name: PIMIENTA, Pierre
name: PHAM, Duc Toan
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2024

description: L'étude du comportement au feu des maçonneries en pierre calcaire revêt une importance cruciale, d’autant plus que peu d’études scientifiques ont abordé cette problématique à l’échelle structurelle. Dans ce contexte, une partie du projet ANR POSTFIRE, adopte une approche intégrant à la fois des expérimentations et des simulations numériques, afin d’analyser le comportement thermomécanique des maçonneries en pierre calcaire exposés à des températures élevées. Les résultats expérimentaux, montrent des déformations hors plan symétriques avec une flèche orientée vers la source de chaleur pour tous les murs durant le chauffage. L'ajout d'une charge mécanique pendant le chauffage réduit le déplacement hors plan. La modélisation thermomécanique par la méthode des éléments finis, en considérant l’évolution des propriétés physiques et mécaniques des pierres en fonction de la température, met en évidence l'importance cruciale des propriétés mécanique telles que le module d’élasticité ainsi que des conditions aux limites sur le schéma déformé du mur et l’intensité de déplacement.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 42 No 1 (2024): Special Issue - RUGC 2024
Obesity is associated with worse quality of life in women with gynecologic malignancies: An opportunity to improve patient-centered outcomes
Creators: name: Doll, K.M.
name: Kim, K.H.
name: Snavely, A.C.
name: Irwin, D.E.
name: Kalinowski, A.K.
name: Bensen, J.T.
name: Bae-Jump, V.L.
name: Gehrig, P.A.
name: Van Le, L.
name: Clarke-Pearson, D.L.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of obesity on pretreatment quality of life (QoL) in gynecologic oncology patients. METHODS: The authors analyzed collected data from an institution-wide cohort study of women with gynecologic cancers enrolled from August 2012 to June 2013. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General, site-specific symptom scales, and the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) global mental and physical health tools were administered. Survey results were linked to clinical data abstracted from medical records (demographics and comorbid conditions). Bivariate tests and multivariate linear regression models were used to evaluate factors associated with QoL scores. RESULTS: A total of 182 women with ovarian, uterine, cervical, and vulvar/vaginal cancers were identified; of these, 152 (84%) were assessed before surgery. Mean body mass index was 33.5 kg/m2 and race included white (120 patients [79%]), black (22 patients [15%]), and other (10 patients [6.5%]). A total of 98 patients (64.5%) were obese (body mass index ≥30). On multivariate analysis, subscales for functional (17 vs 19; P=.04), emotional (16 vs 19; P=.008), and social (22 vs 24; P=.02) well-being as well as overall Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General scores (77 vs 86; P5.002) and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System global physical health scores (45 vs 49; P=.003) were found to be significantly lower in obese versus nonobese patients. CONCLUSIONS: Before cancer treatment, obese patients with gynecologic malignancies appear to have worse baseline QoL than their normal-weight counterparts. Emerging models of QoL-based cancer outcome measures may disproportionately affect populations with a high obesity burden. The potential disparate impact of cancer therapy on longitudinal QoL in the obese versus nonobese patients needs to be evaluated.
Electromagnetic coupling of spins and pseudospins in bilayer graphene
Creators: name: Winkler, R.
name: Zülicke, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed theoretical study of bilayer-graphene's electronic properties in the presence of electric and magnetic fields. Using group-theoretical methods, we derive an invariant expansion of the Hamiltonian for electron states near the K point of the Brillouin zone. In contrast to known materials, including single-layer graphene, any possible coupling of physical quantities to components of the external electric (magnetic) field has a counterpart where the analogous component of the magnetic (electric) field couples to exactly the same combination of quantities. For example, a purely electric spin splitting appears as the magneto-electric analogue of the familiar magnetic Zeeman spin splitting. The measurable thermodynamic response induced by magnetic and electric fields is thus completely symmetric. The Pauli magnetization induced by a magnetic field takes exactly the same functional form as the polarization induced by an electric field. Our findings thus reveal unconventional behavior of spin and pseudospin degrees of freedom in their coupling to external fields. We explain how these counterintuitive couplings are consistent with fundamental principles such as time reversal symmetry. For example, only a magnetic field can give rise to a macroscopic spin polarization, whereas only a perpendicular electric field can induce a macroscopic polarization of the sublattice-related pseudospin degree of freedom characterizing the intravalley orbital motion in bilayer graphene. These rules enforced by symmetry for the matter-field interactions clarify the nature of spins versus pseudospins. We also provide numerical values of prefactors for relevant coupling terms. While our theoretical arguments use bilayer graphene as an example, they are generally valid for any material with similar symmetries.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures. revised final version, supersedes arXiv:1206.4761
Analyse de l'Influence des Caractéristiques du Sable Recyclé sur les Propriétés Rhéologiques du Béton Autoplaçant par la Méthode du Mortier de Béton Équivalent
Creators: name: Saad, Lara
name: TAHLAITI, Mahfoud
name: NOURI, Mustapha
name: NOURI, Mustapha
name: KHELIDJ, Abdelhafid
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2024

description: Ce travail étudie les effets de la substitution du sable naturels par des sables de terre d'excavation dans la formulation d'un béton autoplaçant (BAP) destiné à l'industrie de la préfabrication. Un total de cinq différents gisements de sables ont été étudiés afin d'évaluer leurs propriétés. En utilisant l'approche du mortier de béton équivalent, le mortier de référence (MR) a été développé à partir d'un béton autoplaçant avec une classe de résistance C30/37. L'étude prend en compte trois conditions d'humidité du sable : l'état naturel en stockage, l'état sec et l'état saturé surface sèche du sable. Quinze mortiers ont été élaborés en remplaçant 30\% du sable naturel par quatre différents sables, tout en maintenant les autres paramètres de la formulation constants.
Des essais d'étalement ont été réalisés pour évaluer la fluidité et observer comment ces propriétés évoluent dans le temps.
 Les résultats ont montré que certains sables avaient des masses volumiques similaires à celles du sable naturel alluvionnaire, tandis que d'autres avaient des masses volumiques plus faibles. Cependant, les niveaux d'absorption d'eau varient considérablement d'un sable à l'autre, certains présentant des niveaux allant de 1 à 6 \%, d'autres sables avaient des niveaux allant jusqu'à 10 \%. En outre, la granulométrie du sable peut varier en fonction de la source des granulats. Les résultats des essais d'étalement indiquent que la fluidité du mortier fabriqué avec du sable à l'état saturé surface sèche est supérieure à celle du mortier fabriqué avec du sable à l'état sec. Dans toutes les conditions, on observe que tous les mortiers perdent leur fluidité avec le temps. L'étude statistique a révélé une forte relation entre les propriétés du sable ainsi que son état de saturation et l'étalement de son mortier.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 42 No 1 (2024): Special Issue - RUGC 2024
Is There a Quintessential Meaning for the Concept of Creativity?
Creators: name: Siegmund, Judith
Publisher: name: Trópos
Year: 2012

description: A number of explanations concerning what creativity might be are discussed in the present essay. The range of diverse functions ascribed to the concept of creativity today raises the question why the term is currently attractive in so many respects: creativity is said to be both something on which everything rational is based, and the counterpart to rationality, that which is outside the rational. At first glance, this inconsistency seems to refer to an arbitrariness of the definition of the concept, and therefore, philosophically to an inability to define the term. Admittedly, one cannot leave matters so, simply by ascertaining this set of problems. Instead, one should ask whether the apparently so contradictory interpretations of the concept do not in fact have something in common, which lies (more or less explicitly) at their basis.
description: Trópos, V. 4 N. 2 (2011): Rethinking Creativity: Between Art and Philosophy
Higgs $\to μτ$ in Abelian and Non-Abelian Flavor Symmetry Models
Creators: name: Heeck, Julian
name: Holthausen, Martin
name: Rodejohann, Werner
name: Shimizu, Yusuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study lepton flavor violating Higgs decays in two models, with the recently found hint for Higgs $\to μτ$ at CMS as a benchmark value for the branching ratio. The first model uses the discrete flavor symmetry group $A_4$, broken at the electroweak scale, while the second is renormalizable and based on the Abelian gauge group $L_μ- L_τ$. Within the models we find characteristic predictions for other non-standard Higgs decay modes, charged lepton flavor violating decays and correlations of the branching ratios with neutrino oscillation parameters.
description: 33 pages, 11 figures; more references and comments, fewer typos; accepted by NPB
Creativity between Art and Philosophy
Creators: name: Bertinetto, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Trópos
Year: 2012

description: The notion of creativity seems to have regained its force, not only in everyday practices but in theory as well. However, questions remain as to what kind of conceptual work it can do. The present issue of Trópos includes essays which deal with our ways of creatively acting and understanding. The light that they throw on the question provides readers with relevant insights on creativity and its connections with arts and aesthetics.
description: Trópos, V. 4 N. 2 (2011): Rethinking Creativity: Between Art and Philosophy
Newton-based maximum likelihood estimation in nonlinear state space models
Creators: name: Kok, Manon
name: Dahlin, Johan
name: Schön, Thomas B.
name: Wills, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Maximum likelihood (ML) estimation using Newton's method in nonlinear state space models (SSMs) is a challenging problem due to the analytical intractability of the log-likelihood and its gradient and Hessian. We estimate the gradient and Hessian using Fisher's identity in combination with a smoothing algorithm. We explore two approximations of the log-likelihood and of the solution of the smoothing problem. The first is a linearization approximation which is computationally cheap, but the accuracy typically varies between models. The second is a sampling approximation which is asymptotically valid for any SSM but is more computationally costly. We demonstrate our approach for ML parameter estimation on simulated data from two different SSMs with encouraging results.
description: 17 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for the 17th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Beijing, China, October 2015
Wave functions of $SU(3)$ pure gauge glueballs on the lattice
Creators: name: Liang, Jian
name: Chen, Ying
name: Chiu, Wei-Feng
name: Gui, Long-Cheng
name: Gong, Ming
name: Liu, Zhaofeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Bethe-Salpeter wave functions of $SU(3)$ pure gauge glueballs are revisited in this study. The ground and the first excited states of scalar and tensor glueballs are identified unambiguously by using the variational method on the basis of large operator sets. We calculate their wave functions in the Coulomb gauge and use two lattices with different lattice spacings to check the discretization artifacts. For ground states, the radial wave functions are approximately Gaussian and the size of the tensor is twice as large as that of the scalar. For the first excited states, the radial nodes are clearly observed for both the scalar and the tensor glueballs, such that they can be interpreted as the first radial excitations. These observations may shed light on the theoretical understanding of the inner structure of glueballs.
description: published in PRD
Classroom reconstruction of the Schwarzschild metric
Creators: name: Kassner, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A promising way to introduce general relativity in the classroom is to study the physical implications of certain given metrics, such as the Schwarzschild one. This involves lower mathematical expenditure than an approach focusing on differential geometry in its full glory and permits to emphasize physical aspects before attacking the field equations. Even so, in terms of motivation, lacking justification of the metric employed may pose an obstacle. The paper discusses how to establish the weak-field limit of the Schwarzschild metric with a minimum of relatively simple physical assumptions, avoiding the field equations but admitting the determination of a single parameter from experiment. An attractive experimental candidate is the measurement of the perihelion precession of Mercury, because the result was already known before the completion of general relativity. It is shown how to determine the temporal and radial coefficients of the Schwarzschild metric to sufficiently high accuracy to obtain quantitative predictions for all the remaining classical tests of general relativity.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures; a shortened version (omitting the Rindler metric part) has been submitted to and published in, the European Journal of Physics
Letter from Michael Hamburger to Robin Skelton, July 06, 1968
Creators: name: Hamburger, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Novelists, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1039718
subject: Wiccans
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1765210
subject: Authors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688
subject: Poets, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067870
subject: Periodical editors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1058064
subject: Poets
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067778
subject: Critics
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/883769
subject: Skelton, Robin
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/51853
subject: Novelists
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1039684
subject: Scholars
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1106878
subject: Translators
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1154833
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945
subject: Literature, Modern
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1000172
subject: Hamburger, Michael
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/51878
subject: Editors
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/902475

description: Part of a collection of letters from poet and German-English translator Michael Hamburger to Robin Skelton. Most of the correspondence discusses work of Hamburger’s that might be included in publications put together by Skelton. In this letter, Hamburger reflects on his friendship with Herbert Read.
Who makes the decision regarding the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer-the patient or physician?: Results from a population-based study
Creators: name: Song, L.
name: Bensen, J.T.
name: Pruthi, R.S.
name: Chen, R.C.
name: Mishel, M.
name: Nielsen, M.E.
name: Knafl, G.J.
name: Godley, P.A.
name: Mohler, J.L.
name: Wallen, E.M.
name: Farnan, L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Background: The current study examined how patients' sociodemographic, cancer-related, and subjective affective factors impacted their role in treatment decision-making. Methods: The patient sample (N = 788) was taken from a prospective follow-up study of a population-based cohort. Participants included 343 African American and 445 Caucasian-American patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. Multinomial logistic regression was used to investigate relations between the explanatory variables and the nominal 3-level decision-making variable: patient-only, patient-physician shared, and physician-only. Results: Approximately 41% of patients reported patient-only decision-making, 45% reported shared decision-making, and 13% reported physician-only decision-making. The odds of patient-only over physician-only decision-making were greater for younger men (vs those aged ≥ 65 years) (odds ratio [OR], 1.68; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.03-2.74), and were less for men with high (vs low) cancer aggressiveness (OR,0.29; 95% CI, 0.15-0.55). The odds of shared over physician-only decision-making were less for men with high (vs low) cancer aggressiveness (OR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.22-0.73). Greater odds of patient-only and shared decision-making also were found to be associated with greater concerns about the physical impact of treatment and having enough time for decision-making and lower scores of receiving advice from others. Conclusions: The findings of the current study indicate that, to facilitate a more patient-oriented decision-making process regarding treatment in those with clinically localized prostate cancer, clinicians need to tailor their interventions according to patient age and cancer aggressiveness, help reduce patient concerns and misconceptions regarding the physical impact of treatments, allow sufficient time for patients to consider treatment options, and assist patients in balancing advice and information received from different sources.
An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Construction Area of the Aero propulsion Systems Testing Facility, Arnold Engineering and Development Center, Coffee County, Tennessee
Creators: name: Cobb, James E.
Year: 1977
Subjects: subject: Elk River Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/50384/elk-river-valley
subject: Barrens Plateau
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85843/barrens-plateau
subject: Arnold Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80982/arnold-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Construction Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4423/construction-site
subject: Aerial Photographs
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/80754/aerial-photographs
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: An archaeological survey of a proposed 120-acre construction site on the Barrens Plateau was undertaken at the U.S. Air Force, Arnold Engineering and Development Center near Tullahoma, Tennessee, on September 7, 1977. This area is considered highly relevant for interpretation of previous and current research designs in the area. Approximately 60 percent of the area delineated for surveying was closely observed and/or shovel tested for evidence of prehistoric activity. Though this survey recovered no evidence of prehistoric archaeological activity, the area is important to current research on the Barrens Plateau. It is thus recommended the area be closely observed following any initial ground disturbance and periodically as top soil is removed.
The targum (1927:Feb. 4 - 1927:Feb. 26)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1927

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
Measurement of Direct Photon Cross Section and Double Helicity Asymmetry at sqrt(s) = 510 GeV in pp Collisions at PHENIX
Creators: name: Ji, Zhongling
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: direct photon
cross section
double helicity asymmetry

description: PhD thesis on measurements of direct photon cross section and double helicity asymmetry in longitudinally polarized pp collisions by using the PHENIX dataset from RHIC run 2013 period. The thesis was defended at Stony Brook University on September 29, 2021.
The targum (1927:Mar. 1 - 1927:Mar. 29)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: Targum Association
Year: 1927

description: Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.
title: Transformation Kinetics of LiBH₄–MgH₂ for Hydrogen Storage
Creators: name: Jin, Ou
name: Shang, Yuanyuan
name: Huang, Xiaohui
name: Szabó, Dorothée Vinga
name: Le, Thi Thu
name: Wagner, Stefan
name: Klassen, Thomas
name: Kübel, Christian
name: Pistidda, Claudio
name: Pundt, Astrid
Publisher: name: MDPI
Year: 2022

description: The reactive hydride composite (RHC) LiBH₄–MgH₂ is regarded as one of the most promising materials for hydrogen storage. Its extensive application is so far limited by its poor dehydrogenation kinetics, due to the hampered nucleation and growth process of MgB₂. Nevertheless, the poor kinetics can be improved by additives. This work studied the growth process of MgB₂ with varying contents of 3TiCl₃·AlCl₃ as an additive, and combined kinetic measurements, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to develop a structural understanding. It was found that the formation of MgB₂ preferentially occurs on TiB₂ nanoparticles. The major reason for this is that the elastic strain energy density can be reduced to ~4.7 × 10⁷ J/m³ by creating an interface between MgB₂ and TiB₂, as opposed to ~2.9 × 10⁸ J/m³ at the original interface between MgB₂ and Mg. The kinetics of the MgB₂ growth was modeled by the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov (JMAK) equation, describing the kinetics better than other kinetic models. It is suggested that the MgB₂ growth rate-controlling step is changed from interface- to diffusion-controlled when the nucleation center changes from Mg to TiB₂. This transition is also reflected in the change of the MgB₂ morphology from bar- to platelet-like. Based on our observations, we suggest that an additive content between 2.5 and 5 mol% 3TiCl₃·AlCl₃ results in the best enhancement of the dehydrogenation kinetics.
Archaeological Shovel Testing at the Crossing at Crumpton Creek Tributary for the Hawkersmith Drainage Pipe Installation
Creators: name: Chapman, Shawn
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Coffee (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/5122/coffee-county
subject: Franklin (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3332/franklin-county
subject: Arnold Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80982/arnold-air-force-base
subject: Crumpton Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85845/crumpton-creek
subject: Tennessee
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/169/tennessee
subject: Floodplot 9117
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127008/floodplot-9117
subject: Negative Result
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/76495/negative-result
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: Cultural resources survey at Crumpton Creek Tributary in support of a proposed stream crossing across Floodplot 9117. Archaeological investigation included a review of the existing site records and field investigations consisting of pedestrian survey and visual inspection as well as shovel testing. Records search indicated no sites are recorded for the project location. Visual inspection and shovel testing produced no evidence of cultural material for the area.
Vers une Méthodologie d’Ecoconception des Poutres Multicouches en Béton
Creators: name: Es-Satte, Salma
name: Loukili, Ahmed
name: Alam, Syed Yasir
name: Torrenti, Jean-Michel
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2024

description: Cet article explore l'évolution des méthodes de calcul pour les structures en béton armé multicouches. L'objectif est de contribuer à la compréhension du comportement mécanique et la rupture des structures multicouches modernes, qui combinent différents types de béton aux propriétés mécaniques variées. Avec la nécessité croissante de construire des structures plus efficientes, une recherche approfondie sur ces interactions devient cruciale.


L'étude se concentre spécifiquement sur les structures en béton multicouches, caractérisées par des propriétés physiques et mécaniques diverses et soumises à différents types de charges. En mettant l'accent sur les variations de l'état contrainte-déformation, cette approche mettra les bases d'une campagne expérimentale visant à valider les modèles analytiques grâce aux résultats obtenus sur des poutres multicouches. Ces avancées contribueront à développer des méthodes de calcul plus étendues et mieux adaptées aux exigences des constructions modernes. En comprenant mieux le comportement des structures multicouches, il sera possible de concevoir des bâtiments plus efficaces, plus résilients et mieux adaptés aux défis contemporains de la construction.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 42 No 1 (2024): Special Issue - RUGC 2024
LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT PROTECTION OF VICTIMS' RIGHTS TO RESTITUTION BY OFFENDER OF COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY CRIMES
Creators: name: Supatra PHANWICHIT
Publisher: name: International Journal of Crime, Law and Social Issues
Year: 2022
Subjects: Protection of Rights
Computer Crimes
Technology Crimes

description: International Journal of Crime, Law and Social Issues, 9, 2, 45-51
Nucleotide variation, haplotype structure, and association with end-stage renal disease of the human interleukin-1 gene cluster
Creators: name: Hawkins, G.A.
name: Kiger, D.S.
name: Brewer, C.S.
name: Allred, D.C.
name: Colicigno, C.J.
name: Bensen, J.T.
name: Binford, S.M.
name: Bowden, D.W.
name: Freedman, B.I.
name: Langefeld, C.D.
name: Mychaleckyj, J.C.
name: Green, L.E.
Publisher: name: Academic Press Inc.
Year: 2003

description: A dense gene-based SNP map was constructed across a 360-kb region containing the interleukin-1 gene cluster (IL1A, IL1B, and IL1RN), focusing on IL1RN. In total, 95 polymorphisms were confirmed or identified primarily by direct sequencing. Polymorphisms were precisely mapped to completed BAC and genomic sequences spanning this region. The polymorphisms were typed in 443 case-control subjects from Caucasian and African American groups. Consecutive pair-wise marker linkage disequilibrium was not strictly correlated with distance and ranged from D′ = 0.0079 to 1.000 and D′ = 0.0521 to 1.0000 in Caucasians and African Americans, respectively. Single markers and haplotypes in IL1 cluster genes were evaluated for association with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Eleven SNPs show some evidence of association with ESRD, with the strongest associations in two IL1A variants, one SNP, rs1516792-3, in intron 5 (p = 0.0015) and a 4-bp insertion/deletion within the 3′UTR, rs16347-2 (p = 0.0024), among African Americans with non-T2DM-associated ESRD.
Exploring pleiotropy using principal components.
Creators: name: Langefeld, C.D.
name: Meyers, D.A.
name: Xu, J.
name: Bleecker, E.R.
name: Bensen, J.T.
name: Lange, L.A.
name: Chang, B.L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2003

description: A standard multivariate principal components (PCs) method was utilized to identify clusters of variables that may be controlled by a common gene or genes (pleiotropy). Heritability estimates were obtained and linkage analyses performed on six individual traits (total cholesterol (Chol), high and low density lipoproteins, triglycerides (TG), body mass index (BMI), and systolic blood pressure (SBP)) and on each PC to compare our ability to identify major gene effects. Using the simulated data from Genetic Analysis Workshop 13 (Cohort 1 and 2 data for year 11), the quantitative traits were first adjusted for age, sex, and smoking (cigarettes per day). Adjusted variables were standardized and PCs calculated followed by orthogonal transformation (varimax rotation). Rotated PCs were then subjected to heritability and quantitative multipoint linkage analysis. The first three PCs explained 73% of the total phenotypic variance. Heritability estimates were above 0.60 for all three PCs. We performed linkage analyses on the PCs as well as the individual traits. The majority of pleiotropic and trait-specific genes were not identified. Standard PCs analysis methods did not facilitate the identification of pleiotropic genes affecting the six traits examined in the simulated data set. In addition, genes contributing 20% of the variance in traits with over 0.60 heritability estimates could not be identified in this simulated data set using traditional quantitative trait linkage analyses. Lack of identification of pleiotropic and trait-specific genes in some cases may reflect their low contribution to the traits/PCs examined or more importantly, characteristics of the sample group analyzed, and not simply a failure of the PC approach itself.
Étude sur l'Optimisation de l'Épaisseur des Couches d'Aérosil et Amélioration par Cavité d'Air dans l’Isolation des Murs des Bâtiments au Contexte Climatique Marocain
Creators: name: FELLAH, Mohammed
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2024

description: Ces dernières années ont vu croître l'intérêt pour l'utilisation de matériaux biosourcés dans l'isolation thermique des bâtiments. L'intégration de ces matériaux dans l'enveloppe des constructions offre une double opportunité : réduire la consommation d'énergie et le taux d'émission de gaz à effet de serre. Cette étude se concentre sur l'évaluation de l'utilisation de ce nouveau matériau isolant pour les murs extérieurs des bâtiments dans les six zones climatiques Marocaine. En utilisant une approche basée sur l'analyse du coût du cycle de vie (LCCA), Cette étude vise à déterminer l'épaisseur optimale de l'Aérosil, les économies d'énergie potentielles et le délai de récupération sur une période d'analyse de 20 ans. En outre, une analyse comparative a été entreprise en utilisant une modélisation numérique bidimensionnelle de la dynamique des fluides (CFD) entre un mur isolé avec l'épaisseur optimale du matériau écologique uniquement et un mur comportant ce matériau en combinaison avec une lame d'air. Les résultats ainsi obtenus, révèlent que les épaisseurs d'isolation optimales les plus importantes sont observées dans la zone climatique d'Ifrane (7 cm), suivie par Fès, Errachidia et Marrakech (6 et 5 cm respectivement). De plus, une couche de vide d'air a été introduite dans le mur multicouche isolé optimal pour minimiser son épaisseur tout en stabilisant la température de la surface intérieure des murs.  
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 42 No 1 (2024): Special Issue - RUGC 2024
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the P-49 Facility, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Drollinger, Harold
Publisher: name: Desert Research Institute
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Clark (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3965/clark-county
subject: East of Cactus Peak QUAD 7.5'
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6013/east-of-cactus-peak-quad-75
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: Las Vegas, Nevada
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76911/las-vegas-nevada
subject: Stone Cabin Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/22804/stone-cabin-valley
subject: Nevada (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/919/nevada-state-territory
subject: Nye (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4104/nye-county
subject: Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80650/nellis-air-force-base-nevada
subject: 26NY5724
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/110490/26ny5724
subject: 26NY5723
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/110489/26ny5723
subject: 26NY5725
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/110491/26ny5725
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: The U.S. Air Force proposes to construct a facility, designated P-49, on the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (Figure 1). The Desert Research Institute (DRI) was tasked to conduct a cultural resources reconnaissance for the proposed facility. The area of survey included a square pad next to an existing powerline and access road. The area was surveyed for cultural resources by parallel, pedestrian transects spaced about 30 m (100 ft) apart. The cultural resources reconnaissance found no historic properties. No buildings, structures, or foundations were identified within the project boundaries. The project will have no effect on known historic properties provided all construction activities are restricted to the surveyed areas.
Testing Order Constraints: Qualitative Differences Between Bayes Factors and Normalized Maximum Likelihood
Creators: name: Heck, Daniel W.
name: Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan
name: Morey, Richard D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Other Statistics (stat.OT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We compared Bayes factors to normalized maximum likelihood for the simple case of selecting between an order-constrained versus a full binomial model. This comparison revealed two qualitative differences in testing order constraints regarding data dependence and model preference.
A high-resolution 6.0-megabase transcript map of the type 2 diabetes susceptibility region on human chromosome 20
Creators: name: Mychaleckyj, J.C.
name: Pendleton, J.K.
name: Rich, S.S.
name: Hirakawa, S.
name: Bowden, D.W.
name: Freedman, B.I.
name: Fossey, S.C.
name: Bensen, J.T.
name: Snyder, J.R.
Publisher: name: Academic Press Inc.
Year: 2001

description: Recent linkage studies and association analyses indicate the presence of at least one type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene in human chromosome region 20q12-q13.1. We have constructed a high-resolution 6.0-megabase (Mb) transcript map of this interval using two parallel, complementary strategies to construct the map. We assembled a series of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) contigs from 56 overlapping BAC clones, using STS/marker screening of 42 genes, 43 ESTs, 38 STSs, 22 polymorphic, and 3 BAC end sequence markers. We performed map assembly with GraphMap, a software program that uses a greedy path searching algorithm, supplemented with local heuristics. We anchored the resulting BAC contigs and oriented them within a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) scaffold by observing the retention patterns of shared markers in a panel of 21 YAC clones. Concurrently, we assembled a sequence-based map from genomic sequence data released by the Human Genome Project, using a seed-and-walk approach. The map currently provides near-continuous coverage between SGC32867 and WI-17676 (∼ 6.0 Mb). EST database searches and genomic sequence alignments of ESTs, mRNAs, and UniGene clusters enabled the annotation of the sequence interval with experimentally confirmed and putative transcripts. We have begun to systematically evaluate candidate genes and novel ESTs within the transcript map framework. So far, however, we have found no statistically significant evidence of functional allelic variants associated with type 2 diabetes. The combination of the BAC transcript map, YAC-to-BAC scaffold, and reference Human Genome Project sequence provides a powerful integrated resource for future genomic analysis of this region.
Ins Schreiben kommen und im Schreiben bleiben – die Selbststeuerung beim Schreiben wissenschaftlicher Texte in den Qualifizierungsphasen
Creators: name: Klingsieck, Katrin B.
name: Golombek, Christiane
Publisher: name: Herausforderung Lehrer*innenbildung - Zeitschrift zur Konzeption, Gestaltung und Diskussion
Year: 2020

description: Das Schreiben von wissenschaftlichen Texten ist mit einer Vielzahl von Herausforderungen verbunden, die die Bewältigung einer Schreibaufgabe häufig mühselig erscheinen lassen. Dieser Beitrag führt das wissenschaftliche Schreiben als eine Form des komplexen Problemlösens ein. Er betrachtet das wissenschaftliche Schreiben als ein rhetorisches Problem und zeigt auf, welche Ressourcen und Strategien im Rahmen des Schreibprozesses eingesetzt werden, um dieses Problem zu lösen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Rolle der Selbstregulation beim wissenschaftlichen Schreiben. Aus prominenten Kompetenz- und Phasenmodellen des Schreibens abgeleitet, stellt der Beitrag grundlegende Strategien einer erfolgreichen Selbstregulation beim wissenschaftlichen Schreiben vor, die individuell eingesetzt werden können, um ins Schreiben zu kommen und im Schreiben zu bleiben.
description: Herausforderung Lehrer*innenbildung - Zeitschrift zur Konzeption, Gestaltung und Diskussion, Bd. 3 Nr. 1 (2020): Herausforderung Lehrer_innenbildung - Ausgabe 3
Experiment 1d
Creators: name: Brown, Violet A.
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: audiovisual speech
subject: dual-task
subject: listening effort
subject: spoken word recognition
subject: speech perception
subject: psychology

description: The goal of this experiment is to generate performance curves for response times and accuracies across a wide range of listening difficulties.
Peri-Pregnancy Cannabis Use and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Offspring: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development
Creators: name: Daniels, J.L.
name: Soke, G.N.
name: Sabourin, K.R.
name: Crume, T.
name: Croen, L.A.
name: Friedman, S.
name: Van Dyke, J.
name: Lee, L.-C.
name: Robinson Rosenberg, C.
name: Schieve, L.A.
name: Windham, G.C.
name: DiGuiseppi, C.
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2022

description: The association of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with self-reported maternal cannabis use from 3 months pre-conception to delivery (“peri-pregnancy”) was assessed in children aged 30–68 months, born 2003 to 2011. Children with ASD (N = 1428) were compared to children with other developmental delays/disorders (DD, N = 1198) and population controls (POP, N = 1628). Peri-pregnancy cannabis use was reported for 5.2% of ASD, 3.2% of DD and 4.4% of POP children. Adjusted odds of peri-pregnancy cannabis use did not differ significantly between ASD cases and DD or POP controls. Results were similar for any use during pregnancy. However, given potential risks suggested by underlying neurobiology and animal models, further studies in more recent cohorts, in which cannabis use and perception may have changed, are needed.
Mean Curvature Flow Of Reifenberg Sets
Creators: name: Hershkovits, Or
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we prove short time existence and uniqueness of smooth evolution by mean curvature in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ starting from any $n$-dimensional $(\varepsilon,R)$-Reifenberg flat set with $\varepsilon$ sufficiently small. More precisely, we show that the level set flow in such a situation is non-fattening and smooth. These sets have a weak metric notion of tangent planes at every small scale, but the tangents are allowed to tilt as the scales vary. As this class is wide enough to include some fractal sets, this provides the first example (when $n>1$) of unique smoothing by mean curvature flow of sets with Hausdorff dimension $> n$.
Archaeological Shovel Testing at the East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG), M&R Station at the Corner of Elk River Dam Road and Morris Ferry Road
Creators: name: Chapman, Shawn
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Coffee (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/5122/coffee-county
subject: Franklin (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3332/franklin-county
subject: Arnold Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80982/arnold-air-force-base
subject: Crumpton Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85845/crumpton-creek
subject: Tennessee
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/169/tennessee
subject: 40FR238
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/126878/40fr238
subject: M&R Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4435/mr-station
subject: Metering and regulating station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4436/metering-and-regulating-station
subject: Negative Result
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/76495/negative-result
subject: East Tennessee Natural Gas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167224/east-tennessee-natural-gas
subject: ETNG
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167225/etng

description: Cultural resources survey in support of the East Tennessee Natural Gas M&R Station. Investigations included a review of the existing site records, pedestrian survey and visual inspection as well as shovel testing. Records search indicated no sites are recorded for the project location. Visual inspection and shovel testing produced no evidence of cultural material for the area.