cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A survey of measures and screening techniques used with school beginners in British Columbia, with an analysis of their oral language components
Creators: name: Souster, Keith Harland
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A growing body of research indicates that competence in oral language is a critical factor in reading and language success. This study sought, by examining screening procedures in use,to determine the extent to which oral language competence is assessed when children begin school in British Columbia. Following the identification of the measures employed, the study attempted further to determine what oral language factors were assessed by these measures and what proportion of beginners were assessed, generally and specifically, in oral language proficiency. A questionnaire was devised for circulation to the seventy-seven school districts of the province. To avoid bias in favour of oral language, the questionnaire asked districts to identify the total range of measures and techniques employed to screen possible physical and learning disabilities. Replies were received from 82% of the districts, representative of 87% of the provincial enrolment of grade one pupils. Summaries were compiled of the proportions of beginners screened for possible physical and learning disabilities. The means by which the assessments were conducted were also reported. The most commonly used tests of mental ability, readiness and other abilities were analyzed in terms of the principal abilities which each measure. The survey showed that on the basis of tests of mental ability, receptive oral language ratings may be derived for approximately 7% of the reported population. A further 1% were assessed in terms of expressive oral language.
Perimetri e rappresentanze sindacali  (dei datori di lavoro e dei lavoratori)
Creators: name: Marazza, Marco
Publisher: name: Labour & Law Issues
Year: 2018
Subjects: Trade Union; employer’s organization; collective bargaining

description: Lo scritto avvia l’esposizione di un percorso di ricerca dedicato al mondo della rappresentanza sindacale, della sua misurazione e degli effetti di tale misurazione sulla contrattazione collettiva e sull'applicazione delle norme di legge che rinviano ai contratti collettivi sottoscritti dai sindacati comparativamente più rappresentativi. Nell'attuale contesto normativo il contributo ricostruisce, in particolare, l’evoluzione delle regole negoziali applicabili al sistema confindustriale evidenziando: a) l’assenza di continuità tra il testo unico del 2014 e l’accordo interconfederale del 2018; b) le ragioni che rendono necessario un intervento legislativo nonché le possibili metodologie e tecniche di intervento.
description: Labour & Law Issues, V. 4, N. 2 (2018)
Additional file 4 of SRSF1 regulates primordial follicle formation and number determination during meiotic prophase I
Creators: name: Sun, Longjie
name: Lv, Zheng
name: Chen, Xuexue
name: Wang, Chaofan
name: Lv, Pengbo
name: Yan, Lu
name: Tian, Shuang
name: Xie, Xiaomei
name: Yao, Xiaohong
name: Liu, Jingjing
name: Wang, Zhao
name: Luo, Haoshu
name: Cui, Sheng
name: Liu, Jiali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Fig. S2. SRSF1 regulates the stability of Msh5 and Six6os1. a, b Western blotting of MSH5 and SIX6OS1 expression in 17.5 dpc Ctrl and cKO ovaries. GAPDH (a) or ACTB (b) served as a loading control. c The expression of Msh5 in 16.5 dpc cKO ovaries after ActD treatment at different times. n=4.
Weierstrass meets Enriques
Creators: name: Braun, Andreas P.
name: Ebert, Rainer
name: Hebecker, Arthur
name: Valandro, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study in detail the degeneration of K3 to T^4/Z_2. We obtain an explicit embedding of the lattice of collapsed cycles of T^4/Z_2 into the lattice of integral cycles of K3 in two different ways. Our first method exploits the duality to the heterotic string on T^3. This allows us to describe the degeneration in terms of Wilson lines. Our second method is based on the blow-up of T^4/Z_2. From this blow-up, we directly construct the full lattice of integral cycles of K3. Finally, we use our results to describe the action of the Enriques involution on elliptic K3 surfaces, finding that a Weierstrass model description is consistent with the Enriques involution only in the F-theory limit.
description: 35 pages, 9 figures
title: what's your diagnostic
title: Quel est votre diagnostic ?
Creators: name: Zineb Baba
Publisher: name: Revue Marocaine de Rhumatologie (RMR)
Year: 2024

description: Une patiente âgée de 70 ans consulte pour des polyarthralgies chroniques qui évoluent depuis 2 ans. L’interrogatoire révèle la présence d’un phénomène de Raynaud. L’examen clinique objective des télangiectasies au visage, une sclérodactylie et de multiples nodules durs au niveau du dos de la main droite, des coudes (figure 2b) et des aisselles (figure 3b).Le bilan immunologique montre des anticorps anti-nucléaires positifs à 25 UI/ml avec des Ac anti PM/Scl positifs à 25 UI/ml. La capillaroscopie montre la présence de mégacapillaires.
Studies on the transformation of mammalian cells by polyoma virus
Creators: name: Babiuk, Lorne Allan Ben
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Studies were made on the oncogenic properties of a line of polyoma virus-transformed hamster cells. Transplantation of the cells resulted in an increase in oncogenicity. Thus the latent period for the appearance of a tumor was decreased, and as few as five to ten cells were sufficient to produce a tumor in a young hamster. Histological examination revealed marked differences between tumors produced by transplantation of transformed cells and tumors produced by infectious virus. Powassan virus, a group B arbovirus, did not show any oncolytic activity towards tumors induced by polyoma virus-transformed cells. A variety of treatments (ultraviolet irradiation; mitomycin C; heat shocks; and cell fusion) proved unsuccessful in attempts to rescue polyoma virus DNA or infectious virus from polyoma virus transformed cells. In analogous experiments, using simian virus-40-transformed cultures, the rescue process was followed by readily detectable synthesis of SV40 DNA and infectious virus. The ability of heterokaryons (mouse kidney - PyH-1 cells or mouse embryo - 'normal' hamster cells) to support virus multiplication was tested. The presence of hamster nuclei and cytoplasm in heterokaryons, proved inhibitory to polyoma virus multiplication. This inhibitory effect was more pronounced if the hamster cells had been transformed with polyoma virus. Evidence has been presented for the integration of viral DNA into cellular DNA during productive infection of mouse embryo cells as well as in BHK-21 cells, a cell line which does not support virus multiplication but in which a small percentage of the cells can become transformed. Two separate methods were employed to detect viral DNA association with cellular DNA: 1) separation of viral DNA from cellular DNA by precipitation of the latter with salt: 2) separation of cellular DNA (> 100s) from viral DNA in alkaline sucrose gradients. The presence of viral DNA in the cell DNA fraction of alkaline sucrose gradients indicated that viral DNA was associated in an alkaline stable linkage.
Remark on pion scattering lengths
Creators: name: Black, Deirdre
name: Fariborz, Amir H.
name: Jora, Renata
name: Park, Nae Woong
name: Schechter, Joseph
name: Shahid, M. Naeem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: First it is shown that the tree amplitude for pion pion scattering in the minimal linear sigma model has an exact expression which is proportional to a geometric series in the quantity (s-$m_π^2$)/($m_B^2-m_π^2$), where $m_B$ is the sigma mass which appears in the Lagrangian and is the only a priori unknown parameter in the model. This induces an infinite series for every predicted scattering length in which each term corresponds to a given order in the chiral perturbation theory counting. It is noted that, perhaps surprisingly, the pattern, though not the exact values, of chiral perturbation theory predictions for both the isotopic spin 0 and isotopic spin 2 s-wave pion-pion scattering lengths to orders $p^2$, $p^4$ and $p^6$ seems to agree with this induced pattern. The values of the $p^8$ terms are also given for comparison with a possible future chiral perturation theory calculation. Further aspects of this approach and future directions are briefly discussed.
description: 3 pages, no figures
Time-dependent mood fluctuations in Antarctic personnel : a meta-analytic review
Creators: name: Hawkes, C
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The third-quarter phenomenon is the dominant theoretical model to explain the psychological impacts of deployment in Antarctica on personnel. It posits that detrimental symptoms to functioning, such as negative mood, increase gradually throughout deployment and peak at the third-quarter point, regardless of overall deployment length. However, there is equivocal support for the model. The current meta-analysis included data from 20 studies (involving 1817 participants) measuring negative mood during deployment to elucidate this discrepancy. Across studies analyses were conducted on three data types; stratified by month utilising repeatedmeasured all time-points meta-analytic techniques, and pre/post deployment data for summer and winter deployment seasons respectively. Moderation analyses were conducted to investigate the impact of personnel's cultural orientation on functioning. Results did not support the proposed parameters of the third-quarter phenomenon, as negative mood did not peak at the third quarter point (August/September) of deployment. Overall effect sizes indicated that negative mood is greater at baseline than the end of deployment for summer and winter deployment seasons, with the direction of this effect influenced by cultural orientation of personnel. These findings have theoretical and practical implications and should be used to guide future research, assisting in the development and modification of preexisting prevention and intervention programs to increase well-being and functioning of personnel during Antarctic deployment.
Unparticle & Higgs as Composites
Creators: name: Sannino, Francesco
name: Zwicky, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a generic framework in which the Higgs and the unparticle are both composite. The underlying theories are four dimensional, asymptotically free, nonsupersymmetric gauge theories with fermionic matter. We sketch a possible uni- fication of these two sectors at a much higher scale resembling extended technicolor models. By construction our extensions are natural, meaning that there is no hierar- chy problem. The coupling of the unparticle sector to the composite Higgs emerges as a four-fermion operator. The bilinear unparticle operator near the electroweak scale has scaling dimension in the range 1 < dU < 3. We investigate, in various ways, the breaking of scale invariance induced by the electroweak scale resulting in an unparticle condensate. The latter acts as a natural infrared cut off or hadronic scale. We give the low-energy effective theory valid near the electroweak scale. The unparticle Higgs mixing is found to be suppressed within our framework.
description: 30 pages 3 Figures
Additional file 1: of Efficacy and safety of rasagiline in Chinese patients with early Parkinsonâ s disease: a randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study
Creators: name: Zhang, Zhenxin
name: Wang, Jian
name: Chen, Shengdi
name: Liu, Chunfeng
name: Zhang, Baorong
name: Peng, Rong
name: Sun, Shenggang
name: Sun, Xiangru
name: Zhao, Gang
name: Qu, Qiumin
name: Li, Yansheng
name: Zhu, Suiqiang
name: Pan, Xiaoping
name: Shao, Ming
name: Wang, Yanping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biochemistry
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Science Policy
Virology

description: List of study sites. (DOC 32 kb)
The Equations of Quantum Feedback Control in the Regime of Good Control
Creators: name: Li, Juliang
name: Jacobs, Kurt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the equations of motion describing the feedback control of quantum systems in the regime of "good control", in which the control is sufficient to keep the system close to the desired state. One can view this regime as the quantum equivalent of the "linearized" regime for feedback control of classical nonlinear systems. Strikingly, while the dynamics of a single qubit in this regime is indeed linear, that of all larger systems remains nonlinear, in contrast to the classical case. As a first application of these equations, we determine the steady-state performance of feedback protocols for a single qubit that use unbiased measurements.
description: 11 pages, no figures
Accretion process onto super-spinning objects
Creators: name: Bambi, Cosimo
name: Freese, Katherine
name: Harada, Tomohiro
name: Takahashi, Rohta
name: Yoshida, Naoki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The accretion process onto spinning objects in Kerr spacetimes is studied with numerical simulations. Our results show that accretion onto compact objects with Kerr parameter (characterizing the spin) $|a| < M$ and $|a| > M$ is very different. In the super-spinning case, for $|a|$ moderately larger than $M$, the accretion onto the central object is extremely suppressed due to a repulsive force at short distance. The accreting matter cannot reach the central object, but instead is accumulated around it, forming a high density cloud that continues to grow. The radiation emitted in the accretion process will be harder and more intense than the one coming from standard black holes; e.g. $γ$-rays could be produced as seen in some observations. Gravitational collapse of this cloud might even give rise to violent bursts. As $|a|$ increases, a larger amount of accreting matter reaches the central object and the growth of the cloud becomes less efficient. Our simulations find that a quasi-steady state of the accretion process exists for $|a|/M \gtrsim 1.4$, independently of the mass accretion rate at large radii. For such high values of the Kerr parameter, the accreting matter forms a thin disk at very small radii. We provide some analytical arguments to strengthen the numerical results; in particular, we estimate the radius where the gravitational force changes from attractive to repulsive and the critical value $|a|/M \approx 1.4$ separating the two qualitatively different regimes of accretion. We briefly discuss the observational signatures which could be used to look for such exotic objects in the Galaxy and/or in the Universe.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures. v2: with explanation of the origin of the critical value |a|/M = 1.4
Completing the circle : the flute music of Gergely Ittzes
Creators: name: McPherson, AJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Hungarian flutist Gergely Ittzes (b. 1969) has enjoyed a flourishing career as a recording and performing artist and has also developed a reputation as a composer of avant-garde flute music. His works are some of the most difficult and fascinating in the repertoire, emerging out of Ittzes's desire to fully explore, in a systematic way, the technical, acoustic and musical possibilities of the flute. A commission by the prestigious National Flute Association in the United States in 2011 has brought his music to a wider international audience. His reputation as a composer has only blossomed fairly recently and combined with his relative youth, this has meant that there is very little scholarly literature focussing directly on Ittzes and his work. To date, there have been no large-scale studies undertaken examining his compositional output. This study fills a gap in the literature by providing an extensive exploration of the use of extended techniques in Ittzes's flute compositions, through performance and written exegesis. This is the first comprehensive study into the use of extended techniques across Ittzes's repertoire of flute works. Drawing on interviews with the composer, this research also provides a unique insight into Ittzes's life and the inspiration and concepts behind his work. This exegesis also includes a guide for performing Ittzes's works and sheds light on how Ittzes intends for them to be interpreted. Chapter 1 provides biographical details about Ittzes and outlines the literature discussing extended techniques. The second chapter explores the key influences on Ittzes's work as a flutist and composers, particularly the influence of Hungarian flutist Istv‚àö¬8n Matuz. Chapters 3 and 4 discuss Ittzes's compositions from 1988 through to 2012, tracing the development of his style over his career so far. Chapter 5 is a performance guide, offering a method for studying three of Ittzes's compositions. The techniques from this guide can then be extrapolated to apply to the remainder of his oeuvre. Ittzes is still composing, so this study explores what may amount to only the first part of his output, but it lays the groundwork for future studies into one of the most significant and experimental flutist-composers of his generation.
Напрямки удосконалення міжнародних стандартів у сфері оцінки якості програмних продуктів ISO/IEC 9126 та ISO/IEC 14598
Creators: name: Kuz, Mykola
name: Лазарович, Ігор
name: Мішагін, Руслан
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 461207
subject: Software quality, processes and metrics

description: Здійснено аналіз вимог та сфери застосування міжнародних стандартів у сфері оцінки якості програмних продуктів серій ISO/IEC 9126 та ISO/IEC 14598. Виявлено проблемні питання, які унеможливлюють повноцінне застосування цих стандартів для оцінки якості програмних продуктів із-за відсутності в них необхідних методів та методик. Розроблено проект стандарту, який урегульовує ці питання, а методики, наведені в цьому проекті є повноцінним доповненням вище наведених серій стандартів.
Testing the Evolutionary Sequence of High Mass Protostars with CARMA
Creators: name: Schnee, S.
name: Carpenter, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present 1" resolution CARMA observations of the 3mm continuum and 95 GHz methanol masers toward 14 candidate high mass protostellar objects (HMPOs). Dust continuum emission is detected toward seven HMPOs, and methanol masers toward 5 sources. The 3mm continuum sources have diameters < 2x10^4 AU, masses between 21 and 1200 M_sun, and volume densities > 10^8 cm^-3. Most of the 3mm continuum sources are spatially coincident with compact HII regions and/or water masers, and are presumed to be formation sites of massive stars. A strong correlation exists between the presence of 3mm continuum emission, 22 GHz water masers, and 95 GHz methanol masers. However, no 3mm continuum emission is detected toward ultracompact HII regions lacking maser emission. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that 22 GHz water masers and methanol masers are signposts of an early phase in the evolution of an HMPO before an expanding HII region destroys the accretion disk.
description: accepted to ApJ
Tasmanian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) students' musical backgrounds and their perceived readiness to include music in their future practice
Creators: name: Bryan, RF
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis presents the findings of an investigation into the musical backgrounds of generalist Tasmanian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) students, and the relationship between these ITE students' past experiences and their readiness to include music in their future teaching practice. The data from 43 anonymous survey responses and four individual interviews were collected from ITE students enrolled in the University of Tasmania unit ESH130: Arts Education- Music and Visual Art in second semester, 2016. A thorough thematic, inductive approach to the analysis of qualitative data, with the addition of selected correlation and independent two-sample t-tests revealed a number of main themes. The most notable finding of the study was that those ITE students who participated in private music lessons with a specialist teacher felt more confident to integrate music into their future teaching practice than those ITE students who did not participate in private lessons. It was also found that a mix of positive and negative experiences were remembered, with the role of the teacher having a major impact on the way in which respondents described the nature of their experiences. An overall agreement that music should be integrated into generalist classrooms was expressed, while respondents conveyed mixed attitudes towards their personal levels of confidence to do so in the future. Although most ITE students felt they would at least be willing to try and incorporate some music, a lack of confidence and personal skills in music were described as major barriers to achieving this.
Students' affective experience of connection with nature : an Australian university case study
Creators: name: Hayward, DCE
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Emotion plays a significant role in the human experience, nevertheless, emotion, or the affective domain, has often been neglected in traditional learning environments. This research proposes that nature connection and the affective domain can be brought together to form a purposeful and powerful pedagogy. In light of this proposal, the aim of this research was to understand how initial teacher educators affectively experience connections with nature and how the understanding of this synthesis could help inform the current shift in Outdoor Education practice and pedagogy specifically, and curriculum and educational policies more broadly. The research was guided by the overarching question: How do Outdoor Education initial teacher educators' in an Australian university, experience nature connection in the affective domain whilst on an extended wilderness expedition? To answer this research question, qualitative naturalistic case study methodology was utilized, guided by the constructivist paradigm. A contextual framework underpinning this research was formed through the combination of two different but overlapping perspectives that acknowledge both the affective domain and the connection with nature elements of the research question. The collection of data involved in-field observations on a six-day wilderness expedition, participant interviews and reflective journals. The data was analysed inductively through the qualitative methods of descriptive, values and pattern coding. The analysis of data found that the initial contextual framework was ineffective for the complex explanation of initial teacher educators' affective experience of connection with nature. Instead the Affective Nature Connection Matrix was generated to holistically analyse the participants experience. Through the Affective Nature Connection Matrix, a generalizable pattern called the Affective Nature Connection Wave emerged from the data. This pattern showed that while the participants' experience was individually subjective, the experience was also similar in that all participants experienced a rise and fall of Affective Nature Connection. Further analysis showed that the Affective Nature Connection Wave was facilitated by an Affective Nature Connection Heartbeat that ran throughout the wilderness expedition. The Affective Nature Connection Matrix, Wave and Heartbeat was demonstrated to have implications for Outdoor Education practice, the Australian Curriculum and future educational policies.
Scanning SQUID microscopy of vortex clusters in multiband superconductors
Creators: name: Nishio, Taichiro
name: Dao, Vu Hung
name: Chen, Qinghua
name: Chibotaru, Liviu F.
name: Kadowaki, Kazuo
name: Moshchalkov, Victor V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In type-1.5 superconductors, vortices emerge in clusters, which grow in size with increasing magnetic field. These novel vortex clusters and their field dependence are directly visualized by scanning SQUID microscopy at very low vortex densities in MgB2 single crystals. Our observations are elucidated by simulations based on a two-gap Ginzburg-Landau theory in the type-1.5 regime.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Physical Review B
The effect of modafinil on behavioural and ERP correlates of inhibitory control in healthy, non-sleep deprived individuals
Creators: name: De Angelis, OJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Modafinil is a novel wakefulness-promoting medication that has become popularised for purposes of cognitive enhancement. Research has indicated that modafinil may improve inhibitory control-related functioning, though to date no studies have attempted to explore these effects using electrophysiological methods. This study investigated the effect of 200mg of modafinil on behavioural (RT and accuracy) and electrophysiological (N2 amplitude) correlates of inhibitory control within a sample of 18 healthy, non-sleep deprived males aged 19-27 years. Participants completed pre- and post-ingestion versions of a Flanker Go/Nogo paradigm over two double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental conditions. Results indicated that while modafinil maintained baseline levels of mood, sleepiness and alertness to a significantly greater extent than placebo, no effect on inhibitory control processes was observed on RT, accuracy, or amplitude of the N2 component. Despite this, tentative evidence was found for an overall improvement in processing speed following modafinil ingestion, independent of inhibitory control processes. Future research is necessary to investigate these effects further, and determine the extent to which they manifest independently from fatigue-inducing environments.
Holographic Neutron Stars
Creators: name: de Boer, Jan
name: Papadodimas, Kyriakos
name: Verlinde, Erik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence degenerate composite operators in the conformal field theory that are holographically dual to degenerate stars in anti de Sitter space. We calculate the effect of the gravitational back-reaction using the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations, and determine the "Chandrasekhar limit" beyond which the star undergoes gravitational collapse towards a black hole.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, pdflatex. Typos and cross reference corrected, discussion clarified
Additional file 1: of Jumu is required for circulating hemocyte differentiation and phagocytosis in Drosophila
Creators: name: Hao, Yangguang
name: Yu, Shichao
name: Luo, Fangzhou
name: Jin, Li
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Table S1. PCR primer sequences. (DOCX 18 kb)
Dynamics of Fully Nonlinear Drift Wave-Zonal Flow Turbulence System in Plasmas
Creators: name: Shukla, P. K.
name: Shaikh, Dastgeer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present numerical simulations of fully nonlinear drift wave-zonal flow (DW-ZF) turbulence systems in a nonuniform magnetoplasma. In our model, the drift wave (DW) dynamics is pseudo-three-dimensional (pseudo-3D) and accounts for self-interactions among finite amplitude DWs and their coupling to the two-dimensional (2D) large amplitude zonal flows (ZFs). The dynamics of the 2D ZFs in the presence of the Reynolds stress of the pseudo-3D DWs is governed by the driven Euler equation. Numerical simulations of the fully nonlinear coupled DW-ZF equations reveal that shortscale DW turbulence leads to nonlinear saturated dipolar vortices, whereas the ZF sets in spontaneously and is dominated by a monopolar vortex structure. The ZFs are found to suppress the cross-field turbulent particle transport. The present results provide a better model for understanding the coexistence of short- and large-scale coherent structures, as well as associated subdued cross-field particle transport in magnetically confined fusion plasmas.
description: To appear in Physics Letter A
The Franciscans at St. Augustine's and in Chicagoland: commemorating the 75th anniversary of the coming of the Franciscans to St. Augustine's, 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Third Order at St. Augustine's 1886-1961, 50th anniversary of St. Augustine's High School 1910-1960.
Creators: name: Habig, Marion Alphonse,1901-
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Not Assigned
PHIRI - WP6 - Use Case B Common Data Model
Creators: name: Bernal-Delgado, Enrique
name: Van Den Bulcke, Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: breast cancer
delayed treatment
covid-19

description: Technical notes and documentation on the common data model of PHIRI Use Case B (WP6) measuring delayed treatments in breast cancer patients as an indirect effect of the COVID-19 pandemic The ZIP file includes: - A spreadsheet in EXCEL format with the data model specification for the use case - An HTML document with a description of Use Case B including the metadata of the data model - A JSON file in schema.org format including the metadata on the data model in a machine-readable format - A CSV file with a synthetic data set produced following the specifications of the use case data model for testing purposes
Chiral asymmetry of the Fermi surface in dense relativistic matter in a magnetic field
Creators: name: Gorbar, E. V.
name: Miransky, V. A.
name: Shovkovy, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is revealed that in dense relativistic matter in a magnetic field, there exists a contribution to the axial current associated with a relative shift of the longitudinal momenta in the dispersion relations of opposite chirality fermions. Unlike the topological contribution in the axial current at the lowest Landau level, recently discussed in the literature, the dynamical one appears only in interacting matter and affects the fermions in all Landau levels, including those around the Fermi surface. The induced axial current and the shift of the Fermi surfaces of the left-handed and right-handed fermions are expected to play an important role in transport and emission properties of matter in various types of compact stars as well as in heavy ion collisions.
description: 5 pages, no figures; v2: to match published version
MicroRNA-378 regulates adipogenic differentiation in bovine intramuscular preadipocytes by targeting CaMKK2
Creators: name: Li, Dongwei
name: Wang, Heng
name: Li, Yongmin
name: Qu, Changqing
name: Zhang, Yunhai
name: Liu, Hongyu
name: Zhang, Xiaorong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology

description: Intramuscular fat, as one of the most important palatability attribute of beef carcase, is the primary determinant of beef quality. The research of adipogenesis mechanism would provide new insight into intramuscular fatty deposition. Here, the role of microRNA-378 was investigated during bovine adipogenic differentiation. It was revealed that miR-378 expression exists variably in bovine major tissue and organs by RT-qPCR. It was predicted that miR-378 targets CaMKK2, as an AMPKα kinase, by DIANA Tools. For better research, primary preadipocytes with stable transfection for up-/down-regulated expression of miR-378 were constructed by lentiviral vectors with GFP gene. The analyses of qPCR showed that PPARγ and adiponectin mRNA levels increased, but C/EBPβ, pref-1 and CaMKK2 mRNA levels decreased during adipogenic differentiation. When miR-378 was overexpressed, preadipocytes proliferation became slower, there are more cellular lipid droplets, and PPARγ and C/EBPβ mRNA levels were higher, but pref-1, adiponectin and CaMKK2 were lower than control groups. Luciferase assay and western blot analysis validated that miR-378 binds the nucleotide sites of the 3′- untranslated region of CaMKK2, which inhibits the mRNA and protein expression of CaMKK2. These findings suggest that miR-378 promotes adipogenic differentiation in bovine intramuscular preadipocytes by targeting CaMKK2 via AMPK signalling pathway.
How the characteristics of sports bras affect their performance
Creators: name: Norris, Michelle
name: Blackmore, Tim
name: Horler, Brogan
name: Wakefield-Scurr, Joanna
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Breast movement reduction (%) measures breast support and sports bra performance, however limited evidence exists on the sports bra characteristics which affect it. This study investigated breast movement reduction achieved by 98 sports bras, the categorisation of support levels, and the characteristics that contribute. Each bra was tested on ∼12 females (total n = 77). Relative breast position was recorded during sports bra and bare-breasted running, and breast movement reduction calculated; low, medium, high breast support tertiles were identified and compared to brand-classified support levels. Ten bra characteristics were identified, and regressions determined which characteristics contributed to performance. Breast movement reduction ranged from 36% to 74%; 69% of bras marketed as high support were in the high support tertile (>63%). Encapsulation style, padded cups, nylon, adjustable underband and high neck drop accounted for 37.1% of breast movement reduction variance. Findings facilitate high performance sports bra development and inform consumer choice
Renormalization of the BCS-BEC crossover by order parameter fluctuations
Creators: name: Bartosch, Lorenz
name: Kopietz, Peter
name: Ferraz, Alvaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the functional renormalization group approach with partial bosonization in the particle-particle channel to study the effect of order parameter fluctuations on the BCS-BEC crossover of superfluid fermions in three dimensions. Our approach is based on a new truncation of the vertex expansion where the renormalization group flow of bosonic two-point functions is closed by means of Dyson-Schwinger equations and the superfluid order parameter is related to the single particle gap via a Ward identity. We explicitly calculate the chemical potential, the single-particle gap, and the superfluid order parameter at the unitary point and compare our results with experiments and previous calculations.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Scoping Review Protocol: What does the published literature tell us about assessment tools designed to evaluate the clinical reasoning skills of medical students and postgraduate medical trainees?
Creators: name: Eakin, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 320299
subject: Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: This paper outlines the protocol for a scoping review of the current literature regarding assessment tools used to evaluate clinical reasoning skills in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. In particular this scoping review will focus on the validity of assessmetn tools and new literature published since the publication of an informative scoping review by Daniel et al. (2019).
Repeated exposure to smoking warning labels : the effect on smoking related cognitions
Creators: name: Dicker, MJ
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Cigarette smoking remains one of the most significant preventable causes of mortality and disease in Australia. The most prominent and most visible approach to stop the uptake of smoking and reduce smoking rates are warning labels on cigarette packs. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of anti-smoking warning labels on smoking related cognitions derived from the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM), in particular fear, severity, susceptibility, self-efficacy and intentions. A total of 62 participants (25 smokers and 37 never-smokers) aged between 19 years and 70 years (M = 34.03, SD = 13.87) were recruited for this study. Participants were required to monitor their intake of cigarettes in real time, and to report when they were exposed to smoking warning labels, through entering information into an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) device. The present study has provided support for the effective use of EMA devices to determine the effects of encountering smoking warning labels on smoking cognitions, with exposure to smoking warning labels indicating an increase on a smoker's self-efficacy in belief around ability to not smoke cigarettes. It is suggested that a focus within future anti-smoking campaigns, should incorporate more meaningful messages around an individual's self-efficacy, as this may further assist in smokers achieving smoking cessation.
Strong and weak coupling of two coupled qubits
Creators: name: del Valle, Elena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I investigate the dynamics and power spectrum of two coupled qubits (two-level systems) under incoherent continuous pump and dissipation. New regimes of strong coupling are identified, that are due to additional paths of coherence flow in the system. Dressed states are reconstructed even in the regime of strong decoherence. The results are analytical and offer an exact description of strong-coupling in presence of pumping and decay in a nontrivial (nonlinear) system.
description: 20 pages, 15 reduced quality figures
Asymptotic behavior of maximum likelihood estimator for time inhomogeneous diffusion processes
Creators: name: Barczy, Matyas
name: Pap, Gyula
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 62M05 (Primary), 62F12, 60J60 (Secondary)

description: We study asymptotic behavior of maximum likelihood estimator for a time inhomogeneous diffusion process given by a SDE $dX_t=αb(t)X_t dt + σ(t) dB_t$, $t\in[0,T)$, with a parameter $α\in R$, where $T\in(0,\infty]$ and $(B_t)_{t\in[0,T)}$ is a standard Wiener process. We formulate sufficient conditions under which the MLE of $α$ normalized by Fisher information converges to the limit distribution of Dickey-Fuller statistics. Next we study a SDE $dY_t=αb(t)a(Y_t) dt + σ(t) dB_t$, $t\in[0,T)$, with a perturbed drift satisfying $a(x)=x+O(1+|x|^γ)$ with some $γ\in[0,1)$. We give again sufficient conditions under which the MLE of $α$ normalized by Fisher information converges to the limit distribution of Dickey-Fuller statistics.
description: 35 pages
Exploring the role of the dark tetrad and self-efficacy in emotional manipulation
Creators: name: Gough, S
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Emotional manipulation is the use of high-level emotional skills to manipulate others for self-serving reasons. This study examined individuals' belief in their emotional manipulation skills (trait emotional manipulation) and the frequency with which they engaged in emotional manipulation (willingness to emotionally manipulate). The influence of emotional intelligence, primary psychopathy, secondary psychopathy, Machiavellianism, grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, sadism, general self-efficacy, and social self-efficacy on trait emotional manipulation and willingness to emotionally manipulate was examined for the first time. Participants comprised 245 women and 136 men who completed an anonymous online questionnaire within a cross-sectional correlational design. Results from regression analyses indicated that males' belief about and use of emotional manipulation skills was predicted by antisocial traits such as psychopathy, whereas females' belief about and use of emotional manipulation skills was predicted by manipulative, power-seeking traits such as narcissism. Limitations from the current study include the use of self-report measures and cross-sectional design. The findings from this study show the differential mechanisms through which emotional manipulation occurs between genders, and the discrepancy between the mechanisms that predict those that believe they can emotionally manipulate others, compared to those who actually do. The variables identified as predictors in this study may be targeted when developing interventions for these individuals.
On the measurement of the curvature of the boundaries of two-dimensional quantized shapes
Creators: name: Bennett, John Reavely
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The use of the mathematical concept of curvature as a practical descriptor of shape for pattern recognition and image processing application is investigated. A mathematical analogy between the construction of a two-dimensional curve from a given curvature function and the frequency modulation of a sinusoidal carrier with a message, is drawn. It is shown that the curve describing the boundary of a two-dimensional shape is in fact a circle, frequency modulated with appropriate curvature information. The accuracy to which the curvature of the boundary of a binary shape can be estimated from a given quantized version of that shape, depends upon two factors in the estimation process: - the contour tracing algorithm by which boundary points on the quantized shape are defined and the method whereby the curvature function is smoothed to partially remove the quantization noise resulting from the digitization of the original shape. In this thesis, six contour tracing algorithms are described and used to extract curvature functions from quantized test shapes in the absence of smoothing of any kind. Models of the average quantization noise characteristics in the frequency domain are then developed for the curvature functions corresponding to each of the six contour tracing algorithms. The models are used to compare the performance of the six algorithms on the basis of the quantization noise characteristics of each. It is found that the useful bandwidth of curvature functions obtained from quantized shapes is somewhat less than the theoretical limit imposed by the Nyquist Sampling Theorem. The models developed serve to demonstrate the variation in the useful bandwidth of the curvature functions corresponding to each, contour tracing algorithm. The variation in bandwidth- with- quantizing array resolution can also be predicted with the models. The relationship between the bandwidth of a curvature function and the amount of detail representable in the corresponding curve in the plane is then qualitatively explored. Finally, three approaches to the problem of smoothing curvature functions to eliminate quantization noise are studied and methods are developed to compare their effectiveness on sample shapes.
Quantifying mRNA synthesis and decay rates using small RNAs
Creators: name: Elgart, Vlad
name: Jia, Tao
name: Kulkarni, Rahul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Regulation of mRNA decay is a critical component of global cellular adaptation to changing environments. The corresponding changes in mRNA lifetimes can be coordinated with changes in mRNA transcription rates to fine-tune gene expression. Current approaches for measuring mRNA lifetimes can give rise to secondary effects due to transcription inhibition and require separate experiments to estimate changes in mRNA transcription rates. Here, we propose an approach for simultaneous determination of changes in mRNA transcription rate and lifetime using regulatory small RNAs to control mRNA decay. We analyze a stochastic model for coupled degradation of mRNAs and sRNAs and derive exact results connecting RNA lifetimes and transcription rates to mean abundances. The results obtained show how steady-state measurements of RNA levels can be used to analyze factors and processes regulating changes in mRNA transcription and decay.
The mission movement in America : being the mind of the missionaries assembled in the Third Washington Conference at the Apostolic Mission House.
Creators: name: Washington Conference (3rd : Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description:
 Apostolic Mission House -- Principles and vital facts -- Non-Catholic Mission Movement / A.P. Doyle -- Typical American missionary parish and some phases of its work / A.S. Siebenfoercher -- Missionary outlook in the South / Osmund Wiesneth -- Apostolate of the cloister / One within the cloister -- Negro in America / T.J. Duffy -- Foreign missions and their needs / James A. Walsh -- Catholic Missionary Union : how may its corporate action be enlarged / A.P. Doyle -- Church extension and convert making / F.C. Kelley -- Apostolic Mission House / Walter Elliot -- Literary propaganda in the mission work / M.P. Smith -- Apostolate of the immigrant / Roderic McEachen -- Apostolate among the poor and the dependent classes / William F. Downey -- Sunday-school movement as a missionary influence / Mrs. B. Ellen Burke -- Experience meeting -- Father Elliot's estimate of the Conference -- What the bishops and others say -- Press comments -- Attendance of regular and secular clergy.
 The Missionary. III--Conference section.
 Missionary.
Eight Fermion Terms in the Effective Action of the ABJM Model
Creators: name: Baek, Jong-Hyun
name: Hyun, Seungjoon
name: Yi, Sang-Heon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study eight fermion terms in the effective action of the ABJM model. We show the non-renormalization of $v^2$ terms. After classifying all the possible eight fermion structures, we show that $\mathcal{N}=6$ supersymmetry determines all these terms completely up to an overall constant. This confirms the one loop non-renormalization of $v^4$ terms.
description: 12 pages
The Gospel of Mark: pathway to glory through the cross * National Bible Week, November 14-21, 1982: a study and discussion guide. from the U.S. Center for the Catholic Biblical Apostolate, Department of Education, United States Catholic Conference.
Creators: name: Not Assigned
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description:
 National Bible Week, 1982.
 Introd. signed by Stephen Hartdegen.