cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A DH-Leavened Musicological Toolbox
Creators: name: Giannetti, Francesca
name: Kijas, Anna
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Musicology
Research methods
Pedagogy
Digital humanities

description: Graduate-level training in music research methodologies tends to ignore digital humanities work and overlook the use of digital tools created in support of new forms of reading. Training instead focuses on source material in the student’s area of interest. This material includes secondary and primary (archival) resources, as well as information resources, such as: monuments of music and critical editions; indexes; bibliographies and thematic catalogs; dictionaries and encyclopedias; digital libraries of scores or editions; and databases of period-specific newspapers or journals. Graduate students taking research methods courses already have a toolbox built from their experiences as musicians and students of music, including the ability to read and interpret music notation, to understand theoretical and analytical concepts in music, as well as a command of music history, including the canon of musical works. Digital humanities has become a major area of academic endeavor at the “interface of technological development, epistemological change and methodological concerns." An important characteristic of digital humanities research has been its interdisciplinarity. We argue that graduate training in musicology needs to include coverage of methodologies applied by digital humanists in support of new forms of reading, not only to broaden the canon of research topics in musicology, but also to build common ground with researchers of other disciplines. We propose that librarians are well positioned to provide this expertise and training.
Methylation patterns associated with C-reactive protein in racially and ethnically diverse populations
Creators: name: Raffield, Laura M.
name: Kenny, Eimear
name: Liu, Chunyu
name: Avery, Christy L.
name: Study, On Behalf of the PAGE
name: Sotoodehnia, Nona
name: Reiner, Alex
name: Matise, Tara
name: Joehanes, Roby
name: Kasela, Silva
name: Liu, Yongmei
name: Peters, Ulrike
name: Brody, Jennifer A.
name: Loos, Ruth J.F.
name: Tracy, Russell
name: Bis, Joshua C.
name: Levy, Daniel
name: Zhao, Wei
name: Ratliff, Scott M.
name: Van den Berg, David
name: Ye, Ting
name: Carlson, Chris
name: Cushman, Mary
name: Benjamin, Emelia J.
name: North, Kari E.
name: Rich, Stephen S.
name: Park, Sungshim L.
name: Rotter, Jerome I.
name: Lapalainien, Tuuli
name: Gignoux, Chris
name: Kooperberg, Charles
name: Xu, Huichun
name: Guo, Xiuqing
name: Smith, Jennifer A.
name: Hu, Yao
name: Ammous, Farah
name: Haiman, Chris
name: Lundin, Jessica I.
name: Lu, Ake
name: Haessler, Jeff
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024

description: Systemic low-grade inflammation is a feature of chronic disease. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a common biomarker of inflammation and used as an indicator of disease risk; however, the role of inflammation in disease is not completely understood. Methylation is an epigenetic modification in the DNA which plays a pivotal role in gene expression. In this study we evaluated differential DNA methylation patterns associated with blood CRP level to elucidate biological pathways and genetic regulatory mechanisms to improve the understanding of chronic inflammation. The racially and ethnically diverse participants in this study were included as 50% White, 41% Black or African American, 7% Hispanic or Latino/a, and 2% Native Hawaiian, Asian American, American Indian, or Alaska Native (total n = 13,433) individuals. We replicated 113 CpG sites from 87 unique loci, of which five were novel (CADM3, NALCN, NLRC5, ZNF792, and cg03282312), across a discovery set of 1,150 CpG sites associated with CRP level (p < 1.2E-7). The downstream pathways affected by DNA methylation included the identification of IFI16 and IRF7 CpG-gene transcript pairs which contributed to the innate immune response gene enrichment pathway along with NLRC5, NOD2, and AIM2. Gene enrichment analysis also identified the nuclear factor-kappaB transcription pathway. Using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) we inferred methylation at three CpG sites as causal for CRP levels using both White and Black or African American MR instrument variables. Overall, we identified novel CpG sites and gene transcripts that could be valuable in understanding the specific cellular processes and pathogenic mechanisms involved in inflammation.
Planning marine protected areas under the CCAMLR regime - The case of the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
Creators: name: Teschke, Katharina
name: Brtnik, Patricia
name: Hain, Stefan
name: Herata, Heike
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Meeresschutzgebiet
Südlicher Ozean

description: Currently, almost 8% of the world's oceans are designated marine protected areas (MPAs), the majority of which are relatively small and under national jurisdiction. Several initiatives are presently underway in international waters to establish large-scale MPAs, such as for the Southern Ocean under the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). By reviewing the MPA initiative in the Weddell Sea (WSMPA), we aim to guide through the planning steps involved in developing an MPA in the high seas of the Southern Ocean in the context of an international organisation, i.e. CCAMLR. We focus also on the associated science-policy discussion process. To this end, we examine the WSMPA roadmap retrospectively from its beginning in 2013 until today. We discuss the individual planning steps and how these have been designed in detail. Throughout, we show that the planning of the WSMPA was based on a collaborative, science-based process that exemplified best practice in applied science. Lastly, we also provide an outlook on the current situation regarding the establishment of CCAMLR MPAs and point out that scientific best practice may not be sufficient to achieve the consensus and political drive ultimately required for the designation of MPAs in the Southern Ocean. Quelle: https://www.sciencedirect.com
Federal and state efforts in the implementation of kindergarten entry assessments (2011-2018)
Creators: name: Weisenfeld, Georgenne  G.
name: Garver, Karin
name: Hodges, Katherine
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020

description: Research Findings. In this study we examined states’ kindergarten entry assessment (KEA) policies between 2011 and 2018 and the possible impact federal funding policies may have had in their implementation. Between 2011 and 2018, 31 states received federal Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge awards and/or Enhanced Assessment Grants to support the development and implementation of kindergarten entry assessments focused on all five domains of child development. Through the use of nationwide data sets, as well as a review of individual state policies, findings revealed that 41 states and the District of Columbia implemented a KEA for at least one year between 2011 and 2018. In the fall of 2018, 35 states out of 51 (including Washington D.C., 68.6%) assessed children’s learning and development during kindergarten entry. However, 15 out of 34 states and Washington D.C. (42.9%) fell short of requiring a comprehensive tool covering all five domains of child development. Practice or Policy. Our findings suggest that federal funding is correlated with a state’s development of a KEA. With the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and movement of education decision making to the state level, states assessed children during the first few months of kindergarten using a wide variety of assessment tools. However, there was an overall decrease in states implementing a comprehensive assessment with the primary intent of assessing children’s readiness beyond literacy.
Capturing collabportunities: A method to evaluate collaboration opportunities in information search using pseudocollaboration
Creators: name: González-Ibáñez, Roberto
name: Shah, Chirag
name: White, Ryen W.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016

description: In explicit collaborative search, two or more individuals coordinate their efforts toward a shared goal. Every day, Internet users with similar information needs have the potential to collaborate. However, online search is typically performed in solitude. Existing search systems do not promote explicit collaborations, and collaboration opportunities (collabportunities) are missed. In this article, we describe a method to evaluate the feasibility of transforming these collabportunities into recommendations for explicit collaboration. We developed a technique called pseudocollaboration to evaluate the benefits and costs of collabportunities through simulations. We evaluate the performance of our method using three data sets: (a) data from single users’ search sessions, (b) data with collaborative search sessions between pairs of searchers, and (c) logs from a largescale search engine with search sessions of thousands of searchers. Our results establish when and how collabportunities would significantly help or hinder the search process versus searches conducted individually. The method that we describe has implications for the design and implementation of recommendation systems for explicit collaboration. It also connects system-mediated and user-mediated collaborative search, whereby the system evaluates the likely benefits of collaborating for a search task and helps searchers make more informed decisions on initiating and executing such a collaboration.
Information Commons
Creators: name: Kranich, Nancy
name: Schement, Jorge Reina
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Information Commons

description: This essay reviews the history and theory of information commons along with the various conceptual approaches used to describe and understand them. It also discusses governance, financing, and participation in these commons. Today’s digital technologies offer unprecedented possibilities for human creativity, global communication, innovation, and access to information. Yet these same technologies also provide new opportunities to control—or enclose—intellectual products, thereby threatening to erode political discourse, scientific inquiry, free speech, and the creativity needed for a healthy democracy. Advocates for an open information society face an uphill battle to influence outcomes in the policy arena; yet they are developing information commons that advance innovation, stimulate creativity, and promote the sharing of information resources. Designers of these new information resources can learn from those who have studied other commons like forests and fisheries. What are needed are multidisciplinary research efforts that go beyond rejecting enclosure to assessing whether alternatives are viable. This requires applying a framework for analysis to determine whether information commons are sustainable as a fundamental information structure for the 21st century.
Scylla: A Smart Virtual Machine for Mobile Embedded Systems
Creators: name: Stanley-Marbell, Phillip
name: Iftode, Liviu
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2002

description: With the proliferation of wireless devices with embedded processors, there is an increasing desire to deploy applications that run transparently over the varied architectures of these devices. Virtual machines are one solution for code mobility, providing a virtualized processor architecture that is implemented over the individual node architectures. Current virtual machines are generally slow and consume significant energy, making them unsuitable for embedded devices with limited processing power and energy resources. Presented is a novel virtual machine architecture, Scylla, specially designed for mobile embedded systems, that is simple, fast and robust. In addition to a basic instruction set, Scylla supports inter-device communication, power management and error recovery. To make on-the-fly compilation extremely efficient, the instruction set closely matches the processor architectures that can be found in embedded systems today. The paper describes Scylla, along with a preliminary evaluation of its performance, including the costs of the on-the-fly compilation and the overhead of having a virtual machine, based on simulations and measurements on a prototype system.
A safe approximate algorithm for interprocedural pointer aliasing
Creators: name: Landi, William
name: Ryder, Barbara G.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1991

description: Aliasing occurs at some program point during execution when two or more names exist for the same location. In a language which allows pointers, the problem of determining the set of pairs of names at a program point which may refer to the same location during program execution is NP-hard. We present an algorithm which safely approximates Interprocedural May Alias in the presence of pointers. This algorithm has been implemented in a prototype analysis tool for C programs.
Hydrological, hydraulic and multicriteria evaluations of flood susceptibility in coastal urban areas: a case study of Juqueriquere River Basin in Brazil
Creators: name: Boulomytis, Vassiliki
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Natural disasters like floods have become more frequent due to the increase of extreme climatic events. It is very challenging to understand the hydrological impacts of urban developments in ungauged watersheds. The studied floodplains are in the northern coastline of Sao Paulo, Brazil, comprising limited and non-representative spatially and temporally data. Thus, alternative methods and modelling techniques, such as the multicriteria decision analysis, were used to determine the likelihood of flood susceptibility in the studied plains. The methodology was successful and might be used in other areas, especially where data is scarce and complex physical constraints are involved.
A Geometric Approach to Device-Free Motion Localization Using Signal Strength
Creators: name: Moore, Robert
name: Howard, Richard
name: Kuksa, Pavel
name: Martin, Richard P.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2010

description: In this work we describe and evaluate an approach to accurately infer the position in a building where human motion occurs. Our approach does not require the humans to wear any type of device. Such passive mobility localization is applicable in a wide variety of application domains, including those in security, human workflows, and systems management. We position human motion using the change in standard deviation of the received signal strength between stationary transmitters and receivers at known locations. Using a modest transmission rate of once per second, we localize the motion at 2-5 second timescales using a lines-intersecting-tiles method where each line is a straight path between a transmitter and receiver. Our algorithm returns a set of rectangular tiles where the motion has occurred. We experimentally validate our scheme in two different building environments, one containing a cluttered space and a second with a more open arrangement. We show good results for basic mobility detection, with a low number of false positives and negatives. We show that we can localize human motion with a median error of less than 20 ft. We can achieve these results with a modest density of inexpensive active RFID tags, one per 500 ft.2. We also explored how our results degrade with reduced density of transmitters and receivers, and show our mobility detection rates remain good although the geometric precision of the results degrades in line with the density of transmitters.
Mechanisms of Change in Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Research Agenda
Creators: name: de Kleine, Rianne
name: Abramowitz, Jonathan
name: Huppert, Jonathan D.
name: Monfils, Marie-H.
name: Chavira, Denise
name: Pittig, Andre
name: Smits, Jasper A. J.
name: De Nadai, Alessandro S.
name: Rief, Winfried
name: Meyer, Heidi
name: Hofmann, Stefan G.
name: Telch, Michael J.
name: Otto, Michael W.
name: Hoyer, Jürgen
name: Benito, Kristen
name: Rosenfield, David
name: McEvoy, Peter M.
name: Hermans, Dirk
name: Arch, Joanna J.
name: Storch, Eric A.
name: Papini, Santiago
name: Kircanski, Katharina
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications
Year: 2024

description: Anxiety and related disorders are a significant public-health burden with rising prevalence in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As demand for effective anxiety treatment increases, so too does the need for strategies to bolster treatment outcomes. Research on the mechanisms of exposure therapy, the frontline behavioral treatment, will be critically important for optimizing clinical outcomes. We outline an initial agenda for future research on the mechanisms of change of exposure therapy, developed in collaboration with a large international team of researchers through the Exposure Therapy Consortium. Key questions and recommendations for future research focus on four priority areas: conceptualization, measurement, study design/analysis, and individual/contextual differences. Rising to the challenge of addressing these questions will require coordinated action and availability of centralized tools that can be used across trials, settings, and research groups.
Bridging the gap: enhanced support for students in the Rutgers 2+2 nursing program
Creators: name: Sweeney, Amy
name: Ferrick, Jane
name: Pfeifer, Stephanie
name: Cahall, Amanda
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2023

description: This presentation was developed for the Educational Equity and Excellence Collaborative (E3) Conference entitled the Rutgers Summit on Student Success. We shared our comprehensive system of supportive resources developed and provided for students entering Rutgers School of Nursing from the community college during the summer bridge semester.
description: Rutgers University faculty/staff
title: New roads for patron-driven e-books
title: collection development and technical services implications of a patron-driven acquisitions pilot at Rutgers
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: De Fino, Melissa
name: Lo, Mei Ling
Publisher: name: Taylor and Francis
Year: 2011
Subjects: E-books
Electronic books
Electronic monographs
Acquisitions (Libraries)
Patron-driven acquisitions (Libraries)

description: Collection development librarians have long struggled to meet user demands for new titles. Too often, required resources are not purchased, while some purchased resources do not circulate. E-books selected through patron-driven plans are a solution but present new challenges for both selectors and catalogers. Radical changes to traditional technical services workflows are required, and selectors must modify the selection process to give more choice to the user. Rutgers University librarians have adopted an innovative new technical services workflow and collection-development model to manage a successful, patron-driven acquisitions project for e-books in the fields of math and computer science.
The Aesthetics of Minor Transnationalism in the Theater of Frank Disla
Creators: name: Stevens, Camilla
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Latin American theater
Dominican diaspora
Transnationalism
Disla, Frank
Dominican Republic

description: This essay argues that the search for a new audience, for new stories, and for a new aesthetics in the theater of Frank Disla is emblematic of the dialogue transnational Dominican theater practitioners have begun with the national “script” for Dominican culture and identity. I suggest that the insistent formal experimentation in plays about migration by Disla is suggestive of the transnational artist’s pursuit of new forms of political and artistic belonging. Not only do Disla’s characters explore the ontological condition of belonging to more than one society (or perhaps none), his own dramatic oeuvre occupies an unsure space in literary history as well.
The Role of the Data Model
Creators: name: Agnew, Grace
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Entity-relationship modeling
Information modeling
Data models
Metadata

description: Our focus is on a basic conceptual data model, the Entity-Relationship model. This data model identifies the entities that have a role in the intellectual content or purpose of the resource(s) to be described, as well as the relationships between those entities. A good data model should provide the context for the resource—why was it created, by whom, when, where, and for what purpose.
title: Going against the archival grain
title: case studies of pop culture archives of a music scene, regional zines, and local beer
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Crawford, Stephanie
name: Lutz, Christine A.
name: Maharjan, Tara
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: New Jersey
Alternative mass media
Beer
Music scenes
Popular culture
Zines

description: Popular culture collecting in academic special collections and archives is sometimes still viewed within the institution as a challenge to traditional collection development, which has tended to emphasize the mainstream and enshrine privilege and hegemonic structures. This is especially the case when the cultures and media emphasized in such collecting might be categorized as being counter-cultural, DIY, or somehow 'other.' This article consists of three case studies that emphasize recently developed popular culture-based collections at Rutgers University's Special Collections and University Archives that focus on voices and communities outside archival norms of collecting: the New Brunswick Music Scene Archive, the New Jersey Regional Zine Collection, and the New Jersey Beer Collection. An emphasis on how faculty and staff have developed these collections by working with participants and creators outside mainstream popular culture leads to examples of how faculty and staff have engaged in critical pedagogy and outreach, particularly among students. Woven throughout are examples of challenges faculty and staff have faced around institutional acceptance, inclusivity, and cultural sensitivities along with work to overcome the challenges. The article concludes by considering future popular culture collection-building endeavors and engagement among students and community members.
MLA Personnel Characteristics, 2016: Continuity, Change, and Concerns
Creators: name: Sauceda, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018

description: The authors discuss results of the 2016 MLA Survey of Personnel Characteristics and compare them to previous studies. We distributed the questionnaire electronically via Qualtrics to 953 unique email addresses of current or recent (since 2013) MLA members. In addition to asking many of the same questions from past surveys, we updated queries regarding scholarship, creative activities, and sexual and gender orientation, and posed new ones about library trends and professional organizations. The decline of public librarians as a proportion of the membership has remained consistent since the large shift experienced between 1997 and 2009. Results suggest a decline in German language familiarity, but more reading knowledge of other languages. Areas of progress include a larger proportion of ethnic and racial minorities. Causes for concern include diminishing budgets and worry that positions vacated due to retirements will remain unfilled.
Defragmenting the Regulatory Process
Creators: name: Shapiro, Stuart
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Cost-benefit analysis
Cost effectiveness
Regulation

description: The regulatory process is often criticized for being cumbersome and slow, much like a computer whose hard drive is fragmented by files no longer used or useful. Like such a computer, the regulatory process contains many requirement of dubious utility. These include the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, and numerous executive orders. While other parts of the regulatory process such as notice and comment and cost-benefit analysis have received much more academic attention, these other parts of the process deserve examination as well. This paper argues that such an examination will reveal that these statutes and executive orders add little of value to the regulatory process while consuming agency resources. An improved requirement for cost-benefit analysis with distributional analysis could easily replace virtually all of these requirements and improve regulations while reducing the time needed to promulgate regulations.
Bathypalaemonetes brevirostris
Creators: name: Cleva, Régis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Bathypalaemonellidae
Bathypalaemonetes
Bathypalaemonetes brevirostris

description: Bathypalaemonetes brevirostris (Bruce, 1986)
(Fig. 6f)
 Bathypalaemonella brevirostris Bruce, 1986: 252, Figs. 1-5. Bathypalaemonetes brevirostris – Cleva, 2001: 773, Figs. 7, 8.
 Material examined. – 1 sp 8.5 mm (abdomen missing) (NTOU), “ TAIWAN 2000”, R. V. “FISHERY RESEARCHER 1”, st. CP 58, 24 35.1’N- 122 05.8’E, 221-254 m, 04 Aug.2000.
 Diagnosis. – Though this specimen is very incomplete (abdomen missing), the cephalothorax and thoracic appendages are well preserved, allowing it to be identified with reasonable certainty, thanks to the following distinctive features: dorsal border of rostrum with both movable spines and fixed teeth; rostrum lateral carinae well-developed and broadly expanded posteriorly; mxp3 ultimate segment densely setose; chela of P1 densely setose along dactylar margin; chela of minor P2 very small and bowed; fingers of major P2 with marked tubercles; unguis and accessory spines of the dactyls of P3, P4, and P5 transversely ribbed.
 Coloration. – Carapace pinkish, with some faint red longitudinal lines; large cheliped whitish (Fig. 6f). See also Bruce, 1986: 264.
 Distribution. – North-west Australia (306-308 m); New Caledonia (315-410 m); Indonesia (315-348 m). Taiwan, first record, 221- 254 m.
description: Published as part of Cleva, Régis, 2004, Stylodactylidae And Bathypalaemonellidae From Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), pp. 497-511 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2) on page 506, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244090
The Phase Space Dynamics of Neuronal Systems: I, Model and Experiments.
Creators: name: Banerjee, Arunava
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1997

description: We investigate the phase space dynamics of local systems of biological neurons in order to deduce the salient computational characteristics of such systems. In this rst report, we develop an abstract physical system that models local systems of spiking biological neurons. The system is based on a limited set of realistic assumptions and in consequence accommodates a wide range of neuronal models. Simulations of the model demonstrate that the dynamical behavior of the system is akin to that observed in neurophysiological experiments. In an upcoming report, we shall demonstrate that the dynamics of the model exhibits the classic characteristics of a chaotic system, namely, contraction, expansion, and folding. We view this research as a rst step towards understanding the basis for symbolic computation in the brain.
Sensoren zur Bestimmung der Alterung der On-Chip-Metallisierung von LDMOS-Transistoren unter zyklischer Last
Creators: name: Ritter, Matthias Martin
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Alterung
subject: On-Chip-Metallisierung
subject: Zyklische Last
subject: Sensoren
subject: 620
subject: Integrierter Schaltkreis

description: Die präsentierte Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Zuverlässigkeit komplexer integrierter elektronischer Systeme unter thermomechanischer Belastung. Die dort auftretenden hohen Leistungsdichten können bei ungeeigneter Auslegung leicht zu Fehlern oder einem kostspieligen Überdesign führen. Daher besteht der Wunsch nach immer intelligenteren Systemen, die es erlauben trotz komplexerer Systemarchitektur ein hohes Niveau von Ausfallsicherheit zu erhalten. Um dem gerecht zu werden sind neue Strategien bei der Auslegung dieser Systeme und insbesondere auch neuartige Sensoren nötig, die es erlauben zuverlässigkeitsrelevante Größen während des Betriebs zu überwachen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde das Augenmerk auf den Einfluss von starker zyklischer thermomechanischer Belastung auf die Metallisierung von modernen BCD Prozessen gelegt. Dafür werden LDMOS-basierte Teststrukturen mit eingebetteten Sensoren vorgestellt, die im gleichen Maße thermomechanisch altern wie die umgebende LDMOS-Metallisierung. Solche Sensoren sind nicht nur geeignet, um das Verständnis der in der Halbleitermetallisierung vorgehenden Prozesse weiter zu vertiefen, sondern auch zur kontinuierlichen Überwachung von bevorstehenden Ausfällen um möglicherweise den Ausfall zu verhindern. Diese resistiv arbeitenden Sensoren sind mäanderförmig über der aktiven Fläche angeordnet und unterscheiden sich im Lagenaufbau nicht von der umgebenden Metallisierung. Über die verschiedenen Messreihen konnte eine gute Wiederholbarkeit im Verlauf der Sensorgröße festgestellt werden und somit ein charakteristisches Sensorverhalten bestimmt werden. Neben den Sensoren wurden auch die entsprechenden Messtechniken zur Charakterisierung der Proben entwickelt und angewendet. Im Anschluss wurden die Messreihen durch moderne Fehleranalysetechniken ergänzt um so einen vertieften Einblick in die verschiedenen, teils gegenläufigen Prozesse zu erhalten. Das Ziel ist es, durch das vertiefte Verständnis der Vorgänge innerhalb der Chip-Metallisierung die am besten geeignete Konfiguration für die Sensorparameter zu finden.
Confidence schemes: theft loss deductions, restitution and public policy
Creators: name: Friedell, Steven F.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Federal income tax
Theft loss deduction
Restitution
Public Policy

description: May courts legitimately impose their public policy views to override statutory commands? This article focuses on some of these problems in the field of federal income tax. Part I of the article focuses on theft losses suffered by confidence-scheme victims who thought they would profit from counterfeiting or other illegal activity. Courts usually disallow these deductions so as to discourage illegal activity. This article criticizes this rationale and offers a better one. It suggests that a tax deduction would be contrary to state policy in those situations where states in effect penalize victims by denying them restitution from the thieves. Part II discusses the cases that have denied deductions for fines and civil penalties and explores how these apply to the denial of restitution. Part III assesses the wisdom of disallowing deductions in these cases and suggests that it would make more sense for society to punish the wrongdoer solely in the criminal courts and to allow the would-be counterfeiter a theft loss deduction.
MUSSEL: Enhanced Bayesian polygenic risk prediction leveraging information across multiple ancestry groups
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Nilanjan
name: Zhao, Ruzhang
name: Jiang, Yunxuan
name: Jin, Jin
name: Buyske, Steven
name: Zhang, Haoyu
name: O’Connell, Jared
name: Zhan, Jianan
name: Kenny, Eimear E.
name: Haiman, Christopher
name: Koelsch, Bertram L.
name: 23andMe Research Team
name: Zhang, Jingning
name: Gignoux, Christopher
name: North, Kari
name: Wojcik, Genevieve
name: Kooperberg, Charles
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2024

description: Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are now showing promising predictive performance on a wide variety of complex traits and diseases, but there exists a substantial performance gap across populations. We propose MUSSEL, a method for ancestry-specific polygenic prediction that borrows information in summary statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) across multiple ancestry groups via Bayesian hierarchical modeling and ensemble learning. In our simulation studies and data analyses across four distinct studies, totaling 5.7 million participants with a substantial ancestral diversity, MUSSEL shows promising performance compared to alternatives. For example, MUSSEL has an average gain in prediction R2 across 11 continuous traits of 40.2% and 49.3% compared to PRS-CSx and CT-SLEB, respectively, in the African ancestry population. The best-performing method, however, varies by GWAS sample size, target ancestry, trait architecture, and linkage disequilibrium reference samples; thus, ultimately a combination of methods may be needed to generate the most robust PRSs across diverse populations.
Intricate Connections between the Microbiota and Endometriosis
Creators: name: Jiang, Irene
name: Yong, Paul J.
name: Allaire, Catherine
name: Bedaiwy, Mohamed Ali, 1968-
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Imbalances in gut and reproductive tract microbiota composition, known as dysbiosis, disrupt normal immune function, leading to the elevation of proinflammatory cytokines, compromised immunosurveillance and altered immune cell profiles, all of which may contribute to the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Over time, this immune dysregulation can progress into a chronic state of inflammation, creating an environment conducive to increased adhesion and angiogenesis, which may drive the vicious cycle of endometriosis onset and progression. Recent studies have demonstrated both the ability of endometriosis to induce microbiota changes, and the ability of antibiotics to treat endometriosis. Endometriotic microbiotas have been consistently associated with diminished Lactobacillus dominance, as well as the elevated abundance of bacterial vaginosis-related bacteria and other opportunistic pathogens. Possible explanations for the implications of dysbiosis in endometriosis include the Bacterial Contamination Theory and immune activation, cytokine-impaired gut function, altered estrogen metabolism and signaling, and aberrant progenitor and stem-cell homeostasis. Although preliminary, antibiotic and probiotic treatments have demonstrated efficacy in treating endometriosis, and female reproductive tract (FRT) microbiota sampling has successfully predicted disease risk and stage. Future research should aim to characterize the “core” upper FRT microbiota and elucidate mechanisms behind the relationship between the microbiota and endometriosis.
Alive-FP: Automated Verification of Floating Point Based Peephole Optimizations in LLVM
Creators: name: Menendez, David
name: Nagarakatte, Santosh
name: Gupta, Aarti
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2016

description: Peephole optimizations optimize and canonicalize code to enable other optimizations but are error-prone. Our prior research on Alive, a domain-specific language for specifying LLVM’s peephole optimizations, automatically verifies the correctness of integer-based peephole optimizations and generates C++ code for use within LLVM. This paper proposes Alive-FP, an automated verification and code generation framework for floating point based peephole optimizations in LLVM. Alive-FP handles bit precise floating point optimizations and a class of fast-math optimizations involving signed zeros, not-a-number, and infinities. This paper provides multiple encodings for various floating point operations to account for the various kinds of undefined behavior and under-specification in the LLVM’s language reference manual. We have translated all optimizations that belong to this category into Alive-FP. In this process, we have discovered seven wrong optimizations in LLVM.
Erhebung der Größen und Zusammensetzung von Brauchtums- und Lagerfeuern durch kommunale Befragungen
Creators: name: Wagner, Jörg
name: Steinmetzer, Sonja
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Emissionsbericht
subject: Brauchtumsfeuer
subject: Lagerfeuer
subject: CO2-Emissionen
subject: Emissionsberechnungen
subject: Emissionsberichterstattung
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Luft

description: Im Projekt führten die Auftragnehmenden eine repräsentative Online-Befragung durch, um Mengenangaben zu Brauchtumsfeuern und Lagerfeuern für die Emissionsberichterstattung abzuleiten. Deutschlandweit wurden Gemeinden zu ihren Brauchtums- und Lagerfeueraktivitäten befragt, wonach mittels ⁠Median⁠ und Mittelwert die Ergebnisse auf Deutschland hochgerechnet wurden. Aufgrund von großen Schwankungen der Angaben liegt die geschätzte Anzahl zwischen 103.024 und 316.459 Feuern. Für die Berechnung von damit verbundenen Luftschadstoffemissionen erfolgte zusätzlich eine Bewertung der zeitlichen Entwicklung. Die Ergebnisse werden für die Veröffentlichung von Emissionsberechnungen im Jahre 2019 dienen.
A framework for a theory of protection
Creators: name: Srinivasan, Chitoor V.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1972

description: What may one expect from a theory of protection, and what framework does one have to build a satisfactory theory? These are the principal issues discussed in this paper. A generalized formal model of protection systems is proposed as a framework for a theory of protection. The paper discusses the relevance of the proposed model to the problems encountered in the design of protection systems. Also, the manner in which the model extends other existing models is pointed out. In the context of the model, some of the consistency, implementation and reliability problems that require further study than pointed out.
Civic Partnerships: The Role of Libraries in Promoting Civic Engagement
Creators: name: Kranich, Nancy
Publisher: name: Haworth Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Libraries and civic engagement
Community partnerships
Community engagement
Civic partnerships
Civic librarianship
Civic literacy

description: Libraries throughout the country undertake a vast array of innovative programs that bring citizens into a commons where they share interests, concerns, and decision making. In addition to hosting community-wide reading programs, libraries are: convening groups to consider local issues and teach civic skills; creating digital neighborhood directories and community information services; educating voters; serving as polling places; and partnering on civic projects with local museums and public broadcasting stations. These collaborative efforts benefit individual citizens as well as increase the community’s social capital--the glue that bonds people together and builds bridges to a pluralistic and vibrant civil society. The challenge for libraries in the information age is to extend their reach well beyond educating and informing into a realm where they increase social capital, rekindle civil society and expand public participation in democracy. To that end, libraries accomplish these goals not by working alone, but by building strong partnerships--partnerships that establish new constituencies, widen public support, broaden and diversify sources of funding, and strengthen public involvement with local affairs.
Protein free energy landscapes remodeled by ligand binding
Creators: name: Talaga, David S.
name: Messina, Troy C.
Publisher: name: Biophysical Society
Year: 2007
Subjects: Glucose/galactose binding protein
Ligand binding (Biochemistry)
Carrier proteins

description: Glucose/galactose binding protein (GGBP) functions in two different larger systems of proteins used by enteric bacteria for molecular recognition and signaling. Here we report on the thermodynamics of conformational equilibrium distributions of GGBP. Three fluorescence components appear at zero glucose concentration and systematically transition to three components at high glucose concentration. Fluorescence anisotropy correlations, fluorescent lifetimes, thermodynamics, computational structure minimization, and literature work were used to assign the three components as open, closed, and twisted conformations of the protein. The existence of three states at all glucose concentrations indicates that the protein continuously fluctuates about its conformational state space via thermally driven state transitions; glucose biases the populations by reorganizing the free energy profile. These results and their implications are discussed in terms of the two types of specific and nonspecific interactions GGBP has with cytoplasmic membrane proteins.
Bathypalaemonetes pilosipes
Creators: name: Cleva, Régis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Bathypalaemonellidae
Bathypalaemonetes
Bathypalaemonetes pilosipes

description: Bathypalaemonetes pilosipes (Bruce, 1986)
(Fig. 6g)
 Bathypalaemonella pilosipes Bruce, 1986: 257, Figs. 6 -10; Chace, 1997: 31, Fig. 17.
 Bathypalaemonetes pilosipes – Cleva, 2001: 776, Fig. 9.
 Material examined. – 1 female 10.5 mm (NTOU), “ TAIWAN 2001”, R. V. “OCEAN RESEARCHER 1”, st. CD 139, 22 10.73’ N-120 14.1’E, 852- 718 m, 23 Nov.2001.
 Remarks. – This well-preserved specimen fits the previous descriptions. The rostrum is just a little longer than the carapace and overreaches the tip of the scaphocerite; it bears 11 small articulated spines proximally on its dorsal border and five fixed teeth ventrally. Some small differences have been noticed compared to the previously studied specimens: propodus of the major P2 1.10 times carapace length (versus as long as or a little shorter) and tubercles on the fingers more individualized and less blunted.
 Coloration. – Cephalothorax orange- to red-brownish (rostrum); abdomen, telson, pleopods, caudal fans pink to reddish; pereiopods pinkish to reddish (major P2 pinkish, minor P2 more or less translucent) (Fig. 6g). Some differences can be seen from the coloration described by Bruce (1986: 264).
  Distribution. – B. pilosipes  is known from north west Australia (390-504 m), New Caledonia (535-560 m), Philippines (410 m), and Japan (350 m). This is the first record for Taiwan and significantly extends the bathymetric range of the species (718-852 m).
description: Published as part of Cleva, Régis, 2004, Stylodactylidae And Bathypalaemonellidae From Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), pp. 497-511 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2) on pages 506-507, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13244090
COVID-19 pandemic : CT chest in COVID-19 infection and prediction of patient’s ICU needs
Creators: name: Osman, Ahmed M.
name: Abdrabou, Ahmed M.
name: Hashim, Reham M.
name: Khosa, Faisal
name: Yasin, Aya
Publisher: name: SpringerOpen
Year: 2021

description: Background: With the tremendous rise in COVID-19 infection and the shortage of real-time reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing, we aimed to assess the role of CT in the detection of COVID-19 infection and the correlation with the patients’ management. A retrospective study was conducted on 600 patients who presented with symptoms suspicious for COVID-19 infection between March and the end of June 2020. The current study followed the RSNA recommendations in CT reporting and correlated with the RT-PCR. CT was reviewed and the severity score was correlated with the patient’s management. Results: Four hundred sixty-six patients were included with a mean age of 46 + 14.8 years and 63.3 % were males. Three hundred forty patients were confirmed positive by RT-PCR. CT sensitivity was 92.6% while the RT-PCR was the reference. The CT specificity showed a gradual increase with the CT probability reaching 97.6% with high probability CT features. Ground-glass opacities (GGO) was the commonest findings 85.9% with a high incidence of bilateral, peripheral, and multilobar involvement (88%, 92.8%, and 92.8% respectively). Consolidation was found in 81.5% of the ICU patients and was the dominant feature in 66.7% of the ICU cases. CT severity score was significantly higher in ICU patients with a score of ≥ 14. Conclusions: COVID-19 infection showed typical CT features which can be used as a rapid and sensitive investigation. Two CT phenotypes identified with the predominant consolidation phenotype as well as severity score can be used to determine infection severity and ICU need.
Crowdsourcing: Latest business fad or wellspring of value creation?
Creators: name: Wilson, Kathy
name: Samson, Daniel
name: Bhakoo, Vikram
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study seeks to examine the value creation potential of crowdsourcing in the light of recent strategic management literature. A theory building approach is used with three case studies of crowdsourcing organizations. Findings illustrate how value is created for the crowdsourcing firm and the sources of value creation. Findings indicate that crowd size, loyalty and calibration of management/crowd controls are important factors in crowdsourcing value creation. Due to its nascence as a business phenomenon, it may be too early in the cycle to make fully informed predictions against some established value creation theories. We articulate the contribution in terms of the degree to which sources of value in crowdsourcing are embedded (or not) in existing strategic management value creation frameworks.
Protoplanetary disk insights from the first ERIS/APP survey at 4 μm
Creators: name: Maio, F.
name: Roccatagliata, V.
name: Fedele, D.
name: Garufi, A.
name: Zurlo, A.
name: Lazzoni, C.
name: Facchini, S.
name: Gratton, R. G.
name: Mesa, D.
name: Toci, C.
name: Antoniucci, S.
name: Desidera, S.
name: Pino, L. .
name: Rigliaco, E.
name: Codella, C.
name: Podio, L.
name: D'Orazi, V.
name: Lodato, G.
name: Pedichini, F.
name: Testi, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present high-contrast imaging observations of seven protoplanetary disks at 4um using the ERIS on the VLT. This study focuses on detecting scattered light from micron-sized dust particles and assessing the potential of the vAPP coronagraph for disk and planet characterization. Observations were performed in pupil-stabilized mode with the vAPP coronagraph. Data were reduced using reference differential imaging and angular differential imaging techniques, incorporating principal component analysis for point-source detection. Contrast curves and detection limits were computed for planetary companions and disk features. The infrared disk signal was resolved in all systems, with first-time 4um detections around AS 209 and Elias 2-24, revealing mostly axisymmetric structures extending up to 60au. Two gaps were detected in the radial profiles of TW Hya (22au, 35au) and AS 209 (50au, 100au). For Elias 2-24, scattered light emission matched ALMA observations of inner disk structures, marking their first mid-infrared detection. In the case of HD 100546, the vAPP uncovered flared disk structures and faint spiral arms consistent with previous observations. HD 163296 shows a bright inner dust ring, confirming disk asymmetries and features, but we did not detect any planet candidate within the achieved contrast limits. The disk around PDS 70 exhibits clear features, with faint structures detected within the cavity. The observations achieved contrasts enabling the detection of planets down to 800 K, but no companions were detected, implying either low-mass planets, cooler formation scenarios, or a large dust extinction of Av>20 mag. The vAPP performed robustly for imaging structures in protoplanetary disks at 4um, providing critical insights into disk morphology and constraints on planet formation processes. No planetary-mass companions with temperatures >1000K are present in our sample.