cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Effects of pomegranate extract on blood flow and running time to exhaustion
Creators: name: Trexler, Eric T.
name: Wingfield, Hailee L.
name: Roelofs, Erica J.
name: Smith-Ryan, Abbie E.
name: Melvin, Malia N.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Recent research has shown dietary nitrate to impart favorable effects on blood flow and exercise. The purpose of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study was to investigate the acute effects of pomegranate extract on blood flow, vessel diameter, and exercise performance in active individuals. Nineteen men and women (Mean ± SD; Age: 22.2 ± 2.2 yrs; Height: 174.8 ± 10.7 cm; Body mass: 71.9±13.5 kg) were randomly assigned to a placebo (PL) or pomegranate extract (PE) group. Participants performed a maximal oxygen consumption treadmill test to determine peak velocity (PV). Participants returned after 24–48 hours, and ingested either PL or PE. Brachial artery blood flow was assessed using ultrasound at baseline and 30 minutes post-ingestion (30minPI). Three treadmill runs to exhaustion (TTE) were performed at 90%, 100%, and 110%PV. Blood flow was assessed immediately after each exercise bout and 30 minutes post-exercise (30minPEx). After a 7–10 day washout, participants repeated the same procedures, ingesting the opposite supplement. Separate repeated measures ANOVAs were performed for blood flow, vessel diameter, and TTE. Blood flow was significantly augmented (p=0.033) 30minPI with PE in comparison to PL. Vessel diameter was significantly larger (p=0.036) 30minPEx with PE. Ingestion of the PE was found to significantly augment TTE at 90% (p=0.009) and 100% PV (p=0.027). Acute ingestion of PE 30 min prior to exercise may enhance vessel diameter, blood flow, and delay fatigue during exercise. Results of the current study indicate that PE is ergogenic for intermittent running, eliciting beneficial effects on blood flow.
title: Comparison between mono-exponential Gaussian diffusion and non-Gaussian kurtosis model for breast lesions evaluation.
Creators: name: Christou, Alexandra
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Introduction The evaluation of breast lesions with conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is mainly based on the morphological characterization combined with the enhancement kinetic types of the lesions (1, 2). However, MRI specificity is...
Uncovering Bias in Personal Informatics
Creators: name: Yfantidou, Sofia
name: Sermpezis, Pavlos
name: Vakali, Athena
name: Baeza-Yates, Ricardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Personal informatics (PI) systems, powered by smartphones and wearables, enable people to lead healthier lifestyles by providing meaningful and actionable insights that break down barriers between users and their health information. Today, such systems are used by billions of users for monitoring not only physical activity and sleep but also vital signs and women's and heart health, among others. Despite their widespread usage, the processing of sensitive PI data may suffer from biases, which may entail practical and ethical implications. In this work, we present the first comprehensive empirical and analytical study of bias in PI systems, including biases in raw data and in the entire machine learning life cycle. We use the most detailed framework to date for exploring the different sources of bias and find that biases exist both in the data generation and the model learning and implementation streams. According to our results, the most affected minority groups are users with health issues, such as diabetes, joint issues, and hypertension, and female users, whose data biases are propagated or even amplified by learning models, while intersectional biases can also be observed.
Microscopic origins of shear stress in dense fluid-grain mixtures
Creators: name: Marzougui, Donia
name: Chareyre, Bruno
name: Chauchat, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A numerical model is used to simulate rheometer experiments at constant normal stress on dense suspensions of spheres. The complete model includes sphere-sphere contacts using a soft contact approach, short range hydrodynamic interactions defined by frame-invariant expressions of forces and torques in the lubrication approximation, and drag forces resulting from the poromechanical coupling computed with the DEM-PFV technique. Series of simulations in which some of the coupling terms are neglected highlight the role of the poromechanical coupling in the transient regimes. They also reveal that the shear component of the lubrication forces, though frequently neglected in the literature, has a dominant effect in the volume changes. On the other hand, the effects of lubrication torques are much less significant. The bulk shear stress is decomposed into contact stress and hydrodynamic stress terms whose dependency on a dimensionless shear rate - the so called viscous number $I_v$ - are examined. Both contributions are increasing functions of $I_v$, contacts contribution dominates at low viscous number ($I_v$ 0.15, consistently with a phenomenological law infered by other authors. Statistics of microstructural variables highlight a complex interplay between solid contacts and hydrodynamic interactions. In contrast with a popular idea, the results suggest that lubrication may not necessarily reduce the contribution of contact forces to the bulk shear stress. The proposed model is general and applies directly to sheared immersed granular media in which pore pressure feedback plays a key role (triggering of avalanches, liquefaction).
description: to appear in Granular Matter
title: Impact of ROI placement on ADC values in differentiating between low and high grade clear cell renal carcinomas
Creators: name: Ayaz, Ercan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: Oncology
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Staging
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Image verification
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Introduction Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) constitutes the most numerous portion of (70%) of all RCCs with the worst prognosis and aggressive behavior [1,2,3,4,5]. The main curative therapy option is radical nephrectomy while there are...
title: Συνεχές παραγωγικό αστικό τοπίο μέσω αστικού βελονισμού στη Νέα Χώρα Χανίων
title: Continuous productive urban landscape through urban acupuncture in Nea Chora, Chania
Creators: name: Θεοχαροπουλος Δημητριος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία διερευνά τις μετασχηματιστικές δυνατότητες της ενσωμάτωσης ενός συνεχούς παραγωγικού αστικού τοπίου (CPUL) στον αστικό ιστό της Νέας Χώρας Χανίων. Ο πρωταρχικός στόχος της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να προτείνει μια ολιστική στρατηγική αστικού σχεδιασμού που επαναπροσδιορίζει τη Νέα Χώρα ως ένα βιώσιμο και ανθεκτικό αστικό περιβάλλον μέσω της εφαρμογής των CPULs. Οι CPULs είναι πολυλειτουργικοί δημόσιοι χώροι που ενσωματώνουν την παραγωγή τροφίμων, την αναψυχή και την κοινωνική αλληλεπίδραση στο αστικό πλαίσιο. Μέσω του σχεδιασμού ενός δικτύου πρασίνου, ενός Συνεχούς Παραγωγικού Αστικού Τοπίου, το οποίο περιλαμβάνει τους υφιστάμενους δημόσιους χώρους, αλλά δημιουργεί και νέους με βασικό εργαλείο τη βιοκλιματικότητα και την εν δυνάμει παραγωγικότητα του αστικού τοπίου, στόχος είναι η ενίσχυση των δημόσιων χώρων πρασίνου, η δημιουργία τοπικής ταυτότητας, κουλτούρας και κοινοτικού αισθήματος μέσω της συμμετοχής των κατοίκων στην παραγωγικότητα του αστικού τοπίου, αλλά και η ενίσχυση της αστικής ανθεκτικότητας μέσω πολυλειτουργικών δημόσιων παραγωγικών χώρων. . Το δίκτυο δημόσιων χώρων διασχίζει την Νέα Χώρα από την ανατολή προς τη δύση, δημιουργώντας τόπους (placemaking) σε διαρθρωτικά σημεία της περιοχής μελέτης ("ξεχασμένες" πλατείες και πεζόδρομοι, μεγάλα κενά-αλάνες, ποταμός Κλαδισός, παραλιακό μέτωπο) τα οποία έχουν σημαντικό αντίκτυπο στην βιωματική εμπειρία της πόλης. Καθώς η αστικοποίηση επιταχύνεται παγκοσμίως, οι πόλεις αντιμετωπίζουν πρωτοφανείς προκλήσεις που σχετίζονται με την επισιτιστική ασφάλεια, την περιβαλλοντική βιωσιμότητα και την ευημερία των κοινοτήτων. Κύριος στόχος, λοιπόν, αυτής της εργασίας αποτελεί να αναζητήσει και να προτείνει λύσεις που συμβάλλουν στην αστική ανθεκτικότητα και στην αστική βιωσιμότητα, καθώς η αστικοποίηση επιταχύνεται παγκοσμίως και οι πόλεις αντιμετωπίζουν πρωτοφανείς προκλήσεις που σχετίζονται με την επισιτιστική ασφάλεια, την περιβαλλοντική βιωσιμότητα και την ευημερία των κοινοτήτων.
Voice Cloning and Learning
Creators: name: Ahmed, Aman
name: Maegherman, Gwijde
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Considering the rise in generative AI, several voice-cloning models have been created that enable a replica of a users own voice. Consequently, this pilot project investigates auditory verbal memory in the context of learning, and how using AI voice clones may improve the retention of information. There is little known regarding how recordings generated by voice clones could impact the processing of verbal content, and whether being able to differentiate between real and voice clone outputs has an effect. We expect there to be a moderate improvement in memory in the cloned voice condition relative to both non-participant voice conditions, and no differences relating to sex.
End-Stage Renal Disease in African Americans With Lupus Nephritis Is Associated With APOL1
Creators: name: Niewold, Timothy B.
name: Lim, S. Sam
name: Birmingham, Daniel J.
name: Criswell, Lindsey A.
name: Garner, Neva E.
name: Hicks, Pamela J.
name: Hebert, Lee A.
name: Sivils, Kathy L.
name: Reveille, John D.
name: Williams, Adrienne H.
name: Langefeld, Carl D.
name: Petri, Michelle
name: Segal, Mark S.
name: Harley, John B.
name: Kamen, Diane L.
name: Vinnikova, Anna K.
name: Croker, Jennifer A.
name: Salmon, Jane E.
name: Byers, Joyce R.
name: Brown, Elizabeth E.
name: Edberg, Jeffrey C.
name: Comeau, Mary E.
name: Merrill, Joan T.
name: Tsao, Betty P.
name: Andringa, Kelly K.
name: Gibson, Keisha L.
name: Freedman, Barry I.
name: Costenbader, Karen H.
name: James, Judith A.
name: Alarcón, Graciela S.
name: Patel, Neha M.
name: Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that exhibits familial aggregation and may progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). LN is more prevalent among African Americans than among European Americans. This study was undertaken to investigate the hypothesis that the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) nephropathy risk alleles G1/G2, common in African Americans and rare in European Americans, contribute to the ethnic disparity in risk.
Self-Reported Pain and Disease Symptoms Persist in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Despite Treatment Advances: An Electronic Diary Study: Persistent Pain in JIA
Creators: name: Anthony, Kelly K.
name: Gil, Karen M.
name: Connelly, Mark
name: Schanberg, Laura E.
name: Bromberg, Maggie H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: To use electronic diaries (e-diaries) to determine whether pain, stiffness, and fatigue continue to be common, disabling symptoms in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) despite the use of aggressive treatments in contemporary medical management.
Preliminary Research on Dual-Energy X-Ray Phase-Contrast Imaging
Creators: name: Han, Huajie
name: Wang, Shenghao
name: Gao, Kun
name: Wang, Zhili
name: Zhang, Can
name: Yang, Meng
name: Zhang, Kai
name: Zhu, Peiping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been widely applied to measure bone mineral density (BMD) and soft-tissue composition of human body. However, the use of DEXA is greatly limited for low-Z materials such as soft tissues due to their weak absorption. While X-ray phase-contrast imaging (XPCI) shows significantly improved contrast in comparison with the conventional standard absorption-based X-ray imaging for soft tissues. In this paper, we propose a novel X-ray phase-contrast method to measure the area density of low-Z materials, including a single-energy method and a dual-energy method. The single-energy method is for the area density calculation of one low-Z material, while the dual-energy method is aiming to calculate the area densities of two low-Z materials simultaneously. Comparing the experimental and simulation results with the theoretic ones, the new method proves to have the potential to replace DEXA in area density measurement. The new method sets the prerequisites for future precise and low-dose area density calculation method of low-Z materials.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
title: Morphological measurements on stable osseous structures identified in the cochleostomy with a posterior tympanotomy in relation to the facial and chorda tympani nerve.
Creators: name: Yamamoto Ramos, Masao
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Surgery
subject: Endoscopy
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Computer applications
subject: Anatomy

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Were to perform morphological measurements by MPR in CT, based on stable osseous structures identified in the cochleostomy - posterior tympanotomy in relation to the facial and chorda tympani nerve anddetermine the prevalence and characteristics of...
Low-Grade Inflammation in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Prognostic Value of Inflammatory Plasma Lipids and Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Biomarkers: COX AND IL MEDIATORS PREDICT RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION IN OA
Creators: name: Abramson, Steven B.
name: Statnikov, Alexander
name: Jordan, Joanne M.
name: Samuels, Jonathan
name: Friese, Olga
name: Li, Zhiguo
name: Krasnokutsky, Svetlana
name: Kraus, Virginia B.
name: Hellio Le Graverand-Gastineau, Marie-Pierre
name: Rybak, Leon
name: Aliferis, Constantin F.
name: Attur, Mukundan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Inflammatory mediators, such as PGE2 and IL-1β, are produced by osteoarthritic joint tissues, where they may contribute to disease pathogenesis. We examined whether inflammation, reflected in plasma and peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) reflected presence of osteoarthritis (OA), progression or symptoms in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (SKOA).
(100672) Elizabeth Barnes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Musings from a Principal’s Office:  What Principals Need to Know About Fostering Effective Relationships in Schools
Creators: Sherri MacDowall
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Fostering effective relationships in school can support the development of staff and students. The purpose of this literature review is to share with principals the necessity of fostering effective relationships in their schools, what role trust plays in the construction and maintenance of relationships and what can be done when a relationship suffers in some way. The literature indicates the character traits of benevolence, reliability, competence, honesty, and openness (Tschannen-Moran, 1998, p. 9) are all beneficial to leaders whose desire it is to build trusting relationships in their organizations. Principals are human and therefore will make mistakes. The literature suggests the existence of stronger relationships between leaders and followers will more likely result in mistakes being forgiven. In the event there is a breach in trust, the literature also reviews steps to be taken in making amends; these are (a) admit to the mistake and (b) apologize.
(100673) Alfred Barnes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Meningioma or meningioma-like mass – from the imaging signs to the diagnosis
Creators: name: Preda, Emi Marinela
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Localisation
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Management
subject: Pathology
subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Demineralisation-Bone

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To synthesize the criteria that can differentiate a meningioma (typical or less typical) from different meningioma-like mass, illustrating by several clinical...
HOW EFFICIENTLY ARE THE ETHIPIAN MFIs EXTENDING FINANCIAL SERVICES TO THE POOR? A COMPARISON WITH THE COMMERCIAL BANKS
Creators: name: HUNDANOL ATNAFU
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010

description: HOW EFFICIENTLY ARE THE ETHIPIAN MFIs EXTENDING 

FINANCIAL SERVICES TO THE POOR? A COMPARISON WITH THE 

COMMERCIAL BANKS
Associations of Educational Attainment, Occupation and Community Poverty with Hip Osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Callahan, Leigh F.
name: Randolph, Randy
name: Prizer, Lindsay P.
name: Jordan, Joanne M.
name: Cleveland, Rebecca j.
name: Schoster, Britta
name: Renner, Jordan B.
name: Schwartz, Todd A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To examine cross-sectional baseline data from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project for the association between individual and community socioeconomic status (SES) measures with hip osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes.
(100674) Frederick Barnes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Construction of KbarN potential and structure of Lambda(1405) based on chiral unitary approach
Creators: name: Miyahara, Kenta
name: Hyodo, Tetsuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on chiral unitary approach, we construct the realistic KbarN local potential, which is useful for the quantitative calculation of Kbar-nuclei. Since the resonance pole structure of the KbarN system seems important for the Kbar-nuclei and the spacial structure of Lambda(1405), we establish the construction procedure of the local potential paying attention to the scattering amplitude in the complex energy plane. Furthermore, for the quantitative study of the Kbar-nuclei, we consider the constraint from the recent experimental data measured by SIDDHARTA, which significantly reduces the uncertainty of the KbarN amplitude. With this new local potential, we estimate the spacial structure of Lambda(1405) and obtain the result indicating the meson-baryon molecular state of Lambda(1405).
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
pygwb: Python-based library for gravitational-wave background searches
Creators: name: Renzini, Arianna I.
name: Romero-Rodrguez, Alba
name: Talbot, Colm
name: Lalleman, Max
name: Kandhasamy, Shivaraj
name: Turbang, Kevin
name: Biscoveanu, Sylvia
name: Martinovic, Katarina
name: Meyers, Patrick
name: Tsukada, Leo
name: Janssens, Kamiel
name: Davis, Derek
name: Matas, Andrew
name: Charlton, Philip
name: Liu, Guo-Chin
name: Dvorkin, Irina
name: Banagiri, Sharan
name: Bose, Sukanta
name: Callister, Thomas
name: De Lillo, Federico
name: D'Onofrio, Luca
name: Garufi, Fabio
name: Harry, Gregg
name: Lawrence, Jessica
name: Mandic, Vuk
name: Macquet, Adrian
name: Michaloliakos, Ioannis
name: Mitra, Sanjit
name: Pham, Kiet
name: Poggiani, Rosa
name: Regimbau, Tania
name: Romano, Joseph D.
name: van Remortel, Nick
name: Zhong, Haowen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The collection of gravitational waves (GWs) that are either too weak or too numerous to be individually resolved is commonly referred to as the gravitational-wave background (GWB). A confident detection and model-driven characterization of such a signal will provide invaluable information about the evolution of the Universe and the population of GW sources within it. We present a new, user-friendly Python--based package for gravitational-wave data analysis to search for an isotropic GWB in ground--based interferometer data. We employ cross-correlation spectra of GW detector pairs to construct an optimal estimator of the Gaussian and isotropic GWB, and Bayesian parameter estimation to constrain GWB models. The modularity and clarity of the code allow for both a shallow learning curve and flexibility in adjusting the analysis to one's own needs. We describe the individual modules which make up {\tt pygwb}, following the traditional steps of stochastic analyses carried out within the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA Collaboration. We then describe the built-in pipeline which combines the different modules and validate it with both mock data and real GW data from the O3 Advanced LIGO and Virgo observing run. We successfully recover all mock data injections and reproduce published results.
description: 32 pages, 14 figures
Global parallels in russian literature
Creators: name: Shavirin, Serge
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Literature
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Religious Studies

description: Что общего между русской классической литературой и изображениями Наска в Перу? Чилболтонский феномен. Идейные параллели между главами ``Евгения Онегина'', романами Федора Достоевского и Льва Толстого. Отображение глав ``Евгения Онегина'' на страстную седмицу, десять заповедей и каббалистический алфавит. Параллели между романами Достоевского, Толстого и другими писателями русской классики.
Hallux Valgus and Lesser Toe Deformities are Highly Heritable in Adult Men and Women: the Framingham Foot Study
Creators: name: Hsu, Yi-Hsiang
name: Cupples, L. Adrienne
name: Hannan, Marian T.
name: Cheng, Chia-Ho
name: Menz, Hylton B.
name: Jordan, Joanne M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To estimate heritability of three common disorders affecting the forefoot: hallux valgus, lesser toe deformities and plantar forefoot soft tissue atrophy in adult Caucasian men and women.
Interplay of trapped species and absence of electron capture in Moiré heterobilayers
Creators: name: Ray, Arnab Barman
name: Mukherjee, Arunabh
name: Qiu, Liangyu
name: Sailus, Renee
name: Tongay, Sefaattin
name: Vamivakas, Anthony Nickolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Moiré heterobilayers host interlayer excitons in a natural, periodic array of trapping potentials. Recent work has elucidated the structure of the trapped interlayer excitons and the nature of photoluminescence (PL) from trapped and itinerant charged complexes such as interlayer trions in these structures. In this paper, our results serve to add to the understanding of the nature of PL emission and explain its characteristic blueshift with increasing carrier density, along with demonstrating a significant difference between the interlayer exciton-trion conversion efficiency as compared to both localized and itinerant intra-layer species in conventional monolayers. Our results show the absence of optical generation of trions in these materials, which we suggest arises from the highly localized, near sub-nm confinement of trapped species in these Moiré potentials.
description: 3 figures, Supplementary information available on request
Probing CP-violating $h\bar{t}t$ coupling in $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow h γ$
Creators: name: Li, Gang
name: Wang, Hao-Ran
name: Zhu, Shou-hua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the possibility of probing the CP-violating $h\bar{t}t$ coupling in the process $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow h γ$ at the future high luminosity $e^{+}e^{-}$ colliders. Our numerical results show that the cross section for this process can be significantly increased for the allowed CP phase $ξ$ and center of mass energy. For example the cross section is about 6 times of that in the standard model (SM) for $\sqrt{s}=350~\mathrm{GeV}$ and $ξ=3π/5$ (see text for $ξ$ definition). The simulation for the signal process $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow h γ\rightarrow b \bar{b}γ$ and its backgrounds shows that the signal significance can reach more than $4.8σ$ and $2.3σ$ for $\sqrt{s}=350~\mathrm{GeV},\ 500~\mathrm{GeV}$ respectively, with the integrated luminosity $\mathcal{L}=3~\text{ab}^{-1}$ and $ξ\in[π/2,3π/5]$. For $\mathcal{L}=10~\text{ab}^{-1}$, the signal significance can be greater than 5 for $\sqrt{s}=350~\mathrm{GeV}$ and 3.9 for $\sqrt{s}=500~\mathrm{GeV}$ with the CP phase $ξ\in[π/2,3π/5]$. Besides the cross section enhancement, the CP-violating $h\bar{t}t$ coupling will induce the forward-backward asymmetry $A_{FB}$ which is absent in the SM and is a clear signal of new CP violation. Compared with the $A_{FB}$ in the Higgs decay $h\rightarrow l^{+}l^{-}γ$, the $A_{FB}$ can be greatly enhanced in the production process. For example $A_{FB}$ can reach 0.5 for $\cosξ\simeq 0.7$ and $\sqrt{s}=500~\mathrm{GeV}$. Due to the large backgrounds, the significance of the expected $A_{FB}$ can only be observed at $1.7σ$ with $\mathcal{L}=10~\text{ab}^{-1}$ and $\sqrt{s}=500~\mathrm{GeV}$. It is essential to trigger the single photon in the final state to separate the bottom jets arising from scalar or vector bosons, in order to isolate the signal from the backgrounds more efficiently.
description: Published version. 19 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables. Discussion on the forward-backward asymmetry is added
title: A new automated image recognition-based software to evaluate 2D breast mammographic density (BMD) according to BI-RADS® Atlas Fifth Edition recommendations
Creators: name: Balleyguier, Corinne
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Screening
subject: Mammography
subject: Breast

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Breast mammographic density (BMD) has been shown to be a strong and independent risk factor for breast cancer, women with very dense breasts being as much as 4-6 times more likely to develop breast cancer than those with predominantly fatty breasts...
Irreversibility, QNEC, and defects
Creators: name: Casini, Horacio
name: Landea, Ignacio Salazar
name: Torroba, Gonzalo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We first present an analysis of infinitesimal null deformations for the entanglement entropy, which leads to a major simplification of the proof of the $C$, $F$ and $A$-theorems in quantum field theory. Next, we study the quantum null energy condition (QNEC) on the light-cone for a CFT. Finally, we combine these tools in order to establish the irreversibility of renormalization group flows on planar $d$-dimensional defects, embedded in $D$-dimensional conformal field theories. This proof completes and unifies all known defect irreversibility theorems for defect dimensions $d\le 4$. The F-theorem on defects ($d=3$) is a new result using information-theoretic methods. For $d \ge 4$ we also establish the monotonicity of the relative entropy coefficient proportional to $R^{d-4}$. The geometric construction connects the proof of irreversibility with and without defects through the QNEC inequality in the bulk, and makes contact with the proof of strong subadditivity of holographic entropy taking into account quantum corrections.
description: 26 pages, 1 figure
Occurrence of Radiographic Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Hip Among African Americans and Whites: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study
Creators: name: Helmick, Charles G.
name: Schwartz, Todd A.
name: Kopec, Jacek A.
name: Callahan, Leigh F.
name: Cibere, Jolanda
name: Renner, Jordan B.
name: Badley, Elizabeth M.
name: Sayre, Eric C.
name: Jordan, Joanne M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To compare the incidence and progression of radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) in the knee and hip among African Americans and whites.
Stationary cosmology in group field theory
Creators: name: Gielen, Steffen
name: Santacruz, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Group field theory (GFT) models for quantum gravity coupled to a massless scalar field give rise to cosmological models that reproduce the (expanding or contracting) dynamics of homogeneous and isotropic spacetimes in general relativity at low energies, while including high-energy corrections that lead to singularity resolution by a "bounce." Here we investigate two possibilities for obtaining stationary solutions in GFT cosmology, which could be useful as an analogue of Minkowski spacetime. We first focus on a limit in which interactions are neglected and the effective Newton's constant in GFT cosmology is taken to zero. In this limit, we derive an effective Friedmann equation that shows no stationary solutions, but departures from the trivial classical dynamics falling off rapidly, similar to the usual correction terms responsible for the bounce. Since the effective Newton's constant needs to be exactly zero, the scenario is fine-tuned. A more satisfactory approach is obtained in a weakly interacting model: we find bound states with sharply peaked volume, representing a stationary semiclassical cosmology, and show that coherent states peaked around the minimum of the potential remain stable with small quantum fluctuations, and only small oscillations around a nearly constant volume. These coherent states realise the idea of a "quantum gravity condensate."
description: 11 pages, 8 figures; revtex, two-column format, corrected acknowledgements
Revealing the jet substructure in a compressed spectrum
Creators: name: Han, Chengcheng
name: Park, Myeonghun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physics beyond the Standard Model with parameters of the compressed spectrum is well motivated both in a theory side and with phenomenological reasons, especially related to dark matter phenomenology. In this letter, we propose a method to tag soft final state particles from a decaying process of a new particle in this parameter space. By taking a supersymmetric gluino search as an example, we demonstrate how the Large Hadron Collider experimental collaborations can improve a sensitivity in these non-trivial search regions.
description: Performed the large parameter space for SUSY particles and discussion about the MC dependency. To be published in PRD (Rapid Communications)
Kuliah Kerja Nyata MBKM: Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Melalui Kegiatan Pendampingan Branding Untuk UMKM Lokal Berupa Desain Produk dan Identitas Merek dalam Meningkatkan Strategi Pemasaran
Creators: name: Bunga Chintia Utami, Maimunajib, Muhammad Aqsha Ramadhan, Anisa Putri Mulia, Dela Sri Agustina, Robert Frans Antonio Worabay, Dhea Theresia Puspaningrum, M. Adithya Ghautama, Yuyun Astriani, Angel Violanita, Rahma Elviani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Program Kuliah Kerja Nyata MBKM ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan strategi pemasaran UMKM lokal melalui pendampingan dalam desain produk dan pengembangan identitas merek. Dengan branding yang kuat, UMKM dapat memperkuat daya saing dan meningkatkan kesadaran merek di pasar. Kegiatan ini melibatkan perancangan elemen visual yang mencerminkan nilai produk, sekaligus membangun citra yang konsisten agar lebih mudah dikenali konsumen. Pendampingan ini diharapkan dapat membantu UMKM lokal dalam mengoptimalkan strategi pemasaran serta meningkatkan daya tarik dan kepercayaan konsumen terhadap produk mereka.
Modern temporal network theory: A colloquium
Creators: name: Holme, Petter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The power of any kind of network approach lies in the ability to simplify a complex system so that one can better understand its function as a whole. Sometimes it is beneficial, however, to include more information than in a simple graph of only nodes and links. Adding information about times of interactions can make predictions and mechanistic understanding more accurate. The drawback, however, is that there are not so many methods available, partly because temporal networks is a relatively young field, partly because it more difficult to develop such methods compared to for static networks. In this colloquium, we review the methods to analyze and model temporal networks and processes taking place on them, focusing mainly on the last three years. This includes the spreading of infectious disease, opinions, rumors, in social networks; information packets in computer networks; various types of signaling in biology, and more. We also discuss future directions.
description: Final accepted version
(100670) Joseph Barnes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data From a Large International Inception Cohort: Vitamin D 25(OH)D and CVD in SLE Patients
Creators: name: Fortin, Paul
name: Sturfelt, Gunnar
name: Kalunian, Kenneth
name: Stoll, Thomas
name: Dyer, Alan
name: Rahman, Anisur
name: Merrill, Joan
name: Gordon, Caroline
name: Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind
name: Steinsson, Kristjan
name: Gladman, Dafna
name: Bruce, Ian
name: Font, Josep
name: Bernatsky, Sasha
name: Khamashta, Munther
name: Nived, Ola
name: Manzi, Susan
name: Clarke, Ann
name: Wu, Peggy
name: Bae, Sang-Cheol
name: Wallace, Daniel J.
name: Urowitz, Murray
name: Petri, Michelle
name: Hanly, John G.
name: Isenberg, David
name: Ginzler, Ellen
name: Aranow, Cynthia
name: Dooley, Mary Anne
name: Lertratanakul, Apinya
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: An association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D; vitamin D) deficiency and increased cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and CV disease (CVD) has been shown in general population studies. Vitamin D deficiency has been noted in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and CVD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in SLE. The objectives of this study were to estimate the associations of 25(OH)D levels with CV risk factors and to determine whether low baseline 25(OH)D levels predict future CV events in patients participating in an international inception cohort.
(100671) Lydia Barnes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in African Americans With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prevalence of CAM in an African American Cohort
Creators: name: Hughes, Laura B.
name: Brown, Elizabeth E.
name: Bridges, S. Louis
name: Callahan, Leigh F.
name: Redden, David T.
name: Tamhane, Ashutosh
name: Conn, Doyt L.
name: Westfall, Andrew O.
name: McGwin, Gerald
name: Jonas, Beth L.
name: Brasington, Richard D.
name: Smith, Edwin A.
name: Moreland, Larry W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Racial/ethnic differences with regard to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use have been reported in the US. However, specific details of CAM use by African Americans with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are lacking.
title: Imaging approach to adult cystic renal lesions and diseases
Creators: name: Elejondo Oddo, Joana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Cysts
subject: Education
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: Kidney

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Illustrate and categorize the wide spectrum of renal cystic lesions. Review their radiologic features and the role of imaging in their diagnosis and management. Develop a systematic approach through the different imaging techniques:...
title: Soundscapes des zweiten Weltkriegs. Wie Filmton Geschichte modelliert und interpretiert
Creators: name: Tödte, Finn
Publisher: name: Fachhochschule Dortmund
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 700 Künste

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit den Klanglandschaften (Soundscapes) des zweiten Weltkriegs und untersucht, wie die Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) die klangliche Umgebung zur Machergreifung, Machterhaltung und Kriegspropaganda strukturiert hat sowie die Inszenierung dessen im Spielfilm. Zusätzlich wird die geschichtsmodellierende Dimension des Filmtons analysiert. Der erste Teil der Arbeit widmet sich den sound studies und beschreibt die tatsächlichen und empfundenen Soundscapes der Zeit zwischen 1925 und 1945. Der Fokus liegt auf den urbanen Soundscapes in deutschen und von der ehemaligen deutschen Wehrmacht besetzten Gebieten, deren klanglicher Strukturierung, die der NSDAP zur Ergreifung und Absicherung ihrer Herrschaft verholfen hat sowie der Klangsignatur des zweiten Weltkriegs. Im zweiten Teil wird aufgezeigt, wie Spielfilme die realen Soundscapes und subjektiven Empfindungen audiovisuell inszenieren und das kollektive Gedächtnis prägen. Es wird die These aufgestellt, dass die Gestaltung der Tonspur in Kriegsfilmen maßgeblich für das Entstehen von Kriegsverständnissen verantwortlich ist. Des Weiteren wird gezeigt, dass sich anhand der Tongestaltung von Kriegsfilmen auch das Kriegsverständnis und die gesellschaftspolitische Positionierung der Filmemacher analysieren lassen. Der dritte Teil dieser Arbeit hebt die Rolle des Filmtons in der Geschichtsmodellierung hervor und zeigt auf, welche Ebenen des Filmtons und welche audiovisuellen Effekte zur Interpretation und Modellierung von Geschichte beitragen. Nachfolgend wird anhand von vier Spielfilmen über den zweiten Weltkrieg aufgezeigt, wie die audiovisuelle Gestaltung Kriegsverständnisse prägt, den Klang des Nationalsozialismus darstellt und inwiefern sie Geschichte modelliert und interpretiert. Zuletzt wird der von mir angefertigte Dokumentarfilm Ich mööch zo Fooß noh Kölle jonn analysiert, in dem das Spannungsfeld zwischen der kollektiv-deutschen Schuld am Holocaust und der Flucht und Vertreibung deutscher Menschen aus den Ostgebieten bearbeitet wird. Die Thematik dieses Films brachte mich zur Literatur über die Soundscapes des zweiten Weltkriegs. Das Interesse an dem Thema wurde durch meine deutsche Herkunft und der Auseinandersetzung mit der nationalsozialistischen Vergangenheit gestärkt. Die in der heutigen Zeit wieder erstarkte politisch extreme Rechte zeigt die Relevanz der Analyse medialer Aufarbeitung der deutschen Geschichte.
title: Somatic-type malignancy associated with mature cystic teratomas
Creators: name: Elejondo Oddo, Joana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Review the histogenesis and the imaging findings of somatic type malignancies associated with mature cystic teratomas (MCT). Compare the imaging findings of MCT (benign) with MCT with malignant...
Incident symptomatic hip osteoarthritis is associated with differences in hip shape by active shape modeling: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Creators: name: Nelson, Amanda E.
name: Schwartz, Todd A.
name: Lynch, John A.
name: Jordan, Joanne M.
name: Lane, Nancy E.
name: Renner, Jordan B.
name: Liu, Felix
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: To investigate hip shape by active shape modeling (ASM) as a potential predictor of incident radiographic and symptomatic hip OA (rHOA and srHOA).
Vacuum stability with spontaneous violation of lepton number
Creators: name: Bonilla, Cesar
name: Fonseca, Renato M.
name: Valle, José W. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The vacuum of the Standard Model is known to be unstable for the measured values of the top and Higgs masses. Here we show how vacuum stability can be achieved naturally if lepton number is violated spontaneously at the TeV scale. More precise Higgs measurements in the next LHC run should provide a crucial test of our symmetry breaking scenario. In addition, these schemes typically lead to enhanced rates for processes involving lepton flavour violation .
description: 9 pages, 4+2 figures; some references added, some textual modifications: 2 figures added, appendices added. Results unchanged. Matches published version
Berry phase and Rashba fields in quantum rings in tilted magnetic field
Creators: name: Lopes-Oliveira, V.
name: Castelano, L. K.
name: Marques, G. E.
name: Ulloa, S. E.
name: Lopez-Richard, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the role of different orientations of an applied magnetic field as well as the interplay of structural asymmetries on the characteristics of eigenstates in a quantum ring system. We use a nearly analytical model description of the quantum ring, which allows for a thorough study of elliptical deformations and their influence on the spin content and Berry phase of different quantum states. The diamagnetic shift and Zeeman interaction compete with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction, induced by confinement asymmetries and external electric fields, to change spin textures of the different states. Smooth variations in the Berry phase are observed for symmetric quantum rings as function of applied magnetic fields. Interestingly, we find that asymmetries induce nontrivial Berry phases, suggesting that defects in realistic structures would facilitate the observation of geometric phases.
title: Tumors of parotid gland - US predictors of malignancy
Creators: name: Sedlackova, Zuzana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Salivary glands
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Elastography
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Salivary gland tumors account for approximately 3% of head and neck tumors. The parotid glands are by far the most frequently affected ones, with about 80% of the tumors being benign. The first, and often the only, imaging method for investigation...