cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The THESAN project: connecting ionized bubble sizes to their local environments during the Epoch of Reionization
Creators: name: Neyer, Meredith
name: Smith, Aaron
name: Kannan, Rahul
name: Vogelsberger, Mark
name: Garaldi, Enrico
name: Galárraga-Espinosa, Daniela
name: Borrow, Josh
name: Hernquist, Lars
name: Pakmor, Rüdiger
name: Springel, Volker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An important characteristic of cosmic hydrogen reionization is the growth of ionized gas bubbles surrounding early luminous objects. Ionized bubble sizes are beginning to be probed using Lyman-$α$ emission from high-redshift galaxies, and will also be probed by upcoming 21-cm maps. We present results from a study of bubble sizes using the state-of-the-art THESAN radiation-hydrodynamics simulation suite, which self-consistently models radiation transport and realistic galaxy formation. We employ the mean-free path method, and track the evolution of the effective ionized bubble size at each point ($R_{\rm eff}$) throughout the Epoch of Reionization. We show there is a slow growth period for regions ionized early, but a rapid "flash ionization" process for regions ionized later as they immediately enter a large, pre-existing bubble. We also find that bright sources are preferentially in larger bubbles, and find consistency with recent observational constraints at $z \gtrsim 9$, but tension with idealized Lyman-$α$ damping-wing models at $z \approx 7$. We find that high overdensity regions have larger characteristic bubble sizes, but the correlation decreases as reionization progresses, likely due to runaway formation of large percolated bubbles. Finally, we compare the redshift at which a region transitions from neutral to ionized ($z_{\rm reion}$) with the time it takes to reach a given bubble size and conclude that $z_{\rm reion}$ is a reasonable local probe of small-scale bubble size statistics ($R_\text{eff} \lesssim 1\,\rm{cMpc}$). However, for larger bubbles, the correspondence between $z_{\rm reion}$ and size statistics weakens due to the time delay between the onset of reionization and the expansion of large bubbles, particularly at high redshifts.
description: 15 pages, 15 figures. Comments welcome. Please visit https://www.thesan-project.com for more details. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Stability of fractional Chern insulators with a non-Landau level continuum limit
Creators: name: Andrews, Bartholomew
name: Raja, Mathi
name: Mishra, Nimit
name: Zaletel, Michael P.
name: Roy, Rahul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The stability of fractional Chern insulators is widely believed to be predicted by the resemblance of their single-particle spectra to Landau levels. We investigate the scope of this geometric stability hypothesis by analyzing the stability of a set of fractional Chern insulators that explicitly do not have a Landau level continuum limit. By computing the many-body spectra of Laughlin states in a generalized Hofstadter model, we analyze the relationship between single-particle metrics, such as trace inequality saturation, and many-body metrics, such as the magnitude of the many-body and entanglement gaps. We show numerically that the geometric stability hypothesis holds for Chern bands that are not continuously connected to Landau levels, as well as conventional Chern bands, albeit often requiring larger system sizes to converge for these configurations.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures
The First Dionysian Gospel: Imitational and Redactional Layers in Luke and John
Creators: name: Bilby, Mark G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Mimesis Criticism, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John, Marcion, Pliny the Younger

description: In this chapter, Bilby describes how his doubts about mimesis were overcome by the numerous, dense parallels between Euripides’ Bacchae and John. His primary objection is that MacDonald presumes the dependence of John (in three versions) on Luke-Acts (in a single version). Bilby instead provides an alternative, groundbreaking reconstruction of the Synoptic Problem. He shows that the rise of a Marcionite (or proto-Marcionite) exclusive Paulinism and Pliny the Younger’s anti-Bacchanalian trials of Christians are historical, redactional-mimetic pivot points between the first and second editions of both John and Luke. Dionysian appropriations in the first editions of John and Luke are corrected and outdone by Socratic (counter-Dionysian) appropriations and the rehabilitation of Peter in the second editions of John and Luke.
Neural activity in quarks language: Lattice Field Theory for a network of real neurons
Creators: name: Bardella, Giampiero
name: Franchini, Simone
name: Pan, Liming
name: Balzan, Riccardo
name: Ramawat, Surabhi
name: Brunamonti, Emiliano
name: Pani, Pierpaolo
name: Ferraina, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 82C32, 92C20

description: Brain-computer interfaces surged extraordinary developments in recent years, and a significant discrepancy now exists between the abundance of available data and the limited headway made in achieving a unified theoretical framework. This discrepancy becomes particularly pronounced when examining the collective neural activity at the micro- and meso-scale, where a coherent formalization that adequately describes neural interactions is still lacking. Here, we introduce a mathematical framework to analyze systems of natural neurons and interpret the related empirical observations in terms of lattice field theory, an established paradigm from theoretical particle physics and statistical mechanics. Our methods are tailored to interpret data from chronic neural interfaces, especially spike rasters from measurements of single neurons activity, and generalize the maximum entropy model for neural networks so that also the time evolution of the system is taken into account. This is obtained by bridging particle physics and neuroscience, paving the way to particle physics-inspired models of neocortex.
description: 79 pages, 20 figures
Additional file 1 of Associations between type 1 diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study
Creators: name: Jiang, Yijia
name: Zhang, Wenhua
name: Wei, Maoying
name: Yin, Dan
name: Tang, Yiting
name: Jia, Weiyu
name: Wang, Churan
name: Guo, Jingyi
name: Li, Aijing
name: Gong, Yanbing
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 1
Additional file 1 of Inhibitors and facilitators of compliance with professional ethics standards: nurses’ perspective
Creators: name: Sharifi, Shahram
name: Ebrahimi, Hossein
name: Elyaszadeh, Shahla
name: Latifi, Arman
name: Khodayari, Mohammad Taghi
name: Alizadeh, Maedeh
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Evaluación in vitro del efecto antibacteriano y citotóxico del extracto metanólico de semilla y pulpa de la myrciaria dubia (camu camu) sobre cepas de streptococcus mutans (ATCC 25175) y streptococcus sanguinis (ATCC 10556)
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medicine
Health Care

description: Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial and cytotoxic effect of the methanol extract of the seed and pulp of Myrciaria dubia (camu camu) against Streptococcus mutans (ATCC 25175) and Streptococcus sanguinis (ATCC 10556). Materials and Methods: For the present in vitro experimental study two methanolic extracts were prepared from the seed and pulp of Myrciaria dubia (camu camu) to be tested against Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis. Ten independents tests were prepared for each type of extract, using Clorhexidine at 0.12% solution as a positive control. The method used was agar diffusion test preparing wells with the experimental solutions cultivated in anaerobic conditions for 48 hours at 37°C, after this time the growth inhibition halo was analysed in millimeters using a vernier. Meanwhile, the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and the cytotoxic effect (CC50) over Jurkat T cell line was found. Results: The methanolic seed extract had more antibacterial effect over Streptococcus mutans with an inhibitory halo of 21.36mm ± 6.35, while the pulp had 16.20mm ± 2.08. For the Streptococcus sanguinis group the inhibitory halo were 19.21mm ± 5.18 and 19.34mm ± 2.90 for the methanolic seed and pulp extract respectively. The MIC for the pulp extract was 125µg/ml for both strains, whereas for the seed antibacterial activity was observed even at low concentrations. Finally the CC50 for the seed extract was at a higher concentration than 800 µg/ml and 524.37µg/ml for the pulp exactract. Conclusions: The methanolic seed and pulp extract of Myrciaria dubia (camu camu) had antibacterial effect against Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis. These extracts were not cytotoxic.
Prevalencia de caries de aparición temprana en niños de 3 a 5 años y 11 meses de edad y su asociación con sus factores predisponentes en el policlínico Essalud Chincha de setiembre 2012 a febrero 2013
Creators: name: Repositorio Academico UPC
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medicine
Health Care

description: Objective: To determine the prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) in children aged 3-5 years and 11 months old and its association with predisposing factors at the Polyclinic EsSalud Chincha since September 2012 to February 2013. Materials and Methods: It was a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study. The information was collected from the office files in the Polyclinic Essalud Chincha - Peru. The sample consisted in 300 Medical Files of children aged 3-5 years that have been attended during September 2012 to February 2013. Variables of gender, age, oral hygiene index (OHI), affected surfaces and carbohydrate intake frequency (CIF) were evaluated. Microsoft Excel and SPSS statistical package was used. Prevalence data was obtained and the association was determined by testing chi square with a level of statistical significance (p <0.05). Results: The prevalence of ECC was 67.33%. Female gender showed a prevalence of 50.4% and male gender of 49.6%. It was found a greater average of dental caries in the occlusal surface (2.29), then the interproximal surface (0.78) and finally the smooth surface (0.55). Children aged 4 years had a higher prevalence of CAT (38.2%). Statistically significant association between ECC and variables such as age (p = 0.005), frequency of sugar consumption (p = 0.000) and soft plaque index (p = 0.000) was found. Conclusions: A high prevalence of ECC was found in children. The predisposing factors for the presence of caries were age, oral hygiene and sugar intake.
Author: Tovar Zevallos, Manuel AlbertoURL: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/581686
EPUB:http://repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe/upc/bitstream/10757/581686/2/TOVAR_ZM_cybertesis.epub
Innate Antiviral Sensing and Effector Functions of Activin A Supporting Documents
Creators: name: Al-Hourani, Kinda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110707 Innate Immunity
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: ARRIVE checkklist and SupplemtarybTable 1 for Al-Hourani et al. submission to Welcome Open Research (2022), title: innate antiviral and effector functions of activin A
Energy states of Rydberg excitons in finite crystals: From weak to strong confinement
Creators: name: Belov, Pavel A.
name: Morawetz, Florian
name: Krüger, Sjard Ole
name: Scheuler, Niklas
name: Rommel, Patric
name: Main, Jörg
name: Giessen, Harald
name: Scheel, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to quantum confinement, excitons in finite-sized crystals behave rather differently than in bulk materials. We investigate the dependence of energies of Rydberg excitons on the strengths of parabolic as well as rectangular confinement potentials in finite-sized crystals. The evolution of the energy levels of hydrogen-like excitons in the crossover region from weak to strong parabolic confinement is analyzed for different quantum numbers by numerical solution of the two-dimensional Schrödinger equation. The energy spectrum of hydrogen-like excitons in Cu$_{2}$O-based rectangular quantum wells is, in turn, obtained numerically from the solution of the three-dimensional Schrödinger equation as a function of the quantum well width. Various crossings and avoided crossings of Rydberg energy levels are observed and categorized based on the symmetry properties of the exciton wave function. Particular attention is paid to the two limiting cases of narrow and wide quantum wells attributed to strong and weak confinement, respectively. The energies obtained with the pure Coulomb interaction are compared with the results originating from the Rytova-Keldysh potential, i.e., by taking into account the dielectric contrast in the quantum well and in the barrier.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in PRB; there are some amendments and minor improvements of the original version
Visualisierung von Datenströmen
Creators: name: Cassisi, Domenic
name: Hass, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Diese Arbeit betrachtet grundsätzliche Aspekte der Datenstromvisualisierung und überprüft diese anhand eines erarbeiteten Proof of Concept. Im Prozess der Datenstromvisualisierung sind unterschiedliche Komponenten involviert, deren Aufgaben im theoretischen Teil der Arbeit ausführlich beschrieben sind. Die Prinzipien dieser Komponenten wurden im Zuge des Proof of Concept anhand mehrerer Anwendungsbeispiele erfolgreich praktisch umgesetzt und angewandt. Das Proof of Concept betrachtet hierbei mehr als nur die Visualierungskomponente, sondern bildet die vollständige Architektur von der Datenquelle zur Datenvisualisierung ab. Darüberhinaus stellt die Arbeit einen Ausblick über mögliche Anwendungsbereiche des Machine Learning im Zusammenhang mit der Datenstromvisualisierung vor.
Additional file 1 of Urinary prostanoids are elevated by anti-TNF and anti-IL6 receptor disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs but are not predictive of response to treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Liu, Jianyang
name: Idborg, Helena
name: Korotkova, Marina
name: Lend, Kristina
name: van Vollenhoven, Ronald
name: Lampa, Jon
name: Rudin, Anna
name: Nordström, Dan
name: Gudbjornsson, Bjorn
name: Gröndal, Gerdur
name: Uhlig, Till
name: Hørslev-Petersen, Kim
name: Lund Hetland, Merete
name: Østergaard, Mikkel
name: Nurmohamed, Michael
name: Jakobsson, Per-Johan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Finding origins of CMB anomalies in the inflationary quantum fluctuations
Creators: name: Gaztañaga, Enrique
name: Kumar, K. Sravan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we present compelling evidence for the parity asymmetry (a discrete symmetry that is separate from isotropy) in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) map, measured through two-point temperature correlations. This parity asymmetric CMB challenges our understanding of the quantum physics of the early Universe rather than LCDM ($Λ$ Cold-Dark-Matter). We commence by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the Planck CMB, focusing on the distribution of power in low-multipoles and temperature anticorrelations at parity conjugate points in position space. We find tension with the near scale-invariant power-law power spectrum of Standard Inflation (SI), with p-values of the order $\mathcal{O}\left( 10^{-4}-10^{-3} \right)$. Alternatively, we explore the framework of direct-sum inflation (DSI), where a quantum fluctuation arises as a direct-sum of two components evolving forward and backward in time at parity conjugate points in physical space. We found that DSI is consistent with data on parity asymmetry, the absence of power at $θ>60^{\circ}$, and power suppression at low-even-multipoles, which are major data anomalies in the SI. Furthermore, we discover that the parameters characterizing the hemispherical power asymmetry anomaly become statistically insignificant when the large SI quadrupole amplitude is reduced to align with the data. DSI explains this low quadrupole with a p-value of $3.5\%$, 39 times higher than SI. Combining statistics from parameters measuring parity and low-$\ell$ angular power spectrum, we find that DSI is 50-650 times more probable than SI. In summary, our investigation suggests that CMB temperature fluctuations exhibit homogeneity and isotropy but parity-asymmetric consistent with predictions of DSI. This observation provides tantalizing evidence for the quantum mechanical nature of gravity.
description: 63 pages, 22 figures, minor typos corrected. Matches with the version in JCAP
Estudo acerca da variabilidade térmica do solo
Creators: name: Diniz, Júlio Mannuel Tavares
name: Erickson Melo De Albuquerque
name: Rafael, Renata De Araujo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Soil Science

description: O conhecimento das temperaturas e propriedades térmicas do solo de uma determinada região é de fundamental importância para o entendimento dos vários processos físicos existentes no solo. Embora se saiba que a temperatura do solo é um dos fatores ambientais de maior importância para agricultura, poucos estudos foram realizados pela comunidade científica a respeito dessa variável. Logo, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo o estudo das características térmicas do solo através de dados coletados no Instituto Nacional do Semiárido, durante os meses de julho a dezembro do ano de 2012. Mediante a análise dos resultados verificou-se que as maiores amplitudes térmicas diárias estão associadas às porções mais próximas a superfície. Também se observou significativa semelhança das estimativas da difusividade térmica do solo obtidas por métodos distintos.
Palavras-chave: Temperatura do solo, propriedades térmicas, difusividade térmica. The knowledge of temperatures and thermal properties of the soil of a given region is of fundamental importance for the understanding of the various physical processes that occurs in the soil. Although it is known that soil temperature is an environmental factor of great importance to agriculture, few studies have been performed by the scientific community about this variable. Therefore, this work aims the study of thermal characteristics of the soil using data collected in National Institute of Semiarid, during the months from july to december of the year 2012. By analyzing the results it was found that the highest daily thermal amplitudes are associated to portions closest to the surface. Also observed similarity significant of the estimates of soil thermal diffusivity obtained through different methods.
Keywords: Soil temperature, thermal properties, thermal diffusivity.
Additional file 1 of Transcriptome and metabolome profiling reveal the effects of hormones on current-year shoot growth in Chinese ‘Cuiguan’ pear grafted onto vigorous rootstock ‘Duli’ and dwarf rootstock ‘Quince A’
Creators: name: Liang, Zhenxu
name: Wang, Qinghua
name: Sun, Mingde
name: Du, Ruirui
name: Jin, Wanmei
name: Liu, Songzhong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
$q$-Racah probability distribution
Creators: name: Hayashi, Masahito
name: Hora, Akihito
name: Yanagida, Shintarou
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a certain discrete probability distribution $P_{n,m,k,l;q}$ having non-negative integer parameters $n,m,k,l$ and quantum parameter $q$ which arises from a zonal spherical function of the Grassmannian over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ with a distinguished spherical vector. Using representation theoretic arguments and hypergeometric summation technique, we derive the presentation of the probability mass function by a single $q$-Racah polynomial, and also the presentation of the cumulative distribution function in terms of a terminating ${}_4 ϕ_3$-hypergeometric series.
description: The first part of the revision of arXiv:2104.12635 v1. The second version is the manuscript that has been accepted for the publication in Ramanujan Journal. 17pages
МЕТОДИКА ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ МОРФОФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ ИЗМЕНЕНИЙ КИШЕЧНИКА В РЕЗУЛЬТАТЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЯ ГРУНТОВЫХ ВОД
Creators: name: Султонова, Лола
name: Тулаев, Анвар
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В данной статье среди внешних воздействий одним из наиболее часто встречающихся в настоящее время является потребляемая вода различного состава, доказано, что избыточное количество солей, макро-и микроэлементов, химический и биологический состав воды негативно влияет на органы и системы организма.
Study Protocol: Prospective, observational, cohort study of COVID-19 in General Practice (North Dublin COVID-19 Cohort ['ANTICIPATE'] Study)
Creators: name: Cullen, Walter
name: Avramovic, Gordana
name: Broughan, John
name: Mary-Carmel Burke
name: Cotter, Aoife
name: Crowley, Des
name: Downey, Joanne
name: Duggan, Paul
name: Fawsitt, Ronan
name: Allys Guerandel
name: Hennessy, Eilis
name: Kelleher, Cecily
name: Mills, Gerald
name: McCombe, Geoff
name: McHugh, Tina
name: O'Connor, Eileen
name: Perrotta, Carla
name: Lambert1, John S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: COVID-19, Coronavirus, cohort study, follow up study, general practice, primary care.

description: Abstract Background: It is accepted that COVID-19 will have considerable long-term consequences, especially on people’s mental and physical health and wellbeing. Although the impacts on local communities have been immense, there remains little data on long term outcomes among patients with COVID-19 who were managed in general practice and primary care. This study seeks to address this knowledge gap by examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the medium and long-term health and wellbeing of patients attending general practice, especially their mental health and wellbeing. Methods: The study will be conducted at 12 general practices in the catchment area of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, i.e. the North Dublin area, an area which has experienced an especially high COVID-19 incidence. Practices will be recruited from the professional networks of the research team. A member of the general practice team will be asked to identify patients of the practice who attended the practice after 16/3/20 with a confirmed or presumptive diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Potential participants will be provided with information on the study by the clinical team. Data will be collected on those patients who consent to participate by means of an interviewer-administered questionnaire and review of clinical records. Data will be collected on health (especially mental health) and wellbeing, quality of life, health behaviours, health service utilisation, and wider impacts of COVID-19 at recruitment and at two follow up time points (6, 12 months). Deliverables: The project involves collaboration with Ireland’s Health Service Executive, Ireland East Hospital Group, and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin. The study is funded by the Health Research Board. Findings will inform health policies that attenuate the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on population mental health and health generally.
Application of Spatial Calculating Analysis Model for Land Use Conversion in Colombo Urban Fringe
Creators: name: Gunawardhana, WHT
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Geography
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Economics

description: This is a research paper titles"Application of Spatial Calculating Analysis Model for Land Use Conversion in Colombo Urban Fringe"
Biodegradable DNA-enabled poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels prepared by copper-free click chemistry
Creators: name: Barker, Karolyn
name: Rastogi, Shiva K.
name: Dominguez, Jose
name: Cantu, Travis
name: Brittain, William
name: Irvin, Jennifer
name: Betancourt, Tania
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Significant research has focused on investigating the potential of hydrogels in various applications and, in particular, in medicine. Specifically, hydrogels that are biodegradable lend promise to many therapeutic and biosensing applications. Endonucleases are critical for mechanisms of DNA repair. However, they are also known to be overexpressed in cancer and to be present in wounds with bacterial contamination. In this work, we set out to demonstrate the preparation of DNA-enabled hydrogels that could be degraded by nucleases. Specifically, hydrogels were prepared through the reaction of dibenzocyclooctyne-functionalized multi-arm poly(ethylene glycol) with azide-functionalized single-stranded DNA in aqueous solutions via copper-free click chemistry. Through the use of this method, biodegradable hydrogels were formed at room temperature in buffered saline solutions that mimic physiological conditions, avoiding possible harmful effects associated with other polymerization techniques that can be detrimental to cells or other bioactive molecules. The degradation of these DNA-cross-linked hydrogels upon exposure to the model endonucleases Benzonase® and DNase I was studied. In addition, the ability of the hydrogels to act as depots for encapsulation and nuclease-controlled release of a model protein was demonstrated. This model has the potential to be tailored and expanded upon for use in a variety of applications where mild hydrogel preparation techniques and controlled material degradation are necessary including in drug delivery and wound healing systems.
Almost complex structure on finite points from bidirected graphs
Creators: name: Joardar, Soumalya
name: Rahaman, Atibur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46L87, 05C25

description: We show that there is an almost complex structure on a differential calculus on finite points coming from a bidirected finite graph without multiple edges or loops. We concentrate on a polygon as a concrete case. In particular, a `holomorphic structure on the exterior bundle' built from the polygon is studied. Also a positive Hochschild 2-cocycle on the vertex set of the polygon, albeit a trivial one, is shown to arise naturally from the almost complex structure.
description: 25 pages
Computational Complexity – Komplexitätstheorie
Creators: name: Cassisi, Domenic
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Diese Arbeit behandelt grundlegende Aspekte der Komplexitätstheorie und veranschaulicht vorgestellte Konzepte anhand konkreter Beispiele. Die O-Notation dient als Grundlage zur Bildung von Komplexitätsklassen, insbesondere für die Zeitkomplexitätsanalyse. Bei der Beschreibung der Zeitkomplexität eines Algorithmus lassen sich sowohl Worst-, Best- und Average-Case-Analysen durchführen, wobei insbesondere letztere aufwändiger sind, jedoch in der Praxis eine wichtige Rolle einnehmen. Eine breitere Klassifizierung der Probleme und ihren Algorithmen ermöglichen die Komplexitätsklassen P, NP, NP-vollständig und NP-schwer. Das bekannte P-NP-Problem ist bis heute ungelöst, wobei mittlerweile davon ausgegangen wird, dass die beiden Komplexitätsklassen verschieden sind. Um effizient Optimallösungen für schwere Probleme anzunähern, können Heuristiken oder Approximationsalgorithmen verwendet werden. Heuristiken führen häufig zu guten Ergebnissen, garantieren jedoch keine Güte. Alternativ eignen sich Approximationsalgoritmen, wenn eine bestimmte Gütegarantie für das berechnete Ergebnis erforderlich ist. Als Ausblick betrachtet die Arbeit den Einfluss programmierbarer Quantencomputer auf die Komplexitätstheorie. Dabei ist festzustellen, dass Quantencomputer prinzipiell die Lösung vieler schwerer Probleme beschleunigen könnten, jedoch bis heute unklar ist, ob sich dadurch NP-vollständige Probleme in polynomieller Laufzeit lösen lassen.
Additional file 1 of Ethics of early detection of disease risk factors: A scoping review
Creators: name: Jansen, Sammie N. G.
name: Kamphorst, Bart A.
name: Mulder, Bob C.
name: van Kamp, Irene
name: Boekhold, Sandra
name: van den Hazel, Peter
name: Verweij, Marcel F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
El mejoramiento continuo
Creators: name: MIHI-RAMIREZ, ANTONIO
name: Rivera, Hugo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: la mejora continua, gestión de calidad total, TQM

description: Según los grupos gerenciales de las empresas japonesas, el secreto de las compañías de mayor éxito en el mundo radica en poseer estándares de calidad altos tanto para sus productos como para sus empleados; por lo tanto, el control total de la calidad es una filosofía que debe ser aplicada a todos los niveles jerárquicos en una organización, lo que implica un proceso de mejoramiento continuo que no tiene final. Dicho proceso permite visualizar un horizonte más amplio, donde se buscará siempre la excelencia y la innovación, que llevarán a los empresarios a aumentar su competitividad, disminuir los costos, orientando los esfuerzos a satisfacer las necesidades y expectativas de los clientes. La base del éxito del proceso de mejoramiento es el establecimiento adecuado de una buena política de calidad, que pueda definir con precisión lo esperado por los empleados, así como también de los productos o servicios que sean brindados a los clientes. Dicha política requiere del compromiso de todos los componentes de la organización. El mejoramiento continuo es un principio básico de la gestión de la calidad, donde la mejora continua debería ser un objetivo permanente de la organización para incrementar la ventaja competitiva a través de la optimización de las capacidades organizativas. La estructura del presente documento es la siguiente, tras la introducción se presenta un glosario de los términos más utilizados, que sirven de orientación al lector. Después una aproximación al marco teórico sobre mejoramiento; a continuación se abordan los temas de mejoramiento continuo, los equipos de mejora continua, necesidades de mejoramiento, política de calidad, procesos y características. Finalmente se presentan las conclusiones y la bibliografía.
The Impact of Family Environment on Self-Stigmatization and Social Functionality Among Schizophrenic Patients
Creators: name: DURAN, Songül
name: ÖZ, Yüksel CAN
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: Abstract Background: The family environment has a critical role in treatment compliance, social functioning, and internalized stigmatization of individuals with schizophrenia. This study aimed to determine the relationship between family environment, social functionality, and self-stigmatization. Aim: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the impact of the family environment, self-stigmatization, and social functionality on 96 patients with schizophrenia, who were registered with an association called Schizophrenia Friends. Methods: Data was collected using a questionnaire, which contained a Family Environment Scale, Self-Stigmatization Scale and Social Functionality Evaluation Scale. Descriptive statistics, an independent sample t - test and correlation analyses were used to analyze the data. Results: The patients had high self-stigmatization and social functionality levels. The self-stigmatization level was higher among those who were single and who lived with their parents, however, the social functionality level was higher among the employed people. Conclusion: Accordingly, psycho-education sessions can be organized to reduce patients’ stigmatization-related perceptions. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev: 2022: 36(1): 00-00] Keywords: Self-stigma, Family environment, social functioning, Schizophrenia
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 1 (2022)
Zoonotic Tuberculosis in Occupationally Exposed Groups in the Adama Municipal Abattoir, Central Ethiopia
Creators: name: Getahun Bahiru
name: Jena, Pratap Kumar
name: Adamu Addissie
name: Manas Ranjan Behera
name: Abebe Fromsa
name: Balako Gumi
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2022

description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 36 No. 1 (2022)
Additional file 1 of Cytokine-based models for efficient differentiation between infection and cytokine release syndrome in patients with hematological malignancies
Creators: name: Wang, Linqin
name: Lv, Yuqi
name: Zhou, Linghui
name: Wu, Shenghao
name: Zhu, Yuanyuan
name: Fu, Shan
name: Ding, Shuyi
name: Hong, Ruimin
name: Zhang, Mingming
name: Yu, Hanjing
name: Chang, Alex H.
name: Wei, Guoqing
name: Hu, Yongxian
name: Huang, He
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 1
Revision of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) for use with Italian Students
Creators: name: Liga, Francesca
name: Ingoglia, Sonia
name: Lo Cricchio, Maria Grazia
name: Lo Coco, Alida
Publisher: name: Journal of Clinical & Developmental Psychology
Year: 2022

description: Background: This multistudy report was aimed at examining the psychometric properties in the Italian context of the Student Adaptation College Questionnaire (SACQ) that represents the most important self-report measure for assessing how students adjust to university. Methods: Three studies were conducted in order to revise and improve the instrument for being more efficient in measuring adjustment to university. Results: The final result was the SACQ-SF consisting in 12 item assessing three dimensions: a) student’s perception of one’s study skills (Studying); b) student’s sense of satisfaction with courses and programs (Satisfaction with curriculum); c) student’s evaluation of the degree to which he has social skills and is making new friends (Social adjustment). Conclusions: Convergent and construct validity may be considered also adequate. In sum, the SACQ-SF can be considered a promising valuable and efficient instrument in measuring adjustment to university in the Italian context, and probably in the European one too. Further, as a brief instrument, it can be easily administered and used as a quick screening tool.
description: Journal of Clinical & Developmental Psychology, Online First Articles
Additional file 1 of Analysis of physical activity and prescription opioid use among US adults: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Wu, Junpeng
name: Yang, Panpan
name: Wu, Xiaodan
name: Yu, Xiaoxuan
name: Zeng, Fanfang
name: Wang, Haitang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1.
The course of PTSD in naturalistic long-term studies: High variability of outcomes. A systematic review
Creators: name: Hofmann, Mareike
name: Leichsenring, Falk
name: Kruse, Johannes
name: Steinert, Christiane
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Background: With a lifetime prevalence of 8% posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most common mental disorders; nevertheless, its longitudinal course is largely unknown. Aims: Our aim was to conduct a systematic review summarizing available findings on the prospective, naturalistic long-term course of PTSD and its predictors. Methods: Databases MEDLINE and PsycINFO were searched. Main selection criteria were: 1) naturalistic cohort study with a follow-up period of at least 3 years, 2) adult participants with observer-rated or probable PTSD at baseline. Results: Twenty-four cohorts (25 studies) were retrieved (14 with observer-assessed, 10 with probable PTSD). In total, they comprised about 10,500 participants with PTSD at baseline that were included in the long-term follow-ups. Studies investigating patient populations with observer-assessed PTSD found that between 18% and 50% of patients experienced a stable recovery within 3–7 years; the remaining subjects either facing a recurrent or a more chronic course. Outcomes of community studies and studies investigating probable PTSD varied considerably (remission rates 6–92%). Social factors (e.g. support) as well as comorbid physical or mental health problems seem to be salient predictors of PTSD long-term course and special focus should be laid on these factors in clinical settings. Conclusions: Included studies differed notably with regard to applied methodologies. The resulting large variability of findings is discussed. More standardized systematic follow-up research and more uniformed criteria for remission and chronicity are needed to gain a better insight into the long-term course of PTSD.
Additional file 1 of Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection shapes gut microbiome of the tick vector Haemaphysalis longicornis
Creators: name: Sun, Yu
name: Chen, Chen
name: Zeng, Chenghong
name: Xia, Qianfeng
name: Yuan, Chuanfei
name: Pei, Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1.Statistics of Tags and operational taxonomic units (OTUs).
Assessing and targeting key lifestyle cardiovascular risk factors at the workplace: Effect on hemoglobin A1c levels
Creators: name: Lévesque, Valérie
name: Poirier, Paul
name: Després, Jean-Pierre
name: Alméras, Natalie
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Medicine

description: Purpose Despite the key role played by lifestyle habits in the epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2D), nutritional quality and physical activity are not systematically considered in clinical practice. The project was conducted to verify whether assessing/targeting lifestyle habits could reduce hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels of employees. Methods The intervention consisted of a 3-month competition among teams of five employees to favor peer-based support in the adoption of healthier lifestyle habits (Eat better, Move more, and Quit smoking) (n = 900). A comprehensive cardiometabolic/cardiorespiratory health assessment was conducted before and after the contest (nutrition/physical activity questionnaires, blood pressure, anthropometric measurements, lipid profile, HbA1c, fitness). HbA1c levels were used to identify individuals with prediabetes (5.7%–6.4%) or T2D (≥6.5%). Results At baseline, 51% of the employees had increased HbA1c levels (≥5.7%). The HbA1c levels were associated with waist circumference, independently of body mass index. Subjects with prediabetes showed a higher waist circumference as well as a more deteriorated cardiometabolic profile compared to workers with normal HbA1c levels. After the intervention, employees with elevated HbA1c significantly reduced their HbA1c levels. Conclusion Results suggest that assessing/targeting key lifestyle correlates of the cardiometabolic profile represents a relevant approach to target abdominal obesity and fitness with a significant impact on HbA1c levels. Key MessagesThe prevalence of employees with prediabetes or undiagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D) was rather high in our cohort, suggesting that, from a public health standpoint, identification of those individuals is not optimal.Employees with prediabetes or T2D showed a higher waist circumference and a more deteriorated cardiometabolic risk profile compared to those with normal HbA1c levels.The significant reduction in HbA1c levels observed in response to the 3-month intervention supports the notion that a program which assesses and manages cardiometabolic risk at the workplace by also focusing on key lifestyle factors (nutritional quality and physical activity levels) represents an interesting option to reduce the risk of developing diabetes among high-risk individuals or to improve glycemic control and related cardiometabolic risk in patients with T2D.
Off the Beaten Path? A Spatial Analysis of Boston Tourism, 1960-2024
Creators: name: Lipton, Belle
name: Shida, Luisa
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Museum Studies
subject: Instructional Media Design
subject: History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
subject: History
subject: Digital Humanities
subject: Curriculum and Instruction
subject: Arts and Humanities
subject: Education
subject: GIS
subject: Geospatial Data
subject: HGIS
subject: Historic GIS
subject: Historic Maps
subject: Maps

description: GIS data and project materials from Luisa Shida's 2024 May Crane fellowship with the Harvard Map Collection.
Optimal joint cutting of two-qubit rotation gates
Creators: name: Ufrecht, Christian
name: Herzog, Laura S.
name: Scherer, Daniel D.
name: Periyasamy, Maniraman
name: Rietsch, Sebastian
name: Plinge, Axel
name: Mutschler, Christopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Circuit cutting, the partitioning of quantum circuits into smaller independent fragments, has become a promising avenue for scaling up current quantum-computing experiments. Here, we introduce a scheme for joint cutting of two-qubit rotation gates based on a virtual gate-teleportation protocol. By that, we significantly lower the previous upper bounds on the sampling overhead and prove optimality of the scheme. Furthermore, we show that no classical communication between the circuit partitions is required. For parallel two-qubit rotation gates we derive an optimal ancilla-free decomposition, which include CNOT gates as a special case.
Synthesis and characterization of linear dendritic homo and copolymers acrylated behera amine
Creators: name: Esen, Hüseyin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biochemistry

description: A co-polymerizable dendron of first generation synthesized from behera amine was homopolymerized and copolymerized with commercial monomers such as styrene, methyl methacrylate, and N-vinyl pyrrolidone. Characterization of the co-polymers was performed and it was found with the help of FT-IR and proton and carbon NMR that copolymerizable dendron, ACTES (ACrylated TriESter, first-generation dendron of acrylated behera amine) was incorporated in the co-polymer chains. Besides, the reactivity ratio pairs of the ACTES monomer with both styrene and n-vinyl pyrrolidone were determined. The reactivity ratio pair for ACTES and MMA could not be determined by neither gravimetrically nor with NMR. After experiments and calculations, the reactivity ratio pair for styrene and ACTES was found to be rst = 0.27 and rac = 0.44 and for NVP and ACTES rnvp = 0.36 and rac = 1.01. By utilization of the reactivity ratio of ACTES, “Q” and “e” values were determined in order to be able to draw some conclusions about the reactivity behavior during copolymerizations. “Q” = 1.152 and “e” = 0.66 were found with respect to styrene as reference. These values indicates the steric effect of ACTES was more dominant in copolymerizations.
Nggem Morphology and Syntax
Creators: name: Paul, Etherington
Publisher: name: Charles Darwin University
Year: 2002

description: This study is a description of the morphology and syntax of Nggem, a language spoken in the highlands of the province of Papua (fonnerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia Nggem is a language in the Dani family of languages, and has many features typical of highland New Guinea languages. Nggem is predominantly a verb final language, but otherwise the order of arguments in the clause is flexible. Phrases are more rigid in the order of elements, and the major phrase types are left headed. Nggem distinguishes the major word classes of nouns, adjectives and verbs, as well as a number of minor word classes. In comparison with verbs, non-verbal word classes have relatively little morphology, with the primary exception being pronominal prefixes. Verbs on the other hand have complex morphology. Verbs have a high functional load, and many clauses consist of only a verb. Verbs have a three-way inflection of mode and several tenses, each with idiosyncratic subject inflection. Verbs may also be inflected for hortative and imperative, negation, and various relationships between events such as sequence, simultaneity, condition, minor stage in larger event and equal stage in larger event. Some of these categories also indicate switch reference. Person and number of objects is indicated on the verb by compounded auxiliaries, as is middle voice. Another kind of inchoative is expressed by the verb meaning 'say' in conjunction with generic verbs. Progressive aspect is expressed by an auxiliary related to the verb meaning 'stay'. As with many other Papuan languages, clause chaining is common, and some serial verb constructions are found.