cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Neutrinoless double beta decay: 2015 review
Creators: name: Dell'Oro, S.
name: Marcocci, S.
name: Viel, M.
name: Vissani, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of neutrino masses through the observation of oscillations boosted the importance of neutrinoless double beta decay ($0νββ$). In this paper, we review the main features of this process, underlining its key role both from the experimental and theoretical point of view. In particular, we contextualize the $0νββ$ in the panorama of lepton-number violating processes, also assessing some possible particle physics mechanisms mediating the process. Since the $0νββ$ existence is correlated with neutrino masses, we also review the state-of-art of the theoretical understanding of neutrino masses. In the final part, the status of current $0νββ$ experiments is presented and the prospects for the future hunt for $0νββ$ are discussed. Also, experimental data coming from cosmological surveys are considered and their impact on $0νββ$ expectations is examined.
description: 39 pages, 22 figures
Approximate polynomial structure in additively large sets
Creators: name: Di Nasso, Mauro
name: Goldbring, Isaac
name: Jin, Renling
name: Leth, Steven
name: Lupini, Martino
name: Mahlburg, Karl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that any subset of the natural numbers with positive logarithmic Banach density contains a set that is within a factor of two of a geometric progression, improving the bound on a previous result of the authors. Density conditions on subsets of the natural numbers that imply the existence of approximate powers of arithmetic progressions are developed and explored.
description: 10 pages
Musikterapi og magtanvendelse i gerontopsykiatrien. Protokol til en undersøgelse
Creators: name: Hyldgaard, Åse
name: Ridder, Hanne Mette Ochsner
Publisher: name: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online
Year: 2011

description: Artiklen sætter fokus på forebyggelse af magtanvendelse i gerontopsykiatrien. Den handler om hvordan man kan undersøge, om musikterapi kan medvirke til at forebygge magtanvendelse i plejen af demensramte og som følge heraf, også kan forbedre plejepersonalets arbejdsmiljø. Med udgangspunkt i en case om musikterapi til en demensramt kvinde, gennemgår artiklen relevant litteratur samt et pilotprojekt, hvor der blev udviklet et kvantitativt måleinstrument, som blev afprøvet i casen. Måleinstrumentet var inspireret af Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) og måler parametre på Adfærd, Magtanvendelse og Arbejdsmiljø (AMA) på individ niveau. Pilotprojektet beskriver desuden en protokol til nærmere udforskning af feltet. Med udgangspunkt i litteraturen og resultaterne fra casen argumenterer forfatterne for, at forebyggelse af magtanvendelse hos demensramte, bør ses i et systemisk perspektiv, og at musikterapi og fokus på samarbejde mellem musikterapeuter og plejepersonale, vil kunne give et væsentligt bidrag til forbedring af pleje og omsorg for demensramte samt bedre arbejds-vilkår for plejepersonalet.
description: Musikterapi i Psykiatrien Online, Årg. 6 Nr. 1 (2011): Musikterapi i psykiatrien Årsskrift 2011
Observational techniques to measure solar and stellar oscillations
Creators: name: Garcia, Rafael A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As said by Sir A. Eddington in 1925: Our telescopes may probe farther and farther into the depths of space. At first sight it would seem that the deep interior of the sun and stars is less accessible to scientific investigation than any other region of the universe. What appliance can pierce through the outer layers of a star and test the conditions within? Eddington (1926). Nowadays, asteroseismology has proven its ability to pierce below stellar pho- tospheres and allow us to see inside the interior of thousands of stars down to the stellar cores, answering the question asked by Eddington ninety years ago. In this chapter we review the general properties of the spectral analysis which is the base of any asteroseismic investigation. After describing the stellar power spectrum, we will describe in details the characterization of the modal spec- trum. This chapter will end by a brief description of the instrumentation in both helio and asteroseismology.
description: Evry Shatzman School 2014, 69 pages, 44 figures
Planlægningen i hånden på borgeren – fra borgermøde til smartphones og apps?
Creators: name: Præstholm, Søren
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2012

description: Web-GIS og digitale planer har over de sidste 10 år givet borgerne nye muligheder for indsigt og deltagelse i planlægningen. Men ny teknologi banker på og udbredelsen af smartphones kan give borgerinddragelsen endnu en dimension. Planlægningen kan så at sige bringes direkte i hånden på borgerne, ude i den geografiske virkelighed planlægningen handler om. Applikationer til smartphones som f.eks. Naturmobil giver mulighed for at kombinere borgerinddragelse med indsamling og brugergenereret viden i forbindelse med planlægning af konkrete projekter. Og augmentet reality kan visualisere konsekvenser af planlægningen og dermed kvalificere dialogen med borgerne om fremtiden. Myndighederne har således fået nye redskaber, som de kommende år kan supplere og kombineres med det traditionelle borgermøde.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 11 No 21 (2012): Borgerinddragelse gennem GIS
Motives for moving to rural, peripheral areas - work, “rural idyll” or “income transfer”
Creators: name: Nørgaard, Helle
name: Andersen, Hans Skifter
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2013

description: Much interest is given to attracting new settlement in rural, peripheral areas due to long-term population loss. The ideal type of settler is identified as families with young children. However, various studies on rural migration show that migrants are a mixed group of young, middle aged and older couples and individuals as well as families with children. A large part of the migrants have jobs while other are unemployed or on other types of social welfare. In a Danish context a key hypothesis is that especially welfare recipients and those outside the labour market settle in rural, peripheral areas due to low housing prices. This article explores which groups of people move to rural areas in Denmark and why they chose to do so.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 11 No 22 (2012): Rygter fra randområderne
Independent associations of childhood and current socioeconomic status with risk of self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis in a family-medicine cohort of North-Carolinians
Creators: name: Cleveland, Rebecca J
name: Baldassari, Antoine R
name: Callahan, Leigh
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background Associations of socioeconomic status (SES) with the prevalence of various forms of arthritis are well documented. Increasing evidence suggests that SES during childhood is a lasting determinant of health, but its association with the onset of arthritis remains unclear. Methods Cross-sectional data on 1276 participants originated from 22 family practices in North-Carolina, USA. We created 4-level (high, medium, low, lowest) current SES and childhood SES summary scores based on parental and participant education, occupation and homeownership. We investigated associations of individual SES characteristics, summary scores and SES trajectories (e.g. high/low) with self-reported arthritis in logistic regression models progressively adjusted for race and gender, age, then BMI, and clustered by family practice. Results We found evidence for independent associations of both childhood and current SES with the reporting of arthritis across our models. In covariate-adjusted models simultaneously including current and childhood SES, compared with high SES participants in the lowest childhood SES category (OR = 1.39 [95% CI = 1.04, 1.85]) and those in the low (OR = 1.66 [95% CI = 1.14, 2.42]) and lowest (OR = 2.08 [95% CI = 1.16, 3.74]) categories of current SES had significantly greater odds of having self-reported arthritis. Conclusions Current SES and childhood SES are both associated with the odds of reporting arthritis within this primary-care population, although the possibly superseding influence of existing circumstances must be noted. BMI was a likely mechanism in the association of childhood SES with arthritis onset, and research is needed to elucidate further pathways linking the socioeconomic environment across life-stages and the development of rheumatic diseases.
Mere end repræsentationer, i praksis. Om at være forpligtet og engageret
Creators: name: Christensen, Bo Allesøe
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2013

description: Denne artikel beskriver træk af en nyere geografisk teori, non-repræsentationel teori, og et forsøg på at relatere denne til brugen af GIS. Ideen er at tænke udover repræsentationer som statiske reproduktioner af naturlige eller sociale (symbolske) forhold, og i stedet fokusere på de handlingssammenhænge, hvori repræsentationer bliver til i samspil med andre elementer. GIS-repræsentationer bliver hermed set som en repræsentationsform der kan gøre en forskel i forskellige videnskabspraktiske sammenhænge blandt andre mulige repræsentationsformer. Artiklen slutter med et forsøg på at begrebsliggøre, hvad det vil sige at repræsentationer kan gøre en forskel i sammenhæng med hinanden, ved at bruge John Haugelands forståelse af repræsentationer som måder at forpligte og engagere sig i forskellige praksisser.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 12 No 23 (2013): Autoritative grunddata
Autoritative grunddata
Creators: name: Hvingel, Line
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2013

description: Med udgivelsen af ”Den fællesoffentlige digitaliseringsstrategi” i 2011 og den opfølgende indsatsplan ”Gode grunddata til alle” (2012) er ’Autoritative grunddata’og ’Frie data’ blevet de nye buzz-words i geo-branchen. I dette nummer af Perspektiv vil du kunne få et indblik i strategiarbejdet pa området samt finde mere debatterende artikler om, hvad det vil sige, at være autoritative datasæt.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 12 No 23 (2013): Autoritative grunddata
Mercatorprojektionen
Creators: name: Kristensen, Leif Kahl
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2013

description: Mercators kortprojektion er et vigtigt værktøj i landmåling og har en lang og broget historie. Baggrunden og hovedpunkterne i udviklingen bliver behandlet og vi søger især at omtale danske forhold.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 12 No 23 (2013): Autoritative grunddata
A Sea of Data
Creators: name: Kaugure, Liva
name: Jensen, Catrine Gylling
name: Johansen, Esben Dalsgaard
name: Graugaard, Brian Albinus
name: Hvingel, Line Træholt
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2013

description: eGovernment and autoritative public data in Denmark are still mainly focused on the landside of Danmark. But the need of eloborating the coordinating effort of administration at sea is recognised and the development of maritime eGovernment is happening within the next years. This paper discusses the data involved in this administration and focuses on the need for understanding the function and hence value of data. Some maritime data are dealing with accurate placements of objects, and as a tricky part some are dealing with floating placement. Other data are handling non-visible areas in terms of zoning, e.g. planning and interest areas and finally some data are representation of legislation, whether it is rights or restrictions. These different data are not always usable in the same manner. This paper investigates the correlation between spatial data and legislation. Experience from many years of land administration can be used as part of this discussion as well as the conclusions from this paper can be discussion as input to the ongoing development on land.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 12 No 23 (2013): Autoritative grunddata
INSPIRE - hvorfor er det en god ide?
Creators: name: Mazolli, Ulla Kronborg
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: Vi kender alle billederne fra de store oversvømmelser i Centraleuropa. Kæmpestore arealer sat under vand, mennesker og dyr truet på livet og efterfølgende enorme omkostninger med at genopbygge. I Danmark har vi også oplevet oversvømmelser – i mindre målestok, men nok til at give os en idé om, at vand løber der, hvor vand nu engang løber. Vand respekterer ikke grænser, hverken administrative eller nationale. Det gælder også for en række andre miljørelaterede fænomener som f. eks. luftforurening, smittespredning og invasive arter. I beredskabssituationer er det helt afgørende at have adgang til relevant og troværdig information. Der skal hurtigt og let kunne gives svar på spørgsmål som f. eks., hvor løber vandet hen de næste timer, hvilke beboelser er truet, hvor kan vi evakuere til? Og, når vi taler om fænomener, der rammer på tværs af grænser, er det ydermere nødvendigt at kunne tilgå data fra flere forskellige lande, og at disse kan anvendes som ét sammenhængende informationsgrundlag. Netop derfor blev INSPIRE-direktivet vedtaget for 7 år siden. Denne artikel giver et overblik over indholdet og betydningen af INSPIRE.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance
Study of TeV shell supernova remnants at gamma-ray energies
Creators: name: Acero, F.
name: Lemoine-Goumard, M.
name: Renaud, M.
name: Ballet, J.
name: Hewitt, J. W.
name: Rousseau, R.
name: Tanaka, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The breakthrough developments of Cherenkov telescopes in the last decade have led to angular resolution of 0.1° and an unprecedented sensitivity. This has allowed the current generation of Cherenkov telescopes to discover a population of supernova remnants (SNRs) radiating in very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-rays. A number of those VHE SNRs exhibit a shell-type morphology spatially coincident with the shock front of the SNR. The members of this VHE shell SNR club are RX J1713.7-3946, Vela Jr, RCW 86, SN 1006, and HESS J1731-347. The latter two objects have been poorly studied in high-energy (HE, 0.1 5 sigma. With this Fermi analysis, we now have a complete view of the HE to VHE gamma-ray emission of TeV shell SNRs. All five sources have a hard HE photon index (<1.8) suggesting a common scenario where the bulk of the emission is produced by accelerated electrons radiating from radio to VHE gamma-rays through synchrotron and inverse Compton processes. In addition when correcting for the distance, all SNRs show a surprisingly similar gamma-ray luminosity supporting the idea of a common emission mechanism. While the gamma-ray emission is likely to be leptonic dominated, this does not rule out efficient hadron acceleration in those SNRs.
description: accepted for publication in A&A
INSPIRE-implementeringen i Miljøministeriet
Creators: name: Kristensen, Allan
name: Windelin, Anders
name: Storgaard, Lars
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: I Miljøministeriet lægger vi vægt på at bruge INSPIRE, hvor det giver mening. Det vil sige, at implementeringen af direktivet ikke sker bare, fordi vi som EU-medlemsland er forpligtiget til at implementere det. Vi gør det fortrinsvis, fordi vi med INSPIRE får et godt, omfangsrigt og ikke mindst gennemarbejdet metode- og rammeværk, som kan understøtte vores egen (dvs. nationale) indsats i opbygningen af en infrastruktur for geografisk information. I denne indsats tilstræber vi, at INSPIRE udgør fundamentet i dendanske digitale forvaltning. Herved bringes INSPIREs datasæt og tjenester i anvendelse i den konkrete opgavevaretagelse. Implementeringen af INSPIRE kræver styring og koordinering, da vi sætter fokus på sammenhæng til dendigitale forvaltning og særligt forvaltningen af miljø- og naturområdet. Altså governance. Denne artikel redegør for Geodatastyrelsens rolle i forbindelse med implementeringen af INSPIRE samt kommer med eksempler på implementeringsprojekteri miljøministeriet, som bygger på geografiske datasæt.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance
The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, V: Predicted Performance of the MIRI Coronagraphs
Creators: name: Boccaletti, A.
name: Lagage, P. -O.
name: Baudoz, P.
name: Beichman, C.
name: Bouchet, P.
name: Cavarroc, C.
name: Dubreuil, D.
name: Glasse, Alistair
name: Glauser, A. M.
name: Hines, D. C.
name: Lajoie, C. -P.
name: Lebreton, J.
name: Perrin, M. D.
name: Pueyo, L.
name: Reess, J. M.
name: Rieke, G. H.
name: Ronayette, S.
name: Rouan, D.
name: Soummer, R.
name: Wright, G. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The imaging channel on the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is equipped with four coronagraphs that provide high contrast imaging capabilities for studying faint point sources and extended emission that would otherwise be overwhelmed by a bright point-source in its vicinity. Such bright sources might include stars that are orbited by exoplanets and circumstellar material, mass-loss envelopes around post-main-sequence stars, the near-nuclear environments in active galaxies, and the host galaxies of distant quasars. This paper describes the coronagraphic observing modes of MIRI, as well as performance estimates based on measurements of the MIRI flight model during cryo-vacuum testing. A brief outline of coronagraphic operations is also provided. Finally, simulated MIRI coronagraphic observations of a few astronomical targets are presented for illustration.
GIS-parathedsundersøgelsen 2014
Creators: name: Schrøder, Lise
name: Hvingel, Line
name: Hansen, Henning Sten
name: Skovdal, Jesper Høi
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: GIS-parathedsundersøgelsen 2014 er en opfølgning på den tilsvarende undersøgelse foretaget blandt de offentlige institutioner i Danmark i 2009. Den foreliggende undersøgelse giver dermed et opdateret billede af status og udfordringer i forhold til brugen af geografisk information, opbygningen af den fælles infrastruktur for geografisk information og arbejdet med at videreudvikle grundlaget for den digitale forvaltning. Blandt de tankevækkende tendenser er, at INSPIRE tilsyneladende diskuteres mindre i organisationerne. Til gengæld er der ingen tvivl om, at standarder fortsat tillægges stor betydning ikke mindst i forhold til metadata, datakvalitet og dataspecifikationer, ligesom der tydeligvis i stigende grad formidles geografiske data.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance
Physical observables in the decay $Λ_b \to Λ_c (\to Λ+π)+τ^{-}+\bar ν_τ$
Creators: name: Habyl, Nurgul
name: Gutsche, Thomas
name: Ivanov, Mikhail A.
name: Körner, Jürgen G.
name: Lyubovitskij, Valery E.
name: Santorelli, Pietro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the tauonic semileptonic baryon decays $Λ^0_b \to Λ^+_c + τ^{-} +\bar ν_τ$ with particular emphasis on the lepton helicity flip contributions which vanish for zero lepton masses. We calculate the total rate, differential decay distributions, the longitudinal and transverse polarization components of the $Λ^+_c$ and the $τ^-$, and the lepton-side forward-backward asymmetries. We use the covariant confined quark model to provide numerical results on these observables.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure. Talk given by Nurgul Habyl at the 9th joint International HADRON STRUCTURE'15 Conference, GRAND HOTEL BELLEVUE, Horny Smokovec, Slovak Republic, 29 June - 3 July, 2015
Grunddataprogrammet - en dansk infrastrukturmodel for offenlige data
Creators: name: Horst, Nicolas Lemcke
name: Bjerre, Sara
name: Lind, Morten
name: Hvingel, Line
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: Regeringen, Kommunernes Landsforening og Danske Regioner indgik i efteråret 2012 aftalen om "Gode grunddata til alle - en kilde til vækst og effektivisering". Grunddataprogrammet blev dermed født, og Danmark fik en officiel og autoritativ infrastrukturmodel for geografisk information. Arbejdet har kørt parallelt med implementeringen af INSPIRE-direktivet, og selvom de to udviklingsarbejder har haft hvert deres bane, har der været og er stadig god synergi mellem de to infrastruktur-arbejder. Artiklen præsenterer grunddataprogrammet og gør status på implementeringen heraf.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance
HIV and hepatitis C virus test uptake at methadone clinics in Southern China: opportunities for expanding detection of bloodborne infections
Creators: name: Chen, Wen
name: Ling, Li
name: Tucker, Joseph D
name: Xia, Ying-Hua
name: Wang, Charles
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) co-infection is highly common among Chinese injection drug users but it is difficult to reach IDUs at traditional VCT (Voluntary HIV counseling treatment) clinics. A new national model integrating HIV/HCV testing with methadone maintenance treatment was started in 2006. The purpose of this study was to investigate HIV and HCV test uptake and associated factors at methadone clinics in Guangdong Province, China. Methods A cross-sectional design using routine surveillance data and laboratory testing confirmation was applied to determine rates of HIV and HCV test uptake. Multi-level modeling was used to examine individual-level and clinic-level correlates of increased test uptake. Results 45 out of 49 methadone clinics in Guangdong Province agreed to participate in the study. Among all 13,270 individuals, 10,046 (75.7%) had HIV test uptake and 10,404 (78.4%) had HCV uptake. At the individual level, methadone clients 30 years or older were more likely to have HIV and HCV test uptake (p <0.001 for both). At the clinic level, methadone clinics with greater health care personnel were more likely to have HIV (p =0.01) and HCV (p = 0.044) test uptake. HIV test uptake significantly correlated with HCV test uptake (correlation coefficient=0.64). Conclusion Methadone clinics provide an opportunity for routine integrated HIV and HCV screening among drug users in China. Increased test uptake in young drug users and increased health care personnel at clinics may further improve screening.
Glueball dynamics in the hot plasma
Creators: name: Kochelev, Nikolai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the glueball contribution to the equation of state (EoS) of hot gluon matter below and above $T_c$. It is shown that the strong changing of masses of scalar and pseudoscalar glueballs near $T_c$ plays very important role in the thermodynamics of $SU(3)$ gauge theory. In particular, we give the arguments that these glueballs become massless at $T_G\approx 1.1T_c$ and this phenomenon is crucial in understanding of the mystery in the behavior of trace anomaly founded in the lattice calculation.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Frie geodata har fået antallet af brugere på Kortforsyningen.dk til at eksplodere
Creators: name: Steffensen, Bente
name: Colding, Tina Svan
name: Carstens, Anne Marie
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: Det er gået stærkt, siden Geodatastyrelsen 1. januar 2013 åbnede op for, at alle frit kan hente geografiske kort og data på Kortforsyningen.dk. Der har været mere end 1,6 mia. forespørgsler på Kortforsyningens webtjenester, mere end 300.000 filer er downloadet fra FTP’en og antallet af brugere er steget fra 800 til over 13.000. Samtidig er der indikationer på, at der allerede i det første år med frie geografiske grunddata (2013) er gevinster i den private sektor i form af større omsætning og flere arbejdspladser.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance
Maternal cadmium, iron and zinc levels, DNA methylation and birth weight
Creators: name: Fry, Rebecca
name: Nye, Monica D
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2015

description: Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous and environmentally persistent toxic metal that has been implicated in neurotoxicity, carcinogenesis and obesity and essential metals including zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) may alter these outcomes. However mechanisms underlying these relationships remain limited. Methods We examined whether maternal Cd levels during early pregnancy were associated with offspring DNA methylation at regulatory sequences of genomically imprinted genes and weight at birth, and whether Fe and Zn altered these associations. Cd, Fe and Zn were measured in maternal blood of 319 women ≤12 weeks gestation. Offspring umbilical cord blood leukocyte DNA methylation at regulatory differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of 8 imprinted genes was measured using bisulfite pyrosequencing. Regression models were used to examine the relationships among Cd, Fe, Zn, and DMR methylation and birth weight. Results Elevated maternal blood Cd levels were associated with lower birth weight (p = 0.03). Higher maternal blood Cd levels were also associated with lower offspring methylation at the PEG3 DMR in females (β = 0.55, se = 0.17, p = 0.05), and at the MEG3 DMR in males (β = 0.72, se = 0.3, p = 0.08), however the latter association was not statistically significant. Associations between Cd and PEG3 and PLAGL1 DNA methylation were stronger in infants born to women with low concentrations of Fe (p < 0.05). Conclusions Our data suggest the association between pre-natal Cd and offspring DNA methylation at regulatory sequences of imprinted genes may be sex- and gene-specific. Essential metals such as Zn may mitigate DNA methylation response to Cd exposure. Larger studies are required.
INSPIRE Implementation at the Ministry of Environment
Creators: name: Kristensen, Allan
name: Windelin, Anders
name: Storgaard, Lars
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: At the Ministry of the Environment, we find it important to use INSPIRE wherever this makes sense. This means that the implementation of the Directive does not take place simply because we as an EU member state are under an obligation to implement it. We do this primarily because INSPIRE provides us with a good, extensive and, not least, thoroughly researched methodologically sound framework that can support our own (i.e. Denmark's) efforts in the construction of an infrastructure for spatial information. In this effort, we aim to make sure that INSPIRE forms the foundation for Danish digital governance. This brings INSPIRE's data sets and services into use in the concrete handling of tasks. The implementation of INSPIRE calls for control and coordination, as we focus on a good relation to the digital administration, and in particular the administration of the environmental and nature area. In other words, governance. This article gives an account of the Danish Geodata Agency's role in connection with the implementation of INSPIRE. It also provides examples of implementation projects in the Ministry of the Environment that are based on spatial data sets.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance - UK edition
GIS Readiness Survey 2014
Creators: name: Schrøder, Lise
name: Hvingel, Line
name: Hansen, Henning Sten
name: Skovdal, Jesper Høi
Publisher: name: Geoforum Perspektiv
Year: 2014

description: The GIS Readiness Survey 2014 is a follow-up to the corresponding survey that was carried out among public institutions in Denmark in 2009. The present survey thus provides an updated image of status and challenges in relation to the use of spatial information, the construction of the common infrastructure for spatial information, and the work related to the further development of the foundation for the digital administration. One of the thought-provoking trends is that INSPIRE seems to be discussed less in the organisations. On the other hand, there is no doubt that standards continue to be considered of great significance, not least in relation to metadata, data quality and data specifications, just as spatial data are clearly being communicated more and more.
description: Geoforum Perspektiv, Vol 13 No 24 (2014): INSPIRE for good governance - UK edition
Modeling and Validation of Electrical Load Profiling in Residential Buildings in Singapore
Creators: name: Chuan, Luo
name: Ukil, Abhisek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The demand of electricity keeps increasing in this modern society and the behavior of customers vary greatly from time to time, city to city, type to type, etc. Generally, buildings are classified into residential, commercial and industrial. This study is aimed to distinguish the types of residential buildings in Singapore and establish a mathematical model to represent and model the load profile of each type. Modeling household energy consumption is the first step in exploring the possible demand response and load reduction opportunities under the smart grid initiative. Residential electricity load profiling includes the details on the electrical appliances, its energy requirement, and consumption pattern. The model is generated with a bottom-up load model. Simulation is performed for daily load profiles of 1 or 2 rooms, 3 rooms, 4 rooms and 5 rooms public housing. The simulated load profile is successfully validated against the measured electricity consumption data, using a web-based Customer Energy Portal (CEP) at the campus housings of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Biomechanical effects of steroid injections used to treat pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis
Creators: name: Draeger, Reid W.
name: Weinhold, Paul S.
name: Bynum, Donald K.
name: Dahners, Laurence
name: Turvey, Blake R.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract: Background: A recent study from our laboratory has demonstrated improved range of motion in the toes of broiler chickens afflicted with pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis when treated with local antibiotic and corticosteroid injections, without surgical drainage. However, the use of corticosteroids as an adjunct treatment raised peer concern, as steroids are thought to have deleterious effects on tendon strength. The purpose of this study was to compare the tensile strength of the aforementioned steroid treated tendons, to a group of tendons administered with the current standard treatment: systemic antibiotics, surgical drainage and no corticosteroids. Methods: Twenty-three tendons’ structural and material properties were investigated (fifteen receiving the standard treatment, eight receiving the steroid treatment). The measurements from each group were interpreted via Student’s unpaired t-test and a post-hoc power analysis. Results: The steroid treated tendons did demonstrate a trend toward decreased mechanical properties when compared with the standard treatment group, but the results were not statistically significant. Conclusions: Treatment of septic tenosynovitis with local corticosteroid and local antibiotic injections resulted in better digital motion, without a significant loss of tendon strength, over a twenty-eight day recovery period.
Spatial heterogeneity of global forest aboveground carbon stocks and fluxes constrained by spaceborne lidar data and mechanistic modeling
Creators: name: Ma, Lei
name: Hurtt, George
name: Tang, Hao
name: Lamb, Rachel
name: Lister, Andrew
name: Chini, Louise
name: Dubayah, Ralph
name: Armston, John
name: Campbell, Elliott
name: Duncanson, Laura
name: Healey, Sean
name: O'Neil-Dunne, Jarlath
name: Ott, Lesley
name: Poulter, Benjamin
name: Shen, Quan
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: ecosystem demography
forest aboveground carbon stocks and fluxes
GEDI ICESat-2
lidar canopy height
process-based model
spatial heterogeneity

description: Forest carbon is a large and uncertain component of the global carbon cycle. An important source of complexity is the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation vertical structure and extent, which results from variations in climate, soils, and disturbances and influences both contemporary carbon stocks and fluxes. Recent advances in remote sensing and ecosystem modeling have the potential to significantly improve the characterization of vegetation structure and its resulting influence on carbon. Here, we used novel remote sensing observations of tree canopy height collected by two NASA spaceborne lidar missions, Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation and ICE, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite 2, together with a newly developed global Ecosystem Demography model (v3.0) to characterize the spatial heterogeneity of global forest structure and quantify the corresponding implications for forest carbon stocks and fluxes. Multiple-scale evaluations suggested favorable results relative to other estimates including field inventory, remote sensing-based products, and national statistics. However, this approach utilized several orders of magnitude more data (3.77 billion lidar samples) on vegetation structure than used previously and enabled a qualitative increase in the spatial resolution of model estimates achievable (0.25° to 0.01°). At this resolution, process-based models are now able to capture detailed spatial patterns of forest structure previously unattainable, including patterns of natural and anthropogenic disturbance and recovery. Through the novel integration of new remote sensing data and ecosystem modeling, this study bridges the gap between existing empirically based remote sensing approaches and process-based modeling approaches. This study more generally demonstrates the promising value of spaceborne lidar observations for advancing carbon modeling at a global scale.
R-parity violating supersymmetry and neutrino physics: experimental signatures
Creators: name: Mitsou, Vasiliki A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: $R$-parity violating supersymmetric models (RPV SUSY) are becoming increasingly more appealing than its $R$-parity conserving counterpart in view of the hitherto non-observation of SUSY signals at the LHC. In this paper, we discuss RPV scenarios where neutrino masses are naturally generated, namely RPV through bilinear terms (bRPV) and the $μ$-from-$ν$ supersymmetric standard model ($μν$SSM). The latter is characterised by a rich Higgs sector that easily accommodates a 125-GeV Higgs boson. The phenomenology of such models at the LHC is reviewed, giving emphasis on final states with displaced objects, and relevant results obtained by LHC experiments are presented. The implications for dark matter for these theoretical proposals is also addressed.
description: 13 pages, 9 figures, 1 table; Invited talk at 18th International Conference From the Planck Scale to the Electroweak Scale (Planck 2015), 25-29 May 2015, Ioannina, Greece; based on arXiv:1401.2573 and arXiv:1502.07997
Effectiveness of an implementation optimisation intervention aimed at increasing parent engagement in HENRY, a childhood obesity prevention programme - the Optimising Family Engagement in HENRY (OFTEN) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Stevens, June Sheppa
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Family-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity depend upon parents’ taking action to improve diet and other lifestyle behaviours in their families. Programmes that attract and retain high numbers of parents provide an enhanced opportunity to improve public health and are also likely to be more cost-effective than those that do not. We have developed a theory-informed optimisation intervention to promote parent engagement within an existing childhood obesity prevention group programme, HENRY (Health Exercise Nutrition for the Really Young). Here, we describe a proposal to evaluate the effectiveness of this optimisation intervention in regard to the engagement of parents and cost-effectiveness. Methods/design The Optimising Family Engagement in HENRY (OFTEN) trial is a cluster randomised controlled trial being conducted across 24 local authorities (approximately 144 children’s centres) which currently deliver HENRY programmes. The primary outcome will be parental enrolment and attendance at the HENRY programme, assessed using routinely collected process data. Cost-effectiveness will be presented in terms of primary outcomes using acceptability curves and through eliciting the willingness to pay for the optimisation from HENRY commissioners. Secondary outcomes include the longitudinal impact of the optimisation, parent-reported infant intake of fruits and vegetables (as a proxy to compliance) and other parent-reported family habits and lifestyle. Discussion This innovative trial will provide evidence on the implementation of a theory-informed optimisation intervention to promote parent engagement in HENRY, a community-based childhood obesity prevention programme. The findings will be generalisable to other interventions delivered to parents in other community-based environments. This research meets the expressed needs of commissioners, children’s centres and parents to optimise the potential impact that HENRY has on obesity prevention. A subsequent cluster randomised controlled pilot trial is planned to determine the practicality of undertaking a definitive trial to robustly evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the optimised intervention on childhood obesity prevention. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02675699 . Registered on 4 February 2016.
Nanocellulose-Carboxymethylcellulose Electrolyte for Stable, High-Rate Zinc-Ion Batteries
Creators: name: Xu, Lin
name: Meng, Taotao
name: Zheng, Xueying
name: Li, Tangyuan
name: Brozena, Alexandra H.
name: Mao, Yimin
name: Zhang, Qian
name: Clifford, Bryson Callie
name: Rao, Jiancun
name: Hu, Liangbing
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023
Subjects: biopolymeric electrolytes
carboxymethyl cellulose
high-rate performance
nano-cellulose
Zn ion batteries

description: Aqueous Zn ion batteries (ZIBs) are one of the most promising battery chemistries for grid-scale renewable energy storage. However, their application is limited by issues such as Zn dendrite formation and undesirable side reactions that can occur in the presence of excess free water molecules and ions. In this study, a nanocellulose-carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) hydrogel electrolyte is demonstrated that features stable cycling performance and high Zn2+ conductivity (26 mS cm−1), which is attributed to the material's strong mechanical strength (≈70 MPa) and water-bonding ability. With this electrolyte, the Zn-metal anode shows exceptional cycling stability at an ultra-high rate, with the ability to sustain a current density as high as 80 mA cm−2 for more than 3500 cycles and a cumulative capacity of 17.6 Ah cm−2 (40 mA cm−2). Additionally, side reactions, such as hydrogen evolution and surface passivation, are substantially reduced due to the strong water-bonding capacity of the CMC. Full Zn||MnO2 batteries fabricated with this electrolyte demonstrate excellent high-rate performance and long-term cycling stability (>500 cycles at 8C). These results suggest the cellulose-CMC electrolyte as a promising low-cost, easy-to-fabricate, and sustainable aqueous-based electrolyte for ZIBs with excellent electrochemical performance that can help pave the way toward grid-scale energy storage for renewable energy sources.
Anmeldelse: Tobias Dam Hedes "Coaching - samtalekunst og ledelsesdisciplin"
Creators: name: Imer, Anna
Publisher: name: Coaching Psykologi - The Danish Journal of Coaching Psychology
Year: 2012

description: "Coaching - samtalekunst og ledelsesdisciplin"
description: Coaching Psykologi - The Danish Journal of Coaching Psychology, Årg. 1 Nr. 1 (2011)
Coaching Psykologi
Creators: name: Spaten, Ole Michael
name: Langdridge, Darren
name: Løkken, Lillith Olesen
name: Palmer, Stephen
name: Stelter, Reinhard
name: Storch, Jacob
Publisher: name: Coaching Psykologi - The Danish Journal of Coaching Psychology
Year: 2012

description: Entire issue
description: Coaching Psykologi - The Danish Journal of Coaching Psychology, Årg. 2 Nr. 1 (2012)
Parent body histories recorded in Rumuruti chondrite sulfides: Implications for the onset of oxidized, sulfur-rich core formation
Creators: name: Crossley, Samuel D.
name: Ash, Richard D.
name: Sunshine, Jessica M.
name: Corrigan, Catherine M.
name: McCoy, Timothy J.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023

description: Models of planetary core formation beginning with melting of Fe,Ni metal and troilite are not readily applicable to oxidized and sulfur-rich chondrites containing only trace quantities of metal. Cores formed in these bodies must be dominated by sulfides. Siderophile trace elements used to model metallic core formation could be used to model oxidized, sulfide-dominated core formation and identify related meteorites if their trace element systematics can be quantified. Insufficient information exists regarding the behavior of these core-forming elements among sulfides during metamorphism prior to anatexis. Major, minor, and trace element concentrations of sulfides are reported in this study for petrologic type 3–6 R chondrite materials. Sulfide-dominated core-forming components in such oxidized chondrites (ƒO2 ≥ iron-wüstite) follow metamorphic evolutionary pathways that are distinct from reduced, metal-bearing counterparts. Most siderophile trace elements partition into pentlandite at approximately 10× chondritic abundances, but Pt, W, Mo, Ga, and Ge are depleted by 1–2 orders of magnitude relative to siderophile elements with similar volatilities. The distribution of siderophile elements is further altered during hydrothermal alteration as pyrrhotite oxidizes to form magnetite. Oxidized, sulfide-dominated core formation differs from metallic core formation models both physically and geochemically. Incongruent melting of pentlandite at 865°C generates melts capable of migrating along solid silicate grains, which can segregate to form a Ni,S-rich core at lower temperatures compared to reduced differentiated parent bodies and with distinct siderophile interelement proportions.
PAM50 Breast Cancer Subtyping by RT-qPCR and Concordance with Standard Clinical Molecular Markers
Creators: name: Prat, Aleix
name: Perou, Charles
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2012

description: Abstract Background Many methodologies have been used in research to identify the “intrinsic” subtypes of breast cancer commonly known as Luminal A, Luminal B, HER2-Enriched (HER2-E) and Basal-like. The PAM50 gene set is often used for gene expression-based subtyping; however, surrogate subtyping using panels of immunohistochemical (IHC) markers are still widely used clinically. Discrepancies between these methods may lead to different treatment decisions. Methods We used the PAM50 RT-qPCR assay to expression profile 814 tumors from the GEICAM/9906 phase III clinical trial that enrolled women with locally advanced primary invasive breast cancer. All samples were scored at a single site by IHC for estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and Her2/neu (HER2) protein expression. Equivocal HER2 cases were confirmed by chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH). Single gene scores by IHC/CISH were compared with RT-qPCR continuous gene expression values and “intrinsic” subtype assignment by the PAM50. High, medium, and low expression for ESR1, PGR, ERBB2, and proliferation were selected using quartile cut-points from the continuous RT-qPCR data across the PAM50 subtype assignments. Results ESR1, PGR, and ERBB2 gene expression had high agreement with established binary IHC cut-points (area under the curve (AUC) ≥ 0.9). Estrogen receptor positivity by IHC was strongly associated with Luminal (A and B) subtypes (92%), but only 75% of ER negative tumors were classified into the HER2-E and Basal-like subtypes. Luminal A tumors more frequently expressed PR than Luminal B (94% vs 74%) and Luminal A tumors were less likely to have high proliferation (11% vs 77%). Seventy-seven percent (30/39) of ER-/HER2+ tumors by IHC were classified as the HER2-E subtype. Triple negative tumors were mainly comprised of Basal-like (57%) and HER2-E (30%) subtypes. Single gene scoring for ESR1, PGR, and ERBB2 was more prognostic than the corresponding IHC markers as shown in a multivariate analysis. Conclusions The standard immunohistochemical panel for breast cancer (ER, PR, and HER2) does not adequately identify the PAM50 gene expression subtypes. Although there is high agreement between biomarker scoring by protein immunohistochemistry and gene expression, the gene expression determinations for ESR1 and ERBB2 status was more prognostic.
Equilibrium and stability of charged strange quark stars
Creators: name: Arbañil, José D. V.
name: Malheiro, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The hydrostatic equilibrium and the stability against radial perturbation of charged strange quark stars composed of a charged perfect fluid are studied. For this purpose, it is considered that the perfect fluid follows the MIT bag model equation of state and the radial charge distribution follows a power-law. The hydrostatic equilibrium and the stability of charged strange stars are investigated through the numerical solutions of the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation and the Chandrasekhar's pulsation equation, being these equations modified from their original form to include the electrical charge. In order to appreciably affect the stellar structure, it is found that the total charge should be of order $10^{20}[\rm C]$, implying an electric field of around $10^{22}[\rm V/m]$. We found the electric charge that produces considerable effect on the structure and stability of the object is close to the star's surface. We obtain that for a range of central energy density the stability of the star decreases with the increment of the total charge and for a range of total mass the electric charge helps to grow the stability of the stars under study. We show that the central energy density used to reach the maximum mass value is the same used to determine the zero eigenfrequency of the fundamental mode when the total charge is fixed, thus indicating that the maximum mass point marks the onset of instability. In other words, when fixing the total charge, the conditions $\frac{dM}{dρ_c}>0$ and $\frac{dM}{dρ_c}<0$ are necessary and sufficient to determine the stable and unstable equilibrium configurations regions against radial oscillations.
description: To appear in Physical Review D