cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Probing surface distributions of $α$ clusters in $^{20}$Ne via $α$-transfer reaction
Creators: name: Fukui, Tokuro
name: Taniguchi, Yasutaka
name: Suhara, Tadahiro
name: Kanada-En'yo, Yoshiko
name: Ogata, Kazuyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Direct evidence of the $α$-cluster manifestation in bound states has not been obtained yet, although a number of experimental studies were carried out to extract the information of the clustering. In particular in conventional analyses of $α$-transfer reactions, there exist a few significant problems on reaction models, which are insufficient to qualitatively discuss the cluster structure. We aim to verify the development of the $α$-cluster structure from observables. As the first application, we plan to extract the spatial information of the cluster structure of the $^{20}$Ne nucleus in its ground state through the cross section of the $α$-transfer reaction $^{16}$O($^6$Li,~$d$)$^{20}$Ne. For the analysis of the transfer reaction, we work with the coupled-channel Born approximation (CCBA) approach, in which the breakup effect of $^6$Li is explicitly taken into account by means of the continuum-discretized coupled-channel method based on the three-body $α+ d + {}^{16}$O model. The two methods are adopted to calculate the overlap function between $^{20}$Ne and $α+ {}^{16}$O; one is the microscopic cluster model (MCM) with the generator coordinate method, and the other is the phenomenological two-body potential model (PM). We show that the CCBA calculation with the MCM wave function gives a significant improvement of the theoretical result on the angular distribution of the transfer cross section, which is consistent with the experimental data. Employing the PM, it is discussed which region of the cluster wave function is probed on the transfer cross section. It is found that the surface region of the cluster wave function is sensitive to the cross section. The present work is situated as the first step in obtaining important information to systematically investigate the cluster structure.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
Multiconfigurational quantum propagation with trajectory-guided generalized coherent states
Creators: name: Grigolo, Adriano
name: Viscondi, Thiago F.
name: de Aguiar, Marcus A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A generalized version of the coupled coherent states method for coherent states of arbitrary Lie groups is developed. In contrast to the original formulation, which is restricted to frozen-Gaussian basis sets, the extended method is suitable for propagating quantum states of systems featuring diversified physical properties, such as spin degrees of freedom or particle indistinguishability. The approach is illustrated with simple models for interacting bosons trapped in double- and triple-well potentials, most adequately described in terms of SU(2) and SU(3) bosonic coherent states, respectively.
description: revised manuscript, 17 pages, 3 figures
title: Role of ultrasound in predicting the aggressiveness of breast cancer
Creators: name: Belli, Paolo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Perception image
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Breast

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Breast ultrasound is the most important and reliable diagnostic method in adjunct to mammography in the diagnosis of breast disease [1,2] (Fig. 1). In 2003 The American College of Radiology has been developed a lexicon of sonographic descriptors of...
Higgs boson production and decay in 5D warped models
Creators: name: Frank, Mariana
name: Pourtolami, Nima
name: Toharia, Manuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the production and decay rates of the Higgs boson at the LHC in the context of general 5 dimensional (5D) warped scenarios with a spacetime background modified from the usual $AdS_5$, with SM fields propagating in the bulk. We extend previous work by considering the full flavor structure of the SM, and thus including all possible flavor effects coming from mixings with heavy fermions. We proceed in three different ways, first by only including two complete Kaluza-Klein (KK) levels ($15\times15$ fermion mass matrices), then including three complete KK levels ($21\times21$ fermion mass matrices) and finally we compare with the effect of including the infinite (full) KK towers. We present numerical results for the Higgs production cross section via gluon fusion and Higgs decay branching fractions in both the modified metric scenario and in the usual Randall-Sundrum metric scenario.
description: 29 pages, 10 figures
title: MRI of breast implant: broken or not broken?
Creators: name: Pancot, Martina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: MR
subject: Education
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Prostheses

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To identify imaging features and pitfalls in recognition of breast implant rupture at Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). We review the role of MRI in evaluation of breast implant. The aim is to show MRI findings of certain and possible intracapsular...
Additional file 2 of In-depth analysis of Bt cotton adoption: farmers' opinions, genetic landscape, and varied perspectives—a case study from Pakistan
Creators: name: Shahzad, Rahil
name: Jamil, Shakra
name: Chaudhry, Urooj Fatima
name: Rahman, Sajid Ur
name: Iqbal, Muhammad Zaffar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Table S2. Frequency Table showing the interaction between cotton type (BT and Non-BT) and various pest infestations, including American bollworm (AB), pink bollworm (PB), whitefly, aphid, jassid, and mite.
An Evaluation of Hazard Mitigation Plan Quality in the Caribbean
Creators: name: Jacobs, Fayola
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The Caribbean region is comprised of a number of small island states and low lying coastal countries that are susceptible to hurricanes, flooding, landslides, volcanoes and earthquakes. The region is especially vulnerable to the effects of these natural hazards as its small economies are mainly dependent on tourism and agriculture, both of which are frequently impacted by disasters. It is widely acknowledged that the region must create and implement forward-thinking hazard mitigation policies and plans to ensure the sustained development of the region and the safety of its people, economies and infrastructure (Collymore, 2011).
The Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) lists hazard mitigation as one of its main priorities (Collymore, 2011). Many of CDEMA’s projects in the past decade, often funded through various international agencies, have provided regional level guidance on hazard mitigation planning and land use planning. Despite this, the degree to which CDEMA member countries have integrated hazard mitigation principles into their disaster management frameworks is highly variable (Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, University of the West Indies, 2011). Only five CDEMA member nations, Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Lucia, currently have hazard mitigation plans. Others have national disaster management plans that address hazard mitigation to some extent or hazard mitigation policies that provide frameworks for the creation of a hazard mitigation plan.
This paper provides a brief overview of the importance of hazard mitigation planning as an important element of disaster management, discusses the history of hazard mitigation planning in the Caribbean, presents the results of a qualitative comparative analysis of the quality of the five CDEMA hazard mitigation plans and uses the results as a baseline from which to offer specific recommendations for the improvement of future plans.
1883-1884 - Vol 14
Creators: name: University, Oxford
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023

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KIC 8462852: Transit of a Large Comet Family
Creators: name: Bodman, Eva H. L.
name: Quillen, Alice
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the plausibility of a cometary source of the unusual transits observed in the KIC 8462852 light curve. A single comet of similar size to those in our solar system produces a transit depth of the order of $10^{-3}$ lasting less than a day which is much smaller and shorter than the largest dip observed ($\sim20\%$ for $\sim3$ days), but a large, closely traveling cluster of comets can fit the observed depths and durations. We find that a series of large comet swarms, with all but one on the same orbit, provides a good fit for the KIC 8462852 data during Quarters 16 and 17, but does not explain the large dip observed during Quarter 8. However, the transit dips only loosely constrain the orbits and can be fit by swarms with periastrons differing by a factor of 10. To reach a transit depth of $\sim0.2$, the comets need to be in a close group of $\sim30$, if they are $\sim100$ km in radius or in a group of $\sim300$ if they are $\sim10$ km in radius. The total number of comets required to fit all of the dips is $\sim70$ $\sim$100 km or $\sim700$ $\sim10$ km comets. A single comet family from a tidally disrupted Ceres-sized progenitor or the start of a Late Heavy Bombardment period explains the last $\sim60$ days of the unusual KIC 8462852 light curve.
description: Updated to match accepted version in ApJL
Gossip 583960
Creators: name: Li, Jie
name: Lian, Huiwen
name: Pan, Jingzhou
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is one of a series of experiments examining people’s perceptions of and reactions to gossip. In particular, we manipulate two factors in a two-by-two between-subject designed experiment: the frequency of negative gossip (high vs. low) and the content of negative gossip (gossiping about norm-violating behavior vs. gossiping about non-norm-violating behavior). Participants, who are recipients of gossip, will be assigned to one of the four conditions or control conditions. Every participant will read a scenario. After that, they will answer a list of questions to indicate their perceptions and evaluations on the gossiper described in the scenario.
Light Rail and Single Family Home Prices: The impact of the MetroLink Blue Line on St. Louis County Residential Property Values
Creators: name: Mead, Jill
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: To date, no before and after analysis has been conducted to understand the effects of light rail service on property values in the St. Louis region. A modified repeat sales model was used to estimate whether properties in St. Louis County, Missouri, showed a significant difference in sales price following the opening of the MetroLink Blue Line in August 2006. The model used 23 years of repeat sales data from before (January 1990- August 2006) and after (August 2006-December 2012) the opening of the line, as well as data from station areas (1/4 mile radius of stations, n = 515 paired sales) and control areas (between ¾ and 1 mile from stations, n = 2212 paired sales) to understand whether properties in station areas sold at a premium when compared to properties in control areas following the initiation of light rail service. Results of the analysis indicated that station area properties sold for an average of 1.2% less than the entire sample of repeat sales properties during the 17.5-year before period, but that in the 5.5-year after period, station area properties sold for an average of 4.9% more than the repeat sales sample. Though these differences were not statistically significant, the upward trend in property prices in the vicinity of stations is encouraging in light of the overall downward trend in study area property prices as a result of the recession during the after time period. The results of this analysis indicate that proximity to light rail may be a factor that affects single family home sales price in St. Louis County.
Participatory approaches in health intervention research for migrants: A systematic review
Creators: name: Rustage, Kieran
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Other Public Health
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is a systematic review focusing on the participatory approaches utilised in published research which is aiming to generate/assess a health intervention for migrant populations. Specifically, we are interested in when migrants are involved, how they are involved, and which other non-academic stakeholders may hold influence over these types of research.
Residential Choice and Dual Income Couples: His Career, Her Career, Their Home: A Literature Review and Study Using Census Data From 1980, 1990, and 2000
Creators: name: Barsanti, Jon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2005

description: A review of the literature indicated that there was the possibility that travel patterns among dual income married couples differed from those who were married with children. Published research also indicated that there may be a trend whereby couples may commute more in order to work two jobs, and that the presence of careers versus jobs was significant. This research indicates that there is a difference in residential choice patterns in Guilford County, North Carolina between married couples with children and those without children; there is an outward migration of couples from the areas surrounding the downtown of Greensboro, North Carolina to the exurban parts of the county; and married couples are displaying a willingness to increase their average commute in order to have two careers.
title: Trachea morphology on CTPA: correlation with extent and distribution of adipose tissue
Creators: name: ap Dafydd, Derfel
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Lung
subject: Mediastinum
subject: Respiratory system
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: The purpose of this study is toevaluate the relationship of the axial morphology of thetrachea with intra thoracic adiposity in a large retrospective sample of CTPAs. Excessive tracheal collapse (ETC) and inward bowing of the posterior wall of the...
Are we there yet? Time to detection of nanohertz gravitational waves based on pulsar-timing array limits
Creators: name: Taylor, S. R.
name: Vallisneri, M.
name: Ellis, J. A.
name: Mingarelli, C. M. F.
name: Lazio, T. J. W.
name: van Haasteren, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Decade-long timing observations of arrays of millisecond pulsars have placed highly constraining upper limits on the amplitude of the nanohertz gravitational-wave stochastic signal from the mergers of supermassive black-hole binaries ($\sim 10^{-15}$ strain at $f = 1/\mathrm{yr}$). These limits suggest that binary merger rates have been overestimated, or that environmental influences from nuclear gas or stars accelerate orbital decay, reducing the gravitational-wave signal at the lowest, most sensitive frequencies. This prompts the question whether nanohertz gravitational waves are likely to be detected in the near future. In this letter, we answer this question quantitatively using simple statistical estimates, deriving the range of true signal amplitudes that are compatible with current upper limits, and computing expected detection probabilities as a function of observation time. We conclude that small arrays consisting of the pulsars with the least timing noise, which yield the tightest upper limits, have discouraging prospects of making a detection in the next two decades. By contrast, we find large arrays are crucial to detection because the quadrupolar spatial correlations induced by gravitational waves can be well sampled by many pulsar pairs. Indeed, timing programs which monitor a large and expanding set of pulsars have an $\sim 80\%$ probability of detecting gravitational waves within the next ten years, under assumptions on merger rates and environmental influences ranging from optimistic to conservative. Even in the extreme case where $90\%$ of binaries stall before merger and environmental coupling effects diminish low-frequency gravitational-wave power, detection is delayed by at most a few years.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. Published in ApJ Letters
Catalyzing social change through the arts
Creators: name: Wexler, Rachel S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Art is good for cities. Art and artists differentiate a city. Art and artists pave the way for entrepreneurial talent. Art and artists draw visitors and increase local spending. But creativity is not just a commodity. Artists can reach underserved populations as well as subvert the status quo by approaching problems through non-traditional means. They can also amplify the voices of the silenced, inspire paradigm shifts, connect communities, and approach social and economic problems in new and innovative ways. Art and artists find new approaches where traditionals ones have failed. This paper examines how the artists at two artist residency programs subvert the status quo through innovative problem-solving techniques. The following questions will frame both case studies while demonstrating the practical implementation of lessons learned through a third residency program designed and directed by the author. How do artists in residence engage with their community? How do artists balance their own values, those of the community in which they work, and the agenda of the residency administration? How does the administration financially support the residents without imposing the values of the funder? And how does the administration communicate the value of social critique to funders looking for arts as economic development?
title: The prognostic value of tumour volume and lymph node metastasis for oesophageal carcinoma
Creators: name: Shi, Gaofeng
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Metastases

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: We havealready known that esophageal cancer tumor staging only considered the depth of lesions invasion. But the tumor volume is the direct observation indicator of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment. The purpose of this study is to investigate...
Fast and reliable symplectic integration for planetary system $N$-body problems
Creators: name: Hernandez, David M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply one of the exactly symplectic integrators, that we call HB15, of \cite{HB15}, along with the Kepler problem solver of \cite{WH15}, to solve planetary system $N$-body problems. We compare the method to Wisdom-Holman methods (WH) in the \texttt{MERCURY} software package, the \texttt{MERCURY} switching integrator, and others and find HB15 to be the most efficient method or tied for the most efficient method in many cases. Unlike WH, HB15 solved $N$-body problems exhibiting close encounters with small, acceptable error, although frequent encounters slowed the code. Switching maps like \texttt{MERCURY} change between two methods and are not exactly symplectic. We carry out careful tests on their properties and suggest they must be used with caution. We then use different integrators to solve a 3-body problem consisting of a binary planet orbiting a star. For all tested tolerances and time steps, \texttt{MERCURY} unbinds the binary after 0 to 25 years. However, in the solutions of HB15, a time-symmetric Hermite code, and a symplectic Yoshida method, the binary remains bound for $>1000$ years. The methods' solutions are qualitatively different, despite small errors in the first integrals in most cases. Several checks suggest the qualitative binary behavior of HB15's solution is correct. The Bulirsch-Stoer and Radau methods in the \texttt{MERCURY} package also unbind the binary before a time of 50 years, suggesting this dynamical error is due to a \texttt{MERCURY} bug.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures. Matches accepted MNRAS version
1882-1883 - Vol 13
Creators: name: University, Oxford
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023

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title: Right colonic diverticulitis: clinical and CT characteristics in a large series of Caucasian patients
Creators: name: Valbousquet Schneider, Laura
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Colon
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: Abscess
subject: Epidemiology

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Right colonic diverticulitis (RCD) is known to be uncommon in Occident, rather than in Asia. The clinical presentation of RCD is an acute right lower quadrant pain, similar to an acute appendicitis. CT has important role for the diagnosis and...
Markers of Harm in Internet Sports Gambling
Creators: name: McAuliffe, William
name: LaPlante, Debi
name: Louderback, Eric
name: Nelson, Sarah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: gambling
subject: Sportsbook

description: This is the first set of analyses we will conduct to better understand GVC's "Markers of Harm" system for measuring risk for gambling harm based on users' internet gambling activity. Here, we focus on the markers' prevalence, stability, and predictive validity.
Gauge Groups and Matter Fields on Some Models of F-theory without Section
Creators: name: Kimura, Yusuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate F-theory on an elliptic Calabi-Yau 4-fold without a section to the fibration. To construct an elliptic Calabi-Yau 4-fold without a section, we introduce families of elliptic K3 surfaces which do not admit a section. A product K3 $\times$ K3, with one of the K3's chosen from these families of elliptic K3 surfaces without a section, realises an elliptic Calabi-Yau 4-fold without a section. We then compactify F-theory on such K3 $\times$ K3's. We determine the gauge groups and matter fields which arise on 7-branes for these models of F-theory compactifications without a section. Since each K3 $\times$ K3 constructed does not have a section, gauge groups arising on 7-branes for F-theory models on constructed K3 $\times$ K3's do not have $U(1)$-part. Interestingly, exceptional gauge group $E_6$ appears for some cases.
description: 23 pages
Relaxation dynamics of two-component fluid bilayer membranes
Creators: name: Okamoto, Ryuichi
name: Kanemori, Yuichi
name: Komura, Shigeyuki
name: Fournier, Jean-Baptiste
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate the relaxation dynamics of a nearly-flat binary lipid bilayer membrane by taking into account the membrane tension, hydrodynamics of the surrounding fluid, inter-monolayer friction and mutual diffusion in each monolayer. We find that two relaxation modes associated with the mutual diffusion appear in addition to the three previously discussed relaxation modes reflecting the bending and compression of the membrane. Because of the symmetry, only one of the two diffusive mode is coupled to the bending mode. The two diffusive modes are much slower than the bending and compression modes in the entire realistic wave number range. This means that the long time relaxation behavior is dominated by the mutual diffusion in binary membranes. The two diffusive modes become even slower in the vicinity of the unstable region towards phase separation, while the other modes are almost unchanged. In short time scales, on the other hand, the lipid composition heterogeneity induces in-plane compression and bending of the bilayer.
description: 21 pages, 14 figures
Eigenvalues of symmetric matrices over integral domains
Creators: name: Kummer, Mario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Given an integral domain A we consider the set of all integral elements over A that can occur as an eigenvalue of a symmetric matrix over A. We give a sufficient criterion for being such an element. In the case where A is the ring of integers of an algebraic number field this sufficient criterion is also necessary and we show that the size of matrices grows linearly in the degree of the element. The latter result settles a questions raised by Bass, Estes and Guralnick.
description: Serious error in previous version
title: Visualization of multistep hepatocarcinogenesis using various imaging biomarkers
Creators: name: Kobayashi, Satoshi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Liver
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Cancer
subject: Cirrhosis

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To describe the detail of various imaging biomarkers of multistep hepatocarcinogenesis. To review the molecular mechanism of Gd-EOB-DTPA as surrogate marker of multistep hepatocarcinogenesis. To provide the overview of detecterbility of multistep...
Constraints on Primordial Magnetic Fields from Inflation
Creators: name: Green, Daniel
name: Kobayashi, Takeshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present generic bounds on magnetic fields produced from cosmic inflation. By investigating field bounds on the vector potential, we constrain both the quantum mechanical production of magnetic fields and their classical growth in a model independent way. For classical growth, we show that only if the reheating temperature is as low as T_{reh}
description: 26 pages, v2: published in JCAP
Microtargeting Pre-Analysis Plan
Creators: name: Zhang, Kelly
name: Messing, Solomon
name: Allen, Jennifer
name: Beasley, Andrew
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Pre-registering analysis for microtargeting experiment (M01) before the launch of post-surveys. This "Rapid Response" test falls under the Barometer Standard Operating Procedure and Pre-Analysis Plan.
title: New model of quantitative and qualitative evaluation of perigastric nodes in gastric cancer obtained with 320-row CT
Creators: name: Telegrafo, Michele
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Stomach (incl. Oesophagus)
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Staging
subject: Cancer
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The role of computed tomography (CT) in the preoperative staging of gastric cancer is fundamental for evaluating the local extent and nodal involvement of the disease, especially in locally advanced cases. Despite the new reconstruction software in...
Assessing the Accessibility Needs of the Transportation Disadvantaged: A Comparison of US and UK Transportation Policy
Creators: name: Landfried, Erik
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: The transportation system creates barriers to some individuals and groups, known as the transportation disadvantaged, in their ability to fully participate in society. Attempts are being made in the United States and United Kingdom to address these accessibility problems. In the US, these efforts stem from environmental justice, a policy that centers on minority and low-income populations. A similar, yet distinct policy has recently gained traction in the United Kingdom called social inclusion. The transport aspect of social inclusion is known as accessibility planning. This paper will look at how the transportation disadvantaged are identified and how the transportation planning process currently assesses the accessibility impacts that are placed upon these populations in each country. Both federal guidance and regional transportation plans are examined. Special attention is paid to the use of indicators and targets in regional transportation plans which are used to measure the accessibility of the transportation disadvantaged. Finally, the accessibility assessment process in both countries is summarized along with suggestions for how this process can be improved.
Hedging and Boosting Language in Social and Personality Psychology -- Pilot
Creators: name: Bottesini, Julia
name: Freeman, Victoria
name: Schiavone, Sarah
name: Vazire, Simine
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: boosting
subject: hedging
subject: metascience
subject: psychology

description: This is the preregistration for a pilot study ahead of the main study.
Evaluating Community Engagement in Planning: Utilization of a Public Health Evaluation Tool
Creators: name: Radhakrishnan, Niranjani
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: This report provides a unique perspective on the idea of measuring community engagement, explores the gaps in evaluation and the absence of indicators in the planning field, and applies a public health evaluation framework to a planning process. Process evaluation components in public health were modified to evaluate community engagement – the report assesses quality, completeness, exposure, satisfaction, participation, recruitment, and context of three public engagement activities in the pre-planning stages. In addition, outcomes of self-efficacy and knowledge and awareness were assessed. Ultimately, this report illustrates that it is possible, with time and resources, to utilize existing evaluation tools from the public health field and apply them to planning to assess community engagement. In comparison to other techniques, the framework can be used at various time points of participation, can address the nuances of participation, and provides a standard framework that be used to define focused evaluation questions and goals to interpret results across time and space.
title: PET-MRI evaluation of lower limb muscular function
Creators: name: Ratib, Osman
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: PET-MR
subject: PET
subject: MR
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Molecular imaging
subject: Physiological studies

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: This study stands as part of the multi-centric European-funded Marie Curie project entitled “Multi Scale Human” (MSH), the goal of which being the development of person-specific musculoskeletal models of the lower limb. Such models will merge...
The Cosmological Slavnov-Taylor Identity from BRST Symmetry in Single-Field Inflation
Creators: name: Binosi, D.
name: Quadri, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmological Slavnov-Taylor (ST) identity of the Einstein-Hilbert action coupled to a single inflaton field is obtained from the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) symmetry associated with diffeomorphism invariance in the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) formalism. The consistency conditions between the correlators of the scalar and tensor modes in the squeezed limit are then derived from the ST identity, together with the softly broken conformal symmetry. Maldacena's original relations connecting the 2- and 3-point correlators at horizon crossing are recovered, as well as the next-to-leading corrections, controlled by the special conformal transformations.
description: 38 pages, no figures. Corrected an error in the bispectrum relations, so that original Maldacena's results are now recovered. Added new sections on the extended discussions of the in-in formalism in the BRST approach and higher order corrections in the squeezed limit (special conformal transformations). Revised version accepted for publication in JCAP
title: Development of Automated Software and Optimization of Various Parameters concerning Measurement of Noise Power Spectrum in X-rays CT images
Creators: name: Okawara, Manami
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Artifacts
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Efficacy studies
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Computer applications

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The noise power spectrum (NPS) is used commonly for the quality control and the optimization of a scanning protocol for computed tomography (CT) [1, 2]. However, the determination of NPS is time-consuming, and the values of NPS obtained can change...
Philanthropic logics, transformative outcomes: A case study of Manufacturing Connect's demand-side labor market strategies in Chicago's metal manufacturing sector
Creators: name: Stern, Julianne L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: In July 2014, Congress passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the long-overdue
reauthorization of the 1998 Workforce Investment Act, which provides the majority of
funding for state and local workforce development activities. Both in the Act itself and in policy
memos and reports surrounding WIOA’s implementation, the federal government has
encouraged (if not directly incentivized) state and local workforce institutions to engage
employers more directly and actively. A January 2014 Presidential Memorandum terms this new
focus “job-driven training” and calls for all federal workforce programs to engage with employers
to actively identify what skills are needed, and design job training programs to respond to those
needs (Obama, 2014).
This federal call for state and local workforce programs to act as a bridge between employer
needs (labor demand) and job training programs (which shape labor supply) is an
acknowledgement of the effectiveness of a subset of workforce development programs that
have played this role for decades, called workforce intermediaries. These organizations
intermediate between training programs and networks of employers in particular industry
sectors, and describe their work as “dual customer,” i.e. striving to equally serve the needs of
both jobseekers and employers (Giloth, 1998).
title: Effectiveness of T2-Mapping with 3T-MRI on Prostate Cancer
Creators: name: Miyamoto, Toshihisa
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: MR
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Recently, effectiveness of MRI on detecting prostate cancer has been known, and detection of prostate cancer with DWI and MRS has often been reported. It has also been reported that T2-Mapping enables easy and quantitative evaluation. In this...
1881-1882 - Vol 12
Creators: name: University, Oxford
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023

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Hydrodynamic predictions for 5.02 TeV Pb-Pb collisions
Creators: name: Noronha-Hostler, Jacquelyn
name: Luzum, Matthew
name: Ollitrault, Jean-Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We make predictions for momentum-integrated elliptic and triangular flow as well as mean transverse momentum for 5.02 TeV Pb-Pb collisions, as planned at the Large Hadron Collider. We use hydrodynamic calculations to predict the change of these observables as the center-of-mass collision energy evolves from 2.76 TeV to 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair. By using previously measured values as a baseline, we are able to make a robust prediction without relying on a particular model for initial conditions and without precise knowledge of medium properties such as viscosity. Thus, though the predicted changes are small, they can provide a significant test of the current hydrodynamic picture of heavy-ion collisions.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Neighborhood Change near Local Rail Service: Demographic Analysis in Four US Regions and Recommendation for Practice
Creators: name: Bendix, Christopher
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: This report takes a critical look at neighborhood change around local rail service in four major US regions that have constructed or expanded light rail service. The analysis examines multiple demographic traits at both municipal geographies and within a half mile of a rail station over three time periods: 1990, 2000, and 2015 in an effort to answer a question that is largely unexplored: how do neighborhoods within a half mile of local rail service change after rail service is constructed? Results show that half mile station areas experience disproportionate change in median gross rent, which is consistent with previous literature that suggests that there is a price premium associated with proximity to local rail service. However, the results also show that the price premium near local rail service elevates previously below-market median gross rent to match the regional median gross rent. This report also shows that residents identifying as racial or ethnic minorities in each of the four regions studied were the most likely to leave the half mile station area, to be replaced by residents identifying as White alone. The report concludes with a narrative discussion of the planning and policy tools available to planners and decision makers that may help ensure equitable and affordable access to local rail service.
A method to constrain mass and spin of GRB black hole within the NDAF model
Creators: name: Liu, Tong
name: Xue, Li
name: Zhao, Xiao-Hong
name: Zhang, Fu-Wen
name: Zhang, Bing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Black holes (BHs) hide themselves behind various astronomical phenomena, and their properties, i.e., mass and spin, are usually difficult to constrain. One leading candidate for the central engine model of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) invokes a stellar mass BH and a neutrino-dominated accretion flow (NDAF), with the relativistic jet launched due to neutrino-anti-neutrino annihilations. Such a model gives rise to a matter-dominated fireball, and is suitable to interpret GRBs with a dominant thermal component with a photospheric origin. We propose a method to constrain BH mass and spin within the framework of this model, and apply the method to a thermally-dominant GRB 101219B whose initial jet launching radius $r_0$ is constrained from the data. Using our numerical model of NDAF jets, we estimate the following constraints on the central BH: mass $M_{\rm BH} \sim 5-9~M_\odot$, spin parameter $a_* \gtrsim 0.6$, and disk mass $3~M_\odot \lesssim M_{\rm disk} \lesssim 4~M_\odot$. Our results also suggest that the NDAF model is a competitive candidate for the central engine of GRBs with a strong thermal component.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
title: The Incidentally Detected Bony Protuberance at the Longitudinal Ridge of Hard Palatine (Palatine Torus) on 3D Facial CT in General Population.
Creators: name: Kang, Hee
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Congenital
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: CT
subject: Head and neck

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Palatine torus(TP) is sessile and nodular mass of bone along the midline of the hard palate. It is considered as anatomic variation rather than pathologic lesion. TP consists of compact and cancellous bone. TP is classified as...
1878-1879 - Vol 9
Creators: name: University, Oxford
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023

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title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Spectrum of Magnetic Ressonance Imaging findings
Creators: name: Carvalho, Fábio
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Image registration
subject: Education and training
subject: Dementia
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of our educational exhibit is to: 1- Describe the key clinical and physiopathological elements of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. 2- Illustrate and describe imaging findings on Magnetic Ressonance Imaging that suggest the diagnosis of...
From vacant to verdant: a look at the feasibility of urban agriculture in Orange and Durham counties
Creators: name: Ander, Emily N.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Abuzz in the planning field is this idea of greening our cities to create sustainable, resilient places. According to the authors of Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change, "Such cities will innovate so that they become based on renewable energy, not oil; are eco-efficient and carbon-neutral; will produce energy and grow food locally; and will take other measures to reduce consumption and become sustainable. They will be transit-based (especially rail), not car-dependent, and far more in tune with nature, and they'll create much more viable and pleasant walking and cycling spaces," (DeMark, 2009). How do we create these places? I believe that urban agriculture is a crucial element to achieving sustainable, resilient communities. What is urban agriculture? Urban agriculture is a practice that has occurred for as many years as humans have resided in cities but it was only in the late 1990s that the term was coined. "Urban Agriculture is an industry located within (intra-urban) or on the fringe (peri-urban) of a town, an urban centre, a city or metropolis, which grows or raises, processes and distributes a diversity of food and non-food products, reusing mainly human and material resources, products and services found in and around that urban area, and in turn supplying human and material resources, products and services largely to that urban area," (Mougeot, 1999). Urban agriculture, or UA for short, is an academic term that encompasses but is not limited to the following agricultural activities: a pot of herbs grown on a balcony, backyard gardening, rooftop gardening, greenhouses, market and community gardens, edible landscaping, fruit trees, aquaculture, farmers markets, small-scale farming, hobby beekeeping, food composting, greenhouses, window boxes, community farming, mushroom cultivation, raising small livestock, and sustainable forestry (Collective Roots, 2008; Mendes, Balmer, Kaethler, & Rhoades, 2008). The most well-known form of UA and the most commonly found in the United States is community gardening. For this reason, this paper will often look at urban agriculture in the form of community gardening. The paper will begin by more clearly defining the research question by looking at the meaning of each component of the question and will move into the key principles that must be present for success as understood by the current literature. From there the research question will be explored from two angles, the physical feasibility and the regulatory feasibility of urban agriculture, through an explanation of the methodology and findings of each analysis. Overall findings, barriers, and limitations of the study will then be presented with the paper ending with recommendations for implementing the research that has been conducted to date.