cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
B-N Lewis pair-functionalized anthracenes
Creators: name: Liu, Kanglei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: The functionalization of π-conjugated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with main group elements (i.e., B, Si, P) has been a topic of intense interest over the past several years. Especially conjugated organoboron compounds have attracted considerable attention owing to their unusual optical and electronic properties. Recently, tetra-coordinated organoboron compounds have attracted increasing attention for applications in organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), solar cells, sensory and biological imaging materials, and as photoresponsive materials. This dissertation focuses on the investigation of the effects of the B-N Lewis pair functionalization on larger π-conjugated scaffolds based on anthracene. Several new types of BN-substituted anthracenes were targeted as new low band gap materials for use as optoelectronic materials, as well as for singlet oxygen uptake and release applications.We developed a new class of B-N functionalized PAHs by electrophilic aromatic borylation of pyridylanthracenes. The formation of B-N Lewis pairs at the periphery of anthracene results in unique structural features and electronic properties. In addition, we discovered that the BN-fused anthracenes undergo self-sensitized uptake of singlet oxygen and subsequent controlled release by thermolysis. The controlled capture/release of singlet oxygen opens the possibility for applications in photodynamic therapy (PDT) and sensing.In continuation of this work, we investigated the effects of substituents on the structural features and electronic properties. A series of BN-fused dipyridylanthracenes with Me groups in different positions of the pyridyl rings were synthesized. The results suggest that minor structural modifications on the pyridyl moiety can alter dramatically the reactivity of the BN-anthracenes, which can be exploited for applications as singlet oxygen sensitizers on one hand and materials for delivery of singlet oxygen on demand on the other hand.To achieve a further decrease in the band gap of BN Lewis pair-functionalized PAHs, we designed the borane-modified dianthracenylpyrazine derivatives. DFT calculations indicated that BN-fused dianthracenylpyrazine compounds show a large decrease in the HOMO-LUMO gap compared to the previously described BN-fused dipyridylanthracenes. The B-N doped polycyclic species have significant absorbance at greater than 700 nm. Thus, the attachment of BN Lewis pairs to PAHs is also a promising strategy toward low band gap materials.
Accurate sticking coefficient calculation for carbonaceous dust growth through accretion and desorption in astrophysical environments
Creators: name: Bossion, Duncan
name: Sarangi, Arkaprabha
name: Aalto, Susanne
name: Esmerian, Clarke
name: Hashemi, Rasoul
name: Knudsen, Kirsten Kraiberg
name: Vlemmings, Wouter
name: Nyman, Gunnar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Cosmic dust is ubiquitous in astrophysical environments, where it significantly influences the chemistry and the spectra. Dust grains are likely to grow through the accretion of atoms and molecules from the gas-phase onto them. Despite their importance, only a few studies compute sticking coefficients for relevant temperatures and species, and their direct impact on grain growth. Overall, the formation of dust and its growth are processes not well understood. Aims. To calculate sticking coefficients, binding energies, and grain growth rates over a wide range of temperatures, for various gas species interacting with carbonaceous dust grains. Methods. We perform molecular dynamics simulations with a reactive force field algorithm to compute accurate sticking coefficients and obtain binding energies. The results are included in an astrophysical model of nucleation regions to study dust growth. Results. We present, for the first time, sticking coefficients of H, H2, C, O, and CO on amorphous carbon structures for temperatures ranging from 50 K to 2250 K. In addition, we estimate the binding energies of H, C, and O in carbonaceous dust to calculate the thermal desorption rates. Combining accretion and desorption allows us to determine an effective accretion rate and sublimation temperature for carbonaceous dust. Conclusions. We find that sticking coefficients can differ substantially from what is commonly used in astrophysical models and this gives new insight on carbonaceous dust grain growth via accretion in dust-forming regions.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
Learning by living: the interdependence of personal and political influences on Eleanor Roosevelt's civil rights activism
Creators: name: Massaro, Danielle May
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: While there are many books, articles, and other resources that discuss Eleanor Roosevelt’s life, work, and contributions to the causes of social, economic, and political equality in the United States, few consider at length the impact that her personal relationships with civil rights activists had on her political evolution over the course of her life. Recent biographies have acknowledged these relationships but do not delve deeply into the ways that Roosevelt was influenced over time by the interdependence between the external events of the outside world and the friendships that she formed with activists such as NAACP Executive Director Walter White, stateswoman and educator Mary McLeod Bethune, and most significantly, the lawyer, educator, and writer, Pauli Murray. To this end, this thesis will examine Roosevelt’s political and public writings, her personal correspondence, Pauli Murray’s autobiographies, oral history interviews, and correspondence with others, as well as secondary sources, including books, articles, essays, and other scholarship on Eleanor Roosevelt, her friendships and political relationships, and the same on Murray and her life, work, and identity.
A study of the military exclusion policy for women: its ethical dimensions and practical impact
Creators: name: Russell, Eileen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Although American women have had a long, distinguished history working for the armed forces of the United States, the American military has been struggling with the integration of women into official combat positions from the colonial era until present day. Gender stereotypes regarding women’s ability to perform combat duty permeate the debate surrounding their inclusion into combat roles. Opponents of women in combat roles point to women’s overall physical fitness, female strength, pregnancy, motherhood, sexual activity and psychological stress as reasons to bar women from combat duty. They also question women’s ability to cope with the military’s existing male-dominated martial culture where sexual harassment continues to be a problem. Opponents of women in combat have questioned the effect that female integration will have on unit cohesion. Furthermore, they have argued, without evidence, that women cannot or should not kill, that the presence of women in combat will make the entire unit appear weak to the enemy and that servicemen will simply never get used to the idea of fighting alongside females since many of them were raised to believe they are the protectors of women. Research shows that not only are these assumptions about women and their integration into combat roles wrong but they are also damaging women’s careers inside the military and hindering progress towards equal citizenship for women in the broader society. By vigorously challenging these gender stereotypes and examining the successes of women’s integration into combat positions in other countries, the American military can find ways to improve the inclusion of servicewomen into combat roles. Evidence suggests that such a change would mark advancement toward equal citizenship rights and responsibilities for women both inside and outside the military as well as progress toward gender justice. This study utilizes a combination of qualitative and quantitative data gathered from books, articles, websites, research centers, congressional reports, research institute reports and scholarly journals to show how the American military’s combat exclusion guidelines for women began, challenge the gender stereotypes employed to justify it, explore the fairness of the policy toward women both inside and outside the armed forces, study the efficacy of the policy within the military as an institution and explore ways the American military can improve the integration of women into combat roles by adopting some of the successful strategies of combat inclusive countries such as Israel and Norway.
Risk-averse decision making and bilevel stochastic programming with applications
Creators: name: Seyed Eskandani, Deniz
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: We present a novel modeling approach to time-consistently formulate three-stage risk-averse stochastic programming problems, using bilevel programming. For certain classes of applications, we empirically demonstrate that our approach can behave substantially differently from prior formulations of the problem. To obtain these results, we reformulate the NP-hard bilevel model using complementarity constraints and then express it as a disjunctive program. However, this approach does not scale well, even using the best available commercial MIP solvers. To overcome this hurdle, we use a proximal bundle method to efficiently find a lower bound for the optimal solution. We further supplement this procedure with an upper bound by proposing an approach to find a feasible solution. We implement our algorithm in the gurobipy module of Python and apply it to various classes of problems and compare our computational results with our earlier disjunctive programming approach. We find that our bounds can provide a better approximation of the optimal solution than the MIP-solver approach and can scale to larger problems.
The effect of cognitive reserves on the relationship between life habits and life satisfaction in the very old
Creators: name: Thomas, Mary L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of life habits and life satisfaction with the influence of a moderating variable, cognitive reserves, in a group of older individuals ranging from 75 to 101 years old. Low to moderate levels of cognitive reserves moderated the relationship between life habits and life satisfaction, but at levels of higher cognitive reserves, the relationship did not achieve significance.The final sample consisted of 137 participants who were residents of one of five New Jersey continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) in central and northern New Jersey. Participants were interviewed and completed three surveys: 1) Assessment of Life Habits (LIFE-H 3.1); 2) Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age-Short Form (LSITA-SF); and 3) Cognitive Reserves Index Questionnaire (CRIq). They also completed a general social demographic questionnaire.Findings indicated that males (55%) rated their health as compared to women (36%), while females (22%) rated their health as compared to men (10%). Significant differences in life satisfaction appeared across age groups (X2 (2, N=131) =5.665, p=.05). Participants were divided into three groups for age: 75-83 years (M=27.17, SD=9.53), 84-86 years (M=29.44, SD=11.0), and 86 and older (M= 30.8, SD=8.54). Results indicated older participants reported less life satisfaction than younger participants. Simple linear regression was used to predict life satisfaction based on the subscale of cognitive reserves-working. Cognitive reserves--working was found to be a significant predictor of life satisfaction (F (1,136) =4.793, p
Technopolitics of commercial supersonic flight
Creators: name: Todd, Nathan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: The study of technological development and technopolitics is complex. The history of the three supersonic commercial transports, or SST, developed and built in the 1960s exemplifies this complexity. The history of the SST shows a degree of complexity in terms of interaction with involved societies, and is quite unlike other contemporary developments in technology. It impacted societies around the world, created new sectors of industry, damaged economies of major nations, and helped the science of environmentalism gain traction. A study of this history was completed by analyzing various authors reporting on the events as they occurred, documentation from the companies designing the planes, newspapers and journal articles from the relevant time periods about the planes, as well as government documents about their continued involvement in funding such efforts. A careful study of these sources reveals the unique nature of SST development. Its very presence changed both governments and individuals alike. Three project attempts were made to develop an economical SST. These were in the United States, Russia, and a joint project between England and France. No major work currently exists that compares all three in depth that shows both their similarities and their differences. By utilizing all these sources, it was concluded that the development of the SST had profound impacts on the societies in which it was built. Furthermore, those very same societies stopped any potential the projects may have had to revolutionize the world of aviation.
Analysis of Enterprise Architecture for School of Information and Communication Technology University of Phayao
Creators: name: Donticha Chiewsuwan
Publisher: name: School of Information and Communication Technology, University of Phayao
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Surat Thani Province
subject: University of Phayao

description: The Journal of Spatial Innovation Development, 4, 2, 65-78
Design of photoinduced artificial motors: rotary catenanes molecular walkers, and supramolecular pumps
Creators: name: Xhambazi, Alisa
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Exploitation of photochemistry has allowed scientists to develop and construct three types of molecular-level motors, namely catenane rotary motors, molecular walkers, and supramolecular pumps, all of which are capable of unidirectional movement and can potentially be used in application as molecular devices for responsive materials and surfaces, information storage, processing, drug delivery, etc .
The Role of Thermal Instability in Accretion Outbursts in High-Mass Stars
Creators: name: Elbakyan, Vardan G.
name: Nayakshin, Sergei
name: Garatti, Alessio Caratti o
name: Kuiper, Rolf
name: Guo, Zhen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-mass young stellar objects (HMYSOs) can exhibit episodic bursts of accretion, accompanied by intense outflows and luminosity variations.
 Thermal Instability (TI) due to Hydrogen ionisation is among the most promising mechanisms of episodic accretion in low mass ($M_*\lesssim 1M_{\odot}$) protostars. Its role in HMYSOs has not yet been elucidated. Here, we investigate the properties of TI outbursts in young, massive ($M_*\gtrsim 5M_{\odot}$) stars, and compare them to those observed so far.
 Our simulations show that modelled TI bursts can replicate the durations and peak accretion rates of long (a few years to decades) outbursts observed in HMYSOs with similar mass characteristics. However, they struggle with short-duration (less than a year) bursts with short (a few weeks or months) rise times, suggesting the need for alternative mechanisms. Moreover, while our models match the durations of longer bursts, they fail to reproduce the multiple outbursts seen in some HMYSOs, regardless of model parameters. We also emphasise the significance of not just evaluating model accretion rates and durations, but also performing photometric analysis to thoroughly evaluate the consistency between model predictions and observational data.
 Our findings suggest that some other plausible mechanisms, such as gravitational instabilities and disc fragmentation can be responsible for generating the observed outburst phenomena in HMYSOs and underscore the need for further investigation into alternative mechanisms driving short outbursts.
 However, the physics of TI is crucial in sculpting the inner disc physics in the early bright epoch of massive star formation, and comprehensive parameter space exploration and the use of 2D modeling are essential for obtaining a more detailed understanding of the underlying physical processes.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Cacopsylla pyricola
Creators: name: DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita
name: KLASA, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Psyllidae
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla pyricola

description: Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster, 1848)
Material: 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; [23], 30 Apr 2012, on Pyrus sp., leg. AK; [33], 5 May 2012, leg. AK; [12], 9 May 2012, on Pyrus sp., leg. AK; [26], 17 May 2012, on Pyrus sp., leg. AK; [8], 30 May 2012, on Pyrus sp., leg. AK.
description: Published as part of DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita & KLASA, Anna, 2019, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Ojców National Park (Southern Poland), pp. 27-37 in Fragmenta Faunistica 62 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.3161/00159301FF2019.62.1.027, http://zenodo.org/record/6252313
Iniforis hinuhinu Kay 1979
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Iniforis
Iniforis hinuhinu

description: Iniforis hinuhinu Kay, 1979
Iniforis hinuhinu Kay, 1979: 134, fig. 48h.
Type locality. Hawaii, Kepuhi Point, Oahu, 60 m deep.
Type material. BPBM 9786, holotype. BPBM 9787 and NHMUK 1982263, paratypes.
Distribution. Australia, Christmas Island (Kosuge 1990), French Polynesia (Tröndle & Boutet 2009), Gulf of Aqaba (Blatterer 2019), Hawaii (Kay 1979; Hemmes & Goldsmith 1986; Hemmes et al. 1996a; Severns 2011; Albano et al. 2019), Marshall Islands (Kosuge 1990), Philippines (Poppe 2008), Taiwan (Chang 1998).
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Cacopsylla pyrisuga
Creators: name: DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita
name: KLASA, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Psyllidae
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla pyrisuga

description: Cacopsylla pyrisuga (Foerster, 1848)
Material: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; [24], 27 Oct 2011, on Picea sp.; [23], 30 Apr 2012, on Pyrus sp.; [33], 5 May 2012; [26], 17 May 2012, on Pyrus sp., leg. AK.
description: Published as part of DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita & KLASA, Anna, 2019, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Ojców National Park (Southern Poland), pp. 27-37 in Fragmenta Faunistica 62 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.3161/00159301FF2019.62.1.027, http://zenodo.org/record/6252313
Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Road Rush Hour Traffic for Supporting Environmental Impact Reduction Plan in front of University of Phayao
Creators: name: Wipop Paengwangthong
Publisher: name: School of Information and Communication Technology, University of Phayao
Year: 2023
Subjects: Carbon dioxide emission assessment
Geographic information system
Traffic count data

description: The Journal of Spatial Innovation Development, 4, 2, 79-92
Peneroplis De Montfort 1808
Creators: name: SIMMONS, MICHAEL
name: BIDGOOD, MICHAEL
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Globothalamea
Loftusiida
Charentiidae
Peneroplis

description: Genus Peneroplis De Monfort, 1808
Type Species: Peneroplis planatus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) (type by original designation)
description: Published as part of SIMMONS, MICHAEL & BIDGOOD, MICHAEL, 2023, " Larger " Benthic Foraminifera Of The Cenomanian. A Review Of The Identity And The Stratigraphic And Palaeogeographic Distribution Of Non-Fusiform Planispiral (Or Near-Planispiral) Forms, pp. 39-169 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 19 (2) on page 110, DOI: 10.35463/j.apr.2023.02.06, http://zenodo.org/record/10834181
Moral self-reflection and leaders' virtuous behaviors
Creators: name: Xie, Mengying
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Self-reflection, defined as the extent to which a person inspects and evaluates his/her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, has been considered as part of self-consciousness in philosophy and the psychological self-regulation literature. I seek to extend the knowledge on self-reflection and behavioral ethics by adding an explicit moral component to self-reflection and by examining its effect on the leaders’ virtuous behavior. Building on the conceptions of moral self-reflection in Confucian and Western psychological research, I propose that moral self-reflection consists of self-introspection on the morality of intentions, habits, and the adherence to community norms. I further propose that moral self-reflection increases the leaders’ humble behaviors and ethical leadership but inhibits abusive supervision by providing other-oriented cognition (leader other-benefiting accountability) and moral emotions (guilt proneness). I use a mixed design of qualitative and quantitative studies for testing the theoretical model, which consists of 1) professional and manager interviews to generate items of moral self-reflection, 2) exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to validate the moral self-reflection measure, and 3) a field study of managers and their subordinates.
Triforis hirca Dall 1881
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Triforis
Triforis hirca

description: Triforis hirca Dall, 1881
Triforis hircus Dall, 1881: 83.
Triforis bigemma var. hircus Dall, 1881 — Dall 1889b: 138, pl. 20, fig. 11.
Triphora bigemma var. hircus Dall, 1881 — Abbott 1974: 112.
Triphora hircus Dall, 1881 — Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2007: 15.
Type locality. Yucatan Strait, 640 fathoms deep (1170 m).
Type material. Rolán & Fernández-Garcés (2008) remarked that no type material was found in USNM and other American museums.
Distribution. Gulf of Mexico (Dall 1889b; Abbott 1974), Yucatan Strait (Dall 1881, Dall 1889a; Dall 1889b; Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2008).
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on pages 86-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Pseudorhapydionina De Castro 1972
Creators: name: SIMMONS, MICHAEL
name: BIDGOOD, MICHAEL
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Tubothalamea
Miliolida
Soritidae
Pseudorhapydionina

description: Genus Pseudorhapydionina De Castro, 1972
Type Species: Rhapydionina laurinensis De Castro, 1965
description: Published as part of SIMMONS, MICHAEL & BIDGOOD, MICHAEL, 2023, " Larger " Benthic Foraminifera Of The Cenomanian. A Review Of The Identity And The Stratigraphic And Palaeogeographic Distribution Of Non-Fusiform Planispiral (Or Near-Planispiral) Forms, pp. 39-169 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 19 (2) on page 112, DOI: 10.35463/j.apr.2023.02.06, http://zenodo.org/record/10834181
Cosmography from accurate mass modeling of the lens group SDSS J0100+1818: five sources at three different redshifts
Creators: name: Bolamperti, A.
name: Grillo, C.
name: Caminha, G. B.
name: Granata, G.
name: Suyu, S. H.
name: Cañameras, R.
name: Christensen, L.
name: Vernet, J.
name: Zanella, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Systems where multiple sources at different redshifts are strongly lensed by the same deflector allow one to directly investigate the evolution of the angular diameter distances with redshift, and thus to learn about the geometry of the Universe. We present measurements of the values of the total matter density, $Ω_m$, and of the dark energy equation of state parameter, $w$, through a strong lensing analysis of SDSSJ0100+1818, a group-scale system at $z=0.581$ with five lensed sources, from $z=1.698$ to $4.95$. We use new MUSE data to securely measure the redshift of 65 sources, including the five multiply imaged background sources (lensed into a total of 18 multiple images) and 19 galaxies on the deflector plane (the brightest group galaxy, BGG, and 18 fainter members), all employed to build robust strong lensing models with the software GLEE. We measure $Ω_m = 0.14^{+0.16}_{-0.09}$ in a flat $Λ$ cold dark matter (CDM) model, and $Ω_m = 0.19^{+0.17}_{-0.10}$ and $w=-1.27_{-0.48}^{+0.43}$ in a flat $w$CDM model. We quantify, through a multi-plane approach, the impact of different sources angularly close in projection on the inferred values of the cosmological parameters. We obtain consistent median values, with uncertainties for only $Ω_m$ increasing by a factor of 1.5. We accurately measure a total mass of $(1.55 \pm 0.01) \times 10^{13}$ M$_\odot$ within 50 kpc and a stellar over total mass profile decreasing from $45.6^{+8.7}_{-8.3}\%$ at the BGG effective radius to $(6.6\pm 1.1)\%$ at $R\approx 77$ kpc. Our results confirm that SDSSJ0100+1818 is one of the most massive (lens) galaxies known at intermediate redshift and that group-scale systems that act as lenses for $\geq 3$ background sources at different redshifts enable to estimate the values of the cosmological parameters with an accuracy that is competitive with that obtained from lens galaxy clusters.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A. 14 pages, 10 figures
Measuring readiness for practice of novice perioperative nurses in an innovative immersion program
Creators: name: Adetola, Abimbola Grace
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: The traditional approach of training novice perioperative nurses leaves them feeling inadequately prepared for transition to practice and has contributed to the shortage of perioperative nurses. Innovative programs that include simulation training and mentorship programs have been shown to improve the readiness for practice of novice nurses. This DNP project used retrospective data from completed modified Casey-Fink Readiness for Surgical Practice surveys to assess the readiness for practice of two cohorts of novice perioperative nurses who participated in an innovative immersion program developed by the Center for Professional Development at Rutgers University School of Nursing. The findings revealed that most of the participants felt that they were ready to assume their professional role after participating in the immersion program. The majority of participants in the two cohorts reported that they were uncomfortable performing technical skills related to emergency management, hyperthermia management, and administration of blood products, which highlights areas of difficulty for novice perioperative nurses and gaps in the innovative immersion program. These findings can be used to structure curriculum and educational strategies to address perceptions about readiness for practice concerns discovered in this project. Due to the numerous project limitations, including lack of access to complete retrospective data and small sample size, further research with complete data and the need for a larger sample is needed to evaluate the impact of such innovative immersion programs on the readiness for practice of novice perioperative nurses.
PICZL: Image-based Photometric Redshifts for AGN
Creators: name: Roster, William
name: Salvato, Mara
name: Krippendorf, Sven
name: Saxena, Aman
name: Shirley, Raphael
name: Buchner, Johannes
name: Wolf, Julien
name: Dwelly, Tom
name: Bauer, Franz E.
name: Aird, James
name: Ricci, Claudio
name: Assef, Roberto J.
name: Anderson, Scott F.
name: Liu, Xin
name: Merloni, Andrea
name: Weller, Jochen
name: Nandra, Kirpal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Computing photo-z for AGN is challenging, primarily due to the interplay of relative emissions associated with the SMBH and its host galaxy. SED fitting methods, effective in pencil-beam surveys, face limitations in all-sky surveys with fewer bands available, lacking the ability to capture the AGN contribution to the SED accurately. This limitation affects the many 10s of millions of AGN clearly singled out and identified by SRG/eROSITA. Our goal is to significantly enhance photometric redshift performance for AGN in all-sky surveys while avoiding the need to merge multiple data sets. Instead, we employ readily available data products from the 10th Data Release of the Imaging Legacy Survey for DESI, covering > 20,000 deg$^{2}$ with deep images and catalog-based photometry in the grizW1-W4 bands. We introduce PICZL, a machine-learning algorithm leveraging an ensemble of CNNs. Utilizing a cross-channel approach, the algorithm integrates distinct SED features from images with those obtained from catalog-level data. Full probability distributions are achieved via the integration of Gaussian mixture models. On a validation sample of 8098 AGN, PICZL achieves a variance $σ_{\textrm{NMAD}}$ of 4.5% with an outlier fraction $η$ of 5.6%, outperforming previous attempts to compute accurate photo-z for AGN using ML. We highlight that the model's performance depends on many variables, predominantly the depth of the data. A thorough evaluation of these dependencies is presented in the paper. Our streamlined methodology maintains consistent performance across the entire survey area when accounting for differing data quality. The same approach can be adopted for future deep photometric surveys such as LSST and Euclid, showcasing its potential for wide-scale realisation. With this paper, we release updated photo-z (including errors) for the XMM-SERVS W-CDF-S, ELAIS-S1 and LSS fields.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. 24 pages, 21 figures
Notosinister hopensis Laseron 1958
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Notosinister
Notosinister hopensis

description: Notosinister hopensis Laseron, 1958
Notosinister hopensis Laseron, 1958: 634, fig. 208–209.
Type locality. Australia, off Hope Islands, 5–10 fathoms deep (9–18 m).
Type material. AMS C.103074, holotype.
Distribution. Australia (Laseron 1958; Chang & Wu 2005), China Sea (Zongguo & Mao 2012), Taiwan (Chang & Wu 2005; Chang 2006e).
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Continuous Domains for Function Spaces Using Spectral Compactification
Creators: name: Farjudian, Amin
name: Jung, Achim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: General Topology (math.GN)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 06B35

description: We introduce a continuous domain for function spaces over topological spaces which are not core-compact. Notable examples of such topological spaces include the real line with the upper limit topology, which is used in solution of initial value problems with temporal discretization, and various infinite dimensional Banach spaces which are ubiquitous in functional analysis and solution of partial differential equations. If a topological space $\mathbb{X}$ is not core-compact and $\mathbb{D}$ is a non-singleton bounded-complete domain, the function space $[\mathbb{X} \to \mathbb{D}]$ is not a continuous domain. To construct a continuous domain, we consider a spectral compactification $\mathbb{Y}$ of $\mathbb{X}$ and relate $[\mathbb{X} \to \mathbb{D}]$ with the continuous domain $[\mathbb{Y} \to \mathbb{D}]$ via a Galois connection. This allows us to perform computations in the native structure $[\mathbb{X} \to \mathbb{D}]$ while computable analysis is performed in the continuous domain $[\mathbb{Y} \to \mathbb{D}]$, with the left and right adjoints used for moving between the two function spaces.
description: 19 pages, 1 figure, Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS) 2024
Non-parametric identification of single-lined binary candidates in young clusters using single-epoch spectroscopy
Creators: name: Rinaldi, Stefano
name: Ramírez-Tannus, María Claudia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Binarity plays a crucial role in star formation and evolution. Consequently, identifying binary stars is essential to deepen our understanding of these processes. We propose a method to investigate the observed radial velocity distribution of massive stars in young clusters with the goal of identifying binary systems. We reconstruct the radial velocity distribution using a three-layers hierarchical Bayesian non-parametric approach: non-parametric methods are data-driven models able to infer arbitrary probability densities under minimal mathematical assumptions. When applying our statistical framework, it is possible to identify variable stars and binary systems because these deviate significantly from the expected intrinsic Gaussian distribution for radial velocities. We test our method with the massive star forming region within the giant H$_\mathrm{II}$ region M17. We are able to confidently identify binaries and variable stars with as little as single-epoch observations. The distinction between variable and binary stars improves significantly when introducing additional epochs.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in A&A
Cacopsylla saliceti
Creators: name: DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita
name: KLASA, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Psyllidae
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla saliceti

description: Cacopsylla saliceti (Foerster, 1848)
Material: 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; [23], 1 Apr 2003, on Salix sp., leg. AK, [3], 19 Apr 2004, on Salix sp., leg. AK.
description: Published as part of DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita & KLASA, Anna, 2019, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Ojców National Park (Southern Poland), pp. 27-37 in Fragmenta Faunistica 62 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.3161/00159301FF2019.62.1.027, http://zenodo.org/record/6252313
Utilizing contact-based interventions for the reduction of mental health stigma in persons of Haitian descent
Creators: name: Dejean, Jo-Ann
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Purpose: To implement a contact-based intervention and observe its effects on mental health stigma in those of Haitian descent and reduce stigma. Contact- based interventions are meant to reduce stigma by having individuals with mental illness speak to the public about their experience, both struggles and successes that they face (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [NASEM], 2016). This type of intervention can entail either face to face contact or audio/visual media, such as a video. It is suggested that this intervention has been an effective way to reduce stigma towards mental health (NASM,2016).Methodology: This is a quasi-experimental study design. Participants were given the Stigma 9 questionnaire (Stig-9), a validated stigma assessment tool, before and after the implementation of a contact-based intervention.Results: The contact-based intervention was associated with a decline in mental health stigma. However, the results were not statistically significant due to the small sample size obtained.Implications for Practice: Reducing stigma in the Haitian community is needed in order to encourage and improve conversations regarding mental health with healthcare providers. Eliminating this barrier can contribute to early detection of mental illnesses and timely delivery of care if needed. Because of the positive correlation between using a contact-based intervention and the reduction of mental health stigma in this single community, there is reason to implement this intervention to other communities as well.
Cacopsylla ulmi
Creators: name: DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita
name: KLASA, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Psyllidae
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla ulmi

description: Cacopsylla ulmi (Foerster, 1848)
Material: 26 ♂♂, 29 ♀♀; [23], 3 Nov 2011, on Ulmus sp., leg. AK; [10], 6 Jul 2012, on Acer sp., leg. JD; [16], 9 Aug 8.2012, on Ulmus sp., leg. AK.
description: Published as part of DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita & KLASA, Anna, 2019, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Ojców National Park (Southern Poland), pp. 27-37 in Fragmenta Faunistica 62 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.3161/00159301FF2019.62.1.027, http://zenodo.org/record/6252313
Typed Non-determinism in Concurrent Calculi: The Eager Way
Creators: name: Heuvel, Bas van den
name: Nantes-Sobrinho, Daniele
name: Paulus, Joseph W. N.
name: Pérez, Jorge A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider the problem of designing typed concurrent calculi with non-deterministic choice in which types leverage linearity for controlling resources, thereby ensuring strong correctness properties for processes. This problem is constrained by the delicate tension between non-determinism and linearity. Prior work developed a session-typed π-calculus with standard non-deterministic choice; well-typed processes enjoy type preservation and deadlock-freedom. Central to this typed calculus is a lazy semantics that gradually discards branches in choices. This lazy semantics, however, is complex: various technical elements are needed to describe the non-deterministic behavior of typed processes. This paper develops an entirely new approach, based on an eager semantics, which more directly represents choices and commitment. We present a π-calculus in which non-deterministic choices are governed by this eager semantics and session types. We establish its key correctness properties, including deadlock-freedom, and demonstrate its expressivity by correctly translating a typed resource λ-calculus.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2408.07915
Promoting physical activity among undergraduate nursing students during their medical-surgical rotation
Creators: name: Labibi, Saideh
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Purpose: Poor physical activity can often lead to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic disorders. Busy lifestyles and high stress levels observed among undergraduate student nurses often lead to poor maintenance of one’s physical health. This apparent problem of weight gain within nursing academia prompts our exploration of potential quality improvement strategies to counter this issue in nursing health and society.Methodology: This study aims to develop a self-care regimen that includes regular physical activity, establish the feasibility of such an intervention, and implement it among a small sample group of ten students enrolled in an RN program in New Jersey. The intervention will include periodic participant interviews, diary entries, and physical fitness measurement (weight, BMI, and waist circumference) over the course of a typical 12-week term. Results: By the end of the study, using participant interviews as well as quantitative data, we will gain a more complete understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of officially promoting a physical fitness regimen as part of a student nurse’s coursework. Implications for Practice: This evaluation will provide new perspective on the mental health benefits and drawbacks of taking time for promoted physical activity while enrolled in coursework and simultaneously occupied by all of life’s responsibilities. By potentially improving nurses’ physical and mental health, we can hope to also make an impact on people with whom they work everyday and the practice as a whole.
Guideline recommendations for the management of bleeding irregularities in LARC users
Creators: name: Mitchell, Alyssa
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Purpose of Project: The purpose of this project was to analyze a change in women’s health nurse practitioners’ frequency in recommending interventions for the treatment of irregular menstrual bleeding associated with LARC use to their patients.Methodology: Interrupted time series study was conducted comparing nurse practitioners’ adherence to guideline recommendations prior to project intervention and after.Results: The results of this project demonstrated an increase in nurse practitioners’ adherence from 36% prior to intervention, to 86% post-intervention. The results illustrate a positive relationship between provider education and adherence to nationally recognized guideline recommendations for the management of bleeding irregularities in LARC users.Implications for Practice: This increase in adherence positively impacts women using LARC; by consistently offering them evidence-based interventions to manage the undesirable side-effect of bleeding irregularities providers are able to increase satisfaction and continuation rate of their patients’ chosen LARC methods.
Triphora hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III 1914
Creators: name: Bakker, Piet A. J.
name: Albano, Paolo G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Triphoridae
Triphora
Triphora hungerfordi

description: Triphora hungerfordi G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
Triphora hungerfordi G.B. Sowerby III, 1914: 477, pl. 19, fig. 10.
Cautor hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914) — Kosuge 1963a: 250, pl. 17, fig. 32.
Mesophora hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914) — Okutani 2000: 309, pl. 153, fig. 38.
Inella hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914) — Chang & Wu 2005: 24, fig. 45.
Coriophora hungerfordi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914) — Özdikmen 2013: 254.
Type locality. Hong Kong.
Type material. NHMUK 1919.12.31.17, syntype. NMW.1955.158, possible syntypes.
Distribution. China Sea (Zongguo & Mao 2012), Hong Kong (Sowerby 1914; Yen 1942; Kosuge 1963a; Albano et al. 2019), Japan (Kosuge 1963a; Higo et al. 1999; Okutani 2000; Okutani 2017), Taiwan (Chang & Wu 2005; Chang 2006c), Thailand (Gemert 2003).
Remarks. Marshall considered this name a junior synonym of Triforis fusca Dunker, 1860.
description: Published as part of Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 5088 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5836536
Comparison of PHQ-8 and Beck Depression Inventory II in the Army National Guard
Creators: name: Moyer, Melinda
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2020

description: Purpose: The purpose of this project was to determine whether the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II or the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-8 would be a more effective assessment tool for identifying depression in Army National Guard (ARNG) soldiers during their annual periodic health assessment.Methodology: A normative comparison study of the BDI-II and PHQ-8 to detect depression in adults. Both were distributed to ARNG soldiers who self-reported during their annual periodic health assessment (PHA) over the three month period. Results: A total of 841 surveys were distributed. A total of 136 surveys were returned, of which 115 were complete and used for data analysis. Findings were compared using Pearson's R correlation and examined whether there were statistically significant differences in the results of the BDI-II when compared with the PHQ-8. There was a positive linear correlation between the two tools, r=0.86, n=115, p=0.05. The coefficient of determination (r2) was 0.73. Overall there was a good, positive correlation between Beck’s Depression Inventory II and depression scores. The Cronbach’s alpha of the completed Beck’s Depression Inventory II was 0.91 (95% CO=0.8657, 0.9337) whereas the Cronbach’s alpha of the PHQ-8 was 0.82 (95% CI=0.749, 0.8719).Implications for Practice: The current mandated screening tool for depression is the PHQ-8. However, the New Jersey Adjutant General, Medical Command, and the New Jersey State Surgeon have the authorization to improve the standard operating procedure including both BDI-II and the DoD approved PHQ-8 screening tool to satisfy all current regulations and potentially decrease the amount of suicide attempts and/or deaths within the NJARNG.
Raw data for Acute Retina Edema Response to Aflibercept
Creators: name: Xu, Xiaowei
name: Xun, Li
name: Qingqing, Tang
name: Zhang, Yi
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhang, Meixia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321201
subject: Ophthalmology

description: This dataset corresponds to the section 'Positive response of acute retinal edema to anti-VEGF therapy' of the paper titled 'Exploring laser-induced acute and chronic retinal vein occlusion mouse models: development, temporal in vivo imaging, and application perspectives", authored by Xu Xiaowei, Li Xun, Tang Qingqing, Zhang Yi, Zhang Li, and Zhang Meixia (Prof. Zhang Meixia, zhangmeixia@scu.edu.cn, is the corresponding author).The article's Fig 7 presents the qualitative and quantitative outcomes of Aflibercept and PBS interventions on the representative pathological change of retinal edema in the acute RVO mouse model. All IR and OCT images for the Aflibercept and PBS groups at follow-up time points of D0, D1, and D2 are stored in the 'Afli' and 'PBS' folders, with the representative results depicted in Fig 7B. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the above images, including the thickness of NFL-GCL, INL, and whole retina, as well as the status of retinal cystic edema, retinal detachment, and venous recanalization at each time point, is compiled in the spreadsheet 'Acute retina edema response to Aflibercept.xlsx'. The results of the comparative statistical analyses between the two groups are demonstrated in Fig 7C and 7D.
Cacopsylla visci
Creators: name: DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita
name: KLASA, Anna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Psyllidae
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla visci

description: Cacopsylla visci (Curtis, 1835)
Material: 1 nymph; [31], 8 Oct 2017, on misletoe Viscum album from Abies alba, leg.
AK, det. D. Burckhardt.
description: Published as part of DROHOJOWSKA, Jowita & KLASA, Anna, 2019, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Ojców National Park (Southern Poland), pp. 27-37 in Fragmenta Faunistica 62 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.3161/00159301FF2019.62.1.027, http://zenodo.org/record/6252313