cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The significance of CD14 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression and survival prognosis
Creators: name: Yap, Ning Yi
name: Ong, Teng Aik
name: Pailoor, Jayalakshmi
name: Gobe, Glenda
name: Rajandram, Retnagowri
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Purpose: CD14-positive tumour and immune cells have been implicated in cancer progression. This study evaluated the prognostic significance of CD14 immunostaining in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) compared to the adjacent non-cancer kidney, and serum soluble CD14 (sCD14) levels in patients versus controls. Methods: Immunohistochemistry was performed for CD14 on ccRCC and the corresponding adjacent non-cancer kidney tissue from 88 patients. Staining intensity was determined using Aperio ImageScope morphometry. Serum sCD14 was evaluated for 39 ccRCC patients and 38 non-cancer controls using ELISA. CD14 levels were compared with tumour characteristics and survival status. Results: CD14 overall and nuclear immunostaining was higher in ccRCC compared to the adjacent non-cancer kidney tissue. CD14 nuclear immunostaining in the adjacent non-cancer kidney was significantly associated with advanced stage and adverse RCC survival prognosis. Serum sCD14 concentration was elevated in ccRCC patients compared to non-cancer controls and was also significantly associated with tumour stage and worse survival prognosis. Higher CD14 expression, in particular CD14 positive immune cell infiltrates found in the adjacent non-RCC kidney tissue, were associated with tumour progression and poorer prognosis. Conclusion: The levels of CD14 in non-RCC adjacent kidney and serum could be potential prognostic indicators. CD14 nuclear immunostaining in the adjacent non-RCC kidney and serum sCD14 were significantly associated with RCC stage and adverse survival prognosis. The findings indicate that CD14 may be involved in RCC tumour progression and is a potential prognostic marker.
Dynamical spin-density waves in a spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensate
Creators: name: Li, Yan
name: Qu, Chunlei
name: Zhang, Yongsheng
name: Zhang, Chuanwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Synthetic spin-orbit (SO) coupling, an important ingredient for quantum simulation of many exotic condensed matter physics, has recently attracted considerable attention. The static and dynamic properties of a SO coupled Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) have been extensively studied in both theory and experiment. Here we numerically investigate the generation and propagation of a \textit{dynamical} spin-density wave (SDW) in a SO coupled BEC using a fast moving Gaussian-shaped barrier. We find that the SDW wavelength is sensitive to the barrier's velocity while varies slightly with the barrier's peak potential or width. We qualitatively explain the generation of SDW by considering a rectangular barrier in a one dimensional system. Our results may motivate future experimental and theoretical investigations of rich dynamics in the SO coupled BEC induced by a moving barrier.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Assessment of biomarkers of exposure and potential harm, and physiological and subjective health measures in exclusive users of nicotine pouches and current, former and never smokers
Creators: name: Azzopardi, David
name: Haswell, Linsey E
name: Frosina, Justin
name: McEwan, Michael
name: Gale, Nathan
name: Thissen, Jesse
name: Meichanetzidis, Filimon
name: Hardie, George
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Oral nicotine pouches (NPs) are smokeless, tobacco-free products that have a potential role in tobacco harm reduction strategies. In a cross-sectional study in Sweden/Denmark, several recognised biomarkers of potential harm (BoPHs) linked to smoking-related diseases/their initiating biological processes, and biomarkers of exposure (BoEs) to tobacco/tobacco smoke toxicants were compared among exclusive adult users of Velo NPs and current/former/never smokers. Over 24 hours, participants used their usual product (Velo NP or cigarette) as normal, and BoEs/BoPHs were assessed via blood/24-h urine/exhaled breath/physiological assessments. Among the primary endpoints, total NNAL (16.9 ± 29.47 vs 187.4 ± 228.93 pg/24h), white blood cell count (5.59 ± 1.223 vs 6.90 ± 1.758 x109/L), and COHb (4.36 ± 0.525 vs 8.03 ± 2.173% saturation) were significantly lower among Velo users than among smokers (91%, 19% and 46% lower respectively, all P < 0.0001), while fractional exhaled NO, previously shown to be lower in smokers, was significantly higher (23.18 ± 17.909 vs 11.20 ± 6.980 ppb) among Velo users (107% higher, P < 0.0001). Furthermore, sICAM-1 tended to be lower (185.9 ± 42.88 vs 204.5 ± 64.85 ng/mL) among Velo users than smokers (9% lower). Several secondary endpoints, including six BoEs (3-HPMA (246.7 ± 91.07 vs 1165.7 ± 718.35 μg/24h), 3-OH-B[a]P (82.4 ± 217.58 vs 258.3 ± 190.20), HMPMA (135.1 ± 77.85 vs 368.8 ± 183.15 μg/24h), MHBMA (0.22 ± 0.166 vs 3.39 ± 2.943 μg/24h), S-PMA (0.10 ± 0.059 vs 3.53 ± 2.736 µg/24h) and total NNN (7.5 ± 24.84 vs 9.7 ± 5.93 ng/24 h)), were significantly lower among Velo users (78.8%, 68.1%, 63.4%, 93.5%, 97.2% and 22.7% lower respectively, P < 0.0001-0.0011), while total nicotine equivalents was significantly higher among Velo users (22.6 ± 12.69 vs 12.1 ± 7.92 mg/24h, P < 0.0001), although Velo user levels are comparable to those previously reported among oral tobacco users, and Velo user and smoker mean levels were similar in Denmark. As compared with smokers, exclusive users of Velo NPs have significantly less exposure to tobacco toxicants and more favourable BoPHs associated with initiating biological processes of smoking-related diseases. International Standard Registered Clinical Trial number: ISRCTN16988167
Strengthening Pre-Service Education for Family Planning Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Puckett, Amanda
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Objectives: To examine how pre-service education institutions in sub-Saharan Africa are providing family planning training. Methods: Literature search of pre-service education family planning training and key informant interviews with experts in the field of family planning pre-service education in sub-Saharan Africa. Results: There is a paucity of information available in current literature highlighting specific aspects of pre-service family planning training; however, valuable data were collected via the key informant interviews. Pre-service education institutions in sub-Saharan Africa are training students to provide family planning counseling and service provision, but the extent and quality of the training vary between and within countries. Conclusion: Pre-service training institutions should strengthen family planning training so health workers are better equipped to provide essential family planning services.
Tunneling time calculations for general finite wavepackets based on the presence time formalism
Creators: name: del Barco, O.
name: Ortuño, M.
name: Gasparian, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the tunneling time problem via the presence time formalism. With this method we reproduce previous results for very long wavepackets and we are able to calculate the tunneling time for general wavepackets of arbitrary shape and length. The tunneling time for a general wavepacket is equal to the average over the energy components of the standard phase time. With this approach we can also calculate the time uncertainty. We have checked that the results obtained with this approach agree extremely well with numerical simulations of the wavepacket evolution.
Additional file 1 of Neuropsychiatric symptoms and lifelong mental activities in cerebral amyloid angiopathy – a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Dörner, Marc
name: Tyndall, Anthony
name: Hainc, Nicolin
name: von Känel, Roland
name: Neumann, Katja
name: Euler, Sebastian
name: Schreiber, Frank
name: Arndt, Philipp
name: Fuchs, Erelle
name: Garz, Cornelia
name: Glanz, Wenzel
name: Butryn, Michaela
name: Schulze, Jan Ben
name: Schiebler, Sarah Lavinia Florence
name: John, Anna-Charlotte
name: Hildebrand, Annkatrin
name: Hofmann, Andreas B.
name: Machetanz, Lena
name: Kirchebner, Johannes
name: Tacik, Pawel
name: Grimm, Alexander
name: Jansen, Robin
name: Pawlitzki, Marc
name: Henneicke, Solveig
name: Bernal, Jose
name: Perosa, Valentina
name: Düzel, Emrah
name: Meuth, Sven G.
name: Vielhaber, Stefan
name: Mattern, Hendrik
name: Schreiber, Stefanie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Time-domain simulation of ultrasound propagation in a tissue-like medium based on the resolution of the nonlinear acoustic constitutive relations
Creators: name: Jiménez, Noé
name: Camarena, Francisco
name: Redondo, Javier
name: Sánchez-Morcillo, Víctor
name: Hou, Yi
name: Konofagou, Elisa E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A time-domain numerical code based on the constitutive relations of nonlinear acoustics for simulating ultrasound propagation is presented. To model frequency power law attenuation, such as observed in biological media, multiple relaxation processes are included and relaxation parameters are fitted to both exact frequency power law attenuation and empirically measured attenuation of a variety of tissues that does not fit an exact power law. A computational technique based on artificial relaxation is included to correct the non-negligible numerical dispersion of the numerical method and to improve stability when shock waves are present. This technique avoids the use of high order finite difference schemes, leading to fast calculations. The numerical code is especially suitable to study high intensity and focused axisymmetric acoustic beams in tissue-like medium, as it is based on the full constitutive relations that overcomes the limitations of the parabolic approximations, while some specific effects not contemplated by the Westervelt equation can be also studied. The accuracy of the method is discussed by comparing the proposed simulation solutions to one-dimensional analytical ones, to $k$-space numerical solutions and also to experimental data from a focused beam propagating in a frequency power law attenuation media.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1401.6669
Non-local transport and the hydrodynamic shear viscosity in graphene
Creators: name: Torre, Iacopo
name: Tomadin, Andrea
name: Geim, Andre K.
name: Polini, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by recent experimental progress in preparing encapsulated graphene sheets with ultra-high mobilities up to room temperature, we present a theoretical study of dc transport in doped graphene in the hydrodynamic regime. By using the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations, we demonstrate analytically that measurements of non-local resistances in multi-terminal Hall bar devices can be used to extract the hydrodynamic shear viscosity of the two-dimensional (2D) electron liquid in graphene. We also discuss how to probe the viscosity-dominated hydrodynamic transport regime by scanning probe potentiometry and magnetometry. Our approach enables measurements of the viscosity of any 2D electron liquid in the hydrodynamic transport regime.
description: 12 pages, 4 multi-panel figures
AMBIENT IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT BIOANALYSIS
Creators: name: Gutierrez, Nicolas Mauricio Morato
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: Instrumental methods (excl. immunological and bioassay methods)
Analytical biochemistry
Forensic chemistry
Enzymes
Analytical spectrometry
Bioassays
Biologically active molecules

description: The rapid analysis of complex samples using mass spectrometry (MS) provides valuable information in both point-of-care (e.g. drug testing) and laboratory-based applications, including the generation of spectral libraries for classification of biosamples, the identification of biomarkers through large-scale studies, as well as the synthesis and bioactivity assessments of large compound sets necessary for drug discovery. In all these cases, the inherent speed of MS is attractive, but rarely fully utilized due to the widespread use of sample purification techniques prior to analysis. Ambient ionization methodologies can help circumvent this drawback by facilitating high-throughput qualitative and quantitative analysis directly from the complex samples without any need for work-up. For instance, the use of swabs or paper substrates allows for rapid identification, quantification, and confirmation, of drugs of abuse from biofluids or surfaces of forensic interest in a matter of minutes, as described in the first two chapters of this dissertation. Faster analysis can be achieved using an automated desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) platform which allows for the rapid and direct screening of complex-sample microarrays with throughputs better than 1 sample per second, giving access to rich spectral information from tens of thousands of samples per day. The development of the bioanalytical capabilities of this platform, particularly within the context of drug discovery (e.g. bioactivity assays, biosample analysis), is described across most other chapters of this dissertation. The use of DESI, a contactless ambient ionization method developed in our laboratory and whose 20 years of history are overviewed in the introduction of this document, provides an additional advantage as the secondary microdroplets generated through the DESI process act as reaction vessels that can accelerate organic reactions by up to six orders of magnitude, facilitating on-the-fly synthesis of new compounds from arrays of starting materials. Unique implications of this microdroplet chemistry in the prebiotic synthesis of peptides and spontaneous redox chemistry at air-solution interfaces, together with its practical applications to the synthesis of new drug molecules, are also overviewed. The success obtained with the first automated DESI-MS system, developed within the DARPA Make It program, led to increased interest in a new-generation platform which was designed over the past year, as overviewed in the last section of this dissertation, and which is currently being installed for validation prior to the transfer of the technology to NCATS, where we anticipate it will make a significant impact through the consolidation and acceleration of the early drug discovery workflow.
Health Workforce Innovations in Response to Major Medical Events or Disasters: A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Coates, Alison
name: Bourgeault, Ivy
name: Hodgson, Amanda
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The Canadian Health Workforce Partners (CHWP) has been asked by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) to create an online resource containing innovative health workforce strategies that could help to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19. In addition to collecting COVID-19 specific health workforce innovations, a rapid scoping review of the published and grey literature will be conducted to collect workforce strategies that may have been reported in response to similar infectious outbreaks or natural disasters in the past.
A Fujita-type blowup result and low energy scattering for a nonlinear Schrö\-din\-ger equation
Creators: name: Cazenave, Thierry
name: Correia, Simão
name: Dickstein, Flávio
name: Weissler, Fred B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35Q55, 35Q56, 35B33, 35B40, 35B44

description: In this paper we consider the nonlinear Schrö\-din\-ger equation $i u_t +Δu +κ|u|^αu=0$. We prove that if $α\frac {2} {N}$ and $κ\in {\mathbb C}$, we improve the existing low energy scattering results in dimensions $N\ge 7$. More precisely, we prove that if $ \frac {8} {N + \sqrt{ N^2 +16N }} < α\le \frac {4} {N} $, then small data give rise to global, scattering solutions in $H^1$.
Local Food Systems in North Carolina: Advancing and Promoting Community Economic Development, Public Health, and Social Justice
Creators: name: Dombalis, Helen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: As one of its five aims, the Gillings Sustainable Local Food Systems Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted case studies of seven counties using local food systems for community economic development. A local food system refers to a community approach to food production and consumption. With a diversified landscape and demographic and with farms transitioning away from growing tobacco, North Carolina provides an excellent backdrop for studying such local food systems. The case studies use the “community capitals framework” (Cornelia and Jan Flora) for assessing the economic developments realized through the local food systems and how these positive outcomes are achieved. Additionally, the paper highlights challenges in such processes. The findings provide insight into policies and programs that promote and conserve successful local food systems. This master’s paper presents the Halifax County case study.
Quantum optics theory of electronic noise in coherent conductors
Creators: name: Qassemi, Farzad
name: Grimsmo, Arne L.
name: Reulet, Bertrand
name: Blais, Alexandre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the electromagnetic field generated by a coherent conductor in which electron transport is described quantum mechanically. We obtain an input-output relation linking the quantum current in the conductor to the measured electromagnetic field. This allows us to compute the outcome of measurements on the field in terms of the statistical properties of the current. We moreover show how under ac-bias the conductor acts as a tunable medium for the field, allowing for the generation of single- and two-mode squeezing through fermionic reservoir engineering. These results explain the recently observed squeezing using normal tunnel junctions [G. Gasse et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 136601 (2013); J.-C. Forgues et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 130403 (2015)].
Virtual Wellness Coaching for Psychosocial Well-Being and Academic Outcomes: Leveraging Technology within Academic Support Services
Creators: name: Conley, Colleen
name: Broner, Sarah
name: Werntz, Alexandra
name: Poon, Cyanea
name: Rhodes, Jean
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: App
subject: College students
subject: Mental health
subject: Technology
subject: Well-being

description: This registration was completed before analysis for this intervention outcomes paper.
Refugee Health, Screening, and Data Collection in the Triangle of North Carolina: What We Know, What We Need to Know & Opportunities Moving Forward
Creators: name: Hereford, Courtney
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Roughly 80,000 refugee individuals from over 65 distinct countries have resettled to the United States every year since 1975. Refugees endure unique health concerns and confront complex challenges to accessing quality health care upon arrival in the country. They demonstrate disproportionately high rates of communicable disease of public health significance including hepatitis B, HIV, parasitic, malaria and tuberculosis infections. Accordingly, the US Government mandates refugee health services that target screening, data collection, surveillance and follow-up care for infectious illness and disease. Nevertheless, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)-such as hypertension, diabetes and behavioral/mental illness-arise as the leading cause of death nationally and globally. Approximately 50% of adult refugees and 30% of child refugees within the US display at least one noncommunicable disease; yet NCDs are neither systematically tracked nor adequately provided for within local and national health care systems. In the near future, unmet chronic health needs will likely surpass the infectious disease burden found in refugee populations resettling to the US, presenting a mounting priority with pervasive implications for American health and economy. Though composing a relatively small proportion of the population, approximately 1000 refugees from 40 countries resettle to the Triangle region of North Carolina every year, and arrival rates continue to expand rapidly.14 North Carolina's immigrant population has grown over 500% since 1980, with a 700-1000% influx observed in major state hubs such as the Triangle.15-17 Rising concurrently among these highly vulnerable populations are noninfectious health disparities and unmet needs, though relevant data collection remains unsystematic in light of resource deficits at state and local levels. Without targeted tracking of health data among these refugee groups, the Triangle health community remains fundamentally unaware and unprepared to tackle the diversity of illness patterns prevalent as well as the distinct health needs, assets and barriers impacting quality health care access for refugees. This research assesses refugee health and surveillance in the Triangle through a SWOT analysis and advocates for systematic screening, data collection and surveillance of both infectious and chronic health needs. These priority steps are necessary to advance refugee health outcomes and provision in the Triangle.
Estimating stellar atmospheric parameters based on LASSO and support-vector regression
Creators: name: Lu, Yu
name: Li, Xiangru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A scheme for estimating atmospheric parameters T$_{eff}$, log$~g$, and [Fe/H] is proposed on the basis of Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) algorithm and Haar wavelet. The proposed scheme consists of three processes. A spectrum is decomposed using the Haar wavelet transform and low-frequency components at the fourth level are considered as candidate features. Then, spectral features from the candidate features are detected using the LASSO algorithm to estimate the atmospheric parameters. Finally, atmospheric parameters are estimated from the extracted spectral features using the support-vector regression (SVR) method. The proposed scheme was evaluated using three sets of stellar spectra respectively from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), Large Sky Area Multi-object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), and Kurucz's model, respectively. The mean absolute errors are as follows: for 40~000 SDSS spectra, 0.0062 dex for log~T$_{eff}$ (85.83 K for T$_{eff}$), 0.2035 dex for log$~g$ and 0.1512 dex for [Fe/H]; for 23963 LAMOST spectra, 0.0074 dex for log~T$_{eff}$ (95.37 K for T$_{eff}$), 0.1528 dex for log~$g$, and 0.1146 dex for [Fe/H]; and for 10469 synthetic spectra, 0.0010 dex for log T$_{eff}$(14.42K for T$_{eff}$), 0.0123 dex for log~$g$, and 0.0125 dex for [Fe/H].
description: 9 pages, 8 figurs, 5 tables
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Polyketide Natural Products
Creators: name: Hari, Taylor P. A.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Polyketide
Natural products
Neopeltolide
Oxa-conjugate addition
Tetrahydropyran
Thioesterase
Macrocyclization
Substrate-specificity

description: Polyketide secondary metabolites constitute a structurally-diverse and clinically-important family of natural products. The wide range of biological activities represented by these substrates have contributed to therapeutic agents with annual sales exceeding $20B USD. Large multi-domain proteins called polyketide synthases (PKSs) use simple building blocks to generate highly-oxygenated and stereochemically-rich frameworks with astonishing selectivity. These substrates often feature rigidifying biases imposed by macrocyclic lactones and substituted heterocycles, which can impact their bioactive conformation. The work of this dissertation combines synthetic chemistry and biochemistry to investigate chemoenzymatic production of macrocyclic polyketide natural products. Research focused on validating a transannular oxa-conjugate addition strategy to assembly 2,6-cis-tetrahydropyran (THP) ring systems, as demonstrated by synthesis of the macrocyclic core to neopeltolide. Ultimately, we wish to apply this chemistry to de novo PKS pathways for rapid, reliable, and sustainable production of THP-bearing products like neopeltolide, and toward building SAR libraries. Additionally, a second study probed the specificity of the macrolactonizing thioesterase (TE) domain from the 6-deoxyerythronolide B (DEBS) biosynthetic pathway. This pathway is the paradigm for type-I PKS systems, and is responsible for producing the macrolide core of erythromycin. Our on-going research evaluates the limits of promiscuity within this specific catalytic domain, to characterize the structural elements required to accurately predict macrolactonization. The long-term goal of this study is to assess the potential applicability of DEBS TE as a generalized cyclization biocatalyst for combinatorial biochemistry and chemoenzymatic research.
Straparollus brevis Yoo 1994, n.sp.
Creators: name: Yoo, E. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1994
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Euomphalina
Euomphalidae
Straparollus

description: Straparollus brevis n.sp. PI. 3 figs 6-8 Description. Shell very small, low-spired trochiform, widely phaneromphous. Protoconch of 5 or 6 smooth whorls with a sharp demarcation between the protoconch and teleoconch. Teleoconch of 2Yz smooth and rounded whorls; whorl profile well arched between sutures; with broadly rounded revolving shoulder on its upper surface and slight flattening above; suture moderately deep; ornamentation of fine growth lines; base and umbilical surface strongly rounded. Aperture almost circular; parietal inductura thin; columellar lip thin, arcuate; outer lip with shallow sinus close to the upper suture, swinging forward below sinus and then rounding backward to cross the lower face and the base with a slight backward obliquity, becoming vertical on the umbilical face. Types. Holotype (F78363) and 2 figured paratypes (F78364). There are 20 unfigured additional specimens (F78365) from the type locality. Type locality. Behind 'Kyndalyn' homestead, 10 km south-west of Somerton, NSW. Stratigraphic position. From base of oolitic limestone, in the Kyndalyn Mudstone Member of the Merlewood Formation. Geographic distribution. Type locality only. Geological age. Middle or late Visean. Etymology. Derived from the Latin word brevis meaning short; referring to the low spire of the shell. Remarks. This is smaller in size than any other species referred to subgenus Straparollus. This species has a larger pleural angle (145-150°) than in S. davidi Dun & Benson (120-130°) and the type species Straparollus dionysii Montfort (pleural angle about 80°) from Belgium. Another European species Straparollus levigatus (Leveille) and Straparollus planorbiformis de Koninck are rather flatly coiled.
description: Published as part of Yoo, E. K., 1994, Early Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 63-120 in Records of the Australian Museum 46 (1) on pages 73-74, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18, http://zenodo.org/record/4654599
Localization length of nearly periodic layered metamaterials
Creators: name: del Barco, O.
name: Ortuño, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analyzed numerically the localization length of light $ξ$ for nearly periodic arrangements of homogeneous stacks (formed exclusively by right-handed materials) and mixed stacks (with alternating right and left-handed metamaterials). Layers with index of refraction $n_1$ and thickness $L_1$ alternate with layers of index of refraction $n_2$ and thickness $L_2$. Positional disorder has been considered by shifting randomly the positions of the layer boundaries with respect to periodic values. For homogeneous stacks, we have shown that the localization length is modulated by the corresponding bands and that $ξ$ is enhanced at the center of each allowed band. In the limit of long-wavelengths $λ$, the parabolic behavior previously found in purely disordered systems is recovered, whereas for $λ\ll L_1 + L_2$ a saturation is reached. In the case of nearly periodic mixed stacks with the condition $|n_1 L_1|=|n_2 L_2|$, instead of bands there is a periodic arrangement of Lorenztian resonances, which again reflects itself in the behavior of the localization length. For wavelengths of several orders of magnitude greater than $L_1 + L_2$, the localization length $ξ$ depends linearly on $λ$ with a slope inversely proportional to the modulus of the reflection amplitude between alternating layers. When the condition $|n_1 L_1|=|n_2 L_2|$ is no longer satisfied, the transmission spectrum is very irregular and this considerably affects the localization length.
The singular Moser- Trudger Inequality on simply connected domains
Creators: name: Csato, Gyula
name: Roy, Prosenjit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper the authors complete their study of the singular Moser-Trudinger embedding [G. Csato and P. Roy, Extremal functions for the singular Moser-Trudinger inequality in 2 dimensions, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations, DOI 10.1007/s00526-015-0867-5], abbreviated [CR]. The proof in [CR] is however far too technical and complicated for simply connected domains. Here we give a much simpler and more self-contained proof using complex analysis, which also generalizes the corresponding proof given by Flucher for such domains. This should make [CR] more easily accessible.
Development and Assessment of an Internet-Based Behavioral Intervention for Gestational Diabetics: The GooDMomS Intervention
Creators: name: Beckham, Jenna
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Objectives: To describe the development of the GooDMomS intervention and to summarize the findings of interviews assessing its use. Methods: Individual qualitative interviews conducted among pregnant and postpartum women with current or recent diagnoses of gestational diabetes, respectively. Results: Four key themes emerged among the participants involved in the interviews, including discussions about the ease of usability of the website; challenges associated with receiving a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes; desires for additional topics to be addressed in the program curriculum; and desires for additional tools and features to be incorporated to the website. Conclusions: Women with gestational diabetes may benefit from the convenience and functionality of a web-based behavioral intervention that engages women in healthy diet and activity practices during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
EU politics and the making of the General Data Protection Regulation: Consociationalism, policy networks and institutionalism in the process of balancing actor interests
Creators: name: Janciute, Laima
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2018

description: This thesis analyses the policy process of adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), replacing the EU Directive 95/46/EC, the global “golden standard” setter in the field of privacy and data protection. The GDPR was proposed in January 2012 and was adopted in April 2016 following a highly politically charged process lobbied against to an unprecedented extent by certain commercial and political interests. The policy process is looked at through the lens of consociationalism, which draws attention to the importance of national governments, policy networks, which stress non-linear policy-making dynamics, and institutionalism, which highlights the significance of institutions. On the whole, the GDPR as approved strengthened the ICT users’ rights, although not to the degree originally envisaged. The study proposes that institutional factors were decisive in determining policy outcomes, either acting in coalition with different policy networks or reacting to external developments, notably the Snowden revelations in 2013. The institutional factors, amongst others, included strategic actor self-interest of preserving or even expanding their spheres of influence, sociological dimensions such as ideological adherence and diverse national and institutional cultures, and important earlier institutional and policy developments. As the thesis shows, the impact of institutional factors on the policy outcomes was particularly evident in the European Parliament’s position during the process. The EP’s influence demonstrates the strong political will of this institution and its overall defence of citizens’ rights against lobbying by the industry. At the same time, the reform process brought around many gains to the national Data Protection Authorities at the cost of the initially foreseen Commission’s remit. This thesis argues that the powers retained by these national supervisory authorities, alongside the numerous derogations following difficulties to reconcile diverse national positions, make the GDPR a tangible case of state-centrism. The Member States’ sovereign decision-making concerns posed breaks to the level of Europeanisation that the GDPR could potentially bring about in this issue-area. This work makes a significant contribution to knowledge by, amongst others, offering a political science perspective in on-line privacy and data protection research dominated by other disciplines, by applying the consociationalism theory – a less explored paradigm in the EU studies as compared to other approaches – and by providing a policy process analysis of the newly adopted data protection instrument with global rules-shaping significance.
title: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte Band 103. 2022
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: Selbstverlag des Braunschweigischen Geschichtvereins
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Brunsvicensien der Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
subject: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch
subject: 90

description: Jahrbücher für Landesgeschichte des Braunschweigischen Geschichtsvereins, vol. 103
Politisch motivierte Kriminalität. Jahresbericht 2015
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Baden-Württemberg , Politische Kriminalität
subject: 360

description: Bericht zur Entwicklung der politisch motivierten Kriminalität in Baden-Württemberg im Jahr 2015.
Megafire Simultaneity
Creators: name: McGinnis, Seth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Climatology
Forestry fire management
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Climate change processes

description: Code and data supporting the paper "Future regional increases in simultaneous large Western USA wildfires" by McGinnis, et al., published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire.
title: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte Band 104. 2023
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: Selbstverlag des Braunschweigischen Geschichtvereins
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Brunsvicensien der Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
subject: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch
subject: 90

description: Jahrbücher für Landesgeschichte des Braunschweigischen Geschichtsvereins, vol. 104
Anomalous behavior of trapping in extended dendrimers with a perfect trap
Creators: name: Zhang, Zhongzhi
name: Li, Huan
name: Yi, Yuhao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Compact and extended dendrimers are two important classes of dendritic polymers. The impact of the underlying structure of compact dendrimers on dynamical processes has been much studied, yet the relation between the dynamical and structural properties of extended dendrimers remains not well understood. In this paper, we study the trapping problem in extended dendrimers with generation-dependent segment lengths, which is different from that of compact dendrimers where the length of the linear segments is fixed. We first consider a particular case that the deep trap is located at the central node, and derive an exact formula for the average trapping time (ATT) defined as the average of the source-to-trap mean first passage time over all starting points. Then, using the obtained result we deduce a closed-form expression for the ATT to an arbitrary trap node, based on which we further obtain an explicit solution to the ATT corresponding to the trapping issue with the trap uniformly distributed in the polymer systems. We show that the trap location has a substantial influence on the trapping efficiency measured by the ATT, which increases with the shortest distance from the trap to the central node, a phenomenon similar to that for compact dendrimers. In contrast to this resemblance, the leading terms of ATTs for the three trapping problems differ drastically between extended and compact dendrimers, with the trapping processes in the extended dendrimers being less efficient than in compact dendrimers.
Marketing-Kommunikation für Startups
Creators: name: Nufer, Gerd
name: Halbauer, Claudia
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Marketing , Management
subject: 330
subject: Kommunikation
subject: Startup
subject: communication
subject: startup

description: Social Media ist in der heutigen Gesellschaft von enormer Bedeutung, weltweit gibt es rund 2,46 Mrd. Nutzer. Aufgrund dieser Tatsache nimmt auch die Bedeutung für Unternehmen, insbesondere im Bereich des Marketing, immer mehr zu. Instrumente im Social Media Marketing sind nicht nur Soziale Netzwerke wie Facebook, Instagram und Snapchat, sondern auch Blogs, Webforen, Podcasts, Bewertungsportale sowie Foto- und Videosharing-Portale wie Youtube. Social Media Marketing wird von Unternehmen überwiegend zur Steigerung der Bekanntheit, Kundenbindung, Verbesserung des Images und für den besseren Zugang zur Zielgruppe und anderen potentiellen Kunden eingesetzt. Diese Gründe stimmen mit wesentlichen Zielsetzungen bei der Gründung eines Unternehmens bzw. von jungen Unternehmen, sogenannten Startups, überein. Darüber hinaus ist Social Media Marketing ein besonders kostengünstiges Marketinginstrument mit hoher Reichweite und somit ideal für Startups, die meist nur über begrenzte finanzielle Ressourcen verfügen, geeignet. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden zu Beginn einige wichtige theoretische Grundlagen zum Thema Startup und Marketing-Kommunikation betrachtet. Anschließend wird die besondere Rolle des Social Media Marketing für Startups analysiert. Vor einem abschließenden Fazit wird als Best-Practice-Beispiel das Startup Freeletics vorgestellt, um einen direkten Bezug zur Praxis herzustellen.
Paid Family Leave in the United States and How Hawaii is Advancing
Creators: name: Salmon, Brianna
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Paid leave refers to the time an employee can take time off from their job for vacation, illness, or to care for a family member. Paid family leave encompasses maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave, and caregiving for a family member with significant health concerns. Countries represented in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) such as Germany, Canada, Australia, and Japan offer on average 17.7 weeks of paid leave for new mothers, and 7.1 weeks of paid leave to new fathers.1 Compared to all other industrialized nations, the United States is the only country without any guaranteed paid leave for new parents and lags behind the rest of the world in family-friendly policies.
Corporate Social Responsibility und Marketing
Creators: name: Nufer, Gerd
name: Ellsässer, Linda
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Marketing , Management
subject: 330
subject: corporate social responsibility
subject: Sustainability
subject: Soziale Verantwortung
subject: Nachhaltigkeit

description: Corporate Social Responsibility nimmt in Zeiten der Globalisierung sowie zunehmenden Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsdebatten für Unternehmen als auch für Endkonsumenten eine immer wichtigere Rolle ein. Das Interesse der Gesellschaft insbesondere an ökologischem und sozialverträglichem Verhalten fordert Unternehmen zwangsläufig auf, sich mit jenen Themen innerhalb der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette zu beschäftigen und diese in das unternehmerische Denken und Handeln zu integrieren. Neben der schriftlichen Ausarbeitung und Verankerung dieser konkret definierten Verantwortungsbereiche in die Unternehmensgrundsätze müssen diese Aktivitäten letztlich an den Endkonsumenten vermarktet und kommuniziert werden, um einen Nutzen zu generieren sowie den Kauf eines Produktes zu fördern. Allerdings kann hier nur bedingt auf originäre Marketinginstrumente zurückgegriffen werden, sodass die im Rahmen der Corporate Social Responsibility definierten Verantwortungsbereiche Teil einer erweiterten Marketingstrategie sein müssen. Aus marketingstrategischer Sicht kann folglich eine Win-Win-Situation für alle involvierten Akteure resultieren, die eine Steigerung der Kundenzufriedenheit, eine Absatzsteigerung des Produkts sowie eine allgemeine Wohlstandssteigerung zur Folge haben könnte. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden zunächst die Grundzüge einer Corporate Social Responsibility illustriert, welche die Vorstellung der Begriffsdynamik sowie deren Verantwortungsbereiche inkludiert. Das Augenmerk ist hierbei besonders auf das ökologische bzw. sozialverträgliche Verhalten gerichtet, welches die Vorstellung der Triple-Bottom-Line unumgänglich macht. Daran anknüpfend werden drei ausgewählte Modellansätze des Marketingmanagement in Verbindung mit der Corporate Social Responsibility analysiert, die eine mögliche Vermarktung solcher Aktivitäten beleuchten sollen. Die Arbeit schließt mit einem Fazit sowie einem kurzen Ausblick zur zukünftigen Relevanz von Corporate Social Responsibility ab.
On the virtues and pitfalls of combined laser ablation Rb-Sr biotite and U-Pb monazite- zircon geochronology: an example from the isotopically disturbed Cape Woolamai Granite, SE Australia
Creators: name: Baggott, K.
name: Jacobsen, Y.
name: Nebel, O.
name: Mulder, J.
name: Raveggi, M.
name: Wang, X.
name: Vandenburg, E.
name: Lim, H.
name: Rogers, A.
name: Etschmann, B.
name: Whitmore, R.
name: Churchus, A.
name: Jennings, L.
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Appendix
New scalar constraint operator for loop quantum gravity
Creators: name: Assanioussi, Mehdi
name: Lewandowski, Jerzy
name: Mäkinen, Ilkka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a concrete and explicit construction of a new scalar constraint operator for loop quantum gravity. The operator is defined on the recently introduced space of partially diffeomorphism invariant states, and this space is preserved by the action of the operator. To define the Euclidean part of the scalar constraint operator, we propose a specific regularization based on the idea of so-called "special" loops. The Lorentzian part of the quantum scalar constraint is merely the curvature operator that has been introduced in an earlier work. Due to the properties of the special loops assignment, the adjoint operator of the non-symmetric constraint operator is densely defined on the partially diffeomorphism invariant Hilbert space. This fact opens up the possibility of defining a symmetric scalar constraint operator as a suitable combination of the original operator and its adjoint. We also show that the algebra of the scalar constraint operators is anomaly free, and describe the structure of the kernel of these operators on a general level.
Sport und Marken
Creators: name: Nufer, Gerd
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Marketing , Sport
subject: 330
subject: Sportmanagement
subject: Sportmarketing
subject: Brand
subject: Marke
subject: Sport Marketing
subject: Sport Management

description: Fußballspieler sind heutzutage viel mehr als nur Fußballer. Weltstars wie Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar oder früher David Beckham und schon Pelé haben ihre Namen als Marken etabliert. Es gibt jedoch auch Negativbeispiele, bei denen trotz anfänglicher sportlicher Erfolge der Schuss eher nach hinten losging.
Organisierte Kriminalität. Jahresbericht 2013
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Baden-Württemberg , Organisiertes Verbrechen , Bericht
subject: 360

description: Bericht zur Entwicklung der organisierten Kriminalität in Baden-Württemberg im Jahr 2013.