cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Mortality Transition and Family Formation in Two Quarters of Gaza City
Creators: name: Scott, AP
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Year: 2001

description: This thesis is the first in-depth investigation of demographic trends in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian populations of ash-Shati refugee camp and the ash-Shaja’iyya quarter of Gaza city were surveyed in 1985 to obtain estimates of fertility and mortality. These estimates are examined and the findings are interpreted in the context of historical data on demographic change in other Palestinian communities. Variations in marriage and fertility patterns are described. As in other Arab populations, the rise in the female age at first marriage is a major contributor to changes and differentials in fertility. But a unique finding is that in these two Muslim communities the norm of universal marriage for women was disrupted, primarily due to a shortage of spouses through sex-selective emigration. After loss of exposure to union, lactational amenorrhoea plays the most important role in suppressing fertility. However, even the refugees, who have had access to family planning services for twenty years, make limited use of contraception. Reasons for these findings are discussed. The mortality analysis establishes the secular trend in the age pattern of child deaths, but focuses largely on mortality differentials. Log-linear rates models are used to estimate the effect of demographic and socio-economic variables on the risk of death in childhood. When all births are included in the model and other influences simultaneously controlled, the most important co-variates of mortality are the length of the preceding birth interval and mother’s age together with mother’s education, household wealth and period of birth. Other factors such as public health measures and therapeutic medicine, which cannot be quantified but which may have contributed to the mortality transition, are also considered. A separate analysis reveals that, by the 1980s, when the majority of child deaths occurred in the first half of infancy, it was the daughters of poorly educated older women who did not use ante-natal care who were most likely to die. Possible explanations for this finding emerge from a brief examination of childcare practices.
Superconducting Electroweak Strings
Creators: name: Volkov, Mikhail S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classical solutions describing strings endowed with an electric charge and carrying a constant electromagnetic current are constructed within the bosonic sector of the Electroweak Theory. For any given ratio of the Higgs boson mass to W boson mass and for any Weinberg's angle, these strings comprise a family that can be parameterized by values of the current through their cross section, $I_3$, by their electric charge per unit string length, $I_0$, and by two integers. These parameters determine the electromagnetic and Z fluxes, as well as the angular momentum and momentum densities of the string. For $I_0\to 0$ and $I_3\to 0$ the solutions reduce to Z strings, or, for solutions with $I_0=\pm I_3$, to the W-dressed Z strings whose existence was discussed some time ago.
description: A figure showing profiles of the W-dressed Z strings is added
Additional file 3 of Random capillary glucose levels throughout pregnancy, obstetric and neonatal outcomes, and long-term neurodevelopmental conditions in children: a group-based trajectory analysis
Creators: name: Chen, Shuyun
name: Persson, Margareta
name: Wang, Rui
name: Dalman, Christina
name: Lee, Brian K.
name: Karlsson, Håkan
name: Gardner, Renee M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 3. STROBE checklist. The STROBE checklist showing our study was reported according to the STROBE checklist for cohort studies.
Role of the transverse field in inverse freezing in the fermionic Ising spin-glass model
Creators: name: Magalhaes, S. G.
name: Morais, C. V.
name: Zimmer, F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the inverse freezing in the fermionic Ising spin-glass (FISG) model in a transverse field $Γ$. The grand canonical potential is calculated in the static approximation, replica symmetry and one-step replica symmetry breaking Parisi scheme. It is argued that the average occupation per site $n$ is strongly affected by $Γ$. As consequence, the boundary phase is modified and, therefore, the reentrance associated with the inverse freezing is modified too.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in PRB
Informal recreation area in recreation planning
Creators: name: Anderson, Darlene
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Supply of recreation areas is an important aspect of recreation planning, and this thesis examines one specific aspect of it. In a recent demand and supply study done for the Lower Mainland region, supply was studied by dividing it into two parts, formal and informal. Formal supply of recreation areas are those that have formal designation, such as BC Parks, Regional Parks, municipal parks, BC Forest sites and trails, and BC Hydro Recreation areas. All other areas used for recreation are considered “informal”, and it is these that are discussed in this thesis. The value of informal recreation areas within the recreation opportunity spectrum is examined from a variety of perspectives. Theoretical considerations of recreation planning are presented as background to the remainder of the thesis. The topics: “The Importance and Value of Recreation, Recreation Planning Themes, Relationships and Linkages of Recreation to Other Aspects of Life, and Recreation Place Systems”, are discussed. Following this, a methodology for inventorying them and the most predominant land types used as informal recreation areas are described. Pertinent aspects of inventories and the importance of choosing appropriate activity categories are also examined. The thesis centres on discussions of the non-tangible, psychological and emotional aspects and benefits of outdoor recreation that should be incorporated into recreation planning. Suggestions on ways to achieve these non-tangible objectives using concrete and practical steps are offered.
title: Estimating the Requirement for Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 (CKD5) Services in Romania
Creators: name: Steriu, A
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Year: 2014

description: Background: Chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD5) with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) is not common but it is expensive to treat, despite advances in technology. Appropriate service provision requires good quality information on the population served and the services provided. In Romania this is in limited supply. Aim: To estimate current and future service needs for CKD5 in Romania. Methods: Desktop research, surveys of a sample of Romanian treatment centres, and mathematical modelling. The baseline renal replacement therapy (RRT) stock was calculated using the capture-recapture method (CRM). The reported % of cases with diabetic nephropathy was compared with the expected % based on population attributable risk (PAR%) and trends in disease precursors. The acceptance rate was estimated using the Impact Fraction method. Needs for numbers of treatment places were calculated from service activity and clinical parameters (stock, acceptance and mortality) in a spreadsheet model. Estimates were made under variant scenarios for two periods: calibration and validation (1997-2006) and projection (2007-2016). Results: In Romania in 1997, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 1 to 5 was estimated at 1,222.5 per million population (pmp). There was a strong association between CKD5 and diabetes plus hypertension (OR =7.73 [95% CI: 0.99 to 60.38]). Increasing trends in age, diabetes and hypertension suggest an increasing incidence of CKD5; but a downward trend in smoking will offset this. Reported national RRT stock in Romania was 139 pmp in 1997 and 250 pmp in 2003. The CRM suggested that the Centre Questionnaire and EDTA data covered 71% of the total stock at baseline (2,995 patients). The % of CKD5 on RRT reported to have diabetic nephropathy was 10%, much less than the PAR%-based estimate of 30.5%. Acceptance and stock varied between the 14 centres from 11 to 85 pmp, and 112 to 222 pmp respectively. In the calibration period, two of the scenarios tried gave figures for 2006 of 238 and 251, close to the observed figure of 250. (Other scenarios gave figures from 238 to 721). Projecting the two chosen scenarios to 2016 gave 239 and 276 pmp. (Other scenarios gave up to 1,940 pmp.) Conclusions: The information base for this modelling exercise was weak. However there appears to be under-provision of care for CKD5 in Romania, particularly for diabetic nephropathy.
The formation of higher-order hierarchical systems in star clusters
Creators: name: Berk, Jelle van den
name: Zwart, Simon Portegies
name: McMillan, Steve
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We simulate open clusters containing up to 182 stars initially in the form of singles, binaries and triples. Due to the high interaction rate a large number of stable quadruples, quintuples, sextuples, and higher-order hierarchies form during the course of the simulations. For our choice of initial conditions, the formation rate of quadruple systems after about 2 Myr is roughly constant with time at $\sim 0.008$ per cluster per Myr. The formation rate of quintuple and sextuple systems are about half and one quarter, respectively, of the quadruple formation rate, and both rates are also approximately constant with time. We present reaction channels and relative probabilities for the formation of persistent systems containing up to six stars. The reaction networks for the formation and destruction of quintuple and sextuple systems can become quite complicated, although the branching ratios remain largely unchanged during the course of the cluster evolution. The total number of quadruples is about a factor of three smaller than observed in the solar neighbourhood.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Observations of pulsations in roAp stars
Creators: name: Kochukhov, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I review recent results of the observations of magnetoacoustic p-mode oscillations in roAp stars with the focus on time-resolved spectroscopic studies. Time-series spectroscopy of roAp stars reveals unexpected and diverse pulsational behaviour in the spectral lines of different chemical elements. These unique pulsational characteristics arise from an interplay between short vertical length of pulsation waves and extreme chemical stratification in the atmospheres of peculiar stars. This enables a tomographic reconstruction of the depth-dependence of chemical composition and pulsation wave properties. Combination of magnetoacoustic tomography with the Doppler imaging of the horizontal non-radial pulsation pattern opens possibility for an unprecedented three-dimensional mapping of roAp atmospheres.
description: To appear in the proceedings of Vienna Workshop on the Future of Asteroseismology, eds. G. Handler and G. Houdek, Comm. in Asteroseismology
Prism international
Creators: name: Prism International
Publisher: name: Vancouver : The Creative Writing Program of the University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The following description is provided by the publisher:
Contents

Kyla Jamieson and Shazia Hafiz Ramji – Letters from the Editor

Grouse Grind Lit Prize Winner

Jill Talbot – Girls

No Tether

Sarah Van Bonn – A Year Nowhere
Jeremy Stewart – lilac theme
Stephanie Sauer – Between the Ends of Worlds, Touch
Russell Thornton – Cell
Mohamad Kebbewar – Children of War
Aviva Dale Martin – Barcelona

Time is Not Here

Lydia Kwa – Letter to My Former Selves
Meredith Quartermain – Letter to bp on Train Crossing the Rockies
Babe Carlisle – Tangerine Dreams
Nathan Dueck – Milli Vanilli
Andy Verboom – Roofspeak
Rob Budde – Testes
Sheung-King – Lanterns & Letters

Down & Out

Elaine Woo – Picking at a Scab on My Wrist
Marta Balcewicz – This Is East Euro
Ned Baeck – Deep-sea Radio
Kia Miakka Natisse – I Have a Brother Named Jamaal
Geoffrey Nilson – No Longer Here in Front of Us
Steven Takatsu – Night, Sleep, Death, and the Stars
Xavier Queipo – Metromania
Translated by Jacob Rogers
Ricardo Pau-Llosa – Husserlian Meditation: Barcode
Jason Christie – Glass Language
Becky Blake – The Reboot Diary
Additional file 9: of Comparative genomic analysis of Bacillus paralicheniformis MDJK30 with its closely related species reveals an evolutionary relationship between B. paralicheniformis and B. licheniformis
Creators: name: Du, Yuhui
name: Ma, Jinjin
name: Yin, Zhiqiu
name: Liu, Kai
name: Yao, Gan
name: Xu, Wenfeng
name: Fan, Lingchao
name: Du, Binghai
name: Ding, Yanqin
name: Wang, Chengqiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S4. Comparison of GC content between gene clusters of Fengycin, Bacitracin and Paralichenicidin and coding regions of genome. (PDF 895 kb)
title: Development of Plasmodium knowlesi species specific reagents to help characterise antibody isotype profiles in endemic human populations
Creators: name: Herman, LS
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Year: 2019

description: Plasmodium knowlesi is the most common cause of malaria in Malaysian Borneo, with reporting limited to clinical cases presenting to health facilities and scarce data on the true extent of transmission. Serological estimations of transmission have been used with other malaria species to garner information about epidemiological patterns. However, there are a distinct lack of suitable serosurveillance tools for this neglected disease. Using in silico tools, we designed and expressed a panel of P. knowlesi protein products to address the distinct lack of suitable serosurveillance tools. Antibody prevalence to these antigens was determined by ELISA, Multiplex Bead Assay (MBA) and Protein Microarray for three time-points post-treatment from a hospital-based clinical treatment trial in Sabah, Malaysia (n=110 individuals; 298 total samples for all time points), a small community survey in Sabah, Malaysia (~2000), and Palawan, The Philippines (~550), and a large cross sectional survey in Sabah, Malaysia (~10,000). Both ELISA and MBA showed similar results, with higher responses observed for the PkSERA3 antigen 2, both at the clinical level across all time points and at the community level. This antigen is suggested to be a short term marker of exposure as reactivity to it tended to decline by day 28 of diagnosis. It was possible to determine that P. knowlesi is prevalent in Sabah, Malaysia (37.8%, 3,827/10,125). Seropositivity was found to be associated with an increase of age (p<0.0001) as well as seeing macaques (p<0.0001). The protein microarray, which was used to determine isotype reactivity profiles (IgM, IgG and IgA) obtained results concordant with the ELISA and MBA results, with PkSERA3 antigen 2 eliciting the highest response for all isotypes. IgM decreased significantly across time while IgG tended to increase across time. We find it necessary to further develop and expand our current panel of P. knowlesi antigens in order to better dissect the epidemiology of P. knowlesi in Southeast Asia.
Representation based meta-learning for few-shot spoken intent recognition
Creators: name: Mittal, Ashish
name: Bharadwaj, Samarth
name: Khare, Shreya
name: Chemmengath, Saneem
name: Sankaranarayanan, Karthik
name: Kingsbury, Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Spoken intent detection has become a popular approach to interface with various smart devices with ease. However, such systems are limited to the preset list of intents-terms or commands, which restricts the quick customization of personal devices to new intents. This paper presents a few-shot spoken intent classification approach with task-agnostic representations via meta-learning paradigm. Specifically, we leverage the popular representation-based meta-learning learning to build a task-agnostic representation of utterances, that then use a linear classifier for prediction. We evaluate three such approaches on our novel experimental protocol developed on two popular spoken intent classification datasets: Google Commands and the Fluent Speech Commands dataset. For a 5-shot (1-shot) classification of novel classes, the proposed framework provides an average classification accuracy of 88.6% (76.3%) on the Google Commands dataset, and 78.5% (64.2%) on the Fluent Speech Commands dataset. The performance is comparable to traditionally supervised classification models with abundant training samples.
description: Accepted paper at Interspeech 2020, 21st Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, Virtual Event, Shanghai, China, 25-29 October, 2020
Dynamical phase trajectories for relativistic nuclear collisions
Creators: name: Arsene, I. C.
name: Bravina, L. V.
name: Cassing, W.
name: Ivanov, Yu. B.
name: Larionov, A.
name: Randrup, J.
name: Russkikh, V. N.
name: Toneev, V. D.
name: Zeeb, G.
name: Zschiesche, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Central collisions of gold nuclei are simulated by several existing models and the central net baryon density rho and the energy density eps are extracted at successive times, for beam kinetic energies of 5-40 GeV per nucleon. The resulting trajectories in the (rho,eps) phase plane are discussed from the perspective of experimentally exploring the expected first-order hadronization phase transition with the planned FAIR at GSI or in a low-energy campaign at RHIC.
description: 11 pages formatted, 17 eps files for 9 figures
Additional file 2 of Random capillary glucose levels throughout pregnancy, obstetric and neonatal outcomes, and long-term neurodevelopmental conditions in children: a group-based trajectory analysis
Creators: name: Chen, Shuyun
name: Persson, Margareta
name: Wang, Rui
name: Dalman, Christina
name: Lee, Brian K.
name: Karlsson, Håkan
name: Gardner, Renee M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2. GRoLTS checklist. Guidelines for Reporting on Latent Trajectory Studieswere adhered to bolster our reporting on the Group-Based Trajectory Modeling.
Προσομοίωση και Αντιστροφή Γεωφυσικών Δεδομένων από τον Αρχαιολογικό Χώρο της Πιστύρου (Ν.Δ. Καβάλας)
Creators: name: Στυλιανού, Θρασύβουλος Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Γεωφυσική
subject: Πίστυρος (Καβάλα)
subject: Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος
subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Pistyros (Kavala)
subject: Archaeological Site

description: Στην παρούσα πτυχιακή εργασία περιγράφονται οι γεωφυσικές έρευνες που έλαβαν χώρα πλησίον των αρχαιολογικών δόμων οι οποίες εντοπίστηκαν στoν αρχαιολογικό χώρο της Πιστύρου του Νομού Καβάλας το Μάρτιο του 2015. Στόχος της γεωφυσικής έρευνας είναι η ανίχνευση των θαμμένων αρχαιοτήτων και η κατά δυνατόν χαρτογράφηση τους. Επίσης κατασκευάστηκαν μοντέλα κατανομής ειδικής ηλεκτρικής αντίστασης (Ε.Η.Α) με σκόπο τη μελέτη της απόκρισής τους. Για την διεξαγωγή της έρευνας χρησιμοποιήθηκε η μέθοδος της ηλεκτρικής χαρτογράφησης και η μέθοδος της ηλεκτρικής τομογραφίας.Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο δίνονται κάποιες γενικές πληροφορίες της περιοχής, όπως η γεωλογία και η αρχαιολογική της αξία. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο περιγράφεται η ηλεκτρική μέθοδος που εφαρμόστηκε και οι τρόποι λήψης μετρήσεων. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο περιγράφονται οι μέθοδοι ερμηνείας των δεδομένων που λήφθηκαν με την μέθοδο της Ηλεκτρικής Τομογραφίας.Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο αναφέρεται η επεξεργασία που έγινε στα δεδομένα της γεωηλεκτρικής χαρτογράφησης και η ερμηνεία της. Στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται η ερμηνεία των δεδομένων που λήφθησαν με την μέθοδο της Ηλεκτρικής Τομογραφίας.Στο έκτο κεφάλαιο μελετήσαμε την απόκριση που παρουσιάζουν ορισμένα προσομοιώματα. Τέλος στο έβδομο κεφάλαίο αναφέρονται τα συμπεράσματα από την απόκριση των προσομοιωμάτων
description: This thesis describes the geophysical surveys that took place at Pistiros arcaelogical site, prefecture of Kavala in March 2015. The aim of the geophysical survey is the detection and mapping of buried antiquities. Also were constructed resistivity distribution models in order to study their response. The methods used for conducting the research were geoelectrical mapping and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) method.First chapter provides some general information of the area, such as its geology and archaeological value. Second chapter describes the electrical method and data collection methods. Third chapter describes the methods used in the interpretation of the ERT data.Fourth chapter refers to the processing of the geoelectrical mapping data and their interpretation. Fifth chapter presents the interpretation of ERT data. In the sixth chapter we studied the response of some simulators. Finally, the seventh chapter refers to the overall conclusions of models response study
Non-equilibrium clustering of self-propelled rods
Creators: name: Peruani, F.
name: Deutsch, A.
name: Baer, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by aggregation phenomena in gliding bacteria, we study collective motion in a twodimensional model of active, self-propelled rods interacting through volume exclusion. In simulations with individual particles, we find that particle clustering is facilitated by a sufficiently large packing fraction (eta) or length-to-width ratio (kappa). The transition to clustering in simulations is well captured by a mean-field model for the cluster size distribution, which predicts that the transition values kappa_c of the aspect ratio for a fixed packing fraction is given by kappa_c = C/eta - 1 where C is a constant.
title: The Measurement, Treatment and Immunopathology of Leprosy Type 1 Reactions
Creators: name: Walker, SL
Publisher: name: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Year: 2010

description: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous condition principally affecting the skin and peripheral nerves. It is caused by infection with the obligate intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae. The host immune response of an infected individual determines the disease phenotype. The borderline states of the disease are complicated by immunologically mediated Type 1 reactions in up to 30% of people. Type 1 reactions cause inflammation of the skin and peripheral nerves and can lead to permanent nerve function impairment. The treatment of Type 1 reactions is with oral corticosteroids but there are few data concerning the optimal dose and duration of corticosteroid treatment. Clinical trials have been hampered due to a lack of a valid measure of disease severity. A clinical severity scale was developed and tested in Bangladesh and Brazil. It was shown to be valid and able to discriminate between mild and moderate and moderate and severe Type 1 reactions. It was also shown to be reliable with excellent inter-observer agreement. A double blind randomized controlled clinical trial of high dose intravenous methylprednisolone and prednisolone (total dose equivalent to 6.15 g of prednisolone) was compared to placebo infusion and prednisolone (total dose 2.52 g of prednisolone). There were no significant differences in the rate of adverse effects between the two study groups. A large proportion, almost 50%, of individuals in both arms required additional prednisolone. Only 20% of individuals with nerve function impairment completely recovered although another 50% did improve. Skin biopsies were taken from participants before and at two time points during corticosteroid therapy. These biopsies were stained with monoclonal antibodies directed against toll-like receptors 1, 2, 4 and 9. Toll-like receptor 2 is highly expressed in skin lesions of Type 1 reaction but high expression of toll-like receptor 1, 2 and 4 was found in non-reactional patients with borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy. The expression in the skin of the toll-like receptors 1, 2 and 4 fell during corticosteroid therapy. The gene expression of toll-like receptor 2 and 4 fell during treatment and this change in gene expression was associated with disease outcome. The human acidic ribosomal protein P0 was validated as a control gene in PCR assays in this group of patients.
Regulation of steroid hormone production by the human granulosa-luteal cells
Creators: name: Khorasheh, Shideh
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: as an activin-binding protein. However, follistatin may also have direct actions on granulosa cells which are independent of its activin-binding activity. Follistatin stimulated basal progesterone and estradiol production; however, this stimulatory effect of follistatin on basal levels of steroid hormones was not present in all of the experiments. Follistatin did not affect hCG-stimulated estradiol and progesterone production by human granulosa cells. The biochemical pathways that lead to the formation ofthe Ang II/III exists in the human ovary. The effects of Ang II and Ang III with regard to steroid production in the ovary were investigated. Ang III but not Ang II inhibited hCG-stimulated progesterone production. On the other hand, Ang II stimulated basal estradiol levels while Ang III had no effect on basal or hCG-induced estradiol production. Taken together, these results suggest that Ang II and Ang III may promote follicular maturation in the human ovary by enhancing basal estradiol production from granulosa cells and preventing premature luteinization. In summary, the results from this study showed that local ovarian substances play a role in modulating the steroid hormone production by the granulosa cells. It is anticipated that future studies may allow for a better understanding of the coordinated action of many local substances involved in regulating steroid hormone production in the human ovary.
Constraints on the latitudinal profile of Jupiter's deep jets
Creators: name: Galanti, E.
name: Kaspi, Y.
name: Duer, K.
name: Fletcher, L.
name: Ingersoll, A. P.
name: Li, C.
name: Orton, G. S.
name: Guillot, T.
name: Levin, S. M.
name: Bolton, S. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observed zonal winds at Jupiter's cloud tops have been shown to be closely linked to the asymmetric part of the planet's measured gravity field. However, other measurements suggest that in some latitudinal regions the flow below the clouds might be somewhat different from the observed cloud-level winds. Here we show, using both the symmetric and asymmetric parts of the measured gravity field, that the observed cloud-level wind profile between 25$^{\circ}$S and 25$^{\circ}$N must extend unaltered to depths of thousands of kilometers. Poleward, the midlatitude deep jets also contribute to the gravity signal, but might differ somewhat from the cloud-level winds. We analyze the likelihood of this difference and give bounds to its strength. We also find that to match the gravity measurements, the winds must project inward in the direction parallel to Jupiter's spin axis, and that their decay inward should be in the radial direction.
Η αντιαφθαρτοδοκητική προβληματική του Λεοντίου Βυζαντίου και η χριστολογική της σημασία
Creators: name: Κοσμίδου, Ευρώπη Βύρωνα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Λεόντιος Βυζάντιος
Αφθαρτοδοκητισμός
Νεοχαλκηδονισμός
Leontius of Byzantium
Apthartodocetism
Neochalcedonism

description: Σκοπός της μεταπτυχιακής εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη του έργου του Λεόντιου Βυζάντιου Κατά Αφθαρτοδοκητών. Η εργασία διαιρείται σε τρία μέρη. Στο πρώτο έγινε προσπάθεια γραμματολογικής εξέτασης του προσώπου του Λεοντίου με αναφορά στις πηγαίες αναφορές του ονόματός του. Ταυτόχρονα κρίθηκε απαραίτητο να γίνει μια αναφορά στην ωριγενιστική κίνηση του έκτου αιώνα, αλλά και στη σύγχρονη νεοχαλκιδόνεια θεωρία, σύμφωνα με τα οποία διαιρούνται τα φερόμενα με το όνομα του Λεοντίου πρόσωπα του αιώνα αυτού. Στο δεύτερο μέρος έγινε εξέταση της διδασκαλίας του Αφθαρτοδοκητισμού, καθώς και του ιστορικού πλαισίου μέσα στο οποίου γεννιέται, με αναφορά ιδιαίτερα στο πρόσωπο του Ιουλιανού Αλικαρνασσού και του Σεβήρου Αντιοχείας, που είναι σημαντικά γι’ αυτό το θέμα. Τέλος έγινε ανάλυση τόσο φιλολογική όσο και – κυρίως – δογματική του ίδιου του κειμένου, καταδεικνύοντας την αντιαφθαρτοδοκητική πολεμική του Λεοντίου, αλλά και τους γραμματολογικούς ή άλλους προβληματισμούς που συνδέονται με το κείμενο αυτό.
description: The aim of the present master was the study of the work of Leontius of Byzantium Against Aphthartodokets. These master is divided in three parts. In the first part we tried to eximine grammatologically the person of Leontius, mentioning in sources with these name. Also we tried to mention the origenistic movement of sixth century, and the modern theory of neochalcedonism, according to which these names are divided. In the second part the teaching of Aphthartodocetism was eximind, and the historical frame, in which it was born. It is also mentioned the person of Julian of Halicarnassos and Severus of Antiocheia, who are very important upon these subject. In the third part the polemic of Leontius against Aphthartodocets is analysed according to the grammatological, philological and dogmatical perspective.
Bubble lifetimes in DNA gene promoters and their mutations affecting transcription
Creators: name: Hillebrand, M
name: Kalosakas, G
name: Bishop, A R
name: Skokos, Ch
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Relative lifetimes of inherent double stranded DNA openings with lengths up to ten base pairs are presented for different gene promoters and corresponding mutants that either increase or decrease transcriptional activity, in the framework of the Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model. Extensive microcanonical simulations are used, with energies corresponding to physiological temperature. The bubble lifetime profiles along the DNA sequences demonstrate a significant reduction of the average lifetime at the mutation sites when the mutated promoter decreases transcription, while a corresponding enhancement of the bubble lifetime is observed in the case of mutations leading to increased transcription. The relative difference of bubble lifetimes between the mutated and the wild type promoters at the position of mutation varies from 20% to more than 30% as the bubble length is decreasing
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Prism international
Creators: name: Prism International
Publisher: name: Vancouver : The Creative Writing Program of the University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: The following description is provided by the publisher:
Features the winners of PRISM’s 2017 Non-Fiction Contest.ContentsJUDGE'S ESSAYAlicia Elliott – Strength in SurvivalNON-FICTION GRAND PRIZE WINNERGwen Benaway – Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceNON-FICTION RUNNERS-UPKai Minosh Pyle – Autobiography of an IceheartErin Soros – It Pays to Increase Your Word PowerFICTIONYuly Restrepo Garcés – The DecedentNON-FICTIONCason Sharpe – One for the Faeries of Alexandra ParkPOETRYJonathan Ball – My Parents Don't Know ; Not Doing So BadlyCarolyn Nakagawa – EquinoxBren Simmers – Accident, Lions BayJim Johnstone – Self-portrait as Anything at Any Cost ; MeditationJudith Penner – After I Took Issue with the WorldJohn Sibley Williams – SpectralJ.R. Carpenter and Mary Paterson – Which Way Is West?Roxanna Bennett – RealistR. Kolewe – Quartet (3.2.0.1)Doyali Islam – Sites: Mill RoadDaniela Elza – Life as Conceptual Art
Coherent optical transfer of Feshbach molecules to a lower vibrational state
Creators: name: Winkler, K.
name: Lang, F.
name: Thalhammer, G.
name: Straten, P. v. d.
name: Grimm, R.
name: Denschlag, J. Hecker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) we have coherently transferred ultracold 87Rb2 Feshbach molecules into a more deeply bound vibrational quantum level. Our measurements indicate a high transfer efficiency of up to 87%. As the molecules are held in an optical lattice with not more than a single molecule per lattice site, inelastic collisions between the molecules are suppressed and we observe long molecular lifetimes of about 1 s. Using STIRAP we have created quantum superpositions of the two molecular states and tested their coherence interferometrically. These results represent an important step towards Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of molecules in the vibrational ground state.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures
On the Periods and Nature of Superhumps
Creators: name: Smak, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is commonly accepted that the periods of superhumps can be satisfactorily explained within a model involving apsidal motion of the accretion disk provided the frequency of the apsidal motion in addition to the dynamical term includes also the pressure effects. Using a larger sample of systems with reliable mass ratios it is shown, however, that this view is not true and the model requires further modifications.
description: Submitted to "Acta Astronomica"
Adsorption Kinetics of a Single Polymer on a Solid Plane
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, S.
name: Milchev, A.
name: Rostiashvili, V. G.
name: Grosberg, A. Y.
name: Vilgis, T. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study analytically and by means of an off-lattice bead-spring dynamic Monte Carlo simulation model the adsorption kinetics of a single macromolecule on a structureless flat substrate in the regime of strong physisorption. The underlying notion of a ``stem-flower'' polymer conformation, and the related mechanism of ``zipping'' during the adsorption process are shown to lead to a Fokker-Planck equation with reflecting boundary conditions for the time-dependent probability distribution function (PDF) of the number of adsorbed monomers. The theoretical treatment predicts that the mean fraction of adsorbed segments grows with time as a power law with a power of $(1+ν)^{-1}$ where $ν\approx 3/5$ is the Flory exponent. The instantaneous distribution of train lengths is predicted to follow an exponential relationship. The corresponding PDFs for loops and tails are also derived. The complete solution for the time-dependent PDF of the number of adsorbed monomers is obtained numerically from the set of discrete coupled differential equations and shown to be in perfect agreement with the Monte Carlo simulation results. In addition to homopolymer adsorption, we study also regular multiblock copolymers and random copolymers, and demonstrate that their adsorption kinetics may be considered within the same theoretical model.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures; typos were corrected
Generalizations of a terminating summation formula of basic hypergeometric series and their applications
Creators: name: Zhu, Jun-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 33D15, 11B65, 33C20, 11F27

description: We generalize a terminating summation formula to a unilateral nonterminating, and further, a bilateral summation formula by a property of analytic functions. The unilateral one is proved to be a $q$-analogue of a $_4F_3$-summation formula. And, an identity unifying Jacobi's triple product identity and the quintuple product identity is obtained as a special case of the bilateral one.
description: 8 pages,0 figures
Light Field Methods for the Visual Inspection of Transparent Objects
Creators: name: Meyer, Johannes
Publisher: name: KIT Scientific Publishing
Year: 2019
Subjects: Bildverarbeitung
Lichtfelder
Sichtprüfung
Transparente Objekte
Optik
Image processing
Light fields
Visual inspection
Transparent objects
Optics

description: Transparent objects play crucial roles in humans’ everyday life, must meet high quality requirements and therefore must be visually inspected. Developing automated visual inspection systems for complex-shaped transparent objects still represents a challenging task. As a solution, this book introduces light field methods for all main components of a visual inspection system: a novel light field sensor, suitable processing methods and a light field illumination approach.
Το Άγχος για τα Μαθηματικά στους φοιτητές των Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημονικών Κλάδων
Creators: name: Δημητριάδου, Αφροδίτη Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: άγχος για τα Μαθηματικά
ΚΑΜ – 2015
γεωπόνους στην Ελλάδα
math anxiety
ΜΑS-2015
agronomy students in Greece

description: Η εργασία αυτή έχει ως στόχο να μελετήσει την προσαρμογή και τα ψυχομετρικά χαρακτηριστικά του ερωτηματολογίου «Κλίμακα Άγχους για τα Μαθηματικά 2015 / ΚΑΜ-2015» σε μελλοντικούς γεωπόνους στην Ελλάδα. Ειδικότερα, μελετήθηκαν οι ψυχομετρικές ιδιότητες του παραπάνω ερωτηματολογίου, η σχέση του άγχους για τα Μαθηματικά με δημογραφικά χαρακτηριστικά των συμμετεχόντων αλλά και με τη μαθηματική ικανότητα που απαιτείται για την παρακολούθηση ενός εισαγωγικού μαθήματος Μαθηματικών. Τα ευρήματα έδειξαν ότι το αυτοσχέδιο αυτό ερωτηματολόγιο παρουσιάζει ικανοποιητική εσωτερική συνέπεια, καθώς και εγκυρότητα εννοιολογικής κατασκευής. Επιπλέον, η προηγούμενη εμπειρία στα Μαθηματικά και οι στάσεις απέναντι τους βρέθηκε ότι συνδέονται αρνητικά με το άγχος. Τέλος, χαμηλές επιδόσεις στο μάθημα φαίνεται να συνδέονται με υψηλότερα επίπεδα άγχους. Συμπερασματικά, η κλίμακα ΚΑΜ – 2015 μπορεί να αποτελέσει ένα χρήσιμο εργαλείο σε ερευνητικό επίπεδο για τη διερεύνηση του άγχους για τα Μαθηματικά στα διάφορα τμήματα θετικών επιστημών.
description: This study aims to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the “Mathematical Anxiety Scale 2015 / ΜΑS-2015” in agronomy students in Greece. Specifically, we studied the psychometric properties of MAS, the relationship between statistics anxiety and demographic characteristics of the participants, mathematical ability required to follow an introductory mathematics course and attitudes towards them. The findings showed that this scale has satisfactory internal consistency and construct validity. In addition, previous experience in mathematics, mathematical ability and attitudes towards them were found to be negatively associated with anxiety. Finally, poor performance in mathematics course appears to be associated with higher levels of anxiety. In conclusion, MAS scale can be a useful research tool to investigate students’ mathematics anxiety in university departments who are related with Mathematics.
Tracing the Evolution of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies into Radio Galaxies with Low Frequency Radio Observations
Creators: name: Nandi, S.
name: Das, M.
name: Dwarakanath, K. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present radio observations of ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and combine them with archival multi-frequency observations to understand whether ULIRGs are the progenitors of the powerful radio loud galaxies in the local Universe. ULIRGs are characterized by large infrared luminosities ($L_{IR}>$10$^{12}$L$\odot$), large dust masses ($\sim10^{8}M_{\odot}$) and vigorous star formation (star formation rates $\sim$10-100 $M_{\odot}~$yr$^{-1}$). Studies show that they represent the end stages of mergers of gas-rich spiral galaxies. Their luminosity can be due to both starburst activity and active galactic nuclei (AGN). We study a sample of 13 ULIRGs that have optically identified AGN characteristics with 1.28~GHz GMRT observations. Our aim is to resolve any core-jet structures or nuclear extensions and hence examine whether the ULIRGs are evolving into radio loud ellipticals. Our deep, low frequency observations show marginal extension for only one source. However, the integrated radio spectra of 9 ULIRGs show characteristics that are similar to that of GPS/CSS/CSO/young radio sources. The estimated spectral ages are 0.4 to 20 Myr and indicate that they are young radio sources and possible progenitors of radio galaxies. Hence, we conclude that although most ULIRGs do not show kpc scale extended radio emission associated with nuclear activity, their radio spectral energy distributions do show signatures of young radio galaxies.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
ECRcentral: Bringing early-career researchers and funding opportunities together
Creators: name: Khan, Aziz
name: Quintana, Juan F.
name: Winde, Charlotte M. De
name: Cruceanu, Cristiana
name: ELife Community Ambassadors
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2019

description: For early-career researchers (ECRs), getting funding for their research ideas is becoming more and more competitive, and there is growing pressure in all disciplines to obtain grants. Although there is a plethora of funding opportunities for postdoctoral scientists and other ECRs, there has been no central platform to systematically search for such funding opportunities and/or to get professional feedback on the proposal. With a group of eLife Ambassadors, we developed ECRcentral (ecrcentral.org), a funding database and an open forum for the ECR community. The platform is open to everyone and currently contains 700 funding schemes in a wide range of scientific disciplines, 100 travel grants, and a diverse range of useful resources. In the first two months since its release approximately 500 ECRs already joined this community. The platform is developed using open-source technology, with all the source code and related content made openly available through our GitHub repository (github.com/ecrcentral). ECRcentral aims to bring ECRs and resources for funding together, to facilitate discussions about those opportunities, share experiences, and create impact through community engagement. We strongly believe that this resource will be highly valuable for ECRs and the scientific community at large.
Static potential from spontaneous breaking of scale symmetry
Creators: name: Gaete, Patricio
name: Guendelman, Eduardo
name: Spallucci, Euro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the static potential for a heavy quark-antiquark pair from the spontaneous symmetry breaking of scale invariance in a non-Abelian gauge theory. Our calculation is done within the framework of the gauge-invariant, path-dependent, variables formalism. The result satisfies the 't Hooft basic criterion for achieving confinement.
description: 13 pages, Latex, no figures; final version accepted for publication in PLB, new references and comments, physical results unchanged
scTEM-seq; a method for single cell analysis of globalDNA methylation levels
Creators: name: Kooper Hunt
name: Lee, Heather
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2019

description: scTEM-seq (single cell transposable element methylation sequencing) provides an affordable tool for the analysis of global DNA methylation levels. Importantly, this tool is compatible with parrallel RNA sequencing to allow simple and cost effective analysis of DNA methylation and the transcriptome from a single cell.
Αποτίμηση φέρουσας ικανότητας και προτάσεις ενίσχυσης του βυζαντινού ναού Αγίας Αικατερίνης Πλάκας Αττικής
Creators: name: Κούστας, Αλέξανδρος Απόστολου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Αποτίμηση-Αγία Αικατερίνη Πλάκας
Ενίσχυση-Αγία Αικατερίνη Πλάκας
Assessment-Agia Aikaterini Plaka
Retrofit-Agia Aikaterini Plaka

description: Το αντικείμενο της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας αφορά στη στατική μελέτη αποκατάστασης του Βυζαντινού Ναού Αγίας Αικατερίνης Πλάκας Αττικής. Οι προτεινόμενες επεμβάσεις είναι βασισμένες στην Αρχιτεκτονική πρόταση της προπτυχιακής διπλωματικής εργασίας με τίτλο: «Διερεύνηση δυνατοτήτων χρήσης 3Δ σαρωτών στην τεκμηρίωση, αποκατάσταση και ανάδειξη μνημείων. Η περίπτωση του Ι.Ν. Αγ. Αικατερίνης στην Πλάκα», Δ. Κοκόλας, Δ.Π.Θ., Ξάνθη 2013. Ο Ναός βρίσκεται στο κέντρο των Αθηνών στο οικοδομικό τετράγωνο που διαμορφώνεται από τις οδούς Λυσικράτους, Γαλανού, Γκούρα και Χαιρεφώντος. Η κατασκευή του κυρίως Ναού τοποθετείται χρονολογικά από τους περισσότερους μελετητές στον 11ο αιώνα. Τυπολογικά ο ναός εντάσσεται στους σταυροειδείς εγγεγραμμένους, σύνθετους τετρακίονους. Στη σημερινή του μορφή ο κυρίως ναός περιβάλλεται από περίστωο το οποίο κατασκευάστηκε μεταγενέστερα, λίγο μετά τα μέσα του 19ου αιώνα. Η τοιχοποιία του Ναού είναι φέρουσα και ακολουθεί το πλινθοπερίκτιστο σύστημα. Η θολοδομία είναι κατασκευασμένη από οπτόπλινθους. Μελετάται η φέρουσα ικανότητα του κτιρίου και διαστασιολογούνται οι προτάσεις ενίσχυσης. Βασική πρόταση είναι η αντικατάσταση της οροφής του περίστωου με γυάλινη οροφή η οποία θα στηρίζεται σε μεταλλική κατασκευή που θα βελτιώσει ταυτόχρονα και τη σεισμική συμπεριφορά του Ναού.
description: The main objective of this thesis is to asses the bearing capacity and to investigate the retrofit solutions of the Byzantine Church of Agia Aikaterini, Plaka, Athens. The suggested interventions are based on an undergraduate thesis written by D. Kokolas in Democritus University of Thrace, Departure of Architecture, in 2013. The temple of Agia Aikaterini was built in the 11th century and is located in the neighborhood of Plaka in the center of Athens. The typology of the temple is domed cross-in-square, composite four-pillar church. Today the temple is surrounded by an ambulatory which was made in 19th century. For the needs of the thesis the temple was surveyed with a 3D laser scanner. The building is built with masonry walls made by natural stones, bricks from the byzantine period and lime mortar. Wooden beams were used also to hold the arches. The basic proposal of the thesis is to remove the concrete roof of the ambulatory and replace it with a glass roof. The glass roof will be held by a steel structure which will also improve the earthquake behaviour of the temple.