cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Distribution of Abcg2 (BCRP) and Abcc2 (MRP2) mRNAs in rat small intestine and liver
Creators: name: Horibe, Sayo
name: Minegaki, Tetsuya
name: Ohnishi, Noriaki
name: Takara, Kohji
name: Yokoyama, Teruyoshi
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Abcc2
subject: Abcg2
subject: ABC transporter
subject: expression profile
subject: RT-PCR
subject: Wistar rat
subject: 610

description: The purpose of this study is to examine the distribution of Abcg2 and Abcc2 mRNAs in the intestine and liver of male Wistar rats, and any regional differences. Nine-week-old male rats were used, and their intestine divided equally into nine segments. The expression patterns of Abcg2 and Abcc2 mRNAs in the intestine and liver were examined using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). PCR products for Abcg2 mRNA were readily detectable in the intestine, but no bands were detected in the liver. In addition, the level of Abcg2 mRNA increased significantly from the duodenum to ileum, indicating a regional difference in Abcg2 mRNA expression in the intestine. This regional difference was comparable to that of Abcb1/mdr1a as reported previously. On the other hand, Abcc2 mRNA was detected at a higher level in the liver than in the intestine. However, there was no regional difference in Abcc2 mRNA expression in the intestine. Collectively, Abcg2 was predominant in the intestine rather than liver in male Wistar rats, whereas Abcc2 was predominant in the liver. These findings will provide useful information for evaluating the gastrointestinal secretion of drugs as well as drug-drug interactions in rats.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 8, 2009
MISR SO'ZLASHUV LAHJASINI ZAMONAVIY ARAB TILIGA O'TKAZISH.
Creators: name: Musayeva, Nargiza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Umumiy  Arab tili klassik yoki Qur'on Arab tiliga asoslangan, ammo asrlar davomida bu til hozirgi zamon Standart Arab Tili (SAT) sifatida qabul qilingan darajada rivojlandi. Arab so'zlashuv lahjalari odatda faqat og'zaki tillardir, ammo so'nggi paytlarda “so'zlashuv matnining” kopayib borayotgani, ayniqsa internet  bo'ylab , fikrlarni ifodalash vositasi sifatida keskin oshdi.  Ushbu yozma so'zlashuvlarning aksariyati Misr so'zlashuv lahjasi, bu Arab dunyosida tushunilgan va ishlatiladigan eng keng tarqalgan dialekt hisoblanadi. Biz so'zlashuv arabcha so'zlarni tegishli SAT so'zlariga o'tkazish orqali SAT ishlov berish vositalarini so'zlashuv arab tili bilan qayta ishlatishimiz mumkin.
Optimized parameter estimation in the presence of collective phase noise
Creators: name: Altenburg, Sanah
name: Wölk, Sabine
name: Toth, Geza
name: Gühne, Otfried
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate phase and frequency estimation with different measurement strategies under the effect of collective phase noise. First, we consider the standard linear estimation scheme and present an experimentally realisable optimization of the initial probe states by collective rotations. We identify the optimal rotation angle for different measurement times. Second, we show that sub-shot noise sensitivity - up to the Heisenberg limit - can be reached in presence of collective phase noise by using differential interferometry, where one part of the system is used to monitor the noise. For this, not only GHZ states but also symmetric Dicke states are suitable. We investigate the optimal splitting for a general symmetric Dicke state at both inputs and discuss possible experimental realisations of differential interferometry.
description: 17 pages, 6 figures, v2: small revisions, final version
Enhanced interleukin-10 signaling with 14-member macrolides in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages
Creators: name: Abe, Shuichi
name: Inoue, Sumito
name: Ishikawa, Tomomi
name: Kubota, Isao
name: Shibata, Yoko
name: Takabatake, Noriaki
name: Yamauchi, Keiko
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: clarithromycin
subject: erythromycin
subject: immunomodulatory effects
subject: interleukin-10
subject: macrophage
subject: SOCS-3
subject: STAT3
subject: 610

description: Immunomodulatory effects of 14-member macrolides, namely erythromycin (EM) and clarithromycin (CAM), have been reported in chronic respiratory infectious diseases. It has been suggested that 14-member macrolides have immunomodulatory effects on various lung cells such as alveolar macrophages. Interleukin (IL)-10 is an immunomodulatory cytokine that performs an irreplaceable role in negatively regulating inflammation, primarily via a mechanism that selectively blocks the expression of pro-inflammatory genes. It activates sig-nal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-3, and subsequently induces the suppres-sor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS-3), resulting in the resolution of inflammatory response in macrophages. However, it has been still unclear whether 14-member macrolides exert immu-nomodulatory effects via IL-10 signaling pathway. We aimed to evaluate whether 14-member macrolides affect the IL-10 signaling pathway. The RAW264.7 macrophage cell line was pre-treated with EM or CAM, and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The levels of IL-10, IL-10 receptor, phosphorylated (p) STAT-3, and SOCS-3 were determined by RT-PCR, ELISA and immunoblotting. We observed increased levels of IL-10, p-STAT-3 and SOCS-3 in the treated cells. In addition, while the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α 6 h after LPS stimulation was equal between vehicle-treated and CAM-treated macrophage cells, those of CAM-treated cells were repressed 36 h following LPS stimulation, compared with those of the control cells. Therefore, the 14-member macrolides may initiate an early resolution of inflammation, in part, via the enhancement of the IL-10/STAT-3/SOCS-3 pathway.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 7, 2008
Interplay between altermagnetism and nonsymmorphic symmetries generating large anomalous Hall conductivity by semi-Dirac points induced anticrossings
Creators: name: Fakhredine, Amar
name: Sattigeri, Raghottam M.
name: Cuono, Giuseppe
name: Autieri, Carmine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the interplay between altermagnetic spin-splitting and nonsymmorphic symmetries using the space group no. 62 as a testbed. Studying different magnetic orders by means of first-principles calculations, we find that the altermagnetism (AM) is present in the C-type magnetic configuration while it is absent for the G-type and A-type configurations due to different magnetic space group types. The nonsymmorphic symmetries constrain the system to a four-fold degeneracy at the border of the Brillouin zone with semi-Dirac dispersion. In the case of large hybridization as for transition metal pnictides, the interplay between AM and nonsymmorphic symmetries generates an intricate network of several crossings and anticrossings that we describe in terms of semi-Dirac points and glide symmetries. When we add the spin-orbit coupling (SOC), we find a Neel-vector dependent spin-orbit splitting at the time-reversal invariant momenta points since the magnetic space groups depend on the Neel vector. The magnetic space group type-I produces antiferromagnetic hourglass electrons that disappear in the type-III. When the Neel vector is along x, we observe a glide-protected crossing that could generate a nodal-line in the altermagnetic phase. The SOC splits the remaining band crossings and band anticrossings producing a large anomalous Hall effect in all directions excluding the Neel-vector direction
Further Exploration of Riemann's Functional Equation
Creators: name: Milgram, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M06, 11M26, 11M99, 26A09, 30B40, 30E20, 30C15, 33C47, 33B99, 33F99

description: A previous exploration of the Riemann functional equation that focussed on the critical line, is extended over the complex plane. Significant results include a simpler derivation of the fundamental equation developed previously, and its generalization from the critical line to the complex plane. A simpler statement of the relationship that exists between the real and imaginary components of $ζ(s)$ and $ζ^{\prime}(s)$ on opposing sides of the critical line is developed, reducing to a simpler statement of the same result on the critical line. An analytic expression is obtained for the sum of the arguments of $ζ(s)$ on opposite sides of the critical line, reducing to the analytic expression for $arg(ζ(1/2+iρ))$ first obtained in the previous work. Relationships are obtained between various combinations of $|ζ(s)|$ and $|ζ^{\prime}(s)|$, particularly on the critical line, and it is demonstrated that $arg(ζ(1/2+iρ))$ and $arg(ζ^{\prime}(1/2+iρ))$ uniquely define $|ζ(1/2+iρ)|$. A comment is made about the utility of such results as they might apply to putative proofs of Riemann's Hypothesis (RH).
description: 19 pages, 4 figures, This paper is an extension of, and should be read in conjunction with, the previous paper arXiv 1510.06333. Revision (Nov. 9,2016) includes corrections, clarification and additions
Effect of antibiotic therapy on the inflammatory responses during streptococcal pneumonia in emphysematous mice
Creators: name: Abe, Shuichi
name: Inoue, Sumito
name: Kubota, Isao
name: Nakamura, Hidenori
name: Sata, Makoto
name: Shibata, Yoko
name: Takabatake, Noriaki
name: Takeda, Hiroaki
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: COPD
subject: cytokine
subject: respiratory infection
subject: respiratory quinolone
subject: 610

description: Background and objective: Bacterial infection is one of the most important causes of acute exacerbation of respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There were few studies evaluating the effects of early intervention by antibiotic on respiratory bacterial infection in COPD subjects. We investigated the effect of early intervention by respiratory quinolone antibiotic on the systemic inflammatory responses induced by streptococcal pneumonia using a mouse model of experimental emphysema. Methods: Experimental pulmonary emphysema was developed by a single intratracheal instillation of porcine pancreatic elastase in ICR mice. Three weeks later, lethal doses of Streptococcus pneumoniae were intratracheally inoculated, followed by oral administration of 50 mg/kg body weight of Grepafloxacin (GPFX) every day from a day after tracheal inoculation. Results: While all emphysematous mice without GPFX treatment died within 8 days, all emphysematous mice with GPFX treatment survived. Seventy two hrs after infection, serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1, and CXCL2 (Macrophage inflammatory protein-2) in emphysematous mice with antibiotic therapy were significantly lower than those without therapy. Conclusions: Thus, the early intervention using a respiratory quinolone antibiotic prevents emphysematous mice with pneumonia from severe systemic inflammation, and rescues these mice from death. These results suggest that early intervention using a respiratory quinolone may improve the outcome of the exacerbated COPD patients.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 8, 2009
Assessment of temporary hearing loss, associated factors and measuring noise levels among workers in ayka Addis textile factory (Textile Factory Q) in Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2019.
Creators: name: Angaw, Yonas
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Introduction:-Development of modern automated machines in industries has considerably decreased the physical burden of workers in addition to increasing the productivity of the industries resulting in noise pollution. Noise exposure above the limit value of 90 dB (A) is known to cause temporary hearing loss among exposed workers. Objective: - To assess temporary hearing loss, associated factors and measuring noise levels among workers in textile factory Q. Methods and materials: - A cross-sectional study design was employed from January 15 to April 30, 2019. The data collection methods were observational checklist, self-administered questionnaire and aerial and personal noise level measurements. Department heads and environmental health proffesionals was participated for data collection. A total of 406 using computerized simple random sampling and 27 individuals using Homogenous Exposure Groups were included respectively for the self-adminstered questionnaire and personal noise exposure measurements. Data was entered using Epi-data version 4.2 and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Also 95% confidence interval was calculated for the independent variables and P value <0.05 had included to show the significance of the association. Results: - The questionnaire was completed by 388 (95.6% response rate) production section workers, of which 254 (65.5%) were females and 134 (34.5%) were males. About One hundred ninty (49.0%, COR=1.53; 95% CI= [1.15-2.03]) workers reported that they have at least one temporary hearing loss problems during working time in the textile factory. None of the participants reported the use of hearing protective devices and maximum LAeq, noise levels were recoeded in spinning II, 89.1+5.9 dBA and knitting, 89+4.3dBA. There was significant association between working departments and temporary hearing loss of workers. Conclusion: - The presented study demonstrated that work force in the spinning and knitting departments of the textile factory had high prevalence of temporary hearing loss. Recommendations: - The textile factory should implement control measures such as engineering and administrative (rotation of workers) controls with providing hearing protective devices to reduce the noise exposure among workers. 8hr
Rotation and Mass in the Milky Way and Spiral Galaxies
Creators: name: Sofue, Yoshiaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: [PASJ Review Paper] Rotation curves are the basic tool for deriving the distribution of mass in spiral galaxies. In this review, we describe various methods to measure rotation curves in the Milky Way and spiral galaxies. We then describe two major methods to calculate the mass distribution using the rotation curve. By the direct method, the mass is calculated from rotation velocities without employing mass models. By the decomposition method, the rotation curve is deconvolved into multiple mass components by model fitting assuming a black hole, bulge, exponential disk and dark halo. The decomposition is useful for statistical correlation analyses among the dynamical parameters of the mass components. We also review recent observations and derived results. ( Full resolution copy is available at URL: http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~sofue/htdocs/PASJreview2016/ )
description: 34 pages, 33 figures, 8 tables, PASJ Review Paper, in press, Full resolution copy at http://www.ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~sofue/htdocs/PASJreview2016/
Evaluation of consumer risk resulting from exposure against diphenylmethane-4,4'-diisocyanate (MDI) from polyurethane foam
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Hans-Dieter
name: Schupp, Thomas
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: consumer risk
subject: diphenylmethane diisocyanate
subject: emission
subject: migration
subject: polyurethane
subject: 610

description: Flexible polyurethane foam made from diphenylmethane-4,4’-diisocyanate (MDI) may contain a few ppm of residual monomer. As this foam is used in consumer articles like upholstered furniture and bed mattresses, the question arises if the residual monomer can result in consumer exposure and risk to consumer health. Integral skin polyurethane foam used for steering wheels and armrests and flexible polyurethane foam were analyzed for extractable MDI. The latter was also investigated with respect to migration and evaporation of MDI. There was no migration or evaporation of MDI detected. Against the experimental design and the corresponding detection limits less than 5.4 ng MDI per m³ air in the test chamber and a migration rate below 9 ng/cm² per day was found under simulated worst-case conditions (up to 10 ppm MDI in the flexible foam). For exposure by inhalation, these findings were compared to the German MAK value for MDI in air, the US EPA Reference Concentration and the NOAEC for respiratory tract irritation. For dermal exposure, the findings were compared against a derived No Expected Sensitization Induction Level (NESIL) for allergic contact dermatitis in man. As a result, polyurethanes containing up to 24 ppm extractable MDI do not pose a critical toxicological risk to consumers. Whether higher contents are acceptable depends on the result of migration and evaporation tests.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 8, 2009
Quality of Family Planning Service in Public Health Centers in Addis Ketema Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017: facility based cross sectional study
Creators: name: Muzeyin, Alewiya
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Background: Quality is an important and commonly used indicator for measuring the health service delivery. Understanding and identifying factors hindering the service delivery are important for improving the quality of service delivered which is a continuous process and shall be done regularly to improve and maintain maximum clients" satisfaction level. Though health centers are the common encounter site for most family planning service users, there is no study done separately at these lower facility level (health centers). Objective: The objective of this study is to assess quality of family planning services provided at health center level in Addis Ababa, Addis ketema sub city. Methods: Facility based cross sectional study was conducted from 15th April to 30th June 2017 on family planning clients in Addis Ketema sub city. Systematic simple random sampling technique has been used to get a total of 422 clients as study population, 107 observational study and facility audit was conducted in 5 health centers. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Bi variable and multivariable analysis used on components of family planning service quality. Result: The quality measure components findings were 86% for choice of method, 86.7% for information provision with full explanation of methods, 91.5% for interpersonal relationship with communication clarification, 91% clients" agreement on provider competence & only 9.3% for appropriate constellation of service while 90.5% was for follow up and continuity mechanism. Providers used at least one information education and communication material (IEC) in only 22.4% of the consultation sessions. From the inventory part; there was less stock out of supplies though high turnover of trained staff is prevalent. The overall composite satisfaction score was 73.9%. The multivariable analysis revealed that service quality for those clients demonstrated on how to use contraceptive methods was AOR 0.048(95% CI, 0.019, 0.126), decision on method continuation was AOR 0.047(95%CI: 0.018, 0.123) and privacy was AOR 0.0284(95% CI, 0.090, 0.901) times less likely to get poor quality service. Conclusion: The overall quality measure was 50.2% which is good though it is found to be deficient in different aspects. Concerned bodies should work on improved availability of supply, IEC materials and trained personnel on family planning to maintain the quality of family planning service delivery.
Eltern in Erwartung eines Kindes mit einer Behinderung. Bedarf an Begleitung durch Fachpersonen
Creators: name: Rüedi, Livia
name: Leemann, Nadja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Vermehrt nehmen Eltern in der Schwangerschaft vorgeburtliche Untersuchungen in Anspruch. Nur wenige Eltern, bei deren Fötus ein auffälliger Befund festgestellt wurde, führen die Schwangerschaft fort. Was brauchen diese Eltern an fachlicher Unterstützung, um mit den Herausforderungen bis zur Geburt umgehen zu können? Dazu wurden fünf Frauen und drei Männer über ihr damaliges Befinden und die Themen, die sie beschäftigten, interviewt. Auch wurde gefragt, welche fachliche Beratung sie in Anspruch genommen hatten und was hilfreich gewesen war. Das Gesprächsmaterial wurde mittels einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse ausgewertet. Die Eltern erhielten viel medizinische Beratung, hingegen keine Angebote für zusätzliche Unterstützung und wurden auch nicht auf weiterführende Angebote zur ganzheitlichen Information hingewiesen. Die Analyse der Interviews zeigte die Notwendigkeit eines umfassenden Beratungsangebots. Daraus ergaben sich Anregungen und ein Vorschlag für ein Beratungskonzept zur Weiterentwicklung des Angebots im Kanton Zürich
High resolution low dose transmission electron microscopy real-time imaging and manipulation of nano-scale objects in the electron beam
Creators: name: Brown, R. Malcolm
name: Barnes, Zack
name: Sawatari, Chie
name: Kondo, Tetsuo
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: B82B3/00
subject: B82Y30/00
subject: B82Y40/00
subject: 204/192.34
subject: 250/311
subject: 250/307
subject: 422/68.1
subject: 422/81

description: The present invention includes a method, apparatus and system for nanofabrication in which one or more target molecules are identified for manipulation with an electron beam and the one or more target molecules are manipulated with the electron beam to produce new useful materials.
The potential of VLTI observations for the study of circumstellar disk variability
Creators: name: Bensberg, A.
name: Kobus, J.
name: Wolf, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. A characteristic feature of young stellar objects is their variability, which is caused by a variety of different physical processes. High-resolution interferometric observations in the near- and mid-infrared wavelength ranges spanning multiple epochs allow the detailed study of these processes. Aims. We aim at investigating the expected variations of the interferometric observables connected to changes in the measured photometric fluxes of a typical variable accreting central young stellar object with a circumstellar disk. Methods. We calculated visibilities and closure phases as well as the photometric flux of brightness distributions obtained using 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations for a model of a circumstellar disk with an accreting central star. Results. Changes in the accretion luminosity of the central object, that is, an accreting pre-main-sequence star, can lead to significant variations in the visibility and closure phase of the star-disk system measured with instruments at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) that can be related to changes in the photometric flux. Taking into account additional effects due to baseline variation, interferometric observations can provide valuable contributions to the understanding of the underlying processes. Additionally, we provide the web application VLTI B-VAR that allows the impact of the hour angle on the visibility and closure phase for customized intensity maps to be estimated.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. 14 pages, 15 figures
Analyses of the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey Data
Creators: name: Gizaw, Asnakech
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Background: Postnatal care is an important care which is given to the mother and her child to prevent and reduce maternal and child mortality. Despite the importance of the care for the mother and her child, there are considerable disparities in postnatal care utilization across many geographical locations, maternal socioeconomic, and demographic factors in many Sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives: To investigate inequalities and assess the determinant factors in postnatal care service utilization among reproductive women in Ethiopia using the 2016 Ethiopia demographic health survey data. Methods: The study utilized data from the fourth round Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS). The dataset was accessed from EDHS website upon registering to the website. Education and wealth-related inequalities were assessed by concentration curve and concentration index. The measured inequality also decomposed into its contributing factors using Erregers method of analysis. In addition to this, population attributable risk, difference, and ratio were used to assess the inequality after running Binary logistic regression and multi-collinearities were checked by using variance inflation factor (VIF=1.5). Result: PNC utilization within the first two days in Ethiopia in 2016 was only 16%. Complex summary measures suggest Maternal level of Education and wealth related inequalities in PNC were significantly high in 2016: with concentration indies of 0.166 and 0.2089 respectively. Simple summary measures also revealed wealth status, 4+ ANC visit, delivery by CS, use of internet and region were significantly predict inequalities in Postnatal care utilization. Conclusion: There is a significant inequality in Postnatal care utilization in Ethiopia. Maternal wealth status, maternal level of Education, frequency of ANC visits, use of internet, Region and C-Section delivery are the dominant inequality contributors in the utilization of PNC services within those critical hours after birth. Recommendation: Policy makers should focus on the implementation of the strategies to adequately address the observed inequalities in postnatal care utilization among women. Strategies should focus on the key population subgroups.
Public participation in the planning process: its role, limitations and potential
Creators: name: Morris, Penelope.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Effect of Modern family Planning on Nutritional Status of Women of Reproductive age Groups, in Tena District, Arsi Zone, Oromiya Region, Ethiopia in 2013.
Creators: name: Tafa, Mesfin
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2013

description: Introduction: women in developing countries over their reproductive life span conceive and nourish with their own bodies six to eight children. Because of the high energy and nutrient demands of pregnancy and lactation, women spend a large proportion of their reproductive years under possible nutritional stress. Short interpregnancy intervals or early pregnancies resulting maternal depletion of energy and protein& micronutrients leads to a reduction in maternal nutritional status at conception and altered pregnancy outcomes. Extending birth spacing and giving women longer non-pregnant, non-lactating intervals provides them the time they need to replenish their energy and micronutrient stores. Objective: To Assess the Effect of Modern Family Planning Method(MFP) utilization on nutritional status of women in the reproductive age group (15-49 years) in Tena District, Arsi Zone Oromiya Region, Ethiopia. Method: A community based quantitative comparative cross- sectional study complemented by qualitative method was conducted in 2013. The study was conducted at Tena Woreda, Arsi Zone Oromiya region. Three kebeles were selected randomly and prior to the study FP users at least for one year and non-users before the actual data collection were identified. A systematic random sampling procedure was employed to select the study subjects. Data were entered and analyzed using Epi info version 3.5.1 and SPSS version 17 software .Logistic regression was done to assess the association of independent variables on dependent variable. To see the effect of ever MFPM utilization on the nutritional status, it was run using three multi-variate models. Result: The prevalence of low weight (p<0.001), underweight (p<0.001) and low MUAC (p<0.001) was significantly lower than among women of ever family planning users than non-users. The effect of ever MFPM utilization was significantly associated with women's underweight in two models in multi-variate analysis but it effect confounded with obstetric history characteristics. The other characteristics associated with underweight were; educational status of women, currently lactating (AOR=3.99; 95%CI =2.05- 7.8), illness (AOR=1.94; 95%CI =1.12- 3.4), frequency of meal per day (AOR=3.6; 95%CI =1.0- 12.98) and meat eating per week (AOR=4.1; 95%CI =1.8- 9.3) . Conclusions and recommendation: The main finding of this study was the prevalence of underweight was significantly higher among NFPM users than FPM user women. Continuous supply of MFPM with different range is important for improvement of women nutritional and health status. It is also recommended to empower women and increasing dietary intake during lactation.
Umgang mit der Leistungsheterogenität im Berufswahlunterricht
Creators: name: Reichlin, Simone
name: Rutschmann, Nicole
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie mit der Leistungsheterogenität der Lernenden im Berufswahlprozess umgegangen werden kann. Um diese Fragestellung zu beantworten, wurden theoretische Hintergründe studiert und mit Sekundarlehrpersonen, unterschiedlicher Schulformen, Leitfadeninterviews geführt. Die Datenauswertung mittels der Software MAXQDA und deren Verknüpfung mit der Theorie ergab Folgendes: Der Berufswahlunterricht findet zum falschen Zeitpunkt statt. Weiter muss er, insbesondere für Schülerinnen und Schüler mit Lernschwierigkeiten, individualisiert sowie differenziert dargeboten werden. Schliesslich ist es von Vorteil, wenn Lehrpersonen die verschiedenen internen und externen Unterstützungsangebote nutzen.
Tracing the Hercules stream with Gaia and LAMOST: new evidence for a fast bar in the Milky Way
Creators: name: Monari, Giacomo
name: Kawata, Daisuke
name: Hunt, Jason A. S.
name: Famaey, Benoit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The length and pattern speed of the Milky Way bar are still controversial. Photometric and spectroscopic surveys of the inner Galaxy, as well as gas kinematics, favour a long and slowly rotating bar, with corotation around a Galactocentric radius of 6 kpc. On the other hand, the existence of the Hercules stream in local velocity space favours a short and fast bar with corotation around 4 kpc. This follows from the fact that the Hercules stream looks like a typical signature of the outer Lindblad resonance of the bar. As we showed recently, reconciling this local stream with a slow bar would need to find a yet unknown alternative explanation, based for instance on the effect of spiral arms. Here, by combining the TGAS catalogue of the Gaia DR1 with LAMOST radial velocities, we show that the position of Hercules in velocity space as a function of radius in the outer Galaxy indeed varies exactly as predicted by fast bar models with a pattern speed no less than 1.8 times the circular frequency at the Sun's position.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
Mini droplet, mega droplet and stripe formation in a dipolar condensate
Creators: name: Young-S., Luis E.
name: Adhikari, S. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate mini droplet, mega droplet and stripe formation in a dipolar 164Dy condensate, using an improved mean-field model including a Lee-Huang-Yang-type interaction, employing a quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) trap in a way distinct from that in the pioneering experiment, M. A. Norcia et. al., Nature 596, 357 (2021), where the polarization z direction was taken to be perpendicular to the quasi-2D x-y plane. In the present study we take the polarization z direction in the quasi-2D x-z plane. Employing the same trapping frequencies as in the experiment, and interchanging the frequencies along the y and z directions, we find the formation of mini droplets for number of atoms N as small as N = 1000. With the increase of number of atoms, a spatially-periodic supersolid-like one-dimensional array of mega droplets containing 50000 to 200000 atoms are formed along the x direction in the x-y plane. These mega droplets are elongated along the polarization z direction, consequently, the spatially periodic arrangement of droplets appears as a stripe pattern in the x-z plane. To establish the supersolidity of the droplets we demonstrate continued dipole-mode and scissors-mode oscillations of the droplet-lattice pattern. The main findings of the present study can be tested experimentally with the present know-how.
The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA): Spatially Resolved Gas-Phase Metallicity Distributions in Barred and Unbarred Spirals
Creators: name: Kaplan, Kyle F.
name: Jogee, Shardha
name: Kewley, Lisa
name: Blanc, Guillermo A.
name: Weinzirl, Tim
name: Song, Mimi
name: Drory, Niv
name: Luo, Rongxin
name: Bosch, Remco C. E. van den
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of the excitation conditions and metallicity of ionized gas (Z_gas) in eight nearby barred and unbarred spiral galaxies from the VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA) survey, which provides high spatial sampling and resolution (median ~ 387 pc), large coverage from the bulge to outer disc, broad wavelength range (3600-6800 Ang.), and medium spectral resolution (~ 120 km s^-1 at 5000 Ang.). Our results are: (1) We present high resolution gas excitation maps to differentiate between regions with excitation typical of Seyfert, LINER, or recent star formation. We find LINER-type excitation at large distances (3-10 kpc) from the centre, and associate this excitation with diffuse ionized gas (DIG). (2) After excluding spaxels dominated by Seyfert, LINER, or DIG, we produce maps with the best spatial resolution and sampling to date of the ionization parameter q, star formation rate, and Z_gas using common strong line diagnostics. We find that isolated barred and unbarred spirals exhibit similarly shallow Z_gas profiles from the inner kpc out to large radii (7-10 kpc or 0.5-1.0 R_25). This implies that if profiles had steeper gradients at earlier epochs, then the present-day bar is not the primary driver flattening gradients over time. This result contradicts earlier claims, but agrees with recent IFU studies. (3) The Z_gas gradients in our z ~ 0 massive spirals are markedly shallower, by ~ 0.2 dex kpc^-1, than published gradients for lensed lower mass galaxies at z ~ 1.5-2.0. Cosmologically-motivated hydrodynamical simulations best match this inferred evolution, but the match is sensitive to adopted stellar feedback prescriptions.
description: 48 pages, 16 figures, 6 tables. Accepted to MNRAS
Mercury in food web of Raspberry Creek : an integrated report on mercury chemistry and biology of Raspberry Creek
Creators: name: Bos-VanderZalm, C. H.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Auf dem Markt erhältliche Werkstätten als Ausgangspunkt bei der Gestaltung von Stationenlernen für Lernende im präoperativen Bereich
Creators: name: Rauch, Heidi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Welche Anpassungen braucht es, damit Stationen aus bestehenden Werkstätten von Lernenden im präoperativen Bereich gelöst werden können? Ausgangspunkt für das Entwicklungsprojekt bildeten 29 Stationen aus fünf Werkstätten zum Thema Ernährung/Gesundheit. Mit einer Dokumentenanalyse wurden die Stationen auf ihre Anforderungen untersucht und theoriegeleitet auf die Möglichkeiten von Lernenden im präoperativen Bereich angepasst. Ein Praktikerinterview mit Lehrpersonen sollte klären, ob die angepassten Stationen von Lernenden im präoperativen Bereich lösbar sind. Die ausgewerteten Daten zeigen, dass eine Anpassung in den Bereichen Lesekompetenzen, Kognition/Niveau, Repräsentationsebene und Komplexität die Stationen lösbar macht. Die Daten zeigen aber auch, dass mangelnde Kompetenzen in der Handlungsplanung einen Stolperstein beim Anbieten von Stationenlernen bedeuten.
High-resolution [OI] line spectral mapping of TW Hya consistent with X-ray driven photoevaporation
Creators: name: Rab, Ch.
name: Weber, M.
name: Picogna, G.
name: Ercolano, B.
name: Owen, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Theoretical models indicate that photoevaporative and magnetothermal winds play a crucial role in the evolution and dispersal of protoplanetary disks and affect the formation of planetary systems. However, it is still unclear what wind-driving mechanism is dominant or if both are at work, perhaps at different stages of disk evolution. Recent spatially resolved observations by Fang et al. (2023) of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom spectral line, a common disk wind tracer, in TW Hya revealed that about 80% of the emission is confined to the inner few au of the disk. In this work, we show that state-of-the-art X-ray driven photoevaporation models can reproduce the compact emission and the line profile of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom line. Furthermore, we show that the models also simultaneously reproduce the observed line luminosities and detailed spectral profiles of both the [OI] 6300 Angstrom and the [NeII] 12.8 micron lines. While MHD wind models can also reproduce the compact radial emission of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom line, they fail to match the observed spectral profile of the [OI] 6300 Angstrom line and underestimate the luminosity of the [NeII] 12.8 micron line by a factor of three. We conclude that, while we cannot exclude the presence of an MHD wind component, the bulk of the wind structure of TW Hya is predominantly shaped by a photoevaporative flow.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters
Universal hydrodynamic mechanisms for crystallization in active colloidal suspensions
Creators: name: Singh, Rajesh
name: Adhikari, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lack of detailed balance in active colloidal suspensions allows dissipation to determine stationary states. Here we show that slow viscous flow produced by polar or apolar active colloids near plane walls mediates attractive hydrodynamic forces that drive crystallization. Hydrodynamically mediated torques tend to destabilize the crystal but stability can be regained through critical amounts of bottom-heaviness or chiral activity. Numerical simulations show that crystallization is not nucleational, as in equilibrium, but is preceded by a spinodal-like instability. Harmonic excitations of the active crystal relax diffusively but the normal modes are distinct from an equilibrium colloidal crystal. The hydrodynamic mechanisms presented here are universal and rationalize recent experiments on the crystallization of active colloids.
description: added the published version; supplemental movies at https://goo.gl/QpBaHC
Walter Goetz
Creators: name: Arnaldi, Girolamo
Publisher: name: L'Arte Tipografica
Year: 1959
Subjects: subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Goetz, Walter
subject: Kulturgeschichte

description: Sonderdruck aus: Rivista storica Italiana, Anno 71 Fascicolo 3 (1959).
Behavioral-Independent Features of Complex Heartbeat Dynamics
Creators: name: Aoyagi, Naoko
name: Hidaka, Ichiro
name: Ivanov, Plamen Ch.
name: Nunes Amaral, Luís A.
name: Tomono, Shinji
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Switching global correlations on and off in a many-body quantum state by tuning local entanglement
Creators: name: Benjamin, Colin
name: Dash, Aditya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantum many-body state built on a classical 1D Ising model with locally entangled qubits is considered. This setup can model an infinite-player quantum Prisoner's dilemma game with each site representing two entangled players (or qubits). The local entanglement $γ$ between two qubits placed on a site in the 1D Ising model and classical coupling between adjacent sites of the Ising model has an apposite influence on qubits. It points to a counter-intuitive situation wherein local entanglement at a site can exactly cancel global correlations, signaling an artificial quantum many-body state wherein, by locally tuning the entanglement at a particular site, one can transition from a strongly correlated quantum state to an uncorrelated quantum state and then to a correlated classical state. In other words, we can simulate a state similar to a Type II superconducting state via local tuning of entanglement in a 1D Ising chain with entangled qubits.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Coupling proofs are probabilistic product programs
Creators: name: Barthe, Gilles
name: Grégoire, Benjamin
name: Hsu, Justin
name: Strub, Pierre-Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Couplings are a powerful mathematical tool for reasoning about pairs of probabilistic processes. Recent developments in formal verification identify a close connection between couplings and pRHL, a relational program logic motivated by applications to provable security, enabling formal construction of couplings from the probability theory literature. However, existing work using pRHL merely shows existence of a coupling and does not give a way to prove quantitative properties about the coupling, which are need to reason about mixing and convergence of probabilistic processes. Furthermore, pRHL is inherently incomplete, and is not able to capture some advanced forms of couplings such as shift couplings. We address both problems as follows. First, we define an extension of pRHL, called xpRHL, which explicitly constructs the coupling in a pRHL derivation in the form of a probabilistic product program that simulates two correlated runs of the original program. Existing verification tools for probabilistic programs can then be directly applied to the probabilistic product to prove quantitative properties of the coupling. Second, we equip pRHL with a new rule for while loops, where reasoning can freely mix synchronized and unsynchronized loop iterations. Our proof rule can capture examples of shift couplings, and the logic is relatively complete for deterministic programs. We show soundness of xpRHL and use it to analyze two classes of examples. First, we verify rapid mixing using different tools from coupling: standard coupling, shift coupling, and path coupling, a compositional principle for combining local couplings into a global coupling. Second, we verify (approximate) equivalence between a source and an optimized program for several instances of loop optimizations from the literature.
Erfassung der Zahlenbegriffsentwicklung in der Heilpädagogischen Früherziehung E-ZaBE, ein Erfassungsinstrument
Creators: name: Olshausen Urech, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Masterarbeit

description: Wie sieht ein Instrument zur Erfassung der Zahlenbegriffsentwicklung für Kinder von 2 – 5 Jahren aus? Beantwortet wird diese Fragestellung durch E-ZaBE, einem Erfassungsinstrument zur Zahlenbegriffsentwicklung, konzipiert für die Heilpädagogische Früherziehung. Dieses Entwicklungsprojekt gliedert sich in drei Bausteine: Baustein 1 erläutert die theoretischen Grundlagen der Zahlenbegriffsentwicklung und kristallisiert Aspekte heraus, welche für die Erfassung zentral sind. Baustein 2 widmet sich der Konzeption von E-ZaBE, basierend auf Literatur zur Testkonstruktion. Baustein 3 evaluiert das Projekt mittels einer Fragebogenerhebung. Eine mehrheitlich positiv ausfallende Auswertung, mit Perspektiven für vertiefte Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der Zahlenbegriffsentwicklung, schliesst die Arbeit ab. Im Anhang befindet sich das Handbuch von E-ZaBE, welches zum Ausprobieren einlädt.
Determination of optimal reversed field with maximal electrocaloric cooling by a direct entropy analysis
Creators: name: Ma, Yang-Bin
name: Novak, Nikola
name: Albe, Karsten
name: Xu, Bai-Xiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Application of a negative field on a positively poled ferroelectric sample can enhance the electrocaloric cooling and appears as a promising method to optimize the electrocaloric cycle. Experimental measurements show that the maximal cooling does not appear at the zero-polarization point, but around the shoulder of the P-E loop. This phenomenon cannot be explained by the theory based on the constant total entropy assumption under adiabatic condition. In fact, adiabatic condition does not imply constant total entropy when irreversibility is involved. A direct entropy analysis approach based on work loss is proposed in this work, which takes the entropy contribution of the irreversible process into account. The optimal reversed field determined by this approach agrees with the experimental observations. This study signifies the importance of considering the irreversible process in the electrocaloric cycles.