cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Declaration of Intention of Antonio Guercioni
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1914

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Antonio Guercioni Applicant age:20Occupation: FarmerCountry of Origin: ItalyDate of Birth: 13th July 1895Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Virginia City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 23rd December 1914
Declaration of Intention of Tomaso Natale
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Tomaso Natale Applicant age:23Occupation: TailorCountry of Origin:ItalyDate of Birth: 6 March 1901Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Regina D'Italia City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:1 December 1924
Electron transport through nuclear pasta in magnetized neutron stars
Creators: name: Yakovlev, D. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a simple model for electron transport in a possible layer of exotic nuclear clusters (in the so called nuclear pasta layer) between the crust and liquid core of a strongly magnetized neutron star. The electron transport there can be strongly anisotropic and gyrotropic. The anisotropy is produced by different electron effective collision frequencies along and across local symmetry axis in domains of exotic ordered nuclear clusters and by complicated effects of the magnetic field. We also calculate averaged kinetic coefficients in case local domains are freely oriented. Possible applications of the obtained results and open problems are outlined.
description: 11 pages 5 figures, MNRAS, accepted
Declaration of Intention of Harry Isac Klein
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1913

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Harry Isac Klein Applicant age: 24Occupation: LaundryCountry of Origin: RussiaDate of Birth: 23 April 1889Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Brazila City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 26 December 1913
Topological basis for understanding the behavior of the heavy-fermion metal $\rm {β-YbAlB_4}$ under application of magnetic field and pressure
Creators: name: Shaginyan, V. R.
name: Msezane, A. Z.
name: Popov, K. G.
name: Clark, J. W.
name: Khodel, V. A.
name: Zverev, M. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Informative recent measurements on the heavy-fermion metal $\rm β-YbAlB_4$ performed with applied magnetic field and pressure as control parameters are analyzed with the goal of establishing a sound theoretical explanation for the inferred scaling laws and non-Fermi-liquid (NFL) behavior, which demonstrate some unexpected features. Most notably, the robustness of the NFL behavior of the thermodynamic properties and of the anomalous $T^{3/2}$ temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity under applied pressure $P$ in zero magnetic field $B$ is at variance with the fragility of the NFL phase under application of a field. We show that a consistent topological basis for this combination of observations, as well as the empirical scaling laws, may be found within fermion-condensation theory in the emergence and destruction of a flat band, and explain that the paramagnetic NFL phase takes place without magnetic criticality, thus not from quantum critical fluctuations. Schematic $T-B$ and $T-P$ phase diagrams are presented to illuminate this scenario.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, added references
Multi-objective shop floor scheduling using monitored energy data
Creators: name: Stock, Tim
name: Seliger, Günther
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 650 Management und unterstützende Tätigkeiten
subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: energy efficiency
subject: production planning and control
subject: job shop scheduling

description: Modern factories will become more and more directly connected to intermittent energy sources like solar systems or wind turbines as part of a smart grid or a self-sufficient supply. However, solar systems or wind turbines are not able to provide a continuous energy supply over a certain time period. In order to enable an effective use of these intermittent energy sources without using temporary energy storages, it is necessary to rapidly and flexibly adapt the energy demand of the factory to the constantly changing requirements of the energy supply. The adaption of the energy demand to the intermittent supply results in different energy-related objectives for the production system of the factory, such as reducing energy consumption, avoiding power peaks, or achieving a power use within the available power supply. Shop Floor Scheduling can help to pursue these objectives within the production system. For this purpose, a solution methodology based on a meta-heuristic will be described for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling taking into account different energy- as well as productivity-related objectives.
Pubertal high fat diet: effects on mammary cancer development
Creators: name: Kirk, Erin L
name: Troester, Melissa
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Introduction Epidemiological studies linking dietary fat intake and obesity to breast cancer risk have produced inconsistent results. This may be due to the difficulty of dissociating fat intake from obesity, and/or the lack of defined periods of exposure in these studies. The pubertal mammary gland is highly sensitive to cancer-causing agents. We assessed how high fat diet (HFD) affects inflammation, proliferative, and developmental events in the pubertal gland, since dysregulation of these can promote mammary tumorigenesis. To test the effect of HFD initiated during puberty on tumorigenesis, we utilized BALB/c mice, for which HFD neither induces obesity nor metabolic syndrome, allowing dissociation of HFD effects from other conditions associated with HFD. Methods Pubertal BALB/c mice were fed a low fat diet (12% kcal fat) or a HFD (60% kcal fat), and subjected to carcinogen 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced tumorigenesis. Results HFD elevated mammary gland expression of inflammatory and growth factor genes at 3 and 4 weeks of diet. Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL), robustly induced at 4 weeks, has direct mitogenic activity in mammary epithelial cells and, as a potent inducer of NF-κB activity, may induce inflammatory genes. Three weeks of HFD induced a transient influx of eosinophils into the mammary gland, consistent with elevated inflammatory factors. At 10 weeks, prior to the appearance of palpable tumors, there were increased numbers of abnormal mammary epithelial lesions, enhanced cellular proliferation, increased growth factors, chemokines associated with immune-suppressive regulatory T cells, increased vascularization, and elevated M2 macrophages. HFD dramatically reduced tumor latency. Early developing tumors were more proliferative and were associated with increased levels of tumor-related growth factors, including increased plasma levels of HGF in tumor-bearing animals. Early HFD tumors also had increased vascularization, and more intra-tumor and stromal M2 macrophages. Conclusions Taken together in this non-obesogenic context, HFD promotion of inflammatory processes, as well as local and systemically increased growth factor expression, are likely responsible for the enhanced tumorigenesis. It is noteworthy that although DMBA mutagenesis is virtually random in its targeting of genes in tumorigenesis, the short latency tumors arising in animals on HFD showed a unique gene expression profile, highlighting the potent overarching influence of HFD.
Simulated Milky Way analogues: implications for dark matter direct searches
Creators: name: Bozorgnia, Nassim
name: Calore, Francesca
name: Schaller, Matthieu
name: Lovell, Mark
name: Bertone, Gianfranco
name: Frenk, Carlos S.
name: Crain, Robert A.
name: Navarro, Julio F.
name: Schaye, Joop
name: Theuns, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the implications of galaxy formation on dark matter direct detection using high resolution hydrodynamic simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies simulated within the EAGLE and APOSTLE projects. We identify Milky Way analogues that satisfy observational constraints on the Milky Way rotation curve and total stellar mass. We then extract the dark matter density and velocity distribution in the Solar neighbourhood for this set of Milky Way analogues, and use them to analyse the results of current direct detection experiments. For most Milky Way analogues, the event rates in direct detection experiments obtained from the best fit Maxwellian distribution (with peak speed of 223 - 289 km/s) are similar to those obtained directly from the simulations. As a consequence, the allowed regions and exclusion limits set by direct detection experiments in the dark matter mass and spin-independent cross section plane shift by a few GeV compared to the Standard Halo Model, at low dark matter masses. For each dark matter mass, the halo-to-halo variation of the local dark matter density results in an overall shift of the allowed regions and exclusion limits for the cross section. However, the compatibility of the possible hints for a dark matter signal from DAMA and CDMS-Si and null results from LUX and SuperCDMS is not improved.
description: 43 pages, 14 figures, 7 tables, accepted for publication in JCAP
Method to create proposals for PSS business models
Creators: name: Barquet, Ana Paula Bezerra
name: Steingrímsson, Jón Garðar
name: Seliger, Günther
name: Rozenfeld, Henrique
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 650 Management und unterstützende Tätigkeiten
subject: Product-Service System
subject: business model
subject: fuzzy front-end
subject: PSS

description: Different authors of the product-service bundle literature agree on the fact that business models are central to implement PSS successfully. However, most of the studies about PSS business models mention its importance but do not explore which content should compose such models. Furthermore, PSS business models are explored taking into account a partial view of business model dimensions. Finally, actions that lead to the creation of a new business for PSS or the adaptation of a current one are not distinguished. The goal of this study is to present a guideline to support the creation of PSS business models. Through systematic literature review and consulting with experts, the content of such models were developed. This content is organized in steps that encompass tasks, which must be performed in order to create a PSS business model. The method was already improved after application through a case study and currently is being utilized to generate a PSS business model for a bicycle sharing system. Final considerations include the weak and strong points of the method and further steps to enhance it.
Declaration of Intention of Albert Kolbe
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1914

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Albert Kolbe Applicant age: 49Occupation: FarmerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 13th June 1865Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Graf Waldersee City of residence at time of declaration: Mays Landing NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date:3rd July 1914
A comparison of US and Australian men's values and preferences for PSA screening
Creators: name: Crutchfield, Trisha
name: Sheridan, Stacey
name: Lewis, Carmen L.
name: Nielsen, Matthew
name: Pignone, Michael
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract: Background: Patient preferences derived from an assessment of values can help inform the design of screening programs, but how best to do so, and whether such preferences differ cross-nationally, has not been well-examined. The objective of this study was to compare the values and preferences of Australian and US men for PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening. Methods: We used an internet based survey of men aged 50-75 with no personal or family history of prostate cancer recruited from on-line panels of a survey research organization in the US and Australia. Participants viewed information on prostate cancer and prostate cancer screening with PSA testing then completed a values clarification task that included information on 4 key attributes: chance of 1) being diagnosed with prostate cancer, 2) dying from prostate cancer, 3) requiring a biopsy as a result of screening, and 4) developing impotence or incontinence as a result of screening. The outcome measures were self reported most important attribute, unlabelled screening test choice, and labelled screening intent, assessed on post-task questionnaires. Results: We enrolled 911 participants (US:456; AU:455), mean age was 59.7; 88.0% were white; 36.4% had completed at least a Bachelors' degree; 42.0% reported a PSA test in the past 12 months. Australian men were more likely to be white and to have had recent screening. For both US and Australian men, the most important attribute was the chance of dying from prostate cancer. Unlabelled post-task preference for the PSA screening-like option was greater for Australian (39.1%) compared to US (26.3%) participants (adjusted OR 1.68 (1.28-2.22)). Labelled intent for screening was high for both countries: US:73.7%, AUS:78.0% (p=0.308). Conclusions: There was high intent for PSA screening in both US and Australian men; fewer men in each country chose the PSA-like option on the unlabelled question. Australian men were somewhat more likely to prefer PSA screening. Men in both countries did not view the increased risk of diagnosis as a negative aspect, suggesting more work needs to be done on communicating the concept of overdiagnosis to men facing a PSA screening decision. Trial registration: This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01558583).
Influence of the built-up edge on the stress state in the chip formation zone during orthogonal cutting of AISI1045
Creators: name: Uhlmann, Eckart
name: Henze, Steffen
name: Brömmelhoff, Katrin
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: chip
subject: cutting edge
subject: simulation
subject: stress

description: In-situ strain measurements with high energy synchrotron radiation during orthogonal cutting of AISI1045 were carried out. Thereby it was possible to determine the stress state in the chip formation zone during the cutting process. As such, observations regarding the formation of built-up edges during the cutting process have been made. The formation of a built-up edge on the cutting tool is a common phenomenon during cutting of mild steel and other ductile materials, in particular at low cutting speeds. This may result in increased tool wear and a decrease in the resulting surface quality. By analyzing the chip roots of the in-situ experiments, it was possible to determine the geometry of the built-up edges on tools with a rake angle of γ = 0° and cutting edge radii of rβ = 30 μm and rβ = 60 μm. Using the obtained data a simulation model which represents the built-up edge could be established with two versions of the built-up edge: a solid one as part of the rigid tool and an elastic one in front of the tool. Using FEM cutting simulations with and without built-up edges, it was possible to show the influence of a built-up edge on the chip formation and the stress state in the chip formation zone. With this data, a comparison of the results of the cutting simulations with those of the in-situ experiments was conducted.
Declaration of Intention of Valentine Maurer
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1838

description: This is a handwritten Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Valentine Maurer Applicant age: UnknownOccupation: UnknownCountry of Origin: Baden(Germany)Date of Birth: UnknownSailed to the US aboard the vessel: Unknown City of residence at time of declaration: UnknownDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 17 September 1838
Space Thematic Services Release #1
Creators: name: Sciacca, Eva
name: Bufano, Filomena
name: Riggi, Simone
name: Bordiu, Cristobal
name: Molinaro, Marco
name: Brandt, Carlos
name: Topa, Eugenio
name: Vettorello, Laura
name: Krokos, Mel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Astrophysics
Planetary Science
Services
Visualization
Mosaicking
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Software
Release

description: This deliverable D4.3 presents the list of the thematic Space services released by NEANIAS project in its first release cycle, due in M12 of the project.
Operationalizing the ‘pragmatic’ measures construct using a stakeholder feedback and a multi-method approach
Creators: name: Dorsey, Caitlin N
name: Powell, Byron J
name: Halko, Heather M
name: Palinkas, Lawrence A
name: Lewis, Cara C
name: Stanick, Cameo F
name: Weiner, Bryan J
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract
                Context
                Implementation science measures are rarely used by stakeholders to inform and enhance clinical program change. Little is known about what makes implementation measures pragmatic (i.e., practical) for use in community settings; thus, the present study’s objective was to generate a clinical stakeholder-driven operationalization of a pragmatic measures construct.
                Evidence acquisition
                The pragmatic measures construct was defined using: 1) a systematic literature review to identify dimensions of the construct using PsycINFO and PubMed databases, and 2) interviews with an international stakeholder panel (N = 7) who were asked about their perspectives of pragmatic measures.
                Evidence synthesis
                Combined results from the systematic literature review and stakeholder interviews revealed a final list of 47 short statements (e.g., feasible, low cost, brief) describing pragmatic measures, which will allow for the development of a rigorous, stakeholder-driven conceptualization of the pragmatic measures construct.
                Conclusions
                Results revealed significant overlap between terms related to the pragmatic construct in the existing literature and stakeholder interviews. However, a number of terms were unique to each methodology. This underscores the importance of understanding stakeholder perspectives of criteria measuring the pragmatic construct. These results will be used to inform future phases of the project where stakeholders will determine the relative importance and clarity of each dimension of the pragmatic construct, as well as their priorities for the pragmatic dimensions. Taken together, these results will be incorporated into a pragmatic rating system for existing implementation science measures to support implementation science and practice.
Declaration of Intention of George Edwards
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1918

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: George Edwards Applicant age: 48Occupation: PortorCountry of Origin:EnglandDate of Birth: 17th February 1870Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Indiana City of residence at time of declaration: West Egg Harbor NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 22nd July 1918
Frequency Dependence of Polarization of Zebra Pattern in Type-IV Solar Radio Bursts
Creators: name: Kaneda, Kazutaka
name: Misawa, Hiroaki
name: Iwai, Kazumasa
name: Tsuchiya, Fuminori
name: Obara, Takahiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigated the polarization characteristics of a zebra pattern (ZP) in a type-IV solar radio burst observed with AMATERAS on 2011 June 21 for the purpose of evaluating the generation processes of ZP. Analyzing highly resolved spectral and polarization data revealed the frequency dependence of the degree of circular polarization and the delay between two polarized components for the first time. The degree of circular polarization was 50-70 percent right-handed and it varied little as a function of frequency. Cross-correlation analysis determined that the left-handed circularly polarized component was delayed by 50-70 ms relative to the right-handed component over the entire frequency range of the ZP and this delay increased with the frequency. We examined the obtained polarization characteristics by using pre-existing ZP models and concluded that the ZP was generated by the double plasma resonance process. Our results suggest that the ZP emission was originally generated in a completely polarized state in the O-mode and was partly converted into the X-mode near the source. Subsequently, the difference between the group velocities of the O-mode and X-mode caused the temporal delay.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures, published in ApJL
Construct validity of the PROMIS® sexual function and satisfaction measures in patients with cancer
Creators: name: Reeve, Bryce
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background With data from a diverse sample of patients either in treatment for cancer or post-treatment for cancer, we examine inter-domain and cross-domain correlations among the core domains of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sexual Function and Satisfaction measures (PROMIS® SexFS) and the corresponding domains from conceptually-similar measures of sexual function, the International Index of Erectile Function and the Female Sexual Function Index. Findings Men (N=389) and women (N=430) were recruited from a tumor registry, oncology clinics, and an internet panel. The PROMIS SexFS, International Index of Erectile Function, and Female Sexual Function Index were used to collect participants’ self-reported sexual function. The domains shared among the measures include desire/interest in sexual activity, lubrication and vaginal discomfort/pain (women), erectile function (men), orgasm, and satisfaction. We examined correlations among different domains within the same instrument (discriminant validity) and correlations among similar domains measured by different instruments (convergent validity). Correlations demonstrating discriminant validity ranged from 0.38 to 0.73 for men and 0.48 to 0.74 for women, while correlations demonstrating convergent validity ranged from 0.62 to 0.83 for men and 0.71 to 0.92 for women. As expected, correlations demonstrating convergent validity were higher than correlations demonstrating discriminant validity, with one exception (orgasm for men). Conclusions Construct validity was supported by convergent and discriminant validity in a diverse sample of patients with cancer. For patients with cancer who may or may not have sexual dysfunction, the PROMIS SexFS measures provide a comprehensive assessment of key domains of sexual function and satisfaction.
Efficacy and safety of hepcidin-based screen-and-treat approaches using two different doses versus a standard universal approach of iron supplementation in young children in rural Gambia: a double-blind randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Goheen, Morgan M
name: Cerami, Carla
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Iron deficiency prevalence rates frequently exceed 50 % in young children in low-income countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended universal supplementation of young children where anaemia rates are >40 %. However, large randomized trials have revealed that provision of iron to young children caused serious adverse effects because iron powerfully promotes microbial growth. Hepcidin – the master regulator of iron metabolism that integrates signals of infection and iron deficiency – offers the possibility of new solutions to diagnose and combat global iron deficiency. We aim to evaluate a hepcidin-screening-based iron supplementation intervention using hepcidin cut-offs designed to indicate that an individual requires iron, is safe to receive it and will absorb it. Methods The study is a proof-of-concept, three-arm, double blind, randomised controlled, prospective, parallel-group non-inferiority trial. Children will be randomised to receive, for a duration of 12 weeks, one of three multiple micronutrient powders (MNP) containing: A) 12 mg iron daily; B) 12 mg or 0 mg iron daily based on a weekly hepcidin screening indicating if iron can be given for the next seven days or not; C) 6 mg or 0 mg iron daily based on a weekly hepcidin screening indicating if iron can be given for the next seven days or not. The inclusion criteria are age 6-23 months, haemoglobin (Hb) concentration between 7 and 11 g/dL, z-scores for Height-for-Age, Weight-for-Age and Weight-for-Height > -3 SD and free of malaria. Hb concentration at 12 weeks will be used to test whether the screen-and-treat approaches are non-inferior to universal supplementation. Safety will be assessed using caregiver reports of infections, in vitro bacterial and P. falciparum growth assays and by determining the changes in the gut microbiota during the study period. Discussion A screen-and-treat approach using hepcidin has the potential to make iron administration safer in areas with widespread infections. If this proof-of-concept study shows promising results the development of a point-of-care diagnostic test will be the next step. Trial registration ISRCTN07210906 , 07/16/2014
Testing the Early Mars H2-CO2 Greenhouse Hypothesis with a 1-D Photochemical Model
Creators: name: Batalha, Natasha
name: Domagal-Goldman, Shawn D.
name: Ramirez, Ramses
name: Kasting, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A recent study by Ramirez et al. (2014) demonstrated that an atmosphere with 1.3-4 bar of CO2 and H2O, in addition to 5-20% H2, could have raised the mean annual and global surface temperature of early Mars above the freezing point of water. Such warm temperatures appear necessary to generate the rainfall (or snowfall) amounts required to carve the ancient martian valleys. Here, we use our best estimates for early martian outgassing rates, along with a 1-D photochemical model, to assess the conversion efficiency of CO, CH4, and H2S to CO2, SO2, and H2. Our outgassing estimates assume that Mars was actively recycling volatiles between its crust and interior, as Earth does today. H2 production from serpentinization and deposition of banded iron-formations is also considered. Under these assumptions, maintaining an H2 concentration of ~1-2% by volume is achievable, but reaching 5% H2 requires additional H2 sources or a slowing of the hydrogen escape rate below the diffusion limit. If the early martian atmosphere was indeed H2-rich, we might be able to see evidence of this in the rock record. The hypothesis proposed here is consistent with new data from the Curiosity Rover, which show evidence for a long-lived lake in Gale Crater near Mt. Sharp. It is also consistent with measured oxygen fugacities of martian meteorites, which show evidence for progressive mantle oxidation over time.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures, published Icarus
Digital urban nature
Creators: name: Moss, Timothy
name: Voigt, Friederike
name: Becker, Sören
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: urban nature
subject: smart urbanism
subject: Berlin
subject: urban political ecology
subject: 910 Geografie und Reisen
subject: 940 Geschichte Europas

description: Within policy and research debates on the smart city, the urban environment has become an arena of contestation. Claims that digitalisation will render the city more resource-efficient are countered by criticism of the tensions between smart and sustainability practices. Little attention has been paid, however, to the role of nature in digitally mediated urban environments. The flora, fauna and habitats of a city are a void in research and policy on digital urbanism. This paper provides one of the first conceptually grounded, empirical studies of ‘digital urban nature’ in practice. Taking the empirical example of Berlin, the paper demonstrates how a single city can spawn a rich variety of digital nature schemes, develops from this a typology to guide future research and analyses two schemes in depth to illustrate the aspirations and limitations of digital technologies targeting urban nature. The empirical findings are interpreted by bringing into dialogue pertinent strands of urban research: first, between smart environments and urban nature to explore ways of representing nature through digital technologies and, second, between digital and urban commons to interpret changes in the collective and individual use of urban nature. The paper reveals that digital platforms and apps are creating new ways of seeing and experiencing nature in the city, but often cling to conventional, anthropocentric notions of urban nature, with sometimes detrimental effects. More broadly, it suggests that exploring practices of digitalisation beyond the remit of conventional smart city policy can enrich scholarship on digitally mediated human-nature relations in the city.
Method for automated structuring of product data and its applications
Creators: name: Adolphy, Sebastian
name: Grosser, Hendrik
name: Kirsch, Lucas
name: Stark, Rainer
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: product structure
subject: graph theory
subject: product data management
subject: reverse engineering
subject: 3D scanning

description: Product structures represent the data backbone for through-life management of complex systems. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Systems are used to maintain product structures and track product changes. However, in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) product composition often is unknown when MRO service providers are not the original manufacturers. Thus, MRO processes start with an exhaustive product diagnosis to identify elements to be maintained or replaced. Existing 3D scanning and data post processing methods have to be improved to acquire structured product data. This paper presents a method for automated derivation of product structures from 3D assembly models.
Declaration of Intention of Androw Bartus
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1916

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Androw Bartus Applicant age:40Occupation:laborer Country of Origin:HungaryDate of Birth:28 September 1875Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Pannobia City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:21 August 1916
Declaration of Intention of Elias Ojserkis
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1914

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Elias Ojserkis Applicant age: 23Occupation: ClerkCountry of Origin: AustriaDate of Birth: 16th June 1891Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Neckar City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 28th October 1914
Optical conductivity of a 2DEG with anisotropic Rashba interaction at the interface of LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$
Creators: name: Mawrie, Alestin
name: Ghosh, Tarun Kanti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study optical conductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas with anisotropic $k$-cubic Rashba spin-orbit interaction formed at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface. The anisotropic spin splitting energy gives rise to different features of the optical conductivity in comparison to the isotropic $k$-cubic Rashba spin-orbit interaction. For large carrier density and strong spin-orbit couplings, the density dependence of Drude weight deviates from the linear behavior. The charge and optical conductivities remain isotropic despite anisotropic nature of the Fermi contours. An infinitesimally small photon energy would suffice to initiate inter-band optical transitions due to degeneracy along certain directions in momentum space. The optical conductivity shows a single peak at a given photon energy depending on the system parameters and then falls off to zero at higher photon energy. These features are lacking for systems with isotropic $k$-cubic Rashba spin-orbit coupling. These striking features can be used to extract the information about nature of the spin-orbit interaction experimentally and illuminate some light on the orbital origin of the two-dimensional electron gas.
description: To appear in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
A systematic review of clinic and community intervention to increase fecal testing for colorectal cancer in rural and low-income populations in the United States – How, what and when?
Creators: name: Wheeler, Stephanie
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract Background Interventions to improve fecal testing for colorectal cancer (CRC) exist, but are not yet routine practice. We conducted this systematic review to determine how implementation strategies and contextual factors influenced the uptake of interventions to increase Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) and Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT) for CRC in rural and low-income populations in the United States. Methods We searched Medline and the Cochrane Library from January 1998 through July 2016, and Scopus and clinicaltrials.gov through March 2015, for original articles of interventions to increase fecal testing for CRC. Two reviewers independently screened abstracts, reviewed full-text articles, extracted data and performed quality assessments. A qualitative synthesis described the relationship between changes in fecal testing rates for CRC, intervention components, implementation strategies, and contextual factors. A technical expert panel of primary care professionals, health system leaders, and academicians guided this work. Results Of 4218 citations initially identified, 27 unique studies reported in 29 publications met inclusion criteria. Studies were conducted in primary care (n = 20, 74.1%), community (n = 5, 18.5%), or both (n = 2, 7.4%) settings. All studies (n = 27, 100.0%) described multicomponent interventions. In clinic based studies, components that occurred most frequently among the highly effective/effective study arms were provision of kits by direct mail, use of a pre-addressed stamped envelope, client reminders, and provider ordered in-clinic distribution. Interventions were delivered by clinic staff/community members (n = 10, 37.0%), research staff (n = 6, 22.2%), both (n = 10, 37.0%), or it was unclear (n = 1, 3.7%). Over half of the studies lacked information on training or monitoring intervention fidelity (n = 15, 55.6%). Conclusions Studies to improve FIT/FOBT in rural and low-income populations utilized multicomponent interventions. The provision of kits through the mail, use of pre-addressed stamped envelopes, client reminders and in-clinic distribution appeared most frequently in the highly effective/effective clinic-based study arms. Few studies described contextual factors or implementation strategies. More robust application of guidelines to support reporting on methods to select, adapt and implement interventions can help end users determine not just which interventions work to improve CRC screening, but which interventions would work best in their setting given specific patient populations, clinical settings, and community characteristics. Trial registration In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, our systematic review protocol was registered with PROSPERO, the international prospective register of systematic reviews, on April 16, 2015 (registration number CRD42015019557 ).
Becoming glocal bureaucrats: mayors, institutions and civil society in smaller cities in Brandenburg during the ‘migration crisis’, 2015–17
Creators: name: Hillmann, Felicitas
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: mayors
subject: migration crisis
subject: refugees
subject: Brandenburg
subject: civil society
subject: multilevel governance
subject: Germany
subject: 320 Politikwissenschaft (Politik und Regierung)

description: This article analyses the positioning of mayors as intermediaries between global governance and local practices in small towns with no previous experience with immigration in the state of Brandenburg in eastern Germany between 2015 and 2017. To gain an empirical insight into the dynamics in these municipalities, the results of a study of eight towns are presented. The analytical focus is on how the redefinition of the mayors’ position took place and what the expectations, experiences and irritations were that accompanied the arrival of refugees. The article highlights how mayors governed civil society involvement and dealt with the (partly xenophobic) resident population. The mayors turned out to be glocal bureaucrats who mediated on an ad hoc basis and with unclear competences between global flows of people, local needs and nationally organized bureaucracies. Their integration in multilevel governance constellations was characterized by ambiguities. At the same time, the new situation of becoming (finally) a place of in-migration provoked minor cracks in a since long petrified institutional setting and in most places led to civil society engagement Social media acted as ‘fire accelerators’ by picking up a subliminal sense of discontent among the citizens and attributing this feeling to the arrival of the refugees.
Simulating the complex cell design of Trypanosoma brucei and its motility
Creators: name: Alizadehrad, Davod
name: Krüger, Timothy
name: Engstler, Markus
name: Stark, Holger
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
subject: flagellate
subject: sleeping sickness
subject: simulation science
subject: elastic network model

description: The flagellate Trypanosoma brucei, which causes the sleeping sickness when infecting a mammalian host, goes through an intricate life cycle. It has a rather complex propulsion mechanism and swims in diverse microenvironments. These continuously exert selective pressure, to which the trypanosome adjusts with its architecture and behavior. As a result, the trypanosome assumes a diversity of complex morphotypes during its life cycle. However, although cell biology has detailed form and function of most of them, experimental data on the dynamic behavior and development of most morphotypes is lacking. Here we show that simulation science can predict intermediate cell designs by conducting specific and controlled modifications of an accurate, nature-inspired cell model, which we developed using information from live cell analyses. The cell models account for several important characteristics of the real trypanosomal morphotypes, such as the geometry and elastic properties of the cell body, and their swimming mechanism using an eukaryotic flagellum. We introduce an elastic network model for the cell body, including bending rigidity and simulate swimming in a fluid environment, using the mesoscale simulation technique called multi-particle collision dynamics. The in silico trypanosome of the bloodstream form displays the characteristic in vivo rotational and translational motility pattern that is crucial for survival and virulence in the vertebrate host. Moreover, our model accurately simulates the trypanosome's tumbling and backward motion. We show that the distinctive course of the attached flagellum around the cell body is one important aspect to produce the observed swimming behavior in a viscous fluid, and also required to reach the maximal swimming velocity. Changing details of the flagellar attachment generates less efficient swimmers. We also simulate different morphotypes that occur during the parasite's development in the tsetse fly, and predict a flagellar course we have not been able to measure in experiments so far.
Declaration of Intention of Louis Frank Katzenilotka
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1918

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Louis Frank Katzenilotka Applicant age:26Occupation: LaborerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 25th November 1892Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: President Lincoln City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 25th November 1918
Testing ATLAS Z+MET Excess with LHC Run 2
Creators: name: Lu, Xiaochuan
name: Shirai, Satoshi
name: Terada, Takahiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ATLAS collaboration reported a 3sigma excess in the search of events containing on-Z dilepton, jets, and large missing momentum (MET) in the 8 TeV LHC run. Motivated by this excess, many models of new physics have been proposed. Recently, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations reported new results for similar Z+MET channels in the 13 TeV run. In this paper, we comprehensively discuss the consistency between the proposed models and the LHC results of Run 1 and Run 2. We find that in models with heavy gluino production, there is generically some tension between the 8 TeV and 13 TeV results. On the other hand, models with light squark production provide relatively better fitting to both results.
description: 18 pages, 2 tables, 8 figures. Version accepted for publication in JHEP
Declaration of Intention of Theodore Kaufmann
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Theodore Kaufmann Applicant age:36Occupation: BakerCountry of Origin:SwitzerlandDate of Birth: 18 October 1888Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Rymerland City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:20 November 1924
Advice given by community members to pregnant women: a mixed methods study
Creators: name: Verma, Bianca A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Smoking and excess weight gain during pregnancy have been shown to have serious health consequences for both mothers and their infants. Advice from friends and family on these topics influences pregnant women’s behaviors. The purpose of our study was to compare the advice that community members give pregnant women about smoking versus the advice they give about pregnancy weight gain. Methods A survey was sent via text messaging to adults in a diverse, low-income primary care clinic in 2015. Respondents were asked what advice (if any) they have given pregnant women about smoking or gestational weight gain and their comfort-level discussing the topics. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample population and to determine response rates. Open-ended responses were analyzed qualitatively using grounded theory analysis with an overall convergent parallel mixed methods design. Results Respondents (n = 370) were 77 % female, 40 % black, and 25 % reported education of high school or less. More respondents had spoken to pregnant women about smoking (40 %, n = 147) than weight gain (20 %, n = 73). Among individuals who had not discussed either topic (n = 181), more reported discomfort in talking about weight gain (65 %) compared to smoking (34 %; p < 0.0001). Advice about smoking during pregnancy (n = 148) was frequently negative, recommending abstinence and identifying smoking as harmful for baby and/or mother. Advice about weight gain in pregnancy (n = 74) revealed a breadth of messages, from reassurance about all weight gain (“Eat away” or “It’s ok if you are gaining weight”), to specific warnings against excess weight gain (“Too much was dangerous for her and the baby.”). Conclusions Many community members give advice to pregnant women. Their advice reveals varied perspectives on the effects of pregnancy weight gain. Compared to a nearly ubiquitous understanding of the harms of smoking during pregnancy, community members demonstrated less awareness of and willingness to discuss the harms of excessive weight gain. Beyond educating pregnant women, community-level interventions may also be important to ensure that the information pregnant women receive supports healthy behaviors and promotes the long-term health of both moms and babies.
Determination of Gap Solution and Critical Temperature in Doped Graphene Superconductivity
Creators: name: Xu, Chenmei
name: Yang, Yisong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the gap solution and critical transition temperature are significantly enhanced by doping in a recently developed BCS formalism for graphene superconductivity in such a way that positive gap and transition temperature both occur in arbitrary pairing coupling as far as doping is present. The analytic construction of the BCS gap and transition temperature offers highly effective globally convergent iterative methods for the computation of these quantities. A series of numerical examples are presented as illustrations consolidating the analytic understanding achieved.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures