cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Optimization of vortex pinning by nanoparticles using simulations of time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model
Creators: name: Koshelev, A. E.
name: Sadovskyy, I. A.
name: Phillips, C. L.
name: Glatz, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Introducing nanoparticles into superconducting materials has emerged as an efficient route to enhance their current-carrying capability. We address the problem of optimizing vortex pinning landscape for randomly distributed metallic spherical inclusions using large-scale numerical simulations of time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. We found the size and density of particles for which the highest critical current is realized in a fixed magnetic field. For each particle size and magnetic field, the critical current reaches a maximum value at a certain particle density, which typically corresponds to 15-23% of the total volume being replaced by nonsuperconducting material. For fixed diameter, this optimal particle density increases with the magnetic field. Moreover, we found that the optimal particle diameter slowly decreases with the magnetic field from 4.5 to 2.5 coherence lengths at a given temperature. This result shows that pinning landscapes have to be designed for specific applications taking into account relevant magnetic field scales.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
title: Prostate-MRI: experience of the observer and technical conditions influence the prostate cancer (PCa) detection rate
Creators: name: Rödel, Stefan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: CAD
subject: Biopsy
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: This study analysed the values of the characteristics of identifiable lesions in mpMRI retrospectively in order to show the influence of the increasing experience of the observer and modified technical...
title: Facial traits reconstruction with MDCT
Creators: name: Dionisi, Clizia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-General

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Facial trait reconstruction (FR) aims to obtain the facial morphology of a subject starting from his facial skeletal morphology. This technique is not too recent, but from the first reconstruction of the last quarter of XIX century to the actual...
Lasianthus dienkhanhensis V. S. Dang & Naiki 1921
Creators: name: Dang, Van-Son
name: Naiki, Akiyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Lasianthus
Lasianthus dienkhanhensis

description: 18. Lasianthus dienkhanhensis V.S.Dang & Naiki (1921: 40) — Fig. 38 (plate), Fig. 37 (map) Type. VIETNAM. Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba Nature Reserve, 919 m elev., 21 February 2014, Toyama H., Dang V.S., Tagane S., Fuse K., Yahara T., Nagamasu H., Tran H. with Ngoc N.V., Cuong N.Q., Thach N.D., Hieu H.N.P. V 859 (holotype VNM! [VNM00042885]; isotypes FU!, VNM! [VNM00042886, VNM00042887], the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)). Specimens examined: — VIETNAM. Central: Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba Nature Reserve, 919 m elev., 12°06’46.88’’N, 108°58’14.43’’E, in evergreen forests, 21 February 2014, Toyama H., Dang V.S., Tagane S., Fuse K., Yahara T., Nagamasu H., Tran H. with Ngoc N.V., Cuong N.Q., Thach N.D., Hieu H.N.P. V 859 (FU, VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)); in the same location, 919 m elev., 12°06’46.88’’N, 108°58’14.43’’E, in evergreen forests, 19 July 2014, Tagane S., Kanemitsu H., Dang V.S., Tran H. with Hanh N., Loi X.N., Thach N.D., Dinh N., Hieu P.N.H. V 1709, V1710 (FU, VNM, the herbarium of Iriomote Station (Japan)). Distribution: —Endemic to Vietnam (known from the Hon Ba Nature Reserve, Khanh Hoa Province). Habitat & Ecology: —In shaded places of the primary and secondary forests at 900–1000 m elev. Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting specimens from February to July. Vernacular name: —Xú hưƠng diên khánh. Notes: — Lasianthus dienkhanhensis is similar to L. chevalieri Pit. (1924: 384) based on leaf shape and fruit color, but differs from the latter in having shorter petioles (8–10 mm long vs. 10–15 mm long), larger stipules (4–5 mm long vs. ca. 3 mm long), bracts 8–14 mm long (vs. inconspicuous) and smaller calyx (2–3 mm long vs. 3–6 mm long for tubes, 8–9 mm long vs. 9–14 mm long for lobes).
description: Published as part of Dang, Van-Son & Naiki, Akiyo, 2023, A revision of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) from Vietnam, pp. 1921-1935 in Phytotaxa 581 (1) on pages 1921-1935, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.581.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7571550
title: Diffusion-weighted MR at 3T for therapy response assessment in Hodgkin`s lymphoma: comparison with FDG PET
Creators: name: Platzek, Ivan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Lymph nodes
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: PET-MR
subject: Staging
subject: Lymphoma

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: To evaluate the agreement of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with background signal suppression (DWIBS) and positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluordeoxyglucose (FDG) in therapy response assessment of Hodgkin`s...
An Assessment of the Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on HIV-Related Eye Diseases
Creators: name: Price, Alan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: People with HIV/AIDS have dealt with ocular complications of their disease since the beginning of the epidemic as recognized in 1981. Many studies were done describing incidence, prevalence, treatment and management of eye diseases caused by HIV in years before and after the introduction of the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This paper identifies studies directed at HIV related eye disease in the era after the introduction of HAART and finds evidence of the positive effects of HAART for some eye diseases. Examples of eye diseases with evidence of positive effects of HAART include cytomegalovirus retinitis and HIV retinopathy. Many populations have experienced a reduction in the incidence and prevalence of these and other HIV eye diseases in the era of HAART. While these trends are highly suggestive of the benefits of HAART for treating some HIV related eye diseases, further research is needed to strengthen the causal link for those conditions where improvements have been seen and to more clearly identify other ocular conditions that may benefit from HAART. Such evidence is critical when looking at the global picture of HIV eye disease because HIV eye disease is still a significant burden globally Many of the 34 million people in the world affected with HIV do not have access to treatment of HIV with HAART, and so it is important to look at the characteristics of individual HIV-related eye diseases and ascertain the impact of HAART use on these diseases, to build the evidence base for documenting the benefits of HAART in treating HIV ocular conditions, worldwide. An important step in identifying the benefits of HAART on specific HIV related eye diseases includes presenting a trend analysis comparing situations when HAART is used and when it is not used This information can then be used to inform practice and develop plans for further research. This paper presents the first steps in this research process by carefully reviewing these trends for a wide range of eye diseases that are related to HIV. The findings described in this paper not only provide support for further studies, but also can serve as hypothesis generating results to help design such studies. The importance of undertaking such studies is directly related to practice based evidence that using widespread HAART could lessen the burden of HIV eye diseases in populations that have not currently adopted widespread HAART use.
Random-resistor-random-temperature Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise (RRRT-KLJN) key exchange
Creators: name: Kish, Laszlo Bela
name: Granqvist, Claes-Goran
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce two new Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise (KLJN) secure key distribution schemes which are generalizations of the original KLJN scheme. The first of these, the Random-Resistor (RR-) KLJN scheme, uses random resistors with values chosen from a quasi-continuum set. It is well-known since the creation of the KLJN concept that such a system could work in cryptography, because Alice and Bob can calculate the unknown resistance value from measurements, but the RR-KLJN system has not been addressed in prior publications since it was considered impractical. The reason for discussing it now is the second scheme, the Random-Resistor-Random-Temperature (RRRT-) KLJN key exchange, inspired by a recent paper of Vadai, Mingesz and Gingl, wherein security was shown to be maintained at non-zero power flow. In the RRRT-KLJN secure key exchange scheme, both the resistances and their temperatures are continuum random variables. We prove that the security of the RRRT-KLJN scheme can prevail at non-zero power flow, and thus the physical law guaranteeing security is not the Second Law of Thermodynamics but the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem. Alice and Bob know their own resistances and temperatures and can calculate the resistance and temperature values at the other end of the communication channel from measured voltage, current and power-flow data in the wire. However, Eve cannot determine these values because, for her, there are four unknown quantities while she can set up only three equations. The RRRT-KLJN scheme has several advantages and makes all former attacks on the KLJN scheme invalid or incomplete.
description: submitted for journal publication; 8 pages, 4 figures
The language practices of Quebec-based parents raising multilingual infants and toddlers
Creators: name: Phillips, Nicola
name: Kircher, Ruth
name: Quirk, Erin
name: Ahooja, Alexa
name: Brouillard, Melanie
name: Ballinger, Susan
name: Byers-Heinlein, Krista
name: Polka, Linda
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: bilingualism
subject: children
subject: family language policy
subject: heritage languages
subject: infants
subject: intergenerational language transmission
subject: language use
subject: multilingualism
subject: proficiency
subject: Quebec
subject: toddlers

description: This component focuses on the language practices of Quebec-based parents of an infant or toddler under the age of four. Based on a selection of questionnaire items from the overall project "Language attitudes, practices, and concerns of bi-/multilingual families raising infants and toddlers", this component aims to answer the following research questions – RQ1. What factors determine parents’ overall frequency of language use (for each language being transmitted) with their multilingual infant or toddler? RQ2. What factors determine parents’ language practices with their infant or toddler in specific situations? More information can be found in the document "Practices Paper - Background, RQs, Hypotheses, Data Analysis Plan". The questionnaire can be found in the files for the overall project.
title: Association between retinoblastoma tumour size and tumor extent
Creators: name: de Jong, Marcus
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Paediatric
subject: Eyes
subject: Oncology
subject: MR
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Experimental
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Metastases
subject: Cancer
subject: Pathology

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: To assess the association between intraocular retinoblastoma tumour size measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histopathologically determined metastatic risk factors (postlaminar optic nerve invasion [PLONI] and massive choroidal...
title: Endovascular treatment of ruptured blister-like aneursyms with special reference to the flow-diverting strategies
Creators: name: Gök, Mustafa
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: CNS
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: CT
subject: Stents
subject: Embolisation
subject: Aneurysms
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Workforce

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Small aneurysms originating from nonbranching sites of the terminal internal carotid artery (ICA) with a broad base, and which are assumed to be dissecting in nature, are called blister-like aneurysms (BAs). BA is a rare type of intracranial...
title: Combined PET/CT and DWI by rigid image coregistration increases diagnostic accuracy in head and neck tumours
Creators: name: Perchinunno, Marco
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Oncology
subject: MR
subject: PET-CT
subject: PET-MR
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Our study aimed to compare the additional diagnostic value of the multi-modal imaging evaluation, achieved combining Magnetic Resonance (in particular sequences using morphological STIR (Short Tau Inverison Recovery) sequences and Diffusion...
Gyromagnetic g_s factors of the spin-1/2 particles in the (1/2+,1/2-,3/2-) triad of the four-vector spinor, ψ_μ, irreducibility, and linearity
Creators: name: Acosta, E. G. Delgado
name: Guzmán, V. M. Banda
name: Kirchbach, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the spin (1/2-) particle from the (1/2,1)+(1,1/2) Lorentz irreducible sector of the four-vector spinor can not be described within a linear formalism but behaves as a genuinely quadratic fermion satisfying the generalized Feynman-Gell-Mann equation with a gyromagnetic factor of (-2/3). In contrast, spin (1/2 +) from the (1/2,0)+(0,1/2) sector is confirmed as a genuine linear Dirac fermion whose gyromagnetic factor takes the value of two units.We calculate Compton scatterings off each one of the two targets and obtain both times well behaved cross sections in the ultra relativistic limit and in accord with unitarity.
description: 29 pages, 2 tables, 8 figures
Adolescent Immunizations: Can School-Based Programs Increase Immunization Coverage Rates?
Creators: name: Simmons, Cynthia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Adolescent immunization rates in North Carolina fall below the state average and in Brunswick County the rates fall significantly lower than those of North Carolina. In an effort to improve the adolescent immunization rates within the county, the health department researched efforts based on previous evidence-based school immunization initiatives to determine if utilization of these resources would improve the rates of adolescent immunizations. Significant collaborative efforts were necessary in order to achieve this goal within the community. The demonstrated leadership within the health department and school system made this program successful through community building and collaboration.
Building logical qubits in a superconducting quantum computing system
Creators: name: Gambetta, Jay M.
name: Chow, Jerry M.
name: Steffen, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The technological world is in the midst of a quantum computing and quantum information revolution. Since Richard Feynman's famous "plenty of room at the bottom" lecture, hinting at the notion of novel devices employing quantum mechanics, the quantum information community has taken gigantic strides in understanding the potential applications of a quantum computer and laid the foundational requirements for building one. We believe that the next significant step will be to demonstrate a quantum memory, in which a system of interacting qubits stores an encoded logical qubit state longer than the incorporated parts. Here, we describe the important route towards a logical memory with superconducting qubits, employing a rotated version of the surface code. The current status of technology with regards to interconnected superconducting-qubit networks will be described and near-term areas of focus to improve devices will be identified. Overall, the progress in this exciting field has been astounding, but we are at an important turning point where it will be critical to incorporate engineering solutions with quantum architectural considerations, laying the foundation towards scalable fault-tolerant quantum computers in the near future.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
title: Use of dual-energy virtual non-contrast CT for quantitative assessment of hepatic steatosis with dual-source CT scanner: a preliminary study
Creators: name: Wang, Xuan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: Metabolic disorders

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Hepatic steatosis (HS) is characterized by triglyceride accumulation within hepatocytes. As a common problem in modern society, the estimated prevalence of HS can reach to more than 20%. It has been proved that HS is associated with the metabolic...
title: Breast lesion differentiation by 3-parameter IVIM analysis
Creators: name: Dijkstra, Hildebrand
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Oncology
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: CAD
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Tissue characterisation

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of breast lesions is usually quantified using a mono-exponential model such as the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) or a bi-exponential model such as intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), the latter quantifying...
Collective phases of strongly interacting cavity photons
Creators: name: Wilson, Ryan M.
name: Mahmud, Khan W.
name: Hu, Anzi
name: Gorshkov, Alexey V.
name: Hafezi, Mohammad
name: Foss-Feig, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a coupled array of coherently driven photonic cavities, which maps onto a driven-dissipative XY spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ model with ferromagnetic couplings in the limit of strong optical nonlinearities. Using a site-decoupled mean-field approximation, we identify steady state phases with canted antiferromagnetic order, in addition to limit cycle phases, where oscillatory dynamics persist indefinitely. We also identify collective bistable phases, where the system supports two steady states among spatially uniform, antiferromagnetic, and limit cycle phases. We compare these mean-field results to exact quantum trajectories simulations for finite one-dimensional arrays. The exact results exhibit short-range antiferromagnetic order for parameters that have significant overlap with the mean-field phase diagram. In the mean-field bistable regime, the exact quantum dynamics exhibits real-time collective switching between macroscopically distinguishable states. We present a clear physical picture for this dynamics, and establish a simple relationship between the switching times and properties of the quantum Liouvillian.
description: 4+ pages, 4 figures, and supplemental material
Kaiser Family Foundation Poll: February Kaiser Health Tracking Poll--Health Care Reform Law/Mental Health Care
Creators: name: Kaiser Family Foundation
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Opinion of health reform bill (1); basis of health care knowledge (1); effects of health reform law (2); health care as private or universally available (1); health care as community or individual issue (1); health care law provisions for undocumented immigrants (2); undocumented immigrants benefit eligibility (2); problems accessing mental health care (5); separate insurance rules for mental health benefits (1); worries about various scenarios (6); prejudice against various groups (7); contact with the mentally ill (3); gun ownership (1); gun ownership affecting safety (2); knowing victims of gun crimes (3).
title: The quantitative MRI evaluation of repair tissue after microfracture treatment for ankle osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)
Creators: name: Tao, Hongyue
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: MR
subject: Surgery
subject: Outcomes

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Introduction Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is an idiopathic lesion of subchondral bone with or without articular cartilage involvement [1]. Adult lesions tend to be more unstable [2], and surgical treatment is considered the gold standard in...
title: Portal vein embolisation with histoacryl via an ipsilateral approach is safe and effective
Creators: name: Loberg, Christina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Catheter venography
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Embolisation
subject: Hyperplasia / Hypertrophy

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Aims and objectives: Portal vein embolisation (PVE) is a well established technique to introduce hypertrophy of the future liver remnant in patients scheduled to undergo extended hemihepatectomy [1, 2, 4]. Histoacryl is an inexpensive and reliable...
Time-resolved magnetophotoluminescence studies of magnetic polaron dynamics in type-II quantum dots
Creators: name: Barman, B.
name: Oszwałdowski, R.
name: Schweidenback, L.
name: Russ, A. H.
name: Pientka, J. M.
name: Tsai, Y.
name: Chou, W-C.
name: Fan, W. C.
name: Murphy, J. R.
name: Cartwright, A. N.
name: Sellers, I. R.
name: Petukhov, A. G.
name: Žutić, I.
name: McCombe, B. D.
name: Petrou, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We used continuous wave photoluminescence (cw-PL) and time resolved photoluminescence (TR-PL) spectroscopy to compare the properties of magnetic polarons (MP) in two related spatially indirect II-VI epitaxially grown quantum dot systems. In the ZnTe/(Zn,Mn)Se system the holes are confined in the non-magnetic ZnTe quantum dots (QDs), and the electrons reside in the magnetic (Zn,Mn)Se matrix. On the other hand, in the (Zn,Mn)Te/ZnSe system, the holes are confined in the magnetic (Zn,Mn)Te QDs, while the electrons remain in the surrounding non-magnetic ZnSe matrix. The magnetic polaron formation energies in both systems were measured from the temporal red-shift of the band-edge emission. The magnetic polaron exhibits distinct characteristics depending on the location of the Mn ions. In the ZnTe/(Zn,Mn)Se system the magnetic polaron shows conventional behavior with decreasing with increasing temperature T and increasing magnetic field B. In contrast, in the (Zn,Mn)Te/ZnSe system has unconventional dependence on temperature T and magnetic field B; is weakly dependent on T as well as on B. We discuss a possible origin for such a striking difference in the MP properties in two closely related QD systems.
description: 27 pages, 12 figures
Kaiser Family Foundation Poll: October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll--Affordable Care Act
Creators: name: Kaiser Family Foundation
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2014

description: Opinion of health reform law (2); Congress should expand/repeal health care reform law (1); Congress cutting off funding (1); better/worse off under health care reform law (2); information about health care reform law (1); job performance of state/federal government with health care reform law (2); personal positive and negative effects of the health care reform law (8); media coverage (4); personally been contacted by anyone about health care reform law (1); seen or heard ads/commercials about health care law (4); household members with pre-existing condition (1).
Feynman's Formula for the Ising Model on Surfaces
Creators: name: Trinchero, Dario
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This is my final submission for the mini-thesis that formed part of my BScHons (Mathematics) degree. The essay is a pedagogical expository account of the results of a paper by Chelkak, Cimasoni, & Kassel (2017) which develops a combinatorial proof of the generalized Kac-Ward formula for the high-temperature polynomial of an Ising model embedded on an arbitrary surface. Aside from giving a more thorough introduction, my mini-thesis expands on the results of the paper by filling in a few of the omitted proofs. Still, the mini-thesis should generally not be considered original work, since none of the ideas are my own.
description: {"references": ["Chelkak, D., Cimasoni, D., Kassel, A., 2017. Revisiting the combinatorics of the 2D Ising model. Ann. Inst. Henri Poincar\u00e9 Comb. Phys. Interact. 4, 309\u2013385. https://doi.org/10.4171/AIHPD/42"]}
title: Assessment of high cumulative patient doses of repetitive CT examinations
Creators: name: Das, Marco
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Radiation safety

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Radiation dose remains a major concern in CT imaging. To date is quite difficult to sufficiently track cumulative radiation dose. With the use of radiation dose management software this becomes more efficient. As during daily routine patients often...
Carex grahamii Boott, Proc. J. Linn. Soc. London 1844
Creators: name: Elven, Reidar
name: Pedersen, A. Tiril M.
name: Bjorå, Charlotte S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Cyperaceae
Carex
Carex grahamii

description: Carex grahamii Boott, Proc. J. Linn. Soc. London 1: 180. 215–216, 1844.
 Type:— SCOTLAND, “Clova Forfarshire. Carex saxatilis Linn. Carex pulla Good. 8 th Augt. 1840.–On Wight’s original station. From Dr. Grahame.” K No. 00960506!, (left-hand shoot of three, lectotype, designated here, Fig. 3).
description: Published as part of Elven, Reidar, Pedersen, A. Tiril M. & Bjorå, Charlotte S., 2017, The nomenclature of two hybrid taxa in Carex sect. Vesicariae (Cyperaceae) currently assigned as Carex rostrata var. borealis and Carex stenolepis, pp. 63-72 in Phytotaxa 324 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.324.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/13697396
Hallmarks of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class elicited by scanning probe microscopy
Creators: name: Alves, Sidiney G.
name: de Araujo, Clodoaldo I. L.
name: Ferreira, Silvio C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is a fundamental technique for the analysis of surfaces. In the present work, the interface statistics of surfaces scanned with a probe tip was analyzed for both \textit{in silico} and experimental systems that \textit{do not} belong to the prominent Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class. We show that height, local roughness and extremal height distributions of scanned surfaces quantitatively agree with the KPZ class in a range similar or better than recent experimental evidences of the KPZ class using SPM images. The underlying mechanism behind this artificial KPZ class is the finite size of the probe tip, which does not permit a full resolution of neither deep valleys or sloping borders of plateaus. The net result is a scanned profile laterally thicker and higher than the original one implying an excess growth, the major characteristic of the KPZ universality class. The actual universality class of self-affine scanned surfaces are expected at long times when the characteristic surface lengths become much larger than those of the probe tip but our finds can be of relevance to experiments where sufficiently long growth times cannot be easily achieved. We also propose that the KPZ signatures can be also elicited in mounded surfaces with high aspect ratio due to the interaction with the bulk of the probe tip. Strategies to prevent false positives of the KPZ class are discussed.
description: 8 pages and 7 figures
Comparing and integrating scientific and practical knowledge on social development in primary school – The Teacher Project
Creators: name: Hermans, Karlijn
name: Dobbelaar, Simone
name: van Drunen, Lina
name: Brinke, Lysanne
name: Crone, Eveline
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: co-creation
subject: middle childhood
subject: social development
subject: social wellbeing
subject: teachers

description: With this project, we aim to compare and integrate scientific knowledge and knowledge from educational practice on social development and social wellbeing. We will use a traditional scientific approach and a science-practice approach in which we conduct several steps of the research cycle in co-creation with primary school teachers.
Controlling transmission eigenchannels in random media by edge reflection
Creators: name: Zhao, Liyi
name: Tian, Chushun
name: Bliokh, Yury P.
name: Freilikher, Valentin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Transmission eigenchannels and associated eigenvalues, that give a full account of wave propagation in random media, have recently emerged as a major theme in theoretical and applied optics. Here we demonstrate, both analytically and numerically, that in quasi one-dimensional ($1$D) diffusive samples, their behavior is governed mostly by the asymmetry in the reflections of the sample edges rather than by the absolute values of the reflection coefficients themselves. We show that there exists a threshold value of the asymmetry parameter, below which high transmission eigenchannels exist, giving rise to a singularity in the distribution of the transmission eigenvalues, $ρ({\cal T}\rightarrow 1)\sim(1-{\cal T})^{-\frac{1}{2}}$. At the threshold, $ρ({\cal T})$ exhibits critical statistics with a distinct singularity $\sim(1-{\cal T})^{-\frac{1}{3}}$; above it the high transmission eigenchannels disappear and $ρ({\cal T})$ vanishes for ${\cal T}$ exceeding a maximal transmission eigenvalue. We show that such statistical behavior of the transmission eigenvalues can be explained in terms of effective cavities (resonators), analogous to those in which the states are trapped in $1$D strong Anderson localization. In particular, the $ρ( \mathcal{T}) $-transition can be mapped onto the shuffling of the resonator with perfect transmittance from the sample center to the edge with stronger reflection. We also find a similar transition in the distribution of resonant transmittances in $1$D layered samples. These results reveal a physical connection between high transmission eigenchannels in diffusive systems and $1$D strong Anderson localization. They open up a fresh opportunity for practically useful application: controlling the transparency of opaque media by tuning their coupling to the environment.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures
Vitamin B2 Mitigates Fluoride-Induced Enterohepatic Circulation Disorder by Regulating IL-17A and Ileal Microbiome
Creators: name: wu, yue
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 309999
subject: Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Metadata for all samples used in this study have been deposited in Figshare.
Outcomes of Patients Declined or Who Refuse Transport by Orange County (NC) Emergency Medical Services
Creators: name: Premakumar, Sanjay Kumar
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2002

description: Objective: In October of 1996, a unique Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system based on separation of paramedic treatment and ambulance transport was implemented in Orange County, NC. The core of the program was having paramedics operate independently and respond to all calls to evaluate the need for transport or further treatment. Paramedics were authorized to decline ambulance transportation to patients for whom other transportation options were more appropriate. This study is an attempt to evaluate the system for quality and safety using several outcome measures. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study of patients who had been declined transportation by Orange County EMS during a one-month interval was conducted to assess self-reported medical outcomes and patient satisfaction via a previously tested survey instrument administered by phone. Outcomes were: 1) subsequent medical attention sought; 2) time lapse between paramedic evaluation and subsequent medical attention; 3) status of patient's condition at the time of survey administration; 4) if patient received instructions from the paramedic about the problem; 5) would status of medical condition be different at time of survey if transported; 6) desire for change in the encounter; and 7) overall satisfaction with care received. Also reviewed prehospital EMS call reports for demographic and system-wide trends. Descriptive statistics were utilized and IRB approval was obtained. Results: From April 15, 2001, to May 15,2001, there were 658 EMS activations in Orange County, NC. A total of 223 (34%) were recorded as non-transports by the paramedics. Of these, 212 (95%) had designations of paramedic declination (153 or 72%) or patient refusal (59 or 28%). A total of 50.2% (112/223) patients were contacted by phone, and 100 (45% of total) consented to be in the study. 74% (74/100) of included patients were declined. Of these declined patients, 84% remembered receiving instructions, 64% sought further medical care (41% going to an ED) and 9% (4/46) of those were admitted to the hospital. 82% reported resolved or improved health status, and 95% of declined patients were satisfied with their EMS encounter. Compared to a previous unpublished study in 1999, these results showed an increase in satisfaction, but also an increase in admissions (from 0% to 9%). Conclusions: Over five years of implementation, the IRV system has accomplished the goals set out for it. Even with some under-triage noted (9%), the negative sequelae from the use of a declination protocol was negligible, especially when viewed in the context of patient satisfaction. The system is performing at an acceptable level and should continuously be evaluated in order to determine need, patient safety and acceptable levels of undertriage, and possible expansion.
Optimal transport in competition with reaction: the Hellinger-Kantorovich distance and geodesic curves
Creators: name: Liero, Matthias
name: Mielke, Alexander
name: Savaré, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We discuss a new notion of distance on the space of finite and nonnegative measures which can be seen as a generalization of the well-known Kantorovich-Wasserstein distance. The new distance is based on a dynamical formulation given by an Onsager operator that is the sum of a Wasserstein diffusion part and an additional reaction part describing the generation and absorption of mass. We present a full characterization of the distance and its properties. In fact the distance can be equivalently described by an optimal transport problem on the cone space over the underlying metric space. We give a construction of geodesic curves and discuss their properties.
Washington Post Poll: Maryland Poll--State Politics and Finances
Creators: name: Washington Post
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Biggest issue (2); direction of Maryland (1); economy (1); Martin O'Malley (3); state legislature job approval (1); Ben Cardin (1); taxes (4); budget deficit (7); concerns about failure of budget deficit package (5); slot machine gambling (4); increase gas tax (1); homosexual civil union/marriage (2); death penalty (2); immigration (6); voter interest and intent (1); Democratic presidential candidate (6); Republican presidential candidate (6); finances (1).
title: Imaging related predictors of favorable outcome in acute ischemic stroke treated by thrombectomy
Creators: name: Balodis, Arturs
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: CNS
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: CT
subject: Catheters
subject: Thrombolysis
subject: Recanalisation
subject: Acute
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Outcomes

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Evaluate the factors that affect the clinical outcome of acute ischemic stroke in patients with endovascular...
Carrier Multiplication-Induced Structural Change during Ultrafast Carrier Relaxation and Non-Thermal Phase Transition in Semiconductors
Creators: name: Bang, Junhyeok
name: Sun, Y. Y.
name: Liu, X. -Q.
name: Gao, F.
name: Zhang, S. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While being extensively studied as an important physical process to alter exciton population in nanostructures at fs time scale, carrier multiplication has not been considered seriously as a major mechanism for phase transition. Real-time time-dependent density functional theory study of Ge2Sb2Te5 reveals that carrier multiplication can induce ultrafast phase transition in solid state despite that the lattice remains cold. The results also unify the experimental findings in other semiconductors for which the explanation remains to be the 30-year old phenomenological plasma annealing model.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures
Factors Influencing Choice of Treatment in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy
Creators: name: Mahoney, Shannon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Background The treatment of patients with IMN may include immunomodulation in patients resistant to conservative therapy alone, or perceived at high risk of progression. This study assesses the factors influencing the decision to treat with immunomodulators and the choice of treatment between alkylating agents and calcineurin inhibitors (CNI). Methods An inception cohort of 720 adults with biopsy-proven IMN (from 1976-2005) was derived from the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (N=328) and the Toronto Glomerulonephritis Registry (N=392). Subjects were allocated to groups based on initial treatment: no immunotherapy, alkylating agents, CNI, glucocorticoids (GC) only, or other immunosuppressant. The second treatment was considered in patients who initially received GC alone. Factors influencing decision to treat were analyzed using logistic regression, and those influencing choice of treatment by multinomial logit. Results Serum albumin and proteinuria were significantly different between those treated (66.3%) and those not treated (33.7%). Patients with a serum albumin of 2.5 mg/dL were more likely to be treated (OR 1.88, p=0.007, 95% CI [1.19,2.98]), as were those with greater 24 hour proteinuria (OR 1.12 for each 1g/day increase,p=0.001, 95% CI [1.06,1.18]). Patients in the TGNR were less likely to be treated than those in the GDCN (OR 0.45, p=0.001, 95% CI [0.28,0.72]). Of the factors analyzed with regards to choice of treatment, only sex was significant. Females were 3.49 times more likely to receive a calcineurin inhibitor than an alkylating agent (p=0.011, 95% CI [1.33,9.20]). Changes in choice of first therapy were observed over time. GC alone was the predominant approach until about 1994, at which time alkylating agents became the predominant choice. CNI were used in a minority of patients. Discussion Serum albumin, proteinuria, and registry were the only independent determinants of the decision to treat with immunomodulators. Sex was the only factor associated with the specific choice of therapy between alkylating agents and CNI; however, the sample size of those treated may have been too small to detect differences.
A note on BPS vortex bound states
Creators: name: Alonso-Izquierdo, A.
name: Fuertes, W. Garcia
name: Guilarte, J. Mateos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this note we investigate bound states, where scalar and vector bosons are trapped by BPS vortices in the Abelian Higgs model with a critical ratio of the couplings. A class of internal modes of fluctuation around cylindrically symmetric BPS vortices is characterized mathematically, analysing the spectrum of the second-order fluctuation operator when the Higgs and vector boson masses are equal. A few of these bound states with low values of quantized magnetic flux are described fully, and their main properties are discussed.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, Reference added
Cardiovascular Disease: A Troubling Public Health Trend in Developing Countries
Creators: name: George, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Globally, there is a transition from physical, agriculturally based economies toward economies based on more sedentary industrial activities (Bauman et al, 2005). This change has lead to an overall reduction in daily physical activity and an increase in obesity and cardiovascular disease rates as well as other lifestyle changes. Communities with more sedentary based economies need alternative ways to increase their physical activity level, monitor dietary changes, and learn strategies to control rates of cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, there are many roadblocks to a community’s ability to increase opportunities to reduce cardiovascular disease. This paper will include a detailed discussion of cardiovascular disease, its implications on society, cardiovascular disease in developing versus developed countries including a discussion of possible factors related to increasing rates of cardiovascular disease, and recommendations to reverse this troubling trend.
title: Dual-energy CT pulmonary perfusion maps improve the detection of small pulmonary embolism: a multi-rater study
Creators: name: Fischer, Sebastian
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Pulmonary vessels
subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Purpose: Dual-Energy-CT (DECT) provides material differentiation and tissue characterization beyond the traditional CT attenuation scale. Therefore CT images are acquired at two different X-ray spectra or tube voltages for material differentiation based of...
Solar-driven CO2 reduction catalysed by Hybrid Supramolecular Photocathodes and enhanced by Ionic Liquids
Creators: name: De Los Bernardos, Miriam Díaz
name: Guzmán, Hilmar
name: Zammillo, Federica
name: Iliev, Boyan
name: Chiodoni, Angelica
name: Hernández, Simelys
name: Gual, Aitor
name: Godard, Cyril
name: Miró, Roger
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: SunCoChem poster presented during the Green Chemistry Conference taking place from 24th - 29th of July, 2022, in Barcelona (Spain).
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Creators: name: Meeussen, Loes
name: Block, Katharina
name: olsson, maria
name: Schmader, Toni
name: Van Grootel, Sanne
name: Martiny, Sarah
name: Schuster, Carolin
name: Sun, Molly
name: van Laar, Colette
name: Croft, Alyssa
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: preregistration partner preferences project: aims, hypotheses, planned analyses
title: Les interventions infirmières pour prévenir l’utilisation des mesures de contrainte en psychogériatrie
title: Les interventions infirmières pour prévenir l’utilisation des mesures de contrainte en psychogériatrie
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Miéville, Amélie
name: Montandon, Maëlle
name: Peier, Elliott
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: hesav TB SI

description: Contexte : Les SCPD et les chutes sont des problématiques courantes chez les personnes âgées atteintes de TNCM. Pour les prendre en charge, les soignants, et notamment les infirmiers ont souvent recours à de la contention physique, qui est une pratique ayant peu de preuve d’efficacité mais engendrant de multiples effets indésirables physiques et psychologiques, autant pour le patient que pour le soignant. Objectif : Relever les interventions infirmières permettant de prévenir et/ou diminuer la contention physique mécanique et l’isolement en psychiatrie de l’âge avancé. Méthode : La stratégies de recherche a été effectuée sur les bases de données CINHAL et Google Scholar, ce qui a permis une sélection de huit articles. Ces études ont été analysées à l’aide des grilles d’extraction des données. Puis les résultats ont été mis en perspective avec le cadre théorique du Human Caring de Jean Watson. Résultats : Les résultats ont mis en évidence que certaines interventions relèvent du rôle propre infirmier comme la communication, la collaboration, l’accompagnement personnalisé du patient, les approches occupationnelles, l’organisation des soins et l’implication des proches, alors que d’autres soutiennent le rôle infirmier comme la formation, le leadership et l’adaptation de l’environnement. Ainsi, il a été démontré l’importance de prendre en charge les causes menant à l’utilisation de la contention afin d’en diminuer sa prévalence. Discussion : Les interventions relevées semblent avoir eu un impact sur la contention physique, et pouvoir être généralisées à une population plus large. Cependant, il serait judicieux que des études testent des interventions spécifiques afin d’en déceler leur efficacité.
Catholic Church and State Relationship : October, 1991
Creators: name: Office Of The Technical Advisor To The President Of Mexico
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1997

description: Salinas job performance(1); priests civil rights(6); Catholic church and state relationship(3); public education(11); land reform(13); presidential popularity(1); presidential candidate preference in the 1988 election(1).