cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ethical decision-making for community health care professionals with clients who are living at risk
Creators: name: Lochbaum, Gwendolyn Janice
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Nurses and other community health care professionals are often challenged by the ethical problems of clients who are living at risk, that is, clients who choose to make autonomous decisions related to personal situations that have the potential for negative outcomes. Although these encounters may cause some of the highest levels of stress in health care professionals, there is a noted lack of research in this area. This exploratory study, conducted using a constructivist qualitative methodology describes the experiences of nurses and other community health care professionals who are participating in ethical decision-making with clients who are living at risk. Constructivism was chosen in recognition that community health care professionals may describe their experiences with ethical decision-making in diverse ways and may experience a number of different realities of these experiences. Participants, purposively sampled via one-on-one interviews, described the intensity of complex client situations that they cope with. Four main themes emerged from their descriptions: "Our clients who are living at risk", "Worrying about our clients", "Finding a better way-how we cope", and "Frustrated by the system-hitting the brick wall". Powerful emotions including anxiety, frustration, anger, fear, guilt and helplessness- emotions that sound like moral distress- were part of the experiences. Concepts associated with the four themes included: personal and professional values and beliefs, client capability, use of legislation, resource allocation, ethical climates in organizations, client-directed care delivery, and collaborative practice within interdisciplinary teams. The findings of this study suggest significant implications for clinical practice, leadership, research, and education. Overall, there is a critical need to ensure that professionals have opportunities to deal with their emotions and concerns when coping with all ethical problems. Strategies that will assist this process include the establishment of supportive systems such as highly functioning interdisciplinary teams, reflective practice, and flexible transformational leadership approaches.
Supplemental material including methods and data from Cellular bicarbonate accumulation and vesicular proton transport promote calcification in the sea urchin larva
Creators: name: Hu, Marian Y.
name: Petersen, Inga
name: Chang, William
name: Blurton, Christine
name: Stumpp, Meike
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Material and Methods and Supplemental figures
CFD Analysis of Latent Heat Energy Storage System with Different Geometric Configurations and Flow Conditions
Creators: name: Shukla, Pushpendra Kumar
name: Kishan, P. Anil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Latent heat storage technology is being used worldwide to bridge the gap between supply and demand of energy. The material store energy during the charging process (melting) and releases energy during the discharging process (solidification). In spite of having various advantages such as high storage energy density, it suffers from the fact that most Phase Change Materials (PCMs) commonly used have a very low thermal conductivity, hence, very slow charging /discharging times. In the current work, a shell and tube type heat exchanger with phase change material on the shell side and heat transfer fluid on the tube side are considered. The effect of flow rate and inlet temperature of heat transfer fluid on melting and solidification times are investigated with single and double pass (counter and parallel) arrangements of Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF). The major difficulty encountered in the melting of the PCM is the accumulation of solid (unmelted) part at the bottom during the charging process, while the liquid part remains at the top during the discharging process, which decreases the efficiency of the system to quite a great extent. In this study, an attempt has been made to improve the efficiency of the system by considering two configurations (double and triple tube) of the shell and tube heat exchanger and it is found that the latter case has better performance.
description: Proceedings of the 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India
[Brev til DKNVS]
Creators: name: Den Grevelige Hjelmstjerne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse
name: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab (DKNVS)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1856

description: Stautter i den Hjelmstjerne-Rosencroneske stiftelsen
Supplementary material from Males adjust their manipulation of female remating in response to sperm competition risk
Creators: name: Moschilla, Joe A.
name: Tomkins, Joseph L.
name: Simmons, Leigh W.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Detailed descriptions of methodologies
Additional file 1 of Evidence of genetic structure in the wide-ranging bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
Creators: name: Streicher, Melanie
name: Krüger, Sonja
name: Loercher, Franziska
name: Willows-Munro, Sandi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary data for Bearded Vulture analysis.
Table S2 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
Additional file 1 of Group decisions based on confidence weighted majority voting
Creators: name: Meyen, Sascha
name: Sigg, Dorothee M. B.
name: Luxburg, Ulrike Von
name: Franz, Volker H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Summary statistics and parameter estimates for our experiment. For each group, we report the average accuracy (%-correct responses across 12 trials) for real and simulated groups, regression coefficients a and b (real confidence = a + b · ideal confidence + ε), and fitted parameters from our formal cognitive modeling approach: equality effect β, group confidence effect γ and group precision σg. Additionally, we report mean, standard deviation as well as the more robust median and quartiles.
An Economic Analysis of Control of the Western Corn Rootworm Variant across Indiana
Creators: name: Van Mellor, Thuy
name: Alexander, Corinne E.
name: Bledsoe, Larry
name: Krupke, Christian
name: Van Mellor, Thuy
name: Alexander, Corinne E.
name: Bledsoe, Larry
name: Krupke, Christian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: A variant of the western corn rootworm (CRW) has adapted to the widely used cultural practice of crop rotation. This study analyzed the economic value of control options controlling the western CRW variant across Indiana. The options analyzed are soil insecticides, seed-applied insecticides, the recently commercialized genetically modified corn to resist CRW (CRW corn), or not controlling the western CRW variant. The results suggest that the economic value of CRW corn may exceed that of the alternative options for corn producers with high western CRW variant pressure, irrespective of producers' risk aversion levels and have the highest economic value for risk-averse producers in the moderate western CRW variant pressure region of Indiana.
Localization of Relative-Position of Two Atoms Induced by Spontaneous Emission
Creators: name: Zheng, L.
name: Li, C.
name: Li, Y.
name: Sun, C. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the back-action of emitted photons on the motion of the relative position of two cold atoms. We show that photon recoil resulting from the spontaneous emission can induce the localization of the relative position of the two atoms through the entanglement between the spatial motion of individual atoms and their emitted photons. The result provides a more realistic model for the analysis of the environment-induced localization of a macroscopic object.
description: 8 pages and 4 figures
Figure S1 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
Figure S3 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
Anomaly of the dielectric function of water under confinement and its role in Van der Waals interactions
Creators: name: Esquivel-Sirvent, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical calculation of the changes in the Hamaker constant due to the anomalous reduction of the static dielectric function of water. Under confinement, the dielectric function of water decreases from a bulk value of 79 down to 2. If the confining walls are made of a dielectric material, the Hamaker constant reduces almost by 90\%. However, if the confinement is realized with metallic plates, there is little change in the Hamaker constant. Additionally, we show that confinement can be used to decreases the Debye screening length without changing the salt concentration. This, in turn, is used to change the Hamaker constant in the presence of electrolytes.
description: 6 figures
What Determines Vertical Mergers in U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries?
Creators: name: Bhuyan, Sanjib
name: Bhuyan, Sanjib
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Agribusiness

description: Vertical mergers have become an important business strategy among food manufacturers because it allows them to manage and customize their production according to consumer needs. Economic theories have shown that vertical mergers may be induced by transaction costs, demand variability, and other factors. Using an input-output methodology, a measure of vertical merger is developed for U.S. food manufacturing industries and the transaction cost hypotheses tested in an attempt to examine the factors that motivate vertical mergers in the food manufacturing industries. The results are consistent with previous studies that confirm the role of transaction cost factors, such as lock-in effects in terms of asset specificity and managerial diseconomies.
A New Anti-Rotational Bio-Inspired Structure in Bicycle Helmet
Creators: name: Leng, Bing
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study investigated innovative bicycle helmet designs inspired by the unique structural features of horsetail plants and the human spine, aiming to reduce rotational acceleration, a key factor in severe brain injuries. Simulation results demonstrated that the developed bio-inspired lattice structure reduced rotational acceleration by 44% compared to traditional liners. Experimental tests further validated the effectiveness of this design, showcasing its potential for enhancing head protection. Future research will focus on refining these findings to improve helmet performance in real-world scenarios.
Table S4 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
Minimal tau approximation and simulations of the alpha effect
Creators: name: Brandenburg, A.
name: Subramanian, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The validity of a closure called the minimal tau approximation (MTA), is tested in the context of dynamo theory, wherein triple correlations are assumed to provide relaxation of the turbulent electromotive force. Under MTA, the alpha effect in mean field dynamo theory becomes proportional to a relaxation time scale multiplied by the difference between kinetic and current helicities. It is shown that the value of the relaxation time is positive and, in units of the turnover time at the forcing wavenumber, it is of the order of unity. It is quenched by the magnetic field -- roughly independently of the magnetic Reynolds number. However, this independence becomes uncertain at large magnetic Reynolds number. Kinetic and current helicities are shown to be dominated by large scale properties of the flow.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures, accepted by A&A
Field-induced Metal-Insulator Transition in $β$-EuP$_3$
Creators: name: Wang, Guangqiang
name: Chang, Guoqing
name: Zhou, Huibin
name: Ma, Wenlong
name: Lin, Hsin
name: Hasan, M. Zahid
name: Xu, Su-Yang
name: Jia, Shuang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Metal-insulator transition (MIT) is one of the most conspicuous phenomena in correlated electron systems. However such transition has rarely been induced by an external magnetic field as the field scale is normally too small compared with the charge gap. In this paper we present the observation of a magnetic-field-driven MIT in a magnetic semiconductor $β$-EuP$_3$. Concomitantly, we found a colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) in an extreme way: the resistance drops billionfold at 2 kelvins in a magnetic field less than 3 teslas. We ascribe this striking MIT as a field-driven transition from an antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic insulator to a spin-polarized topological semimetal, in which the spin configuration of $\mathrm{Eu^{2+}}$ cations and spin-orbital coupling (SOC) play a crucial role. As a phosphorene-bearing compound whose electrical properties can be controlled by the application of field, $β$-EuP$_3$ may serve as a tantalizing material in the basic research and even future electronics.
Probing the bispectrum at high redshifts using 21 cm HI observations
Creators: name: Ali, Sk. Saiyad
name: Bharadwaj, Somnath
name: Pandey, Sanjay K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observations of fluctuations in the redshifted 21 cm radiation from neautral hydrogen (HI) are perceived to be an important future probe of the universe at high redshifts. Under the assumption that at redshifts z less than 6 (Post-Reionization Era), the HI traces the underlying dark matter with a possible bias, we investigate the possibility of using observations of redshifted 21 cm radiation to detect the bispectrum arising from non-linear gravitational clustering and from non-linear bias. We find that the expected signal is ~ 0.1 mJy at 325 MHz (z=3.4) for the small baselines at the GMRT, the strength being a few times larger at higher frequencies 610 MHz (z=1.3). Further, the magnitude of the signal from the bispectrum is predicted to be comparable to that from the power spectrum, allowing a detection of both in roughly the same integration time. The HI signal is found to be uncorrelated beyond frequency separations of 1.3 MHz whereas the continuum sources of continuum are expected to be correlated across much larger frequencies. This signature can in principle be used to distinguish the HI signal from the contamination. We also consider the possibility of using observations of the bispectrum to determine the linear and quadratic bias parameters of the HI at high redshifts, this having possible implications for theories of galaxy formation.
description: 7pages including 5 figures, Replaced to match version accepted in MNRAS
Performance, Process, and Design Standards in Environmental Regulation
Creators: name: Hueth, Brent
name: Melkonyan, Tigran A.
name: Hueth, Brent
name: Melkonyan, Tigran A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: This papers analyzes efficient regulatory design of a polluting firm who has two kinds of private information about its production environment. First, the firm has better information than the regulator regarding technological possibilities for controlling pollution; and second, some aspects of the firm's implementation of a given technology are potentially unobservable. Design standards that specify a particular pollution abatement technology for the firm are efficient when the level of information asymmetry regarding technology choice is low, and when the cost of performance measurement is high; performance standards are efficient when the level of penalty needed to induce efficient implementation is unlikely to bankrupt the firm; and process standards are efficient when it is not very costly to monitor firm actions. We identify circumstances when each individual regulatory instrument (design, performance, and process standards) alone or in some combination is efficient.
A-model and generalized Chern-Simons theory
Creators: name: Schwarz, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relation between open topological strings and Chern-Simons theory was discovered by E. Witten. He proved that A-model on T*M where M is a three-dimensional manifold is equivalent to Chern-Simons theory on M and that A-model on arbitrary Calabi-Yau 3-fold is related to Chern-Simons theory with instanton corrections. In present paper we discuss multidimensional generalization of these results.
description: 11 pages, latex, minor changes
A DYNAMIC AND STOCHASTIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF TIME IN RANGE MANAGEMENT
Creators: name: Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.
name: Biswas, Basudeb
name: Godfrey, E. Bruce
name: Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.
name: Biswas, Basudeb
name: Godfrey, E. Bruce
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Land Economics/Use
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: This chapter uses a new ecological-economic approach to analyze the role of time in range management in a dynamic and stochastic setting. We first construct a theoretical model of a parcel of rangeland in which time restrictions are used to manage the land. We then show how the dynamic and the stochastic properties of this rangeland can be used to construct two managerial objectives that are ecologically and economically meaningful. Finally, using these two objectives, we discuss an approach to range management in which the manager has two interrelated goals. This manager maximizes the profits from range operations and (s)he also takes steps to move the rangeland away from the least desirable state of existence.
Zu dem Bericht des Zentrauausschusses über das "Proselytismus"-Problem
Creators: name: Kinder, Ernst
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 6 Nr. 1 (1957): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 6, Heft 1
Fluctuations in Chemical Gelation
Creators: name: Ohira, Kenji
name: Sato, Masatoshi
name: Kohmoto, Mahito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a chemical gelation model in two dimensions which includes both monomer aggregations and bond fluctuations. Our numerical simulation shows that a sol-gel transition occurs when an initial monomer concentration is above a critical concentration. Fractal aggregates grow until the sol-gel transition occurs. After the gelation, however, bond fluctuations break the fractal structure and a novel inhomogeneous gel fibre network appears instead. A pore size distribution of the inhomogeneous structure shows the existence of hierarchical structures in the gel phase. It is also found that slow dynamics appear near the critical concentration.
description: 6 pages, 10figures
FARM WORK, OFF-FARM WORK, AND HIRED FARM LABOR: ESTIMATING A DISCRETE-CHOICE MODEL OF FRENCH FARM COUPLES' LABOR DECISIONS
Creators: name: Benjamin, Catherine
name: Kimhi, Ayal
name: Benjamin, Catherine
name: Kimhi, Ayal
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Labor and Human Capital

description: We estimate jointly three types of discrete-choice labor decisions of farm couples: farm work, off-farm work, and hired farm labor. Using a 16-choice multinomial logit model, we find that operators' and spouses' farm labor are substitutes. Hired farm labor increases with farmers' qualifications, perhaps substituting for the couples' labor inputs. Other adults in the households substitute for the farm labor input of the farm couple and hired workers.
Post-discharge breastfeeding patterns of mothers and their preterm infants born at 30 to 34 weeks gestation
Creators: name: Wooldridge, Joanne Melissa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Little is known about how preterm infants make the transition from breastfeeding and bottle feeding to exclusive breastfeeding in the weeks following hospital discharge. The thesis examined breastfeeding patterns for 66 infants between 30 and 35 weeks gestation over a four-week period after hospital discharge. The relationships among breastmilk feeding, feeding mode, maternal confidence and competence were also examined. Daily feeding diaries were completed by 53 mothers. From a detailed examination of the feeding diaries, the proportion of breastmilk feeds, and feeding mode (feeds directly at breast) were described. The infants received a high proportion of breastmilk feeds with 60% receiving breastmilk exclusively for the first week, and 56% receiving breastmilk exclusively for the four-week period. The number of feeds directly at breast increased steadily over the four-week period. Twins received significantly (F [1, 58] = 2.58, p. = .055) fewer breastmilk feeds than singletons, and were fed directly at breast significantly (F [1, 61] = 13.84, p = .0004) less often. In week one, mothers giving breastmilk feeds exclusively had higher levels of competence than those giving breastmilk and artificial milk (F [1, 48] = 5.71, p = .02). Mothers who fed directly at breast more than half of the time were significantly more confident (F [1, 49] = 5.32, p = .03) and competent (F [1, 49] = 4.24, p = .05) in week one than those who fed directly at breast less than half of the time. Maternal confidence (t [50] = - 5.13, p < .01) and competence (t [50] = -4.25, p < .01) increased significantly from week one to week four for the whole group. The findings are discussed in relation to the literature, and the implications for nursing practice, education, administration and research are presented.
Additional file 1 of Intensity of end-of-life health care and mortality after systemic anti-cancer treatment in patients with advanced lung cancer
Creators: name: Oselin, Kersti
name: Pisarev, Heti
name: Ilau, Keit
name: Raul-Allan Kiivet
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental Table 1. Use of systemic anti-cancer treatment in patients with advanced lung cancer. Supplemental Table 2. Myelotoxicity and infectious complications in patients with and without 14- and 30-day mortality after last cycle of systemic anti-cancer treatment.
Additional file 1 of Co-creating physical activity interventions: a mixed methods evaluation approach
Creators: name: Popp, Johanna
name: Grüne, Eva
name: Carl, Johannes
name: Semrau, Jana
name: Pfeifer, Klaus
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Definitions and instruments underlying the operationalization of predefined determinants.
QCD Corrections to Dilepton Production near Partonic Threshold in proton-antiproton Scattering
Creators: name: Shimizu, Hirotaka
name: Sterman, George
name: Vogelsang, Werner
name: Yokoya, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a recent study of the QCD corrections to dilepton production near partonic threshold in transversely polarized \bar{p}p scattering. We analyze the role of the higher-order perturbative QCD corrections in terms of the available fixed-order contributions as well as of all-order soft-gluon resummations for the kinematical regime of proposed experiments at GSI-FAIR. We find that perturbative corrections are large for both unpolarized and polarized cross sections, but that the spin asymmetries are stable. The role of the far infrared region of the momentum integral in the resummed exponent and the effect of the NNLL resummation are briefly discussed.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the "7th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections (RADCOR05)", Shonan Village, Japan, 2005
THE WELFARE EFFECTS OF BANNING TOURNAMENTS WHEN COMMITMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE: SOME RESULTS FROM THE BROILER SECTOR
Creators: name: Roe, Brian E.
name: Wu, Steven Y.
name: Roe, Brian E.
name: Wu, Steven Y.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Livestock Production/Industries

description: We consider the implications of banning tournament contracts and replacing them with fixed performance standard contracts in a multi-period model where the principal cannot commit to future contract parameters. A ban cannot increase total surplus in a static model. In a dynamic model, however, a ban of tournaments can increase total surplus by mitigating the ratchet effect. Calibrating our model to published data from the broiler sector, we find that a ban on use of contemporaneous and lagged relative performance data does not improve total surplus under most circumstances but could increase total surplus in a few instances of low wealth and unitary relative risk aversion. A more enforceable, period-by-period ban is even less likely to be welfare enhancing and does not hinder the principal from redistributing a fixed compensation pool from low ability growers to high ability growers.
Networking Your Way to a Better Prediction: Effectively Modeling Contingent Valuation Survey Data
Creators: name: Bergtold, Jason S.
name: Taylor, Daniel B.
name: Bosch, Darrell J.
name: Bergtold, Jason S.
name: Taylor, Daniel B.
name: Bosch, Darrell J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: The purpose of this paper is to empirically compare the out-of-sample predictive capabilities of artificial neural networks, logit and probit models using dichotmous choice contingent valuation survey data. The authors find that feed-forward backpropagation artificial neural networks perform relatively better than the binary logit and probit models with linear index functions. In addition, guidelines for modeling contingent valuation survey data and how to estimate median WTP using artificial neural networks are provided.
Quasisymmetric sewing in rigged Teichmueller space
Creators: name: Radnell, David
name: Schippers, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30F60 (primary); 81T40(secondary)

description: One of the basic geometric objects in conformal field theory (CFT) is the the moduli space of Riemann surfaces whose $n$ boundaries are ''rigged'' with analytic parametrizations. The fundamental operation is the sewing of such surfaces using the parametrizations to identify points. An alternative model is the moduli space of $n$-punctured Riemann surfaces together with local biholomorphic coordinates at the punctures. We refer to both of these moduli spaces as the "rigged Riemann moduli space". By generalizing to quasisymmetric boundary parametrizations, and defining rigged Teichmueller spaces in both the border and puncture pictures, we prove the following results: (1) The Teichmueller space of a genus-$g$ surface bordered by $n$ closed curves covers the rigged Riemann and rigged Teichmueller moduli spaces of surfaces of the same type, and induces complex manifold structures on them. (2) With this complex structure the sewing operation is holomorphic. (3) The border and puncture pictures of the rigged moduli and rigged Teichmueller spaces are biholomorphically equivalent. These results are necessary in rigorously defining CFT (in the sense of G. Segal), as well as for the construction of CFT from vertex operator algebras.
description: 46 pages, 1 figure. Submitted. Introductory sections rewritten
CAPP-8TB: Axion Dark Matter Search Experiment around 6.7 $μ$eV
Creators: name: Choi, J.
name: Ahn, S.
name: Ko, B. R.
name: Lee, S.
name: Semertzidis, Y. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: CAPP-8TB is an axion dark matter search experiment dedicated to an axion mass search near 6.7 $μ$eV. The experiment uses a microwave resonant cavity under a strong magnetic field of 8 T produced by a superconducting solenoid magnet in a dilution refrigerator. We describe the experimental configuration used to search for a mass range of 6.62 to 6.82 $μ$eV in the first phase of the experiment. We also discuss the next phase of the experiment and its prospects.
description: 18 pages, 21 figures
title: Disparities in Students’ Experience of Computer Science are Exacerbated when Considering Who Does and Does Not Take Advanced Placement Exams
Creators: name: Martin, Nicole D.
name: Baker, Stephanie N.
name: Warner, Jayce R.
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: policy brief

description: Texas students from traditionally marginalized race/ethnicity groups are not having equitable learning experiences in high school computer science (CS) courses. Our findings demonstrate disparities in both Advanced Placement (AP) CS exam taking and performance for students who belong to these groups and have important implications for whether students receive college credit for taking AP CS in high school. Specifically, we investigated differences in students’ learning experiences by analyzing AP CS test taking and passing rates, disaggregated by race/ethnicity. We found that Asian and White students both took AP CS exams at higher rates and passed AP CS exams at higher rates than their Hispanic/Latino and Black peers. Policymakers should consider how school accountability systems related to AP courses may have unintended consequences that prevent students from taking AP exams and how barriers, such as cost, may be preventing students from taking exams for the AP courses in which they are enrolled.
Quantum perfect correlations
Creators: name: Ozawa, Masanao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The notion of perfect correlations between arbitrary observables, or more generally arbitrary POVMs, is introduced in the standard formulation of quantum mechanics, and characterized by several well-established statistical conditions. The transitivity of perfect correlations is proved to generally hold, and applied to a simple articulation for the failure of Hardy's nonlocality proof for maximally entangled states. The notion of perfect correlations between observables and POVMs is used for defining the notion of a precise measurement of a given observable in a given state. A longstanding misconception on the correlation made by the measuring interaction is resolved in the light of the new theory of quantum perfect correlations.
description: Latex, 31 pages. Typos are corrected in ver 2
Scientific Manifest and Epistemological Statement of the Negentropic Stabilization Index (NSI)
Creators: name: Hrubec, Karel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This document presents the official scientific and philosophical manifest of the Negentropic Stabilization Index (NSI), a theoretical construct designed to quantify systemic stability through negentropic dynamics.

The NSI is introduced as a heuristic concept aimed at bridging principles from thermodynamics, information theory, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence. The manifest outlines the theoretical background, methodological considerations, epistemological status, and interdisciplinary potential of the NSI.

This work is not a peer-reviewed publication, but rather an open theoretical position paper intended to promote transparency, stimulate scientific dialogue, and guide future empirical validation efforts. It explicitly states that the NSI is in its early developmental stage and currently lacks broad experimental verification.

The document may serve as a conceptual foundation for researchers interested in exploring the role of negentropy in complex systems, the emergence of time and consciousness, and the interface between physical and informational organization.
Figure S2 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
Table S3 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
Table S1 from De novo biosynthesis of simple aromatic compounds by an arthropod (Archegozetes longisetosus)
Creators: name: Brückner, Adrian
name: Kaltenpoth, Martin
name: Heethoff, Michael
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The ability to synthesize simple aromatic compounds is well known from bacteria, fungi and plants, which all share an exclusive biosynthetic route—the shikimic acid pathway. Some of these organisms further evolved the polyketide pathway to form core benzenoids via a head-to-tail condensation of polyketide precursors. Arthropods supposedly lack the ability to synthesize aromatics and instead rely on aromatic amino acids acquired from food, or from symbiotic microorganisms. The few studies purportedly showing de novo biosynthesis via the polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway failed to exclude endosymbiotic bacteria, so their results are inconclusive. We investigated the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in defence secretions of the oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus. Exposing the mites to a diet containing high concentrations of antibiotics removed potential microbial partners but did not affect the production of defensive benzenoids. To gain insights into benzenoid biosynthesis, we fed mites with stable-isotope labelled precursors and monitored incorporation with mass spectrometry. Glucose, malonic acid and acetate, but not phenylalanine, were incorporated into the benzenoids, further evidencing autogenous biosynthesis. Whole-transcriptome sequencing with hidden Markov model profile search of protein domain families and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed a putative PKS domain similar to an actinobacterial PKS, possibly indicating a horizontal gene transfer.
1998 NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK: REPRESENTATIVE FARMS 1997-2007
Creators: name: Koo, Won W.
name: Taylor, Richard D.
name: Duncan, Marvin R.
name: Koo, Won W.
name: Taylor, Richard D.
name: Duncan, Marvin R.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Production Economics
subject: Net farm income
subject: debt-to-asset ratios
subject: cropland prices
subject: land rental rates
subject: farm operating expenses
subject: capitalization rate

description: Net farm income for all representative farms except small size and low profit farms in 2007 will be higher than in 1998. Net farm income for small and low profit farms will remain the same and decrease, respectively, for the forecasting period. Cropland prices are projected to fall in all regions of North Dakota after having peaked in 1997. Cash rental rates are projected to follow cropland prices. Debt-to-asset ratios for most farms fall across the forecast period. Debt-to-asset ratios for the low profit and small size farms are higher than those for large and high profit farms.
Too Grateful to be Unethical? The Role of Employee Gratitude in the Shaping of their Ethical Decision-making
Creators: name: Gibbings, Michelle
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Drawing on affective events theory and the affect theory of social exchange, this research investigates whether receiving servant leadership behaviours gives rise to employee state gratitude, which then positively impacts their ethical decision-making. The study included psychological entitlement and perspective taking as moderators. While highlighting the role servant leaders play in nurturing employee gratitude, this research found boundary conditions impinge on the relationship between employee state gratitude and their ethical decision-making. The findings challenge the notion that grateful people are less selfish and offers that as a moral emotion gratitude may not always play a leading role in ethical decision-making.