cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Interpretation of Correlated Neural Variability from Models of Feed-Forward and Recurrent Circuits
Creators: name: Pernice, Volker
name: da Silveira, Rava Azeredo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The correlated variability in the responses of a neural population to the repeated presentation of a sensory stimulus is a universally observed phenomenon. Such correlations have been studied in much detail, both with respect to their mechanistic origin and to their influence on stimulus discrimination and on the performance of population codes. In particular, recurrent neural network models have been used to understand the origin (or lack) of correlations in neural activity. Here, we apply a model of recurrently connected stochastic neurons to interpret correlations found in a population of neurons recorded from mouse auditory cortex. We study the consequences of recurrent connections on the stimulus dependence of correlations, and we compare them to those from alternative sources of correlated variability, like correlated gain fluctuations and common input in feed-forward architectures. We find that a recurrent network model with random effective connections reproduces observed statistics, like the relation between noise and signal correlations in the data, in a natural way. In the model, we can analyze directly the relation between network parameters, correlations, and how well pairs of stimuli can be discriminated based on population activity. In this way, we can relate circuit parameters to information processing.
description: 41 pages, 10 figures
Cost-effectiveness analysis of pediatric immunization program with 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Japan
Creators: name: Tajima, Atsushi
name: Abe, Machiko
name: Weaver, Jessica
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: The 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV15 or V114) has recently been approved for pediatric vaccination against pneumococcal diseases (PDs) in Japan. The study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of pediatric vaccination with V114 versus 13-valent PCV (PCV13) in Japan. The study used a decision analytical Markov model to estimate the cost and effectiveness outcomes for a birth cohort in Japan over a 10-year time horizon. The model tracked the occurrences of acute PD events, including invasive PD (IPD), non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia (NBPP) and pneumococcal acute otitis media (AOM) and the long-term impact of post-meningitis sequalae. Vaccine effectiveness was estimated based on literature and assumptions, and accounted for indirect effects and vaccine waning. The base case took the societal perspective, including both direct and indirect costs, while a healthcare payer perspective was modeled in a scenario analysis. Additional scenario analyses and sensitivity analyses were conducted. In the base case, V114 was associated with an incremental gain of 24 quality-adjusted life years and a reduction of ¥365,610,955 in total costs compared to PCV13. It was expected to reduce the number of pneumococcal AOM, NBPP, and IPD cases by 1,832, 1,333 and 25, respectively. All scenario analyses and most sensitivity analyses showed that V114 was a dominant strategy compared to PCV13. Pediatric vaccination with V114 is expected to lead to cost savings and more health benefits compared to PCV13 in Japan from both societal and healthcare payer perspectives. The findings are robust under plausible assumptions and inputs.
A Comparative Case Study of HTTP Adaptive Streaming Algorithms in Mobile Networks
Creators: name: Karagkioules, Theodoros
name: Tsilimantos, Dimitrios
name: Concolato, Cyril
name: Valentin, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) techniques are now the dominant solution for video delivery in mobile networks. Over the past few years, several HAS algorithms have been introduced in order to improve user quality-of-experience (QoE) by bit-rate adaptation. Their difference is mainly the required input information, ranging from network characteristics to application-layer parameters such as the playback buffer. Interestingly, despite the recent outburst in scientific papers on the topic, a comprehensive comparative study of the main algorithm classes is still missing. In this paper we provide such comparison by evaluating the performance of the state-of-the-art HAS algorithms per class, based on data from field measurements. We provide a systematic study of the main QoE factors and the impact of the target buffer level. We conclude that this target buffer level is a critical classifier for the studied HAS algorithms. While buffer-based algorithms show superior QoE in most of the cases, their performance may differ at the low target buffer levels of live streaming services. Overall, we believe that our findings provide valuable insight for the design and choice of HAS algorithms according to networks conditions and service requirements.
description: 6 pages
StreamFlow: cross-breeding cloud with HPC
Creators: name: Colonnelli, Iacopo
name: Cantalupo, Barbara
name: Merelli, Ivan
name: Aldinucci, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.1.3; D.3.2; C.1.3

description: Workflows are among the most commonly used tools in a variety of execution environments. Many of them target a specific environment; few of them make it possible to execute an entire workflow in different environments, e.g. Kubernetes and batch clusters. We present a novel approach to workflow execution, called StreamFlow, that complements the workflow graph with the declarative description of potentially complex execution environments, and that makes it possible the execution onto multiple sites not sharing a common data space. StreamFlow is then exemplified on a novel bioinformatics pipeline for single-cell transcriptomic data analysis workflow.
description: 30 pages - 2020 IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing
Designing the color of hot-dip galvanized steel sheet through destructive light interference using a Zn-Ti liquid metallic bath
Creators: name: Lévai, Gábor
name: Godzsák, Melinda
name: Török, Tamás I.
name: Hakl, József
name: Takáts, Viktor
name: Csik, Attila
name: Vad, Kálmán
name: Kaptay, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The color of hot-dip galvanized steel sheet was adjusted in a reproducible way using a liquid Zn-Ti metallic bath, air atmosphere, and controlling the bath temperature as the only experimental parameter. Coloring was found only for sample s cooled in air and dipped into Ti-containing liquid Zn. For samples dipped into a 0.15 wt pct Ti-containing Zn bath, the color remained metallic (gray) below a 792 K (519 C) bath temperature; it was yellow at 814 K, violet at 847 K, and blue at 873 K. With the increasing bath temperature, the thickness of the adhered Zn-Ti layer gradually decreased from 52 to 32 micrometers, while the thickness of the outer TiO2 layer gradually increased from 24 to 69 nm. Due to small Al contamination of the Zn bath, a thin (around 2 nm) alumina-rich layer is found between the outer TiO2 layer and the inner macroscopic Zn layer. It is proven that the color change was governed by the formation of thin outer TiO2 layer; different colors appear depending on the thickness of this layer, mostly due to the destructive interference of visible light on this transparent nano-layer. A complex model was built to explain the results using known relationships of chemical thermodynamics, adhesion, heat flow, kinetics of chemical reactions, diffusion, and optics.
Computation of annular capacity by Hamiltonian Floer theory of non-contractible periodic trajectories
Creators: name: Kawasaki, Morimichi
name: Orita, Ryuma
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D40, 37J10, 37J45

description: The first author introduced a relative symplectic capacity $C$ for a symplectic manifold $(N,ω_N)$ and its subset $X$ which measures the existence of non-contractible periodic trajectories of Hamiltonian isotopies on the product of $N$ with the annulus $A_R=(R,R)\times\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$. In the present paper, we give an exact computation of the capacity $C$ of the $2n$-torus $\mathbb{T}^{2n}$ relative to a Lagrangian submanifold $\mathbb{T}^n$ which implies the existence of non-contractible Hamiltonian periodic trajectories on $A_R\times\mathbb{T}^{2n}$. Moreover, we give a lower bound on the number of such trajectories.
description: 24 pages, 6 figures
Multi-band dual-polarized shared aperture microstrip phased array
Creators: name: Sun, Zhu
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Multi-band systems are becoming increasingly popular in both military and civil applications such as tactical radar systems and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems because their information capacity is significantly higher than single-band counterparts. As the interface between free space and an internal wave guide, a multi-band antenna plays an important role in such systems. A multi-band dual-polarized (MBDP) antenna array can be realized by simply positioning several single-band antenna arrays side-by-side. However, this approach is not desirable because it significantly increases the aperture size and antenna weight. The MBDP shared aperture antenna arrays studied in this thesis can minimize the array size and weight by sharing the aperture of each band. Therefore, it is attractive for some compact systems like space-borne SAR antennas and vehicle based tactical radars. In this thesis, several contributions are made to the knowledge in MBDP shared aperture arrays. They are listed below. 1) Performance improving methods are presented for dual-band dual-polarized shared aperture (DBDP-SA) array. The inter-polarization isolation of the array was improved and the lower-band bandwidth was enhanced for a given antenna thickness. A prototype S/XDBDP-SA microstrip array has been designed and fabricated to verify these methods. Fractional frequency ratio is also achieved in a prototype array by adopting an interleaved dual band embedding structure. 2) A multi-band dual-polarized shared aperture (MBDP-SA) array design method is proposed for SAR applications. To verify the feasibility of this method, an L/S/X tri-band dual-polarized shared aperture (TBDP-SA) array has been designed and fabricated. Good performance has been achieved in all three bands. 3) A novel sandwiched stacked-patch DBDP array is presented, with an aim to enhance the bandwidth in the lower band. Dual band embedding methods are also studied and compared in terms of their bandwidth performance. An L/C DBDP-SA sandwiched stacked patch array has been designed and fabricated to validate this new concept.
Additional file 4: Figure S4. of Unique, dual-indexed sequencing adapters with UMIs effectively eliminate index cross-talk and significantly improve sensitivity of massively parallel sequencing
Creators: name: MacConaill, Laura
name: Burns, Robert
name: Anwesha Nag
name: Coleman, Haley
name: Slevin, Michael
name: Giorda, Kristina
name: Light, Madelyn
name: Lai, Kevin
name: Jarosz, Mirna
name: McNeill, Matthew
name: Ducar, Matthew
name: Meyerson, Matthew
name: Thorner, Aaron
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Level of cross-talk using combinatorial indices on Illumina HiSeq 2500. The 96-well plate layout represents the adapter plate. A total of 19 patient-derived xenograft (PDX) libraries were prepared using IDT-synthesized TS-96 adapters (green), libraries were pooled, hybrid captured using a custom bait set, and then sequenced on a single lane of an Illumina HiSeq2500 flow cell. Numbers in each well represent the number of fragments that passed standard Illumina filters and demultiplexed using only perfect sequence matches on all TS-96 indices. (PDF 192 kb)
title: Collatz Sequences in the Light of Graph Theory
Creators: name: Sultanow, Eldar
name: Koch, Christian
name: Cox, Sean
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: It is well known that the inverted Collatz sequence can be represented as a graph or a tree. Similarly, it is acknowledged that in order to prove the Collatz conjecture, one must demonstrate that this tree covers all odd natural numbers. A structured reachability analysis is hitherto not available. This paper investigates the problem from a graph theory perspective. We define a tree that consists of nodes labeled with Collatz sequence numbers. This tree will be transformed into a sub-tree that only contains odd labeled nodes. The analysis of this tree will provide new insights into the structure of Collatz sequences. The findings are of special interest to possible cycles within a sequence. Next, we describe the conditions which must be fulfilled by a cycle. Finally, we demonstrate how these conditions could be used to prove that the only possible cycle within a Collatz sequence is the trivial cycle, starting with the number one, as conjectured by Lothar Collatz.
Becoming a (better) teacher: a case study on classroom action research as an instrument for professional development in foreign language teacher education
Creators: name: Benitt, Nora
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The education and professional development of foreign language teachers is a challenging endeavour – for the (student) teachers themselves, as well as for the teacher educators and institutions involved. In particular, the meaningful integration of theory and practice is central to the ongoing discussion as to how to conceptualise and implement foreign language teacher education. In this thesis, I investigate a cohort of 12 (student) teachers enrolled in the M.A. programme ‘E-LINGO – Teaching English to Young Learners’ in the form of a qualitative-interpretative case study with the aim to explore if, how and under what circumstances classroom action research, a core component of the programme, can foster professional development. The participants have different educational and cultural backgrounds and various levels of professional experience in the field of language teaching. Over a period of two years, I collected data from multiple sources (semi-structured group interviews, learning logs, portfolios and observation notes) and afterwards triangulated and interpreted the data to elicit indicators for professional development in the form of critical learning incidents. The data analysis was methodologically guided by the Documentary Method as developed by Bohnsack (1989). The findings suggest that classroom action research can foster professional development on different levels. On an affective level, it can lead to increased professional confidence and a growing understanding of teacher roles. On an interpersonal level, action research can enhance cooperative development through successful teamwork, commitment to the shared task and adequate support structures. On a cognitive level, it may lead to increased theoretical and methodological knowledge, depending on the quality of the input as well as on the (student) teachers’ commitment towards their learning. As the findings further indicate, these levels are closely interconnected and are strongly influenced by various socio-cultural factors of the teaching and learning context as well as the (student) teachers’ biographies.
Phase Behavior of Aqueous Suspension of Laponite: New Insights with Microscopic Evidence
Creators: name: Jatav, Shweta
name: Joshi, Yogesh M
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Investigating microstructure of suspensions with particles having anisotropic shape that share complex interactions is a challenging task leading to competing claims. This work investigates phase behavior of one such system: aqueous Laponite suspension, which is highly contested in the literature, using rheological and microscopic tools. Remarkably, we observe that over a broad range of Laponite (1.4 to 4 weight %) and salt concentrations (0 to 7 mM), the system overwhelmingly demonstrates all the rheological characteristics of the sol-gel transition leading to a percolated network. Analysis of the rheological response leads to fractal dimension that primarily depends on the Laponite concentration. We also obtain the activation energy for gelation, which is observed to decrease with increase in Laponite as well as salt concentration. Significantly, the cryo-TEM images of the post-gel state clearly show presence of a percolated network formed by inter-particle bonds. The present work therefore conclusively establishes the system to be in an attractive gel state resolving a long-standing debate in the literature.
description: 36 pages
The spectrum of some Hardy kernel matrices
Creators: name: Brevig, Ole Fredrik
name: Perfekt, Karl-Mikael
name: Pushnitski, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For $α> 0$ we consider the operator $K_α\colon \ell^2 \to \ell^2$ corresponding to the matrix \[\left(\frac{(nm)^{-\frac{1}{2}+α}}{[\max(n,m)]^{2α}}\right)_{n,m=1}^\infty.\] By interpreting $K_α$ as the inverse of an unbounded Jacobi matrix, we show that the absolutely continuous spectrum coincides with $[0, 2/α]$ (multiplicity one), and that there is no singular continuous spectrum. There is a finite number of eigenvalues above the continuous spectrum. We apply our results to demonstrate that the reproducing kernel thesis does not hold for composition operators on the Hardy space of Dirichlet series $\mathscr{H}^2$.
description: This paper has been accepted for publication in Annales de l'Institut Fourier
Estratégias de informação, educação e comunicação utilizadas para apoiar a tomada de decisão em saúde nas ações de prevenção e controle da Dengue, Zika e Chikungunya: uma revisão de escopo
Creators: name: Mascarenhas, Fabiana
name: Silva, Roberta
name: Wachira, Virginia
name: de Freitas Oliveira, cintia
name: Figueiró, Mabel
name: Mendonça, Ana
name: de Sousa, Maria
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Tomada de decisão em saúde. Informação em Saúde. Educação em Saúde. Comunicação em Saúde. Arbviroses.

description: Objetivo: Mapear as estratégias de Informação, Educação e Comunicação (IEC) utilizadas para apoiar as ações de vigilância relacionadas às arboviroses dengue, Zika e chikungunya e controle do Aedes Aegypti. Método: A revisão será conduzida com base nas recomendações metodológicas do Instituto Joanna Briggs (JBI). Por meio de estratégias de busca com termos oficiais DeCs e MeSh e termos livres será realizada pesquisa nas bases de dados MEDLINE via PubMed, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, Health Systems Evidence, Health Evidence, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) e Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC). A busca na literatura cinza será feita via Google Scholar e sites governamentais nacionais e internacionais. Serão incluídos artigos nos idiomas inglês, português, espanhol e francês. Não haverá restrição quanto ao ano de publicação ou tipos de delineamento dos estudos. Serão considerados elegíveis 1) estudos que tenham como público de interesse tomadores de decisão e demais atores envolvidos na gestão em saúde, 2) abordem estratégias de Informação, Educação e Comunicação voltadas às ações de vigilância dos vetores, preferencialmente direcionadas à prevenção da dengue, Zika e/ou chikungunya ou, ainda, ao controle do mosquito Aedes Aegypti, 3) estudos que tenham como foco outras arboviroses, desde que incluam ao menos uma das três doenças investigadas nesta pesquisa. Serão excluídos os estudos que abordem estratégias de IEC direcionadas a outros públicos, a exemplo de profissionais de saúde, agentes comunitários de saúde, agentes de combate a endemias e população em geral. A seleção e extração dos dados se dará de forma independente por duas pesquisadoras da equipe. Uma terceira pesquisadora resolverá conflitos na ausência de consenso. Para descrição dos resultados da busca e seleção dos estudos, será utilizado o fluxograma de identificação, escaneamento e processo de inclusão adaptado do Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) - extensão para revisões de escopo (PRISMAScR). Apresentação e interpretação dos resultados: será desenvolvida estrutura com configuração baseada nas características dos estudos e tipos de estratégias que, por sua vez, serão agrupadas em três categorias: Informação, Educação e Comunicação. Os resultados serão apresentados por meio de tabelas ou quadros, fluxograma e discussão narrativa.
title: ADCO, Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome V, Cart. 189 (11 H 74), 316 folios, f. 0102r
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP

description: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome V, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 189 (11 H 74), 316 folios, f. 0102r, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome V, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 189 (11 H 74), 316 folios, f. 0102r, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
Theory of non-retarded ballistic surface plasma waves in metal films
Creators: name: Deng, Hai-Yao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theory of surface plasma waves in metal films with arbitrary electronic collision rate $τ$. Both \textit{tangential} and \textit{normal} modes are investigated. A universal self-amplification channel for these waves is established as a result of the unique interplay between ballistic electronic motions and boundary effects. The channel is shown to be protected by a general principle and its properties independent of $τ$. The effects of film thickness and surface roughness are also calculated. Experimental implications, such as Ferrel radiation, are discussed.
description: 14 pages, 3 figs. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1701.01060
The complete chloroplast genome of Erodium cicutarium (Linnaeus) l’ Héritier ex Aiton 1789 (Geraniaceae): genome characterization and phylogenetic consideration
Creators: name: Cui, Jiawen
name: Chen, Shengwei
name: Wu, Yujie
name: Guo, Ting
name: Zhang, Lei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Erodium cicutarium is an annual herbaceous plant valued for its applications in traditional medicine. However, the chloroplast genome of E. cicutarium has yet to be reported. In this study, we assembled chloroplast genomes of Erodium cicutarium using Illumina sequencing reads. The chloroplast genome was 114,652 bp long, harbored 111 complete genes, and its overall GC content was 39.1%. In Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) trees, the 13 Erodium species divided into three main clades, with E. cicutarium and E. carvifolium forming a monophyletic group, suggesting a close relationship between the two species. The E. cicutarium cp genome presented in this study lays a good foundation for the Erodium.
Health state utility estimation of Mycobacterium Avium complex pulmonary disease using a time trade-off approach
Creators: name: Murata, Tatsunori
name: Morimoto, Kozo
name: Matsuyama, Fujio
name: Yamada, Mayumi
name: Feliciano, Joseph
name: Hassan, Mariam
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: To obtain appropriate health state utility values for cost-effectiveness analyses of new Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD) treatments. The impact of MAC-PD severity and symptoms on quality of life (QoL) also were quantified. A questionnaire describing four health states, MAC-positive severe, MAC-positive moderate, MAC-positive mild, and MAC-negative, was developed based on St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) Symptom and Activity scores from the CONVERT trial. The time trade-off (TTO) method with ping-pong titration procedure was used to estimated health state utilities. Regression analyses assessed impacts of covariates. Of 319 Japanese adults (49.8% female, mean age 44.8 years), mean (95% CI) health state utility scores (MAC-positive severe, MAC-positive moderate, MAC-positive mild, and MAC-negative) were 0.252 (0.194–0.310), 0.535 (0.488–0.582), 0.816 (0.793–0.839), and 0.881 (0.866–0.896), respectively. MAC-negative state utility scores were significantly higher than MAC-positive severe (mean difference [95% CI], 0.629 [0.574–0.684]), MAC-positive moderate (0.346 [0.304–0.389]), and MAC-positive mild (0.065 [0.048–0.082]) scores (p < 0.001 each). Most participants would trade survival duration to avoid MAC-positive states (97.5% to avoid MAC-positive severe; 88.7% MAC-positive moderate; 61.4% MAC-positive mild). Regression analyses to investigate the impact of background characteristics showed similar utility differences between health states when not adjusted for covariates. Some participant demographics differed from the general population; however, this did not impact utility differences among health states as regression analyses adjusting for demographics did not affect these differences. Similar investigations are needed among patients with MAC-PD and in other countries. This study evaluating the impact of MAC-PD on utilities using the TTO method demonstrates that differences in utilities are dependent on the severity of respiratory symptoms and their impacts on daily activities and QoL. These results could contribute to better quantification of the value of MAC-PD treatments and improve assessments of cost-effectiveness.
MOESM2 of Computational analysis of envelope glycoproteins from diverse geographical isolates of bovine leukemia virus identifies highly conserved peptide motifs
Creators: name: Pluta, Aneta
name: Albritton, Lorraine
name: Rola-Łuszczak, Marzena
name: Kuźmak, Jacek
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. The conserved and semi-conserved segments in BLV envelope glycoprotein. A white color reflect segments highly conserved at the amino and nucleotide sequence levels, dark yellow color reflect segments conserved at the amino acid level. # The sequences are from MEME output and they reflect the nucleotides that are most frequent at these positions. For example, having a T in the output sequence does not mean that all gp51 env segments of BLVs will have a T nucleotide at that position. A [|] indicates more than one nucleotide is frequent at this position. A “-“ horizontal dashes between nucleotides denote the next codon. *The amino acid residues that are most frequent at these positions.
Creating Experience value to build student satisfaction in higher education
Creators: name: Gunarto, Muji
name: Hurriyati, Ratih
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Higher education products or services received by students are experiential values. The purpose of this study is how to create the values of student experience so that student satisfaction arises. Higher education should now focus on students by creating strong ties with students and alumni. This research was conducted with a survey confirmatory approach. The survey was conducted at 32 universities in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia with a total sample of 357 students. The sampling technique used was stratified random sampling and data analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis. The results showed that the values of experience in HE were formed through increased cocreation in HE, where students were directly involved in various campus activities. High co-creation shows that there is a stronger attachment of students to HE and a higher value of student experience. Co-creation does not directly affect student satisfaction, but it does indirectly affect experience value. If the value of experience is higher, student satisfaction will also be higher.
description: 11 page. Dinasti International Journal of Education Management and Social Science (February 2020)
Astrometric microlensing
Creators: name: Nucita, A. A.
name: De Paolis, F.
name: Ingrosso, G.
name: Giordano, M.
name: Manni, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Astrometric microlensing will offer in the next future a new channel for investigating the nature of both lenses and sources involved in a gravitational microlensing event. The effect, corresponding to the shift of the position of the multiple image centroid with respect to the source star location, is expected to occurr on scales from micro-arcoseconds to milli-arcoseconds depending on the characteristics of the lens-source system. Here, we consider different classes of events (single/binary lens acting on a single/binary source) also accounting for additional effects including the finite source size, the blending and orbital motion. This is particularly important in the era of Gaia observations which is making possible astrometric measurements with unprecedent quality.
description: On IJMP D, 15 pages, 6 Figures
Two timescales control the creation of large protein aggregates in cells
Creators: name: Miangolarra, Ander Movilla
name: Duperray-Susini, Aléria
name: Coppey, Mathieu
name: Castellana, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Protein aggregation is of particular interest due to its connection with many diseases and disorders. Many factors can alter the dynamics and result of this process, one of them being the diffusivity of the monomers and aggregates in the system. Here, we study experimentally and theoretically an aggregation process in cells, and we identify two distinct physical timescales that set the number and size of aggregates. The first timescale involves fast aggregation of small clusters freely diffusing in the cytoplasm, while, in the second one, the aggregates are larger than the pore size of the cytoplasm and thus barely diffuse, and the aggregation process is slowed down. However, the process is not entirely halted, potentially reflecting a myriad of active but random forces forces that stir the aggregates. Such slow timescale is essential to account for the experimental results of the aggregation process. These results could also have implications in other processes of spatial organization in cell biology, such as phase-separated droplets.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
The complete chloroplast genomes and phylogenetic analysis of Exbucklandia longipetala and Exbucklandia populnea (Hamamelidaceae)
Creators: name: Xiong, Shuang
name: Zhou, Fuqin
name: Wang, Shidong
name: Huang, Yuan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Exbucklandia longipetala and Exbucklandia populnea are two evergreen trees of the genus Exbucklandia in the family Hamamelidaceae. In this study, the complete chloroplast genomes of E. longipetala and E. populnea were sequenced, assembled, and annotated. The total lengths of the chloroplast genomes were 160,723 bp and 160,744 bp, respectively, and both had a GC content of 38.1%. The complete chloroplast genomes of these two species had typical quadripartite structures: LSC region (88,972 bp and 88,989 bp), SSC region (18,907 bp and 18,911 bp) and a pair of inverted repeats both of 26,422 bp. Both species contained 114 unique genes, including 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that E. longipetala and E. populnea are sister species to each other. Our results provide useful genetic resources for further studies on the origin and evolution of Hamamelidaceae.
Cost-effectiveness analysis of pediatric immunization program with 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Japan
Creators: name: Tajima, Atsushi
name: Abe, Machiko
name: Weaver, Jessica
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Background The 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV15 or V114) is currently under regulatory review for pediatric vaccination against pneumococcal diseases (PDs) in Japan. The study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of pediatric vaccination with V114 versus 13-valent PCV (PCV13) in Japan. Methods: The study used a decision analytical Markov model to estimate the cost and effectiveness outcomes for a birth cohort in Japan over a 10-year time horizon. The model tracked the occurrences of acute PD events, including invasive PD (IPD), non-bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia (NBPP) and pneumococcal acute otitis media (AOM) and the long-term impact of post-meningitis sequalae. Vaccine effectiveness was estimated based on literature and assumptions, and accounted for indirect effects and vaccine waning. The base case took the societal perspective, including both direct and indirect costs, while a healthcare payer perspective was modeled in a scenario analysis. Additional scenario analyses and sensitivity analyses were conducted. Results: In the base case, V114 was associated with an incremental gain of 24 quality-adjusted life years and a reduction of ¥365,610,955 in total costs compared to PCV13. It was expected to reduce the number of pneumococcal AOM, NBPP, and IPD cases by 1,832, 1,333 and 25, respectively. All scenario analyses and most sensitivity analyses showed that V114 was a dominant strategy compared to PCV13. Conclusions: Pediatric vaccination with V114 is expected to lead to cost savings and more health benefits compared to PCV13 in Japan from both societal and healthcare payer perspectives. The findings are robust under plausible assumptions and inputs.
Additional file 1 of Causal relationship between obesity, lifestyle factors and risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization study
Creators: name: Wang, Yong-Bo
name: Yang, Lan
name: Deng, Yu-Qing
name: Yan, Si-Yu
name: Luo, Li-Sha
name: Chen, Ping
name: Zeng, Xian-Tao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file1: Table S1. Detailed information on used studies. Table S2. Detailed information on genetic instruments. Table S3. Variance explained, average F-statistic, and power calculation. Table S4. The results of pleiotropy test, Cochrane’s Q and MR-PRESSO. Figure S1. Associations of genetically predicted risk factors with benign prostatic hyperplasia using multiple MR sensitivity analyses. IVW, inverse-variance weighted; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; MR, Mendelian randomization.
Social cue utilisation in ad hoc teams and applied environments
Creators: name: Yee, Daniel James
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The capacity to identify and utilise cues to inform situation assessment and problem-solving has been established as a critical precursor to high levels of operational performance. However, most of the research in this area has focused on predictions of technical performance. There has been little regard for the role of cue utilisation in environments where performance is dependent upon a combination of technical and social cues. This thesis outlines the development of a method to examine individuals' ability to utilise social cues, includes a progressive investigation into the impact of social cue utilisation on performance in laboratory and applied settings, and examines the relative contribution of social and technical cue utilisation to expert performance. Paper 1 summarised the development of a novel measure of social cue utilisation and established an association between social cue utilisation, closed loop communication, and ad hoc team performance on a general problem-solving task. Paper 2 extended these findings using a higher-fidelity, simulated rail control task, and revealed that social cue utilisation is associated with superior response latencies and lower perceived workload in the context of a simulated task, together with closed loop and informative communication strategies. The findings also indicated that social cue utilisation exerts an indirect effect on perceived workload through informative communication. Paper 3 was designed to evaluate the relative importance of technical and social cue utilisation within two settings where performance is characterised by both technical and non-technical capability and skills : power control and football coaching. The results revealed that self-ratings and job level were not associated with technical and social cue utilisation within the context of power control. However, the combination of technical and social cue utilisation predicted football coaching expertise as defined by level of qualification. The outcomes of the research program highlight the importance of social cue utilisation in ad hoc team performance and expertise in applied settings. The implications extend to both research focusing on the individual-level factors that promote effectiveness in ad hoc team environments, and the assessment and training of individuals within dynamic settings that rely on the utilisation of social cues.
Additional file 1: Box S1. of Intensity of contact with frontline workers and its influence on maternal and newborn health behaviors: cross-sectional survey in rural Uttar Pradesh, India
Creators: name: Tanica Lyngdoh
name: Neogi, Sutapa
name: Danish Ahmad
name: Srinivasan Soundararajan
name: Dileep Mavalankar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Overview of administrative and healthcare system in India, frontline workers under government health system and Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana (RGMVP) (DOCX 15 kb)
Fan Loops Observed by IRIS, EIS and AIA
Creators: name: Ghosh, Avyarthana
name: Tripathi, Durgesh
name: Gupta, G. R.
name: Polito, Vanessa
name: Mason, Helen E.
name: Solanki, Sami K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A comprehensive study of the physical parameters of active region fan loops is presented using the observations recorded with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS), the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on-board Hinode and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on-board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The fan loops emerging from non-flaring AR~11899 (near the disk-center) on 19th November, 2013 are clearly discernible in AIA 171~Å images and those obtained in \ion{Fe}{8} and \ion{Si}{7} images using EIS. Our measurements of electron densities reveal that the footpoints of these loops are approximately at constant pressure with electron densities of $\log\,N_{e}=$ 10.1 cm$^{-3}$ at $\log\,[T/K]=5.15$ (\ion{O}{4}), and $\log\,N_{e}=$ 8.9 cm$^{-3}$ at $\log\,[T/K]=6.15$ (\ion{Si}{10}). The electron temperature diagnosed across the fan loops by means of EM-Loci suggest that at the footpoints, there are two temperature components at $\log\,[T/K]=4.95$ and 5.95, which are picked-up by IRIS lines and EIS lines respectively. At higher heights, the loops are nearly isothermal at $\log\,[T/K]=5.95$, that remained constant along the loop. The measurement of Doppler shift using IRIS lines suggests that the plasma at the footpoints of these loops is predominantly redshifted by 2-3~km~s$^{-1}$ in \ion{C}{2}, 10-15~km~s$^{-1}$ in \ion{Si}{4} and $~$15{--}20~km~s$^{-1}$ in \ion{O}{4}, reflecting the increase in the speed of downflows with increasing temperature from $\log\,[T/K]=4.40$ to 5.15. These observations can be explained by low frequency nanoflares or impulsive heating, and provide further important constraints on the modeling of the dynamics of fan loops.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal; 8 Figures, 11 pages
Additional file 3 of Comparative Effectiveness of Multiple Exercise Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Qian
name: Wong, Ka-Kit
name: Lei, On-Kei
name: Nie, Jinlei
name: Shi, Qingde
name: Zou, Liye
name: Kong, Zhaowei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 3: Appendix 2. Searching Strategy.
Coupled-channel treatment of $^7\mathrm{Li}(n,γ)^8\mathrm{Li}$ in effective field theory
Creators: name: Higa, Renato
name: Premarathna, Pradeepa
name: Rupak, Gautam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The E1 contribution to the capture reaction $^7\mathrm{Li}(n,γ)^8\mathrm{Li}$ is calculated at low energies. We employ a coupled-channel formalism to account for the $^7\mathrm{Li}^\star$ excited core contribution. We develop a halo effective field theory power counting where capture in the spin $S=2$ channel is enhanced over the $S=1$ channel. A next-to-leading order calculation is presented where the excited core contribution is shown to affect only the overall normalization of the cross section. The momentum dependence of the capture cross section, as a consequence, is the same in a theory with or without the excited $^7\mathrm{Li}^\star$ degree of freedom at this order of the calculation. The kinematical signature of the $^7\mathrm{Li}^\star$ core is negligible at momenta below 1 MeV and significant only beyond the $3^+$ resonance energy, though still compatible with a next-to-next-to-leading order correction. We compare our formalism with a previous halo effective field theory calculation [Zhang, Nollett, and Phillips, Phys. Rev. C 89, 024613 (2014)] that also treated the $^7\mathrm{Li}^\star$ core as an explicit degree of freedom. Our formal expressions and analysis disagree with this earlier work in several aspects.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, updated manuscript, results unchanged
Comparative Evaluation of Various Salivary Interleukins in Smoker Versus Non-Smoker Periodontitis Patients: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Dr. Wan Nur Alwani Binti Wan Abd Aziz
name: Akmar, Noor
name: Hanafiah, Muhammad Khairin Mohd
name: Dr. Nor Haliza Bt Mat Baharin
name: Dr. Nurul Iman Binti Badlishah Sham
name: Haslinda Ramli
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology and Infectious Disease
subject: Periodontics and Periodontology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Biology
subject: Dentistry
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cytokine
subject: Interleukins
subject: Periodontitis
subject: Smoking

description: This review aimed to collate systematically studies reporting the level of salivary interleukins in non-smoker and smoker periodontitis patients and further determine any differences in level of interleukins between the two groups.
A coprimality condition on consecutive values of polynomials
Creators: name: Sanna, Carlo
name: Szikszai, Márton
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11A07 (Primary), 11C08 (Secondary)

description: Let $f\in\mathbb{Z}[X]$ be quadratic or cubic polynomial. We prove that there exists an integer $G_f\geq 2$ such that for every integer $k\geq G_f$ one can find infinitely many integers $n\geq 0$ with the property that none of $f(n+1),f(n+2),\dots,f(n+k)$ is coprime to all the others. This extends previous results on linear polynomials and, in particular, on consecutive integers.
Additional file 4 of Comparative Effectiveness of Multiple Exercise Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Qian
name: Wong, Ka-Kit
name: Lei, On-Kei
name: Nie, Jinlei
name: Shi, Qingde
name: Zou, Liye
name: Kong, Zhaowei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Cancer
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Additional file 4: Appendix 3. WinBUGS Code for Network Meta-Analyses.