cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Interpreting the Fermi-LAT gamma ray excess in the simplified framework
Creators: name: Balázs, Csaba
name: Li, Tong
name: Savage, Chris
name: White, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We test the plausibility that a Majorana fermion dark matter candidate with a scalar mediator explains the gamma ray excess from the Galactic center. Assuming that the mediator couples to all third generation fermions we calculate observables for dark matter abundance and scattering on nuclei, gamma, positron, and anti-proton cosmic ray fluxes, radio emission from dark matter annihilation, and the effect of dark matter annihilations on the CMB. After discarding the controversial radio observation the rest of the data prefers a dark matter (mediator) mass in the 10-100 (3-1000) GeV region and weakly correlated couplings to bottom quarks and tau leptons with values of 10^{-3}-1 at the 68\% credibility level.
description: 23 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1407.0174
title: Influence of hard phase morphology on the fatigue crack propagation in tool steels
title: Numerical simulation and experimental validation
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Brackmann, Lukas
name: Wingender, Dennis
name: Weber, Sebastian
name: Balzani, Daniel
name: Röttger, Arne
Publisher: name: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften, Maschinenbau

description: Carbide morphology in tool steels can differ significantly in dependence of the processing route, ranging from an eutectic carbide network in cast materials to dispersed hard phases in powder metallurgically manufactured grades. The carbide morphology influences the resistance against fatigue crack growth, as the formation of the carbides determines the length of tough steel matrix ligaments, which counteract the crack growth by plastic deformation. In this study, the fatigue crack growth in four different tool steel microstructures (hot rolled, powdermetallurgically processed, as-cast, carbide-free) is experimentally measured and compared to numerical simulations of crack growth in carbide-containing microstructures. The results indicate a favorable influence of larger carbides, as they create the largest mean free path between the individual carbides. This facilitates the formation of a plastic zone in the matrix, which dissipates crack energy and reduces the effective stress intensity. In addition, crack deflection is increased with larger carbide sizes.
Polyneuropathy improvement following autologous stem cell transplantation for POEMS syndrome
Creators: name: D'Souza, A.
name: Mandrekar, J.
name: Dyck, P. J. B.
name: Karam, C.
name: Mauermann, M. L.
name: Klein, C. J.
name: Dispenzieri, A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: OBJECTIVE: To study the evolution of the neuropathy and long-term disability in a large cohort of patients with POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes) syndrome following autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). METHODS: Retrospective chart review documenting the clinical, electrophysiologic, and laboratory characteristics of patients with POEMS syndrome undergoing ASCT at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. RESULTS: Sixty patients with a median follow-up time of 61 months were studied. All patients had peripheral polyneuropathy and demonstrated neurologic improvement after ASCT (apart from one patient who died early). Before ASCT, 27 patients (45%) required a wheelchair and 17 (29%) required a walker or foot brace. At the end of the follow-up period, no patient was using a wheelchair and 23 patients (38%) were using a foot brace. The median Neuropathy Impairment Score improved from 66 to 48 points at 12 months and to 30 points at most recent follow-up (p < 0.0001). Median Rankin Scale score improved from 3 to 1.5 (p < 0.0001). Vascular endothelial growth factor levels decreased from a median of 452 to 63.5 pg/mL (p < 0.0001). The ulnar compound motor action potential amplitude (median) improved from 4.3 to 7.6 mV (p < 0.0001) and ulnar compound motor action potential conduction velocity (median) improved from 34 to 51 m/s (p < 0.0001). Predicted forced vital capacity improved from 81% to 88% (p < 0.0001). Periengraftment syndrome occurred in 24 patients. Fourteen patients required additional chemotherapy and/or radiation following ASCT, but there was no clinical deterioration in the neuropathy in any of these patients. Six patients died: 1 due to POEMS, 1 due to failed engraftment, and 4 due to other malignancies (2 myelodysplastic syndrome, 1 lymphoma, 1 metastatic lung cancer). CONCLUSION: Patients with POEMS syndrome who undergo ASCT have a significant and meaningful improvement of their neuropathy by multiple measurements during both short and long-term follow-up, which corresponds to reduction in morbidity and disability (none are in wheelchair long-term). Periengraftment syndrome was common but manageable. Fatal complications, although rare, did occur, usually in association with other malignancies. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides Class IV evidence that for patients with POEMS syndrome, ASCT improves neuropathy-related function.
Chicken reticulocyte polysomal messenger RNA-protein complex: absence of bound proteins in most of the coding region of β globln mRNA
Creators: name: Chae, Chi-Bom
name: Patton, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1984

description: The 15s globin mRNA-protein complex (mRNP) was isolated from chicken reticulocyte polyribosomes dissociated in EDTA. To determine protein binding sites, the mRNP was treated with micrococcal nuclease and the nuclease resistant RNA was mapped to the beta globin gene at the nucleotide level. As far as we can determine there is no bound protein from the Cap site to the poly A addition site of beta globin mRNA in the mRNP except for a short area in the coding region near the translation initiation site.
(139) Eliza McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Mechanism of cellular uptake of modified oligodeoxynucleotides containing methylphosphonate linkages.
Creators: name: Shoji, Y.
name: Periasamy, A.
name: Juliano, R.L.
name: Herman, B.
name: Akhtar, S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1991

description: The cellular uptake and intracellular distribution of methylphosphonate oligonucleotides (15 mers) has been examined using both 32P labeled and fluorescent labeled oligonucleotides. The cellular uptake process for methylphosphonate oligonucleotides is highly temperature dependent, with a major increase in uptake occurring between 15 and 20 degrees C. Most of the label which becomes cell associated at 37 degrees C cannot be removed by acid washing or trypsinization and thus seems to be within the cell. Visualization of rhodamine labeled methylphosphonate oligonucleotides using digital imaging fluorescence microscopy reveals a vesicular subcellular distribution suggestive of an endosomal localization. There was extensive co-localization of rhodamine labeled methylphosphonate oligonucleotides with fluorescein-dextran, an endosomal/lysosomal marker substance. The apparent endocytotic uptake of labeled methylphosphonate oligonucleotides could not be blocked by competition with unlabeled methylphosphonate or phosphodiester oligonucleotides, nor by ATP. This contrasts with the situation for radiolabeled phosphodiester oligonucleotides whose uptake can be completely blocked with unlabeled competitor. Uptake of phosphodiester oligonucleotides, but not of methylphosphonate oligonucleotides, could be blocked by acidification of the cytosol. These observations suggest that the pathway of cellular uptake of methylphosphonate oligonucleotides involves fluid phase or adsorbtive endocytosis, and is distinct from the uptake pathway for phosphodiester oligonucleotides.
Boosting the performance of Ni/Al2O3 for the reverse water gas shift reaction through formation of CuNi nanoalloys
Creators: name: Gioria, Esteban
name: Ingale, Piyush
name: Pohl, Felix
name: Naumann D'Alnoncourt, Raoul
name: Thomas, Arne
name: Rosowski, Frank
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: CuNi nanoalloys
subject: Ni/Al2O3
subject: reverse water gas shift
subject: reactions
subject: Ni

description: Ni supported on alumina is extensively employed as a catalyst for the reverse water gas shift reaction. However, the formation of inactive Ni aluminates and the high selectivity to methane affects the performance of these catalysts, especially at low reaction temperatures. In this study, Cu is employed as an effective enhancer of the catalytic performance, promoting the reducibility of Ni, and suppressing methane production through the formation of stable CuNi nanoalloys. The synergy between both metals suppresses consecutive hydrogenation, reaching conversions close to equilibrium and 100% selectivity to carbon monoxide. At 500 °C, the CO yield of the Cu25Ni75/Al2O3 catalyst was twice that of Ni/Al2O3, with only half the hydrogen consumption. The formation of CuNi nanoalloys was confirmed by HAADF STEM–EDS, without segregation in monometallic phases even after 30 h time on stream. Similarly, Cu50Ni50/Al2O3 remained alloyed after the reaction. However, the catalytic activity decreased due to sintering, in agreement with a higher Cu content. This effect was significantly more pronounced for Cu75Ni25/Al2O3 and Cu/Al2O3, with formation of large particles and consequent loss of active surface area.
Layered systems at the mean field critical temperature
Creators: name: Fontes, Luiz Renato
name: Marchetti, Domingos H. U.
name: Merola, Immacolata
name: Presutti, Errico
name: Vares, Maria Eulalia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60K35, 82B20

description: We consider the Ising model on $\mathbb Z\times \mathbb Z$ where on each horizontal line $\{(x,i), x\in \mathbb Z\}$, the interaction is given by a ferromagnetic Kac potential with coupling strength $J_γ(x,y)\sim γJ(γ(x-y))$ at the mean field critical temperature. We then add a nearest neighbor ferromagnetic vertical interaction of strength $ε$ and prove that for every $ε>0$ the systems exhibits phase transition provided $γ>0$ is small enough.
description: 35 pages
Cohomology of the Moduli Space of Rank Two, Odd Degree Vector Bundles over a Real Curve
Creators: name: Baird, Thomas John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the moduli space of rank two, odd degree, semi-stable Real vector bundles over a real curve, calculating the singular cohomology ring in odd and zero characteristic for most examples.
(140) James McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Satisfaction of the Rehabilitation Stroke Patients on the Services of Homeopathy as an Alternative Medicine at Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani
Creators: name: Thanita Namrat
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: Homeopathy, Stroke patients, Rehabilitation, Satisfaction of patients

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 38-49
Survey of Stress and Causes of Stress in Drugstore Entrepreneur: Case Study in Samuthprakarn Province, Thailand
Creators: name: Prissana Rieanthong
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: stress, cause of stress, coping of stress

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 50-67
IPBES goes FAIR! Lessons Learned and the Way Forward.
Creators: name: Krug, Rainer M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: data management policy
IPBES
open science
FAIR

description: IPBES, [the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services] (https://ipbes.net) has the overall mission “to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development”. In this capacity, IPBES is integrating existing data and knowledge and provides assessments on topics it is mandated to by the member governments. Based on these assessments, Summaries for Policy Makers are produced, which are the documents used for policy support. This whole process does not involve the generation of new data. So why does an organisation like this need a Data Management Policy? Which lessons did we learn from developing this DM Policy? And are there areas, in which a DM Policy by an orginisation like IPBES should develop, in contrast to other data generating organisations? I will discuss these issues, provide some answers, but will leave many questions open for discussion, as not much existing experiences in this area is available.
Exact theory and numeric results for short pulse ionization of simple model atom in one dimension
Creators: name: Rokhlenko, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our exact theory for continuous harmonic perturbation of a one dimensional model atom by parametric variations of its potential is generalized for the cases when a) the atom is exposed to short pulses of an external harmonic electric field and b) the forcing is represented by short bursts of different shape changing the strength of the binding potential. This work is motivated not only by the wide use of laser pulses for atomic ionization, but also by our earlier study of the same model which successfully described the ionization dynamics in all orders, i.e. the multi-photon processes, though being treated by the non-relativistic Schrödinger equation. In particular, it was shown that the bound atom cannot survive the excitation of its potential caused by any non-zero frequency and amplitude of the continuous harmonic forcing. Our present analysis found important laws of the atomic ionization by short pulses, in particular the efficiency of ionizing this model system and presumably real ones as well.
description: 14 pages, 13 figures (but 9 captions, i.e. in the form: 1,2a+2b,3a+3b,4a+4b,5a+5b,6,7,8,9)
Pass the popcorn: "obesogenic" behaviors and stigma in children's movies.
Creators: name:  Steiner, Michael J.
name:  Perrin, Eliana M.
name:  Perrin, Andrew J.
name: Throop, Elizabeth M.
name:  Skinner, Asheley Cockrell
name:  Odulana, Adebowale
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of obesity-related behaviors and attitudes in children's movies. METHODS: A mixed-methods study of the top-grossing G- and PG-rated movies, 2006-2010 (4 per year) was performed. For each 10-min movie segment, the following were assessed: 1) prevalence of key nutrition and physical activity behaviors corresponding to the American Academy of Pediatrics obesity prevention recommendations for families; 2) prevalence of weight stigma; 3) assessment as healthy, unhealthy, or neutral; 3) free-text interpretations of stigma. RESULTS: Agreement between coders was >85% (Cohen's kappa = 0.7), good for binary responses. Segments with food depicted: exaggerated portion size (26%); unhealthy snacks (51%); sugar-sweetened beverages (19%). Screen time was also prevalent (40% of movies showed television; 35% computer; 20% video games). Unhealthy segments outnumbered healthy segments 2:1. Most (70%) of the movies included weight-related stigmatizing content (e.g., "That fat butt! Flabby arms! And this ridiculous belly!"). CONCLUSIONS: These popular children's movies had significant "obesogenic" content, and most contained weight-based stigma. They present a mixed message to children, promoting unhealthy behaviors while stigmatizing the behaviors' possible effects. Further research is needed to determine the effects of such messages on children.
(141) William McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Paternal Smoking and Birthweight in Shanghai
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun
name: Rateliffe, Jennifer
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1993

description: Although maternal active smoking has been established to be associated with fetal growth retardation, evidence of an effect of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on birthweight is still limited and inconclusive. This study addressed the relationship between prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and birthweight and fetal growth retardation in Shanghai, China. Data on 1785 full-term live-born normal infants of nonsmoking mothers were used from the Shanghai Birth Defects and Perinatal Death Monitoring conducted between October 1986 and September 1987. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure was defined as exposure to paternal smoking. Infants with environmental tobacco smoking exposure were, on average, 30 g lower in birthweight than nonexposed infants, after adjustment for gestational age, parity, maternal age, and occupation. Consistent with previous research, this study suggests that environmental tobacco smoking exposure may have a modestly adverse effect on birthweight.
Palladin promotes invasion of pancreatic cancer cells by enhancing invadopodia formation in cancer-associated fibroblasts
Creators: name: Valdivia, A
name: García-Mata, R
name: Staub, J
name: Urrutia, R
name: Goicoechea, S M
name: Yeh, J J
name: Kim, H J
name: Hwang, R F
name: Sharek, L
name: Otey, C A
name: McCulloch, C G
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The stromal compartment surrounding epithelial-derived pancreatic tumors is thought to have a key role in the aggressive phenotype of this malignancy. Emerging evidence suggests that cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), the most abundant cells in the stroma of pancreatic tumors, contribute to the tumor’s invasion, metastasis and resistance to therapy, but the precise molecular mechanisms that regulate CAFs behavior are poorly understood. In this study, we utilized immortalized human pancreatic CAFs to investigate molecular pathways that control the matrix-remodeling and invasion-promoting activity of CAFs. We showed previously that palladin, an actin-associated protein, is expressed at high levels in CAFs of pancreatic tumors and other solid tumors, and also in an immortalized line of human CAFs. In this study, we found that short-term exposure of CAFs to phorbol esters reduced the number of stress fibers and triggered the appearance of individual invadopodia and invadopodial rosettes in CAFs. Molecular analysis of invadopodia revealed that their composition resembled that of similar structures (that is, invadopodia and podosomes) described in other cell types. Pharmacological inhibition and small interfering RNA knockdown experiments demonstrated that protein kinase C, the small GTPase Cdc42 and palladin were necessary for the efficient assembly of invadopodia by CAFs. In addition, GTPase activity assays showed that palladin contributes to the activation of Cdc42. In mouse xenograft experiments using a mixture of CAFs and tumor cells, palladin expression in CAFs promoted the rapid growth and metastasis of human pancreatic tumor cells. Overall, these results indicate that high levels of palladin expression in CAFs enhance their ability to remodel the extracellular matrix by regulating the activity of Cdc42, which in turn promotes the assembly of matrix-degrading invadopodia in CAFs and tumor cell invasion. Together, these results identify a novel molecular signaling pathway that may provide new molecular targets for the inhibition of pancreatic cancer metastasis.
Consensus Panel on a Cochlear Coordinate System Applicable in Histologic, Physiologic, and Radiologic Studies of the Human Cochlea
Creators: name: Roland, Peter
name: Boëx, Colette
name: Holden, Timothy
name: Cohen, Lawrence
name: Verbist, Berit
name: Leake, Patricia
name: Frijns, Johan
name: James, Chris
name: Faltys, Mike
name: Patrick, Jim
name: Skinner, Margaret
name: Roland, J. Thomas
name: Briaire, Jeroen
name: Finley, Charles
name: Jolly, Claude
name: Haller, Matt
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Hypothesis—An objective cochlear framework, for evaluation of the cochlear anatomy and description of the position of an implanted cochlear implant electrode, would allow the direct comparison of measures performed within the various sub-disciplines involved in cochlear implant research. Background—Research on the human cochlear anatomy in relation to tonotopy and cochlear implantation is conducted by specialists from numerous disciplines such as histologists, surgeons, physicists, engineers, audiologists and radiologists. To allow accurate comparisons between and combinations of previous and forthcoming scientific and clinical studies, cochlear structures and electrode positions must be specified in a consistent manner. Methods—Researchers with backgrounds in the various fields of inner ear research as well as representatives of the different manufacturers of cochlear implants (Advanced Bionics Corp, Med-El, Cochlear Corp) were involved in consensus meetings held in Dallas, March 2005 and Asilomar, August 2005. Existing coordinate systems were evaluated and requisites for an objective cochlear framework were discussed. Results—The consensus panel agreed upon a 3-dimensional, cylindrical coordinate system of the cochlea using the “Cochlear View” as a basis and choosing a z-axis through the modiolus. The zero reference angle was chosen at the centre of the round window, which has a close relationship to the basal end of the Organ of Corti. Conclusions—Consensus was reached on an objective cochlear framework, allowing the outcomes of studies from different fields of research to be compared directly.
(136) Mary Jane [McEwen]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
(137) Martha [McEwen]
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Obtaining tight bounds on higher-order interferences with a 5-path interferometer
Creators: name: Kauten, Thomas
name: Keil, Robert
name: Kaufmann, Thomas
name: Pressl, Benedikt
name: Brukner, Časlav
name: Weihs, Gregor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the established theoretical framework of quantum mechanics, interference always occurs between pairs of trajectories. Higher order interferences with multiple constituents are, however, excluded by Born's rule and can only exist in generalized probabilistic theories. Thus, high-precision experiments searching for such higher order interferences are a powerful method to distinguish between quantum mechanics and more general theories. Here, we perform such a test in optical multi-path interferometers. Our results rule out the existence of higher order interference terms to an extent which is more than four orders of magnitude smaller than the expected pairwise interference, refining previous bounds by two orders of magnitude. This establishes the hitherto tightest constraints on generalized interference theories.
(135) William McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Efficacy and Safety of Vernonia Cinerea Pastilles for Smoking Cessation in Low and Moderate Nicotine Dependence
Creators: name: Sutasinee Srisoi
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: Vernonia cinerea, smoking cessation, pharmacist, drugstore

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 68-78
Financial Burdens on Patients with End Stage Renal Disease Receiving Renal Replacement Therapy
Creators: name: Onanong Waleekhachonloet
Publisher: name: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences KKU MSU UBU
Year: 2018
Subjects: Financial burdens, end stage renal disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis

description: Isan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 14, 4, 79-87
Neutron Resonance Widths and the Porter-Thomas Distribution
Creators: name: Volya, Alexander
name: Weidenmüller, Hans A.
name: Zelevinsky, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Experimental evidence has recently put the validity of the Porter-Thomas distribution (PTD) for partial neutron widths into question. We identify two terms in the effective Hamiltonian that violate orthogonal invariance (the basis for the PTD). Both are due to the coupling to the decay channels. We show that realistic estimates for the coupling to the neutron channel and for non-statistical gamma decays yield significant modifications of the PTD.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Electrophysiologic Consequences of Flexible Electrode Insertions in Gerbils With Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Creators: name: Buchman, Craig
name: Choudhury, Baishakhi
name: Fitzpatrick, Douglas
name: Adunka, Oliver Franz
name: Awan, Omar
name: Pike, John Maxwell
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Hypothesis—Flexible electrode interaction with intracochlear structures in a noise-damaged region of the cochlea can lead to measureable electrophysiologic changes. Background—An emerging goal in cochlear implantation is preservation of residual hearing subsequently allowing for combined electric and acoustic stimulation (EAS). However, residual hearing is at least partially lost in most patients as a result of electrode insertion. A gerbil model was used to examine changes to acoustically evoked cochlear potentials during simulated cochlear implantation. Methods—Gerbils were partially deafened by noise exposure to mimic residual hearing in human cochlear implant candidates. After one month, round window (RW) and intracochlear recordings during flexible electrode insertion were made in response to 1 kHz tone burst stimuli at 80 dB SPL. After the insertion the cochleas were histologically examined for hair cell loss due to the noise exposure and trauma due to the electrode insertion. Results—Anatomical damage from the flexible electrode was not observable in most cases. However, insertions caused response declines that were on average greater than the controls, although some losses were similar to the controls. The CM was more sensitive than the CAP for detecting cochlear disturbance. Conclusions—Because response reductions occurred in the absence of anatomical damage, disturbances in the fluid at the base appear to affect responses from the apex. The losses were less than in previous experiments where the basilar membrane was penetrated.
Chiral dynamics of S-wave baryon resonances
Creators: name: Long, Bingwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: As the pion mass approaches a critical value $m_π^\star$ from below, an $S$-wave resonance crosses pion-baryon threshold and becomes a bound state with arbitrarily small binding energy, thus driving the scattering length to diverge. I explore the consequences of chiral symmetry for the values of $m_π$ close to $m_π^\star$. It turns out that chiral symmetry is crucial for an $S$-wave resonance to be able to stand very near threshold and in the meantime to remain narrow, provided that the mass splitting is reasonably small. The effective range of pion-baryon scattering is unexpectedly large, proportional to $ 4πf_π^2/m_π^3$ when $m_π$ is around $m_π^\star$. As a result, this unexpected large length scale causes universality relations to break down much sooner than naively expected.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures. The introductory text was modified. Matches the published version
(133) Daniel McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Ocular late effects in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study
Creators: name: Stratton, Kayla
name: Waterbor, John
name: Stovall, Marilyn
name: Blatt, Julie
name: Whelan, Kimberly
name: Aitken, Candice
name: Packer, Roger
name: Castleberry, Robert
name: Sklar, Charles
name: Mertens, Ann
name: Kawashima, Toana
name: Robison, Leslie
name: Mitby, Pauline
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Introduction—Approximately 80% of children currently survive 5 years following diagnosis of their cancer. Studies based on limited data have implicated certain cancer therapies in the development of ocular sequelae in these survivors. Procedure—The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) is a retrospective cohort study investigating health outcomes of 5+ year survivors diagnosed and treated between 1970 and 1986 compared to a sibling cohort. The baseline questionnaire included questions about the first occurrence of 6 ocular conditions. Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated from responses of 14,362 survivors and 3,901 siblings. Results—Five or more years from the diagnosis, survivors were at increased risk of cataracts (RR:10.8; 95% CI: 6.2–18.9), glaucoma (RR: 2.5; 95% CI: 1.1–5.7), legal blindness (RR: 2.6; 95% CI: 1.7–4.0), double vision (RR:4.1; 95% CI: 2.7–6.1), and dry eyes (RR: 1.9; 95% CI: 1.6–2.4), when compared to siblings. Dose of radiation to the eye was significantly associated with risk of cataracts, legal blindness, double vision, and dry eyes, in a dose-dependent fashion. Risk of cataracts were also associated with radiation 3000+ cGy to the posterior fossa (RR: 8.4; 95% CI: 5.0–14.3), temporal lobe (RR: 9.4; 95% CI: 5.6–15.6), and exposure to prednisone (RR:2.3; 95% CI:.1.6–3.4) Conclusions—Childhood cancer survivors are at risk of developing late occurring ocular complications, with exposure to glucocorticoids and cranial radiation being important determinants of increased risk. Long-term follow-up is needed to evaluate potential progression of ocular deficits and impact on quality of life.
(134) Sarah McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
title: Engineering development and control design of a system for paraplegic tricycling
Creators: name: Rothe, Markus
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, physical therapy.

description: The aim of this study was the design of a cycle device to be used by patients with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), using the technique of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES). A complete literature review of former projects in the areas of Design Engineering, Control Engineering, Physiologic and Psychologic investigations in SCI FES cycling was done. All results achieved so far were summarized. Based on the review, a commercially available tricycle was modified for the demands of SCI people. A 10 Bit shaft encoder was used to feed back information from the tricycle and the cyclist. A software for the stimulation of the muscles in the lower limbs was developed. The Real Time Toolbox of Matlab was used for the data acquisition between the tricycle and the PC. A simple approach was invented to find a good first approximation of the individual stimulation pattern for the Gluteal, Hamstring, and Quadriceps muscle groups. Initial experiments were done. A velocity compensation routine, which was part of the software as well, allowed a healthy subject, stimulated via FES, to increase the pedal frequency to more than 100 rev per minute. A closed loop controller, based on system identification and analytical controller design, was implemented into the software as well. Experiments showed that the controller was able to fix the pedal frequency to a constant value on one hand, but also to solve dynamic tasks on the other hand. This is a significant original contribution, as this type of feedback controller has not previously been applied in FES cycling. The system described in the thesis is currently being used in a pilot study of FES cycling with three paraplegic subjects at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow.
Where can they play? Outdoor spaces and physical activity among adolescents in U.S. urbanized areas
Creators: name: Gordon-Larsen, Penny
name: Casanova, Kathleen
name: Boone-Heinonen, Janne
name: Richardson, Andrea
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Objective—To estimate behavior-specific effects of several objectively-measured outdoor spaces on different types of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in a large, diverse sample of U.S. adolescents. Methods—Using data from Wave I (1994–95) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (U.S., n=10,359) and a linked geographic information system, we calculated percent greenspace coverage and distance to the nearest neighborhood and major parks. Using sex-stratified multivariable logistic regression, we modeled reported participation in wheel-based activities, active sports, exercise, and ≥5 MVPA bouts/week as a function of each outdoor space variable, controlling for individual- and neighborhood-level sociodemographics. Results—Availability of major or neighborhood parks was associated with higher participation in active sports and, in females, wheel-based activity and reporting ≥5 MVPA bouts/week [OR (95% CI): up to 1.71 (1.29. 2.27)]. Greater greenspace coverage was associated with reporting ≥5 MVPA bouts/week in males and females [OR (95% CI): up to 1.62 (1.10, 2.39) for 10.1 to 20% versus ≤10% greenspace] and exercise participation in females [OR (95% CI): up to 1.73 (1.21, 2.49)]. Conclusions—Provision of outdoor spaces may promote different types of physical activities, with potentially greater benefits in female adolescents, who have particularly low physical activity levels.
Magnetic Ground State of an Individual Fe2+ Ion in Strained Semiconductor Nanostructure
Creators: name: Smoleński, T.
name: Kazimierczuk, T.
name: Kobak, J.
name: Goryca, M.
name: Golnik, A.
name: Kossacki, P.
name: Pacuski, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate spin properties of a Fe2+ dopant, known for having single nondegenerate ground state in bulk host semiconductor. Due to zero magnetic moment such a ground state is of little use for spintronics and solotronics. We show that this well-established picture of Fe2+ spin configuration can be contradicted by subjecting the Fe2+ ion to sufficiently high strain, e.g., resulting from lattice mismatched epitaxial heterostructures. Our analysis reveals that high strain induces qualitative change in the ion energy spectrum and results in doubly degenerate ground state with spin projection Sz=+/-2. An experimental proof of this concept is demonstrated using a new system: an epitaxial quantum dot containing individual Fe2+ ion. Magnetic character of the Fe2+ ground state in a CdSe/ZnSe dot is revealed in photoluminescence experiments by exploiting a coupling between a confined exciton and the single iron impurity.
description: Main text: 5 pages, 3 figures; Supplemental Material: 3 pages, 1 table, 1 figure
Acceptance of a Polypill Approach to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Among a Sample of U.S. Physicians
Creators: name: Harris, Russell
name: Sheridan, Stacey
name: Viera, Anthony
name: Furberg, Curt
name: Soliman, Elsayed
name: Edwards, Teresa
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Objective—Toex amine US physicians’ self-reported knowledge about the Polypill, factors considered in deciding whether to prescribe it, and acceptance of prescribing it for cardiovascular disease (CVD)prevention. Methods—Numerical scales of 0 (lowest) to 5 (highest) were used to assess self-reported knowledge and importance of factors relevant to making a decision to prescribe a Polypill. Characteristics of physicians indicating they would prescribe a Polypill were compared. Results—Among 952 physicians surveyed February through March 2010, mean self-rated knowledge about the Polypill was 2.0±1.5. Importance of degree of CVD event reduction, cost, and side effects were rated with means of 4.4, 4.3, and 4.3, respectively. 83% of respondents indicated they would “definitely” or “probably” prescribe it for high-risk patients; 62% would do so for moderate risk patients. Physicians with self-rated knowledge at ≥75th percentile were more likely to indicate they would prescribe a Polypill for moderate risk ( adjusted OR 2.16; 95% CI 1.60–2.93) and high-risk (adjusted OR 1.57; 95% CI 1.07–2.32) patients. Conclusion—Among this sample of physicians, there is relatively high acceptance of prescribing a Polypill for CVD prevention despite relatively modest knowledge about it.
Google matrix of the world network of economic activities
Creators: name: Kandiah, V.
name: Escaith, H.
name: Shepelyansky, D. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the new data from the OECD-WTO world network of economic activities we construct the Google matrix $G$ of this directed network and perform its detailed analysis. The network contains 58 countries and 37 activity sectors for years 1995 and 2008. The construction of $G$, based on Markov chain transitions, treats all countries on equal democratic grounds while the contribution of activity sectors is proportional to their exchange monetary volume. The Google matrix analysis allows to obtain reliable ranking of countries and activity sectors and to determine the sensitivity of CheiRank-PageRank commercial balance of countries in respect to price variations and labor cost in various countries. We demonstrate that the developed approach takes into account multiplicity of network links with economy interactions between countries and activity sectors thus being more efficient compared to the usual export-import analysis. The spectrum and eigenstates of $G$ are also analyzed being related to specific activity communities of countries.
description: more data at http://www.quantware.ups-tlse.fr/QWLIB/wneamatrix/
IEA-Task 31 WAKEBENCH: Towards a protocol for wind farm flow model evaluation. Part 1: Flow-over-terrain models
Creators: name: Rodrigo, Javier Sanz
name: Moriarty, Patrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: wind
CFD
validation
microscale

description: Presentation delivered at the Torque 2014 conference. The associated paper is available at: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012105 Abstract The IEA Task 31 Wakebench is setting up a framework for the evaluation of wind farm flow models operating at microscale level. The framework consists on a model evaluation protocol integrated on a web-based portal for model benchmarking (www.windbench.net). This paper provides an overview of the building-block validation approach applied to flow-over-terrain models, including best practices for the benchmarking and data processing procedures for the analysis and qualification of validation datasets from wind resource assessment campaigns.
 A hierarchy of test cases has been proposed for flow-over-terrain model evaluation, from Monin-Obukhov similarity theory for verification of surface-layer properties, to the Leipzig profile for the near-neutral atmospheric boundary layer, to flow over isolated hills (Askervein and Bolund) to flow over mountaneous complex terrain (Alaiz). A summary of results from the first benchmarks
 are used to illustrate the model evaluation protocol applied to flow-over-terrain modeling in neutral conditions.
(130) James McEwen
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.