cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Estimating Screening Results Following the Introduction of Next-generation Sequencing Into Newborn Screening
Creators: name: Rahman, Alvi
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Neonatal screening
Next-generation sequencing
Inborn errors of metabolism
Health services
Public health genetics
Public policy

description: Objective: The objective of this thesis was to estimate the impact on newborn screening (NBS) results of changing screening technology from tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to an approach using targeted next-generation sequencing (T-NGS) and MS/MS in parallel. Methods: We integrated results of an analysis of MS/MS screening data for phenylketonuria (PKU) and medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency; and a query of genetic compendia for variants of genes associated with the two disorders. Results: The introduction of T-NGS into NBS may reduce nearly 80% of false positives that are generated using the current screening approach. Based on estimated NBS results, T-NGS may be applied using a second-tier approach, which may improve specificity while maintaining sensitivity at its current level. Discussion: T-NGS may enhance the performance of NBS for PKU by improving specificity when used as a second tier test, but may be limited by feasibility and cost under current circumstances. Future studies should consider the cost-effectiveness of T-NGS for all infants undergoing NBS.
title: Diffusion-weighted imaging in prediction of the response to neoadjuvant treatment in breast cancer patients.
Creators: name: Giardina, Giovanni
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Experimental investigations
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Potential advantages to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer patients include presurgical reduction of tumor volume and earlier treatment of possible occult micrometastatic disease with the breast mass acting as a “marker” for...
Constraining short-range spin-dependent forces with polarized $^3$He
Creators: name: Guigue, Mathieu
name: Jullien, David
name: Petukhov, Alexander K.
name: Pignol, Guillaume
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have searched for a short-range spin-dependent interaction using the spin relaxation of hyperpolarized $^3$He. Such a new interaction would be mediated by a hypothetical light scalar boson with \CP-violating couplings to the neutron. The walls of the $^3$He cell would generate a pseudomagnetic field and induce an extra depolarization channel. We did not see any anomalous spin relaxation and we report the limit for interaction ranges $λ$ between $1$ and $100~\rm{μm}$: $g_sg_p λ^2 \leq 2.6\times 10^{-28}~\mathrm{m^2}\, ( 95~\%\, \mathrm{C.L.})$, where $g_s$($g_p$) are the (pseudo)scalar coupling constant, improving the previous best limit by 1 order of magnitude.
The effect of viewing art on writing in grade four
Creators: name: Williams, Jane
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: School prose
subject: School verse

description: The purpose of this study was to implement a pedagogy that would improve all students’ writing, whether academically vulnerable or not. More specifically, the pedagogy implemented was designed to focus on the two aspects of the grade four writing expectations, Meaning and Style. To facilitate the development of these qualities, an instructional method was designed to improve writing ability by viewing art, with critical thinking strategies and collaborative talk acting as a conduit. The instrument used to measure data collected was the British Columbia Performance Standards for Personal Writing in Grade 4. Data included three writing with art and collaborative discussion assessments and three writing without art assessment each (Weeks 1, 4 and 8) in an eight week study. The student participants were comprised of nine Grade Four students from a small rural and socio-economically and culturally diverse community. Quantitative results showed improved writing ability in the areas of Meaning and Style, however, the area of Meaning showed the strongest growth. Qualitative results were encouraging as they demonstrate the “affective” quality of engaging students in this pedagogy.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5239/Williams.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
title: Imaging from the past: whole body CT scan evaluation of six natural mummies dating from XVI to XVIII century
Creators: name: Piciucchi, Sara
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Forensic / Necropsy studies
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Epidemiology

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Aim of our report is to describe role of multislice CT and 3-D reconstructions in non invasive evaluation of a group of natural...
Magnetically Confined Wind Shocks in X-rays - a Review
Creators: name: ud-Doula, Asif
name: Naze, Yael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A subset (~ 10%) of massive stars present strong, globally ordered (mostly dipolar) magnetic fields. The trapping and channeling of their stellar winds in closed magnetic loops leads to magnetically confined wind shocks (MCWS), with pre-shock flow speeds that are some fraction of the wind terminal speed. These shocks generate hot plasma, a source of X-rays. In the last decade, several developments took place, notably the determination of the hot plasma properties for a large sample of objects using XMM-Newton and Chandra, as well as fully self-consistent MHD modelling and the identification of shock retreat effects in weak winds. Despite a few exceptions, the combination of magnetic confinement, shock retreat and rotation effects seems to be able to account for X-ray emission in massive OB stars. Here we review these new observational and theoretical aspects of this X-ray emission and envisage some perspectives for the next generation of X-ray observatories.
description: accepted for publication by Advances in Space Research (special issue "X-ray emission from hot stars and their winds")
Creating a spark with outdoor education
Creators: name: Gleeson, Adria A.
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Outdoor education

description: By reflecting on my own teaching practice and listening to my students questioning their learning I realized that I was not using my best practice. This paper examines some of the benefits of reconnecting children with nature and how doing so can create meaningful learning experiences to engage students. This study sought to answer the following questions: How do I go about making a change to my teaching practice that better suits my needs and those of my learners? How can creating a nature connection for my students ensure learner engagement? I conducted interviews with four local educators and wrote the results up as case studies. I then examined each one and pulled out the common themes. These themes along with the literature in favour of outdoor education helped me create a set of learning experiences that included being outdoors, being active and getting to know our own school yard. The outcome of this project allowed me to change my teaching practice and to create meaningful learning experiences for my students.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5246/Gleeson.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
title: Review of the radiological manifestations of extra pulmonary Tuberculosis
Creators: name: Woodbridge, Lorna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Respiratory system
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Infection
subject: Abscess

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that can affect most organs and systems within the body. Whilst we are generally comfortable with the usual presentation of pulmonary TB, on many occasions TB presents itself in extra-pulmonary sites. Not only can this...
Towards events recognition in a distributed fiber-optic sensor system: Kolmogorov-Zurbenko filtering
Creators: name: Fedorov, Aleksey
name: Anufriev, Maxim
name: Zhirnov, Andrey
name: Nesterov, Evgeniy
name: Namiot, Dmitry
name: Pnev, Alexey
name: Karasik, Valery
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The paper is about de-noising procedures aimed on events recognition in signals from a distributed fiber-optic vibration sensor system based on the phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry. We report experimental results on recognition of several classes of events in a seismic background. A de-noising procedure uses the framework of the time-series analysis and Kolmogorov-Zurbenko filtering. We demonstrate that this approach allows revealing signatures of several classes of events.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
"MS-Patch-Clamp" or the Possibility of Mass Spectrometry Hybridization with Patch-Clamp Setups for Single Cell Metabolomics and Channelomics
Creators: name: Gradov, O. V.
name: Gradova, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 92C05, 92C37, 92C45, 92C55, 92E10

description: In this projecting work we propose a mass spectrometric patch-clamp equipment with the capillary performing both a local potential registration at the cell membrane and the analyte suction simultaneously. This paper provides a current literature analysis comparing the possibilities of the novel approach proposed with the known methods, such as scanning patch-clamp, scanning ion conductance microscopy, patch clamp based on scanning probe microscopy technology, quantitative subcellular secondary ion mass spectrometry or "ion microscopy", live single-cell mass spectrometry, in situ cell-by-cell imaging, single-cell video-mass spectrometry, etc. We also consider the ways to improve the informativeness of these methods and particularly emphasize the trend at the increasing of the analysis complexity. We propose here the way to improve the efficiency of the cell trapping to the capillary during MS-path-clamp, as well as to provide laser surface ionization using laser trapping and tweezing of cells with the laser beam transmitted through the capillary as a waveguide. It is also possible to combine the above system with the microcolumn separation system or capillary electrophoresis as an optional direction of further development of the complex of analytical techniques emerging from the MS variation of patch-clamp.
Partner Support Adequacy and Mental Health Study 2
Creators: name: HARP Lab
name: Stanley, Eve
name: Stanton, Sarah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: anxiety symptoms
subject: depression symptoms
subject: dyadic data
subject: intimate relationships
subject: support adequacy

description: This preregistration includes the hypotheses and analytic plan document for Study 2 of this sub-project.
title: Early Detection of Breast Cancer in family-risk young women
Creators: name: Apesteguía Ciriza, Luis
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Screening
subject: Breast

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: INTRODUCTION The healing of breast cancer depends largely on early diagnosis . There are families in which breast cancer: a) occurs more frequently b) tends to occur at younger ages . Biannual mammography surveillancein women older than 45 years...
$a_1(1260), a_1(1420)$ and the production in heavy meson decays
Creators: name: Wang, Wei
name: Zhao, Zhen-Xing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $a_1(1420)$ with $I^G(J^{PC})= 1^-(1^{++})$ observed in the $π^+ f_0(980)$ final state in the $π^-p\to π^+π^-π^- p$ process by the COMPASS collaboration seems unlikely to be an ordinary $\bar qq$ mesonic state. Available theoretical explanations include tetraquark or rescattering effects due to $a_1(1260)$ decays. If the $a_1(1420)$ were induced by the rescattering, its production rates are completely determined by those of the $a_1(1260)$. In this work, we propose to explore the ratios of branching fractions of heavy meson weak decays into the $a_1(1420)$ and $a_1(1260)$, and testing the universality of these ratios would be a straightforward way to validate/invalidate the rescattering explanation. The decay modes include in the charm sector the $D^0\to a_1^-\ell^+ν$ and $D^0\to π^\pm a_1^\mp$, and in the bottom sector $\overline B^0\to a_1^+ \ell^- \barν$, $B\to D a_1, π^\pm a_1^\mp$, $B_c\to J/ψa_1$ and $Λ_b\to Λ_c a_1$. We calculate the branching ratios for various decay modes into the $a_1(1260)$. The numerical results indicate that there is a promising prospect to study these decays on experiments including BES-III, LHCb, Babar, Belle and CLEO-c, the forthcoming Super-KEKB factory and the under-design Circular Electron-Positron Collider. Experimental analyses in future will lead to a deeper understanding of the nature of the $a_1(1420)$.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
title: Transcatheter intraarterial MRA for accurate guidance of TACE in patients with HCC
Creators: name: Massmann, Alexander
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Vascular
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: CT
subject: Catheters
subject: Chemoembolisation

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: To assess the usefulness of transcatheter-intraarterial MRA (TI-MRA) with conventional digital substraction angiography (DSA) for accurate guidance of selective transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma...
Stochastic thermodynamics in many-particle systems
Creators: name: Imparato, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the thermodynamic properties of a microscopic model of coupled oscillators that exhibits a dynamical phase transition from a desynchronized to a synchronized phase. We consider two different configurations for the thermodynamic forces applied on the oscillators, one resembling the macroscopic power grids, and one resembling autonomous molecular motors. We characterize the input and the output power as well as the efficiency at maximum power, providing analytic expressions for such quantities near the critical coupling strength. We discuss the role of the quenched disorder in the thermodynamic force distributions and show that such a disorder may lead to an enhancement of the efficiency at maximum power.
Development and Internal Validation of Multivariable Prediction Models of Small Molecule Drug Approval based on Physicochemical Parameters
Creators: name: Smith, James
name: Collins, Gary
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Other Chemicals and Drugs
subject: Chemicals and Drugs
subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
subject: Chemistry

description: Predicting drug approval could be valuable in reducing attrition during drug development. Several attempts have been made to develop prediction models of regulatory approval or clinical development on the basis of a range of predictors. However, these models have not included detailed information related to the physicochemical parameters of the compounds, which could be informative and which have been the basis of many extremely influential attempts to distinguish potential drugs from other chemicals. In this project, we will develop and internally validate a prediction model based on comparison of approved small molecule drugs (‘drugs’) with drugs that entered clinical development but were discontinued. Predictors are physicochemical parameters commonly considered in assessments of ‘drug-likeness’.
title: Comparison of virtual hysterosalpingography and MRI in the evaluation of mullerian duct anomalies
Creators: name: Vallejos, Ricardo Javier
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: Congenital

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Congenital abnormalities of uterine shape are due to abnormal fusion of the müllerian ducts during early gestation. They are rarely the primary cause of infertility; however, recurrent abortions are associated to such developmental defects. Uterine...
Teaching EBM in Mexico
Creators: name: Rodriguez, David
name: Martinez-Alvarado, Jhon
name: Garcia-Toto, Rebeca
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Education
subject: Health and Physical Education
subject: Medical Education
subject: Evidence-based Medicine
subject: Medical Education
subject: Mexico
subject: Systematic Review

description: Our work explores the teaching of EBM and health research-related courses in MD programs to identify the achievements and challenges that will shape future medical doctors at a national level.
Flare processes evolution and polarization changes of fine structures of solar radio emission in the April 11, 2013 event
Creators: name: Chernov, Gennady
name: Sych, Robert
name: Tan, Baolin
name: Yan, Yihua
name: Tan, Chengming
name: Fu, Qijun
name: Karlicky, Marian
name: Fomichev, Valery
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The measurement of positions and sizes of radio sources in the observations of solar radio spectral fine structures in an M6.5 flare on April 11, 2013 were observed simultaneously by several radio instruments at four different observatories: Chinese Solar Broadband Radio Spectrometers at Huairou (SBRS/Huairou), Ondrejov Radio spectrograph in the Czech Republic (ORSC/Ondrejov), Badary Broadband Microwave spectropolarimeter (BMS/Irkutsk), and spectrograph/IZMIRAN (Moscow, Troitsk). The fine structures include microwave zebra patterns (ZP), fast pulsations, and fibers. They were observed during the flare brightening located at the tops of a loop arcade. The dynamics of the polarization was associated with the motion of the flare exciter, which was observed in EUV images at 171A and 131A (SDO/AIA). Combining magnetograms observed by the SDO Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) with the homologous assumption of EUV flare brightening and ZP bursts, we deduced that the observed ZPs correspond to the ordinary radio emission mode. However, future analysis needs to verify the assumption that zebra radio sources are really related to a closed magnetic loop, and are located at lower heights in the solar atmosphere than the source of pulsations.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA), Forthcoming Papers, Manuscript No. 2320
Analysis of a Play by Means of CHAPLIN, the Characters and Places Interaction Network Software
Creators: name: Sparavigna, A. C.
name: Marazzato, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recently, we have developed a software able of gathering information on social networks from written texts. This software, the CHAracters and PLaces Interaction Network (CHAPLIN) tool, is implemented in Visual Basic. By means of it, characters and places of a literary work can be extracted from a list of raw words. The software interface helps users to select their names out of this list. Setting some parameters, CHAPLIN creates a network where nodes represent characters/places and edges give their interactions. Nodes and edges are labelled by performances. In this paper, we propose to use CHAPLIN for the analysis a William Shakespeare's play, the famous 'Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'. Performances of characters in the play as a whole and in each act of it are given by graphs.
Unveiling the Proton Spin Decomposition at a Future Electron-Ion Collider
Creators: name: Aschenauer, Elke C.
name: Sassot, R.
name: Stratmann, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed assessment of how well a future Electron-Ion Collider could constrain helicity parton distributions in the nucleon and, therefore, unveil the role of the intrinsic spin of quarks and gluons in the proton's spin budget. Any remaining deficit in this decomposition will provide the best indirect constraint on the contribution due to the total orbital angular momenta of quarks and gluons. Specifically, all our studies are performed in the context of global QCD analyses based on realistic pseudo-data and in the light of the most recent data obtained from polarized proton-proton collisions at BNL-RHIC that have provided evidence for a significant gluon polarization in the accessible, albeit limited range of momentum fractions. We also present projections on what can be achieved on the gluon's helicity distribution by the end of BNL-RHIC operations. All estimates of current and projected uncertainties are performed with the robust Lagrange multiplier technique.
description: 12 pages, 8 eps figures
Coping with COVID stress: Adaptive and maladaptive response styles predicting college student internalizing symptoms
Creators: name: Snyder, Hannah
name: Fassett-Carman, Alyssa
name: Wicks, Jennifer
name: Taylor, Morgan
name: Kaiser, Roselinde
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Updated preregistration for "Coping with COVID stress: Adaptive and maladaptive response styles predicting college student internalizing symptoms". Due to an error, the CU Boulder site omitted the Stress Frequency item ("how often the event has happened") from the Covid-19 Stress Questionnaire (CSQ). Thus, we are not able to measure total stress by weighting Stress Severity x Stress Frequency as outlined in the original preregistration. Instead, we will use Stress Severity alone as our total stress measure. The updated preregistration reflects this change in analysis. This preregistration contains the introduction, methods, and data analysis plan sections of this study.
Bi-invariant metrics on contactomorphism groups
Creators: name: Sandon, Sheila
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Contact manifolds are odd-dimensional smooth manifolds endowed with a maximally non-integrable field of hyperplanes. They are intimately related to symplectic manifolds, i.e. even-dimensional smooth manifolds endowed with a closed non-degenerate 2-form. Although in symplectic topology a famous bi-invariant metric, the Hofer metric, has been studied since more than 20 years ago, it is only recently that some somehow analogous bi-invariant metrics have been discovered on the group of diffeomorphisms that preserve a contact structure. In this expository article I will review some constructions of bi-invariant metrics on the contactomorphism group, and how these metrics are related to some other global rigidity phenomena in contact topology which have been discovered in the last few years, in particular the notion of orderability (due to Eliashberg and Polterovich) and an analogue in contact topology (due to Eliashberg, Kim and Poltorovich) of Gromov's symplectic non-squeezing theorem.
description: Expository article, written in occasion of the 5-th IST-IME meeting in S\~ao Paulo (July 2014) in honor of Prof. Orlando Lopes. To appear in the S\~ao Paulo Journal of Mathematical Sciences
title: The challenge of growth
title: Les défis de la croissance
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Grant, Jill
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Editorials
subject: City planning--Canada
subject: Urbanization--Canada
subject: Éditoriaux
subject: Aménagement de la ville--Canada
subject: Urbanisation--Canada

description: Coping with growth is the eternal challenge of planning. After all, if we didn't fact chronic change (demographic, technological, economic), then it seems likely that we would have little need for institutionalized planning. Planning gives communities tools and strategies to think ahead, and to adapt our ways of living and our built environment to the challenge of change.
description: L'urbanisem doit sans cesse composer avec la croissance. En fait, sans une telle constante au niveau démographique, technologique ou économique, l'urbanisme institutionnalisé n'aurait pas vraiment de raison d'être. L'urbanisme offre aux communautés des outils et des stratégies de planification qui permettent d'adapter les habitudes de vie et l'environnement physique au changement.
description: Text in English and French
description: From the senior editor
description: Le mot du rédacteur principal
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5235/05-Editorial.pdf?sequence=3
Predicting Big Six Personality from Followed Accounts on Twitter
Creators: name: Costello, Cory
name: Srivastava, Sanjay
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Communication
subject: Personality and Social Contexts
subject: Social Media
subject: Quantitative Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This is the registration of model selection before unsealing the holdout data for the project 'Predicting Big Six Personality from Followed Accounts on Twitter'.
Pulci's transgressive poetry and two sixteenth-century comedies
Creators: name: Weintritt, April Danielle
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2012

description: The Morgante attained immediate success around the Italian peninsula and in Europe, sparking the imitation of the two Pulcian paradigms Morgante and Margutte. The attempt to satirize and lampoon contemporary society inspires Pulci's attitude towards his contemporaries in his literary production, and demonstrates key points of similarity among Pulci, Ariosto, and Aretino. In Il negromante, Ariosto adheres to Pulcian features through an analogous character, common themes, and linguistic repetition. In La cortigiana, Aretino illustrates the false pretenses of gentlemen and the wretched conditions of servants by bringing Pulci's characters, themes, and language to light. The aspects of the Morgante that tend towards a comic, realistic language and style natural to comedy create a bond between Pulci and playwrights. These similarities bear witness to the ways in which Pulci and his work flourished in the early Renaissance and how his material, tone, and style were easily adapted in theater.
title: Quantification of arterial blood flow in patients with bilateral kinking of the internal carotid arteries using phase contrast MRI
Creators: name: Stankevich, Yuliya
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Blood
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Vascular
subject: Head and neck
subject: Cardiovascular system

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Among various modern radiologic methods, the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most perspective for surveying of morphological and functional conditions of the cerebral vascular system. It provides the widest range of approaches to...
A global Riemann-Hilbert problem for two-dimensional inverse scattering at fixed energy
Creators: name: Lakshtanov, Evgeny L.
name: Novikov, Roman G.
name: Vainberg, Boris R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We develop the Riemann-Hilbert problem approach to inverse scattering for the two-dimensional Schrodinger equation at fixed energy. We obtain global or generic versions of the key results of this approach for the case of positive energy and compactly supported potentials. In particular, we do not assume that the potential is small or that Faddeev scattering solutions do not have singularities (i.e. we allow the Faddeev exceptional points to exist). Applications of these results to the Novikov-Veselov equation are also considered.
title: Imaging of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a pictorial review
Creators: name: Bivol, Silviu
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Pathology
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Surgery
subject: Biopsy
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Oncology
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: To define the hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEH) among the other primary vascular liver tumours. To recognise the radiological appearanceof the tumour and toidentify some imaging features that will narrow down thedifferential...
Conversations for moving forward: stories of inclusion
Creators: name: Zummack, Angela
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Inclusive education

description: The practice of inclusion has traditionally been concerned with the education of students with special needs. However, there has been a shift by the Ministry of Education in British Columbia to explore the ideas of diversity and removing barriers to learning for all students. This has sparked discussion amongst Resource Teachers about their roles and responsibilities to create inclusive environments within their schools. The purpose of this narrative study was to explore the experiences of elementary Resource Teachers with inclusion, how those experiences influenced their definition of inclusion and how their definitions impacted their support of inclusive practices within their schools. Qualitative research data was gathered through interactive interviews with five Resource teachers and four themes emerged: the role of the Resource teacher, the definition of inclusion, responsibilities of the Resource teacher to inclusion and roadblocks to inclusion. The findings were then blended into four short stories. By linking the stories and current research on the topic of inclusion, this study has shown the importance of time and space for collaborative dialogue about how to move forward in our effort to create more inclusive classrooms in our schools. Discussion regarding the implications of this research for Resource Teachers, classroom teachers and school/District leaders is included.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5252/Zummack.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
ZnO/a-Si Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Light Trapping in Thin Film Solar Cells from Visible to Infrared Range
Creators: name: Chen, Aqing
name: Yuan, Qianmin
name: Zhu, Kaigui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 78A55

description: Distributed bragg reflectors (DBRs) consisting of ZnO and amorphous silicon (a-Si) were prepared by magnetron sputtering method for selective light trapping. The quarter-wavelength ZnO/a-Si DBRs with only 6 periods exhibit a peak reflectance of above 99% and have a full width at half maximum that is greater than 347 nm in the range of visible to infrared. The 6-pair reversed quarter-wavelength ZnO/a-Si DBRs also have a peak reflectance of 98%. Combination of the two ZnO/a-Si DBRs leads to a broader stopband from 686 nm to 1354 nm. Using the ZnO/a-Si DBRs as the rear reflector of a-Si thin film solar cells significantly increases the photocurrent in the spectrum range of 400 nm to 1000 nm, in comparison with that of the cells with Al reflector. The obtained results suggest that ZnO/a-Si DBRs are promising reflectors of a-Si thin-film solar cells for light trapping.
description: 12 pages, 7 figures, Applied Surface Science, Available online 10 November 2015
title: Recent advances in breast imaging
Creators: name: Pereira, Ana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Mammography
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Education
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: Through literature review give an overview of the existing breast imaging modalities, techniques that are already becoming incorporated into clinical practice and the new technological advancements that are still in earlier stages, such as digital...
Extrinsic Strategies for Enhancing Pleasure of Physical Activity: Protocol for a Systematic Review
Creators: name: Jones, Leighton
name: Zenko, Zachary
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sports Studies
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This is an update from a revised registration originally uploaded on July 9th, 2020. Updates and rationale: 1. Google Scholar will not be used as a database in the initial search strategy because only few results can be saved and exported at once. The frequent searches results in unusual activity being detected from the account, and frequent captcha verifications. Instead, Web of Science, PubMed, and PsycInfo are being used. Relatedly, we specify that a forward search will be conducted to find articles that cite topical systematic reviews that we discover in our initial search. This will be performed with Google Scholar.
Commutation-relation-preserving ladder operators for propagating optical fields in nonuniform lossy media
Creators: name: Partanen, Mikko
name: Häyrynen, Teppo
name: Tulkki, Jukka
name: Oksanen, Jani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have recently developed a quantized fluctuational electrodynamics (QFED) formalism to describe the quantum aspects of local thermal balance formation and to formulate the electromagnetic field ladder operators so that they no longer exhibit the anomalies reported for resonant structures. Here we show how the QFED can be used to resolve between the left and right propagating fields to bridge the QFED and the quantum optical input-output relations commonly used to describe selected quantum aspects of resonators. The generalized model introduces a density of states concept describing interference effects, which is instrumental in allowing an unambiguous separation of the fields and related quantum operators into left and right propagating parts. In addition to providing insight on the quantum treatment of interference, our results also provide the conclusive resolution of the long-standing enigma of the anomalous commutation relations of partially confined propagating fields.
On the Stellar Companion to the Exoplanet Hosting Star 30 Arietis B
Creators: name: Kane, Stephen R.
name: Barclay, Thomas
name: Hartmann, Michael
name: Hatzes, Artie P.
name: Jensen, Eric L. N.
name: Ciardi, David R.
name: Huber, Daniel
name: Wright, Jason T.
name: Quintana, Elisa V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A crucial aspect of understanding planet formation is determining the binarity of the host stars. Results from radial velocity surveys and the follow-up of Kepler exoplanet candidates have demonstrated that stellar binarity certainly does not exclude the presence of planets in stable orbits and the configuration may in fact be relatively common. Here we present new results for the 30 Arietis system which confirms that the B component hosts both planetary and stellar companions. Keck AO imaging provides direct detection of the stellar companion and additional radial velocity data are consistent with an orbiting star. We present a revised orbit of the known planet along with photometry during predicted transit times. Finally, we provide constraints on the properties of the stellar companion based on orbital stability considerations.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, references updated
title: The Comparison analysis between Drug-eluting bead therapy and conventional TACE : Milan criteria
Creators: name: Jung, Hye doo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Chemoembolisation
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Interventional non-vascular

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: •Hepatocellular carcinoma is an common tumor with a poor prognosis and limited treatment option. •Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is widely used to treat HCC who are suitable candidates for curative treatment. •Recently, some...
Extrinsic Strategies for Enhancing Pleasure of Physical Activity: Protocol for a Systematic Review
Creators: name: Jones, Leighton
name: Zenko, Zachary
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sports Studies
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Extrinsic Strategies for Enhancing Pleasure of Physical Activity: Protocol for a Systematic Review
title: Abdominal CT Perfusion Measurements: Comparison of Breathholding and Free Breathing
Creators: name: Yoshikawa, Takeshi
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Tissue characterisation
subject: Haemodynamics / Flow dynamics
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: CT
subject: Pancreas
subject: Liver
subject: Abdomen

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Because various liver diseases lead to significant changes in hepatic microcirculation, quantification of hepatic perfusion can improve the assessment and management of liver diseases. CT perfusion (CTP) with cine imaging and administration of...
Kozai-Lidov cycles towards the limit of circumbinary planets
Creators: name: Martin, David V.
name: Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we answer a simple question: can a misaligned circumbinary planet induce Kozai-Lidov cycles on an inner stellar binary? We use known analytic equations to analyse the behaviour of the Kozai-Lidov effect as the outer mass is made small. We demonstrate a significant departure from the traditional symmetry, critical angles and amplitude of the effect. Aside from massive planets on near-polar orbits, circumbinary planetary systems are devoid of Kozai-Lidov cycles. This has positive implications for the existence of highly misaligned circumbinary planets: an observationally unexplored and theoretically important parameter space.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters. 5 pages
Is Heading Home a Dead End? COVID Induced Migration and Local Labor Market Opportunities in Rural India
Creators: name: McIntyre, Vyana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Economics
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: As India’s experience has made clear, COVID-19 does not just threaten to destroy jobs and sever employer-employee matches in emerging economies; it can also create internal migration crises. COVID-19-induced migration presents a variety of challenges, both direct and indirect, to labor markets. For urban migrants who lose their jobs, alternatives are scarce: since many cannot survive without daily wages, they must journey back to their home villages, where employment options are already in short supply. In India, where the national government froze domestic transportation and put the country under lockdown with just four hours’ notice, these migrations have been abrupt and often on foot, at great personal risk to migrants. Once home, these migrants face social stigma and limited labor market opportunities. Since internal migration is often geographically concentrated, mass returns also impose large local labor market shocks on sending villages. As the pandemic spreads across the globe, other countries with large internal migrant populations risk similar shocks. What are the economic consequences of COVID-induced migrant returns and what can governments do to mitigate negative effects while supporting both rural and urban labor markets? We have a unique opportunity to address these questions in Bihar and Chhattisgarh, two of India’s poorest and highest out-migration states. Specifically, we seek to collect real-time information to support rapid policy response, in partnership with Bihar-based policymakers tasked with leading the state’s COVID response: we will pair high-frequency surveys of return migrants in Bihar’s villages with (a) surveys of local elected leaders (collected through a separate study with some of the same research team) and (b) high-frequency, individual-level administrative data on participation in India’s massive public works program. In Chhattisgarh, we will be working with the health department of the government to support their policy response. Along with high frequency survey in Chhattisgarh we will also use data collected by another NGO in Chhattisgarh which is supporting the state government in managing the migrants’ crisis. Over the longer term, we aim to leverage this platform to develop a research program devoted to identifying policies to ameliorate migration-induced local labor market shocks, e.g. by leveraging Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (a.k.a. MGNREGS or NREGS), the central government’s workfare program.
title: The aorto-mesenteric angle and its elements: clinical and imaging features of vascular and gastrointestinal compression syndromes.
Creators: name: García-Mónaco, Ricardo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Kidney
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Normal variants
subject: Image compression
subject: Image registration

description: Learning objectives Background Imaging findings OR Procedure details Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Learning objectives: To Highlight the importance of aortic-mesenteric compass as anatomical space wheremay lie both gastrointestinal and genitourinary pathology. To Review the regional anatomy and outline clinical syndromes resulting from anomalies and variations in...
Ultra High Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows Using the Swift-UVOT Data
Creators: name: Nir, Guy
name: Guetta, Dafne
name: Landsman, Hagar
name: Behar, Ehud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a sample of 107 Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) for which early UV emission was measured by Swift, and extrapolate the photon intensity to lower energies. Protons accelerated in the GRB jet may interact with such photons to produce charged pions and subsequently ultra high energy neutrinos $\varepsilon_ν\geq 10^{16}$ eV. We use simple energy conversion efficiency arguments to predict the maximal neutrino flux expected from each GRB. We estimate the neutrino detection rate at large area radio based neutrino detectors and conclude that the early afterglow neutrino emission is too weak to be detected even by next generation neutrino observatories.
title: The role of US elastography in the evaluation of benign and malignant breast lesions in relation to histopathological examination
Creators: name: Rahmat, Kartini
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Diverticula
subject: Chronic obstructive airways disease
subject: Arteriovenous malformations
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Biopsy
subject: Angioplasty
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Elastography
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Breast

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Breast carcinomas are usually harder in consistency compared to benign lesion. However, palpation is limited to superficial lesions. B Mode ultrasound can distinguish benign from malignant breast lesions based on the appearance of the lesion, i.e.:...
The selection of electrical analog components from computational model impedance spectra
Creators: name: Phelps, Lucy Perkins
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2010

description: Lumped parameter models can be used as accurate boundary conditions in hemodynamic modeling, requiring only the estimation of a few physiologically relevant parameters. The best way to estimate these parameters (typically resistances and capacitances) has seen much investigation, but all current techniques require experimental (or periodic time-domain) blood pressure or blood flow data. A method that can estimate lumped parameter model components using only impedance spectra would widen the scope of usefulness for lumped parameter models as boundary conditions. Their usefulness would then include cases where such data cannot be obtained. The methods presented in this work estimate the resistance and capacitance values of two- and three-element Windkessel models using only features found in typical impedance spectra. Comparing these methods to "gold standard" pressure and flow data, each other, and previously published methods can determine the accuracy of a 'Fourier-domain only' strategy.