cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Review and Reconsideration of Non-neoplastic Myometrial Pathology
Creators: name: Heller, Debra
name: Cramer, Stewart F.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Hysterectomy
Uterus
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Chronic pelvic pain

description: From 1861 to 1962, clinicopathologic research tried to explain the association of abnormal uterine bleeding with uterine enlargement. The etiology was theorized as metropathy, suggesting that myometrial dysfunction may predispose to abnormal uterine bleeding. Research reached a nadir in 1962, when a major review dismissed myometrial hypertrophy as a plausible explanationafter prior rejections of the theories of chronic myometritis, fibrosis uteri, and subinvolution as causes of bleeding. Subsequent to this arose a crusade against unnecessary hysterectomies in the 1970s. Although myometrial hyperplasia (MMH) was proposed in 1868, it is only in the last 25 years that tangible evidence has supported that idea. It now appears that clinically enlarged uteri are due to globoid outward bulging of the uterus, caused by increased intramural pressure; often unrelated to either uterine weight or myometrial thickness. Abnormal (dysfunctional) uterine bleeding may often be due to spontaneous rupture of thrombosed dilated endometrial vessels, due to the combined effects of obstructed venous drainage by increased intramural pressure, and Virchow’s Triad. Despite a century old known association of parity with naturally occurring outer wall myometrial scars (fibrosis uteri with elastosis), it was not previously suggested that these may reflect healing reactions to muscle tears during labor and delivery. We now suggest that smaller, similar inner wall elastotic scars in the nerve rich inner myometrium may explain many cases of pelvic pain. This review suggests that diverse pressure-related lesions may be present in clinically abnormal uteri that have been called “normal” since the crusade against unnecessary hysterectomy.
Computing Optimal Forms in Optimality Theory: Basic Syllabification
Creators: name: Tesar, Bruce
Publisher: name: Blackwell Publishing
Year: 2004
Subjects: Phonology
Basic CV Syllable Theory
Grammar, Comparative and general--Parsing
Context-free position grammars

description: In Optimality Theory, grammaticality is defined in terms of optimization over a large (often infinite) space of candidates. This raises the question of how grammatical forms might be computed. This paper presents an analysis of the Basic CV Syllable Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993) showing that, despite the nature of the formal definition, computing the optimal form does not require explicitly generating and evaluating all possible candidates. A specific algorithm is detailed which computes the optimal form in time that is linear in the length of the input. This algorithm will work for any grammar in Optimality Theory employing regular position structures and universal constraints which may be evaluated on the basis of local information.
title: The European Court of Human Rights Through the Looking Glass of Gender: An Evaluation
Creators: name: Alkiviadou, Natalie
name: Manoli, Andrea
Publisher: name: Institute for International and European Law, University of Göttingen
Year: 2021

description: Goettingen Journal of International Law ; Vol. 11, no. 1, page 191-211
description: Gender equality is of paramount importance for a functioning democracy and for economic growth. It is a central tenet of human rights law and has seen significant developments on the legislative, judicial, and policy levels of the Council of Europe. Through a mélange of theory, legislation, and jurisprudential analysis, this paper will assess developments in the European Court of Human Rights’ approach to the issue of gender equality. This will be achieved through a survey of case law involving domestic violence, child-bearing, and the wearing of religious dress by women. The paper will demonstrate that, despite the existence of significant milestones in the ambit of promoting gender equality, and, notwithstanding effective advancements made by this body, particularly vis-à-vis domestic violence case law, improvements to its approach remain necessary. More specifically, on one level, the Court denounces and works against gender inequality and discrimination but, on another, consciously or unconsciously, its approach and findings are marred by its own stereotypes, patriarchal influences, misconceptions, and preconceptions about what gender equality actually is and how it should be pursued.
Generalization Of Taylor's Theorem And Newton's Method Via A New Family Of Determinantal Interpolation Formulas
Creators: name: Kalantari, Bahman
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2000
Subjects: Taylor's theorem
Newton-Raphson method
Interpolation
Confluent divided differences
Fixed-point iteration
Complex roots
Roots, Numerical
Fibonacci numbers
Halley's method
Padé approximant

description: The general form of Taylor's theorem gives the formula, f = Pn + Rn, where Pn is the Newton's interpolating polynomial, computed with respect to a confluent vector of nodes, and Rn is the remainder. When f' /= 0, for each m = 2; : : : ; n + 1, we describe a "determinantal interpolation formula", f = Pm,n + Rm,n, where Pm,n is a rational function in x and f itself. These formulas play a dual role in the approximation of f or its inverse. For m = 2, the formula is Taylor's and for m = 3 it gives Halley's iteration function, as well as a Padé approximant. By applying the formulas to Pn, for each m >= 2, Pm,m-1,. . . , Pm,m+n-2, is a set of n rational approximations that includes Pn, and may provide a better approximation to f , than Pn. Thus each Taylor polynomial unfolds into an infinite spectrum of rational approximations. The formulas also give an infinite spectrum of rational inverse approximations, as well as a family of iteration functions for real or complex root finding, more fundamental than the Euler-Schröder family, or any other family. Given m >= 2, for each k <= m, we obtain a k-point iteration function, defined as the ratio of two determinants that depend on the first m - k derivatives, and Toeplitz for k = 1. The order of convergence ranges from m to the limiting ratio of the generalized Fibonacci numbers of order m. By applying these formulas, Hadamard's inequality, Gerschgorin's theorem, and a new lower bound on determinants, we express roots of numbers, e, and π, as the limiting ratio of Toeplitz determinants.
Enhanced near-field radiation transport and nano-entity detection in aqueous solution with a Si3N4-based integrated WGM/SPR microsensor
Creators: name: Hao, Yihua
name: Guo, Zhixiong
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2024

description: In this emerging proof-of-concept simulation study, we demonstrated the enhancement of near-field radiation transport in a whispering-gallery mode (WGM) ring resonator via integration with surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The integrated sensor is made of a Si3N4 micro-ring with the internal core coated with a thin metal film of silver or gold. It is used for nano-entity detection in an aqueous solution environment. The radiation enhancement F-factor is adopted to quantify the performance of the integrated sensor. It was found that the sensitivity of the integrated sensor was enhanced about 2 to 4.8 times compared to a pure Si3N4 WGM ring sensor without SPR. The integrated WGM/SPR microsensor may be combined with the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technology to extend the limit of detection. The Q-factor of the proposed Si3N4-based integrated sensor is one to two orders of magnitude higher than that of a similar silica-based integrated sensor; thus, the new sensor may effectively detect nano-entities in aqueous solutions and has outstanding advantages in terms of small size, rapid detection with fewer samples, and high accuracy.
What Does the Future Hold? Health-Related Quality of Life 3–12 Years Following a Youth Sport-Related Knee Injury
Creators: name: Le, Christina Y.
name: Toomey, Clodagh M.
name: Emery, Carolyn A.
name: Whittaker, Jackie L.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Knee trauma can lead to poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and osteoarthritis. We aimed to assess HRQoL 3–12 years following youth sport-related knee injury considering HRQoL and osteoarthritis determinants. Generic (EQ-5D-5L index, EQ-VAS) and condition-specific (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score quality of life subscale, KOOS QOL) HRQoL were assessed in 124 individuals 3–12 years following youth sport-related knee injury and 129 uninjured controls of similar age, sex, and sport. Linear regression examined differences in HRQoL outcomes by injury group. Multivariable linear regression explored the influence of sex, time-since-injury, injury type, body mass index, knee muscle strength, Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain (ICOAP) score, and Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ) moderate-to-strenuous physical activity. Participant median (range) age was 23 years (14–29) and 55% were female. Injury history was associated with poorer KOOS QOL (−8.41; 95%CI −10.76, −6.06) but not EQ-5D-5L (−0.0074; −0.0238, 0.0089) or EQ-VAS (−3.82; −8.77, 1.14). Injury history (−5.14; −6.90, −3.38), worse ICOAP score (−0.40; −0.45, −0.36), and anterior cruciate ligament tear (−1.41; −2.77, −0.06) contributed to poorer KOOS QOL. Worse ICOAP score contributed to poorer EQ-5D-5L (−0.0024; −0.0034, −0.0015) and higher GLTEQ moderate-to-strenuous physical activity to better EQ-VAS (0.10; 0.03, 0.17). Knee trauma is associated with poorer condition-specific but not generic HRQoL 3–12 years post-injury.
Arenocoris waltlii
Creators: name: Valcárcel, Javier Pérez
name: Trillo, Marina
name: París, Mercedes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Arenocoris
Arenocoris waltlii

description: Arenocoris waltlii (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
 MARRUECOS:
 — El Garne Kebdana, 9-1960, 1 ♀
 Etiquetado: El Garne Keb-dana, 9 60 [impreso en etiqueta blanca] // Marruecos A. Pardo leg. [impreso en etiqueta blanca] // Arenocoris waltlii H. S. E. Wagner det. 1960 [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // ♀ [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _ Ent 304886 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
 — Mariguari, IX-1943, 1 ♂
 Etiquetado: MARIGUARI (Mazuza) Melilla-Marruecos PARDO ALCAIDE / IX-1943 [impreso en etiqueta blanca, manuscrito en el reverso] // Pseudophloeus waltlii H.S. Ed. Wagner det. 1958 [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // Arenocoris waltlii (H.S.) ♂ J.P.Valcárcel det. [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _Ent 304887 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
 — Melilla, 3-VI-1932, 1 ♀
 Etiquetado: MELILLA (Marruecos) PARDO ALCAIDE / 3-VI-1932 [impreso en etiqueta blanca, manuscrita en el reverso] // Arenocoris waltlii H.S. Ed. Wagner det. 1959 [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // ♀ [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _ Ent 304885 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
 Especie de distribución paleártica (Dolling, 2006d). En Marruecos citada de escasas localidades de la región central y occidental (Bergevin, 1916; Lindberg, 1932; Vidal, 1937).
  Centrocoris spiniger (Fabricius, 1781) Centrocoris subinermis Rey, 1887
 MARRUECOS:
  — Muley Rechid, 26-VIII-1943, 1  ♂
 Etiquetado: Muley Rechid (Ulad-Setut). Melilla-Marruecos. PARDO ALCAIDE / 26-VIII-1943 [impreso en etiqueta blanca, manuscrito en el reverso] // Centrocoris subinermis Rey. Det. Ed. Wagner 1958 [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // Centrocoris spiniger (F.) ♂ J.P. Valcárcel det. [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _Ent 304888 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
  — Muley Rechid, VI-1947, 2  ♂♂ montados en etiquetas en el
 mismo alfiler
 Etiquetado: Muley Rechid. Melilla-Marruecos. PARDO ALCAIDE. / VI-1947 [parcialmente manuscrito en etiqueta blanca impresa,
 1.- Habitus del ejemplar hembra de Sidi Sadek (Marruecos).
 2.- Etiquetado original del mismo ejemplar.
 manuscrita en el reverso] // Centrocoris spiniger (F.) ♂ J.P.Valcárcel det. [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _Ent 304889 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa] .
 Especie de distribución paleártica occidental (Dolling, 2006d). Citada de gran parte de Marruecos, entre Oujda y Marrakech, de forma dispersa (Saunders, 1893; Bergevin, 1916; Lindberg, 1932; Bergevin, 1934; Vidal, 1937; Dethier & Wahis, 1997).
description: Published as part of Valcárcel, Javier Pérez, Trillo, Marina & París, Mercedes, 2021, Coreoidea y Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera) de la colección Pardo Alcaide en el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (CSIC) (España), pp. 355-366 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 24 on pages 357-358, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13245034
Optimal Buffering Algorithms For Client-Server Vbr Video Retrievals
Creators: name: Zhang, Junbiao
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1997

description: Variable bit rate(VBR) videos refer to videos with varying frame sizes. When transmitted through networks in a client-server environment, their corresponding traffic is inherently bursty because of the embedded timing constraints in digital videos. In reservation based networks like ATM network, such traffic may result in considerable network under-utilization if the network has to accommodate the peak bit rate. Traffic smoothing is thus necessary to reduce the burstiness in the VBR video traffic and it can be very effective in the case of stored video. By introducing a playback delay and buffering video data on the client side, a smoother traffic can be transmitted by the server. In order for the client to restore the original timing information in the video, it is important to avoid buffer over flow or under flow during the video retrieval. This buffer constraint determines the "smoothest" traffic that can be sent out by the server and thus defines a set of optimization problems based on different traffic types. In this thesis, several buffering and traffic smoothing methods for VBR videos are thoroughly studied and their relationships established. Among them, minimum polyline smoothing and minimum on-o smoothing are two fundamental methods and serve as the basis for other methods. For a given video service with buffer and delay constraint, minimum polyline smoothing produces smoothed traffic with multiple rate changes while minimum on-o smoothing generates a single rate traffic with transmitting(on) and idle(off) periods. We carefully choose smoothness criterion for each method and identify optimization problems based on these criteria. Novel algorithms are then presented for these problems and their correctness and effectiveness are theoretically proved and experimentally verified. These methods not only can be applied very effectively on stored VBR videos, but can serve as benchmark algorithms for real-time video smoothing. Simulation programs based on the algorithms designed in the thesis are applied to VBR video traces to show the effectiveness of these smoothing methods.
Micromobility 2.0 smarter strategies for safe travel: post workshop summary report
Creators: name: Younes, Hannah
name: von Hagen, LeighAnn
name: Noland, Robert
name: Andrews, Clinton
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2024
Subjects: micromobility
e-scooter
bicycle
Safety
Transportation

description: The Micromobility Project focused on “near misses” between vehicles and pedestrians, e-scooters, e-bikes, and bicycles. The objective of this project was to make micromobility smarter and safer. These project objectives explicitly integrated both social and technology solutions to improve safety. The Micromobility 2.0 workshop report summarized key findings from the research and lessons learned from practice.
Removing common cues from REM: a new theory of generalization
Creators: name: Christensen, Jerilyn
name: Whitlow, J.W.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Stimulus generalization
associative learning
Replaced Elements Model (REM)

description: Wagner’s REM theory of associative learning predicts that two equally salient stimuli reinforced as a compound CS will each acquire no more than ½ of the available associative strength, V. Using associative ratings as a proxy for V, generalization from an AB compound to A and B yielded ratings that were greater than ½. A proposed solution to this problem is to subtract the contribution of common elements before applying REM to predict generalized associative strength. Implications of including common cues affect other predictions as well.
Informationen zur Schadstoff- und Ressourcenrelevanz von Werkstoffen und Bauteilen von EAG
Creators: name: Nunweiler, Elisabeth
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Werkstoff
subject: Bauelement
subject: Elektroaltgeräteverordnung
subject: Schadstoffgehalt
subject: Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz
subject: Abfallbehandlung
subject: Bauteil
subject: EAG-VO
subject: Abfallbehandlungsbedarf
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen
subject: Waste | Resources

description: Das Umweltbundesamt betrachtet derzeit vor dem Hintergrund neuartiger Gerätetechnologien (bspw. Flachbildschirme, Photovoltaikmodule) sowie aufbauend auf den Erfahrungen seit der Einführung des ElektroG 2005 den Status quo der Behandlung, die Effektivität einzelner Behandlungsverfahren und prüft die Notwendigkeit weiterer Anforderungen. Insbesondere enthält die Anlage 4 des ElektroG Anforderungen zur Schadstoffentfrachtung der EAG (Elektroaltgerate). Behandlungsvorgaben zur Stärkung der Ressourcenschonung existieren nur mittelbar durch geräte- und materialunspezifische Quotenvorgaben. Um nachvollziehbare und belastbare erweiterte Anforderungen an die Behandlung von EAG festlegen zu können, wird die Auswertung von verschiedenen Regelungen, Normen etc. mit Blick auf die selektive Behandlung der Werkstoffe und Bauteile von Altgeräten nach Anlage 4 ElektroG fortlaufend betrieben. Mit vorliegenden 22 Fact Sheets fassen wir unseren derzeitigen Informationsstand zu schadstoff- und ressourcenrelevanten Geräten, Komponenten, Bauteilen und Stoffen kompakt zusammen. Quelle: Bericht
description: Das Umweltbundesamt betrachtet derzeit vor dem Hintergrund neuartiger Gerätetechnologien (bspw. Flachbildschirme, Photovoltaikmodule) sowie aufbauend auf den Erfahrungen seit der Einführung des ElektroG 2005 den Status quo der Behandlung, die Effektivität einzelner Behandlungsverfahren und prüft die Notwendigkeit weiterer Anforderungen. Insbesondere enthält die Anlage 4 des ElektroG Anforderungen zur Schadstoffentfrachtung der EAG (Elektroaltgerate). Behandlungsvorgaben zur Stärkung der Ressourcenschonung existieren nur mittelbar durch geräte- und materialunspezifische Quotenvorgaben. Um nachvollziehbare und belastbare erweiterte Anforderungen an die Behandlung von EAG festlegen zu können, wird die Auswertung von verschiedenen Regelungen, Normen etc. mit Blick auf die selektive Behandlung der Werkstoffe und Bauteile von Altgeräten nach Anlage 4 ElektroG fortlaufend betrieben. Mit vorliegenden 22 Fact Sheets fassen wir unseren derzeitigen Informationsstand zu schadstoff- und ressourcenrelevanten Geräten, Komponenten, Bauteilen und Stoffen kompakt zusammen.
title: Moving beyond ERP components
title: a selective review of approaches to integrate EEG and behavior
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bridwell, David A.
name: Cavanagh, James F.
name: Collins, Anne G. E.
name: Nunez, Michael D.
name: Srinivasan, Ramesh
name: Stober, Sebastian
name: Calhoun, Vince D.
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: Relationships between neuroimaging measures and behavior provide important clues about brain function and cognition in healthy and clinical populations. While electroencephalography (EEG) provides a portable, low cost measure of brain dynamics, it has been somewhat underrepresented in the emerging field of model-based inference. We seek to address this gap in this article by highlighting the utility of linking EEG and behavior, with an emphasis on approaches for EEG analysis that move beyond focusing on peaks or "components" derived from averaging EEG responses across trials and subjects (generating the event-related potential, ERP). First, we review methods for deriving features from EEG in order to enhance the signal within single-trials. These methods include filtering based on user-defined features (i.e., frequency decomposition, time-frequency decomposition), filtering based on data-driven properties (i.e., blind source separation, BSS), and generating more abstract representations of data (e.g., using deep learning). We then review cognitive models which extract latent variables from experimental tasks, including the drift diffusion model (DDM) and reinforcement learning (RL) approaches. Next, we discuss ways to access associations among these measures, including statistical models, data-driven joint models and cognitive joint modeling using hierarchical Bayesian models (HBMs). We think that these methodological tools are likely to contribute to theoretical advancements, and will help inform our understandings of brain dynamics that contribute to moment-to-moment cognitive function.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe, 656
title: Functional insights from the GC-poor genomes of two aphid parasitoids, Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum
Creators: name: Dennis, Alice B.
name: Ballesteros, Gabriel I.
name: Robin, Stéphanie
name: Schrader, Lukas
name: Bast, Jens
name: Berghöfer, Jan
name: Beukeboom, Leo W.
name: Belghazi, Maya
name: Bretaudeau, Anthony
name: Buellesbach, Jan
name: Cash, Elizabeth
name: Colinet, Dominique
name: Dumas, Zoé
name: Errbii, Mohammed
name: Falabella, Patrizia
name: Gatti, Jean-Luc
name: Geuverink, Elzemiek
name: Gibson, Joshua D.
name: Hertaeg, Corinne
name: Hartmann, Stefanie
name: Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle
name: Lammers, Mark
name: Lavandero, Blas I.
name: Lindenbaum, Ina
name: Massardier-Galata, Lauriane
name: Meslin, Camille
name: Montagné, Nicolas
name: Pak, Nina
name: Poirié, Marylène
name: Salvia, Rosanna
name: Smith, Chris R.
name: Tagu, Denis
name: Tares, Sophie
name: Vogel, Heiko
name: Schwander, Tanja
name: Simon, Jean-Christophe
name: Figueroa, Christian C.
name: Vorburger, Christoph
name: Legeai, Fabrice
name: Gadau, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2020

description: Background Parasitoid wasps have fascinating life cycles and play an important role in trophic networks, yet little is known about their genome content and function. Parasitoids that infect aphids are an important group with the potential for biological control. Their success depends on adapting to develop inside aphids and overcoming both host aphid defenses and their protective endosymbionts. Results We present the de novo genome assemblies, detailed annotation, and comparative analysis of two closely related parasitoid wasps that target pest aphids: Aphidius ervi and Lysiphlebus fabarum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). The genomes are small (139 and 141 Mbp) and the most AT-rich reported thus far for any arthropod (GC content: 25.8 and 23.8%). This nucleotide bias is accompanied by skewed codon usage and is stronger in genes with adult-biased expression. AT-richness may be the consequence of reduced genome size, a near absence of DNA methylation, and energy efficiency. We identify missing desaturase genes, whose absence may underlie mimicry in the cuticular hydrocarbon profile of L. fabarum. We highlight key gene groups including those underlying venom composition, chemosensory perception, and sex determination, as well as potential losses in immune pathway genes. Conclusions These findings are of fundamental interest for insect evolution and biological control applications. They provide a strong foundation for further functional studies into coevolution between parasitoids and their hosts. Both genomes are available at https://bipaa.genouest.org.
description: Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, 989
Capillary rise in a closed column: application to the characterization of powders
Creators: name: Li, Minglu
name: Callegari, Gerardo
name: Drazer, German
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Capillary rise
Wettability
Washburn

description: We present analytical solutions to the capillary rise of a wetting liquid in a closed column packed with small solid particles, including hydrostatic effects and the non-linear dependence of the pressure differential on the penetration height of the liquid. The solutions describe the evolution of both the penetration height (and mass) of the liquid and the pressure differential that develops in the closed column. Using closed column systems provides versatility to characterize different liquid-solid systems, covering a broad range of capillary pressures, by directly, and independently measuring both liquid mass and pressure differential. We identify the two non-dimensional parameters governing the evolution of the system, that is the capillary pressure and the initial pressure in the closed column, both made non-dimensional with the effective column height of the system. These results provide the means to improve and possibly optimize the experimental setup and conditions for any given liquid-solid system under consideration. For example, we show how modifying the effective column height and the initial pressure in the closed column could significantly reduce the duration of capillary rise experiments.
International Conference on Machine Learning, IOT and Blockchain (MLIOB 2020)
Creators: name: International Conference on Machine Learning, IOT and  Blockchain (MLIOB 2020)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Invite to Submit your Articles...!!! International Conference on Machine Learning, IOT and Blockchain (MLIOB 2020)
 November 28 ~ 29, 2020, Dubai, UAE Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, registered authors are now able to present their work through our online platforms New Webpage Link: https://aisca2020.org/mliob/index.html Submission Deadline - 20.09.2020 Submission Link: https://aisca2020.org/submission/index.php Contact Us: mliob@aisca2020.org
Learning Prototype-Selection Rules for Case-Based Iterative Design
Creators: name: Schwabacher, Mark
name: Hirsh, Haym
name: Ellman, Thomas
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1995

description: The first step for most case-based design systems is to select an initial prototype from a database of previous designs. The retrieved prototype is then modified to tailor it to the given goals. For any particular design goal the selection of a starting point for the design process can have a dramatic effect both on the quality of the eventual design and on the overall design time. We present a technique for automatically constructing effective prototype-selection rules. Our technique applies a standard inductive-learning algorithm, C4.5, to a set of training data describing which particular prototype would have been the best choice for each goal encountered in a previous design session. We have tested our technique in the domain of racing-yacht-hull design, comparing our inductively learned selection rules to several competing prototype-selection methods. Our results show that the inductive prototype-selection method leads to better final designs when the design process is guided by a noisy evaluation function, and that the inductively learned rules will often be more efficient than competing methods.
Adolescent risk-taking as a function of prenatal cocaine exposure and biological sex
Creators: name: Allen, Jedediah W. P.
name: Bennett, David S.
name: Carmody, Dennis P.
name: Wang, Yiping
name: Lewis, Michael
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Adolescence
Prenatal cocaine exposure
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Biological sex

description: Objective: To examine the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure and biological sex on adolescent risk-taking while controlling for early environmental risk .Methods: Adolescents (n = 114, mean age = 16) were grouped according to high and low risk-taking propensity as measured by the Balloon Analogue Risk Taking (BART) task. Prenatal cocaine exposure was assessed at birth, while environmental risk was assessed at three points during early childhood. Results: A binary regression analysis indicated that males were 3.5 times more likely than females to be high risk-takers. Biological sex and prenatal cocaine exposure interacted such that exposed males were most likely to be high risk-takers while exposed females were the least likely to be high-risk takers. This pattern held after controlling for prenatal alcohol exposure and early environmental risk. Early environmental risk did not predict adolescent risk-taking. Conclusions: These findings complement and extend earlier research demonstrating that prenatal cocaine exposure interacts with biological sex in domains related to inhibitory control, emotion regulation, anti-social behavior, and health risk behaviors during preadolescence.
description: This study was supported by Grant DA07109 to Michael Lewis, David S. Bennett, and Dennis P. Carmody from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Ck-Log, A Calculus for Knowledge Processing in Logic
Creators: name: Srinivasan, Chitoor V.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1984

description: This paper introduces the principal concepts in the organization and operation of the logic based knowledge processing system, called CK-LOG (A Calculus for Knowledge in Logics). CK-LOG uses the frame based system MDS (the Meta Description System) for knowledge representation and for modeling world states. It uses an inference engine based on Natural Deduction for stating and solving problems. As a knowledge processing system CK-LOG has several capabilities, which are new to the technology of knowledge representation systems: CK-LOG has special facilities to represent and reason about actions and their time dependencies. Actions that occur in a world state may create or destroy objects in the world or modify their properties, or prevent or support other actions. The effects of actions are described in CK-LOG using modal operators like CREATE, DESTROY, PREVENT, SUPPORT, KEEP, etc. These operator expressions are also used to represent and reason about possible worlds that the actions might lead to. Most significantly, CK-LOG is a logic-based knowledge processing system, just as PROLOG is logic based programming system. CK-LOG uses a three valued logical system with truth values T (true),? (Unknown) and F (false) to build partial models of world states, and the two valued logic's system of T and F in its theorem proving System. The use of the three valued logical system in its models of world states enables CK-LOG to do problem solving in the context of incomplete information about world states. The theorem proving system of CK-LOG uses a variant of the calculus of sequents first proposed by Kanger (which itself is a variant of Gentzen's system). The two variations in CK-LOG are, (i). the use of a new algorithm called the mating algorithm for testing proof terminations, and (ii) the use of specialized inference rules for reasoning about modal expressions using the possible world semantics.. The mating algorithm gives the theorem proving system of CK-LOG several new capabilities: to identify information that is pertinent to a given problem and retrieve it from its knowledge base, to update its models of possible worlds during the problem solving process based on the findings of the theorem proving system, to use these models of world states to test proof terminations, and to generate hypotheses during the problem solving process that are based on unknown information. These various features of CK-LOG are described here. The paper concludes with a discussion of the logic of frames as used in CK-LOG and establishes a condition called locality condition as a sufficient condition for creating knowledge representations with requisite completeness.
Overview of the CLEF 2015 Social Book Search Lab
Creators: name: Koolen, Marijn
name: Bogers, Toine
name: Gäde, Maria
name: Hall, Mark
name: Huurdeman, Hugo C.
name: Kamps, Jaap
name: Skov, Mette
name: Toms, Elaine
name: Walsh, David
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
subject: 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften

description: The Social Book Search (SBS) Lab investigates book search in scenarios where users search with more than just a query, and look for more than objective metadata. Real-world information needs are generally complex, yet almost all research focuses instead on either relatively simple search based on queries or recommendation based on profiles. The goal is to research and develop techniques to support users in complex book search tasks. The SBS Lab has two tracks. The aim of the Suggestion Track is to develop test collections for evaluating ranking effectiveness of book retrieval and recommender systems. The aim of the Interactive Track is to develop user interfaces that support users through each stage during complex search tasks and to investigate how users exploit professional metadata and user-generated content.
Airway-On-A-Chip: Designs and Applications for Lung Repair and Disease
Creators: name: Bennet, Tanya J.
name: Randhawa, Avineet
name: Hua, Jessica
name: Cheung, Karen C.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: The lungs are affected by illnesses including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and infections such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2. Physiologically relevant models for respiratory conditions will be essential for new drug development. The composition and structure of the lung extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a major role in the function of the lung tissue and cells. Lung-on-chip models have been developed to address some of the limitations of current two-dimensional in vitro models. In this review, we describe various ECM substitutes utilized for modeling the respiratory system. We explore the application of lung-on-chip models to the study of cigarette smoke and electronic cigarette vapor. We discuss the challenges and opportunities related to model characterization with an emphasis on in situ characterization methods, both established and emerging. We discuss how further advancements in the field, through the incorporation of interstitial cells and ECM, have the potential to provide an effective tool for interrogating lung biology and disease, especially the mechanisms that involve the interstitial elements.
Should it be easy? Divorce process attitudes among those who have split up in mid-life
Creators: name: Crowley, Jocelyn Elise
name: Brand, Jessica
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Gray divorce
Interviews
Divorce process

description: This grounded theory analysis examines the gray divorced population’s attitudes about the divorce process, that is, whether those who have experienced a divorce at age 50 or older believe divorce should be easier or harder to obtain in American society. Among the 40 men and 40 women interviewed in this analysis, there were divorce delayers, who wanted to make divorce laws stricter; divorce facilitators, who championed more flexible divorce laws; divorce ambivalents, who held mixed views; and marriage gatekeepers, who advocated on behalf of status quo divorce laws but tougher relationship-strengthening requirements before marriage. The diversity of these participants’ views reflects those voices in the general population who continue to see divorce as a complex decision for most couples.
Coriomeris affinis
Creators: name: Valcárcel, Javier Pérez
name: Trillo, Marina
name: París, Mercedes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Coriomeris
Coriomeris affinis

description: Coriomeris affinis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839)
 MARRUECOS:
 — Melilla, IV-1942, 1 ♂ y 1 ♀ montados en etiquetas en el mismo alfiler
 Etiquetado: MELILLA. Marruecos. PARDO ALCAIDE / IV-1942 [impreso en etiqueta blanca, manuscrita en el reverso] // Coriomeris atricornis [manuscrito por Pardo Alcaide en etiqueta blanca] // Coriomeris affinis (H.S.) ♂ ♀ J.P. Valcárcel det. [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _ Ent 304890 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
  — Zaid Ulad-Setut, IV-1944, 1  ♂
 Etiquetado: ZAID (Ulad-Setut). Melilla-Marruecos. PARDO ALCAIDE / IV-1944 [impreso en etiqueta blanca, manuscrita en el reverso] // Coriomeris atricornis [manuscrito por Pardo Alcaide en etiqueta blanca] // Coriomeris affinis (H.S.) ♂ J.P.Valcárcel det. [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _Ent 304891 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
 Especie de distribución paleártica occidental (Dolling, 2006d), con citas dispersas de gran parte de Marruecos (Bergevin, 1916; Lindberg, 1932; Vidal, 1937; Linnavuori, 1972; Dethier & Wahis, 1997).
description: Published as part of Valcárcel, Javier Pérez, Trillo, Marina & París, Mercedes, 2021, Coreoidea y Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera) de la colección Pardo Alcaide en el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (CSIC) (España), pp. 355-366 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 24 on page 358, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13245034
Hillclimbing in a hierarchy of abstraction spaces
Creators: name: Ellman, Thomas
name: Patra, Saibal
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1994

description: Hillclimbing search has been shown to be useful for solving constraint satisfaction problems that are too large to be attacked using backtracking search. Nevertheless, hillclimbing search can be computationally expensive when the length of each climb is long, or when many climbs are required due to the presence of local, but non-global optima. ``Hierarchic Hillclimbing'' (HHC) is an extension of ordinary ``Flat Hillclimbing'' that is designed to attack such difficulties. HHC carries out hillclimbing search in a hierarchy of abstraction spaces, starting with the most abstract and proceeding to the most concrete. HHC takes as input a description of the abstraction hierarchy, as well as an evaluation function for each abstraction level. The HHC algorithm has been implemented along with a program to synthesize the required abstraction hierarchies and evaluation functions. The synthesis program and the HHC algorithm have been tested in the domains of uniprocessor scheduling and two dimensional tile packing. Results show HHC to improve in two ways on ordinary hillclimbing without abstraction: HHC requires less computation time to complete a single climb. In addition, when the abstraction hierarchy is chosen with care HHC is more likely to find a solution on a single climb.
Prevalence of Hepatitis B, C, and D in Germany: Results From a Scoping Review
Creators: name: Sperle, Ida
name: Steffen, Gyde
name: Leendertz, Siv Aina
name: Sarma, Navina
name: Beermann, Sandra
name: Thamm, Roma
name: Simeonova, Yanita
name: Cornberg, Markus
name: Wedemeyer, Heiner
name: Bremer, Viviane
name: Zimmermann, Ruth
name: Dudareva, Sandra
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: One of the five strategic directions in the World Health Organization global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis 2016–2021 is to generate strong strategic information for focused action to understand the viral hepatitis epidemic and focus the response. Knowledge of national prevalence is a cornerstone of strategic information. Germany is considered to be a low prevalence country for viral hepatitis B, C, and D, however the prevalence is likely to be higher among at-risk groups. Methods: The aim of this work was to give a detailed overview of the prevalence of viral hepatitis B (HBsAg, anti-HBc), C (anti-HCV, HCV RNA), and D (anti-HDV, HDV RNA) in different population groups in Germany. Therefore, we analyzed the results of a comprehensive literature search on various aspects of the epidemiological situation of hepatitis B, C, and D in Germany. Eligible publications including information on hepatitis B, C, and D prevalence were extracted from the overall spreadsheet table and summarized and analyzed based on virus and different population groups. A quality appraisal was performed using a checklist developed by Hoy et al. to assess risk of bias in prevalence studies. Results: Overall, 51 publications were identified through the literature search. The overall prevalence of HBsAg in the general (and proxy) population ranged from 0.3 to 1.6%. Among at-risk groups, including clinical populations and health care workers, the HBsAg prevalence ranged from 0.2% (among rheumatic patients) to 4.5% among HIV positive patients. The overall prevalence of anti-HCV in the general (and proxy) population ranged from 0.2 to 1.9%. Among at-risk groups, including clinical populations and health care workers, the anti-HCV prevalence ranged from 0.04% (among health care workers) to 68.0% among people who inject drugs. Conclusions: The hepatitis B and C prevalence in the general population in Germany is low. Prevalence is high to very high among at-risk populations, however for some groups evidence was incomplete or missing completely. To reach the elimination goals in Germany and implement a targeted response, more research among at-risk groups is needed.
Coriomeris hirticornis
Creators: name: Valcárcel, Javier Pérez
name: Trillo, Marina
name: París, Mercedes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Coriomeris
Coriomeris hirticornis

description: Coriomeris hirticornis (Fabricius, 1794)
 MARRUECOS:
 — Muley Rechid, 31-X-1943, 1 ♂ Etiquetado : Muley Rechid (Ulad-Setut). Melilla-Marruecos. PARDO ALCAIDE. 31-X-1943 [impreso en etiqueta blanca, manuscrita en el reverso] // Coriomeris atricornis [manuscrito por Pardo Alcaide en etiqueta blanca] // Coriomeris hirticornis (F.) ♂ J.P. Valcárcel det. [manuscrito en etiqueta blanca] // MNCN _Ent 304892 [impreso en etiqueta verdosa].
 Especie de distribución paleártica (Dolling, 2006d). Citada de Marruecos de escasas localidades de la mitad norte: Casablanca (Bergevin, 1916), Azrou, Tanger (Lindberg, 1932), Berkane (Vidal, 1937), Meknes (Moulet, 1995).
description: Published as part of Valcárcel, Javier Pérez, Trillo, Marina & París, Mercedes, 2021, Coreoidea y Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera) de la colección Pardo Alcaide en el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (CSIC) (España), pp. 355-366 in Arquivos Entomolóxicos 24 on page 358, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13245034
D3.3. Report on Insights from the Design and Construction of Ecosystems and Game Jams. Quadruple Helix Cultural Hubs,  Cultural Game Jams,   and Games through & for Culture
Creators: name: Holflod, Kim
name: Nørgård, Rikke Toft
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Quadruple Helix
Cultural Hubs
EPIC-WE
Cultural Game Jams

description: This report presents key insights from the EPIC-WE project and its design and construction of the Quadruple Helix Cultural Innovation Ecosystem, Cultural Hubs, and Cultural Game Jams, along with models, methods, and tools. It explores how cultural heritage institutions, creative industries, higher education institutions, and youth can enter transformative quadruple helix partnerships and ‘meet in the middle’ by forming cultural hubs and conducting cultural game jams to co-create games through and for culture for empowered cross-sector participation. At its core, the project investigates how Quadruple Helix (QH) Cultural Hubs, cultural game jams, and games through and for culture can foster transformative and participatory cultural innovation ecosystems while empowering youth and sectors alike.
Gender inequality in the labor market during economic transition: changes in India’s manufacturing sector
Creators: name: Menon, Nidhiya
name: Rodgers, Yana
Publisher: name: Routledge
Year: 2009
Subjects: Labor market
Wages
Economic Development

description: As developing and transition economies enter the next phase of reforms, labor market issues increasingly come to the fore. With the increased competition from globalization, the discussion is shifting to the need for greater labor market flexibility and the creation of "good" jobs. Moreover, the greater actual and perceived insecurity in labor markets has generated a new agenda on how to structure safety nets and labor market regulation. The older questions of the links between the formal and informal labor market, reappear with new dimensions and significance. More generally, it is clear that an accurate understanding of how labor market structures function is essential if we are to analyze alternative policy proposals in the wake of these concerns.
description: Oddly enough, in spite of this great importance, there are no recent monographs that bring together rigorous studies produced by academic researchers on these various issues. This book fills that gap. Under the steely editorship of Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar, the contributors flourish in their attempts to enliven these debates.
title: Actions and Words: Meaning Making in a Bilingual Arabic/English Kindergarten
Creators: name: Swanborough-Nilson, Christine Ann
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2020

description: Much research relating to bilingual education in the early years has focused on how young children are learning a new language, viewed from a monolingual paradigm of language use (Tabors 1997, Clarke 1999, Cummins 2001, Drury 2007, Genesee 2008). Recent sociocultural research on meaning-making in communities (García and Sylvan 2011, Gort and Sembiante 2015, Wei 2018, Creese and Blackledge 2019) reveals a less rigid boundary between named languages, and an emerging theory of translanguaging. This theory offers a new perspective from which to view pedagogical practices in bilingual classrooms. The multimodal nature of young children’s meaning-making has long been acknowledged, founded on the work of Vygotsky in the 1920s, and is evident in the variety of pedagogical practices used by early years teachers to support meaning-making (Rogoff 1990, Siraj-Blatchford et al 2002). More recently, multimodal meaning-making has been explored in different communities (Kress 2000, Flewitt 2013, Bezemer and Kress 2014), revealing the many different modes of communication regularly employed to share meaning. However, in studies of early bilingual education, the significance of non-verbal behaviours has often been overlooked. This thesis therefore sets out to explore the significance of multimodal meaning-making and a pedagogy for translingual practice (Canagarajah 2013) in an early years bilingual context. Using ethnographic tools, it analyses the pedagogical practices of two teachers working in a co-teaching situation in a kindergarten in Abu Dhabi. By an iterative process of data analysis, it explores how those practices contribute to children’s development as confident bilingual learners. The findings indicate that, as teachers create new spaces for learning using action and gesture as well as speech, children are empowered to draw on both verbal and non-verbal modes of meaning-making in a fluid process of bilingual and multimodal languaging. Emergent bilingualism, translanguaging, multimodality, sociocultural theory, early years, co-teaching, Arabian Gulf.