cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Extensional neotectonic regime in West-southwest Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey
Creators: name: Aksoy, Rahmi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: In the Central Anatolia, the style of neotectonic regime governing the region has been a controversial issue. A tectonic study was carried out in order to contribute to this issue and better understand the neotectonic stress distribution and style of deformation in the west-southwest of the Konya region. From Middle Miocene to Recent time, Konya region was part of the Central Anatolia extensional province. The present-day topography in the west-southwestern part of Konya is characterized by alternating elongate grabens and horsts trending E-W and NW-SE. The grabens were developed upon low-grade metamorphic rocks of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic ages and ophiolite slabs of possibly Late Cretaceous age. The evolutionary history of grabens is episodic as evidenced by two graben infills; older and younger graben infills separated by an angular unconformity. The older infill consists of fluviolacustrine sequence intercalated with calc-alkaline lavas and pyroclastic rocks. This infill is folded; thrust faulted and Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene in age. The younger and undeformed basin fill comprises mainly of Plio-Quaternary conglomerates, sandstone-mudstone alternations of alluvial fan and recent basin floor deposits. Three major tectonic phases were differentiated based on the detailed mapping, morphological features and kinematic analysis. Approximately N-S trending extension began in the Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene in the region with the formation of E-W and NW-SE-trending grabens. Following NE-SW-directed compression which deformed the older basin fill deposits by folding and thrusting, a second period of ENE-WSW-trending extension began in the late Pliocene and continued to the present. The west-southwestern margin of the Konya depression is bounded by the Konya Fault Zone. It is an oblique-slip normal fault with a minor dextral strike-slip component and exhibits well-preserved fault slickensides and slickenlines. Recent seismicity and fault-related morphological features reveal that the Konya Fault Zone is an active neotectonic structure.
Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia)
Creators: name: Bílý, Svatopluk
name: Brûlé, Stéphane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilaxia

description: Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) sp. B
(Figs 16, 39)
 Specimen studied. FRENCH GUIANA: COMMUNITE DE ROURA: “Guyane Fr., 12.iv.2010, Mont. des Chevaux, Comm. de Roura, RN2 PK22, 75 m, 4°44′56′′N 52°26′28′′W, P.-H. Dalens leg.” (1 J, NMPC).
The poorly preserved specimen without the abdomen except for the part of terminal ventrites with the aedeagus (Fig. 39).
Small (4.9 mm), completely black, slender (1.1 mm), matt species with dark green frons, scutellum and lateral pronotal margins; very narrow, medial, pronotal stripe dark blue-green (Fig. 16); preserved part of ventral side lustrous, dark bronze.
 This species belongs most probably to the Agrilaxia opima species-group (see above) which is characterised by the convex frons, deeply emarginate lateral pronotal margins and well defined “agriloid” and posthumeral carinae. Unfortunately this very badly preserved specimen is not suitable for the description of a new species.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk & Brûlé, Stéphane, 2013, A study on the genus Agrilaxia of French Guiana (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 657-686 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on pages 684-685, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740762
UPLC-Q-Orbitrap-MS2 analysis of Moringa oleifera leaf extract and its antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities
Creators: name: Yan, Guo
name: Liping, Sun
name: Yongliang, Zhuang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Moringa oleifera leaf acetone extract (MLE) was prepared. Phytochemicals of MLE and their antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities were evaluated. Results showed that MLE contained total phenolic content of 20.16 mg gallic acid equivalents/g dry weight. A total of 39 compounds were identified by mass spectrometry. The contents of acetyl-glucomoringin, caffeoylquinic acid, feruloylquinic acid, and coumarylquinic acid were high. MLE had high DPPH· and ABTS•+ scavenging activities and reducing powder. In addition, MLE could effectively inhibit S. aureus and B. subtilis, but little effect on E. coli was found. The anti-inflammatory effect of MLE was evaluated using a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) -induced RAW 264.7 cell model. MLE significantly inhibited nitric oxide (NO) production and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA levels in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells. The inhibitory activity increased in a dose-dependent manner. The bioactivities of MLE were related to its phenolic content and phenolic profiles.
Short intervals asymptotic formulae for binary problems with prime powers, II
Creators: name: Languasco, Alessandro
name: Zaccagnini, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We improve some results about the asymptotic formulae in short intervals for the average number of representations of integers of the forms $n=p_{1}^{\ell_1}+p_{2}^{\ell_2}$ and $n=p^{\ell_1} + m^{\ell_2}$, where $\ell_1, \ell_2\ge 2$ are fixed integers, $p,p_1,p_2$ are prime numbers and $m$ is an integer.
description: 16 pages
Sporadic randomness, Maxwell's Demon and the Poincare' recurrence times
Creators: name: Aquino, Gerardo
name: Grigolini, Paolo
name: Scafetta, Nicola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the case of fully chaotic systems the distribution of the Poincare'recurrence times is an exponential whose decay rate is the Kolmogorov-Sinai(KS) entropy.We address the discussion of the same problem, the connection between dynamics and thermodynamics,in the case of sporadic randomness,using the Manneville map as a prototype of this class of processes. We explore the possibility of relating the distribution of Poincare' recurrence times to `thermodynamics',in the sense of the KS entropy,also in the case of an inverse power law. This is the dynamic property that Zaslavsly [Phys.Today(8), 39(1999)] finds to be responsible for a striking deviation from ordinary statistical mechanics under the form of Maxwell's Demon effect. We show that this way of estabi- lishing a connection between thermodynamics and dynamics is valid only in the case of strong chaos. In the case of sporadic randomness, resulting at long times in the Levy diffusion processes,the sensitivity to initial conditions is initially an inverse pow erlaw,but it becomes exponential in the long-time scale, whereas the distribution of Poincare times keeps its inverse power law forever. We show that a nonextensive thermodynamics would imply the Maxwell's Demon effect to be determined by memory and thus to be temporary,in conflict with the dynamic approach to Levy statistics. The adoption of heuristic arguments indicates that this effect,is possible, as a form of genuine equilibrium,after completion of the process of memory erasure.
description: 13 pages,two-column,latex-revtex,2 figures(2 files .eps)
The impact of treatment with indacaterol in patients with COPD: A post-hoc analysis according to GOLD 2011 categories A to D
Creators: name: Dahl, Ronald
name: Kornmann, Oliver
name: Donohue, James F.
name: Young, David
name: Lawrence, David
name: Deslée, Gaëtan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND: Indacaterol is an inhaled, once-daily, ultra-long-acting β2-agonist for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We report on the effectiveness of indacaterol and other bronchodilators compared with placebo in patients across the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 categories A to D.

METHODS: A post-hoc, subgroup pooled analysis of 6-month efficacy data from three randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group studies involving 3862 patients was performed across GOLD 2011 categories A to D, according to baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) % predicted, modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) dyspnea scale, and exacerbation history in the 12 months prior to entry. Efficacy of once-daily indacaterol 150 and 300 μg, open-label tiotropium 18 μg, twice-daily salmeterol 50 μg, and formoterol 12 μg was compared with placebo. End points analysed were trough FEV1, transition dyspnea index (TDI), and St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score, all at Week 26, and mean rescue medication use over 26 weeks.

RESULTS: Indacaterol 150 and 300 μg significantly improved FEV1, compared with placebo across all GOLD groups. Indacaterol 150 and 300 μg also significantly improved TDI, SGRQ total score, and mean rescue medication use compared with placebo across most GOLD subgroups.

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment selection according to patient's symptoms as well as lung function is an important consideration in maintenance treatment of COPD. Indacaterol 150 and 300 μg effectively improved lung function and symptoms in patients across all GOLD 2011 categories.
Quality and reproducibility of spirometry in COPD patients in a randomized trial (UPLIFT®)
Creators: name: Liu, D.
name: Decramer, M.
name: Janssens, W.
name: Tashkin, D.P.
name: Kesten, S.
name: Liu, Y.
name: Celli, B.R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: BACKGROUND: This study explores spirometry quality and reproducibility in the Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium (UPLIFT(®)) trial.

METHODS: Four-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial in 5993 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Within-test variability of pre- and post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)) was compared across study visits. Between-test variability of best pre- or post-FEV(1) values between two visits 6 months apart was compared at the start, middle and end of the trial.

RESULTS: Three or more acceptable maneuvers were obtained in 93% of visits. Within-test variability of pre- and post-FEV(1) (mean standard deviation: 0.092 and 0.098 L) decreased during the trial. Between-test variability also decreased: pre-FEV(1) (visit 3-5 = 0.141 ± 0.138 L; visit 9-11 = 0.129 ± 0.121 L; visit 17-19 = 0.121 ± 0.122 L); post-FEV(1) (0.139 ± 0.140, 0.126 ± 0.123, 0.121 ± 0.122 L, respectively), and was dependent on age, sex, smoking status and disease stage, but not on bronchodilator response or study treatment.

CONCLUSION: Spirometry quality in UPLIFT(®) was good and improved during the trial. Between-test variability across patient subgroups suggests that relevant cut-offs for individual disease monitoring are difficult to establish.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00144339.
Cauchy formula and the character ring
Creators: name: Morozov, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cauchy summation formula plays a central role in application of character calculus to many problems, from AGT-implied Nekrasov decomposition of conformal blocks to topological-vertex decompositions of link invariants. We briefly review the equivalence between Cauchy formula and expressibility of skew characters through the Littlewood-Richardson coefficients. As not-quite-a-trivial illustration we consider how this equivalence works in the case of plane partitions -- at the simplest truly interesting level of just four boxes.
description: 9 pages
Invariant spin coherent states and the theory of quantum antiferromagnet in a paramagnetic phase
Creators: name: Belinicher, Victor I.
name: da Providencia, Joao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The consistent theory of the Heisenberg quantum antiferromagnet in the disordered phase with short range antiferromagnetic order was developed on the basis of the path integral for the spin coherent states. We have presented the Lagrangian of the theory in a form which is explicitly invariant under rotations and have found natural variables in the term of which one can construct a natural perturbation theory. The short wave spin fluctuations are similar to the spin wave theory ones, and the long wave spin fluctuations are governed by the nonlinear sigma model. We have also demonstrated that the short wave spin fluctuations have to be considered accurately in the framework of the discrete version in time of the path integral. In the framework of our approach we have obtained the response function for the spin fluctuations for the whole region of the frequency $ω$ and the wave vector ${\bf k}$ and have calculated the free energy of the system.
description: 7 pages, LATEX2e
Nemurella Kempny 1898
Creators: name: Bojková, Jindřiška
name: Soldán, Tomáš
name: Cr, Biology Centre As
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Nemouridae
Nemurella

description: Nemurella Kempny, 1898
 Nemurella pictetii Klapálek, 1900 B M = Nemurella picteti Klapálek, 1900
description: Published as part of Bojková, Jindřiška, Soldán, Tomáš & Cr, Biology Centre As, 2013, Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Czech Republic: species checklist, distribution and protection status, pp. 443-484 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on page 463, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740806
A new approach to gauge coupling unification and proton decay
Creators: name: Pokorski, Stefan
name: Rolbiecki, Krzysztof
name: Ross, Graham G.
name: Sakurai, Kazuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An analytical formalism, including RG running at two loop order, is used to link the supersymmetric and GUT spectra in any GUT model in which the three gauge couplings unify. In each specific GUT model, one can then fully explore the interplay between the pattern of supersymmetry breaking and the prediction for the proton lifetime. With this formalism at hand, we study three concrete GUT models: (i) Minimal SU(5) SUSY GUT, (ii) Missing Partner SU(5) SUSY GUT, and (iii) an orbifold SU(5) SUSY GUT. In each case we derive interesting conclusions about the possible patterns of the supersymmetric spectrum once the present limits on the proton lifetime are imposed, and vice versa, we obtain the predictions for the proton lifetime for specific viable choices of the SUSY spectrum.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures, version published in JHEP
A simple rule to identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who may need treatment reevaluation
Creators: name: Altman, Pablo R.
name: Rodriguez-Roisin, Roberto
name: Hanania, Nicola A.
name: Sharafkhaneh, Amir
name: Colice, Gene L.
name: Kurlander, Jonathan L.
name: Altan, Aylin E.
name: Donohue, James F.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BACKGROUND: A simple rule based on short-acting inhaled β2-agonist (SABA) use could identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at increased risk of exacerbations and signal the need for maintenance therapy change, similar to asthma "Rules of Two(®)".

METHODS: Associations between SABA use, COPD exacerbations, and health care costs over 1 year were examined retrospectively using de-identified patient data from the Optum Research Database (ORD; N = 56,581) and the Impact National Benchmark Database (IMPACT™; N = 9423). Nebulized and metered-dose inhaler (MDI) SABA doses were normalized to 2.5 mg and 90 mcg albuterol equivalents, respectively.

RESULTS: The GOLD initiative establishes ≥2 exacerbations/year as indicative of increased risk in COPD. We identified a correlation (p < 0.0001) between 1.5 SABA doses/day and this frequency of exacerbations. In ORD, patients using ≥1.5 versus <1.5 SABA doses/day experienced significantly more exacerbations: 1.92 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.89-1.96) versus 1.36 (95% CI, 1.34-1.38) per patient year (PPY). Above-threshold use was associated with higher average annual COPD-related costs (2010 $US): $21,868 (standard deviation [SD], $53,910) versus $11,686 (SD, $32,707) for nebulized SABA only, $9216 (SD, $30,710) versus $7334 (SD, $24,853) for MDI SABA only, and $15,806 (SD, $35,260) versus $11,233 (SD, $27,006) for both nebulized and MDI SABA. IMPACT™ validated these findings.

CONCLUSION: Patients with COPD using ≥1.5 SABA doses/day were at increased risk of exacerbations. Our results suggest a "Rule of 3-2": SABA use ≥3 times in 2 days should be considered a clinical marker for needing treatment reevaluation.
Liocheles australasiae
Creators: name: Kovařík, František
name: Ranawana, Kithsiri B.
name: Sanjeewa Jayarathne, V. A.
name: Karunarathna, Sanjaya
name: Ullrich, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Hormuridae
Liocheles
Liocheles australasiae

description: Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)
(Figs. 1–14)
 Liocheles australasiae: Fet, 2000: 395–397 (in part, complete reference and synonymy list until 2000); Monod & Prendini, 2014: 25–26.
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. "in insulis Oceani pacifi"; BMNH (The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom).
SRI LANKAN MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sri Lanka, Southern Province, Galle District, Bentota, 06°24'27.5"N 80°01'29.2"E, 3 m a.s.l., 18.XII.2016, 3♀, leg. V. A. Sanjeewa Jayarathne, FKCP (the first author collection). The specimens were found inside a stone wall and under old bark of branches and in dry leaves on the land near a domestic tea cultivation field; also under the flower pots in home garden.
 DIAGNOSIS. Total length 22–36 mm. Patella of pedipalps with 3 ventral trichobothria (Fig. 3); trichobothrium Eb3 located in base of chela near trichobothria Db, Eb1, Eb2, and Esb (Fig. 2). Color uniformly reddish to yellowish brown, telson always yellow. Not troglobitic, median and three lateral pigmented eyes present. Chelicerae yellowish brown, reticulate. Carapace lacks carinae, punctate and bears straight median longitudinal groove. Pectinal teeth number 4–8. Metasomal segments sparsely setose and finely punctate, with smooth and rounded dorsal and lateral margins. Pedipalps covered by granules, dorsal surface of chela and femur of pedipalp granulated densely by bigger granules. Mainly ventral surface of pedipalp punctate (Figs. 1–8). In contrast to female, in males fingers of chela con-spicuously flexed, but most of populations are parthenogenetic.
description: Published as part of Kovařík, František, Ranawana, Kithsiri B., Sanjeewa Jayarathne, V. A., Karunarathna, Sanjaya & Ullrich, Alexander, 2018, Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Family Hormuridae, pp. 1-5 in Euscorpius 258 on pages 1-5
Breathing easier: Addressing the challenges of aerosolizing medications to infants and preschoolers
Creators: name: Davis, Stephanie D.
name: Goralski, Jennifer L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: An increasing number of patients are dependent on aerosolized therapy to manage pulmonary diseases, including asthma, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. An aerosol therapy is only useful if it can be appropriately and consistently delivered in the desired dose to the lower respiratory tract. Many factors affect this deposition in young children, including anatomical and physiologic differences between adults and children, patient-mask interface issues, the challenge of administering medication to uncooperative children, and behavioral adherence. Moreover, the techniques used to assess aerosol delivery to pediatric patients need to be carefully evaluated as new therapies and drug-device combinations are tested. In this review, we will address some of the challenges of delivering aerosolized medications to pediatric patients.
A New Type of Electron Nuclear-Spin Interaction from Resistively Detected NMR in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Regime
Creators: name: Kronmueller, S.
name: Dietsche, W.
name: Klitzing, K. v.
name: Denninger, G.
name: Wegscheider, W.
name: Bichler, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two dimensional electron gases in narrow GaAs quantum wells show huge longitudinal resistance (HLR) values at certain fractional filling factors. Applying an RF field with frequencies corresponding to the nuclear spin splittings of {69}Ga, {71}Ga and {75}As leads to a substantial decreases of the HLR establishing a novel type of resistively detected NMR. These resonances are split into four sub lines each. Neither the number of sub lines nor the size of the splitting can be explained by established interaction mechanisms.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Improvements in lung function with umeclidinium/vilanterol versus fluticasone propionate/salmeterol in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD and infrequent exacerbations
Creators: name: Worsley, Sally
name: Hardaker, Liz
name: Donohue, James F.
name: Church, Alison
name: Zhu, Chang-Qing
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND: Umeclidinium (UMEC; long-acting muscarinic antagonist [LAMA])/vilanterol (VI; long-acting beta2-agonist [LABA]) and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (FP/SAL) (inhaled corticosteroid/LABA) are approved maintenance therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Two studies compared efficacy and safety of UMEC/VI with FP/SAL in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD with no exacerbations in the previous year.

METHODS: In these 12-week, multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group, double-dummy trials, randomized (1:1) patients received once-daily UMEC/VI 62.5/25 mcg or twice-daily FP/SAL 250/50 mcg (DB2114930 n = 353 and 353; DB2114951 n = 349 and 348, respectively; intent-to-treat). Endpoints included 0-24 h weighted mean (wm) forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) (Day 84; primary), trough FEV1 (Day 85; secondary), other lung function endpoints, dyspnea, quality of life (QoL) and safety.

RESULTS: UMEC/VI demonstrated statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvements in lung function measures versus FP/SAL. For 0-24 h wmFEV1 (Day 84), improvements with UMEC/VI versus FP/SAL were 74 mL (95% confidence interval [CI]: 38-110; DB2114930) and 101 mL (63-139; DB2114951) (both p < 0.001). Trough FEV1 improvements were 82 mL (45-119) and 98 mL (59-137) (both p < 0.001) for UMEC/VI versus FP/SAL, respectively. Both treatments demonstrated similar, clinically meaningful improvements from baseline in dyspnea (Transition Dyspnea Index focal score >1 unit) and QoL (St George's Respiratory Questionnaire Total score >4-unit decrease) in both studies with no statistical differences between treatments. Adverse event rates were similar: 26 and 30% UMEC/VI; 27 and 31% FP/SAL.

CONCLUSIONS: Once-daily UMEC/VI 62.5/25 mcg over 12 weeks resulted in statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvements in lung function versus twice-daily FP/SAL 250/50 mcg in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD with infrequent exacerbations. Both treatments improved dyspnea and QoL.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: DB2114930/NCT01817764; DB2114951/NCT01879410.
Wait-free algorithms for fast, long-lived renaming
Creators: name: Anderson, James H.
name: Moir, Mark
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1995

description: In the classic one-time renaming problem, processes are required to choose new names in order to reduce the size of their name space. We introduce a new, more general version of the renaming problem called long-lived renaming, in which processes may repeatedly acquire and release names. We also present several wait-free algorithms for both one-time and long-lived renaming on shared-memory multiprocessing systems. Previous wait-free renaming algorithms have time complexity that is dependent on the size of the original name space. In contrast, most of our algorithms have time complexity that is independent of the size of the original name space.
Pharmacokinetic analysis of DCE-MRI data of locally advanced cervical carcinoma with the Brix model
Creators: name: Lund, Kjersti V.
name: Simonsen, Trude G.
name: Kristensen, Gunnar B.
name: Rofstad, Einar K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Background: There is significant evidence that DCE-MRI may have the potential to provide clinically useful biomarkers of the outcome of locally advanced cervical carcinoma. However, there is no consensus on how to analyze DCE-MRI data to arrive at the most powerful biomarkers. The purpose of this study was to analyze DCE-MRI data of cervical cancer patients by using the Brix pharmacokinetic model and to compare the biomarkers derived from the Brix analysis with biomarkers determined by non-model-based analysis [i.e., low-enhancing tumor volume (LETV) and tumor volume with increasing signal (TVIS)] of the same patient cohort. Material and methods: DCE-MRI recordings of 80 patients (FIGO stage IB–IVA) treated with concurrent cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy were analyzed voxel-by-voxel, and frequency distributions of the three parameters of the Brix model (ABrix, kep, and kel) were determined. Moreover, risk volumes were calculated from the Brix parameters and termed RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel, where the RVs represent the tumor volume with voxel values below a threshold value determined by ROC analysis. Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were used as measures of treatment outcome. Results: Significant associations between the median value or any other percentile value of ABrix, kep, or kel and treatment outcome were not found. However, RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel correlated with DFS and OS. Multivariate analysis revealed that the prognostic power of RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel was independent of well-established clinical prognostic factors. RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel correlated with each other as well as with LETV and TVIS. Conclusion: Strong biomarkers of the outcome of locally advanced cervical carcinoma can be provided by subjecting DCE-MRI series to pharmacokinetic analysis using the Brix model. The prognostic power of these biomarkers is not necessarily superior to that of biomarkers identified by non-model-based analyses.
Handouts - Ten Lectures on Figurative Meaning-Making: The Role of Body and Context
Creators: name: Kövecses, Zoltán
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The present book contains a transcribed version of the lectures given by Professor Zoltán Kövecses in November 2010 as one of the three forum speakers for the 8th China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics. The topics presented in this book deal with the language and conceptualization of emotions, cross-cultural variation in metaphor, metaphor and metonymy in discourse, and the issue of the relationship between language, mind, and culture from a cognitive linguistic perspective.
Zeugophorella clypealis Sekerka & Vives 2013, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Sekerka, Lukáš
name: Vives, Eduard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Megalopodidae
Zeugophorella
Zeugophorella clypealis

description: Zeugophorella clypealis (Medvedev, 1996) comb. nov.
 Pedrilliomorpha clypealis Medvedev, 1996: 68 (type locality: “ Irian Jaya: Manokwari, Testega, 1100-1220 m ”).
 Type material. HOLOTYPE ♀ (glued): “ Irian Jaya:Manok- | wari, Testega | 11.4.1993 1100- | leg.A.RIEDEL 1220m [pale violet, printed and cardboard label] || Holotypus [red, handwritten and cardboard label] || Holotypus | Pedrilliomorpha [handwritten] | clypealis m. [handwritten] | L. Medvedev det. 199[printed]5[handwritten] [white, printed and cardboard label]” (SMNS).
 Additional material. WEST PAPUA: SORONG: Batanta Islands, Waylebet, 500–820 m, 29.x.–1.xi.1996, 1 spec., A. Riedel lgt. (SMNS).
 Distribution. Indonesia: West Papua: Manokwari (MEDVEDEV 1996) and Sorong provinces (present paper).
description: Published as part of Sekerka, Lukáš & Vives, Eduard, 2013, Review of Zeugophorinae of New Guinea, with description of Zeugophorella gen. nov. and new synonyms of Zeugophora (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae), pp. 747-762 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on page 759, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5740745
Magnon Broadening Effect by Magnon-Phonon Interaction in Colossal Magnetoresistance Manganites
Creators: name: Furukawa, Nobuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to study the magnetic excitation behaviors in colossal magnetoresistance manganites, a magnon-phonon interacting system is investigated. Sudden broadening of magnon linewidth is obtained when a magnon branch crosses over an optical phonon branch. Onset of the broadening is approximately determined by the magnon density of states. Anomalous magnon damping at the brillouine zone boundary observed in low Curie temperature manganites is explained.
description: 4 pages incl. 4 figs. New e-mail: furukawa@phys.aoyama.ac.jp
Successful treatment of childhood prolonged refractory status epilepticus with lacosamide
Creators: name: Shiloh-Malawsky, Yael
name: Greenwood, Robert
name: Tennison, Michael
name: Fan, Zheng
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: AbstractProlonged, refractory status epilepticus is a rare clinical syndrome that is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. Lacosamide is a newly approved medication for treatment of partial onset seizures in adults, which has a novel mechanism of action. Experimental data and recent reports suggest that lacosamide could be effective in status epilepticus. We report a child with prolonged, refractory status epilepticus that persisted for 10 weeks despite treatment with multiple anti-epileptics and anesthetics and was then aborted with lacosamide. This is the first report of the effect of lacosamide in prolonged refractory status epilepticus, and the first report of lacosamide efficacy in status epilepticus in a child.
X-ray natural circular dichroism
Creators: name: Carra, Paolo
name: Benoist, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper discusses a theory of natural circular dichroism in the x-ray region. Integrated spectra are interpreted in terms of microscopic effective operators, which are derived in the framework of a localised (atomic) model. It is shown that the generators of a de Sitter group, such as that introduced by Goshen and Lipkin for nuclear structure, are suitable for describing electronic properties of non-centrosymmetric crystals.
description: 4 pages revtex, no figures
Optimal power generation using dark states in dimers strongly coupled to their environment
Creators: name: Rouse, D. M.
name: Gauger, E. M.
name: Lovett, B. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dark state protection has been proposed as a mechanism to increase the power output of light harvesting devices by reducing the rate of radiative recombination. Indeed many theoretical studies have reported increased power outputs in dimer systems which use quantum interference to generate dark states. These models have typically been restricted to particular geometries and to weakly coupled vibrational baths. Here we consider the experimentally-relevant strong vibrational coupling regime with no geometric restrictions on the dimer. We analyze how dark states can be formed in the dimer by numerically minimizing the emission rate of the lowest energy excited eigenstate, and then calculate the power output of the molecules with these dark states. We find that there are two distinct types of dark states depending on whether the monomers form homodimers, where energy splittings and dipole strengths are identical, or heterodimers, where there is some difference. Homodimers, which exploit destructive quantum interference, produce high power outputs but strong phonon couplings and perturbations from ideal geometries are extremely detrimental. Heterodimers, which are closer to the classical picture of a distinct donor and acceptor molecule, produce an intermediate power output that is relatively stable to these changes. The strong vibrational couplings typically found in organic molecules will suppress destructive interference and thus favour the dark-state enhancement offered by heterodimers.
description: 20+18 pages, 5+5 figures. We have updated Figures 4, 5, F1 and G1 to correct for a minor error, however the correction is small and does not change the message of the paper. We have also added a paragraph to the appendix to detail how the rotating wave approximation and double excited state affect the master equation
Branching annihilating random walks with parity conservation on a square lattice
Creators: name: Szabo, Gyorgy
name: Santos, Maria Augusta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using Monte Carlo simulations we have studied the transition from an "active" steady state to an absorbing "inactive" state for two versions of the branching annihilating random walks with parity conservation on a square lattice. In the first model the randomly walking particles annihilate when they meet and the branching process creates two additional particles; in the second case we distinguish particles and antiparticles created and annihilated in pairs. Quite distinct critical behavior is found in the two cases, raising the question of what determines universality in this kind of systems.
description: 4 pages, 4 EPS figures included
New Designs on MVDR Robust Adaptive Beamforming Based on Optimal Steering Vector Estimation
Creators: name: Huang, Yongwei
name: Zhou, Mingkang
name: Vorobyov, Sergiy A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The robust adaptive beamforming design problem based on estimation of the signal of interest steering vector is considered in the paper. In this case, the optimal beamformer is obtained by computing the sample matrix inverse and an optimal estimate of the signal of interest steering vector. The common criteria to find the best estimate of the steering vector are the beamformer output SINR and output power, while the constraints assume as little as possible prior inaccurate knowledge about the signal of interest, the propagation media, and the antenna array. Herein, a new beamformer output power maximization problem is formulated and solved subject to a double-sided norm perturbation constraint, a similarity constraint, and a quadratic constraint that guarantees that the direction-of-arrival (DOA) of the signal of interest is away from the DOA region of all linear combinations of the interference steering vectors. In the new robust design, the prior information required consists of some allowable error norm bounds, the approximate knowledge of the antenna array geometry, and the angular sector of the signal of interest. It turns out that the array output power maximization problem is a non-convex QCQP problem with inhomogeneous constraints. However, we show that the problem is still solvable, and develop efficient algorithms for finding globally optimal estimate of the signal of interest steering vector. The results are generalized to the case where an ellipsoidal constraint is considered, and sufficient conditions for the global optimality are derived. In addition, a new quadratic constraint on the actual signal steering vector is proposed in order to improve the array performance. To validate our results, simulation examples are presented, and they demonstrate the improved performance of the new robust beamformers in terms of the output SINR as well as the output power.
Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier controlled slope selection in epitaxial growth
Creators: name: Schinzer, S.
name: Köhler, S.
name: Reents, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the step dynamics in a 1+1 dimensional model of epitaxial growth based on the BCF-theory. The model takes analytically into account the diffusion of adatoms, an incorporation mechanism and an Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier at step edges. We find that the formation of mounds with a stable slope is closely related to the presence of an incorporation mechanism. We confirm this finding using a Solid-On-Solid model in 2+1 dimensions. In the case of an infinite step edge barrier we are able to calculate the saturation profile analytically. Without incorporation but with inclusion of desorption and detachment we find a critical flux for instable growth but no slope selection. In particular, we show that the temperature dependence of the selected slope is solely determined by the Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier which opens a new possibility in order to measure this fundamental barrier in experiments.
description: 17 pages, 4 figures
Seizures and antiepileptic drugs in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages
Creators: name: Srinivasan, Shraddha
name: Shin, Haewon
name: Dworetzky, Barbara A.
name: Chou, Sherry H.-Y.
name: Pennell, Page B.
name: Lee, Jong Woo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: AbstractPurposePatients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are often initiated on antiepileptic drugs without a clear indication. We compared the percentage of patients with spontaneous ICH who had seizures at onset or during hospitalization, and examined empiric use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in these patients in 2 cohorts 10 years apart.MethodsUsing a clinical data registry at a tertiary care adult hospital, we retrospectively selected admissions for spontaneous ICH between 1/1/99–12/31/00 (Cohort A, n=30) and 1/1/09–12/31/10 (Cohort B, n=108). Clinical, neurophysiological and radiological data were collected in both cohorts.ResultsIn Cohorts A and B respectively, AEDs were started in 53.3% and 50.0%, and continued on discharge in 50.0% and 20.4% of patients; 86.6% and 59.1% of patients discharged on AEDs did not have a clinical/electrographic seizure or epileptiform EEG findings. Seizures occurred in 6.6% and 13.0% in Cohorts A and B respectively. The presence of a seizure at presentation (p=0.01) and during hospitalization (p=0.02) were predictors for continuing AED on discharge.ConclusionIn both cohorts, a significant number of patients were discharged on AEDs without a clear indication, though there is a change in practice between the two cohorts.
Ellipsoidal deformation of vertical quantum dots
Creators: name: Austing, D. G.
name: Sasaki, S.
name: Tarucha, S.
name: Reimann, S. M.
name: Koskinen, M.
name: Manninen, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Addition energy spectra at 0 T of circular and ellipsoidally deformed few-electron vertical quantum dots are measured and compared to results of model calculations within spin-density functional theory. Because of the rotational symmetry of the lateral harmonic confining potential, circular dots show a pronounced shell structure. With the lifting of the single- particle level degeneracies, even a small deformation is found to radically alter the shell structure leading to significant modifications in the addition energy spectra. Breaking the circular symmetry with deformation also induces changes in the total spin. This "piezo-magnetic" behavior of quantum dots is discussed, and the addition energies for a set of realistic deformation parameters are provided. For the case of the four-electron ground state at 0 T, a spin-triplet to spin-singlet transition is predicted, i.e. Hund's first rule no longer applies. Application of a magnetic field parallel to the current confirms that this is the case, and also suggests that the anisotropy of an elliptical dot, in practice, may be higher than that suggested by the geometry of the device mesa in which the dot is located.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures (original figures available on request)
Pharmacokinetic analysis of DCE-MRI data of locally advanced cervical carcinoma with the Brix model
Creators: name: Lund, Kjersti V.
name: Simonsen, Trude G.
name: Kristensen, Gunnar B.
name: Rofstad, Einar K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Background: There is significant evidence that DCE-MRI may have the potential to provide clinically useful biomarkers of the outcome of locally advanced cervical carcinoma. However, there is no consensus on how to analyze DCE-MRI data to arrive at the most powerful biomarkers. The purpose of this study was to analyze DCE-MRI data of cervical cancer patients by using the Brix pharmacokinetic model and to compare the biomarkers derived from the Brix analysis with biomarkers determined by non-model-based analysis [i.e., low-enhancing tumor volume (LETV) and tumor volume with increasing signal (TVIS)] of the same patient cohort. Material and methods: DCE-MRI recordings of 80 patients (FIGO stage IB–IVA) treated with concurrent cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy were analyzed voxel-by-voxel, and frequency distributions of the three parameters of the Brix model (ABrix, kep, and kel) were determined. Moreover, risk volumes were calculated from the Brix parameters and termed RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel, where the RVs represent the tumor volume with voxel values below a threshold value determined by ROC analysis. Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were used as measures of treatment outcome. Results: Significant associations between the median value or any other percentile value of ABrix, kep, or kel and treatment outcome were not found. However, RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel correlated with DFS and OS. Multivariate analysis revealed that the prognostic power of RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel was independent of well-established clinical prognostic factors. RV-ABrix, RV-kep, and RV-kel correlated with each other as well as with LETV and TVIS. Conclusion: Strong biomarkers of the outcome of locally advanced cervical carcinoma can be provided by subjecting DCE-MRI series to pharmacokinetic analysis using the Brix model. The prognostic power of these biomarkers is not necessarily superior to that of biomarkers identified by non-model-based analyses.
One dimensional phase-ordering in the Ising model with space decaying interactions
Creators: name: Corberi, Federico
name: Lippiello, Eugenio
name: Politi, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of the phase ordering kinetics of the ferromagnetic one-dimensional Ising model dates back to 1963 for non conserved order parameter (NCOP) and to 1991 for conserved order parameter (COP). The case of long range interactions $J(r)$ has been widely studied at equilibrium but their effect on relaxation is a much less investigated field. Here we make a detailed numerical and analytical study of both cases, NCOP and COP. Many results are valid for any positive, decreasing coupling $J(r)$, but we focus specifically on the exponential case, $J_{exp}(r)=e^{-r/R}$ with varying $R>0$, and on the integrable power law case, $J_{pow}(r) =1/r^{1+σ}$ with $σ> 0$. We find that the {\it asymptotic} growth law $L(t)$ is the usual algebraic one, $L(t)\sim t^{1/z}$, of the corresponding model with nearest neighborg interaction ($z_{NCOP}=2$ and $z_{COP}=3$) for all models except $J_{pow}$ for small $σ$: in the non conserved case when $σ\le 1$ ($z_{NCOP}=σ+1$) and in the conserved case when $σ\to 0^+$ ($z_{COP}=4β+3$, where $β=1/T$ is the inverse of the absolute temperature). The models with space decaying interactions also differ markedly from the ones with nearest neighbors due to the presence of many long-lasting preasymptotic regimes, such as an exponential mean-field behavior with $L(t)\sim e^{t}$, a ballistic one with $L(t)\sim t$, a slow (logarithmic) behavior $L(t)\sim \ln t$ and one with $L(t)\sim t^{1/σ+1}$. All these regimes and their validity ranges have been found analytically and verified in numerical simulations. Our results show that the main effect of the conservation law is a strong slowdown of COP dynamics if interactions have an extended range. Finally, we compare the Ising model at hand with continuum approaches based on a Ginzburg-Landau free energy.
description: Accepted for publication in Journal of Statistical Physics (some changes, 28 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables)
Redes neurais artificiais na classificação de movimentos de mão por sinais eletromiográficos
Creators: name: Costa, Ana Clara Pereira Resende Da
name: Gouveia, Eber Lawrence Souza
name: Soares, Alcimar Barbosa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: ANN, EMG, MLP, LVQ

description: Prosthesis control through electromyographic signals has been used in many works, but it is still hard to achieve dexterity of a human hand. Current systems rely on the extraction of various features from the EMG signal to further classify user’s intention. In an attempt to contribute to the field, this paper investigates the performance of Multilayer Perceptron and Learning Vector Quantization to classify various classes of movement. Electromyography data were collected from four pairs of electrodes positioned around the forearm of six subjects. Seven classes of movement were classified based on features extracted in the time domain. The results showed that both methods can achieve accuracy above 92%, with a slight advantage for the Multilayer Perceptron - Learning Vector Quantization: 92.69%; Multilayer Perceptron: 94.56%.