cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cavity quantum electrodynamics of continuously monitored Bose-condensed atoms
Creators: name: Lee, Mark D.
name: Ruostekoski, Janne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study cavity quantum electrodynamics of Bose-condensed atoms that are subjected to continuous monitoring of the light leaking out of the cavity. Due to a given detection record of each stochastic realization, individual runs spontaneously break the symmetry of the spatial profile of the atom cloud and this symmetry can be restored by considering ensemble averages over many realizations. We show that the cavity optomechanical excitations of the condensate can be engineered to target specific collective modes. This is achieved by exploiting the spatial structure and symmetries of the collective modes and light fields. The cavity fields can be utilized both for strong driving of the collective modes and for their measurement. In the weak excitation limit the condensate-cavity system may be employed as a sensitive phonon detector which operates by counting photons outside the cavity that have been selectively scattered by desired phonons.
description: Published in Special Issue "Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Ultracold Atoms", eds. J. Goldwin and D. O'Dell
Hand and Respiratory Hygiene Practices and the Risk and Transmission of Human Coronavirus Infections in a UK Community Cohort
Creators: name: Hayward, Andrew
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: This is data from the Flu Watch Cohort Study used to examine the effect of hand hygiene on seasonal Coronavirus infection. The methods and results are described in Wellcome Open article Hand Hygiene Practices and the Risk and Transmission of Human Coronavirus Infections in a UK Community Cohort
Knowledge Management (KM) Requires Records Management: The Role of Retention Schedules in Businesses with KM Programs
Creators: name: Anderson, Daniel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Knowledge management (KM) is revolutionizing the ways business and public institutions preserve institutional memory and knowledge sharing. Companies found KM important for competitive advantage in the marketplace, because it provides a way to reflect on “lessons learned” from previous projects and programs. Information professionals (IPs) provide services to their clients by describing and locating needed information. New technologies and institutional needs have created a divide between the traditional IPs (librarians, records managers, and archivists) and KM positions (knowledge managers and information managers). Questions regarding whether librarians have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to handle the new era in IT presume an archaic, information-preserving heritage. The archival artifacts are not physical manifestations but continuously changing collections of bits and formats. It would seem KM and records in knowledge management systems (KMS)s require an IP with the technical skills and educational background to handle the new demands.
Haunted Collections: The Representation of Female Horror Authors in Public Library Collections
Creators: name: Norwood, Brittany
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: While several women are writing or have written in the horror genre, the stereotype that women do not write horror remains prevalent. This perception can lead to these female horror authors being overlooked in library collections. As underrepresenting female horror authors can negatively impact their addition to the horror canon as well as strengthen the stereotype that women do not write horror, it is important to examine library catalogs to see if they are representing female horror authors in their collections. This study performed a modified list-checking format of collection assessment to analyze the representation of female horror authors in the collections of five public libraries in North Carolina. Overall, female horror authors appeared to be more likely to be excluded from library collections than included, with levels of exclusion in library catalogs increasing for women of color who have written or are currently writing in the horror genre. Recommendations for how libraries can represent female authors in their collections are provided.
Single stellar populations in the near-infrared II. Synthesis models
Creators: name: Meneses-Goytia, S.
name: Peletier, R. F.
name: Trager, S. C.
name: Vazdekis, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present unresolved single stellar population synthesis models in the near-infrared (NIR) range. The extension to the NIR is important for the study of early-type galaxies, since these galaxies are predominantly old and therefore emit most of their light in this wavelength range. The models are based on a library of empirical stellar spectra, the NASA infrared telescope facility (IRTF) spectral library. Integrating these spectra along theoretical isochrones, while assuming an initial mass function (IMF), we have produced model spectra of single age-metallicity stellar populations at a resolution R~2000. These models can be used to fit observed spectral of globular clusters and galaxies, to derive their age distribution, chemical abundances and IMF. The models have been tested by comparing them to observed colours of elliptical galaxies and clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. Predicted absorption line indices have been compared to published indices of other elliptical galaxies. The comparisons show that our models are well suited for studying stellar populations in unresolved galaxies. They are particularly useful for studying the old and intermediate-age stellar populations in galaxies, relatively free from contamination of young stars and extinction by dust. These models will be indispensable for the study of the upcoming data from JWST and extremely large telescopes, such as the E-ELT.
description: 26 pages, 23 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Self-Awareness and therapeutic alliance in speech-language treatment of traumatic brain injury
Creators: name: Neal, J. Whitney
name: Greenwald, Margaret
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Purpose: To investigate the relationships among client self-awareness, client perception of the therapeutic alliance, and speech-language pathologist (SLP) communicative self-awareness in dyads of SLPs and traumatic brain injury (TBI) clients. Method: Nineteen SLP-TBI client dyads (N = 38) engaged in the same collaborative therapy task. At baseline, client self-awareness and client perception of the therapeutic alliance was assessed. SLP communicative self-awareness was measured by 1) a prediction/reflection questionnaire about their own communicative behaviour, administered pre- and post-treatment sessions, and 2) self-evaluation during a novel procedure using video review within three hours after the session. Result: Client self-awareness was not associated with client perceptions of the therapeutic alliance. Client perceptions of the therapeutic alliance were related to specific communicative intentions of the SLP. Regarding SLP communicative self-awareness, SLPs predicted their primary communication modality with 66% accuracy. The video review procedure yielded more detailed SLP communicative self-awareness ratings and was completed within real-world clinical settings. Conclusion: TBI client self-awareness may not impact the establishment of a strong therapeutic alliance between SLP and client. The finding that specific communicative intentions of the SLP were related to client perception of the therapeutic alliance should prompt further efforts to measure SLP communicative intentions and behaviours during TBI treatment sessions.
Differences in experiences of discrimination: an investigation of personality and person based characteristics in a twin design
Creators: name: Klatzka, Christoph
name: Hahn, Elisabeth
name: Spinath, Frank
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Discrimination experiences are a common phenomenon that does not happen at random, but instead appear to be linked to individual characteristics and social identities. Accordingly, being a member of an ethnic minority groups tends to increase the risk of experiencing discrimination. But not all members of a minority group report discrimination and not all individuals experiencing negative behavior against them regard this behavior as discrimination. There is either variation in a) the probability to become affected by unjust treatment, b) interpreting experiences of unjust treatment as discrimination, c) reporting perceived discrimination experiences, or d) a combination of the above. Evidence exists that each process, ultimately leading to the reporting of discrimination experiences, may depend on external (e.g, belonging to a social group, appearance or social behavior) and/or internal factors (e.g, personality, attribution styles). Despite the fact that the empirical literature offers a broad variety of potential variables that can ultimately lead to the perception of discrimination, such variables are seldom contrasted and potential confounds are not conclusively controlled for. Especially for controlling confounds, twin studies seem ideal: Twins, as a natural experiment, are matched for a number of variables, which potentially serve as reason to be discriminated against. In conclusion, the first aim of the study is to test, to what extend reports of discrimination depend on physical features or on other more obviously perceivable behavior (in the following called incident related features) and individual personality-like constructs (in the following called attribution related features) in a twin based sample, while taking multiple variables into account simultaneously. To explore the potential underlying mechanisms of discrimination experiences and attributions, the second aim of the study is to test whether variations of reports between twins will be mostly driven by twin’s differences in variables of the two aforementioned categories of variables (some variables increase either likelihood of an insult or the likelihood of attribution to the social belonging). To address these aims, secondary data analyses on the TwinLife data will be performed.
The Challenges of CASE Design Integration in the Telecommunication Application Domain
Creators: name: Capretz, Luiz Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The magnitude of the problems facing the telecommunication software industry is presently at a point at which software engineers should become deeply involved. This paper presents a research project on advanced telecommunication technology carried out in Europe, called BOOST (Broadband Object-Oriented Service Technology). The project involved cooperative work among telecommunication companies, research centres and universities from several countries. The challenges to integrate CASE tools to support software development within the telecommunication application domain are discussed. A software process model that encourages component reusability, named the X model, is described as part of a software life cycle model for the telecommunication software industry.
Pre-registration
Creators: name: Bornstein, Oren
name: Liviatan, Ido
name: Eyal, Tal
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: The aim of the experiment is to examine whether participants' preference for different positive emotions eliciting actions (Fun and Enjoyment vs. Pride and Self-Worth) depends on their negative emotions (Sadness vs. Anxiety).
An Exploration of Career-related Information Seeking Behavior on International Graduate Students at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Creators: name: Li, Zimu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: In this study, the researcher conducts semi-structured interviews with sixteen international graduate students at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to understand their information seeking behavior when choosing a career path. A detailed investigation of their information needs, information resources, and information barriers is done to understand international graduate students’ academic information use. The result of this study shows that the use of information resources by international graduate students varied between master students and doctoral students. In situations where they had difficulties in defining a career path from their chosen resources, many of them reported their expectation for the campus career consulting services.
MPEC 2023-T137 : 2023 TN4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TN4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Reading Riordan & More: An Analysis of Interviews Conducted in Chapel Hill Public Library to Determine Why Children Are Drawn to Mythology Retellings in Fiction
Creators: name: Anglin, Madeline
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This study describes an in-person interview of children patrons of the Chapel Hill Public Library system who enjoy reading mythology retellings. The interviews were conducted to determine the reason or reasons why children are drawn to these books.  The eight children who participated in the interview were between ages 8 and 16. The qualitative interview process ranged from 8 minutes to 20 minutes. Interviews appear to indicate a pull towards mythology retellings due to several reasons, ranging from plot to genre to the mythology itself, or a mix of those. The children interviewed displayed a mix of learning objectives as well, where some wanted to only read and learn more about mythologies they already knew, and some wanted to explore new territories. In addition, the popularity of Rick Riordan’s works played a huge roll in these interviews.
The effective field theory of K-mouflage
Creators: name: Brax, Philippe
name: Valageas, Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe K-mouflage models of modified gravity using the effective field theory of dark energy. We show how the Lagrangian density $K$ defining the K-mouflage models appears in the effective field theory framework, at both the exact fully nonlinear level and at the quadratic order of the effective action. We find that K-mouflage scenarios only generate the operator $(δg^{00}_{(u)})^n$ at each order $n$. We also reverse engineer K-mouflage models by reconstructing the whole effective field theory, and the full cosmological behaviour, from two functions of the Jordan-frame scale factor in a tomographic manner. This parameterisation is directly related to the implementation of the K-mouflage screening mechanism: screening occurs when $ K'$ is large in a dense environment such as the deep matter and radiation eras. In this way, K-mouflage can be easily implemented as a calculable subclass of models described by the effective field theory of dark energy which could be probed by future surveys.
description: 36 pages, 8 figures
A Fast Hyperplane-Based Minimum-Volume Enclosing Simplex Algorithm for Blind Hyperspectral Unmixing
Creators: name: Lin, Chia-Hsiang
name: Chi, Chong-Yung
name: Wang, Yu-Hsiang
name: Chan, Tsung-Han
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Hyperspectral unmixing (HU) is a crucial signal processing procedure to identify the underlying materials (or endmembers) and their corresponding proportions (or abundances) from an observed hyperspectral scene. A well-known blind HU criterion, advocated by Craig in early 1990's, considers the vertices of the minimum-volume enclosing simplex of the data cloud as good endmember estimates, and it has been empirically and theoretically found effective even in the scenario of no pure pixels. However, such kind of algorithms may suffer from heavy simplex volume computations in numerical optimization, etc. In this work, without involving any simplex volume computations, by exploiting a convex geometry fact that a simplest simplex of N vertices can be defined by N associated hyperplanes, we propose a fast blind HU algorithm, for which each of the N hyperplanes associated with the Craig's simplex of N vertices is constructed from N-1 affinely independent data pixels, together with an endmember identifiability analysis for its performance support. Without resorting to numerical optimization, the devised algorithm searches for the N(N-1) active data pixels via simple linear algebraic computations, accounting for its computational efficiency. Monte Carlo simulations and real data experiments are provided to demonstrate its superior efficacy over some benchmark Craig-criterion-based algorithms in both computational efficiency and estimation accuracy.
description: 36 pages, 8 figures, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
MPEC 2023-T138 : 2023 TO4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TO4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Synthesis of 5’-fluorophosphate-modified short-interfering RNAs
Creators: name: Varley, Andrew
name: Desaulniers, Jean-Paul
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Plant Biology

description: We have developed an improved scheme for the synthesis of a mono-fluorinated phosphoramidite for the 5’-modification of nucleic acids using standard phosphoramidite chemistry. We describe the first report of a phosphofluoridate modified siRNA strand and have evaluated C18 HPLC for purification of modified strands from unreacted siRNA strands. Lastly, the biological activity of the high purity siRNA strands, when placed on the sense and/or antisense strand, was evaluated to assess the impact of 5’ phosphofluoridate modifications on siRNA activity.
Single Stellar Populations in the Near-Infrared - I. Preparation of the IRTF spectral stellar library
Creators: name: Meneses-Goytia, S.
name: Peletier, R. F.
name: Trager, S. C.
name: Falcon-Barroso, J.
name: Koleva, M.
name: Vazdekis, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed study of the stars of the IRTF spectral library to understand its full extent and reliability for use with Stellar Population (SP) modeling. The library consist of 210 stars, with a total of 292 spectra, covering the wavelength range of 0.94 to 2.41 micron at a resolution R = 2000. For every star we infer the effective temperature (Teff), gravity (logg) and metallicity ([Z/Zsun]) using a full-spectrum fitting approach in a section of the K band (2.19 to 2.34 micron) and temperature-NIR colour relations. We test the flux calibration of these stars by calculating their integrated colours and comparing them with the Pickles library colour-temperature relations. We also investigate the NIR colours as a function of the calculated effective temperature and compared them in colour-colour diagrams with the Pickles library. This latter test shows a good broad-band flux calibration, important for the SP models. Finally, we measure the resolution R as a function of wavelength. We find that the resolution increases as a function of lambda from about 6 angstrom in J to 10 angstrom in the red part of the K-band. With these tests we establish that the IRTF library, the largest currently available general library of stars at intermediate resolution in the NIR, is an excellent candidate to be used in stellar population models. We present these models in the next paper of this series.
description: 17 pages, 19 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Collective Biographies of Women Written for Children: A Project to Create a Selection Tool and Annotated Bibliography
Creators: name: Rosenberg, Mara
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: The purpose of this project was to develop a selection tool and annotated bibliography of collective biographies of women written for children. This paper provides a research basefor and rationale of an online resource that librarians may use to support children in their research of women throughout history. The tool may also be used to support collectiondevelopment. The website invites librarians to submit completed schema for collective biographies outside the scope of this project. Included within this paper are the elements of this master’s project: the descriptive schema, directions for its use, the coding scheme used within the schema, and guidelines for evaluating text for problematic representation.
title: Lernen am Artefakt
title: Learning on the artifact
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mörgeli, Claudia
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Siegen
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 700 Künste, Bildende Kunst allgemein
subject: Research-based learning
subject: Art education
subject: Design
subject: Forschendes Lernen
subject: Kunstpädagogik

description: Wie sprechen Schüler:innen über ihre eigenen Handlungen und Lernprozesse, wenn die Lehrperson nicht ins Geschehen involviert ist? Und inwiefern führt das ästhetisch-forschende In-Beziehung-Treten mit dem Artefakt zu neuen Erfahrungen, die sich für das konzeptionelle Denken der Schüler:innen als leitend erweisen? Mithilfe prozess- und handlungsorientierter Konzepte leistet Claudia Mörgeli dazu Grundlagenforschung. Ihre Erkenntnisse nutzt sie für Handlungshinweise an Lehrpersonen, die auch ausserhalb der Kunstpädagogik lernförderlich angewendet werden können.
TNF-α promoter variant (G-308A) is associated with susceptibility to P. falciparum infection and severe malaria: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Creators: name: Sarangi, Surjyapratap
name: Nahak, Suraj Kuamr
name: Padhi, Sunali
name: Nayak, Nisha
name: Pradhan, Bidyutprabha
name: Pati, Abhijit
name: Panigrahi, Jogeswar
name: Panda, Aditya K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) plays an essential role in Plasmodium falciparum infection, with lower levels associated with susceptibility to infection and higher levels linked with organ failure in severe malaria. Genetic polymorphisms in the promoter region of the TNF-α gene (G-308A and G-238A) affect plasma TNF-α levels. Numerous case-control studies have been conducted to determine the possible association between TNF-α polymorphisms and susceptibility to malaria infection and clinical severity; however, the results are inconsistent. Various databases such as Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed, and Scopus were searched for relevant articles for the present meta-analysis. Data were extracted from the eligible studies based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Meta-analysis was carried out with CMA v.3.3.070 software, and combined odds ratio, 95% confidence interval, and p values were calculated. Further, a trial sequential analysis was also performed to test whether enough number of case and controls have been enrolled to date to draw a valid conclusion. Allele (OR = 9.757, p value=.049) and heterozygous (OR = 8.98, p value=.016) comparison model revealed the TNF-α G-308A variant as a susceptible genetic factor for P. falciparum infection. Similarly, a significant association of TNF-α G-308A polymorphism with P. falciparum malarial severity was also observed (A versus G: OR = 1.761, p value = .000; and GG + GA versus GG: OR = 1.769, p value = .000). However, no association of TNF-α (G-238A) polymorphism was observed with infection and severity of P. falciparum or Plasmodium vivax malaria. TNF-α G-308A variant is associated with susceptibility to P. falciparum infection and clinical severity. However, further studies on different populations are required.
Digital Collection Evaluation: A Rubric for Holistic Evaluation
Creators: name: Stillwell, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Digital collections have been a rising trend in library sciences for over a decade. However, analysis of these collections has still largely been limited to the digital specialists and the digital humanists. This paper summarizes the existing evaluation literature to propose a tool for librarians to use for their own individual collections' evaluations. It also examines the difficulties of evaluation and emphasizes the need for further research into librarian conducted analyses, as their evaluations differ from the evaluations of an expert. It also explains the development of digitization, digital collections and digital evaluation until this point.
Classical thermodynamics from quasi-probabilities
Creators: name: Pennini, F.
name: Plastino, A.
name: Rocca, M. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The basic idea of a microscopic understanding of Thermodynamics is to derive its main features from a microscopic probability distribution. In such a vein, we investigate the thermal statistics of quasi-probabilities's semi-classical analogs in phase space for the important case of quadratic Hamiltonians, focusing attention in the three more important instances, i.e., those of Wigner, $P$-, and Husimi distributions. Introduction of an effective temperature permits one to obtain a unified thermodynamic description that encompasses and unifies the three different quasi-probability distributions. This unified description turns out to be classical.
description: 9 pages, 1 figure. To be published in Modern Physics Letters B (2015). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1409.4465
MPEC 2023-T139 : 2023 TP4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TP4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Perspectives of Dutch women on premenstrual disorder. A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences
Creators: name: Labots-Vogelesang, Marijke S.
name: Kooiman-Andringa, Rachel
name: Teunissen, Theodora A. M.
name: Lagro-Janssen, Antoine L. M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Women presenting with Premenstrual Disorder (PMD) to general practitioners (GPs) experience problems with their biopsychosocial functioning. PMD is a disorder consisting of physical and/or mood-based symptoms cyclically occurring with a significant impairment of daily life. Little is known about the symptoms and coping strategies of women with PMD and their experiences with their GPs. This present study aimed to improve understanding of the perspectives of women with PMD, their coping strategies and their expectations of the GP. Qualitative study with semi-structured interviews. In 2017, Dutch women with symptoms of premenstrual disorder were recruited through local newspapers in the town of Nijmegen and the North-Holland region and via social media. After checking the inclusion and exclusion criteria, we interviewed 20 women (between 27 and 49 years of age). The interviews took place at a location of the interviewees’ preference. PMD symptoms can strongly influence the quality of women’s lives. Three themes emerged from our analysis: feelings of having two separate female identities, PMD as a life-controlling condition and different coping strategies. Most women used an active coping strategy. Women with PMD need recognition from their GPs and knowledge of proper treatment. PMD symptoms can have a high impact on daily life. Women with PMD expressed their need for acknowledgement and a personalised approach from their GP. Greater awareness and knowledge among GPs may be helpful in this.
The effect of VOC and environmental parameters on ozone sensors performance
Creators: name: Ghasemi, Mahsa
name: Haghighat, Fariborz
name: Lee, Chang-Seo
name: Namdari, Marzieh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
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: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Accurate measurement of ozone concentration, especially in workplaces is a crucial component of managing indoor air quality and protecting workers’ and building occupants’ health and safety. Some factors such as gaseous pollutants (like volatile organic compounds (VOCs)), relative humidity, and air velocity and direction could interfere with monitor readings. This study examined the impact of these environmental factors on the responses of six commercial ozone monitors: three UV photometry, two electrochemical and one semiconductor metal oxide. The results demonstrated that environmental physical parameters (i.e. air velocity and relative humidity) often slightly affected UV instrument’s performance, while significant effects were seen in electrochemical and semiconductor monitors. Furthermore, chemical parameters (only VOCs including ethanol, acetone and toluene) had more influence on UV ozone monitors than those using electrochemical and metal oxide techniques.
Two evolved supernova remnants with newly identified Fe-rich cores in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Kavanagh, Patrick J.
name: Sasaki, Manami
name: Bozzetto, Luke M.
name: Points, Sean D.
name: Crawford, Evan J.
name: Dickel, John
name: Filipovic, Miroslav D.
name: Haberl, Frank
name: Maggi, Pierre
name: Whelan, Emma T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the evolved supernova remnants MCSNR J0506-7025 and MCSNR J0527-7104 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Methods. We used data from XMM-Newton, the Australian Telescope Compact Array, and the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey to study their broadband emission and used Spitzer and HI data to gain a picture of their environments. We performed a multi-wavelength morphological study and detailed radio and X-ray spectral analyses to determine their physical characteristics. Results. Both remnants were found to have bright X-ray cores, dominated by Fe L-shell emission, consistent with reverse shock heated ejecta with determined Fe masses in agreement with Type Ia explosion yields. A soft X-ray shell, consistent with swept-up interstellar medium, was observed in MCSNR J0506-7025, suggestive of a remnant in the Sedov phase. Using the spectral fit results and the Sedov self-similar solution, we estimated the age of MCSNR J0506-7025 to be ~16-28 kyr, with an initial explosion energy of (0.07-0.84)x10^51 erg. A soft shell was absent in MCSNR J0527-7104, with only ejecta emission visible in an extremely elongated morphology extending beyond the optical shell. We suggest that the blast wave has broken out into a low density cavity, allowing the shock heated ejecta to escape. We found that the radio spectral index of MCSNR J0506-7025 is consistent with the standard ~0.5 for SNRs. Radio polarisation at 6 cm indicates a higher degree of polarisation along the western front and at the eastern knot, with a mean fractional polarisation across the remnant of P~(20 \pm 6)%. Conclusions. The detection of Fe-rich ejecta in the remnants suggests that both resulted from Type Ia explosions. The newly identified Fe-rich cores in MCSNR J0506-7025 and MCSNR J0527-7104 makes them members of the expanding class of evolved Fe-rich remnants in the Magellanic Clouds.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in A&A. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1509.06475
A Visual Analysis of EHR Flowsheet to Assist Clinicians’ Interpretation of Health-related Data
Creators: name: Xu, Lu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This project designed and implemented visualization interface of EHR Systems based on the requirements of the doctors. The visualizations combined both clinic-reported data and patient self-reported data to provide a better representation of patient health related information for the doctor to make decisions. The visualizations highlighted the trend of values, the outliers and make it possible to compare across time and measures. The user study of ten participants suggests that the visualization interface helped them find the information in an efficient way.
Informant Discrepancies in Judgments about Change During Mental Health Treatments
Creators: name: Marsh, Jessecae
name: De Los Reyes, Andres
name: Zeveney, Andrew
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Data files for submission entitled "Informant Discrepancies in Judgments about Change During Mental Health Treatments" by Marsh, Zeveney, and De Los Reyes
Developing an Objective Framework for Measuring and Assessing the Implementation of Information Systems in a Healthcare Setting
Creators: name: Jain, Saumya
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: This study aimed to examine the feasibility of developing an objective framework to evaluate and measure various aspects of the implementation of an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system. To measure the performance of the implementation in a holistic manner, three aspects were chosen - project management practices, readiness of users and the outcomes of the implementation. Documentation from a real-world EHR implementation project was analyzed to understand the landscape of implementation, and thereafter, a framework was proposed comprising these three aspects and their component factors. This framework was applied retrospectively to test if it could assess the said implementation realistically. The results demonstrate the feasibility of defining such a framework with which an implementation may be measured objectively. Additionally, the development of the framework revealed underlying component factors for each aspect which have a contributory effect to the success of EHR implementation.
Atomic Force Microscopy of Polymer Brushes: Insights into Controversies
Creators: name: Argatov, Ivan
name: Borodich, Feodor M.
name: Jin, Xiaoqing
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
subject: nanoindentation
subject: polymer brush
subject: derjaguin’s approximation
subject: contact point
subject: apparent elastic modulus

description: Atomic force microscopes (AFM) and nanoindenters have been used for decades to evaluate mechanical properties of thin films at the nanoscale. It is argued that the elastic solutions to the indentation problem, which are most often associated with the names of Galin or Sneddon, may be used for extracting elastic contact modulus of bulk samples and continual films, while their application to contact between an AFM probe and a polymer brush is a priori questionable. This is because the character of compression of a polymer brush is drastically different from the response of an elastic half-space to indentation. In the present paper, a number of controversial issues related to the interpretation of the AFM data obtained for polymer brushes tested with a rigid probe are studied. In particular, a correct relation has been established between the constitutive equation for a single polymer brush in compression with a bare rigid surface and the constitutive equation for two identical polymer brushes in compression under the assumption of lack of interpenetration of compressed brushes. It is shown that the so-called apparent elastic modulus of a polymer brush introduced based on the Hertzian force-displacement relation depends on the indenter radius and, thus, may not serve as a characteristic of polymer brush. Also, the Derjaguin’s approximation-based method of identifying the point of initial contact is given in opposition to controversial methods, which are broadly based on the Hertzian contact mechanics.
Psychosocial Functioning in Individuals with Advanced Oesophago-Gastric Cancer and their Carers: A mixed methods systematic review protocol
Creators: name: Ghiglieri, Cara
name: Dempster, Martin
name: Graham-Wisener, Lisa
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Gastric cancer
subject: Health-related quality of life
subject: Oesophageal cancer
subject: oesophago-gastric cancer
subject: palliative care
subject: Patient experience
subject: Psycho-social functioning

description: A mixed-methods systematic review protocol
Administrative costs in health care - A scoping review
Creators: name: Larjow, Eugenia
Publisher: name: Elsevier Science
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Administrative costs
subject: Administrative functions
subject: Compliance cost assessment
subject: health care system
subject: Regulation
subject: Standard Cost Model
subject: 610

description: Background: Administrative costs (AC) are a relevant spending category in health care, and several approaches exist on how to define and measure them. Based on available AC studies, this paper aims to provide a map for this multifaceted research topic. Methods: A scoping review was conducted using the databases MEDLINE, EconLit, and Business Source Premier. Literature was screened focussing on the research question: What is known about the methodology of AC research from scientific publications? Results: Definition concepts mostly rely on national cost documentations. The international cost reporting framework of the Systems of Health Accounts was a critical reference point in six studies. Indications on how to operationalise AC independently from periodical cost reports were suggested by ten publications. In this context, time and full time equivalents are the most common cost measurements. Conclusions: The results indicate a lack of evidence regarding patients’ perceptions of administrative issues in health care. Also, research on administrative impact on working conditions for health care employees beyond hospitals and physicians’ offices is underrepresented. A systematic approach to reporting AC studies is needed. Reporting should include the appointment of entities actually empowered to change administrative resource usage. This would help to promote principles of a balanced administration.
Read Stats: Proximity Effect
Creators: name: Yang, Chia-Kai
name: Wacharamanotham, Chat
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
subject: Computer Sciences
subject: eye tracking
subject: multimodal reading
subject: statistical graphics

description: This project describes an eye-tracking experiment comparing reading behaviors in two proximity levels: placing text and chart on the same page, versus placing them on two different pages.
title: Karl Homann aus Perspektive kohärentistischer Wirtschaftsethik: Ökonomik als Analyse sozialer Dilemmata ist (nur) eine kohärente Trias von Problemwahrnehmung, positiver und normativer ökonomischer Theorie
title: Karl Homann, Seen from the Perspective of Coherentist Business Ethics Economics as Analysis of Social Dilemmas Is Just One Coherent Triplet of Problem Conception, Positive and Normative Economic Theory
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Rogowski, Wolf
name: Rechnitzer, Tanja
Publisher: name: Nomos
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Wissenschaftstheorie der Ökonomik
subject: Wirtschaftsethik
subject: Kohärentismus
subject: Überlegungsgleichgewicht
subject: 610

description: Diese Arbeit entwickelt eine kohärentistische Wirtschaftsethik, in der ethisch begründete und empirisch gestützte Lösungsvorschläge für ökonomische Probleme durch einen kohärentistischen Anpassungsprozess zwischen den drei Ebenen (1) Auffassung von Problem und Lösungsansatz, (2) positive ökonomische Theorie, sowie (3) ethischen Theorien erarbeitet werden. Anhand eines Beispiels wird illustriert, wie Homanns Wirtschaftsethik in diesem Rahmen an Validität und Relevanz gewinnt, jedoch ihren Universalitätsanspruch verliert.
The circumstellar dust of "Born-Again" stars
Creators: name: Evans, A.
name: Gehrz, R. D.
name: Helton, L. A.
name: Woodward, C. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the evolution of the carbon dust shells around Very Late Thermal Pulse (VLTP) objects as seen at infrared wavelengths. This includes a 20-year overview of the evolution of the dust around Sakurai's object (to which Olivier made a seminal contribution) and FG Sge. VLTPs may occur during the endpoint of as many as 25% of solar mass stars, and may therefore provide a glimpse of the possible fate of the Sun.
description: To appear in the proceedings of "Physics of Evolved Stars 2015 - A conference dedicated to the memory of Olivier Chesneau"
Visualizing Patient's Health Records In Clinical Decision Support System
Creators: name: Xu, Zhen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) is a system that can provide positive support for clinicians, including avoiding medical errors, aiding decision-making, and improving the quality of medical care. As the vital evidence of decision-making process, Patient-level information plays an important part in this system. However, due to extensiveness and complexity of patient data, how to intelligently and automatically summarize patient-level information remains one of the top-ranked challenges. One solution is using data visualization to provide effective summarized report of patient-level information. This paper analyzes why this is a top-ranked challenge, how data visualization help solve the issue, and provides a design of interactive data visualization for patient-level information. Many features and components in this visualization are explored and evaluated.
Psychometric properties of the measure of achieved capabilities in homeless services
Creators: name: GREENWOOD, RONNI MICHELLE
name: O'Shaughnessy, Branagh
name: Manning, Rachel
name: Vargas-Moniz, Maria J.
name: Sacchetto, Beatrice
name: Ornelas, Jose
name: HOME-EU Consortium
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Background Purposeful participation in personally meaningful life tasks, enjoyment of positive reciprocal relationships, and opportunities to realize one’s potential are growth-related aspects of a meaningful life that should be considered important dimensions of recovery from homelessness. The extent to which homeless services support individuals to achieve the capabilities they need to become who they want to be and do what they want to do is, in turn, an important indicator of their efectiveness. In this study, we developed a measure of achieved capabilities (MACHS) for use in homeless services settings, and assessed its construct and concurrent validity. Methods We analysed data collected from homeless services users at two time points in eight European countries to assess the factor structure and psychometric properties of the new measure. Participants were adults engaged with either Housing First (n=245) or treatment as usual (n=320). Results Exploratory and confrmatory factor analyses yielded a four-factor structure of the capabilities measure: community integration, optimism, safety, and self-determination. We obtained evidence for construct validity through observed correlations between achieved capabilities and recovery, working alliance and satisfaction with services. Moreover, we obtained evidence of the measure’s concurrent validity from its positive association between HF and personal recovery, which was fully mediated by achieved capabilities. Conclusions Findings demonstrate that the MACHS is a valid and reliable measure that may be used to assess the extent to which homeless services support their clients to develop capabilities needed for growth-related recovery. Implications for practice and future research directions are discussed.