cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Premium versus entry-level hearing aids: using group concept mapping to investigate the drivers of preference
Creators: name: Saleh, Hasan K.
name: Folkeard, Paula
name: Van Eeckhoutte, Maaike
name: Scollie, Susan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: To investigate the difference in outcome measures and drivers of user preference between premium and entry-level hearing aids using group concept mapping. A single-blind crossover trial was conducted. Aided behavioural outcomes measured were loudness rating, speech/consonant recognition, and speech quality. Preference between hearing aids was measured with a 7-point Likert scale. Group concept mapping was utilised to investigate preference results. Participants generated statements based on what influenced their preferences. These were sorted into categories with underlying themes. Participants rated each statement on a 5-point Likert scale of importance. Twenty-three adult participants (mean: 62.4 years; range: 24–78) with mild to moderately severe bilateral SNHL (PTA500–4000 Hz > 20 dB HL). A total of 83 unique statements and nine distinct clusters, with underlying themes driving preference, were generated. Clusters that differed significantly in importance between entry-level and premium hearing aid choosers were: Having access to smartphone application-based user-controlled settings, the ability to stream calls and music, and convenience features such as accessory compatibility. This study has identified non-signal-processing factors which significantly influenced preference for a premium hearing aid over an entry-level hearing aid, indicating the importance of these features as drivers of user preference.
A Review of the Literature of African Blackwood- Dalbergia melanoxylon, Guill. and Perr
Creators: name: Washa B. Washa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: African Blackwood
Dalbergia melanoxylon
propagation
Mpingo
Ethnobotanical

description: The African Blackwood Conservation Project (ABCP) in Tanzania conducted a review of the literature on D. melanoxylon (African Blackwood) or Mpingo in the late 1990s (over twenty (20) years ago). Additionary, It is nineteen (19) years since the last population study and population density was conducted and seventeen (17) years since last inventory study was taken. Today studies on propagation, tissue culture, population and harvesting activities of the species have brought new information to be noted. Recent research on this species' propagation methods has piqued the interest of researchers, who are now looking forward to how they can save the species from becoming threatened or extinct, which can be caused by its low regenerative ability in natural environments. It was now a proper time to add new information to the literature of D. melanoxylon from various recent findings covering about thirteen (13) years from the last review of the literature of the species from 2000-2014 and now is (20) years ago from 2000. This literature review was written to provide useful information for researchers looking into advanced propagation strategies for this species, such as tissue culture and mycorrhiza association, as well as recent studies on the species. This review has also exposed the threats of the species, recent population status of the species in Tanzania, recently recommended research to be taken in consideration, ethnobotanical and ecological literatures as previous and early findings were not able to take botanists to the advanced propagation techniques which have been reported recently and finally Biology and silviculture of Dalbergia melanoxylon.
Ustadig Veninde! Mig rinder i Sinde
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Kjærlighet

description: Førstelinje: Ustadig Veninde! Mig rinder i Sinde.
description: Innhold: 13 vers.
description: Melodi: Synges som en bekiendt Dands
description: Inngår i trykk: Trende Meget smukke Nye Viiser [2]
En meget smuk Fryde-Sang, over Høysangens 7 Cap. II, 12 vers. Kom Min Kiæreste! lad os gaae ud paa Marken; lad os blive Natten over i Landsbyerne; der vil jeg give dig min megen Kierlighed
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Kjærlighet
Religion

description: Førstelinje: Ach! hvad skal jeg i de Stæder.
description: Innhold: 15 vers, på 4 blad.
description: Melodi: Kom o Livets Aand, eller Jeg min Ungdom vil fremdrage
SN2002bu -- Another SN2008S-like Transient
Creators: name: Szczygiel, D. M.
name: Kochanek, C. S.
name: Dai, X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observed SN2002bu in the near-IR with the Hubble Space Telescope, the mid-IR with the Spitzer Space Telescope and in X-rays with Swift 10 years after the explosion. If the faint L_H\sim100 Lsun HST near-IR source at the transient position is the near-IR counterpart of SN2002bu, then the source has dramatically faded between 2004 and 2012, from L\sim10^6.0 Lsun to L\sim10^4.5 Lsun. It is still heavily obscured, tau_V\sim5 in graphitic dust models, with almost all the energy radiated in the mid-IR. The radius of the dust emission is increasing as R\simt^(0.7+/-0.4) and the optical depth is dropping as tau_V\simt^(-1.3+/-0.4). The evolution expected for an expanding shell of material, tau_V\sim1/t^2, is ruled out at approximately 2 sigma while the tau_V\simt^(-0.8) to t^(-1) optical depth scaling for a shock passing through a pre-existing wind is consistent with the data. If the near-IR source is a chance superposition, the present day source can be moderately more luminous, significantly more obscured and evolving more slowly. While we failed to detect X-ray emission, the X-ray flux limits are consistent with the present day emissions being powered by an expanding shock wave. SN2002bu is clearly a member of the SN2008S class of transients, but continued monitoring of the evolution of the spectral energy distribution is needed to conclusively determine the nature of the transient.
description: Submitted to ApJ
Chromosome-level genome assembly of Gymncypris eckloni
Creators: name: 祁得林(Delin Qi)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2021
Subjects: Genome sequencing and assembly
Monoisolate
Evolution

description: Gymnocypris eckloni is widely distributed in isolated lakes and the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and is very well adapted to the aqueous environments of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau (QTP). Here, we report the chromosome-level genome for G. eckloni, representing the first genome for the highly specialized schizothoracine fish. The final genome was assembled into 918.68 Mb sequences using PacBio long-read and Illumina short-read sequences, including 711 scaffolds, with a contig N50 lenth of 4.19 Mb and a scaffold N50 length of 43.54 Mb. The assembled sequences were further anchored and orientated onto 23 pseudo-chromosomes. In total, 23,157 genes were annotated, representing 94.80 % of the total predicted protein-coding genes.
Karina Urbach, Hitlers heimliche Helfer. Der Adel im Dienst der Macht, Stuttgart (Konrad Theiss Verlag) 2016
Creators: name: Schäfer, Claus W.
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2018

description: Karina Urbach, Hitlers heimliche Helfer. Der Adel im Dienst der Macht, Stuttgart (Konrad Theiss Verlag) 2016, 464 S., ISBN 978-3-8062-3383-4, EUR 29,95.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2018/2
Additional file 3 of Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey
Creators: name: Pepito, Veincent Christian F.
name: Amit, Arianna Maever L.
name: Tang, Clinton S.
name: Co, Luis Miguel B.
name: Aliazas, Neil Andrew K.
name: De Los Reyes, Sarah J.
name: Baquiran, Raymundo S.
name: Tanchanco, Lourdes Bernadette S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Cross-tabulations with hearing about contraception on the radio.
Testing reflection features in 4U 1705-44 with XMM-Newton, BeppoSAX and RXTE in the hard and soft state
Creators: name: Egron, E.
name: Di Salvo, T.
name: Motta, S.
name: Burderi, L.
name: Papitto, A.
name: Duro, R.
name: D'Aì, A.
name: Riggio, A.
name: Belloni, T.
name: Iaria, R.
name: Robba, N. R.
name: Piraino, S.
name: Santangelo, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use data of the bright atoll source 4U 1705-44 taken with XMM-Newton, BeppoSAX and RXTE both in the hard and in the soft state to perform a self-consistent study of the reflection component in this source. Although the data from these X-ray observatories are not simultaneous, the spectral decomposition is shown to be consistent among the different observations, when the source flux is similar. We therefore select observations performed at similar flux levels in the hard and soft state in order to study the spectral shape in these two states in a broad band (0.1-200 keV) energy range, with good energy resolution, and using self-consistent reflection models. These reflection models provide a good fit for the X-ray spectrum both in the hard and in the soft state in the whole spectral range. We discuss the differences in the main spectral parameters we find in the hard and the soft state, respectively, providing evidence that the inner radius of the optically thick disk slightly recedes in the hard state.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A, 20 pages, 12 figures
title: Indikatoren für Berufpendelanalysen
title: Datengrundlagen und Anwendungsbeispiele
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Guth, Dennis
name: Holz-Rau, Christian
name: Maciolek, Markus
Publisher: name: TU Dortmund
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: 710

description: Arbeitspapiere des Fachgebiets Verkehrswesen und Verkehrsplanung;18
The fundamental problem of treating light incoherence in photovoltaics and its practical consequences
Creators: name: Herman, Aline
name: Sarrazin, Michael
name: Deparis, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The incoherence of sunlight has long been suspected to have an impact on solar cell energy conversion efficiency, although the extent of this is unclear. Existing computational methods used to optimize solar cell efficiency under incoherent light are based on multiple time-consuming runs and statistical averaging. These indirect methods show limitations related to the complexity of the solar cell structure. As a consequence, complex corrugated cells, which exploit light trapping for enhancing the efficiency, have not yet been accessible for optimization under incoherent light. To overcome this bottleneck, we developed an original direct method which has the key advantage that the treatment of incoherence can be totally decoupled from the complexity of the cell. As an illustration, surface corrugated GaAs and c-Si thin-films are considered. The spectrally integrated absorption in these devices is found to depend strongly on the degree of light coherence and, accordingly, the maximum achievable photocurrent can be higher under incoherent light than under coherent light. These results show the importance of taking into account sunlight incoherence in solar cell optimization and point out the ability of our direct method in dealing with complex solar cells structures.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, version published in New Journal of Physics
Juletanker
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: Anna Friderica sal. Windings, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion
Høytid

description: Førstelinje: Middagssoel, ved Midnatstid, Jesu blid!.
description: Innhold: 8 vers.
description: Melodi: Himlen, er det rette Land
description: Inngår i trykk: Trende gudelige Sange, i en Middeltone imellem det Høje og Platte [2]
Randomised controlled trial of interventions for bothersome tinnitus: DesyncraTM versus cognitive behavioural therapy
Creators: name: Theodoroff, Sarah M.
name: McMillan, Garnett P.
name: Schmidt, Caroline J.
name: Dann, Serena M.
name: Hauptmann, Christian
name: Goodworth, Marie-Christine
name: Leibowitz, Ruth Q.
name: Random, Chan
name: Henry, James A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Virology

description: Compare the relative efficacy of DesyncraTM and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Sixty-one participants were randomly assigned to receive either DesyncraTM (n = 29) or CBT (n = 32). Randomisation included stratification regarding current hearing aid (HA) use. Depending on group assignment, participants attended approximately 7–12 visits. Tinnitus distress was measured using the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ). Mean TQ scores decreased post-baseline from 5–15 points across treatment arms and strata. Model-based findings for the no-HA stratum showed a difference of −2.0 TQ points favouring Desyncra at 24-weeks, with a 90% posterior interval varying from −5.4 points favouring Desyncra to 0.8 TQ points favouring CBT. For the HA stratum, results show a difference of −1.0 TQ points favouring Desyncra, with a 90% posterior interval ranging from −4.7 points favouring Desyncra to 2.9 points favouring CBT. The difference between Desyncra and CBT on average showed greater improvement with Desyncra in the no-HA stratum by about 2 TQ points. To the extent that the study sample represents a clinical population and recognising the assumptions in the design and analysis, these results suggest Desyncra is just as effective or more so than CBT in reducing tinnitus distress.
Wissenschaftler entdeckten diesen Trick, um über Nacht Muskeln aufzubauen. Sie werden schockiert sein!
Creators: name: Hillers, Lisa
Publisher: name: Neuwerk - Zeitschrift für Designwissenschaft
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Neuwerk - Zeitschrift für Designwissenschaft, Bd. 5 (2018): #5 süß-sauer (mit scharf)
Gedenkschrift für Jürgen Driehaus.
Creators: name: Maier, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2018

description: Gedenkschrift für Jürgen Driehaus. Herausgegeben von Frank M. Andraschko und Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen. — Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1990. XXII und 38 1 Seiten, 40 Tafeln und 1 Farbtafel. ISBN 3-8053-1 133-8.
description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 63 (1994): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Fundamental groups, homology equivalences and one-sided h-cobordisms
Creators: name: Su, Yang
name: Ye, Shengkui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We give a sufficient and necessary condition of the fundamental group homomorphism of a map between manifolds to induce homology equivalences. Moreover, a classification of one-sided h-cobordism of manifolds up to diffeomorphisms is obtained, based on Quillen's plus construction with Whitehead torsions.
description: to appear in Science China Mathematics
Frank Berger, Die mittelalterlichen Brakteaten im Kestner-Museum Hannover
Creators: name: Wulf, Friedrich-Wilhelm
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2018

description: Rezension zu: Frank Berger, Die mittelalterlichen Brakteaten im Kestner-Museum Hannover. — Herausgegeben vom Kest- ner-Museum. Sammlungskatalog 12. Hannover: Selbstverlag des Kestner-Museums 1993. 357 Seiten, 2750 — z. T. zweifache — Fotoabbildungen, zwei Karten. ISBN 3—924029-21—0
description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 63 (1994): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Manasse Bøn
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: Anna Friderica sal. Windings, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion

description: Førstelinje: O Herre! stor af Magt, o! vore Fædres Fader.
description: Innhold: 19 vers.
description: Melodi: O Gud! Du fromme Gud!
description: Inngår i trykk: Trende gudelige Sange, i en Middeltone imellem det Høje og Platte [1]
Dødstanker
Creators: name: (:Unas)
Publisher: name: Trykkeri: Anna Friderica sal. Windings, Trondhjem
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion
Døden

description: Førstelinje: O store Gud! Vort Liv og Død.
description: Innhold: 4 vers.
description: Melodi: Hvad kan os komme til for Nød
description: Inngår i trykk: Trende gudelige Sange, i en Middeltone imellem det Høje og Platte [3]
Tvende Aandelige Psalmer
Creators: name: Wolff, Simon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0

description: Innhold: 4 blad.
description: Innhold: [1] Om en Troendes hellige Roelighed i Gud, paa det uroelige Hav, Og Trygge Beskiermelse under Guds Vinger, midt under Havets Farlighed. [2] En kort Erindring om den yderste Dag, og eenfoldig Opmuntring til at berede sig mod samme.
The Absolute Magnitude of RRc Variables From Statistical Parallax
Creators: name: Kollmeier, Juna A.
name: Szczygiel, Dorota M.
name: Burns, Christopher R.
name: Gould, Andrew
name: Thompson, Ian B.
name: Preston, George W.
name: Sneden, Christopher
name: Crane, Jeffrey D.
name: Dong, Subo
name: Madore, Barry F.
name: Morrell, Nidia
name: Prieto, Jose L.
name: Shectman, Stephen
name: Simon, Joshua D.
name: Villanueva, Edward
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first definitive measurement of the absolute magnitude of RR Lyrae c-type variable stars (RRc) determined purely from statistical parallax. We use a sample of 247 RRc selected from the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) for which high-quality light curves, photometry and proper motions are available. We obtain high-resolution echelle spectra for these objects to determine radial velocities and abundances as part of the Carnegie RR Lyrae Survey (CARRS). We find that M_(V,RRc) = 0.52 +/- 0.11 at a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.59. This is to be compared with previous estimates for RRab stars (M_(V,RRab) = 0.75 +/- 0.13 and the only direct measurement of an RRc absolute magnitude (RZ Cephei, M_(V, RRc) = 0.27 +/- 0.17). We find the bulk velocity of the halo to be (W_pi, W_theta, W_z) = (10.9,34.9,7.2) km/s in the radial, rotational and vertical directions with dispersions (sigma_(W_pi), sigma_(W_theta), sigma_(W_z)) = (154.7, 103.6, 93.8) km/s. For the disk, we find (W_pi, W_theta, W_z) = (8.5, 213.2, -22.1) km/s with dispersions (sigma_(W_pi), sigma_(W_theta), sigma_(W_z)) = (63.5, 49.6, 51.3) km/s. Finally, we suggest that UCAC2 proper motion errors may be overestimated by about 25%
description: Submitted to ApJ. 11 pages including 6 figures
Additional file 2 of Describing the factors related to rural podiatry work and retention in the podiatry workforce: a national survey
Creators: name: Couch, Anna
name: Menz, Hylton B.
name: O’Sullivan, Belinda
name: Haines, Terry
name: Williams, Cylie M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2.
title: Results of the acoustic-trawl surveys of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska, March 2019 (SH2019-04)
Creators: name: Lauffenburger, N.
name: Williams, K.
name: Jones, D.
Publisher: name: Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Year: 2019

description: AFSC processed report ; 2019-10
On Fields of rationality for automorphic representations
Creators: name: Shin, Sug Woo
name: Templier, Nicolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper proves two results on the field of rationality $\Q(π)$ for an automorphic representation $π$, which is the subfield of $\C$ fixed under the subgroup of $\Aut(\C)$ stabilizing the isomorphism class of the finite part of $π$. For general linear groups and classical groups, our first main result is the finiteness of the set of discrete automorphic representations $π$ such that $π$ is unramified away from a fixed finite set of places, $π_\infty$ has a fixed infinitesimal character, and $[\Q(π):\Q]$ is bounded. The second main result is that for classical groups, $[\Q(π):\Q]$ grows to infinity in a family of automorphic representations in level aspect whose infinite components are discrete series in a fixed $L$-packet under mild conditions.
The Relationship of child maltreatment potential and mothers' satisfaction with their neglected children
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Kelsey M.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2011

description: Parental satisfaction refers to the extent to which parents are satisfied with their children in relation to parent-child interactions and child behavior. The relationship between parental satisfaction and child behavior problems has been demonstrated extensively in the literature. Children who exhibit increased behavior problems appear to be at increased risk of parental aggression. Maltreating parents evidence greater levels of parental dissatisfaction as compared to caregivers of children who are not maltreated. Thus, low parental satisfaction is a suspected risk-factor for child maltreatment. Previous studies have shown that parental substance abuse is also strongly related to occurrence of child maltreatment. This study was designed to determine if various aspects of parental satisfaction can predict child maltreatment potential in mothers referred for treatment of child neglect and drug abuse and determine if parental satisfaction items are more sensitive to detecting risk of child maltreatment potential than measures of child behavior problems. Results found that parental satisfaction had limited utility in predicting child maltreatment potential due to issues of socially desirable responding, as indicated by CAPI Lie scores. Satisfaction with the parent-child relationship appeared to be a protective factor; increased satisfaction was related to decreased child maltreatment potential. Further, after removing participants high in socially desirable responding, decreased overall happiness with children was associated with increased child maltreatment potential. No relationship was found between behavior problems and child maltreatment potential. Study outcomes indicate the importance of including validity measures when assessing parental satisfaction and child maltreatment risk.
En kort Erindring om den yderste Dag, og eenfoldig Opmuntring til at berede sig mod samme
Creators: name: Wolff, Simon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: Religion

description: Førstelinje: Siæle! ach! I Siæle hører:.
description: Innhold: 27 vers.
description: Melodi: Sørge-Tacter sorte Noder etc.
description: Inngår i trykk: Tvende Aandelige Psalmer [2]
Identifying the Radio Bubble Nature of the Microwave Haze
Creators: name: Dobler, Gregory
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using 7-year data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe I identify a sharp "edge" in the microwave haze at high Galactic latitude (35 deg < |b| < 55 deg) that is spatially coincident with the edge of the "Fermi Haze/Bubbles". This finding proves conclusively that the edge in the gamma-rays is real (and not a processing artifact), demonstrates explicitly that the microwave haze and the gamma-ray bubbles are indeed the same structure observed at multiple wavelengths, and strongly supports the interpretation of the microwave haze as a separate component of Galactic synchrotron (likely generated by a transient event) as opposed to a simple variation of the spectral index of disk synchrotron. In addition, combining these data sets allows for the first determination of the magnetic field within a radio bubble using microwaves and gamma-rays by taking advantage of the fact that the inverse Compton gamma-rays are primarily generated by scattering of CMB photons at these latitudes, thus minimizing uncertainty in the target radiation field. Assuming uniform volume emissivity, I find that the magnetic field within our Galactic microwave/gamma-ray bubbles is ~5 muG above 6 kpc off of the Galactic plane.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures; submitted to ApJL
Colonization and decontamination of quagga mussels in the western United States: Monitoring veligers in Lake Mead and field testing in the effects of hot-water spray as a means of watercraft decontamination
Creators: name: Comeau, Sean Robin
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2011

description: The introduction and establishment of aquatic invasive species (AIS) is one of the top causes of global biodiversity loss and ecological change, and is also financially costly for taxpayers and agencies managing protected areas. This is especially true regarding the nationwide spread of dreissenid mussels to various bodies of freshwater. The discovery of invasive quagga mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Lake Mead on January 6, 2007 has changed the popular recreation area into a potential vector of the destructive AIS. This location could allow for an increased spread of these dressenid species to uninfested bodies of water in the western United States due to overland transport of contaminated watercraft. In order to prevent further infestations, new information must be used to generate and revise uniform minimum protocols and standards for watercraft decontamination programs. Protocols regarding safe and inexpensive procedures, such as hot-water sprays, which result in the 100% mortality of quagga mussels, need to be created. Current protocol regarding zebra mussels may not be applicable to quagga mussels due to an increased susceptibility. Emersed adult quagga mussels were exposed to hot-water sprays at 20, 40, 50, 54, 60, 70, and 80°C for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 160s. Sprays at ?60°C for 5 s were shown to be 100% lethal. Sprays of 54°C for 10 s, 50°C for 20 s, and 40°C for 40 s also resulted in 100% mortality. A spray temperature of 60°C for 5 s is recommended for mitigating fouling by quagga mussels. Inaccessible areas and areas with special heat requirements on watercraft were also evaluated and field tests on actual quagga encrusted watercraft were performed under summer and winter conditions, respectively. This study also determined veliger abundance and colonization rates during different months of the year, which is helpful for anti-fouling management strategies.
Additional file 1 of Investigating informed choice in screening programmes: a mixed methods analysis
Creators: name: Tyldesley-Marshall, Natalie
name: Grove, Amy
name: Ghosh, Iman
name: Kudrna, Laura
name: Ayorinde, Abimbola
name: Singh, Megha
name: Mehaan, Edward
name: Clarke, Aileen
name: Taylor-Phillips, Sian
name: Al-Khudairy, Lena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Interview schedule used for data collection.
Developments in high-density Cobra fiber positioners for the Subaru Telescope's Prime Focus Spectrograph
Creators: name: Fisher, Charles D.
name: Braun, David F.
name: Kaluzny, Joel V.
name: Seiffert, Michael D.
name: Dekany, Richard G.
name: Ellis, Richard S.
name: Smith, Roger M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) is a fiber fed multi-object spectrometer for the Subaru Telescope that will conduct a variety of targeted surveys for studies of dark energy, galaxy evolution, and galactic archaeology. The key to the instrument is a high density array of fiber positioners placed at the prime focus of the Subaru Telescope. The system, nicknamed "Cobra", will be capable of rapidly reconfiguring the array of 2394 optical fibers to the image positions of astronomical targets in the focal plane with high accuracy. The system uses 2394 individual "SCARA robot" mechanisms that are 7.7mm in diameter and use 2 piezo-electric rotary motors to individually position each of the optical fibers within its patrol region. Testing demonstrates that the Cobra positioner can be moved to within 5μm of an astronomical target in 6 move iterations with a success rate of 95 per cent. The Cobra system is a key aspect of PFS that will enable its unprecedented combination of high-multiplex factor and observing efficiency on the Subaru telescope. The requirements, design, and prototyping efforts for the fiber positioner system for the PFS are described here as are the plans for modular construction, assembly, integration, functional testing, and performance validation.
description: 8 pages
Infrared and Raman spectroscopy measurements of a transition in the crystal structure and a closing of the energy gap of BiTeI under pressure
Creators: name: Tran, M. K.
name: Levallois, J.
name: Lerch, P.
name: Teyssier, J.
name: Kuzmenko, A. B.
name: Autès, G.
name: Yazyev, O. V.
name: Ubaldini, A.
name: Giannini, E.
name: van der Marel, D.
name: Akrap, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: BiTeI is a giant Rashba spin splitting system, in which a non-centro symmetric topological phase has recently been suggested to appear under high pressure. We investigated the optical properties of this compound, reflectivity and transmission, under pressures up to $15$ GPa. The gap feature in the optical conductivity vanishes above $p \sim 9$ GPa and does not reappear up to at least $15$ GPa. The plasma edge, associated with intrinsically doped charge carriers, is smeared out through a phase transition at $9$ GPa. Using high pressure Raman spectroscopy, we follow the vibrational modes of BiTeI, providing additional clear evidence that the transition at 9 GPa involves a change of crystal structure. This change of crystal structure possibly inhibits the high-pressure topological phase from occurring.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, with Supplemental Material, Accepted by PRL Dec 17, 2013
Using graphs to represent physical phenomena in a fourth grade classroom
Creators: name: Dulger, Mehmet Fatih
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2011

description: This study examined to what extent inquiry-based instruction supported with real-time graphing technology improves fourth grader's ability to interpret graphs as representations of physical science concepts such as motion and temperature. This study also examined whether there is any difference between inquiry-based instruction supported with real-time graphing software and inquiry-based instruction supported with traditional laboratory equipment in terms of improving fourth graders' ability to interpret motion and temperature graphs. Results of this study showed that there is a significant advantage in using real-time graphing technology to support fourth graders' ability to read and interpret graphs.
Downlink Noncoherent Cooperation without Transmitter Phase Alignment
Creators: name: Xu, Mingguang
name: Guo, Dongning
name: Honig, Michael L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Multicell joint processing can mitigate inter-cell interference and thereby increase the spectral efficiency of cellular systems. Most previous work has assumed phase-aligned (coherent) transmissions from different base transceiver stations (BTSs), which is difficult to achieve in practice. In this work, a noncoherent cooperative transmission scheme for the downlink is studied, which does not require phase alignment. The focus is on jointly serving two users in adjacent cells sharing the same resource block. The two BTSs partially share their messages through a backhaul link, and each BTS transmits a superposition of two codewords, one for each receiver. Each receiver decodes its own message, and treats the signals for the other receiver as background noise. With narrowband transmissions the achievable rate region and maximum achievable weighted sum rate are characterized by optimizing the power allocation (and the beamforming vectors in the case of multiple transmit antennas) at each BTS between its two codewords. For a wideband (multicarrier) system, a dual formulation of the optimal power allocation problem across sub-carriers is presented, which can be efficiently solved by numerical methods. Results show that the proposed cooperation scheme can improve the sum rate substantially in the low to moderate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) range.
description: 30 pages, 6 figures, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
A comprehensive study of NGC 2023 with XMM-Newton and Spitzer
Creators: name: López-García, M. A.
name: López-Santiago, J.
name: Albacete-Colombo, J. F.
name: Pérez-González, P. G.
name: de Castro, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nearby star-forming regions are ideal laboratories to study high-energy emission of different stellar populations, from very massive stars to brown dwarfs. NGC 2023 is a reflection nebula situated on the south of the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) and at the edge of the H ii region IC 434, which also contains the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33). NGC 2023, NGC 2024, Barnard 33 and the surroundings of the O-type supergiant star ζ Ori constitute the south part of the Orion B molecular complex. In this work, we present a comprehensive study of X-ray emitters in the region of NGC 2023 and its ?surroundings. We combine optical and infrared data to determine physical properties (mass, temperature, luminosity, presence of accretion disks) of the stars detected in an XMM-Newton observation. This study has allowed us to analyze spectral energy distribution of these stars for the first time and determine their evolutionary stage. Properties of the X-ray emitting plasma of these stars are compared to those found in other nearby star-forming regions. The results indicate that the stars that are being formed in this region have characteristics, in terms of physical properties and luminosity function, similar to those found in the Taurus-Auriga molecular complex.
description: 18 pages, 11 figures, 7 tables
Enhancing GP care of mental health disorders post-COVID-19: a scoping review of interventions and outcomes
Creators: name: Keyes, Bláthnaid
name: McCombe, Geoff
name: Broughan, John
name: frawley, timothy
name: Guerandel, Allys
name: Gulati, Gautam
name: Kelly, Brendan D.
name: Osborne, Brian
name: O'Connor, Karen
name: Cullen, Walter
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objectives: Considerable literature has examined the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative mental health sequelae. It is recognised that most people experiencing mental health problems present to primary care and the development of interventions to support GPs in the care of patients with mental health problems is a priority. This review examines interventions to enhance GP care of mental health disorders, with a view to reviewing how mental health needs might be addressed in the post-COVID-19 era. Methods: Five electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar and WHO ‘Global Research on COVID-19’) were searched from May – July 2021 for papers published in English following Arksey and O’Malley’s six-stage scoping review process. Results: The initial search identified 148 articles and a total of 29 were included in the review. These studies adopted a range of methodologies, most commonly randomised control trials, qualitative interviews and surveys. Results from included studies were divided into themes: Interventions to improve identification of mental health disorders, Interventions to support GPs, Therapeutic interventions, Telemedicine Interventions and Barriers and Facilitators to Intervention Implementation. Outcome measures reported included the Seven-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), the Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the ‘The Patient Global Impression of Change Scale’. Conclusion: With increasing recognition of the mental health sequelae of COVID-19, there is a lack of large scale trials researching the acceptability or effectiveness of general practice interventions. Furthermore there is a lack of research regarding possible biological interventions (psychiatric medications) for mental health problems arising from the pandemic.
Self-similar solutions with compactly supported profile of some nonlinear Schr{ö}dinger equations
Creators: name: Bégout, Pascal
name: Díaz, Jesús Ildefonso
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper deals with the study of "\textit{sharp localized}" solutions of a nonlinear type Schr{ö}dinger equation in the whole space $\R^N,$ $N\ge1,$ with a zero order term, in modulus, like a power $m$ less than one of the modulus of the solution, and with a non zero external forcing term $\f.$ Our fundamental assumption is that such an exponent $m$ verifies $m\in (0,1).$ The self-similar structure of the solution is justified from the assumption that the external forcing term satisfies that $\f(t,x)=t^{-(\vp-2)/2}\F(t^{-1/2}x)$ for some complex exponent $\vp$ and for some profile function $\F$ which is assumed to be with compact support in $\R^N.$ We show the existence of solutions $\vu(t,x)=t^{\vp/2}\U(t^{-1/2}x),$ with a profile $\U,$ which also have compact support in $\R^N,$ reason why we call as "\textit{sharp localized}" solutions to this type of solutions. The proof of the localization of the support of the profile $\U$ uses some suitable energy method applied to the stationary problem satisfied by $\U$ after some unknown transformation.
Free-format Journal Article Template Word (.docx)
Creators: name: Sikder, Niloy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 360202
subject: Digital writing

description: This is a sample template for writing research articles. It is a free-format document (not specific to any journal) and can be used to prepare manuscripts. Articles formatted with this template can be submitted to most STEM journals for peer review. If the article is accepted, the journal’s editorial office usually takes care of the journal-specific formatting before publication. You can also use the checklist in Appendix 1 to review your articles before submission. A Google Docs version of this template is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z0uueZ_gXRRC_hQQuNj5hJqqBwd73D4pIAiEcn5nm18/copy. Hope it helps!
Extended Hubbard model with renormalized Wannier wave functions in the correlated state III: Statistically consistent Gutzwiller approximation and the metallization of atomic solid hydrogen
Creators: name: Kądzielawa, Andrzej P.
name: Spałek, Jozef
name: Kurzyk, Jan
name: Wójcik, Włodzimierz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our previous approach (Eur. Phys. J. B, \textbf{74}, 63(2010)) to modeling correlated electronic states and the metal-insulator transition by applying the so-called \emph{statistically consistent Gutzwiller approximation} (SGA) to carry out self-consistent calculations of the renormalized single-particle Wannier functions in the correlated state. The transition to the Mott-Hubbard insulating state at temperature T=0 is of weak first order even if antiferromagnetism is disregarded. The magnitude of the introduced self-consistent magnetic correlation field is calculated and shown to lead to a small magnetic moment in the magnetically uniform state. Realistic value of the applied magnetic field has a minor influence on the metallic-state characteristics near the Mott-Hubbard lcalization threshold. The whole analysis has been carried out for an extended Hubbard model on a simple cubic (SC) lattice and the evolution of physical properties is analyzed as a function of the lattice parameter for the renormalized 1s-type Wannier functions. Quantum critical scaling of the selected physical properties is analyzed as a function of the lattice constant $R\rightarrow R_c=4.1 a_0$, where $R_c$ is the critical value for metal-insulator transition and $a_0=0.53 Å$ is the Bohr radius. A critical pressure for metallization of solid atomic hydrogen is estimated and is $\sim 10^2 GPa$.
description: 9 pages, 12 figures, 1 table
Casino Loyalty Programs within the Las Vegas Locals' Market
Creators: name: Baynes, Charles Andrew
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2011

description: The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the current loyalty programs offered within the Las Vegas locals' gaming market, with the intent that the information provided may be used to shed light on other locals' markets throughout the country. As the national market for gaming has become saturated with new options, competition in new locals' markets has increased. With Las Vegas having the most established and historic locals' gaming market, the differences in loyalty programs highlighted will serve as a resource for not only those companies operating within the Las Vegas market, but also for those who may be experiencing an increase in competition within their own locals' gaming market.
Explore Guerrilla Marketing Potentials for Trade Show
Creators: name: Chen, Jie
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2011

description: This is an exploratory research paper trying to identify effective guerrilla marketing practices in solving tradeshow marketing challenges. Major problems faced by trade show marketers are analyzed in the beginning: limited marketing budget, ineffective marketing tools and dissatisfaction from exhibitors. The study introduced guerrilla marketing methods by both exploring the theory and identifying successful cases. At the end, specific guerrilla marketing guidelines were built for tradeshow marketers.
Additional file 2 of Investigating informed choice in screening programmes: a mixed methods analysis
Creators: name: Tyldesley-Marshall, Natalie
name: Grove, Amy
name: Ghosh, Iman
name: Kudrna, Laura
name: Ayorinde, Abimbola
name: Singh, Megha
name: Mehaan, Edward
name: Clarke, Aileen
name: Taylor-Phillips, Sian
name: Al-Khudairy, Lena
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Screenshot of report page showing revised IPDAS checklist used for documentary analysis.
Tre Sømandsviser
Creators: name: Wergeland, Henrik
Publisher: name: Krohn & Schibsted, Trykkeri: Krohn & Schibsted, Christiania
Year: 0

description: Innhold: 4 blad.
description: Innhold: 1. Ny Opsang for Briggen "Regina" af Christiania. (Kaptain Andersen). 2. Opsang for Nantesfareren "Konferentsraad Clauson" af Frederikshald (Kaptain Fearnley). 3. Heisevise.
Dipole-dipole interaction between a quantum dot and graphene nanodisk
Creators: name: Cox, Joel D.
name: Singh, Mahi R.
name: Gumbs, Godfrey
name: Antón, Miguel. A.
name: Carreño, Fernando
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study theoretically the dipole-dipole interaction and energy transfer in a hybrid system consisting of a quantum dot and graphene nanodisk embedded in a nonlinear photonic crystal. In our model a probe laser field is applied to measure the energy transfer between the quantum dot and graphene nanodisk while a control field manipulates the energy transfer process. These fields create excitons in the quantum dot and surface plasmon polaritons in the graphene nanodisk which interact via the dipole-dipole interaction. Here the nonlinear photonic crystal acts as a tunable photonic reservoir for the quantum dot, and is used to control the energy transfer. We have found that the spectrum of power absorption in the quantum dot has two peaks due to the creation of two dressed excitons in the presence of the dipole-dipole interaction. The energy transfer rate spectrum of the graphene nanodisk also has two peaks due to the absorption of these two dressed excitons. Additionally, energy transfer between the quantum dot and the graphene nanodisk can be switched on and off by applying a pump laser to the photonic crystal or by adjusting the strength of the dipole-dipole interaction. We show that the intensity and frequencies of the peaks in the energy transfer rate spectra can be modified by changing the number of graphene monolayers in the nanodisk or the separation between the quantum dot and graphene. Our results agree with existing experiments on a qualitative basis. The principle of our system can be employed to fabricate nano-biosensors, optical nano-switches, and energy transfer devices.
Jeffrey L. Forgeng (transl.), Pietro Monte’s Collectanea. The Arms, Armour and Fighting Techniques of a Fifteenth-Century Soldier, Woodbridge (The Boydell Press) 2018
Creators: name: Bachrach, David S.
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2018

description: Jeffrey L. Forgeng (transl.), Pietro Monte’s Collectanea. The Arms, Armour and Fighting Techniques of a Fifteenth-Century Soldier, Woodbridge (The Boydell Press) 2018, 313 p., 15 fig. (Armour and Weapons), ISBN 978-1-78327-275-4, GBP 60,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2018/2