cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Refugee healthcare in British Columbia : health status and barriers for gorvernment asssised refugees in accessing healthcare
Creators: name: Rouhani, Setareh
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Background: Government-Assisted Refugees (GARs) have greater health needs than other immigrants due to their pre-migration and Canadian resettlement experiences. There is a lack of detailed research into their health status and access to healthcare services. This thesis investigated factors associated with reported health, mental health problems, number of annual physician visits and difficulties obtaining healthcare from a sample of GARs. Methods: Secondary data analysis was conducted on data from a study of GARs in BC who attended the Bridge Refugee Clinic during the 26 month period from April 2005 to May 2007. Multivariate logistic regression was used to model the factors associated with excellent health, mental health problems, physician visits and difficulties obtaining healthcare. Results: There were 177 participants in the study. Excellent health was inversely associated with being female, having financial burden, having no English proficiency and having a diagnosed health condition. Factors associated with mental health problems were being female, west Asian, and having financial burden. Attending refugee clinics was inversely associated with reporting mental health problems. Factors associated with physician visits were unemployment, while not having English proficiency and no access to a regular doctor were inversely associated with the number of visits. Young Age, no access to a regular doctor and health region were associated with difficulties obtaining healthcare, while not being married had an inverse relationship with reporting difficulties. Conclusion: Findings highlight sex and English proficiency as important factors associated with GARs’ health and utilization of services. It is recommended that specialized health literacy classes, health programs and support groups for GARs, especially women, be developed. These interventions would benefit from active participation of ethnic communities.
Deep connection between f(R) gravity and the interacting dark sector model
Creators: name: He, Jian-Hua
name: Wang, Bin
name: Abdalla, Elcio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the conformal equivalence between the $f(R)$ gravity and the interacting dark sector model. We review the well-known result that the conformal transformation physically corresponds to the mass dilation which marks the strength of interaction between dark sectors. Instead of modeling f(R) gravity in the Jordan frame, we construct the $f(R)$ gravity in terms of mass dilation function in the Einstein frame. We find that the condition to keep $f(R)$ gravity consistent with CMB observations ensures the energy flow from dark energy to dark matter in the corresponding interacting model, which meets the requirement to alleviate the coincidence problem in the Einstein framework.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures, revised version, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D
Anomalous Chiral Fermi Surface
Creators: name: Zahed, Ismail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a geometrical argument for the emergence of a Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) term for a Fermi surface threaded by a Berry curvature. In the presence of external fields, the gauged WZW term yields a chiral (triangle) anomaly for the fermionic current at the edge of the Fermi surface. Fermion number is conserved though since the Berry curvatures occur always in pairs with opposite (monopole) charge. The anomalous vector and axial currents for a a fermionic fluid at low temperature threaded by pairs of Berry curvatures are discussed. The leading temperature correction to the chiral vortical effect in a slowly rotating Fermi surface threaded by a Berry curvature maybe tied to the gravitational anomaly.
description: 4 pages; version to appear in PRL
title: Demonstration of the brachial plexus imaging with US and MRI
Creators: name: Potočnik Tumpaj, Vesna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology peripheral nerve
subject: Anatomy
subject: Musculoskeletal

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To describe the normal structure, anatomical location and branching pathways of the brachial plexus by correlating structures on ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To present a standard US examination and MRI protocol for the...
The incorporation of hands-on tasks in an online course: an analysis of a  blended learning environment
Creators: name: Chandler, Thomas E.
name: Park, Yoon Soo
name: Levin, Karen
name: Morse, Stephen S.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Educational technology
Curriculum planning
Curriculum evaluation
Instructional systems--Design

description: This article describes the design and evaluation of a blended online/face-to-face course completed by more than 6000 learners throughout the United States of America and internationally. The educational impact was monitored using a variety of evaluation strategies. The results, in terms of achieved knowledge and overall satisfaction, indicate that a focus on online instruction combined with face-to-face, hands-on activities showed statistically significant improvement in the learners' understanding of the course material, while also validating the impact of the curriculum in their workplace. As illustrated through the blended course design, this study further showed that online learners with greater improvement in their pre- and posttest scores also exhibited significantly greater likelihood in demonstrating competency in several areas during the hands-on portion of the course. In particular, participants working in the information systems field exhibited the highest mean difference score (21.49) on the pre- and the posttests, while those working in the laboratory had the lowest (12.17). Likewise, the odds that participants who reviewed the course contents sought to further understand their job roles was 58.2 times greater for those in information systems, while it was only 19.0 times greater for laboratory staff, than those who did not review their job roles.
title: Radiologic findings of HIV-related neurological pathologies
Creators: name: Kosar Tunc, Melis
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Not applicable
subject: Not applicable
subject: AIDS
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CNS
subject: Neuro

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To learn common neurologicalpathologiesin HIV seropositive patients. To review the radiologic findings of HIV/AIDS associated neurological complications for differential...
title: Influence of spatial variation in precipitation on artificial neural network rainfall-runoff model
title: Hydrology days 2012
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: AGU hydrology days 2012
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dozier, André
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2012

description: 2012 annual AGU hydrology days was held at Colorado State University on March 21 - March 23, 2012.
description: Includes bibliographical references.
description: Modeling rainfall-runoff processes is a very challenging task due to data collection, time, money, and technology constraints. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are modeling tools that can quickly adapt and learn input-output relationships for many different engineering problems. An Elman-type recurrent ANN was trained to simulate observed streamflow for Fountain Creek at Pueblo, CO, using varying amounts of spatial precipitation information. Nine zones were originally delineated within the watershed draining to Fountain Creek at Pueblo based on estimated overland flow travel time. Five different spatially varying scenarios were modeled: scenarios containing 9 zones, 6 zones, 3 zones, 2 zones, and 1 zone. Each scenario was trained and simulated 100 times, each with randomly generated initial weights. Spatial variability in precipitation data allows the ANN to achieve better performance when simulating the training dataset. However, when applied to the validation and testing time periods, ANN performance generally decreases with additional spatially variability. In addition to exploring results of the ANN rainfall-runoff model, the application of geographical information systems to rainfall-runoff input processing is demonstrated.
Additional file 1 of Telemedicine in home-based care for COVID-19 patients
Creators: name: Van Nguyen, Si
name: Duong, Huong Nguyen Viet
name: Nguyen, Hieu Bao
name: Doan, My Ai Thao
name: Nguyen, Duc Thanh
name: Tran, An Tuan
name: Hoang, Khoi Kim
name: Ly, Oanh Hoang
name: Dang, Thanh Xuan
name: Tran, Tung Ho Thanh
name: Tran, Hung Quang
name: Nguyen, Nam Ba
name: Nguyen, Thuy Thi Thu
name: Rai, Raghu
name: Le Pham, An
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Chart S1. Locations of participants in Vietnam. Chart S2. Locations of participants in Ho Chi Minh City.
Zuwanderung nach Niedersachsen. Ergebnisse einer migrationssoziologischen Untersuchung
Creators: name: Fleischer, Stephanie
name: Kudlacek, Dominic
name: Baier, Dirk
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Migration , Integration , Diskriminierung , Kriminalität , Niedersachsen
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung. Download von https://kfn.de/publikationen/kfn-forschungsberichte
Täterstrukturen und Strafermittlungen im Bereich des organisierten Wohnungseinbruchdiebstahls. Ergebnisse einer internationalen Expertenbefragung
Creators: name: Wollinger, Gina Rosa
name: Querbach, Maximilian
name: Röhrig, Alexandra
name: König, Alicia
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Deutschland , Einbruchdiebstahl , Organisiertes Verbrechen , Verlauf , Täterprofil , Ermittlung
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung. Download von https://kfn.de/publikationen/kfn-forschungsberichte
Thomas Merton's Allegory of Adam: Its Theology and Implications
Creators: name: Vaughan, Matthew
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Religion
Bible
Theology

description: This brief essay has to do with the ways in which Merton read Scripture, specifically the second creation narrative (which, due to Merton's androcentric reading, Vaughan terms the “Adam Narrative”) in Genesis 2:4-3:24. Of particular focus is a book that Merton published nearly fifty years ago entitled "The New Man" because it is Merton’s most thorough treatment of the Adam narrative. This essay generally introduces Merton’s theology, outlining how Adam serves as Merton’s primary allegory for establishing the function of existential unity with God. It concludes with several potential implications of this theology for the Stone-Campbell Movement as it considers questions of exegesis, prayer, and sacraments.
Development of recurrent facial palsy during plasmapheresis in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case report
Creators: name: Weimer, Louis H.
name: Stevenson, Mary L.
name: Bogorad, Ilya V.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Medicine
Neurology

description: Introduction: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an immune-mediated polyneuropathy that is routinely initially treated with either intravenous immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis. To the best of our knowledge, no association between plasmapheresis treatment and acute onset of facial neuropathy has been reported. Case presentation: A 35-year-old Caucasian man with no significant prior medical history developed ascending motor weakness and laboratory findings consistent with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Plasmapheresis was initiated. Acute facial palsy developed during the plasma exchange that subsequently resolved and then acutely recurred during the subsequent plasma exchange. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, no prior cases of acute facial palsy developing during plasmapheresis treatment are known. Although facial nerve involvement is common in typical Guillain-Barré syndrome, the temporal association with treatment, near-complete resolution and later recurrence support the association. The possible mechanism of plasmapheresis-induced worsening of peripheral nerve function in Guillain-Barré syndrome is unknown.
The mass of the Higgs boson in the trinification subgroup of E6
Creators: name: Stech, Berthold
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The extension of the standard model to SU(3)_L x SU(3)_R x SU(3)_C is considered. Spontaneous symmetry breaking requires two Higgs field multiplets with a strong hierarchical structure of vacuum expectation values. These vacuum expectation values, some of them known from experiment, are used to construct invariant potentials in form of a sum of individual potentials relevant at the weak scale. As in a previous suggestion one may normalize the most important individual potentials such that their mass eigenvalues agree with their very large vacuum expectation values. In this case (for a wide class of parameters) the scalar field corresponding to the standard model Higgs turns out to have the precise mass value m_Higgs = v/sqrt(2) = 123 GeV at the weak scale. The physical mass (pole mass) is larger and found to be 125 +/- 1.4 GeV.
description: 5 pages, version appearing in Phys. Rev. D
Adhesion and uptake mechanisms of amorphous silica micro and nanoparticles in an in vitro model of human alveolar epithelial cells
Creators: name: Tehranian, Sara
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 143-152
description: With increasing application of nanoparticles in various fields including automotives, catalysis, cosmetics, electronics, food and textiles and higher likelihood of human exposure, it is important to understand how these particles interact with cells. Also in medicine, nanotechnology based strategies to enhance the transport of different agents into specific tissues, cells or cellular compartments, require an understanding of nanoparticle-cell interactions. Even with numerous publications in this field, there are still significant gaps in knowledge from particle characterization to initial particle-cell interactions and downstream events. The goal of this project is to address these issues systematically. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are used to explore the links between initial adhesion of a particle to a cell and particle uptake. Amorphous silica is the model particle in this study because of its extensive applications. As the respiratory tract is a unique target for particles, an in vitro model of human type II alveolar epithelial cells (A549) is used. Adhesion and uptake mechanisms of amorphous silica micro and nanoparticles are compared and the effect of agglomeration on the interaction mechanisms is elucidated. Primary human lung fibroblasts are used as control. Transcytosis of the nanoparticles through A549 cells is also studied. The results show differences in the mechanisms involved in the adhesion and uptake of nanoparticle agglomerates and microparticles even when the size of the microparticle is in the range of the nanoparticle agglomerates size. Also, nanoparticle agglomerates appear to induce the same cellular responses as individual nanoparticles. A549 and primary human lung fibroblasts respond differently to nanoparticles. However, for microparticles, adhesion and uptake mechanisms are similar for both cell types. Transcytosis studies show that nanoparticles are able to cross A549 cells. TEM tomography reveals details of particle uptake and provides some leads on the endosomal escape of particles. The methods developed in this project open up a spectrum of investigations that otherwise would not be possible such as screening a large library of particles on different target cells. In addition to a fast turnover, this method allows "dissecting" the early steps of particle-cell interaction, including the biophysical reasons for adhesion and the events that trigger particle uptake.
Additional file 1 of Self-directed versus peer-supported digital self-management programmes for mental and sexual wellbeing after acquired brain injury (HOPE4ABI): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Wright, Hayley
name: Walker-Clarke, Aimee
name: Drummond, Avril
name: Kidd, Lisa
name: Yeates, Giles
name: Williams, Deborah
name: McWilliams, David
name: Clyne, Wendy
name: Clark, Cain C. T.
name: Kimani, Peter
name: Turner, Andy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1. Examples of the participant information sheet and consent form.
Re-actualization: a reawakening of potentialities into the present
Creators: name: Spencer, Carl
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 35-36
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: This paper outlines two ideas central to my artistic intention. First, the idea of machine potentiality; the qualities of machines that can be adapted into alternative, but functioning forms, outside of their original design. Second, the necessity of a transparent process in my art practice, that not only informs generative aspects of desired aesthetic outputs, but can also become an integral part of the art itself.
Post sagd in-situ combustion hybrid recovery method for oil-sands reservoirs
Creators: name: Paitakhti Oskouei, Seyed Javad
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 261-270
description: Thesis is in colour.
description: Current in-situ thermal recovery methods, Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and In Situ Combustion (ISC), have limitations which restrict their application in the heavy oil reservoirs. There are also a variety of undesirable environmental challenges associated with these existing techniques. To address some of these issues, hybrid technologies that attempt to synergistically combine both types of thermal processes were recently proposed. Since reported numerical simulation studies were unreliable due to large uncertainties in the mode of combustion occurring and the combustion kinetics, laboratory experiments were performed to evaluate the feasibility of the idea. A two­dimensional physical model was designed and fabricated with type-316 stainless steel to simulate the process. Eight Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage, experiments were completed at a representative reservoir pressure to validate the integrity of equipments and to investigate the effect of initial gas saturation, and high initial water and oil saturations in the SAGD operation. It was concluded that higher initial water and gas saturation negatively affected the process and reduced the oil recovery factor. Heat loss from the physical model was significantly increased and the heat transfer mechanism within the matrix was changed from conduction into convection. Subsequently, four hybrid experiments were completed with different air injection strategies like air injection into the SAGD chamber, and Top-Down combustion. The results proved the feasibility of the idea to implement ISC in the mature SAGD chamber. Total oil recovery factor was increased by 10 percent when combustion was restricted to the previously formed SAGD chamber. It was concluded that combustion within the existing steam chamber would be a solution to maintain the pressure in the mature SAGD chamber and to prevent non-desirable steam migration in the SAGD pattern. Implementing ISC in the growing SAGD chamber raised oil recovery by 20 percent. It is predicted that there is a potential to raise oil recovery factor by 40 percent if the whole pattern is swept.
Radio Observations Reveal Unusual Circumstellar Environments for Some Type Ibc Supernova Progenitors
Creators: name: Wellons, Sarah
name: Soderberg, Alicia M.
name: Chevalier, Roger A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present extensive radio observations of the nearby Type Ibc supernovae 2004cc, 2004dk, and 2004gq spanning 8-1900 days after explosion. Using a dynamical model developed for synchrotron emission from a slightly decelerated shockwave, we estimate the velocity and energy of the fastest ejecta and the density profile of the circumstellar medium. The shockwaves of all three supernovae are characterized by non-relativistic velocities of v ~ (0.1-25)c and associated energies of E ~ (2-10) * 1e47 erg, in line with the expectations for a typical homologous explosion. Smooth circumstellar density profiles are indicated by the early radio data and we estimate the progenitor mass loss rates to be ~ (0.6-13) * 1e-5 M_sun/yr (wind velocity 10^3 km/s). These estimates approach the saturation limit (~1e-4 M_sun/yr) for line-driven winds from Wolf-Rayet stars, the favored progenitors of SNe Ibc including those associated with long-duration GRBs. Intriguingly, at later epochs all three supernovae show evidence for abrupt radio variability that we attribute to large density modulations (factor of ~3-6) at circumstellar radii of r ~ (1-50) * 1e16 cm. If due to variable mass loss, these modulations are associated with progenitor activity on a timescale of ~ 10-100 years before explosion. We consider these results in the context of variable mass loss mechanisms including wind clumping, metallicity-independent continuum-driven ejections, and binary-induced modulations. It may also be possible that the SN shockwaves are dynamically interacting with wind termination shocks, however, this requires the environment to be highly pressurized and/or the progenitor to be rapidly rotating prior to explosion. The proximity of the density modulations to the explosion sites may suggest a synchronization between unusual progenitor mass loss and the SN explosion, reminiscent of Type IIn supernovae. [ABRIDGED]
description: 23 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables, accepted to ApJ
title: The role of CT in the assessment of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours.
Creators: name: O'Connell, Maura
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Not applicable
subject: Acute
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: GI Tract

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Describe the role of morphologic and functional imaging in patients suspected to have neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). Outline the main imaging features of gastroentero-pancreatic...
A new prognostic risk model based on autophagy-related genes in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma
Creators: name: Wu, Guangzhen
name: Xu, Yingkun
name: Zhang, Huayu
name: Ruan, Zihao
name: Zhang, Peizhi
name: Wang, Zicheng
name: Gao, Han
name: Che, Xiangyu
name: Xia, Qinghua
name: Chen, Feng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: This study aimed to explore the potential role of autophagy-related genes in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) and develop a new prognostic-related risk model. In our research, we used multiple bioinformatics methods to perform a pan-cancer analysis of the CNV, SNV, mRNA expression, and overall survival of autophagy-related genes, and displayed the results in the form of heat maps. We then performed cluster analysis and LASSO regression analysis on these autophagy-related genes in KIRC. In the cluster analysis, we successfully divided patients with KIRC into five clusters and found that there was a clear correlation between the classification and two clinicopathological features: tumor, and stage. In LASSO regression analysis, we used 13 genes to create a new prognostic-related risk model in KIRC. The model showed that the survival rate of patients with KIRC in the high-risk group was significantly lower than that in the low-risk group, and that there was a correlation between this grouping and the patients’ metastasis, tumor, stage, grade, and fustat. The results of the ROC curve suggested that this model has good prediction accuracy. The results of multivariate Cox analysis show that the risk score of this model can be used as an independent risk factor for patients with KIRC. In summary, we believe that this research provides valuable data supporting future clinical treatment and scientific research.
Examination and sensitivity analysis of friction factors as indicators of hold cleaning condition during drilling operations
Creators: name: Nazari, Tahmineh
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 96-101
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: Rotation of the drill string equipped with the drill bit at the bottom leads to the progress of drilling process as a certain level of force is applied to the contact point of the drill bit and the formation. Rock penetration generates drill cuttings which are removed by the fluid flow from the bottom to the surface through the annulus around the drill string. In an optimized drilling process the rate of cuttings generation is almost equal to the rate of cuttings transformation to the surface. There are several parameters which need to be controlled during drilling such as bottom hole pressure and rate of penetration, therefore in most of the cases, maintaining a complete cuttings removal process may be challenging. Cuttings accumulation in the annulus can be the source of more severe problems like mechanical drill pipe sticking. A real-time hole cleaning monitoring system is expected to activate the pre-designed alarms for the drilling team and prevent further problems. The increase in the cuttings concentration in the annulus causes the increase in the value of mechanical and viscous friction factors. Some of the measured drilling parameters such as torque and hook load are a direct function of these friction factors. To take a step toward designing a real-time hole cleaning monitoring system during drilling operation, an estimator is designed in this study to extract the value of friction factors out of torque, hook load, pump pressure and down-hole pressure while drilling. The estimator for mechanical friction factor is a nonlinear estimator which calculates the friction value iteratively and filters the measurement noise. The annular pressure is a linear function of viscous friction factor hence a linear estimator is introduced to extract the value of the viscous friction factor in the presence of the measurement noise. Results indicate that the design estimators are capable of extracting the value of mechanical and viscous friction factors out of noisy measurements as indicators of well bore condition in terms of hole cleaning. Both of the estimators are model based estimators therefore selected models for the indicator parameters are introduced in this research as well. The results of the estimators are a function of the intensity of the relation between the measured drilling parameters and friction factors. The intensity of this dependency is a function of adjustable drilling parameters such as drilling fluid flow rate. The existence of uncertainty associated with the drilling parameters such as the Buoyancy factor, II necessitates the investigation of the degree of dependency of torque, hook load, pump pressure and bottom hole pressure to the friction factors. Therefore sensitivity and uncertainty analysis using the developed models have been carried out in this research.
Synths, racks and related gear: the impact of technology on the development of new music in the 20th century
Creators: name: Mosker, Andrew
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 79-122
description: A page is in colour.
description: This study traces the technological innovation in musical instruments made between 1929 and 1983, and explores their subsequent impact on musical style and culture. It will place in context of the convergence of technology, music, and performance as found within a subset of electronic instruments and equipment that is part of the collection at Calgary's National Music Centre (hereinafter, NMC). This selection of instruments, covering developments in instrument making over five decades, illustrate tangible examples of how technology became a catalyst for new compositions, timbres, forms, and in some cases, new genres and contexts of music in the twentieth century. Since most of the instruments in this collection are playable (and played) rather than prototypes, with many of them owned by famous performers, this thesis will examine these instruments within the context of performers and performance, rather than as mere organological specimens divorced from music making. Finally, and most importantly, this thesis will also include a detailed catalogue of these electronic instruments, providing a description, acquisition history, and musical context for each.
title: Radiological correlation of the Hyperintensities of the Central Tegmental Tract (HTTC)
Creators: name: HERNANDEZ HERRERA, JUAN MANUEL
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neuro
subject: Anatomy
subject: Head and neck
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Image verification
subject: Not applicable
subject: Observational
subject: Performed at one institution

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Establish the characterization of patients with Hyperintensities of the Central Tegmental Tract (HTTC) and their radiological clinical...
Superradiance by mini black holes with mirror
Creators: name: Lee, Jong-Phil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The superradiant scattering of massive scalar particles by a rotating mini black hole is investigated. Imposing the mirror boundary condition, the system becomes the so called black-hole bomb where the rotation energy of the black hole is transferred to the scattered particle exponentially with time. Bulk emissions as well as brane emissions are considered altogether. It is found that the largest effects are expected for the brane emission of lower angular modes with lighter mass and larger angular momentum of the black hole. Possibilities of the forming the black-hole bomb at the LHC are discussed.
description: 20 pages, 2 figures, 7 tables. More discussions. To appear in JHEP
The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review: the Nexus of Biological Weapons Threats and U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Creators: name: Culp, Derrin
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Nuclear weapons--Government policy
Biological weapons
National security

description: The U.S. government released its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) Report in 2010. The NPR Report is declaratory policy that warns adversaries and assures allies about how the U.S. would use nuclear weapons to defend the people, territories, and vital interests of the United States. The NPR Report reflects the current administration‘s beliefs that nuclear weapons are not highly relevant to defending against biological weapons (BW) threats, but that unpredictable scientific developments could necessitate a return to greater reliance on nuclear weapons for protection.
Non-local correlations in the Haldane phase for an XXZ spin-1 chain: A perspective from infinite matrix product state representation
Creators: name: Su, Yao Heng
name: Cho, Sam Young
name: Li, Bo
name: Wang, Hong-Lei
name: Zhou, Huan-Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: String correlations are investigated in an infinite-size XXZ spin-1 chain. By using the infinite matrix product state representation, we calculate a long-range string order. In the XY phase, the string correlations decay within a relatively very large lattice distance, which makes a finite-size study difficult to verify the non-existence of the string order. Thus, in the Haldane phase, the non-vanishing string correlations in the limit of a very large distance allow to characterize the phase boundaries to the XY phase and the Neel phase, which implies that the transverse long-range string order is the order parameter for the Haldane phase. In addition, the singular behaviors of the von Neumann entropy and the fidelity per lattice site are shown to capture clearly the phase transition points that are consistent with the results from the string order. The estimated critical points including a BKT transition from the XY phase to the Haldane phase agree well with the previous results: $Δ_{c2} = 0$ for the XY-Haldane phase transition and $Δ_{c3} = 1.185$ for the Haldane-N'eel phase transition from the density renormalization group. From a finite-entanglement scaling of the von Neumann entropy with respect to the truncation dimension, the central charges are found to be $c \simeq 1.0$ at $Δ_{c2} = 0$ and $c \simeq 0.5$ at $Δ_{c3} = 1.185$, respectively, which shows that the XY-Haldane phase transition at $Δ_{c2} = 0$ belongs to the Heisenberg universality class, while the Haldane-Neel phase transition at $Δ_{c2} = 1.185$ belongs to the two-dimensional classical Ising universality class. It is also shown that, the long-range order parameters and the von Neumann entropy, as well as the fidelity per site approach, can be applied to characterize quantum phase transitions as a universal phase transition indicator for one-dimensional lattice many-body systems.
description: 12 pages, 12 figures
Feasibility and efficacy of pairing fecal immunochemical testing with mammography for increasing colorectal cancer screening among uninsured Latinas in northern Manhattan
Creators: name: Hillyer, Grace A.
name: Basch, Charles E.
name: Schmitt, Karen M.
name: Neugut, Alfred I.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Oncology
Public health
Medicine

description: Objectives: We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a program to promote colorectal cancer screening (CRC) among uninsured Latinas receiving mammography through a cancer screening clinic in northern Manhattan.
Methods: Between August 2009 and March 2010, unscreened, average CRC risk, uninsured Latinas, aged 50–64 years, undergoing mammography received a screening recommendation, education, and fecal immunochemical test (FIT). Socio-demographic information and level of acculturation was collected. Screening compliance was assessed.
Results: Of 651 Latinas evaluated, 210 were eligible and, of these, 94% (n = 197) consented to participate; 441 were excluded because they were up-to-date with CRC screening (n = 130), less than 50 (n = 285) or greater than 64 (n = 26) years of age. After intervention, 177 (90%) completed FIT. Within 2 weeks, 87% completed the FIT, and 69% did so with no reminder calls. Acculturation was significantly lower among screeners (p = 0.014). Compared with non-screeners, screeners were more likely to be foreign-born (p = 0.009), to speak only Spanish (p = 0.043), and to prefer to read (p = 0.037), and think (p = 0.015) in Spanish.
Conclusion: This study suggests that pairing CRC education and screening with mammography is both feasible and efficacious.
The perceived effects of practising mindfulness meditation on women's sexual and relational lives
Creators: name: McCreary, Simone L.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2012

description: Bibliography: p. 115-131
description: A couple of pages are in colour.
description: Meditation, particularly mindfulness meditation, has been gaining in popularity and credibility in recent years as a therapeutic intervention for a wide range of concerns. However, little research has examined its effect on sexuality and intimate relationships. This phenomenological study explores women's experiences with meditation with regard to their romantic relationships and physical intimacy. Interviews were conducted with 10 women, married and unmarried, between the ages of 28 and 44 years old, who had been practicing meditation including a mindfulness component for 6 months or more (9 of the 10 had begun meditating within the past 7 years). The researcher identified 5 themes: (a) harmony in day to day life, (b) enhanced sexual life, (c) love deepened, ( d) indirect benefits to the relationship, and ( e) challenges. The application of these themes to counselling practice and future research are discussed.
title: Whitney M. Borland and the Bureau of Reclamation - 1930 to 1972
title: Hydrology days 2004
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: AGU hydrology days 2004
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Pemberton, Ernest L.
name: Strand, Robert I.
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2004

description: 24th annual AGU hydrology days was held at Colorado State University on March 10-12, 2004.
Coupled-wave surface-impedance analysis of extraordinary transmission through single and stacked metallic screens
Creators: name: Delgado, Vicente
name: Marqués, Ricardo
name: Jelinek, Lukas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we present an efficient Coupled-wave surface-impedance method for the analysis of extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) through single and stacked realistic metallic screens under normal and oblique incidence, including possible dielectric interlayers. The proposed theory is valid for the complete frequency range where EOT has been reported, including microwaves and optics. Electromagnetic simulations validate the results of the model, which allows for a fast and accurate characterization of the analyzed structures.
Automatic Forest Cover Classification Using Sentinel-2 Multispectral Satellite Data and Machine Learning Algorithms in Google Earth Engine
Creators: name: Onačillová, K.
name: Krištofová, V.
name: Paluba, Daniel
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 401304
subject: Photogrammetry and remote sensing
classificationCode: 300702
subject: Forest biodiversity
classificationCode: 461199
subject: Machine learning not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 460306
subject: Image processing
classificationCode: 300703
subject: Forest ecosystems
classificationCode: 370402
subject: Earth and space science informatics
classificationCode: 370499
subject: Geoinformatics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 370403
subject: Geoscience data visualisation

description: Forest cover plays an essential role in maintaining ecological equilibrium, mitigating climate change, and securing a sustainable future for both humanity and the planet. Most countries conduct forest inventory or remote sensing surveys every few years to monitor changes in forest cover. However, only a few initiatives offer more frequent updates, typically weekly or monthly, focusing exclusively on areas experiencing high rates of deforestation or those of significant ecological value. The present study focuses on the classification of forest cover throughout Slovakia, covering the period 2017-2022, using Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite imagery along with the machine learning (ML) algorithms Random Forest (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). The computation was performed in the cloud-based Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, which offers a versatile interface for a broad range of computational capabilities for geospatial analysis and landscape monitoring. Forest cover change processing and evaluation is based on the RF classification algorithm, which demonstrated higher accuracy than the SVM classifier. The results indicate that RF outperformed SVM by 4% and 21% in 2017 and 2020, respectively. The RF algorithm achieved an overall accuracy (OA) of 95% in both classification cases (2017 and 2020) and F1 score of up to 0.95. The selected RF algorithm revealed an increase in forest cover in Slovakia, particularly notable during the period 2017-2019, with a slight decrease detected between 2019 and 2020. Furthermore, it was determined that the current forest cover is lower than that reported in official state statistics and land cover databases. Additionally, a user-friendly automatic tool for forest cover classification was developed and made freely available in GEE. This tool can benefit foresters, urban planners, and everyday users by detecting subtle changes in forest cover, crucial for forest sustainability and human well-being.
Additional file 1 of Parental separation, negative life events and mental health problems in adolescence
Creators: name: Karhina, Kateryna
name: Bøe, Tormod
name: Hysing, Mari
name: Nilsen, Sondre Aasen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
Automatic Forest Cover Classification Using Sentinel-2 Multispectral Satellite Data and Machine Learning Algorithms in Google Earth Engine
Creators: name: Onačillová, K.
name: Krištofová, V.
name: Paluba, D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 401304
subject: Photogrammetry and remote sensing
classificationCode: 300702
subject: Forest biodiversity
classificationCode: 461199
subject: Machine learning not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 460306
subject: Image processing
classificationCode: 300703
subject: Forest ecosystems
classificationCode: 370402
subject: Earth and space science informatics
classificationCode: 370499
subject: Geoinformatics not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 370403
subject: Geoscience data visualisation

description: Forest cover plays an essential role in maintaining ecological equilibrium, mitigating climate change, and securing a sustainable future for both humanity and the planet. Most countries conduct forest inventory or remote sensing surveys every few years to monitor changes in forest cover. However, only a few initiatives offer more frequent updates, typically weekly or monthly, focusing exclusively on areas experiencing high rates of deforestation or those of significant ecological value. The present study focuses on the classification of forest cover throughout Slovakia, covering the period 2017-2022, using Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite imagery along with the machine learning (ML) algorithms Random Forest (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). The computation was performed in the cloud-based Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, which offers a versatile interface for a broad range of computational capabilities for geospatial analysis and landscape monitoring. Forest cover change processing and evaluation is based on the RF classification algorithm, which demonstrated higher accuracy than the SVM classifier. The results indicate that RF outperformed SVM by 4% and 21% in 2017 and 2020, respectively. The RF algorithm achieved an overall accuracy (OA) of 95% in both classification cases (2017 and 2020) and F1 score of up to 0.95. The selected RF algorithm revealed an increase in forest cover in Slovakia, particularly notable during the period 2017-2019, with a slight decrease detected between 2019 and 2020. Furthermore, it was determined that the current forest cover is lower than that reported in official state statistics and land cover databases. Additionally, a user-friendly automatic tool for forest cover classification was developed and made freely available in GEE. This tool can benefit foresters, urban planners, and everyday users by detecting subtle changes in forest cover, crucial for forest sustainability and human well-being.
Band Calculations for Ce Compounds with AuCu$_{3}$-type Crystal Structure on the basis of Dynamical Mean Field Theory II. - CeIn$_{3}$ and CeSn$_{3}$
Creators: name: Sakai, Osamu
name: Harima, Hisatomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Band calculations for Ce compounds with the AuCu$_{3}$-type crystal structure were carried out on the basis of dynamical mean field theory (DMFT). The results of applying the calculation to CeIn$_{3}$ and CeSn$_{3}$ are presented as the second in a series of papers. The Kondo temperature and crystal-field splitting are obtained, respectively, as 190 and 390 K (CeSn$_{3}$), 8 and 160 K (CeIn$_{3}$ under ambient pressure), and 30 and 240 K (CeIn$_{3}$ at a pressure of 2.75 GPa). Experimental results for the photoemission spectrum are reasonably well reproduced. In CeSn$_{3}$, a Fermi surface (FS) structure similar to that obtained by a refined calculation based on the local density approximation (LDA) is obtained. In CeIn$_{3}$, the topology of the FS structure is different from that obtained by the LDA calculation but seems to be consistent with the results of de Haas-van Alphen experiments. Cyclotron mass of the correct magnitude is obtained in both compounds. The experimental result for the angular correlation of the electron-positron annihilation radiation is reasonably well reproduced on the basis of the itinerant 4f picture. A band calculation for CeIn$_{3}$ in the antiferromagnetic state was carried out, and it was shown that the occupied 4f state should have a very shallow level.
description: 31 pages, 16 figures
Cerceris nugax ARNOLD 1931
Creators: name: Madl, Michael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Cerceris
Cerceris nugax

description: Cerceris nugax ARNOLD, 1931
Cerceris nugax n.sp.: ARNOLD 1931: 145 (key ♂), 176 (descr. ♂, figs 27, 27a,b, Tadjoura). Cerceris nugax ARNOLD, 1931: BOHART & MENKE 1976: 584 (world cat. (Djibouti, not Somalia)).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Tadjoura.
Cerceris nugax is known from the Afrotropical (Djibouti, Mali, Nigeria) and Palaearctic (e.g. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in ARNOLD (1951: 112) and EMPEY (1969: 317; 1983: 181).
description: Published as part of Madl, Michael, 2018, A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, pp. 907-967 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2) on page 942, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3776452