cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Do more online instructional ratings lead to better prediction of instructor quality?
Creators: name: Sanders, Shane
name: Walia, Bhavneet
name: Potter, Joel
name: Linna, Kenneth W.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: Online instructional ratings are taken by many with a grain of salt. This study analyzes the ability of said ratings to estimate the official (university-administered) instructional ratings of the same respective university instructors. Given self-selection among raters, we further test whether more online ratings of instructors lead to better prediction of official ratings in terms of both R-squared value and root mean squared error. We lastly test and correct for heteroskedastic error terms in the regression analysis to allow for the first robust estimations on the topic. Despite having a starkly different distribution of values, online ratings explain much of the variation in official ratings. This conclusion strengthens, and root mean squared error typically falls, as one considers regression subsets over which instructors have a larger number of online ratings. Though (public) online ratings do not mimic the results of (semi-private) official ratings, they provide a reliable source of information for predicting official ratings. There is strong evidence that this reliability increases in online rating usage. Accessed 6,372 times on https://pareonline.net from February 22, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Minimal model of a heat engine: An information theory approach
Creators: name: Zhou, Yun
name: Segal, Dvira
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a generic model for a heat engine using information theory concepts, attributing irreversible energy dissipation to the information transmission channels. Using several forms for the channel capacity, classical and quantum, we demonstrate that our model recovers both the Carnot principle in the reversible limit, and the universal maximum power efficiency expression of nonreversible thermodynamics in the linear response regime. We expect the model to be immensely useful as a testbed for studying fundamental topics in thermodynamics.
title: Quality Control Charts in Large-Scale Assessment Programs
Creators: name: Schafer, William D.
name: Coverdale, Bradley J.
name: Luxenberg, Harlan
name: Ying, Jin
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: There are relatively few examples of quantitative approaches to quality control in educational assessment and accountability contexts. Among the several techniques that are used in other fields, Shewart charts have been found in a few instances to be applicable in educational settings. This paper describes Shewart charts and gives examples of how they have been used to monitor quality in testing programs. Additional areas of application in large-scale educational assessment programs are proposed Accessed 10,392 times on https://pareonline.net from October 19, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Sociodemographic disparities in the management of type 2 diabetes in the United States
Creators: name: Tan, Xi
name: Lee, Lulu
name: Huynh, Stephanie
name: Pawaskar, Manjiri
name: Rajpathak, Swapnil
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: To examine the potential sociodemographic disparities in type 2 diabetes (T2D) management and care among US adult individuals, after controlling for clinical and behavioral factors. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of individuals with T2D (N = 4,552) from a linked database of the National Health and Wellness Survey and a large US ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) database. This study period was between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018 and individuals were followed up for at least 6 months through EHR after the completion of the survey. The sociodemographic characteristics included gender, race, ethnicity, marital status, education, employment status, household income, insurance status, and geographic region. The independent variables included testing and control of HbA1c, blood pressure (BP), and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C); hypoglycemia, emergency room (ER) visits, and all-cause hospitalization. Multivariable analyses were conducted using generalized linear models. Results: The percentage for uncontrolled HbA1c was 38.6%. With clinical and behavioral characteristics adjusted, individuals living in the Northeast region had 30% higher odds of having HbA1c testing than those who lived in the South. Blacks and Asians were less likely to have HbA1c control than Whites. Uninsured individuals had a lower likelihood of receiving HbA1c, BP, or LDL-C testing compared with commercial insurers. Individuals with low income were more likely to have higher ER visits and hospitalizations. Conclusion: Potential sociodemographic disparities exist in T2D management and care in the US, indicating the needs for improvement in healthcare access, educational and behavioral programs, as well as disease and treatment management in these subgroups.
title: Is a picture is worth a thousand words? Creating effective questionnaires with pictures
Creators: name: Reynolds, Laura
name: Johnson, Robert
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: In developing attitudinal instruments for young children, researchers, program evaluators, and clinicians often use response scales with pictures or images (e.g., smiley faces) as anchors., This article considers highlights connections between word-based and picture based Likert scales and highlights the value in translating conventions used in word-based Likert scales to those with pictures or images. Accessed 26,076 times on https://pareonline.net from May 05, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Entropic descriptor of a complex behaviour
Creators: name: Piasecki, R.
name: Plastino, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new type of entropic descriptor that is able to quantify the statistical complexity (a measure of complex behaviour) by taking simultaneously into account the average departures of a system's entropy S from both its maximum possible value Smax and its minimum possible value Smin. When these two departures are similar to each other, the statistical complexity is maximal. We apply the new concept to the variability, over a range of length scales, of spatial or grey-level pattern arrangements in simple models. The pertinent results confirm the fact that a highly non-trivial, length-scale dependence of the entropic descriptor makes it an adequate complexity-measure, able to distinguish between structurally distinct configurational macrostates with the same degree of disorder.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, extended version
title: Test Score Reporting Referenced to Doubly-Moderated Cut Scores Using Splines
Creators: name: Schafer, William D.
name: Hou, Xiaodong
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: This study discusses and presents an example of a use of spline functions to establish and report test scores using a moderated system of any number of cut scores. Our main goals include studying the need for and establishing moderated standards and creating a reporting scale that is referenced to all the standards. Our secondary goals are to make possible straightforward interpretations about growth, and to report to users, scores that capitalize on their existing beliefs. Data from one state are used as an example to demonstrate how a complete system of cut scores might be developed and implemented. Accessed 6,255 times on https://pareonline.net from October 12, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Bioefficacy of plant derivatives on the repellency, damage assessment and progeny production of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
Creators: name: Murugan, K.
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Callosobruchus maculatus
subject: Anisomeles malabarica
subject: Azadirachta indica
subject: repellency
subject: damage assessment
subject: progeny production

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv; 425; 874-880
title: Susceptibility of red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) populations from Serbia to contact insecticides
Creators: name: Andrić, G.
name: Kljajić, P.
name: Perić, I.
name: Pražić Golić, M.
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Tribolium castaneum adults
subject: Different populations
subject: Insecticide toxicity
subject: Susceptibility resistance

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv; 425; 869-873
Corresponding States of Structural Glass Formers
Creators: name: Elmatad, Yael S.
name: Chandler, David
name: Garrahan, Juan P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The variation with respect to temperature T of transport properties of 58 fragile structural glass forming liquids (68 data sets in total) are analyzed and shown to exhibit a remarkable degree of universality. In particular, super-Arrhenius behaviors of all super-cooled liquids appear to collapse to one parabola for which there is no singular behavior at any finite temperature. This behavior is bounded by an onset temperature To above which liquid transport has a much weaker temperature dependence. A similar collapse is also demonstrated, over the smaller available range, for existing numerical simulation data.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures. Updated References, Table Values, Submitted for Publication
title: A Framework for the Development of Computerized Adaptive Tests
Creators: name: Thompson, Nathan A.
name: Weiss, David A.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: A substantial amount of research has been conducted over the past 40 years on technical aspects of computerized adaptive testing (CAT), such as item selection algorithms, item exposure controls, and termination criteria. However, there is little literature providing practical guidance on the development of a CAT. This paper seeks to collate some of the available research methodologies into a general framework for the development of any CAT assessment. Accessed 23,543 times on https://pareonline.net from January 10, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Global star formation revisited
Creators: name: Silk, Joseph
name: Norman, Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A general treatment of disk star formation is developed from a dissipative multi-phase model, with the dominant dissipation due to cloud collisions. The Schmidt-Kennicutt law emerges naturally for star-forming disks and starbursts. We predict that there should be an inverse correlation between Tully-Fisher law and Schmidt-Kennicutt law residuals. The model is extended to include a multi-phase treatment of supernova feedback that leads to a turbulent pressure-regulated generalization of the star formation law and is applicable to gas-rich starbursts. Enhanced pressure, as expected in merger-induced star formation, enhances star formation efficiency. An upper limit is derived for the disk star formation rate in starbursts that depends on the ratio of global ISM to cloud pressures. We extend these considerations to the case where the interstellar gas pressure in the inner galaxy is dominated by outflows from a central AGN. During massive spheroid formation, AGN-driven winds trigger star formation, resulting in enhanced supernova feedback and outflows. The outflows are comparable to the AGN-boosted star formation rate and saturate in the super-Eddington limit. Downsizing of both SMBH and spheroids is a consequence of AGN-driven positive feedback. Bondi accretion feeds the central black hole with a specific accretion rate that is proportional to the black hole mass. AGN-enhanced star formation is mediated by turbulent pressure and relates spheroid star formation rate to black hole accretion rate. The relation between black hole mass and spheroid velocity dispersion has a coefficient (Salpeter time to gas consumption time ratio) that provides an arrow of time. Highly efficient, AGN-boosted star formation can occur at high redshift.
description: Astrophysical Journal, in press (references added)
title: Reporting and Discussing Effect Size: Still the Road Less Traveled?
Creators: name: McMillan, James H.
name: Jennifer, Foley
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: This study shows the extent to which effect size is reported and discussed in four major journals. A series of judgments about different aspects of effect size were conducted for 417 articles from four journals. Results suggest that while the reporting of simple effect size indices is more prevalent, substantive discussions of the meaning of effect size is lacking. Accessed 17,478 times on https://pareonline.net from October 18, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Formative Use of Assessment Information: It’s a Process, So Let’s Say What We Mean
Creators: name: Good, Robert
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: The term formative assessment is often used to describe a type of assessment. The purpose of this paper is to challenge the use of this phrase given that formative assessment as a noun phrase ignores the well-established understanding that it is a process more than an object. A model that combines content, context, and strategies is presented as one way to view the process nature of assessing formatively. The alternate phrase formative use of assessment information is suggested as a more appropriate way to describe how content, context, and strategies can be used together in order to close the gap between where a student is performing currently and the intended learning goal. Accessed 14,299 times on https://pareonline.net from February 22, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Regge limit of R-current correlators in AdS Supergravity
Creators: name: Bartels, J.
name: Kotanski, J.
name: Mischler, A. -M.
name: Schomerus, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Four-point functions of R-currents are discussed within Anti-de Sitter supergravity. In particular, we compute Witten diagrams with graviton and gauge boson exchange in the high energy Regge limit. Assuming validity of the AdS/CFT correspondence, our results apply to R-current four-point functions of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory at strong coupling.
description: 23 pages, 5 figures
Near Infrared Spectroscopic Study of V1647 Ori
Creators: name: Brittain, S. D.
name: Rettig, T. W.
name: Simon, T.
name: Gibb, E. L.
name: Liskowsky, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new high-resolution infrared echelle spectra of V1647 Ori, the young star that illuminates McNeil's nebula. From the start, V1647 Ori has been an enigmatic source that has defied classification, in some ways resembling eruptive stars of the FUor class and in other respects the EXor variables. V1647 Ori underwent an outburst in 2003 before fading back to its pre-outburst brightness in 2006. In 2008, it underwent a new outburst. In this paper we present high-resolution K-band and M-band spectra from the W. M. Keck Observatory that were acquired during the 2008 outburst. We compare the spectra to spectra acquired during the previous outburst and quiescent phases. We find that the luminosity and full width at half maximum power of Br-gamma increased as the star has brightened and decreased when the star faded indicating that these phases are driven by variations in the accretion rate. We also show that the temperature of the CO emission has varied with the stellar accretion rate confirming suggestions from modeling of the heating mechanisms of the inner disk (e.g. Glassgold et al. 2004). Finally we find that the lowest energy blue-shifted CO absorption lines originally reported in 2007 are no longer detected. The absence of these lines confirms the short-lived nature of the outflow launched at the start of the quiescent phase in 2006.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures, accepted by ApJ
title: Applying Tests of Equivalence for Multiple Group Comparisons: Demonstration of the Confidence Interval Approach
Creators: name: Rusticus, Shayna A.
name: Lovato, Chris Y.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: Assessing the comparability of different groups is an issue facing many researchers and evaluators in a variety of settings. Commonly, null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) is incorrectly used to demonstrate comparability when a non-significant result is found. This is problematic because a failure to find a difference between groups is not equivalent to showing that the groups are comparable. This paper provides a comparison of the confidence interval approach to equivalency testing and the more traditional analysis of variance (ANOVA) method using both continuous and rating scale data from three geographically separate medical education teaching sites. Equivalency testing is recommended as a better alternative to demonstrating comparability through its examination of whether mean differences between two groups are small enough that these differences can be considered practically unimportant and thus, the groups can be treated as equivalent. Accessed 12,813 times on https://pareonline.net from April 25, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Isoperimetric inequalities for the eigenvalues of natural Schrödinger operators on surfaces
Creators: name: Soufi, Ahmad El
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35P15, 58J50, 35J10

description: This paper deals with eigenvalue optimization problems for a family of natural Schrödinger operators arising in some geometrical or physical contexts. These operators, whose potentials are quadratic in curvature, are considered on closed surfaces immersed in space forms and we look for geometries that maximize the eigenvalues. We show that under suitable assumptions on the potential, the first and the second eigenvalues are maximized by (round) spheres.
description: Indiana University Math. Journal
Global Slim Accretion Disk Solutions Revisited
Creators: name: Jiao, Cheng-Liang
name: Xue, Li
name: Gu, Wei-Min
name: Lu, Ju-Fu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that there exists a maximal possible accretion rate, beyond which global slim disk solutions cannot be constructed because in the vertical direction the gravitational force would be unable to balance the pressure force to gather the accreted matter. The principle for this restriction is the same as that for the Eddington luminosity and the corresponding critical accretion rate, which were derived for spherical accretion by considering the same force balance in the radial direction. If the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium is waived and vertical motion is included, this restriction may become even more serious as the value of the maximal possible accretion rate becomes smaller. Previous understanding in the literature that global slim disk solutions could stand for any large accretion rates is due to the overestimation of the vertical gravitational force by using an approximate potential. For accretion flows with large accretion rates at large radii, outflows seem unavoidable in order for the accretion flow to reduce the accretion rate and follow a global solution till the central black hole.
description: Accepted by ApJ
title: Student Consensus on RateMyProfessors com
Creators: name: Bleske-Rechek, April
name: Fritsch, Amber
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: At the same time as some faculty committees and corporations are appealing to the use of online ratings from RateMyProfessors.com to inform promotion decisions and nationwide university rankings, others are derogating the site as an unreliable source of idiosyncratic student ratings and commentary. In this paper we describe a study designed to test the assumption that student's ratings are unreliable. The sample included 366 instructors with 10 or more student ratings. Contrary to the assumption that student's ratings are unreliable, variance in student's ratings about a given instructor was similar across number of raters, with 10 raters showing the same degree of consensus as 50 or more raters. Students showed the most consensus about instructors who were among the top third of the distribution in quality, and this effect occurred even among instructors rated as the most difficult. Taken alongside other investigations of RateMyProfessors.com and the broad literature on student evaluations of teaching, our findings suggest that students who use RateMyProfessors.com are likely providing each other with useful information about quality of instruction. Accessed 9,408 times on https://pareonline.net from November 07, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Do all millisecond pulsars share a common heritage?
Creators: name: Kiziltan, Bulent
name: Thorsett, Stephen. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of millisecond pulsations from neutron stars in low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) systems has substantiated the theoretical prediction that links millisecond radio pulsars (MSRPs) and LMXBs. Since then, the process that produces millisecond radio pulsars from LMXBs, followed by spin-down due to dipole radiation has been conceived as the 'standard evolution' of millisecond pulsars. However, the question whether all the observed millisecond radio pulsars could be produced by LMXBs has not been quantitatively addressed until now. The standard evolutionary process produces millisecond pulsars with periods (P) and spin-down rates (Pdot) that are not entirely independent. The possible P-Pdot values that millisecond radio pulsars can attain are jointly constrained. In order to test whether the observed millisecond radio pulsars are the unequivocal descendants of millisecond X-ray pulsars (MSXP), we have produced a probability map that represents the expected distribution of millisecond radio pulsars for the standard model. We show with more than 95 % confidence that the fastest spinning millisecond radio pulsars with high magnetic fields, e.g. PSR B1937+21, cannot be produced by the observed millisecond X-ray pulsars within the framework of the standard model.
description: Full resolution color figures available at: http://www.kiziltan.org/research.html. To appear in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) proceedings, 8 pages, 2 figures, 1 table
title: The operating characteristics of the nonparametric Levene test for equal variances with assessment and evaluation data
Creators: name: Nordstokke, David W.
name: Zumbo, Bruno D.
name: Cairns, Sharon L.
name: Saklofske, Donald H.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: Many assessment and evaluation studies use statistical hypothesis tests, such as the independent samples t test or analysis of variance, to test the equality of two or more means for gender, age groups, cultures or language group comparisons. In addition, some, but far fewer, studies compare variability across these same groups or research conditions. Tests of the equality of variances can therefore be used on their own for this purpose but they are most often used alongside other methods to support assumptions made about variances. This is often done so that variances can be pooled across groups to yield an estimate of variance that is used in the standard error of the statistic in question. The purposes of this paper are twofold. The first purpose is to describe a new nonparametric Levene test for equal variances that can be used with widely available statistical software such as SPSS or SAS, and the second purpose is to investigate this test's operating characteristics, Type I error and statistical power, with real assessment and evaluation data. To date, the operating characteristics of the nonparametric Levene test have been studied with mathematical distributions in computer experiments and, although that information is valuable, this study will be an important next step in documenting both the level of non-normality (skewness and kurtosis) of real assessment and evaluation data, and how this new statistical test operates in these conditions. Accessed 15,120 times on https://pareonline.net from February 26, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Efficacy of diatomaceous earth and botanical powders against the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on maize
Creators: name: Nukenine, E. K.
name: Goudoungou, J. W.
name: Adler, C.
name: Reichmuth, C.
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: diatomaceous earth
subject: botanical powders
subject: maize
subject: integrated weevil management
subject: Sitophilus zeamais

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv; 425; 881-887
Exact master equations for the non-Markovian decay of a qubit
Creators: name: Vacchini, Bassano
name: Breuer, Heinz-Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact master equations describing the decay of a two-state system into a structured reservoir are constructed. Employing the exact solution for the model we determine analytical expressions for the memory kernel of the Nakajima-Zwanzig master equation and for the generator of the corresponding time-convolutionless master equation. This approach allows a detailed investigation and comparison of the convergence behavior of the corresponding perturbation expansions. Moreover, we find that the structure of widely used phenomenological master equations with memory kernel may be incompatible with a non-perturbative treatment of the underlying microscopic model. We discuss several physical implications of our results on the microscopic analysis and the phenomenological modelling of non-Markovian quantum dynamics of open systems.
description: 11 pages, no figures
title: Termination Criteria for Computerized Classification Testing
Creators: name: Thompson, Nathan A.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: Computerized classification testing (CCT) is an approach to designing tests with intelligent algorithms, similar to adaptive testing, but specifically designed for the purpose of classifying examinees into categories such as "pass" and "fail".  Like adaptive testing for point estimation of ability, the key component is the termination criterion, namely the algorithm that decides whether to classify the examinee and end the test or to continue and administer another item. This paper applies a newly suggested termination criterion, the generalized likelihood ratio (GLR), to CCT. It also explores the role of the indifference region in the specification of likelihood-ratio based termination criteria, comparing the GLR to the sequential probability ratio test. Results from simulation studies suggest that the GLR is always at least as efficient as existing methods. Accessed 7,385 times on https://pareonline.net from February 24, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Cohen's d vs Alternative Standardized Mean Group Difference Measures
Creators: name: Cahan, Sorel
name: Gamliel, Eyal
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: Standardized effect size measures typically employed in behavioral and social sciences research in the multi-group case (e.g., Î·2, f2) evaluate between-group variability in terms of either total or within-group variability, such as variance or standard deviation â€“ that is, measures of dispersion about the mean. In contrast, the definition of Cohenâ€™s d, the effect size measure typically computed in the two-group case, is incongruent due to a conceptual difference between the numerator â€“ which measures between-group variability by the intuitive and straightforward raw difference between the two group means â€“ and the denominator - which measures within-group variability in terms of the difference between all observations and the group mean (i.e., the pooled within-groups standard deviation, SW). Two congruent alternatives to d, in which the root square or absolute mean difference between all observation pairs is substituted for SW as the variability measure in the denominator of d, are suggested and their conceptual and statistical advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Accessed 14,413 times on https://pareonline.net from June 28, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
title: Australian national residue survey – closing the loop on pesticide residue risk management for Australian grain
Creators: name: Reichstein, I.
name: Healy, K.
name: James, A.
name: Murray, B.
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: grain
subject: pesticide
subject: residue
subject: monitoring program
subject: residue risk management

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv; 425; 888-893
title: Assessing the Assessment: Rubrics Training for Pre-service and New In-service Teachers
Creators: name: Lovorn, Michael G.
name: Rezaei, Ali Reza
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: Recent studies report that the use of rubrics may not improve the reliability of assessment if raters are not well trained on how to design and employ them effectively. The intent of this two-phase study was to test if training pre-service and new in-service teachers in the construction, use, and evaluation of rubrics would improve the reliability of their evaluations of writing assignments. Results of Phase 1 showed that raters were significantly influenced by mechanical characteristics of student's writing, and that using rubrics may not improve the reliability of assessment attributes if raters are not well trained on how to design and employ them effectively. Researchers asserted that without high quality, intense training, participants (N=355) who use rubrics to assess student's writing are usually just as subjective in their evaluative marks as those who do not use rubrics. In Phase 2, participants (N=55) received intense rubrics training prior to being presented with the two writing samples. Results of Phase 2 showed that rubrics training led to more reliable assessment of both writing samples. Accessed 10,198 times on https://pareonline.net from October 22, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
A list of datasets on ad-datasets
Creators: name: Bogdoll, Daniel
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2023

description: This is a list of datasets from the domain of autonomous driving which can be found online at https://ad-datasets.com. There, most datasets are enriched with additional metadata to enable filtering, search etc. This also includes
additional information such as download links. If you find a dataset with missing metadata, feel free to submit a pull request. The Semantic Scholar API was used to retrieve all necessary information for the citations. Thus, errors are possible, and some datasets do not have a proper citation. This list was last updated on 16 June 2023
Additional file 3 of The prognostic predictive value of the components of the PR interval in hospitalized patients with heart failure
Creators: name: Yu, Yi-Wen
name: Huang, Yan
name: Zhao, Xue-Mei
name: Zhao, Lang
name: Tian, Peng-Chao
name: Zhou, Qiong
name: Zhai, Mei
name: Wang, Yun-Hong
name: Zhang, Yu-Hui
name: Zhang, Jian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 3. Table S1: Baseline characteristics of the propensity score-matched cohort grouped by the medians of the P wave duration and the PR segment.
title: A Graphical Transition Table for Communicating Status and Growth
Creators: name: Wyse, Adam E.
name: Zeng, Ji
name: Martineau, Joseph A.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2011

description: This paper introduces a simple and intuitive graphical display for transition table based accountability models that can be used to communicate information about student's status and growth simultaneously. This graphical transition table includes the use of shading to convey year to year transitions and different sized letters for performance categories to depict yearly status. Examples based on Michigan's transition table used on their Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) assessments are provided to illustrate the utility of the graphical transition table in practical contexts. Additional potential applications of the graphical transition table are also suggested. Accessed 5,463 times on https://pareonline.net from June 28, 2011 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
A new method for producing ultracold molecular ions
Creators: name: Hudson, Eric R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new method for the production of ultracold molecular ions. This method utilizes sympathetic cooling due to the strong collisions between appropriately chosen molecular ions and laser-cooled neutral atoms to realize ultracold, internal ground-state molecular ions. In contrast to other experiments producing cold molecular ions, our proposed method efficiently cools both the internal and external molecular ion degrees of freedom. The availability of an ultracold, absolute ground-state sample of molecular ions would have broad impact to fields as diverse as quantum chemistry, astrophysics, and fundamental physics; and may lead to the development of a robust, scalable quantum computer.
title: Evaluating spatial- and temporal-oriented multi-dimensional visualization techniques
Creators: name: Yu, Chong Ho
name: Stockford, Shawn
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2002

description: Visualization tools are said to be helpful for researchers to unveil hidden patterns and relationships among variables, and also for teachers to present abstract statistical concepts and complicated data structures in a concrete manner. However, higher-dimension visualization techniques can be confusing and even misleading, especially when human-instrument interface and cognitive issues are under-applied. In this article, the efficacy of function-based, datadriven, spatial-oriented, and temporal-oriented visualization techniques are discussed based upon extensive review. Readers can find practical implications for both research and instructional practices. For research purposes, the spatial-based graphs, such as Trellis displays in S-Plus, are preferable over the temporal-based displays, such as the 3D animated plot in SAS/Insight. For teaching purposes, the temporal-based displays, such as the 3D animation plot in Maple, seem to have advantages over the spatial-based graphs, such as the 3D triangular coordinate plot in SyStat. Accessed 31,480 times on https://pareonline.net from July 23, 2003 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Electric and magnetic fields associated with a vertical fault.
Creators: name: Coode, Alan Melvill
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Interest In the vertical fault problem for electromagnetic fields has been recently revived by the papers of I. d'Erceville and G. Kunetz (1962) and D. Rankin (1962). In the derivation of his equations Rankin used d'Erceville1s theory which contains some fallacious assumptions. These have been pointed out by J.T. Weaver (1962) and also in this thesis. This thesis follows the lines of mathematical attack first employed by d'Erceville and Kunetz, and later developed by Weaver, in applying the theory of integral transforms to the partial differential equations satisfied by land and sea conductors. The problem of both a vertical fault and also a sloping fault, i.e. 0 < α < 90° where α is the angle of dip of the fault are considered. The results in the general case are Inconclusive, no solution has been found and no solution is suggested. The case of α = 90° has proved to be equally indeterminate, but a solution has been suggested, which, although it has not been proved rigourously, does not appear to violate any physical principles and also seems to represent the field equations on the surface of the land and the sea.
The Star-Forming Molecular Gas in High Redshift Submillimeter Galaxies
Creators: name: Narayanan, Desika
name: Cox, Thomas J.
name: Hayward, Christopher
name: Younger, Joshua D.
name: Hernquist, Lars
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a model for the CO molecular line emission from high redshift Submillimeter Galaxies (SMGs). By combining hydrodynamic simulations of gas rich galaxy mergers with the polychromatic radiative transfer code, Sunrise, and the 3D non-LTE molecular line radiative transfer code, Turtlebeach, we show that if SMGs are typically a transient phase of major mergers, their observed compact CO spatial extents, broad line widths, and high excitation conditions (CO SED) are naturally explained. In this sense, SMGs can be understood as scaled-up analogs to local ULIRGs. We utilize these models to investigate the usage of CO as an indicator of physical conditions. We find that care must be taken when applying standard techniques. The usage of CO line widths as a dynamical mass estimator from SMGs can possibly overestimate the true enclosed mass by a factor ~1.5-2. At the same time, assumptions of line ratios of unity from CO J=3-2 (and higher lying lines) to CO (J=1-0) will oftentimes lead to underestimates of the inferred gas mass. We provide tests for these models by outlining predictions for experiments which are imminently feasible with the current generation of bolometer arrays and radio-wave spectrometers.
description: MNRAS Aceepted; 20 pages, 13 Figures. Replaced version after minor revisions from referee. Additional details regarding radiative transfer provided. For full resolution manuscript, see http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dnarayan/SMG_CO.pdf
Additional file 2 of Diagnostic value of combining preoperative inflammatory markers ratios with CA199 for patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer
Creators: name: Gu, Yuanlong
name: Hua, Qianjin
name: Li, Zhipeng
name: Zhang, Xingli
name: Lou, Changjie
name: Zhang, Yangfen
name: Wang, Wei
name: Cai, Peiyuan
name: Zhao, Juan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Figure 2. The inflammation markers ratios in PC, HC, BPT, SPT, and PNET in testing set 1.
PLASTIQUE: A SYNCHROTRON RADIATION BEAMLINE FOR TIME RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN
Creators: name: G. DE STASIO
name: N. ZEMA
name: A. SAVOIA
name: T. PARASASSI
name: N. ROSATO
name: F. ANTONANGELI
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1991

description: PLASTIQUE is the only synchrotron radiation beamline in the world that performs time resolved fluorescence experiments in frequency domain. These experiments are extremely valuable sources of information on the structure and dynamics of molecules. We describe the beamline and some examples of initial data.
title: A synergistic mixture of diatomaceous earth and deltamethrin to control stored grain insects
Creators: name: Korunic, Z.
name: Rozman, V.
Publisher: name: Julius Kühn-Institut
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: diatomaceous earth
subject: deltamethrin
subject: ready to use mixture
subject: co-toxicity
subject: co-efficient
subject: synergism
subject: grain insect pests

description: Julius-Kühn-Archiv; 425; 894-898
On Line Calorimetric Measurement of the Quality Factor of Superconducting Accelerator Cavities
Creators: name: M. Castellano
name: L. Catani
name: M. De Giorgi
name: M. Ferrario
name: G. Fuga
name: S. Kulinski
name: M. Minestrini
name: P. Patteri
name: S. Tazzari
name: F. Tazzioli
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1993

description: A comparatively precise method to measure the Q factor of installed superconducting cavities is described. Data taken on the cavities of the 25 MeV SC linac LISA, at Frascati, are presented.
title: Notes on the use of data transformations
Creators: name: Osborne, Jason
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2002

description: Data transformations are commonly used tools that can serve many functions in quantitative analysis of data.  The goal of this paper is to focus on the use of three data transformations most commonly discussed in statistics texts (square root, log, and inverse) for improving the normality of variables.  While these are important options for analysts, they do fundamentally transform the nature of the variable, making the interpretation of the results somewhat more complex.  Further, few (if any) statistical texts discuss the tremendous influence a distribution's minimum value has on the efficacy of a transformation.  The goal of this paper is to promote thoughtful and informed use of data transformations. Accessed 244,249 times on https://pareonline.net from May 30, 2002 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.
Self-interacting Elko dark matter with an axis of locality
Creators: name: Ahluwalia, D. V.
name: Lee, Cheng-Yang
name: Schritt, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This communication is a natural and nontrivial continuation of the 2005 work of Ahluwalia and Grumiller on Elko. Here we report that Elko breaks Lorentz symmetry in a rather subtle and unexpected way by containing a `hidden' preferred direction. Along this preferred direction, a quantum field based on Elko enjoys locality. In the form reported here, Elko offers a mass dimension one fermionic dark matter with a quartic self-interaction and a preferred axis of locality. The locality result crucially depends on a judicious choice of phases.
description: 14 pages (RevTex)
Das asymptotische Verhalten der Grundzustandsenergie des Muellerfunktionals fuer schwere Atome
Creators: name: Siedentop, Heinz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 81V45; 35J10

description: The ground state energy of the Mueller functional of large (neutral) atoms of atomic number Z agrees with the quantum mechanical ground state energy up to order o(Z to the 5/3). ----- Die Grundzustandsenergie des Muellerfunktionals von grossen (neutralen) Atomen der Ordnungszahl Z stimmt mit der quantenmechanischen Grundzustandsenergie bis zur Ordnung o(Z hoch 5/3) ueberein.
description: 10 pages, in German
Additional file 1 of Adjusting phosphate feeding regimen according to daily rhythm increases eggshell quality via enhancing medullary bone remodeling in laying hens
Creators: name: Yan, Jiakun
name: Wang, Jiajie
name: Chen, Jie
name: Shi, Hao
name: Liao, Xujie
name: Pan, Chong
name: Liu, Yanli
name: Yang, Xin
name: Ren, Zhouzheng
name: Yang, Xiaojun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Sequences of primers used for the quantitative real-time PCR analysis1.
title: The Concept of Formative Assessment
Creators: name: Boston, Carol
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2002

description: While many educators are highly focused on state tests, it is important to consider that over the course of a year, teachers can build in many opportunities to assess how students are learning and then use this information to make beneficial changes in instruction. This diagnostic use of assessment to provide feedback to teachers and students over the course of instruction is called formative assessment. It stands in contrast to summative assessment, which generally takes place after a period of instruction and requires making a judgment about the learning that has occurred (e.g., by grading or scoring a test or paper). This article addresses the benefits of formative assessment and provides examples and resources to support its implementation. Accessed 474,894 times on https://pareonline.net from August 06, 2002 to December 31, 2019. For downloads from January 1, 2020 forward, please click on the PlumX Metrics link to the right.