cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTION: A LITERATURE REVIEW INVESTIGATING THE BARRIERS LIMITING USE BY CANADIAN WOMEN.
Creators: name: Houston, Michelle
Publisher: name: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants
Year: 2020

description: Abstract Intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs) are highly effective and recommended as first-line contraceptives for women. Very few Canadian women use these forms of contraception, and even fewer youths use these methods. Multiple research search engines allowed a literature review of papers about IUCDs, healthcare systems, patient and provider barriers, published between 2000 and 2020. Using a preference for Canadian studies identified and allowed investigating the barriers preventing the more widespread use of IUCDs by Canadian women with an emphasis placed on at-risk groups, in order to make recommendations for decreasing unintended pregnancies. Barriers broadly fit into the three categories of the healthcare system, the patients', and practitioner-based. Evidence suggests that there is an overall lack of awareness and limited knowledge regarding IUCDs among the public, provider misconceptions and lack of confidence in insertion capabilities, high upfront cost, and the systemic issues of limited access to contraceptive providers. Studies have shown that evidence-based education and removal of cost and access related barriers increase patient acceptance of and adherence to IUCDs. To increase the use of IUCDs by Canadian women, large scale subsidy and policies to create programmes targeted at improving public and provider education and awareness are required. Additionally, increased hands-on training and task sharing with allied providers is necessary to increase patient access and timely availability of these highly effective contraceptives.
description: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, Vol. 1 No. 5 (2020): The Journal of Canada's Physician Assistants (http://JCANPA.ca)
Antisymmetrized, translationally invariant theory of the nucleon optical potential
Creators: name: Johnson, R. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Earlier work showed how a nucleon optical model wave function could be defined as a projection of a many-nucleon scattering state within a translationally invariant second quantised many-body theory. In this paper an optical potential operator that generates this optical model wave function is defined through a particular off-shell extension of the elastic transition operator. The theory is express explicitly in terms of the many-nucleon Hamiltonian in a mixed representation in which localised target nucleus states feature. No reference to a mean-field concept is involved in the definition. It is shown that the resulting optical model operator satisfies the requirements of rotational and translational invariance and has standard behaviour under the time reversal transformation. The contributions to the optical potential from two different exchange mechanisms are expressed in terms of an effective Hamiltonian involving a nucleon-number conserving one-body interaction. In the weak-binding limit the method reduces to a a version of Feshbach's projection operator formulation of the optical potential with a truncated nucleon-nucleon potential including exchange terms and recoil corrections. Definitions of the nucleon single-particle Green's function and the corresponding Dyson self-energy modified by corrections for translational invariance are presented and different definitions of the optical potential operator are compared.
Additional file 1 of Acute exposure to air pollutants increase the risk of acute glaucoma
Creators: name: Li, Liping
name: Zhu, Yixiang
name: Han, Binze
name: Chen, Renjie
name: Man, Xiaofei
name: Sun, Xinghuai
name: Kan, Haidong
name: Lei, Yuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy
Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Flow chart of the inclusion and exclusion of study population. Table S1. Pearson correlation coefficient of air pollutants and meteorological variables. Fig. S2. Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of acute glaucoma attack per IQR increase in ambient air pollution exposure in two-pollutant model.
Asymmetries in phi photoproduction and the OZI violation
Creators: name: Oh, Yongseok
name: Bhang, H. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the vector meson density matrix and the associated polarization asymmetries in $ϕ$ photoproduction near threshold. In order to study the OZI violating processes, we consider the direct $ϕNN$ coupling as well as the knockout processes arising from the non-vanishing $s\bar{s}$ sea quarks in the nucleon. The polarization asymmetries in $ϕ$ meson decays are found to be very useful to constrain the $ϕNN$ coupling constant. The hidden strangeness of the nucleon can also be studied by these asymmetries, but mostly at large $|t|$ region.
description: 12 pages, REVTeX, 5 figures, typo errors corrected, version to appear in Phys. Rev. C
Collaborative Innovation: Reflections on Research for Smart Textiles in a Theatre and Performance Context
Creators: name: Robertson, Sara
name: Taylor, Sarah
name: Bletcher, Joanna
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Art

description: This paper presents interdisciplinary research initiated through collaboration in the area of smart textiles, prompted by the Scottish Textile Industry’s 10-year Strategy (accessed March 2019), which promotes diversification and innovation as one of the most important themes for the global textile industry. The Scottish context goes beyond simply the location of the research and strategic development of the textile industry, to outline and position the growth of the practice originating from a legacy of research at the ‘design-technology interface’ within a Scottish academic institution (which predated what we now term ‘smart textiles’). The paper will highlight collaborative work by Dr Sara Robertson and Sarah Taylor with Scottish heritage lace manufacturers, MYB Textiles, that has shaped the progression, design and product development of Light Emitting Lace as smart textiles over five years (2014-2019), through a series of interrelated projects. It maps and reflects on the shifting methods and roles that have emerged throughout the research, and shares how practice-based research can underpin innovation through collaborative co-design. Situated within a theatre and performance context, the paper thus offers insight into innovation for designing smart textiles from one-off, programmable textile artefacts, to industrial scale manufactured products for architectural and performance use.
Some aspects of separability
Creators: name: Wu, Shengjun
name: Anandan, Jeeva
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present three necessary separability criteria for bipartite mixed states, the violation of each of these conditions is a sufficient condition for entanglement. Some ideas on the issue of finding a necessary and sufficient criterion of separability are also discussed.
description: 4 pages, revtex
Light my elbows: a cycling jacket incorporating electronic yarn
Creators: name: Hardy, Dorothy
name: Townsend, Katherine
name: Matholo Kgatuke
name: Salter, Eloise
name: Downes, Tina
name: Harrigan, Karen
name: Allcock, Susan
name: Tilak Dias
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Art

description: There is a need for illuminated cycle clothing that is comfortable and safe when cycling, and stylish to wear during other activities. It is particularly challenging to integrate lighting within textiles without compromising the drape and comfort of the textile structure. A team of electronics, textiles and fashion specialists was formed to design and make an illuminated jacket for use by cyclists. The jacket incorporates bespoke woven panels that integrate electronic yarns within the pattern. These were designed and made for this project, with fluorescent and retroreflective yarns also included in the weave. LEDs integrated within the electronic yarns illuminate the elbows of the jacket, without causing constraint or adding excess volume. The movement of the jacket elbows during cycling widens the body outline and makes the lighting eye-catching. The collaboration between electronics and textiles experts overcame challenges including development of electrical circuitry designed specifically to fit into the jacket unobtrusively, without interfering with movement or rucksack straps. Electrical connections were required between the electronic yarns assimilated within the weave. Standard, rigid solder joints would have been difficult to form without damaging the cloth and would have been liable to breakage within the garment structure, so embroidery techniques were used to create flexible, conductive connections. The illuminated jacket provides a working prototype, demonstrating the potential for further collaborative ventures in which electronics are integrated into garments that are stylish, functional and ‘wearable’. Further interdisciplinary research will include the development of additional wearable prototypes that enhance safety and wellbeing, whilst addressing the recycling of the textiles and garments, including the safe separation and disposal of electronic yarn and other components that provide electrical functionality.
Additional file 1: of Inflammatory responses relate to distinct bronchoalveolar lavage lipidome in community-acquired pneumonia patients: a pilot study
Creators: name: Zheng, Yali
name: Ning, Pu
name: Luo, Qiongzhen
name: He, Yukun
name: Yu, Xu
name: Liu, Xiaohui
name: Chen, Yusheng
name: Wang, Xiaorong
name: Kang, Yu
name: Gao, Zhancheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Supplementary Methods. (DOCX 13 kb)
Dolerus brevicornis ZADDACH 1859
Creators: name: Liston, A. D.
name: Knight, G. T.
name: Heibo, E.
name: Bland, K. P.
name: Barstad, Trond Elling
name: Blank, S. M.
name: Boeve, J. - L.
name: Fiedler, K.
name: Grearson, K. J.
name: Halstead, A.
name: Jacobs, H. - J.
name: Jansen, E.
name: Lonnve, O.
name: Prous, M.
name: Robinson, J.
name: Taeger, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tenthredinidae
Dolerus
Dolerus brevicornis

description: Dolerus brevicornis ZADDACH, 1859
Baddoch, 1 ♀, 4.vi.2010, leg. Blank, Liston & Taeger.
 Dolerus brevicornis was only recently distinguished from D. asper Zaddach, 1859 (Heidemaa et al. 2004). Both species occur in the British Isles, but their distribution needs clarification. The above records are the first of D. brevicornis from Scotland.
description: Published as part of Liston, A. D., Knight, G. T., Heibo, E., Bland, K. P., Barstad, Trond Elling, Blank, S. M., Boeve, J. - L., Fiedler, K., Grearson, K. J., Halstead, A., Jacobs, H. - J., Jansen, E., Lonnve, O., Prous, M., Robinson, J. & Taeger, A., 2012, On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14 International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), pp. 1-68 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 on page 35
2020 AARP Music and Brain Health Survey
Creators: name: AARP
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2024

description: Cognitive function/health (11); mental well-being over the last two weeks (14); losses/stressors over the past year (11); social support (4); life satisfaction (5); open to new experiences/comfortable with people (6); feelings of gratitude (6); engagement in music/dance activities (15); years engaged in music/dance activities (15); likelihood of taking music lessons in the future (1); musical instruments currently played/played in the past (32); fully immersed/in the “zone” while engaged in music/dance activities (8); improvisation (1); frequency of passively listening to music (1); exposure to music in elementary school (1); factors in musical/artistic ability (5); healthy habits (12); music during prayer/meditation (2); currently level of stress (1); depression (22); purpose/meaning in life (8); anxiety (9); experience with life traumas (15); health conditions (13); earliest recollection of enjoying music (1); earliest recollection of personality/identity related to openness/happiness (13); favorite hobbies/activities (1); favorite musical genres/styles (1); come from a musical family (1); enjoy music from other generations (1); devices used to listen to music (8); religion/spirituality (1); coronavirus (COVID-19) (9).
Additional file 1: of Tristetraprolin specifically regulates the expression and alternative splicing of immune response genes in HeLa cells
Creators: name: Tu, Yafang
name: Wu, Xiongfei
name: Yu, Fengyun
name: Dang, Jianzhong
name: Wang, Juan
name: Wei, Yaxun
name: Cai, Zhitao
name: Zhou, Zhipeng
name: Liao, Wenliang
name: Li, Lian
name: Zhang, Yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supporting figures and tables. (DOCX 378 kb)
Urban Agglomeration Economies in the U.S. Greenhouse and Nursery Production
Creators: name: Cheng, Mei-Luan
name: Gomez, Miguel I.
name: Bills, Nelson L.
name: Cheng, Mei-Luan
name: Gomez, Miguel I.
name: Bills, Nelson L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Production Economics
subject: Greenhouse/nursery
subject: agglomeration economies
subject: urbanization
subject: land competition

description: Greenhouse/nursery production in the U.S. has been highly concentrated in metropolitan areas. This paper examines the emergent, complex relationship between urban agglomeration and greenhouse/nursery production in the Northeast, Southeast and Pacific regions of the U.S. We use spatial econometric models to examine the effect of urbanization, spatial concentrations of firms, and firm-internal factors on greenhouse/nursery production levels. The analysis distinguishes the attributes of agglomeration forces stemming from urbanization economies and localization economies. Results suggest that the greenhouse/nursery sector may benefit from clustering among firms within the same sector. Also, greenhouse/nursery production levels are positively associated with population growth and the direct market access to consumers. The economic vibrancy of greenhouse/nursery businesses in densely populated areas would depend upon the capacity to adjust to increased land competition in metropolitan areas, while exploiting marketing opportunities offered by proximity to urban consumers.
Majorana Neutrinos and Same-Sign Dilepton Production at LHC and in Rare Meson Decays
Creators: name: Ali, A.
name: Borisov, A. V.
name: Zamorin, N. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss same-sign dilepton production mediated by Majorana neutrinos in high-energy proton-proton collisions $pp\ra \ell^+ \ell^{\prime +}X$ for $\ell,~ \ell^\prime = e,~ μ,~ τ$ at the LHC energy $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV, and in the rare decays of $K$, $D$, $D_s$, and $B$ mesons of the type $M^{+}\ra M^{\prime -}\ell ^{+}\ell ^{\prime+}$. For the $pp$ reaction, assuming one heavy Majorana neutrino of mass $m_N$, we present discovery limits in the $(m_{N},|U_{\ell N}U_{\ell^\prime N}|)$ plane where $U_{\ell N}$ are the mixing parameters. Taking into account the present limits from low energy experiments, we show that at LHC for the nominal luminosity L=100 fb$^{-1}$ there is no room for observable same-sign dilepton signals. However, increasing the integrated luminosity by a factor 30, one will have sensitivity to heavy Majorana neutrinos up to a mass $m_N\leq 1.5$ TeV only in the dilepton channels $μμ$ and $μτ$, but other dilepton states will not be detectable due to the already existing strong constraints. We work out a large number of rare meson decays, both for the light and heavy Majorana neutrino scenarios, and argue that the present experimental bounds on the branching ratios are too weak to set reasonable limits on the effective Majorana masses.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures (requires graphicx), a coefficient in Eq. (4) corrected leading to drastic reduction in the Majorana-induced same-sign dilepton cross-section at LHC; revised Figs. 2 and 3; references added
Factors that Influence Canadian Physician Assistants to Practice Rurally: A Survey Response
Creators: name: Mac Lean, Elise
Publisher: name: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants
Year: 2020

description: A shortage of healthcare professionals is considered to be a driving force behind access barriers in rural Canada. The use of Physician assistants (PAs) as healthcare providers in remote areas can help mitigate this shortage. There is currently no research available on rural Canadian PAs to assess factors that influence the choice to practice rurally. This study examined specific factors influencing currently practicing rural Canadian PAs to choose their rural practice. This study also assessed whether a rural upbringing or participating in a rural rotation positively related to choosing to practice medicine rurally. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted through an electronic survey. The primary outcomes of this study included examining the significance of 12 factors on the choice to practice rurally as well as whether completing a rural rotation or having a rural upbringing significantly correlated to rural practice. The top three factors most significantly influencing a PA's decision to practice rurally were (1) increased level of autonomy, (2) type of practice, (3) scope of practice. There was a positive relationship between having a rural upbringing and practicing rurally (X2 (1, N = 61) = 30.47, p
description: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, Vol. 1 No. 5 (2020): The Journal of Canada's Physician Assistants (http://JCANPA.ca)
N=2 Supersymmetric GUT Breaking on $T^2$ Orbifolds
Creators: name: Li, Tianjun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the 6-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric grand unified theories with gauge group SU(N) and $ SO(M)$ on the extra space orbifolds $T^2/(Z_2)^3$ and $T^2/(Z_2)^4$, which can be broken down to the 4-dimensional N=1 supersymmetric $SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1)^{n-3}$ model for the zero modes. We also study the models which have two SU(2) Higgs doublets (zero modes) from the 6-dimensional vector multiplet. We give the particle spectra, present the fields, the number of 4-dimensional supersymmetry and gauge group on the observable 3-brane or 4-brane and discuss some phenomenology for those models. Furthermore, we generalize our procedure for $(4+m)$-dimensional $N$ supersymmetric GUT breaking on the space-time $M^4\times T^m/(Z_2)^L$.
description: Latex, 32 pages. References and comments added. Version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B
Method for the calculation of the Hamaker constants of organic materials by the Lifshitz macroscopic approach with DFT
Creators: name: Takagishi, Hideyuki
name: Masuda, Takashi
name: Shimoda, Tatsuya
name: Maezono, Ryo
name: Hongo, Kenta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Hamaker constants, which are coefficients providing quantitative information on intermolecular forces, were calculated for a number of different materials according to the Lifshitz theory via simple DFT calculations without any experimental measurements being performed. The physical properties (polarizability, dipole moment, molecular volume, and vibrational frequency) of organic molecules were calculated using the B3LYP density functional and the aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. Values for the Hamaker constants were obtained using the approximation of the Lorentz-Lorenz equation and Onsager's equation with these properties. It was found that, in the case of `non-associative' materials, like hydrocarbons, ethers, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, esters, nitriles, and hydrosilanes, and halides, the calculated Hamaker constants were similar in value to their experimentally determined counterparts. Moreover, with this calculation method, it is easy to create the molecular model and the CPU time can be shortened.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Sonic Flock; Crowdsourcing, Exhibiting and Gifting Interactive Textile Birds for Wellbeing
Creators: name: Robertson, Lucy
name: Lim, Christopher SC
name: Moncur, Wendy
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Art

description: This paper outlines the crowdsourcing, display and gifting of a “Sonic Flock” of interactive textile birds in the Outer Hebrides. The research explores how the Sonic Flock can enhance wellbeing, social connection and facilitate conversation within and between dementia-friendly communities (DFC). A range of themes - including bringing the outside in, birds and textile making were identified through conversations with care home residents, staff and families of those living in care homes in the Outer Hebrides. These themes were fed into the Sonic Flock project. Knitted and sewn birds were crowdsourced from makers throughout the UK. The resulting Sonic Flock; over 80 birds, were displayed in An Lanntair as part of Cuimhne (‘memory’ in Gaelic) exhibition. Some of the textile birds were designed and developed to play bird songs when touched. After the exhibition, the birds were gifted to island residents living in care homes throughout Lewis, Harris and Uist. They acted as social objects and conversation starters, building relationships between the researcher, staff, residents and wider DFC.
Factors Influencing Adoption of Integrated Pest Management in Northeast Greenhouse and Nursery Production
Creators: name: Li, Jie
name: Gomez, Miguel I.
name: Rickard, Bradley J.
name: Skinner, Margaret
name: Li, Jie
name: Gomez, Miguel I.
name: Rickard, Bradley J.
name: Skinner, Margaret
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Production Economics
subject: Greenhouse and Nursery Production
subject: Integrated Pest Management
subject: Northeast United States
subject: Technology Adoption

description: We surveyed 94 greenhouse and nursery growers in three Northeastern states to examine factors that influence integrated pest management adoption. We constructed four alternative dependent variables describing the extent of IPM adoption, and employ Logit, Ordered Logit and Tobit models to identify factors affecting IPM adoption. We find that IPM adoption is more likely to occur on large farms that hire more full-time workers, and have more diversified crops. Greenhouse and nursery operations that face disease problems are less likely to adopt IPM, and availability of biological control agents limits IPM adoption. Our analysis also highlights differences between the self-reported and more objective IPM measures.
Search of 1^P_1 charmonium in B decay
Creators: name: Suzuki, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While experiment produced a candidate for the 1^P_1 chamonium in the past, it still requires a confirmation. Given the recent progress in the exclusive B decay into charmonia, we now have an opportunity to detect this charmonium (h_c) by measuring the final state of the cascade decay B \to h_c K/K^* \to γη_c K/K^*. Confirmation of h_c may turn out to be much easier in the B decay than at charm factories though one will have to work a little harder for a high precision in mass determination.
description: 4 pages in two-column format with no figure
Topological Phase Transition of A Non-Hermitian Crosslinked Chain
Creators: name: Zhao, X. L.
name: Chen, L. B.
name: Fu, L. B.
name: Yi, X. X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-Hermiticity enriches the contents of topological classification of matter including exceptional points, bulk-edge correspondence and skin effect. Gain and loss can be described by imaginary diagonal elements in Hamiltonians and the topological phase transition for a crosslinked chain in the presence of such non-Hermiticity is investigated in this work. We obtain the phase diagram in term of a winding number analytically. The boundaries of the phases coincide with the surfaces of exceptional points in the parameter space. The topologically original edge states locating mainly at the joints between domains of different phases hold on even for the long chain. The non-Hermitian topological feature can also be reflected by vortex structures in the vector fields of complex eigenenergies and expected values of Pauli matrices or the trajectories of these quantities. This model can be implemented in coupled waveguides or photonic crystals. And the edge states are immune to various kinds of disorders until the topological phase transition occurs. This work benefits our insight into the influence of gain and loss on the topological phase of matter.
On a Supposed Conceptual Inadequacy of the Shannon Information in Quantum Mechanics
Creators: name: Timpson, C. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, Brukner and Zeilinger (2001) have claimed that the Shannon information is not well defined as a measure of information in quantum mechanics, adducing arguments that seek to show that it is inextricably tied to classical notions of measurement. It is shown here that these arguments do not succeed: the Shannon information does not have problematic ties to classical concepts. In a further argument, Brukner and Zeilinger compare the Shannon information unfavourably to their preferred measure, I(p), with regard to the definition of a notion of `total information content'. This argument is found unconvincing and the relationship between individual measures of information and notions of `total information content' investigated. We close by considering the prospects of Zeilinger's Foundational Principle as a foundational principle for quantum mechanics
description: Published version, includes appendix discussing Zeilinger's Foundational Principle
How Manitoba Physicians see the Value of Physician Assistants
Creators: name: Jones, Ian W
Publisher: name: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants
Year: 2020

description: This research investigates the value of physician assistants (PA), presenting the opinions of twenty supervising physicians on how PAs contribute to patient care, the health system, and the physician’s wellness. In May 2019, 72 supervising physicians of Manitoba’s 116 clinical PAs were sent a twenty-question electronic survey asking their perspectives of PA’s Value. A Literature review used PubMed, and Google Scholar search engines for the terms Value, physician assistant, and combinations of phrases related to PA benefit, PA values, Physician Value, and Canadian physician concerns with PAs, to guide the question development. Twenty physicians responded from the list of the seventy-two physician supervisors contacted, representing a response rate of 27.7%. Three of the physician respondents have employed a PA for less than a year, 85% or 16 MD for more than two years, with 36.84% of the total for longer than five years. Eighty-five percent (n=18/20) of the responding physicians rated the value of having a PA as very valuable or extremely valuable. At the same time, 95% (n=19) were likely or extremely likely to recommend hiring a PA to a friend or colleague. One physician did not find value in the PA they hired. The phrases used by physicians in describing the Value PAs brought to Manitoba Healthcare included Honesty and Respect (78.95%), Improved Access (73%), Excellence In Care (63.1%), A Better Workplace (78.95%), Better Patient Safety (73.68%), Better Teamwork (84.21%), Accountability (73.68%), Efficiency (73.68%), Decreased Stress 42.11%, and Better Communication with Patients (57.89%) Ultimately, the determination of PA’s Value is through the lenses of those looking and asking what is needed. Manitoba physicians represented in this survey indicate extreme satisfaction with the quality and Value PAs contribute to their practice environment and personal lives.
description: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, Vol. 1 No. 5 (2020): The Journal of Canada's Physician Assistants (http://JCANPA.ca)
Obtaining the nuclear gluon distribution from heavy quark decays to lepton pairs in p$A$ collisions
Creators: name: Eskola, K. J.
name: Kolhinen, V. J.
name: Vogt, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied how lepton pairs from decays of heavy-flavoured mesons produced in p$A$ collisions can be used to determine the modifications of the gluon distribution in the nucleus. Since heavy quark production is dominated by the $gg$ channel, the ratio of correlated lepton pair cross sections from $D\bar D$ and $B\bar B$ decays in p$A$ and pp collisions directly reflects the ratio $R_g^A \equiv f_g^A/f_g^p$. We have numerically calculated the lepton pair cross sections from these decays in pp and p$A$ collisions at SPS, RHIC and LHC energies. We find that ratio of the p$A$ to pp cross sections agrees quite well with the input $R_g^A.$ Thus, sufficiently accurate measurements could be used to determine the nuclear modification of the gluon distribution over a greater range of $x$ and $Q^2$ than presently available, putting strong constraints on models.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures
Weight of evidence assessment of effects of sulfoxaflor on aquatic invertebrates: sulfoxaflor environmental science review part II
Creators: name: Giesy, J. P.
name: Solomon, K. R.
name: Purdy, J. R.
name: Kramer, V. J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Effects of sulfoxaflor (SFX) on aquatic invertebrates were assessed by comparing concentrations predicted to occur in or measured in surface waters to thresholds for adverse effects. Due to the specific mode of toxic action, fishes are relatively tolerant of the effects of SFX. Daphnia magna with an LC50 of 378 mg SFX L−1 (SD = 19.13) was similarly tolerant of the effects of SFX, while the LOEC was >110 mg SFX L−1. A threshold for effects on aquatic insects, based on the chironomid midge, C. tentans, had LOAEL and NOAEL values of 0.0455 and 0.0618 mg L−1, respectively. The acute-to-chronic ratio was 18. Simulation models and parameters selected for a range of applications to crops predicted environmental concentrations (EECs) in surface waters to range from 2.2 to 7.7 µg L−1. Based on these EECs, the maximum hazard quotient (HQ) was 0.11, which is less than the US EPA level of concern (LOC) of 0.5, which would normally be the threshold to trigger regulatory action or higher-tier assessments. The risks posed by SFX to aquatic organisms are predicted to be de minimis. Hazard quotients based on EEC values predicted in the standard, USEPA farm pond estimated by use of the Pesticides in Water Calculator (PWC version 1.52) for scenarios of maximum application rates for cotton and LOAEL and NOAEL values for aquatic insects for SFX were less than or similar to those for other insecticides including neonicotinoids and organophosphorus compounds.
Policy Implications of Ranking Distributions of Nitrate Runoff and Leaching by Farm, Region, and Soil Productivity
Creators: name: Boisvert, Richard N.
name: Regmi, Anita
name: Schmidt, Todd M.
name: Boisvert, Richard N.
name: Regmi, Anita
name: Schmidt, Todd M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1996
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: The purpose of this study is to understand the implications of farm-to-farm and regional variations in nitrogen runoff and leaching for targeting specific policies to reduce nutrient contamination. To do this, we estimate 3D-year distributions of nitrate runoff and leaching for individual soils on nearly 150 farms in three farm production regions of New York and rank the distributions according to second degree stochastic dominance criteria. Based on these rankings, it is evident that cropland across farms and regions of New York is so heterogeneous that it is impossible to target policies to reduce nitrate contamination based on farm or regional characteristics. A much clearer ranking is found if soils are grouped by productivity group as measured by corn yield. Based on the estimated elasticities of nitrate runoff and leaching with respect to nitrogen application, one can target those areas where contamination problems are I most severe by focusing on soils with potential yields greater than 125 bu.lac. For it to make sense to target lower productivity soils, the productivity of additional nitrogen application at the margin on the highest yielding soils would have to be about double that of the lower yielding group. Evidence indicates that the ratios of productivities are less than unity in all three production regions.
Physician Assistant response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario
Creators: name: Ensafi, Sahand
Publisher: name: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants
Year: 2020

description: The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed our society and also had a profound impact on the way we practice medicine as Physician Assistants (PA). PAs have played an integral role in caring for patients and adapting to the rapidly changing landscape over the last few months. As the Ontario leadership team of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA), we’ve had the privilege of hearing first-hand accounts of how frontline Ontario PAs have been battling this pandemic and the critical role(s) they play on the teams they work in. In this commentary, we reflect on our experiences and discuss some of the key challenges we faced during the initial stages of our COVID-19 response in Ontario.
description: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, Vol. 1 No. 5 (2020): The Journal of Canada's Physician Assistants (http://JCANPA.ca)
Combining Motivational interviewing with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Primary Care: A Literature Review
Creators: name: Thampinathan, Sanjeef
Publisher: name: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants
Year: 2020

description: Over the decades, numerous psychological concepts have enhanced our understanding of human behaviours. Specifically, psychotherapies have assisted and improved overall well being for individuals with problematic behaviour. This literature review will compare the history, theory, principles, and core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This review will illustrate why a combined approach of MI and CBT is more beneficial than using either technique on its own. The evidence available on MI-CBT effectiveness in clinical practice and ways to implement it in primary care will be discussed.
description: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, Vol. 1 No. 5 (2020): The Journal of Canada's Physician Assistants (http://JCANPA.ca)
An Image Identification Scheme of Encrypted JPEG Images for Privacy-Preserving Photo Sharing Services
Creators: name: Iida, Kenta
name: Kiya, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We propose an image identification scheme for double-compressed encrypted JPEG images that aims to identify encrypted JPEG images that are generated from an original JPEG image. To store images without any visual sensitive information on photo sharing services, encrypted JPEG images are generated by using a block-scrambling-based encryption method that has been proposed for Encryption-then-Compression systems with JPEG compression. In addition, feature vectors robust against JPEG compression are extracted from encrypted JPEG images. The use of the image encryption and feature vectors allows us to identify encrypted images recompressed multiple times. Moreover, the proposed scheme is designed to identify images re-encrypted with different keys. The results of a simulation show that the identification performance of the scheme is high even when images are recompressed and re-encrypted.
description: This paper will be presented at IEEE International conference on Image Processing 2019
Dolerus gessneri ANDRE 1880
Creators: name: Liston, A. D.
name: Knight, G. T.
name: Heibo, E.
name: Bland, K. P.
name: Barstad, Trond Elling
name: Blank, S. M.
name: Boeve, J. - L.
name: Fiedler, K.
name: Grearson, K. J.
name: Halstead, A.
name: Jacobs, H. - J.
name: Jansen, E.
name: Lonnve, O.
name: Prous, M.
name: Robinson, J.
name: Taeger, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tenthredinidae
Dolerus
Dolerus gessneri

description: Dolerus gessneri ANDRÉ, 1880
Malleny Woods, 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, 12.vi.2010, leg. Liston.
 Two of the females (Malleny, Bavelaw) have red patches laterally on some abdominal terga. Similarly coloured specimens apparently occur throughout the European range of D. gessneri but in the North increasingly dominate. These have often been identified as Dolerus labiosus Konow, 1897 or D. gessneri labiosus by earlier workers. A taxonomic distinction is not justified (Goulet 1986), as was already recognized by Benson (1934). Superficially, apart from its conspicuously larger size, D. gessneri may in Britain most easily be confused with D. yukonensis.
description: Published as part of Liston, A. D., Knight, G. T., Heibo, E., Bland, K. P., Barstad, Trond Elling, Blank, S. M., Boeve, J. - L., Fiedler, K., Grearson, K. J., Halstead, A., Jacobs, H. - J., Jansen, E., Lonnve, O., Prous, M., Robinson, J. & Taeger, A., 2012, On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14 International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), pp. 1-68 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 on page 35
Facile fabrication of patternable and large-area elastic liquid crystal polymer films
Creators: name: Lu, Lifan
name: Chen, Xiaofang
name: Liu, Wei
name: Li, Hongkun
name: Li, Yi
name: Yang, Yonggang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs) can change structural colour in response to mechanical stimuli, which can be applied as sensors and optical devices. Thus, the facile fabrication of large-area CLCE films is critical but challenging. Herein, a simple procedure for the preparation of CLCE films by adding a chain-transfer agent is reported. When the CLCE films are fixed between two thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films, the obtained TPU/CLCE/TPU sandwich films exhibit mechanochromic behaviours. Due to the decrease of the helical pitch of CLCE film upon stretching, the selective Bragg reflection band shifts to short wavelength. Based on this structural colour change, a flower pattern can emerge or vanish upon stretching. Moreover, a two-dimensional tetragonal grating with elasticity is prepared. The TPU/CLCE/TPU films can be facilely fabricated over large area and used as car films.
Reply to "Comment on 'Analysis of Recent Interpretations of the Abraham-Minkowski Problem'"
Creators: name: Brevik, Iver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Comment of M. Partanen and J. Tulkki [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 100}, 017801 (2019)] claims that my criticism expressed in Phys. Rev. A {\bf 98}, 043847 (2018) of the earlier paper of Partanen {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. A {\bf 95}, 063850 (2017)] was incorrect. There are essentially three points involved here: (1) the first one regards the physical interpretation of the radiation pressure experiment of A. Kundu {\it et al.} [Sci. Rep. {\bf 7}, 42538 (2017)]. My mathematical analysis of this situation, although simple, was able to illustrate the main property of the experiment, namely that it showed the action from the radiation forces on the dielectric boundaries, and from the Lorentz force in the interior, but it had not any relationship to the Abraham-Minkowski momentum problem as was originally stated by the investigators. (2) The second point was my emphasis on the fact that in an electromagnetic pulse in a medium there cannot be an accompanying mechanical energy density of the same order of magnitude as the electromagnetic energy density itself. The electromagnetic wave carries with it a mechanical {\it momentum}, but not a mechanical {\it energy}. Here I illustrate this point by a simple numerical analysis. (3) When going to a relativistic formulation of the electromagnetic theory in matter, care must be taken to secure that fundamental conditions from field theory are satisfied. In particular, one cannot in general take the electromagnetic total energy and momentum of a radiation pulse to constitute a four-vector; such a property holds only if the electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor is divergence-free. For the Minkowski tensor this condition is satisfied, whereas for the Abraham tensor it is not.
description: 4 pages, no figure
Empria basalis LINDQVIST 1968
Creators: name: Liston, A. D.
name: Knight, G. T.
name: Heibo, E.
name: Bland, K. P.
name: Barstad, Trond Elling
name: Blank, S. M.
name: Boeve, J. - L.
name: Fiedler, K.
name: Grearson, K. J.
name: Halstead, A.
name: Jacobs, H. - J.
name: Jansen, E.
name: Lonnve, O.
name: Prous, M.
name: Robinson, J.
name: Taeger, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tenthredinidae
Empria
Empria basalis

description: Empria basalis LINDQVIST, 1968
 Empria basalis was recorded as new to Britain, based on specimens from Cumbria, by Knight (2009a). The only known hostplant is Geum rivale (Prous et al. 2011).
description: Published as part of Liston, A. D., Knight, G. T., Heibo, E., Bland, K. P., Barstad, Trond Elling, Blank, S. M., Boeve, J. - L., Fiedler, K., Grearson, K. J., Halstead, A., Jacobs, H. - J., Jansen, E., Lonnve, O., Prous, M., Robinson, J. & Taeger, A., 2012, On Scottish sawflies, with results of the 14 International Sawfly Workshop, in the southern Highlands, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), pp. 1-68 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 on page 36
Orbitally Excited Baryon Spectroscopy in the 1/Nc Expansion
Creators: name: Schat, Carlos L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discussion of the 70-plet of negative parity baryons illustrates the large Nc QCD approach to orbitally excited baryons. In the case of the l=1 baryons the existing data allows to make numerous predictions to first order in the SU(3) symmetry breaking. New relations between splittings are found that follow from the spin-flavor symmetry breaking. The Lambda(1405) is well described as a three-quark state and a spin-orbit partner of the Lambda(1520). Singlet states with higher orbital angular momentum are briefly discussed.
description: 10 pages. Invited talk at The Phenomenology of Large Nc QCD, Tempe, Arizona, 9-11 Jan 2002
Touch Acoustics: Reflections on Crafting a Sonic, Textile Interface
Creators: name: Hernandez, Lucie
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Art

description: Touch Acoustics is a textile surface that responds to touch and maps it to a changing array of generated soundscapes. It interprets body movement into data, measuring pressure intensities to make sense of the duration and spread of touch signals. The surface is enriched by affordances for touch and feeling encountered through textiles, which is shaped by couplings with sonic, temporal form. It explores affinities between textiles, touch and sound in contributing multi-sensory encounters and their role in generating improvised action, expression and emotional reactions. Reflecting on the production of Touch Acoustics expand craft as it incorporates computation, merging material, textural properties with temporal form and computed causality. Collaboration and expertise from an interdisciplinary team of practitioners promote a hybrid, convergent proposition for craft, a continuously evolving, fluid space that moves between multiple domains of making.
Initial employment patterns for the University of Manitoba’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS); 2010-2016
Creators: name: Jones, Ian
name: Collins, Benjamin
name: Hamilton, Joanne
name: Mawdsley, Helen
Publisher: name: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants
Year: 2020

description: This study examines the initial employment patterns for graduates from the Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program in Manitoba, Canada. We conducted interviews with graduates of the MPAS program from 2010-2016 to provide insight into the number of graduates who found successful employment as Physician Assistants (PAs), the length of time to find employment as a PA, location of employment, and clinical setting of employment. Our results indicate high rates of employment for graduates from the MPAS program within three months of graduating, a concentration of employed graduates in urban areas, and graduate employment in a variety of clinical settings. Successful employment for MPAS graduates is argued to be linked to four key factors: the need for PAs in Manitoba, the importance of PA contributions to the practice setting, the employability of graduates from the MPAS program, and support for the PA role from the Manitoba Government. This study emphasizes and advocates for more research focused on PAs within the Canadian health care contexts.
description: The Journal of Canada’s Physician Assistants, Vol. 1 No. 5 (2020): The Journal of Canada's Physician Assistants (http://JCANPA.ca)