cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Artists as Social Entrepreneurs: Expanding the Arts Scene in the Fourth Sector
Creators: name: Hailu, Sofia
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
classificationCode: 3606
subject: Visual arts

description: This paper presents research on the growing fourth sector, exploring whether this highly collaborative sector offers better-aligned support structures for arts organizations than the traditional sectors of nonprofit, government and private businesses. The fourth sector combines institutional knowledge from the three traditional economic sectors of nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses and public (or government) entities, offering blended business models and emphasizing the importance of social impact and purpose-driven business. This paper also explores the identity of artists, as they are viewed by society, how they are positioned within their organizations, and what role business models play in influencing this identity. Along with the identity of artists, this paper approaches the question of how business models can better serve artists, and how artists can better position themselves as thought leaders in society. It concludes with the determination that the artist identity is strongly aligned with that of a social entrepreneur, and the opportunities of the fourth sector may offer more value to artists than the opportunities of the nonprofit sector.
CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS AND HYPOTHESIS GENERATION An Example of Systematic Preliminary Investigation
Creators: name: Groen, J. C. F. L.
name: Thurik, A. R.
name: Van Der Wijst, D.
name: Groen, J. C. F. L.
name: Thurik, A. R.
name: Van Der Wijst, D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1982
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: In the development of economic models an explorative stage,.com- . prising systematic data analysis without underlying theory, is often omitted due to lacking adequate techniques. This paper illustrates the use of Constraint Analysis for systematic preliminary investigation. As an example the structure is studied of the relations between labour productivity, floorspace productivity and environmental variables of 550 Dutch retailing establishments. It will be shown that Constraint Analysis is indeed a useful technique.
B(d) --> phi K(S) CP asymmetries as an important probe of supersymmetry
Creators: name: Kane, G. L.
name: Ko, P.
name: Kolda, C.
name: Park, Jae-hyeon
name: Wang, Haibin
name: Wang, Lian-Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The decay $B_d \to ϕK_S$ is a special probe of physics beyond the Standard Model (SM), since it has no SM tree level contribution. Motivated by recent data suggesting a deviation from the SM for its time-dependent CP asymmetry, we examine supersymmetric explanations. Chirality preserving contributions are generically small, unless gluino is relatively light. Higgs contributions are also too small to explain a large asymmetry. Chirality flipping $LR$ and $RL$ gluino contributions actually can provide sizable effects without conflict with all related results. We discuss how various insertions can be distinguished, and argue the needed sizes of mass insertions are reasonable.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures. A few typos in the abstract are corrected. This is a shortened version of hep-ph/0212092
EFFECTS OF BRIEF MINDFULNESS PRACTICES ON BODY IMAGE IN COLLEGE-AGED WOMEN
Creators: name: Stancofski, Romy
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Previous research suggests a correlation between mindfulness and body image, but very little experimental research has been done to examine the differential effects that various mindfulness techniques can have on body image. 59 college-aged women were randomly assigned to complete either a loving-kindness meditation practice or a body scan meditation practice daily for one week. Body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and appearance-contingent self-worth were assessed at baseline one week pre-intervention, on the first day of the intervention, and at post-intervention. State body image was assessed prior to and following each mindfulness practice. Qualitative data regarding comfort and satisfaction with the mindfulness practices was collected upon completion of the study. Body appreciation improved significantly more after a week of mindfulness practice than after a control week, but body dissatisfaction and appearance-contingent self-worth did not. Improvements in body appreciation were negatively correlated with baseline body appreciation. There were no significant differences in effects of mindfulness practice on outcome measures across experimental groups. Participants experienced significant increases in state body image after completing each mindfulness practice, but there were no differences in these increases across experimental groups. Overarching themes observed in qualitative response content are discussed.
An investigation into remanufactured toner cartridges versus OEM Cartridges
Creators: name: Radoicic, Nikola
name: Singh, Gursimran
name: Marsh, Riley
name: Kapoor, Shruti
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This report uses the triple bottom line analysis to compare OEM and remanufactured toner cartridges. The companies used in the comparison to represent remanufactured cartridges are Digitech and Laser Valley. Hewlett- Packard represents the OEM cartridges. These companies were selected be- cause many departments on UBC campus currently purchase from them. In order to analyze the social impact, we used a survey to determine if there was an actual quality di erence in between OEM and remanufactured cartridges. Customer service, local impact and the ease of maintenance were also considered. For the environmental impact, a comparison of recycling practices, packaging materials, and shipping methods was conducted. The economic component was determined based o of initial price, shipping fees, and recycling costs. The results of the triple bottom line analysis recommend Digitech as the company with which UBC should be doing business. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
ON THE UTILITY FUNCTIONS OF THE INDIRECT ADDI-LOG BUDGET ALLOCATION MODEL
Creators: name: Van Daal, J.
name: Van Daal, J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1983
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: In this paper the conditions for integrability of the indirect addilog budget allocation model are sharpened. This is done by means of the indirect utility function. The conditions for the existence of an analytical expression of the direct utility function are set out and the pertinent analytical expression is presented.
Additional file 1 of Systemic dengue infection associated with a new dengue virus type 2 introduction in Brazil – a case report
Creators: name: Cunha, Marielton Dos Passos
name: Duarte-Neto, Amaro Nunes
name: Pour, Shahab Zaki
name: Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar
name: Frassetto, Fernando Pereira
name: Dolhnikoff, Marisa
name: Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Do Nascimento
name: De Andrade Zanotto, Paolo Marinho
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Spectra of Perfect State Transfer Hamiltonians on Fractal-Like Graphs
Creators: name: Mograby, Gamal
name: Derevyagin, Maxim
name: Dunne, Gerald V.
name: Teplyaev, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 81Q35 81P45 94A40 05C50 28A80

description: In this paper we study the spectral features, on fractal-like graphs, of Hamiltonians which exhibit the special property of perfect quantum state transfer: the transmission of quantum states without dissipation. The essential goal is to develop the theoretical framework for understanding the interplay between perfect quantum state transfer, spectral properties, and the geometry of the underlying graph, in order to design novel protocols for applications in quantum information science. We present a new lifting and gluing construction, and use this to prove results concerning an inductive spectral structure, applicable to a wide variety of fractal-like graphs. We illustrate this construction with explicit examples for several classes of diamond graphs.
description: revised version
On semiclassical dispersion relations of Harper-like operators
Creators: name: Pankrashkin, Konstantin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 81Q20

description: We describe some semiclassical spectral properties of Harper-like operators, i.e. of one-dimensional quantum Hamiltonians periodic in both momentum and position. The spectral region corresponding to the separatrices of the classical Hamiltonian is studied for the case of integer flux. We derive asymptotic formula for the dispersion relations, the width of bands and gaps, and show how geometric characteristics and the absence of symmetries of the Hamiltonian influence the form of the energy bands.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures; final version, to appear in J. Phys. A (2004)
EFFECTS OF BRIEF MINDFULNESS PRACTICES ON BODY IMAGE IN COLLEGE-AGED WOMEN
Creators: name: Stancofski, Romy
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Previous research suggests a correlation between mindfulness and body image, but very little experimental research has been done to examine the differential effects that various mindfulness techniques can have on body image. 59 college-aged women were randomly assigned to complete either a loving-kindness meditation practice or a body scan meditation practice daily for one week. Body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and appearance-contingent self-worth were assessed at baseline one week pre-intervention, on the first day of the intervention, and at post-intervention. State body image was assessed prior to and following each mindfulness practice. Qualitative data regarding comfort and satisfaction with the mindfulness practices was collected upon completion of the study. Body appreciation improved significantly more after a week of mindfulness practice than after a control week, but body dissatisfaction and appearance-contingent self-worth did not. Improvements in body appreciation were negatively correlated with baseline body appreciation. There were no significant differences in effects of mindfulness practice on outcome measures across experimental groups. Participants experienced significant increases in state body image after completing each mindfulness practice, but there were no differences in these increases across experimental groups. Overarching themes observed in qualitative response content are discussed.
REGRESSION COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION IN SMALL LINEAR MODELS WITH UNKNOWN AUTOCORRELATION: EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION
Creators: name: Dubbelman, C.
name: De Groot, E. A.
name: Dubbelman, C.
name: De Groot, E. A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1983
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: This study evaluates estimators of the regression coefficients in the linear model, where the disturbances follow a first order autocorrelation scheme with unkriown parameter. Our interest i concentrated on situations where the data matrix consists of n = 15 observations on each of k = 3 regressors from the field of economic time series. Several well-known estimation procedures are compared with regard to efficiency and confidence, by means of simulations. The study terminates in a recommended procedure, which is a blend of OLS, the Prais-Winsten method, and a newly designed method.
Feature Ablation Analysis and Alternate Representations Using Machine Learning in Surgical Risk Assessment
Creators: name: Russell, Myles Daniel
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study applies machine learning methods to create models capable of predicting surgical risk. Gradient boosted trees are applied to 20 preoperative variables from the ACS-NQIP surgical dataset to predict 8 postoperative outcomes. This thesis implements variables utilized by the ACS Universal Surgical Risk Calculator to assess the application of machine learning techniques to predict the same problem set. Additionally, this study assesses one-hot encoding as a method to implement multiple surgical risk procedures, known as CPT codes, into risk assessment and assess performance. This study found that gradient boosted trees perform competitively to other surgical risk tools. Moreover, the inclusion of CPT codes as a preoperative variable suggests that it will improve risk assessment.
Charge-transfer polaron induced negative differential resistance and giant magnetoresistance in organic spintronics: A Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model study
Creators: name: Wei, J. H.
name: Xie, S. J.
name: Mei, L. M.
name: Berakdar, J.
name: Yan, YiJing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Combining the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model and the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we investigate the negative differential resistance effect in organic spintronics at low temperature and interprete it with a self-doping picture. A giant negative magnetoresistance exceeding 300% is theoretically predicted as the results of the negative differential resistance effects.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 6 of Functional characterization of 5′ UTR cis-acting sequence elements that modulate translational efficiency in Plasmodium falciparum and humans
Creators: name: Garcia, Valentina E.
name: Dial, Rebekah
name: DeRisi, Joseph L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6: Fig. S1. Further comparison of 5′ UTR features of genes in the bottom 10% and top 10% of TEs in the late trophozoite stage using data from Caro et al. [18]. a) Distributions of the 5′ UTR lengths from genes with high (blue) or low (yellow) TE. KS test statistic comparison of the two: 0.12 p-value 0.1. b) Distributions of the total number of uAUGs in the 5′ UTRs from genes with high (blue) or low (yellow) TE. KS test statistic comparison of the two: 0.31 p-value 1.5*10−5.
THE CUSP CATASTROPHE IN THE URBAN RETAIL MODEL
Creators: name: Kaashoek, J. F.
name: Vorst, A. C. F.
name: Kaashoek, J. F.
name: Vorst, A. C. F.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1983
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: In this paper we will show that for a suitable choice of the parameters in an urban retail model as developed by Huff and Lakshmanen and Hansen one finds a cusp catastrophe in the surface of equilibrium points. We give some economic consequences of the fact that we have a cusp catastrophe. Furthermore we show that for other choices of the parameters the equilibrium points of the model depend smoothly on the parameters.
title: Cognitions and their Origins in Women with Anorexia Nervosa, Non-Symptomatic Dieters and Female Controls
Creators: name: Turner, Hannah
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1999

description: Despite the steady rise in reported cases of anorexia nervosa amongst young women, investigation into cognitive processes associated with this complex phenomenon remains in its infancy. The aim of this study was to develop a semi-structured interview to assess cognitions and their origins in patients with anorexia nervosa, non-symptomatic dieters and female controls. Potential group differences in the meaning attached to dieting were also explored. Results indicated that when discussing eating related concerns, clinical participants reported more characteristically unique eating related thoughts than non-clinical participants, differences becoming less evident when discussing concerns about weight and shape. Clinical participants also reported more assumptions related to eating, and weight and shape as a means to acceptance by self and others, and control over eating than non-clinical participants, similar differences being reported in degree of belief and associated distress.

Clinical participants identified more negative self-beliefs than non-clinical participants, similar differences being reported in degree of rational and emotional belief, and associated distress. All patients with anorexia nervosa identified an association between negative early experiences and negative self-beliefs, and a large percentage also identified an association between negative early experiences and second order assumptions. All clinical participants also reported a link between negative self-beliefs and dieting. Following a discussion of the results it is concluded that although the present study highlights subtle group differences in cognitions, it also gives prominence to an array of avenues that require further investigation if our understanding of anorexia nervosa is to be refined and more effective treatments developed.
Feature Ablation Analysis and Alternate Representations Using Machine Learning in Surgical Risk Assessment
Creators: name: Russell, Myles Daniel
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences

description: This study applies machine learning methods to create models capable of predicting surgical risk. Gradient boosted trees are applied to 20 preoperative variables from the ACS-NQIP surgical dataset to predict 8 postoperative outcomes. This thesis implements variables utilized by the ACS Universal Surgical Risk Calculator to assess the application of machine learning techniques to predict the same problem set. Additionally, this study assesses one-hot encoding as a method to implement multiple surgical risk procedures, known as CPT codes, into risk assessment and assess performance. This study found that gradient boosted trees perform competitively to other surgical risk tools. Moreover, the inclusion of CPT codes as a preoperative variable suggests that it will improve risk assessment.
Non-Fermi liquid normal state of the Heavy Fermion superconductor UBe13
Creators: name: Gegenwart, P.
name: Langhammer, C.
name: Helfrich, R.
name: Oeschler, N.
name: Lang, M.
name: Kim, J. S.
name: Stewart, G. R.
name: Steglich, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behavior in the normal state of the heavy-fermion superconductor UBe13 is studied by means of low-temperature measurements of the specific heat, C, and electrical resistivity, ρ, on a high-quality single crystal in magnetic fields up to 15.5 T. At B=0, unconventional superconductivity forms at Tc=0.9 K out of an incoherent state, characterized by a large and strongly temperature dependent ρ(T). In the magnetic field interval 4 T \leq B \leq 10 T, ρ(T) follows a T^3/2 behavior for Tc(B)\leq T \leq 1 K, while ρis proportional to T at higher temperatures. Corresponding Non-Fermi liquid behavior is observed in C/T as well and hints at a nearby antiferromagnetic (AF) quantum critical point (QCP) covered by the superconducting state. We speculate that the suppression of short-range AF correlations observed by thermal expansion and specific heat measurements below T_L \simeq 0.7 K (B=0) yields a field-induced QCP, T_L \to 0, at B=4.5 T.
description: Presented at the M2S-2003 conference in Rio / Brazil
Additional file 1 of Biosimilar recombinant follitropin alfa preparations versus the reference product (Gonal-F®) in couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Chua, Su Jen
name: Mol, Ben W.
name: Longobardi, Salvatore
name: Orvieto, Raoul
name: Venetis, Christos A.
name: Lispi, Monica
name: Storr, Ashleigh
name: D’Hooghe, Thomas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Figure 1. Flow chart of study selection. Supplementary Figure 2. Relative risk for live birth rate with biosimilar preparations of follitropin alfa versus reference product (sensitivity analysis excluding the study with an unclear method of randomisation). Supplementary Table 1. Search strategy. Supplementary Table 2. Main characteristics of the randomised controlled trials included in the meta-analysis. Supplementary Table 3. Population characteristics, details of assisted reproductive technology treatment protocol used, outcomes evaluated and adjustment for confounders of the randomised controlled trials included in the meta-analysis. Supplementary Table 4. Outcomes of the randomised controlled trials included in the meta-analysis. Supplementary Table 5. Summary of the randomised controlled trials detected by search strategy without fertility outcomes.
Additional file 7 of Functional characterization of 5′ UTR cis-acting sequence elements that modulate translational efficiency in Plasmodium falciparum and humans
Creators: name: Garcia, Valentina E.
name: Dial, Rebekah
name: DeRisi, Joseph L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7: Fig. S2. The raw luminescence signal from capped and uncapped RNAs in P. falciparum and K562 in vitro translation.
STANDARD DISPOSITION THEORY: AN EVALUATION OF THE FACTORS THAT PREVENT EQUAL JUSTICE
Creators: name: Smiegocki, Victoria M.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4402
subject: Criminology
subject: FOS: Law

description: This dissertation examines sentencing outcomes in twelve Virginia circuit courts to assess the impact of various legal and extralegal factors on the severity of punishment. In this study, I use a mixed-methods approach to test potential influences related to the individual case, decision-maker, and county context. These factors act in tandem to form a new theoretical framework of sentencing titled “standard disposition theory.” This theory is offered as an explanation of punishment disparity for similarly situated defendants. To evaluate the validity of the proposed theory, I construct hierarchal structural equation models based on sentencing guidelines worksheets between January 2010 and June 2016. I supplement this analysis with interviews of commonwealth attorneys, public defenders, and probation officers. The findings challenge the belief that judges are the sole authoritative power in sentencing decisions. Instead, I argue that the courtroom workgroup as a collective acts as the arbiter of justice. In addition, the analyses provide support for the existence of standard sentences which deviate according to mode of conviction. Furthermore, the results also suggest that extralegal features of the defendant and local court context affect punishment outcomes. I conclude by discussing suggestions for future research and implications for policymakers.
Integrable N-particle Hamiltonians with Yangian or Reflection Algebra Symmetry
Creators: name: Caudrelier, V.
name: Crampe, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 70H06, 81R12, 81R50

description: We use the Dunkl operator approach to construct one dimensional integrable models describing N particles with internal degrees of freedom. These models are described by a general Hamiltonian belonging to the center of the Yangian or the reflection algebra, which ensures that they admit the corresponding symmetry. In particular, the open problem of the symmetry is answered for the B_N-type Sutherland model with spin and a generalized B_N-type nonlinear Schrodinger Hamiltonian.
description: 17 pages. Some typos corrected, references added and proofs clarified
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon detectors for particle detection, beam flux monitoring and dosimetry in high-dose radiation environment
Creators: name: Menichelli, Mauro
name: Boscardin, Maurizio
name: Crivellari, Michele
name: Davis, Jeremy
name: Dunand, Silvan
name: Fanò, Livio
name: Morozzi, Arianna
name: Moscatelli, Francesco
name: Movileanu-Ionica, Maria
name: Passeri, Daniele
name: Petasecca, Marco
name: Piccini, Mauro
name: Rossi, Alessandro
name: Scorzoni, Andrea
name: Servoli, Leonello
name: Verzellesi, Giovanni
name: Wyrsch, Nicolas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) has remarkable radiation resistance properties and can be deposited on a lot of different substrates. A-Si:H based particle detectors have been built since mid 1980s as planar p-i-n or Schottky diode structures; the thickness of these detectors ranged from 1 to 50 micron. However MIP detection using planar structures has always been problematic due to the poor S/N ratio related to the high leakage current at high depletion voltage and the low charge collection efficiency. The usage of 3D detector architecture can be beneficial for the possibility to reduce inter-electrode distance and increase the thickness of the detector for larger charge generation compared to planar structures. Such a detector can be used for future hadron colliders for its radiation resistance and also for X-ray imaging. Furthermore the possibility of a-Si:H deposition on flexible materials (like kapton) can be exploited to build flexible and thin beam flux measurement detectors and x-ray dosimeters.
description: 10 pages 5 figures, 1 table
Proposition of numerical modelling of BEC
Creators: name: Utyuzh, O. V.
name: Wilk, G.
name: Wlodarczyk, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose extension of the numerical method to model effect of Bose-Einstein correlations (BEC) observed in hadronization processes which allows for calculations not only correlation functions $C_2(Q_{inv})$ (one-dimensional) but also corresponding to them $C_2(Q_{x,y,z})$ (i.e., three-dimensional). The method is based on the bunching of identical bosonic particles in elementary emitting cells (EEC) in phase space in manner leading to proper Bose-Einstein form of distribution of energy (this was enough to calculate $C_2(Q_{inv})$). To obtain also $C_2(Q_{x,y,z})$ one has to add to it also symmetrization of the multiparticle wave function to properly correlate space-time locations of produced particles with their energy-momentum characteristics.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures, poster presented at QM2005, to be published in Nukleonika (2006); acknowledgements added
Additional file 8 of Functional characterization of 5′ UTR cis-acting sequence elements that modulate translational efficiency in Plasmodium falciparum and humans
Creators: name: Garcia, Valentina E.
name: Dial, Rebekah
name: DeRisi, Joseph L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 8: Fig. S3. The 4 uAUGs from R[WT] exchanged into A[WT] at the same positions showing that the repressive effect is conferrable to other contexts. Graphed for each is the average and SEM of log2(each experimental value normalized to the experimental average of A[WT]).
Three-dimensional random dielectric colloid metamaterial with giant isotropic optical activity
Creators: name: Asadchy, Viktar
name: Guo, Cheng
name: Faniayeu, Ihar
name: Fan, Shanhui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the theoretical observation that isotropic chirality can exist even in completely random systems, we design a dielectric metamaterial consisting of a random colloid of meta-atoms, which exhibits unprecedentedly high isotropic optical activity. Each meta-atom is composed of a helically arranged cluster of silicon nanospheres. Such clusters can be fabricated by large-scale DNA self-assembly techniques. It is demonstrated that the use of a high concentration of the meta-atoms in the colloid provides significant suppressions of incoherent scattering losses. As a result, the proposed system shows three orders of magnitude improvement of isotropic optical activity as compared with the previous metamaterial designs. This work highlights the significant potential of completely random system, which are commonly produced in colloidal sciences, for applications as metamaterials towards novel photonic effects and devices.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables
Erasure versus teleportation scheme of optical CNOT gate
Creators: name: Wojcik, Antoni
name: Grudka, Andrzej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We clarify the connections between the erasure scheme of probabilistic CNOT gate implementation recently proposed by Pittman, Jacobs and Franson [Phys. Rev. A 64, 062311 (2001)] and quantum teleportation.
STANDARD DISPOSITION THEORY: AN EVALUATION OF THE FACTORS THAT PREVENT EQUAL JUSTICE
Creators: name: Smiegocki, Victoria M.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation examines sentencing outcomes in twelve Virginia circuit courts to assess the impact of various legal and extralegal factors on the severity of punishment. In this study, I use a mixed-methods approach to test potential influences related to the individual case, decision-maker, and county context. These factors act in tandem to form a new theoretical framework of sentencing titled “standard disposition theory.” This theory is offered as an explanation of punishment disparity for similarly situated defendants. To evaluate the validity of the proposed theory, I construct hierarchal structural equation models based on sentencing guidelines worksheets between January 2010 and June 2016. I supplement this analysis with interviews of commonwealth attorneys, public defenders, and probation officers. The findings challenge the belief that judges are the sole authoritative power in sentencing decisions. Instead, I argue that the courtroom workgroup as a collective acts as the arbiter of justice. In addition, the analyses provide support for the existence of standard sentences which deviate according to mode of conviction. Furthermore, the results also suggest that extralegal features of the defendant and local court context affect punishment outcomes. I conclude by discussing suggestions for future research and implications for policymakers.
New H-band Galaxy Number Counts: A Large Local Hole in the Galaxy Distribution?
Creators: name: Frith, W. J.
name: Metcalfe, N.
name: Shanks, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine H-band number counts determined using new photometry over 0.30 sq.deg. to H=19, as well as H<14 counts from 2MASS. First, we examine 2MASS counts extracted for the 4000 sq.deg. APM survey area and find a deficiency of 25% at H=13, in line with previous results. In addition the |b|>20 counts display a relatively constant deficit in the counts of 15-20%. We investigate various possible causes for these results: In order to address the issue of the model normalisation, we examine faint number counts for the new faint photometry presented in this work and also for the LCIRS. In each case a zeropoint is chosen to match that of the 2MASS photometry at bright magnitudes. We find a large offset between 2MASS and the LCIRS data of 0.28+/-0.01 magnitudes. Applying a consistent zeropoint, the combined faint data is in good agreement with the homogeneous model prediction used previously. We examine possible effects arising from unexpected galaxy evolution and photometric errors and find no evidence for a significant contribution from either. However, incompleteness in the 2MASS catalogue and in the faint data may have a significant contribution. Addressing the contribution from large-scale structure, we estimate the cosmic variance in the bright counts over the APM survey area and for |b|>20 expected in a LCDM cosmology using 27 LCDM mock 2MASS catalogues. Accounting for the model normalisation uncertainty and taking an upper limit for the incompleteness, the APM survey area bright counts are in line with a rare fluctuation in the local galaxy distribution of 2.5 sigma. However, the |b|>20 counts represent a 4.0 sigma fluctuation, and imply a local hole which extends over the entire local galaxy distribution and is at odds with LCDM.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, submitted to MNRAS
REGIME JUXTAPOSITION WITHIN THE THIRD WAVE OF AUTOCRATIZATION: DEMOCRATIC ENCLAVES IN AUTOCRATIZING RUSSIA AND VENEZUELA
Creators: name: Melo, Luciano
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This research intended to understand regime juxtaposition within the third wave of autocratization (1990 –) or, more specifically, to explain why the survival of democracy is achieved in some regions and not in others, at the same time that central governments seek to expand their control at the subnational level while pursuing longevity to their undemocratic regimes at the national level. To answer this question, a research design was conceived considering a multilevel qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) – or the interplay between international, national, and subnational levels, as well as systemic, structural, institutional, and agent driven frameworks – in two countries, Venezuela and Russia within the period between 2000 and 2018, and in three regions in each country – one in which democracy survived, one in which democracy declined, and one in which levels of democracy have been continually low. In addition to process tracing in local and foreign periodicals, reports, and documents, a total of 134 interviews were conducted with experts, scholars, politicians, lawyers, civil society members, journalists, and other political actors. Results reveal that regime longevity at the national level was achieved by constructing solid patronal political systems, by employing a pervasive political mythology based on religious and ideological elements, by using revenues from an important economic resource, and by participating in networks of other undemocratic countries that created a parallel economic market and deflected international interference. Democracy survived in regions where regional patronal systems were absent or weak, where the central government was not able to control the regional economy, and in places with long-lasting historical legacies – especially unique patterns of migrations with strong mythologies that affect political behavior today. Finally, this dissertation also questions the validity of the resource curse’s causal mechanism, and whether there is an invested interest from autocratizing countries to undermine the international liberal order.
REGIME JUXTAPOSITION WITHIN THE THIRD WAVE OF AUTOCRATIZATION: DEMOCRATIC ENCLAVES IN AUTOCRATIZING RUSSIA AND VENEZUELA
Creators: name: Melo, Luciano
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This research intended to understand regime juxtaposition within the third wave of autocratization (1990 –) or, more specifically, to explain why the survival of democracy is achieved in some regions and not in others, at the same time that central governments seek to expand their control at the subnational level while pursuing longevity to their undemocratic regimes at the national level. To answer this question, a research design was conceived considering a multilevel qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) – or the interplay between international, national, and subnational levels, as well as systemic, structural, institutional, and agent driven frameworks – in two countries, Venezuela and Russia within the period between 2000 and 2018, and in three regions in each country – one in which democracy survived, one in which democracy declined, and one in which levels of democracy have been continually low. In addition to process tracing in local and foreign periodicals, reports, and documents, a total of 134 interviews were conducted with experts, scholars, politicians, lawyers, civil society members, journalists, and other political actors. Results reveal that regime longevity at the national level was achieved by constructing solid patronal political systems, by employing a pervasive political mythology based on religious and ideological elements, by using revenues from an important economic resource, and by participating in networks of other undemocratic countries that created a parallel economic market and deflected international interference. Democracy survived in regions where regional patronal systems were absent or weak, where the central government was not able to control the regional economy, and in places with long-lasting historical legacies – especially unique patterns of migrations with strong mythologies that affect political behavior today. Finally, this dissertation also questions the validity of the resource curse’s causal mechanism, and whether there is an invested interest from autocratizing countries to undermine the international liberal order.
Opioid Prescription Management Toolkit for Chronic Pain
Creators: name: Eeghen, Constance Van
name: Kennedy, Amanda G.
name: Pasanen, Mark
name: Pinckney, Richard G.
name: MacLean, Charles D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111717 Primary Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This Toolkit is for practice leaders, providers, and staff interested in improving management of opioid prescriptions for patients with non-palliative, chronic pain. It combines redesign of office practice workflow with proven strategies to manage opioid prescribing. This Toolkit was developed for ambulatory care clinics in Vermont and can be applied broadly to many settings.
Minimizing the stabbing number of matchings, trees, and triangulations
Creators: name: Fekete, Sandor P.
name: Luebbecke, Marco
name: Meijer, Henk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.2.2

description: The (axis-parallel) stabbing number of a given set of line segments is the maximum number of segments that can be intersected by any one (axis-parallel) line. This paper deals with finding perfect matchings, spanning trees, or triangulations of minimum stabbing number for a given set of points. The complexity of these problems has been a long-standing open question; in fact, it is one of the original 30 outstanding open problems in computational geometry on the list by Demaine, Mitchell, and O'Rourke. The answer we provide is negative for a number of minimum stabbing problems by showing them NP-hard by means of a general proof technique. It implies non-trivial lower bounds on the approximability. On the positive side we propose a cut-based integer programming formulation for minimizing the stabbing number of matchings and spanning trees. We obtain lower bounds (in polynomial time) from the corresponding linear programming relaxations, and show that an optimal fractional solution always contains an edge of at least constant weight. This result constitutes a crucial step towards a constant-factor approximation via an iterated rounding scheme. In computational experiments we demonstrate that our approach allows for actually solving problems with up to several hundred points optimally or near-optimally.
description: 25 pages, 12 figures, Latex. To appear in "Discrete and Computational Geometry". Previous version (extended abstract) appears in SODA 2004, pp. 430-439
Additional file 9 of Functional characterization of 5′ UTR cis-acting sequence elements that modulate translational efficiency in Plasmodium falciparum and humans
Creators: name: Garcia, Valentina E.
name: Dial, Rebekah
name: DeRisi, Joseph L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 9: Fig. S4. Predicted repressive effect of combinations of the uAUGs in R[WT] based on their individual activities for (a) P. falciparum and (b) K562.
Global Majority E-Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2020
Creators: name: Gunter, Bernhard
name: Benjamin, Kayla
name: Bluma, Morgan
name: Dennehy, Eleanor
name: Wright, Ain
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: How Children’s Well-Being Reflects Government Choices and National Circumstances in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda - Kayla Benjamin; Struggling to Survive: Water Scarcity and Poor Sanitation in Colombia and Kenya - Morgan Bluma; Fighting for Equality: Analyzing Inequality in Rwanda and South Africa - Eleanor Dennehy; Closing the Gender Gap: Women’s Rights in Ethiopia and Mexico - Ain Wright
Global Majority E-Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2020
Creators: name: Gunter, Bernhard
name: Benjamin, Kayla
name: Bluma, Morgan
name: Dennehy, Eleanor
name: Wright, Ain
Publisher: name: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: How Children’s Well-Being Reflects Government Choices and National Circumstances in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda - Kayla Benjamin; Struggling to Survive: Water Scarcity and Poor Sanitation in Colombia and Kenya - Morgan Bluma; Fighting for Equality: Analyzing Inequality in Rwanda and South Africa - Eleanor Dennehy; Closing the Gender Gap: Women’s Rights in Ethiopia and Mexico - Ain Wright
Necessary and sufficient condition for the reduced dynamics of an open quantum system interacting with an environment to be linear
Creators: name: Sargolzahi, Iman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dynamics of a closed quantum system, under a unitary time evolution $U$, is, obviously, linear. But, the reduced dynamics of an open quantum system $S$, interacting with an environment $E$, is not linear, in general. Dominy et al. [Quant. Inf. Process. 15, 465 (2016)] considered the case that the set $\mathcal{S}=\lbraceρ_{SE}\rbrace$, of possible initial states of the system-environment, is convex and, also, possesses another property, which they called $U$-consistency. They have shown that, under such circumstances, the reduced dynamics of the system $S$ is linear. Whether the Dominy-Shabani-Lidar framework is the most general one is the subject of this paper. We assume that the reduced dynamics is linear and show that this leads us to their framework. In other words, the reduced dynamics of the system is linear if and only if it can be formulated within the Dominy-Shabani-Lidar framework.
description: 7 pages. The title is changed to match the published version
On the robustness of the NV-NMR spectrometer setup to magnetic field inhomogeneities
Creators: name: Vaknin, Yotam
name: Tratzmiller, Benedikt
name: Gefen, Tuvia
name: Schwartz, Ilai
name: Plenio, Martin
name: Retzker, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The NV-NMR spectrometer is a promising candidate for detection of NMR signals at the nano scale. Field inhomogeneities, however, are a major source of noise that limits spectral resolution in state of the art NV - NMR experiments and constitutes a major bottleneck in the development of nano scale NMR. Here we propose, a route in which this limitation could be circumvented in NV-NMR spectrometer experiments, by utilising the nanometric scale and the quantumness of the detector.
description: 5 Pages, 4 Figures
Fractional Cointegration: Bayesian Inferences Using a Jeffreys Prior
Creators: name: Martin, Gael M.
name: Martin, Gael M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Fractional cointegration
subject: Bayesian inference
subject: Jeffreys prior
subject: Markov chain Monte Carlo

description: The concept of fractional cointegration, whereby deviations from an equilibrium relationship follow a fractionally integrated process, has attracted some attention of late. The extended concept allows cointegration to be associated with mean reversion in the error, rather than requiring the more stringent condition of stationarity. This paper presents a Bayesian method for conducting inference about fractional cointegration. The method is based on an approximation of the exact likelihood, with a Jeffreys prior being used to offset an identification problem. Inferences are based on marginal posterior densities, estimated via a combination of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. The procedure is applied to several purchasing power parity relations, with substantial evidence found in favor of parity reversion.