cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 2 of Characterisation of the enzyme transport path between shipworms and their bacterial symbionts
Creators: name: Pesante, Giovanna
name: Sabbadin, Federico
name: Elias, Luisa
name: Steele-King, Clare
name: Shipway, J. Reuben
name: Dowle, Adam A.
name: Li, Yi
name: Busse-Wicher, Marta
name: Dupree, Paul
name: Besser, Katrin
name: Cragg, Simon M.
name: Bruce, Neil C.
name: McQueen-Mason, Simon J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S2. Searching for the opening of the duct of Deshayes in the shipworm digestive system. Left, transverse sections through the shell valve, from the anterior to posterior adductor muscle (A-E). Right, 3D rendered model of the whole shipworm, with the green highlighted region showing the position of the transverse cross section displayed on the left. File format .DOCX.
An initial condition reconstruction in Hamilton-Jacobi equations
Creators: name: Misztela, Arkadiusz
name: Plaskacz, Sławomir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49N45, 35F21, 49L25, 35Q93, 34A60

description: We describe the family of initial conditions for Hamilton-Jacobi equations (HJE) corresponding to optimal control problems that can be retrieved by solving HJE backward in time.
Sub-Doppler spectroscopy of Rb atoms in a sub-micron vapor cell in the presence of a magnetic field
Creators: name: Sarkisyan, David
name: Papoyan, Aram
name: Varzhapetyan, Tigran
name: Alnis, Janis
name: Blush, Kaspars
name: Auzinsh, Marcis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first use of an extremely thin vapor cell (thickness ~ 400 nm) to study the magnetic-field dependence of laser-induced-fluorescence excitation spectra of alkali atoms. This thin cell allows for sub-Doppler resolution without the complexity of atomic beam or laser cooling techniques. This technique is used to study the laser-induced-fluorescence excitation spectra of Rb in a 50 G magnetic field. At this field strength the electronic angular momentum J and nuclear angular momentum I are only partially decoupled. As a result of the mixing of wavefunctions of different hyperfine states, we observe a nonlinear Zeeman effect for each sublevel, a substantial modification of the transition probabilities between different magnetic sublevels, and the appearance of transitions that are strictly forbidden in the absence of the magnetic field. For the case of right- and left- handed circularly polarized laser excitation, the fluorescence spectra differs qualitatively. Well pronounced magnetic field induced circular dichroism is observed. These observations are explained with a standard approach that describes the partial decoupling of I and J states.
Multiple Rap1 effectors control Epac1-mediated tightening of endothelial junctions
Creators: name: Willem-Jan Pannekoek
name: Vliem, Marjolein J.
name: Bos, Johannes L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Epac1 and Rap1 mediate cAMP-induced tightening of endothelial junctions. We have previously found that one of the mechanisms is the inhibition of Rho-mediated tension in radial stress fibers by recruiting the RhoGAP ArhGAP29 in a complex containing the Rap1 effectors Rasip1 and Radil. However, other mechanisms have been proposed as well, most notably the induction of tension in circumferential actin cables by Cdc42 and its GEF FGD5. Here, we have investigated how Rap1 controls FGD5/Cdc42 and how this interconnects with Radil/Rasip1/ArhGAP29. Using endothelial barrier measurements, we show that Rho inhibition is not sufficient to explain the barrier stimulating effect of Rap1. Indeed, Cdc42-mediated tension is induced at cell-cell contacts upon Rap1 activation and this is required for endothelial barrier function. Depletion of potential Rap1 effectors identifies AF6 to mediate Rap1 enhanced tension and concomitant Rho-independent barrier function. When overexpressed in HEK293T cells, AF6 is found in a complex with FGD5 and Radil. From these results we conclude that Rap1 utilizes multiple pathways to control tightening of endothelial junctions, possibly through a multiprotein effector complex, in which AF6 functions to induce tension in circumferential actin cables.
Tempo Sem Tempo
Creators: name: Craveiro, Mariana
name: Cortesão Costa, Irene
Publisher: name: Saber e Educar
Year: 2023

description: A Aprendizagem Socioemocional tem vindo a ganhar destaque nos discursos educativos. No entanto, na prática, ainda é relegada para plano de fundo como mero conjunto de soft skills, em detrimento das restantes habilidades cognitivas, mais valorizadas em meio social e escolar (Palha, 2019). Este artigo tem como objetivo problematizar os caminhos e estratégias da Intervenção Comunitária contemporânea no âmbito da Aprendizagem Socioemocional na infância. Este trabalho oferece um olhar sobre a centralidade da relação como agente protagonista na Aprendizagem Socioemocional da criança em idade pré-escolar, numa comunidade educativa do Bairro S. João de Deus no Porto.
description: Saber e Educar, Vol. 32 No. 2 (2023): Caderno temático INTERVENÇÃO COMUNITÁRIA
A Toolkit to Assist Massachusetts School Nurses Start Elementary School Substance Use Prevention Education Programs
Creators: name: Pettengill, Caitlin
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Purpose: Massachusetts currently only mandates fifth-twelfth grade substance use prevention.  Literature states it is counter productive to wait until the adolescent years to initiate substance use prevention due to the adolescent developmental stage of social conformity.  Starting evidence-based substance use prevention education in early elementary school will arm children with the knowledge and confidence they need to make healthy choices and reduce future high school drug rates. 
Methods: A toolkit was created to assist Massachusetts elementary school nurses to start a substance use prevention program in their schools/districts.  The toolkit was presented and evaluated in January 2018 by the Massachusetts school nurse leaders that attended the five regional school nurse leader meetings.  A pre- and post-presentation survey was distributed to 192 school nurse leaders to ascertain if the toolkit was helpful. 
Results: Out of the 351 school nurse leaders in the Commonwealth, 192 attended the five meetings, 160 completed surveys, and 39 wrote comments.  With survey results and written feedback from 11% of Massachusetts school nurse leaders (39 out of 351), the toolkit was edited and improved.  The final toolkit was posted February 2018 to the Boston University School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development website with the endorsement of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Conclusion: Survey analysis revealed that the toolkit presentation increased school nurse leaders’ likelihood of starting an early elementary school substance use prevention program (average mean increase of .825 on a 1-4 Likert Scale).
Rigidity of some functional inequalities on RCD spaces
Creators: name: Han, Bang-Xian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the cases of equality and prove a rigidity theorem concerning the 1-Bakry-Émery inequality. As an application, we prove the rigidity of the Gaussian isoperimetric inequality, the logarithmic Sobolev inequality and the Poincaré inequality in the setting of ${\rm RCD}(K, \infty)$ metric measure spaces. This unifies and extends to the non-smooth setting the results of Carlen-Kerce, Morgan, Bouyrie, Ohta-Takatsu, Cheng-Zhou. Examples of non-smooth spaces fitting our setting are measured-Gromov Hausdorff limits of Riemannian manifolds with uniform Ricci curvature lower bound, and Alexandrov spaces with curvature lower bound. Some results including the rigidity of $Φ$-entropy inequalities, the rigidity of the 1-Bakry-Émery inequality are of independent interest even in the smooth setting.
Analysis of 3D Localization in Underwater Optical Wireless Networks with Uncertain Anchor Positions
Creators: name: Saeed, Nasir
name: Celik, Abdulkadir
name: Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
name: Al-Naffouri, Tareq Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Localization accuracy is of paramount importance for the proper operation of underwater optical wireless sensor networks (UOWSNs). However, underwater localization is prone to hostile environmental impediments such as drifts due to the surface and deep currents. These cause uncertainty in the deployed anchor node positions and pose daunting challenges to achieve accurate location estimations. Therefore, this paper analyzes the performance of three-dimensional (3D) localization for UOWSNs and derive a closed-form expression for the Cramer Rao lower bound (CRLB) by using time of arrival (ToA) and angle of arrival (AoA) measurements under the presence of uncertainty in anchor node positions. Numerical results validate the analytical findings by comparing the localization accuracy in scenarios with and without anchor nodes position uncertainty. Results are also compared with the linear least square (LSS) method and weighted LLS (WLSS) method.
Discovery of a New Nearby Star
Creators: name: Teegarden, B. J.
name: Pravdo, S. H.
name: Hicks, M.
name: Shaklan, S. B.
name: Covey, K.
name: Fraser, O.
name: Hawley, S. L.
name: McGlynn, T.
name: Reid, I. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery of a nearby star with a very large proper motion of 5.06 +/- 0.03 arcsec/yr. The star is called SO025300.5+165258 and referred to herein as HPMS (high proper motion star). The discovery came as a result of a search of the SkyMorph database, a sensitive and persistent survey that is well suited for finding stars with high proper motions. There are currently only 7 known stars with proper motions > 5 arcsec/yr. We have determined a preliminary value for the parallax of 0.43 +/- 0.13 arcsec. If this value holds our new star ranks behind only the Alpha Centauri system (including Proxima Centauri) and Barnard's star in the list of our nearest stellar neighbors. The spectrum and measured tangential velocity indicate that HPMS is a main-sequence star with spectral type M6.5. However, if our distance measurement is correct, the HPMS is underluminous by 1.2 +/- 0.7 mag.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to ApJ Letters
Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary bees
Creators: name: Loukola, Olli J.
name: Gatto, Elia
name: Híjar-Islas, Ana C.
name: Chittka, Lars
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 60299 Ecology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Most of the studies on learning in bees have focused on the foraging context; we know little about the preferences and cognitive processes in nest-site selection, especially in solitary bees. The majority of the bee species are solitary and in contrast to eusocial bees, solitary bees’ cognition and social information use have remained largely unstudied. Solitary cavity-nesting mason bees (Osmia spp.) are an ideal system to study interspecific information use in nest choice in the wild as many species share similar nesting requirements. Here, we show that the blue mason bee (O. caerulescens) and the orange-vented mason bee (O. leaiana) examine hallmarks of parasitization of the nests of red mason bees (O. bicornis) before deciding where to establish their own nests. They were also presented with contextual cues (geometric symbols) that could be linked to parasitization by observational learning. Subjects subsequently had the choice of nesting in a nest site marked by the symbol that matched, or did not match, the one seen at the parasitized or healthy nest. We show that the bees copied and rejected the symbol of the examined nest manipulated to exhibit successful and unsuccessful nesting, respectively. We conclude that solitary bees use interspecific information in their nest-site selection. In contrast with current theories of species coexistence, niche overlap between species may dynamically change depending on the observed success of surrounding individuals.
A novel incompatibility group X3 plasmid carrying bla NDM-1 encodes a small RNA that regulates host fucose metabolism and biofilm formation
Creators: name: Huang, Chuan
name: Liang-Zhe Liu
name: Hoi-Kuan Kong
name: Law, Carmen O. K.
name: Pham Quynh Hoa
name: Pak-Leung Ho
name: Lau, Terrence C. K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: The emergence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) has become a major health threat to clinical managements of gram-negative bacteria infections. A novel incompatibility group X3 plasmid (IncX3) pNDM-HN380 carrying bla NDM-1 has recently been found to epidemiologically link with multiple geographical areas in China. In this paper, we studied the metabolic responses of host bacteria E. coli J53 upon introduction of pNDM-HN380. A reduction of bacterial motility was observed in J53/pNDM-HN380. We profiled the RNA repertoires of the transconjugants and found a downregulation of genes involved in flagella and chemotaxis metabolic pathways at logarithmic (log) phase. We also identified a novel intragenic region (IGR) small RNA plas2. The plasmid-transcribed sRNA IGR plas2 was further characterized as a regulator of fucRwhich controls the fucose metabolism. By knockdown of IGR plas2 using an antisense decoy, we managed to inhibit the formation of bacterial biofilm of the host. Our study demonstrated a potential way of utilizing plasmid-transcribed sRNA against infectious bacteria.
Sonoma humilis Marsh and Schuster 1962
Creators: name: Ferro, Michael L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sonoma
Sonoma humilis

description: Sonoma humilis Marsh and Schuster, 1962 – CA
 USA: CALIFORNIA: Contra Costa Co.: *Redwood Peak C. Costa Co. Calif. 1-9-54 / R. O. Schuster G. A. Marsh / ♂ / Sonoma humilis Marsh-Schuster [♂, FSCA] [aedeagus figured, MLF 2015]. Marin Co.: * CALIF:Marin Co. Samuel P. Taylor St.Pk. III-31-1976 Fred G. Andrews T.D.Eichlin,colls. / Berlesed from Redwood Duff / Sonoma humilis ‘92 det. DSChandler [♂, CSCA]. Sonoma Co.: * 6 mi SE Cotati Sonoma Co.Calif x.28.1969 A.J.Gilbert / Rotting Mossy Log / Sonoma humilis ‘92 det. DSChandler [♂, CSCA].
description: Published as part of Ferro, Michael L., 2016, Fourteen new species of Sonoma Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) with a key to species from western North America, pp. 1-57 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (472) on page 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170505
ESO 3060170 -- a massive fossil galaxy group with a heated gas core?
Creators: name: Sun, M.
name: Forman, W.
name: Vikhlinin, A.
name: Hornstrup, A.
name: Jones, C.
name: Murray, S. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed study of the ESO 3060170 galaxy group combining Chandra, XMM and optical observations. The system is found to be a fossil galaxy group. The group X-ray emission is composed of a central dense cool core (10 kpc in radius) and an isothermal medium beyond the central 10 kpc. The region between 10 and 50 kpc (the cooling radius) has the same temperature as the gas from 50 kpc to 400 kpc although the gas cooling time between 10 and 50 kpc (2 - 6 Gyr) is shorter than the Hubble time. Thus, the ESO 3060170 group does not have a group-sized cooling core. We suggest that the group cooling core may have been heated by a central AGN outburst in the past and the small dense cool core is the truncated relic of a previous cooling core. The Chandra observations also reveal a variety of X-ray features in the central region, including a ``finger'', an edge-like feature and a small ``tail'', all aligned along a north-south axis, as are the galaxy light and group galaxy distribution. The proposed AGN outburst may cause gas ``sloshing'' around the center and produce these asymmetric features. The observed flat temperature profile to 1/3 R_vir is not consistent with the predicted temperature profile in recent numerical simulations. We compare the entropy profile of the ESO 3060170 group with those of three other groups and find a flatter relation than that predicted by simulations involving only shock heating, S $\propto$ r$^{~ 0.85}$. This is direct evidence for the importance of non-gravitational processes in group centers. We derive the mass profiles within 1/3 R_vir and find the ESO 3060170 group is the most massive fossil group known (1 - 2 X 10$^{14}$ M$_{\odot}$). The M/L ratio of the system, ~ 150 at 0.3 R_vir, is normal.
description: 17 pages, 12 figures, to appear in ApJ. A high-resolution version can be downloaded from http://cxc.harvard.edu/~msun/esoa.ps
Analytical Result for Dimensionally Regularized Massless On-Shell Planar Triple Box
Creators: name: Smirnov, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dimensionally regularized massless on-shell planar triple box Feynman diagram with powers of propagators equal to one is analytically evaluated for general values of the Mandelstam variables s and t in a Laurent expansion in the parameter \ep=(4-d)/2 of dimensional regularization up to a finite part. An explicit result is expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms, with parameters 0 and 1, up to the sixth order. The evaluation is based on the method of Feynman parameters and multiple Mellin-Barnes representation. The same technique can be quite similarly applied to planar triple boxes with any numerators and integer powers of the propagators.
description: 8 pages, LaTeX with axodraw.sty
Inverse scattering transform of an extended nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nonzero boundary conditions and its multisoliton solutions
Creators: name: Wang, Xiu-Bin
name: Han, Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Under investigation in this work is an extended nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nonzero boundary conditions, which can model the propagation of waves in dispersive media. Firstly, a matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem for the equation with nonzero boundary conditions at infinity is systematically discussed. Then the inverse problems are solved through the investigation of the matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem. Therefore, the general solutions for the potentials, and explicit expressions for the reflection-less potentials are presented. Furthermore, we construct the simple-pole and double-pole solutions for the equation. Finally, the remarkable characteristics of these solutions are graphically discussed. Our results should be useful to enrich and explain the related nonlinear wave phenomena in nonlinear fields.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures
Enforcing Regulation: The Impact of Violating Drinking Water Standards on Infant Health at Birth in the US
Creators: name: Harding, Matthew
name: Harding, Matthew
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Health Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This paper documents the impact of different drinking water violations on infant health outcomes at a national level net of the impact of existing regulations. It shows that while avoidance behavior such as buying drinking water is significant, it cannot fully offset the health impact of water contaminants. Moreover, consumers only respond to the most salient contaminants and fail to appreciate the risks associated with water contamination. Once exposure has occurred medica, medical treatment is not sufficient to compensate for the damage to fetal health. This paper also shows that enforcement activities can be very effective at minimizing exposure even when enforcement is informal and does not make use of the full extent of the law.
The U.S. Shrimp Demand Market Analysis: A Product Differentiated Mixed Rotterdam Demand System
Creators: name: Tabarestani, Maryam
name: Keithly, Walter R.
name: Harrison, R. Wes
name: Tabarestani, Maryam
name: Keithly, Walter R.
name: Harrison, R. Wes
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Demand and Price Analysis
Productivity Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is the primary producer of shrimp in the United States and annual production from this region has remained relatively constant over the past several decades. By comparison, U.S. shrimp imports have increased from about 400 million pounds annually during the early 1990s to more than 1 billion pounds in recent years. These imports arrive in a variety of product forms including shell-on, peeled, and miscellaneous (primarily breaded). Using a Mixed-Rotterdam model, this study investigates the influence of changes in imports in total and by product form on the GOM dockside price as well as the influence of expenditures on imports and domestic product. Quarterly data covering 1991 though 2011 was employed. Overall, results conform to theoretical expectations.
First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Preliminary Maps and Basic Results
Creators: name: Bennett, C. L.
name: Halpern, M.
name: Hinshaw, G.
name: Jarosik, N.
name: Kogut, A.
name: Limon, M.
name: Meyer, S. S.
name: Page, L.
name: Spergel, D. N.
name: Tucker, G. S.
name: Wollack, E.
name: Wright, E. L.
name: Barnes, C.
name: Greason, M. R.
name: Hill, R. S.
name: Komatsu, E.
name: Nolta, M. R.
name: Odegard, N.
name: Peirs, H. V.
name: Verde, L.
name: Weiland, J. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present full sky microwave maps in five bands (23 to 94 GHz) from the WMAP first year sky survey. Calibration errors are <0.5% and the low systematic error level is well specified. The 21 per mode to l=658. The temperature-polarization cross-power spectrum reveals both acoustic features and a large angle correlation from reionization. The optical depth of reionization is 0.17 +/- 0.04, which implies a reionization epoch of 180+220-80 Myr (95% CL) after the Big Bang at a redshift of 20+10-9 (95% CL) for a range of ionization scenarios. This early reionization is incompatible with the presence of a significant warm dark matter density. The age of the best-fit universe is 13.7 +/- 0.2 Gyr old. Decoupling was 379+8-7 kyr after the Big Bang at a redshift of 1089 +/- 1. The thickness of the decoupling surface was dz=195 +/- 2. The matter density is Omega_m h^2 = 0.135 +0.008 -0.009, the baryon density is Omega_b h^2 = 0.0224 +/- 0.0009, and the total mass-energy of the universe is Omega_tot = 1.02 +/- 0.02. The spectral index of scalar fluctuations is fit as n_s = 0.93 +/- 0.03 at wavenumber k_0 = 0.05 Mpc^-1, with a running index slope of dn_s/d ln k = -0.031 +0.016 -0.018 in the best-fit model. This flat universe model is composed of 4.4% baryons, 22% dark matter and 73% dark energy. The dark energy equation of state is limited to w
description: Replaced with version accepted by ApJ. One of thirteen companion papers on first-year WMAP results; 43 pages, 17 figures; a version with higher quality graphics is at http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Shared Medical Appointments: An Intervention for Diabetes Management
Creators: name: Monette, Cheri
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Abstract
Background: Uncontrolled diabetes often develops into complications that are very expensive for both the patient and the healthcare system.  Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) are an evidence-based intervention that has been shown to improve participants’ biophysical outcomes and their ability to manage their disease, which can reduce long-term complications and expense.
Project Goal: This project evaluated biophysical outcomes and self-efficacy among a group of primary care patients with uncontrolled diabetes who attended a pilot SMA intervention.
Study design and Methods: A pre-test/post-test design utilizing a nonrandomized convenience sample over a 6-month time frame was utilized. Self-efficacy was measured using the Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form (DES-SF). Biophysical measurements included: glycated hemoglobin (HgbA1c), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic), weight, and triglycerides. Quantitative data was analyzed using the Wilcoxon-signed rank test to evaluate pre/post effects of the SMA intervention.
Results: Descriptive analysis showed a significant reduction in LDL with a median difference of 11.8 mg/dL (p<0.43), and a significant increase in HDL with a median difference of 3.5 mg/dL (p<0.43).  HgbA1c, self-efficacy scores, and diastolic blood pressure showed improvements, but were not found to be statistically significant (p< .128, p< .172, p< .610, respectively). There were no changes in weight. Both systolic blood pressure and triglycerides were found to have increased slightly.  Conclusion: The intervention showed significant improvements in some measurable outcomes, but not in others. A larger sample size would provide stronger evidence of the impact of the SMA. A homogenous format would also help to determine which components are most effective.           
Keywords: diabetes, intervention, shared medical appointment, group visits
Hierarchical Transformers for Long Document Classification
Creators: name: Pappagari, Raghavendra
name: Żelasko, Piotr
name: Villalba, Jesús
name: Carmiel, Yishay
name: Dehak, Najim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: BERT, which stands for Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers, is a recently introduced language representation model based upon the transfer learning paradigm. We extend its fine-tuning procedure to address one of its major limitations - applicability to inputs longer than a few hundred words, such as transcripts of human call conversations. Our method is conceptually simple. We segment the input into smaller chunks and feed each of them into the base model. Then, we propagate each output through a single recurrent layer, or another transformer, followed by a softmax activation. We obtain the final classification decision after the last segment has been consumed. We show that both BERT extensions are quick to fine-tune and converge after as little as 1 epoch of training on a small, domain-specific data set. We successfully apply them in three different tasks involving customer call satisfaction prediction and topic classification, and obtain a significant improvement over the baseline models in two of them.
description: 4 figures, 7 pages
Aspergillus CR.pdf
Creators: name: Chetambath, Ravindran
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110299 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Study evaluating the link between coffee plantation in Wayanad and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Notes on D-branes in 2D Type 0 String Theory
Creators: name: Takayanagi, Tadashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we construct complete macroscopic operators in two dimensional type 0 string theory. They represent D-branes localized in the time direction. We give another equivalent description of them as deformed Fermi surfaces. We also discuss a continuous array of such D-branes and show that it can be described by a matrix model with a deformed potential. For appropriate values of parameters, we find that it has an additional new sector hidden inside its strongly coupled region.
description: harvmac, 18 pages, 2 figures, references added
Critical Choices Conversation Pilot Project
Creators: name: Paul, Lorena
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) and advance directives (AD) inform the provision of health care that aligns with clients’ goals and wishes. Less than 30% of female cancer care clients presented AD when admitted for care to a Magnet® designated hospital located in the Southwest United States (U.S.).
Methods: A quality improvement project took place on a 25 bed in-patient cancer care unit to improve these rates. The nurses received ACP training and used a clinical support tool to facilitate discussions with clients. A Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist assisted as needed.
Results: Seven nurses accomplished a self-paced learning activity during a one-month timeframe. Although the nurses reported increased ACP skills after the training, the AD documentation decreased from 27% to 13% and remained below the 30% national norm. Similarly, combined ACP and AD documentation decreased from 33% to 20%. The nurses stated barriers such as time constraints, limited clinical experiences, and inabilities to accept the additional duties.
Conclusions: Nurses who completed the evidence-based training reported increased knowledge, but were unable to implement the tool within the health care setting. Additional trained ACP facilitators or workload adjustments may be needed as well as additional education to normalize the accomplishments of ACP and ADs.
Implications: The literature review, lessons learned, and recommendations may be used by hospital leaders to improve ACP and AD documentation, promote client-centered care, and increase compliance with federal and state laws and the Joint Commission’s requirements.
Ground state spin 0$^+$ dominance of many-body systems with random interactions and related topics
Creators: name: Arima, A.
name: Yoshinaga, N.
name: Zhao, Y. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this talk we shall show our recent results in understanding the spin$^{\rm parity}$ 0$^+$ ground state (0 g.s.) dominance of many-body systems. We propose a simple approach to predict the spin $I$ g.s. probabilities which does not require the diagonalization of a Hamiltonian with random interactions. Some findings related to the 0 g.s. dominance will also be discussed.
description: 11 pages and 4 figures
Exponential quantum communication reductions from generalizations of the Boolean Hidden Matching problem
Creators: name: Doriguello, João F.
name: Montanaro, Ashley
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this work we revisit the Boolean Hidden Matching communication problem, which was the first communication problem in the one-way model to demonstrate an exponential classical-quantum communication separation. In this problem, Alice's bits are matched into pairs according to a partition that Bob holds. These pairs are compressed using a Parity function and it is promised that the final bit-string is equal either to another bit-string Bob holds, or its complement. The problem is to decide which case is the correct one. Here we generalize the Boolean Hidden Matching problem by replacing the parity function with an arbitrary Boolean function $f$. Efficient communication protocols are presented depending on the sign-degree of $f$. If its sign-degree is less than or equal to 1, we show an efficient classical protocol. If its sign-degree is less than or equal to $2$, we show an efficient quantum protocol. We then completely characterize the classical hardness of all symmetric functions $f$ of sign-degree greater than or equal to $2$, except for one family of specific cases. We also prove, via Fourier analysis, a classical lower bound for any function $f$ whose pure high degree is greater than or equal to $2$. Similarly, we prove, also via Fourier analysis, a quantum lower bound for any function $f$ whose pure high degree is greater than or equal to $3$. These results give a large family of new exponential classical-quantum communication separations.
description: 30 pages; v2: lower bounds were slightly improved and several typos corrected
The Effects of Package Downsizing on Food Consumption
Creators: name: Cakir, Metin
name: Balagtas, Joseph Valdes
name: Okrent, Abigail M.
name: Cakir, Metin
name: Balagtas, Joseph Valdes
name: Okrent, Abigail M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Package downsizing is common among the leading producers of packaged food products in the United States. In this study, we examine the effects of package downsizing on household food-at-home consumption and expenditure. We perform an exploratory data analysis of shelf stable tuna and peanut butter markets using Nielsen homescan data. The data comprise grocery store transactions made by a large panel of households over a period of 7 years, 2004-2010. We find that manufacturers use downsizing to implicitly increase prices. Consequently, the average annual household expenditures of both products are considerably higher than their levels before downsizing. The annual average volume consumption of peanut butter remains stable, whereas the volume consumption of shelf stable tuna is approximately 10 percent below its level before downsizing, in spite of an approximately 5 percent increase in the annual package consumption.
Evaluating habitat-fishery interactions: The case of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Blue Crab fishery in the Chesapeake Bay
Creators: name: Mykoniatis, Nikolaos
name: Ready, Richard
name: Mykoniatis, Nikolaos
name: Ready, Richard
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: empirical bioeconomics
subject: Chesapeake Bay
subject: essential and facultative habitat
subject: blue crabs
subject: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

description: This paper investigates habitat-fisheries interaction between two important resources in the Chesapeake Bay: blue crabs and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV). A habitat can be essential to a species (the species is driven to extinction without it), facultative (more habitat means more of the species, but species can exist at some level without any of the habitat) or irrelevant (more habitat is not associated with more of the species). An empirical bioeconomic model that nests the essential-habitat model into its facultative-habitat counterpart is estimated. Two alternative approaches are used to test whether SAV matters for the crab stock. Our results indicate that, if we do not have perfect information on habitat-fisheries linkages, the right approach would be to run the more general facultative-habitat model instead of the essential-habitat one. Failure to do so can result in model misspecification and upward-biased estimates of the impact of habitat on species productivity. With our data we fail to reject the null hypothesis that SAV is irrelevant for crabs in the Bay.
Theoretical Overview on (Hidden) Charm in High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions
Creators: name: Rapp, R.
name: Grandchamp, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent developments in the theoretical evaluation of charmonium production in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions (URHIC's) are discussed. In particular, the consequences of equilibrium properties of open and hidden charm states -- accessible, {\it e.g.}, in QCD lattice gauge calculations -- are assessed. These include abundances as well as formation and dissociation rates of charmonia in both hadronic and quark-gluon matter.
description: Invited Talk at 7. Int. Conf. on Strangeness in Quark Matter (Atlantic Beach, NC, USA, 12.-17.03.03); 10 pages LaTeX including 11 Figures and iop style files; v3: Section 3.4 (Continuity) revised
HARNESSING HYDROGEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS: THE LEGRAND POLLUTION CORRELATION IN GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT
Creators: name: Blessing, Osaretin Omoregie
name: Ifeanyi, Chukwudi Nwokoro
Publisher: name: klover journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: Legrand pollution correlation chart
Contaminants migration
Groundwater
Ebhoakhuala
Ekpoma
Agbede
Nigeria

description: The Legrand pollution correlation chart is a valuable tool for assessing contaminant migration within groundwater, particularly in regions like Ebhoakhuala in Ekpoma and Agbede, Edo State, Nigeria. This paper explores the application of the Legrand pollution correlation chart in evaluating the movement of contaminants in groundwater in these specific locations. By integrating hydrogeological and geological parameters, the chart provides insights into the vulnerability of groundwater to pollution and aids in the formulation of effective management strategies. Through case studies and empirical analysis, this paper demonstrates the utility of the Legrand pollution correlation chart in assessing and mitigating groundwater contamination risks in diverse environmental contexts
Increasing Annual Influenza Vaccination Rates through Primary Prevention Strategies Among Health Care Workers in a Psychiatric Long-term Care Facility: An Evidence-based Approach
Creators: name: Miller, Kathleen
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2018

Abstract
Background: Influenza is a highly infectious, serious respiratory virus that causes almost 226,000 hospitalizations and averages 36,000 deaths annually in the United States (U.S.). Those at the highest risk for influenza-related complications and death include the elderly, the very young, those with chronic disease, and people with weakened immune systems. Since 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) have recommended that all medically eligible healthcare workers (HCWs) receive an influenza vaccination annually. Despite recommendations, many HCWs decline the seasonal influenza vaccination putting themselves and their patients at risk. The CDC reports that U.S. vaccination rates for HCWs in long-term care settings averaged just 69.2% for the 2015-2016 flu season. Healthy People 2020 has set a goal of 90% compliance among eligible HCWs by 2020.
Methods: This research translation project examined the effects of evidence-based primary prevention strategies of personalized education and mentoring on increasing vaccine compliance among 105 HCWs in a long-term forensic psychiatric facility. A synthesis of evidence-based practice interventions and associated factors to improve flu vaccine uptake is included, discussing barriers and facilitators to implementation in this special population and unique setting.
Results: Although individualized education and mentoring are recommended evidence-based practice interventions to increase vaccine rates in HCWs they resulted in only a 3% increase in uptake, well below the 10% goal.
Conclusions: Mitigating factors, including personal belief systems, cultural factors, and health literacy continue to impact vaccination rates negatively and are contributing factors to low influenza vaccine rates especially among unlicensed, assistive HCWs
Flux Variations in Lines of Solar EUV Radiation Beyond Flares in Cycle 24
Creators: name: Bruevich, E. A.
name: Yakunina, G. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Studies in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray ranges of the solar spectrum are important due to the active role of radiation of these ranges in the formation of the Earth's ionosphere. Photons of the EUV range are completely absorbed in the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere and induce the excitation, dissociation, and ionization of its different components and, finally, the atmospheric heating. From the archive data of the EUV Variability Experiment of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/EVE), we formed series of diurnal values of the background fluxes radiated beyond flares in the EUV lines HeII (30.4 nm), HeI (58.4 nm), CIII (97.7 nm), and FeXVIII (9.4 nm) in cycle 24 (from 2010 to 2017). These fluxes are compared to the corresponding values of the radio flux F10.7 at a wavelength of 10.7 cm and the background radiation flux F0.1-0.8 in the X-ray range between 0.1 and 0.8 nm measured onboard the GOES-15 satellite of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. Comparative analysis has shown that the solar radiation in individual lines of the EUV range and the fluxes F10.7 and F0.1-0.8 are closely interrelated.
description: 14 pages, 9 figures
Active-sterile neutrino oscillations and pulsar kicks
Creators: name: Barkovich, M.
name: D'Olivo, J. C.
name: Montemayor, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a thorough description of neutrino oscillations in a magnetized protoneutron star, based on a resonance layer for neutrinos with different momentum directions. We apply our approach to the calculation of the asymmetry in the neutrino emission during the birth of a neutron star and the pulsar acceleration in the case of an active-sterile neutrino resonant conversion. The observed velocities can be obtained with the magnetic fields expected in the interior of a protoneutron star, for sterile neutrino masses of the order of KeV and small mixing angles.
description: 17 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX; potential expressions corrected in Section II and corresponding changes made in the following sections
PTSD Secondary to Childhood Maltreatment: Educating Health Care Providers in Roles and Responsibilities Directed to Improved Patient Outcomes
Creators: name: Smith-Dunwoody, Virginia
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2012

Researchers have described the connection between childhood maltreatment and adult mental illness such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression.  Research has also shown a serious lack of recognition of PTSD by the primary care provider. Using the Four Question Primary Care PTSD Screening tool provides information to the primary care provider necessary for ongoing treatment. Education of the primary care provider(s) in the use of the screening tool and in the care of the patient with symptoms of PTSD is based on the process employed by the Department of Veteran Affairs for PTSD identification in the primary care setting.
Os registos de escrita precoce de crianças de 5-6 anos
Creators: name: Vieira Da Silva, Maria Cristina
name: Moreira, Joana Daniela Leão
Publisher: name: Saber e Educar
Year: 2023

description: O artigo tem por objetivo apresentar a forma como os registos pedagógicos (Ostetto, 2017) obtidos em torno das práticas de literacia emergente desenvolvidas em contexto de prática de ensino supervisionada, junto de crianças 5-6 anos, permitiram recolher evidências sobre as diferentes fases em que as crianças se encontravam, em termos de conceções precoces sobre a linguagem escrita. Partindo de uma amostra constituída por oito crianças de uma sala de cinco e seis anos, foi selecionado um guião de entrevista para avaliação das conceções precoces sobre a linguagem escrita, que esteve na origem de registos das produções escritas das crianças, bem como do levantamento acerca das funcionalidades que estas atribuíam à leitura e à linguagem escrita. A análise dos dados recolhidos permitiu evidenciar que os registos das produções escritas foram determinantes na categorização das conceções infantis sobre a linguagem escrita, constituindo uma oportunidade para a educadora estagiária se apropriar de alguns aspetos da literacia emergente, dimensão particularmente relevante em termos da formação profissional docente na Educação Pré-escolar (Gimeno, 1988).
description: Saber e Educar, Vol. 32 (2023)
Female social networks and learning about a new technology in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Creators: name: Magnan, Nicholas
name: Spielman, David J.
name: Gulati, Kajal
name: Magnan, Nicholas
name: Spielman, David J.
name: Gulati, Kajal
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
International Development
International Relations/Trade
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Despite evidence of the importance of differences in the source and type of information that women and men acquire, there is a persistent assumption that these gender dimensions of information acquisition are irrelevant to decision-making in cereal systems in South Asia. Yet women do play a fundamental role in many agricultural decisions and thus have a stake in the choice of technologies selected by the household. The paper attempts to understand women’s involvement in agricultural female networks and if they learn about a new agricultural technology, laser land leveling, through their social networks. Further, the study analyzes whether these female network effects have any influence on household demand for the new technology. Data for this study was collected as part of a research project on laser land leveling in 24 villages drawn randomly from three districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. A binding experimental auction was conducted to elicit demand for a new technology, laser land leveling (LLL), with a randomly selected group of farmers, of which 80 percent were male household heads. The study finds evidence that factors that shape farmers’ wives networks are very different from those that shape links between their husbands. Overall, women who are poorer and less educated tend to have more agricultural information contacts than wealthier and more educated women. We find that if a wife has an adopting wife in her network, her husband bid Rs. 81 more in the auction than if she did not. While we cannot say that the network effect through the wives is stronger, we can say there is evidence that there are separate and significant male and female network effects.