cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
SCREENING DRUGS FOR SPINAL CORD REGENERATION USING AN IMPROVED LARVAL ZEBRAFISH MODEL SYSTEM
Creators: name: Andrews, Gentry Lee
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cell development, proliferation and death
Cell neurochemistry
Behavioural neuroscience
Animal neurobiology
Neurosciences not elsewhere classified
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Computational neuroscience (incl. mathematical neuroscience and theoretical neuroscience)

description: In an endeavor to identify novel compounds that may aid in spinal cord regeneration following traumatic injury, compounds in an FDA-approved small molecule drug library were screened for their effects on regeneration using a regeneration-permissive vertebrate model system, the danio rerio. A novel injury paradigm for studying upper spinal cord injuries in larval danio rerio was developed for this purpose. This injury paradigm was paired with a behavioral assay designed to test the functionality of the spinal cord under drug treated conditions compared to controls and applied to the drug screen, following an initial toxicity screen of the drug library. Each compound was tested at a 10 μM concentration. Drugs were introduced at 1 hours post injury (hpi) for 48 hours (i.e., the study’s Primary Screen). After the 48-hour drug treatment, the larvae underwent the behavioral assay (e.g., Visual Motor Response Assay using a Viewpoint Zebrabox System). Drugs that met the assay’s threshold for potentially regenerative effects, based on the established criteria, were retested at the same concentration as part of a Secondary Screen. If needed, additional concentrations were tested and once a drug was confirmed as part of the Secondary Screen, imaging studies performed to assess for axonal bridging. As of Fall 2022, the over 650 drugs had been screened as part of the Primary Screen, representing roughly one quarter of the total drug library. Screen hits through this point were classified by mechanism of action. Trends from these classifications have indicated, a large portion of drug hits have been vasoactive drugs (e.g., DAR and 5-HT agonists; cholingeric receptor antagonists), anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., COX-2 inhibitors), antimicrobials, calcium/sodium/potassium channel blockers, transcription-related drugs (i.e., DNA and Viral), and a couple microtubule-stabilizing drugs. Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors were identified as repeat hits early in the Primary Screen, and to follow up on this trend, a study specific to HDAC Inhibitors was designed and executed. An additional study designed to assess the influence nutrition has on larval locomotor and regenerative capabilities after injury was run with the intention of modeling and demonstrating how, even in regeneration permissive species, access to proper nutrition significantly influences health outcomes.
Coal Plants, Air Pollution and Anaemia: Evidence from India
Creators: name: Datt, Gaurav
name: Maitra, Pushkar
name: Menon, Nidhiya
name: Ray, Ranjan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: We examine the impact of pollution from coal–fired power units on the anaemic status of children and women in India. The number of coal units in the district at the time of birth significantly increases the incidence of anaemia in young children as does in utero exposure. The number of coal units in the district also adversely affects the anaemic status of women, although the magnitude of impact is smaller than that for young children. The impacts are driven by the increase in PM2.5 pollution generated by coal-fired units. Our evidence points to anaemia as a significant health cost of coal-fired power generation in rapidly growing economies that use coal as a major source of fuel to meet increasing energy demands.
Brazil’s Bolsa Família: Neighborhood and Racial Group Networks
Creators: name: Arbex, Marcelo
name: Faciroli, Jéssica
name: Freguglia, Ricardo Silva
name: de Toledo Vieira, Marcel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Are families that live in the same neighborhood and share similar characteristics more likely to participate in welfare programs? Using a unique administrative data set, we study beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família – a Brazilian cash transfer program – from 2013 to 2015. We analyze data containing information on the living conditions of the most vulnerable families, such as income, household characteristics, schooling, and disability. An eight-digit zip code defines a neighborhood. Families form a network if they live in the same neighborhood and belong to the same racial group. We provide evidence that place of residence and racial group networks are important determinants of the family participation in the program. Individuals in a neighborhood-racial group network are more likely to to participate in the Bolsa Família than not to participate. In areas where program coverage is low, families of the same racial composition and zip code are more likely to be beneficiaries. For a given neighborhood-racial group network, the presence of one additional beneficiary implies that the probability that a non-beneficiary family will become a beneficiary is, on average, 6.5% higher than otherwise. We conduct several robustness checks, e.g., controlling for network density and coverage.
Appendix A & B
Creators: name: Hanrahan, Kathleen
Publisher: name: Sacramento, California
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Owens Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/110/owens-valley
subject: Mica Schist
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2038/mica-schist
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/6/methodology-theory-or-synthesis

description: Appendix A. Schist Artifact Database Appendix B. Distribution of Schist Artifacts by U.S. Highway 395 Postmile Marker
Distribution of Drill Types and Parts 2
Creators: name: Engelbrecht, William
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Western New York
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2816/western-new-york
subject: Multi-component
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/204/multi-component
subject: Woodland
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/13/woodland
subject: PaleoIndian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4/paleoindian
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Early Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9/early-archaic
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/10/middle-archaic
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: Eaton
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/910/eaton
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Drill
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/129/drill
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Chert Drill
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/147017/chert-drill
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: Six GIS distribution maps of drills from the Eaton site: bases pf rod-shaped drills, whole rod-shaped drills, T-drills, drill tips (class 5 = base missing, class 7 = only tip), drill tips (only class 7), whole triangular drills. These were generated by Roderick Salisbury.
Plataforma “AulaPlaneta” como herramienta dinamizadora de la secuencia didáctica para fortalecer la competencia lectora en los estudiantes del grado octavo de la Institución Educativa Técnico Industrial con los padres de familia como mediadores de lectura.
Creators: name: Galarza Melo, Martín Jorge Fernando
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Herramientas virtuales
subject: Lectura - Aprendizaje
subject: Lectura - Enseñanza con ayuda de computadores

description: Este proyecto tiene como objeto fortalecer la competencia lectora en los estudiantes del grado octavo de educación secundaria, en la IEM Técnico Industrial de Pasto, dadas las anteriores condiciones de educación remota y en alternancia, originadas por la pandemia producto del covid 19 que hizo obligatorio el uso de las TIC para continuar con los procesos educativos que permitiera dar continuidad al desarrollo de los contenidos programáticos curriculares y también a los proyectos, involucrando de manera directa a los padres de familia. La investigación se enmarca en un enfoque de tipo cualitativo y para dar respuesta a la problemática presentada se utiliza un método de Investigación Basado en Diseño mediante herramientas TIC como Test de Google Forms y la plataforma “AulaPlaneta” se evidenció que los estudiantes presentaban problemas con la falta de competencias para la compresión de lectura. Los resultados permiten concluir que la inclusión de actividades innovadoras, elementos digitales y ejercicios constantes de comprensión de textos apoyados por los padres de familia, fortalecen las competencias de comprensión de textos en los estudiantes.
Reactivities of HIV-1 gag-derived peptides with antibodies of HIV-1-infected and uninfected humans
Creators: name: Haist, S.
name: März, J.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
name: Modrow, Susanne
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/immunology
subject: Amino Acid Sequence
subject: Antibody Specificity
subject: Cross Reactions
subject: Gene Products, gag/immunology
subject: HIV Antibodies/immunology
subject: HIV Core Protein p24/immunology
subject: HIV-1/immunology
subject: Humans
subject: Molecular Sequence Data
subject: Peptide Fragments/immunology
subject: Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

description: A group of 41 peptides, each 24 amino acids long and overlapping with each other by 12 residues spanning the total gag open reading frame (orf) of HIV-1 (HTLV-IIIBH 10 isolate) were synthesized using Fmoc chemistry. The purified compounds were used in ELISA assays and tested for antibody reactivities in sera of human HIV-1-infected and noninfected individuals. Sera of HIV- humans showed reactivity against four defined regions, two in p17, one in p24, and one in p15. The values of these reactivities were elevated especially in serum samples of HIV- individuals showing cross-reaction with gag proteins on Western blot. Amino acid sequence comparison of HIV-1 gag proteins with those of human endogenous retroviruses (ERV K10, ERV 3) revealed significant similarities predominantly in the domains showing elevated antibody cross-reactions. The majority of sera from HIV-1+ individuals showed strong reactivities to the cross-reactive regions and to various other peptide sequences, a sequential epitope recognized by all HIV-1+ sera could, however, not be identified. The results suggest that human individuals may have immune reactions to endogenous retroviral protein sequences, which are enhanced by infections with HIV-1. Specific antibodies to HIV-1 gag proteins are probably mainly directed to tertiary structure defined epitopes formed by particle formation of the p24 monomers to the nucleocapsid.
Serological diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis using three anti-Epstein-Barr virus recombinant ELISAs
Creators: name: Färber, I.
name: Wutzler, P.
name: Wohlrabe, P.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
name: Hinderer, W.
name: Sonneborn, H. H.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Adolescent
subject: Adult
subject: Antibodies, Viral/blood
subject: Antigens, Viral/immunology
subject: Child
subject: Child, Preschool
subject: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods
subject: Evaluation Studies as Topic
subject: Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
subject: Humans
subject: Infectious Mononucleosis/immunology
subject: Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
subject: Recombinant Proteins/immunology

description: A new Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) ELISA system (Biotest Anti-EBV recombinant) was evaluated for usefulness for routine diagnosis of EBV primary infection. The assay system is composed of three different microtest plates coated with three highly purified recombinant EBV antigens. The early antigens p138 (BALF2, truncated) and p54 (BMRF1, whole sequence) are used as a mixture for testing IgM (assay 1) and IgG (assay 2) antibodies. In addition, the EBNA-1 antigen p72 (BKRF1, carboxy-half) is used for detecting IgG antibodies (assay 3). Three panels of sera were examined in direct comparison with standard immunofluorescence (IF): Specimens of (i) 120 infectious mononucleosis (IM) patients, (ii) 60 patients with acute CMV infection, toxoplasmosis or rheumatic disease, respectively, and (iii) 185 healthy blood donors as a control group. 119 IM patients were clearly recognized as having acute primary infection (sensitivity 99.2% compared to VCA-IgM by IF). Three apparently false-positive results were obtained with patients of other diseases and none within the control group (specificity 98.8%). The data suggest that the recombinant ELISA can be used advantageously for standardized rapid diagnosis of acute EBV primary infection.
Epstein-Barr virus and its interaction with the host
Creators: name: Wolf, Hans J.
name: Bogedain, C.
name: Schwarzmann, F.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Animals
subject: Base Sequence
subject: Cell Transformation, Viral
subject: DNA
subject: Herpesvirus 4, Human/physiology
subject: Humans
subject: Molecular Sequence Data
subject: Parotid Gland/microbiology

description: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a member of the herpesvirus family persists lifelong in the human body and causes diseases associated with virus replication (infectious mononucleosis, oral hairy leukoplakia) as well as neoplastic conditions such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, B-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease associated with viral latency. This complex biology relates to a highly regulated control of the persisting virus. Still, EBV is lytically produced in certain compartments of the human body. Epithelial cells were found to be of key importance for this. Various routes (cell fusion, IgA receptor-mediated uptake) were described for EBV to enter epithelial cells in the absence of CR2 receptor. Viral entry into cells, however, via CR2 receptor fusion or IgA mediated was not found to be sufficient for viral production. The molecular mechanisms for the lack of viral production in most target cells are primarily the presence of silencer activities and the early elimination of cells entering the lytic cycle. Only terminally differentiated epithelial cells are capable of supporting an efficient lytic cycle of EBV replication. EBV-mediated suppression of apoptosis as well as down-regulation of cellular and viral gene products, such as HLA molecules, which mediate recognition by the immune system, are important contributing factors to the development of these neoplasias where viral genes, possibly via interaction with anti-oncogenes, such as p53, in context with genetic and environmental factors play a key role. Novel diagnostic tools and a vaccine have been developed which could help to control EBV-related diseases.
Scale and Sustainability: The Impact of a Women’s Self-Help Group Program on Household Economic Well-Being in India
Creators: name: Raghunathan, Kalyani
name: Kumar, Neha
name: Gupta, Shivani
name: Thai, Giang
name: Scott, Samuel
name: Choudhury, Avijit
name: Khetan, Madhu
name: Menon, Purnima
name: Quisumbing, Agnes
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Microfinance groups are a prominent source of small-scale rural credit in many developing countries. In India, evidence of the impact of the now ubiquitous women-only savings and credit self-help groups (SHGs) on household consumption and asset accumulation is inconclusive and based on small-scale interventions. Further, little is known about the sustainability of impacts at scale. We use panel data on close to 2500 households from five states in India to estimate the impact of SHG membership on household expenditure and asset ownership. Over four years, we find small but significant impacts of SHG membership on household expenditure and livestock ownership. Membership duration has a modest effect, suggesting that initial impacts may taper off as the program scales up, though small sample sizes limit our ability to draw inferences. Accompanying evidence on pathways is compelling; related work shows that SHG participation improves information, empowerment, and access to entitlements. While the direct impacts of SHG membership may not suffice to fill gaps in access to credit faced by the rural poor, impacts along these additional pathways could intensify the benefits of these groups.
Шорин С.А. Правовое регулирование финансовых технологий как элемента бюджетных отношений // Вестник Нижегородского университета им. Н.И. Лобачевского. 2020. № 2. С. 224–227.
Creators: name: Shorin, Sergey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Banking, finance and securities law
Public law not elsewhere classified
Finance
Information systems organisation and management

description: Целью статьи является исследование проблем, связанных с внедрением финтеха (финансовых технологий) в бюджетные отношения, и поиск их решений в сфере правового регулирования указанных отношений. Исследование построено на применении анализа, синтеза, сравнения, материалистического, логического и формально-юридического методов. Основными результатами работы стали рекомендации по совершенствованию правового регулирования в части структуризации нормативных правовых актов, регулирующих использование финтеха в бюджетных отношениях, повышения открытости бюджетных отношений с помощью финансовых технологий и обеспечения высокого качества данных технологий.
Das Epstein-Barr-Virus ( = Epstein-Barr virus)
Creators: name: Niller, H. H.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Animals
subject: Antigens, Viral/analysis
subject: Burkitt Lymphoma/microbiology
subject: Herpesviridae Infections/microbiology
subject: Herpesvirus 4, Human/pathogenicity
subject: Humans
subject: Nasal Mucosa/microbiology

description: Epstein-Barr virus is an ubiquitous humanpathogenic herpesvirus. It has been identified as the etiologic agent of infectious mononucleosis. In addition it is associated with the cancers nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Burkitt's lymphoma. Like other herpesviruses it infects cells in a lytic way or it persists in a latent state. Classically, the serologic diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus infections is done by the agglutination of sheep erythrocytes according to Paul and Bunnell as a rapid testing method, and with the immunofluorescence assay. Lately, also the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant viral antigens is used for Epstein-Barr virus diagnostics.
Anyonic Symmetries and Topological Defects in Abelian Topological Phases: an application to the $ADE$ Classification
Creators: name: Khan, Mayukh Nilay
name: Teo, Jeffrey C. Y.
name: Hughes, Taylor L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study symmetries and defects of a wide class of two dimensional Abelian topological phases characterized by Lie algebras. We formulate the symmetry group of all Abelian topological field theories. The symmetries relabel quasiparticles (or anyons) but leave exchange and braiding statistics unchanged. Within the class of $ADE$ phases in particular, these anyonic symmetries have a natural origin from the Lie algebra. We classify one dimensional gapped phases along the interface between identical topological states according to symmetries. This classification also applies to gapped edges of a wide range of fractional quantum spin Hall(QSH) states. We show that the edge states of the $ADE$ QSH systems can be gapped even in the presence of time reversal and charge conservation symmetry. We distinguish topological point defects according to anyonic symmetries and bound quasiparticles. Although in an Abelian system, they surprisingly exhibit non-Abelian fractional Majorana-like characteristics from their fusion behavior.
description: 18 pages, 7 figures, (v2 has improved organization, various improvements, and new discussion of vortex defects)
Fortalecimiento de las competencias de comprensión lectora a nivel inferencial en los estudiantes del grado quinto de la Institución Educativa Altavista – La Cumbre, a partir de una propuesta pedagógica de gamificación mediada por un Eva.
Creators: name: Del Socorro Gómez Ciro, Rubiela
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Estrategias de aprendizaje - Tecnología educativa
subject: Lectura - Aprendizaje
subject: Lectura - Enseñanza con ayuda de computadores

description: Este proyecto tiene como objeto implementar una estrategia pedagógica que integrara la gamificación y la creación de un entorno virtual de aprendizaje, para contribuir de manera positiva en el desarrollo de las competencias ya mencionadas anteriormente, específicamente en los estudiantes del grado quinto, la propuesta mencionada anteriormente consta de distintas actividades relacionadas con los diferentes subniveles inferenciales de comprensión lectora, así como material de estudio que les permitiera a los estudiantes mayor acercamiento con el tema en cuestión. En dicho proceso se pudieron resaltar algunos elementos asociados a este fenómeno y al tratarse de una investigación explicativa, se presentaron algunos factores asociados al desencadenamiento de dicha problemática, no obstante, el trabajo realizado mediante la intervención aportó de manera significativa dando buenos resultados evidenciados en la valoración final que se le realizó a los estudiantes y el trabajo en clase.
Fortalecimiento de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de las fuentes de energía renovables en los estudiantes de grado décimo de la Institución Educativa Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, a través, del aprendizaje basado en proyectos utilizando la herramienta eXeLearning.
Creators: name: Mosquera Anacona, Ruth Indira
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computadores - Aplicaciones
subject: Energía renovable
subject: Investigación cualitativa - Análisis de datos

description: Este proyecto tiene como objeto profundizar sus conocimientos en temas de interés que impactan su vida cotidiana, por esto es importante fortalecer la enseñanza en temas como las fuentes de energía renovables a través del aprendizaje basado en proyectos utilizando recursos educativos digitales. Por ejemplo, la herramienta eXeLearning permite crear contenido práctico y entretenido sobre las energías renovables siendo la oportunidad de prevenir afectaciones al medio ambiente e incentivar su investigación mediante el desarrollo de habilidades, destrezas y capacidades innovadoras para proponer alternativas ante distintas problemáticas.
Social Identity, Behavior, and Personality: Evidence from India
Creators: name: Dasgupta, Utteeyo
name: Mani, Subha
name: Sharma, Smriti
name: Singhal, Saurabh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Hierarchies in social identities are integrally related to divergences in economic status. In India, caste is a significant social identity where discriminatory practices have resulted in poor outcomes for the lower castes. While there is considerable research on differences in economic outcomes along caste lines, there is limited work on behavioral preferences and personality traits that can also be adversely affected by such identity hierarchies, and that are important determinants of educational attainment and labor market performance. Combining rich data from incentivized tasks and surveys conducted among a large sample of university students, we find that the historically marginalized Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCSTs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) report lower scores than upper castes along several dimensions of economic behavior, such as competitiveness and confidence and personality traits, such as grit, locus of control, and conscientiousness. Further, socioeconomic status has a limited compensatory role in mitigating these gaps.
KEY WORDS APPLICATION STRATEGY AS ONE OF THE MOST INDISPENSABLE STRATEGIES UNDERLYING ASSOCIATIVE METHOD
Creators: name: Kuldosheva, Nigora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In language teaching process vocabulary plays an inseparable part. M.J. McCarthy (1990) once claimed, “No matter how fast the students learn grammar, no matter how effectively the sounds of L2 are mastered, without vocabulary  to express a wider range of meanings, interaction  in an L2 just can’t happen in any meaningful way.” (cited in Sheng Jianyuan, 1996). That is the reason why  in Uzbekistan English learners often spare no efforts to know English words by heart. But the results are not always satisfactory. They often complain that English words are hard to memorize.
Identities for field extensions generalizing the Ohno-Nakagawa relations
Creators: name: Cohen, Henri
name: Rubinstein-Salzedo, Simon
name: Thorne, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In previous work, Ohno conjectured, and Nakagawa proved, relations between the counting functions of certain cubic fields. These relations may be viewed as complements to the Scholz reflection principle, and Ohno and Nakagawa deduced them as consequences of `extra functional equations' involving the Shintani zeta functions associated to the prehomogeneous vector space of binary cubic forms. In the present paper we generalize their result by proving a similar identity relating certain degree l fields with Galois groups D_l and F_l respectively, for any odd prime l, and in particular we give another proof of the Ohno-Nakagawa relation without appealing to binary cubic forms.
description: Version 2, 16 pages, to appear in Compositio
Uniform system of accounts for bus utilities (having annual operating revenues exceeding $25,000 but not more than $100,000) Class B
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1930

description: The State of New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners uniform system of accounts for bus utilities (having annual operating revenues exceeding $25,000 but not more than $100,000) Class B. Effective January 1, 1930.
A renormalisation group method. I. Gaussian integration and normed algebras
Creators: name: Brydges, David C.
name: Slade, Gordon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 82B28 (Primary), 97K99, 37A60 (secondary)

description: This paper is the first in a series devoted to the development of a rigorous renormalisation group method for lattice field theories involving boson fields, fermion fields, or both. Our immediate motivation is a specific model, involving both boson and fermion fields, which arises as a representation of the continuous-time weakly self-avoiding walk. In this paper, we define normed algebras suitable for a renormalisation group analysis, and develop methods for performing analysis on these algebras. We also develop the theory of Gaussian integration on these normed algebras, and prove estimates for Gaussian integrals. The concepts and results developed here provide a foundation for the continuation of the method presented in subsequent papers in the series.
description: 43 pages
Optimal Algorithms for Decentralized Stochastic Variational Inequalities
Creators: name: Kovalev, Dmitry
name: Beznosikov, Aleksandr
name: Sadiev, Abdurakhmon
name: Persiianov, Michael
name: Richtárik, Peter
name: Gasnikov, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Variational inequalities are a formalism that includes games, minimization, saddle point, and equilibrium problems as special cases. Methods for variational inequalities are therefore universal approaches for many applied tasks, including machine learning problems. This work concentrates on the decentralized setting, which is increasingly important but not well understood. In particular, we consider decentralized stochastic (sum-type) variational inequalities over fixed and time-varying networks. We present lower complexity bounds for both communication and local iterations and construct optimal algorithms that match these lower bounds. Our algorithms are the best among the available literature not only in the decentralized stochastic case, but also in the decentralized deterministic and non-distributed stochastic cases. Experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the presented algorithms.
description: Appears in: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 35 (NeurIPS 2022). Minor modifications with respect to the NeurIPS version. 58 pages, 6 algorithms, 9 figures, 4 tables
Mechanical PT symmetry in coupled optomechanical systems
Creators: name: Xu, Xun-Wei
name: Liu, Yu-xi
name: Sun, Chang-Pu
name: Li, Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose to realize mechanical parity-time PT symmetry in two coupled optomechanical systems. To provide gain to one mechanical resonator and the same amount of damping to the other, the two optical cavities should be driven by blue- and red-detuned laser fields, respectively. After adiabatically eliminating the degrees of freedom of the cavity modes, we derive a formula to describe the PT symmetry of two coupled mechanical resonators. Mechanical PT-symmetric phase transition is demonstrated by the dynamical behavior of the mechanical resonators. Moreover, we study the effect of the quantum noises on the dynamical behavior of the mechanical resonators when the system is in the quantum regime.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Estimating the Effects of Expanding Ultrasound Use on Sex Selection in India
Creators: name: Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude
name: Rosenblum, Daniel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s led to an unprecedented increase in the availability of prenatal ultrasound technology. In this paper, we analyze the differential spread of ultrasound in India at the state level over a ten-year period (1999 to 2008) and the consequences for the prevalence of sex-selective abortion. Omitting the Southern Indian states, which had the fastest increase in ultrasound use and little sex selection, we find that higher levels of ultrasound use within a state are positively associated with the probability that a child is born male. This increased likelihood of having a male child is only found for children with no older brothers, i.e. births most likely to be affected by sex selection. The positive relationship between state-level ultrasound use and having a male child can be found across various subsamples: urban and rural, older and younger mothers, mothers with high and low education. The estimates are robust to including linear cohort-year time trends and prenatal health care controls.
Different activation of Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early and early genes in Burkitt lymphoma cells and lymphoblastoid cell lines
Creators: name: Bogedain, C.
name: Alliger, P.
name: Schwarzmann, F.
name: Marschall, M.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
name: Jilg, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: B-Lymphocytes/microbiology
subject: Burkitt Lymphoma/microbiology
subject: Cell Line
subject: Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
subject: Genes, Viral/genetics
subject: Herpesvirus 4, Human/growth & development
subject: Humans
subject: Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics
subject: Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis
subject: Vaccinia virus/genetics

description: Specific expression of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) immediate-early and early gene products Zta, Rta, I'ta, and MSta by a recombinant vaccinia virus system allowed us to analyze the first steps in the induction of the lytic cycle in EBV-infected Burkitt lymphoma (BL) cells and lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). Significant differences in the induction of early genes were found between these cell types: whereas in BL cells the trans activator Zta was found to induce key steps of the early lytic cycle, only minor activities of Zta were noted in LCLs. Contrary to Zta, the trans activator Rta was found to be highly effective in LCLs. These observations suggest that Rta may play an important role in the activation of the early lytic cycle in LCLs, although it cannot be activated by Zta. The latter may be a reason for the lower tendency of LCLs to switch into the lytic cycle compared with BL cells or differentiated epithelial cells.
Do Large Estates Benefit Smallholder Neighbours? Evidence from Malawi
Creators: name: Joseph, Julian
name: van Dijk, Michiel
name: Krisztin, Tamás
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: We examine spillovers from agricultural estates to Malawian smallholders within an econometric counterfactual framework. We consider economic spillovers such as income, as well as agrarian spillovers such as yields, harvests, and crop diversity. We identify long-run effects of large agricultural investments on small-scale farmers. For the location of large estates, we use a novel OpenStreetMap dataset, while data on smallholder’s stems from a household survey. We provide evidence for the importance of the distance threshold for spillovers, and explore multiple thresholds. In proximity to estates we find higher groundnut and pigeon pea yields and increased crop diversity. In very close proximity, incomes are also higher. Area under cultivation in total and for maize are smaller for nearby households, while maize yields are not significantly different. Overall, our results suggest that policies should aim to leverage the increased crop diversity and groundnut yields while mitigating potential detrimental effects arising from reduced cultivated land.
Inhibition of infectious human immunodeficiency virus type 1 particle formation by Gag protein-derived peptides
Creators: name: Niedrig, M.
name: Gelderblom, H. R.
name: Pauli, G.
name: März, J.
name: Bickhard, H.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
name: Modrow, Susanne
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Amino Acid Sequence
subject: Gene Products, gag/pharmacology
subject: HIV-1/pathogenicity
subject: Humans
subject: Molecular Sequence Data
subject: Morphogenesis
subject: Oligopeptides/pharmacology
subject: Sequence Alignment
subject: Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
subject: Structure-Activity Relationship
subject: T-Lymphocytes/microbiology
subject: Tumor Cells, Cultured
subject: Virus Replication/drug effects

description: Sequential overlapping Gag protein-derived oligopeptides of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) 22 to 24 amino acids long, were synthesized and tested in vitro for antiviral activity. Two synthetic peptides, one derived from the matrix protein p17 (NPGLLETSEGCRQ, amino acids 47 to 59) and one located in the capsid protein p24 (PAATLEEMMTA, amino acids 339 to 349) inhibited the production of infectious virus when added to HIV-1-infected cultures when used in the range of 20 to 200 micrograms/ml. As shown by thin section electron microscopy, peptide treatment resulted in the release of immature, deformed virus particles suggesting that the two peptides interfered with assembly and maturation. Other Gag protein-derived oligopeptides had little or no influence on virus production. To characterize further the functionally active regions we synthesized peptide derivatives with three consecutive amino acids substituted by alanine; they did not cause inhibition. Therefore the regions responsible for inhibition were located between amino acids 50 to 61 in p17, and 342 to 350 in p24. These observations might lead to the development of a new antiviral strategy affecting the late stage of virus replication.
Perubahan Dinamika Keagamaan di Kalangan Suku Batak Toba
Creators: name: Siahaan, Beatric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Tulisan ini membahas perubahan dinamis dalam praktik keagamaan di kalangan Suku Batak Toba, khususnya pergeseran dari agama Kristen ke Islam dalam konteks modern. Penelitian ini mengidentifikasi bagaimana nilai-nilai budaya tradisional Batak Toba, seperti Dalihan Na Tolu, yang menekankan kekerabatan dan solidaritas, tetap menjadi fondasi penting dalam kehidupan sehari-hari meskipun ada pengaruh Islam dan modernisasi. Masyarakat Batak Toba Muslim sering kali mengalami ketegangan identitas, di mana mereka berusaha mengintegrasikan praktik budaya mereka dengan ajaran Islam, menciptakan sinkretisme budaya yang kompleks. Selain itu, dokumen ini juga menyoroti dampak perubahan sosial dan akulturasi budaya terhadap struktur keluarga dan hubungan antaragama. Melalui pendidikan dan pengakuan identitas, masyarakat Batak Toba Muslim diharapkan dapat mempertahankan warisan budaya mereka sambil beradaptasi dengan tuntutan zaman modern. Penelitian ini memberikan wawasan tentang interaksi antara tradisi lokal dan agama dalam konteks keluarga Batak Toba di era modern, serta tantangan yang dihadapi dalam menjaga identitas budaya di tengah perubahan yang cepat.
Nodal superconductivity and superconducting dome in new layered superconductor Ta4Pd3Te16
Creators: name: Pan, J.
name: Jiao, W. H.
name: Hong, X. C.
name: Zhang, Z.
name: He, L. P.
name: Cai, P. L.
name: Zhang, J.
name: Cao, G. H.
name: Li, S. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measured the low-temperature thermal conductivity of a new layered superconductor with quasi-one-dimensional characteristics, the ternary telluride Ta$_4$Pd$_3$Te$_{16}$ with transition temperature $T_c \approx$ 4.3 K. The significant residual linear term of thermal conductivity in zero magnetic field and its rapid field dependence provide evidences for nodes in the superconducting gap. By measuring resistivity under pressures, we reveal a superconducting dome in the temperature-pressure phase diagram. The existence of gap nodes and superconducting dome suggests unconventional superconductivity in Ta$_4$Pd$_3$Te$_{16}$, which may relate to a charge-density wave instability in this low-dimensional compound.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Assessment of Product Supply Chain for Market Competitiveness
Creators: name: Elsabet Endashaw
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016

description: Effective supply chain management (SCM) has become a potentially valuable way of securing competitive advantage through enhancing operational and improving organizational performances since competition is no longer between organizations, but among supply chains. This research conceptualizes and develops five dimensions of SCM practice (strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, and internal lean practices) and tests the relationships between SCM practices, operational performance, and organizational performance. The data for the study was collected from 80 employees of Yes Natural Spring Water. The relationships proposed in the framework were tested using Pearson correlation, and the causal relations were analyzed using regression analysis
Logarithmic correction for the susceptibility of the 4-dimensional weakly self-avoiding walk: a renormalisation group analysis
Creators: name: Bauerschmidt, Roland
name: Brydges, David C.
name: Slade, Gordon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 82B28 (Primary), 97K99, 37A60 (Secondary)

description: We prove that the susceptibility of the continuous-time weakly self-avoiding walk on $\mathbb{Z}^d$, in the critical dimension $d=4$, has a logarithmic correction to mean-field scaling behaviour as the critical point is approached, with exponent 1/4 for the logarithm. The susceptibility has been well understood previously for dimensions $d \geq 5$ using the lace expansion, but the lace expansion does not apply when $d=4$. The proof begins by rewriting the walk two-point function as the two-point function of a supersymmetric field theory. The field theory is then analysed via a rigorous renormalisation group method developed in a companion series of papers. By providing a setting where the methods of the companion papers are applied together, the proof also serves as an example of how to assemble the various ingredients of the general renormalisation group method in a coordinated manner.
description: 63 pages, revised version, will appear in Commun. Math. Phys
Chicago Area Medical Archivists Medical History Symposium (2011)
Creators: Chicago Area Medical Archivists
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2022

description: Program of the 9th annual CAMA Medical History Symposium held October 28, 2011 at Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Park Ridge, IL
Aktuelle Perspektiven in der molekularen Virologie ( = Current perspectives in molecular virology)
Creators: name: Schwarzmann, F.
name: Wagner, R.
name: Mayer, J.
name: Reischl, U.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
subject: Genetic Vectors
subject: Humans
subject: Immunity, Cellular
subject: Oncogenes
subject: Viral Proteins/physiology
subject: Viral Vaccines
subject: Virus Diseases/therapy
subject: Virus Replication
subject: Viruses/pathogenicity

description: For reproduction viruses depend on the metabolism of higher organisms that use a variety of different antiviral mechanisms for defense. Insights into virus-host cell interactions and in the strategies viruses employ to produce progeny virions were possible by sophisticated methods of modern virology. Knowing about the molecular mechanisms during infection and replication we have been able to counteract viral attacks on the molecular level by rationally designed vaccines. On the other hand these viruses can be used as molecular vector tools for treatment of e.g. genetically determined diseases. On the basis of new molecular-biological methods the sensitivity of detection of infectious agents and diagnosis of diseases could be drastically improved.
title: Ethics : also for young people? Exploring the explicit imparting of ethics as a possible approach in social education
Creators: name: Halvorsen, Terje
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2013

description: This article deals with an approach by which ethics are imparted to young people by way of a written text. The theoretical basis for such an approach, the preparation of an adjusted text, and an initial evaluation are presented. After formulating a manuscript in which the wording and content are adjusted for young people, a sample of eight secondary school students have read and assessed the text. The examined approach is based on the belief that young people are able to acquire and apply theoretical knowledge in the field of ethics much in the same way as adults. Such an assumption challenge prevailing positions in cognitive psychology. The findings made in this pilot study indicate that an explicit imparting of ethics may provide a viable new approach in professional social education.
Induction of a MHC class I-restricted, CD8 positive cytolytic T-cell response by chimeric HIV-1 virus-like particles in vivo: implications on HIV vaccine development
Creators: name: Wagner, Ralf
name: Deml, L.
name: Schirmbeck, R.
name: Reimann, J.
name: Wolf, Hans J.
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin
subject: AIDS Vaccines
subject: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control
subject: Amino Acid Sequence
subject: Animals
subject: Drug Design
subject: Gene Products, gag/immunology
subject: HIV Envelope Protein gp120/immunology
subject: HIV Infections/prevention & control
subject: HIV-1/physiology
subject: Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
subject: Humans
subject: Major Histocompatibility Complex
subject: Molecular Sequence Data
subject: Peptide Fragments/immunology
subject: Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
subject: T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
subject: Virus Replication

description: New insights into HIV-pathogenesis suggest that the cell mediated immune response might play a crucial role in controlling HIV infection by suppressing HIV-replication in CD4-positive cells by a lymphokine-like soluble factor and by killing HIV-infected cells via classical CTL mediated lysis. This type of a cellular immune response rather than an antibody response seems to be most promising to protect if not from infection, so at least from disease. Therefore rationally designed candidate vaccines should be capable of inducing a cell mediated immunity in addition to a humoral immune response. In order to avoid adverse side effects upon immunization, carefully selected antigens and epitopes should be presented in a favourable manner to the immune system. In previous experiments, we could demonstrate that the gag-polyprotein precursor, known to include a series of T-helper and CTL epitopes, assembles to highly immunogenic, complete noninfectious HIV-1 virus-like particles (VLP). Based on these VLP we developed a novel antigen presentation system, which allows the presentation of selected epitopes derived from HIV reading frames other than gag to the immune system. Alternatively complete derivatives of the HIV-1 external glycoprotein can be presented by the VLP. Immunological analysis of different VLP preparations in a BALB/c mouse model revealed the induction of a strong CTL response. The significance of these observations for future vaccine strategies is discussed.