cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Gandhāra to Gupta
Creators: name: Hill, Nathan
name: Park, David
name: Luczanitis, Christian
name: Rhi, Juhyung
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Gandhāra; Gandhara; Gupta; Gandhārī; Mahāyāna;

description: Gandhāran art is well known for the Hellenistic legacy in its art and architecture, and its emergence and flourishing under the Kushan rulers has been the subject of numerous studies. Less attention has been paid to its gradual demise in the area covered by modern Pakistan and neighbouring regions, and to the transitional period from Kushan rule to the Gupta period. However, it is at this time that some of its art fully reflects early Mahāyāna ideas, that Kharosthi script is replaced by Brahmi, and that figural art proliferates and stucco appears to become the most prominent sculptural material. For this period, different academic disciplines base their theories on diverging sets of assumptions and rarely speak to each other. This conference aims to facilitate a dialogue across these disciplines and to bring the academic discourse on this period up to date.

description: Organised by SOAS and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation at The Courtauld, and supported by the ERC Synergy Grant 'Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State', this conference will be held at The Courtauld Institute of Art, and will comprise an opening lecture and reception on the evening of Friday 12 May, followed by a day of 8 lectures on Saturday 13 May .
Shoot Multiplication and Antioxidant Contents of In Vitro Dendrocalamus Sericeus Shoots
Creators: name: Yaowapha Jirakiattikul
Publisher: name: Research Administration Division
Year: 2022
Subjects: Antioxidant
Dendrocalamus sericeus
Plant tissue culture
Shoot multiplication

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 30, 4, 49-59
ゲームシーンからそれに適したBGMの音響特徴を予測する手法の検討
Creators: name: 林龍星
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: ゲーム
シーン
BGM
VGM
機械学習
CNN
LSTM
音楽検索

description: ビデオゲームにおいて,BGMは雰囲気を演出する上で重要な役割を担う.そのため,ゲームやシーンの雰囲気とBGMの間には強い関係があると考えられる.そこで,本研究では,ユーザが自作ゲームのあるシーンに適したBGMを探索することを想定し,シーンおよび参考にしたいゲームを指定することでそれに適したBGMを探索するシステムを提案する. 本システムを実現する上で,シーンの入力方法が課題である.シーンを入力するときは自然の様子, 建物の様子, 人物, 人物の行動などの要素が必要である.また,BGMとシーンがペアになったデータセットが必要である.そこで,本稿ではシーンとしてゲームの映像そのものを入力する.ゲームをプレイしている映像には自然の様子,建物の様子,人物,人物の行動などの情報が含まれており,BGMとシーンがペアになっている.関連研究としては,ゲームシナリオと感情状態に合わせてBGMを選曲するシステムやCycleGANを用いたゲーム音楽のシーン別変換などがある. 本稿では,BGMを付加したいゲームの映像を与えると,それに適したBGMを自動で検索する手法を提案する.まず,機械学習を用いて与えられたシーンに適したBGMの音響特徴を予測する.この機械学習モデルはゲームごとに学習してあるため,ユーザは模倣したいBGMを持つゲームを選択することができる.その後,BGM候補として用意したフリー音源集から予測した音響特徴に最も近い音響特徴を持つフリー音源を探索する. 提案手法について,予測した音響特徴と出力したフリー音源の妥当性の観点から評価実験を行う.まず,ゲームの類似度に関する実験を行う.本システムはユーザが自作ゲームに類似したゲームを学習したモデルを選択することを想定している.この状況を再現するために学習するゲームに類似した既存のゲームを計算する.次に,予測した音響特徴の妥当性を評価する.予測した音響特徴と実際の音響特徴の距離を求めることで予測した音響特徴が妥当であるか検証する.そして,出力されたフリー音源の妥当性を評価する.どのような音響特徴を用いれば異なるシーンを入力すると異なるフリー音源が出力されるか検証する.最後に,入力に用いたゲームやシーンと出力されたフリー音源の関係性について定性的に論ずる. 評価実験の結果,『クロノ・トリガー』をchroma_stftで学習したモデルに『ロマンシング サ・ガ3』を入力した結果は妥当であることが示された.また,『Take a Chance !』, 『Dew』, 『Downtown』がそれぞれ,戦闘シーン, 探索シーン, 会話シーンに適していることを論じた.一方,nmfを学習したモデルの出力結果は妥当ではないことが示された.全てのシーンにおいて『禁域にて』が出力された.
Pseudogenes transcribed in breast invasive carcinoma show subtype-specific expression and ceRNA potential
Creators: name: Welch, Joshua D.
name: Prins, Jan F.
name: Perou, Charles M.
name: Baran-Gale, Jeanette
name: Sethupathy, Praveen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundRecent studies have shown that some pseudogenes are transcribed and contribute to cancer when dysregulated. In particular, pseudogene transcripts can function as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs). The high similarity of gene and pseudogene nucleotide sequence has hindered experimental investigation of these mechanisms using RNA-seq. Furthermore, previous studies of pseudogenes in breast cancer have not integrated miRNA expression data in order to perform large-scale analysis of ceRNA potential. Thus, knowledge of both pseudogene ceRNA function and the role of pseudogene expression in cancer are restricted to isolated examples.ResultsTo investigate whether transcribed pseudogenes play a pervasive regulatory role in cancer, we developed a novel bioinformatic method for measuring pseudogene transcription from RNA-seq data. We applied this method to 819 breast cancer samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project. We then clustered the samples using pseudogene expression levels and integrated sample-paired pseudogene, gene and miRNA expression data with miRNA target prediction to determine whether more pseudogenes have ceRNA potential than expected by chance.ConclusionsOur analysis identifies with high confidence a set of 440 pseudogenes that are transcribed in breast cancer tissue. Of this set, 309 pseudogenes exhibit significant differential expression among breast cancer subtypes. Hierarchical clustering using only pseudogene expression levels accurately separates tumor samples from normal samples and discriminates the Basal subtype from the Luminal and Her2 subtypes. Correlation analysis shows more positively correlated pseudogene-parent gene pairs and negatively correlated pseudogene-miRNA pairs than expected by chance. Furthermore, 177 transcribed pseudogenes possess binding sites for co-expressed miRNAs that are also predicted to target their parent genes. Taken together, these results increase the catalog of putative pseudogene ceRNAs and suggest that pseudogene transcription in breast cancer may play a larger role than previously appreciated.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1227-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Associations of chronic conditions, APOE4 allele, stress factors, and health behaviors with self-rated health
Creators: name: Hu, Wen
name: Lu, Jiehua
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundSelf-rated health (SRH) has been widely used to measure the overall health status of older adults. Research has shown that SRH is determined by a large array of factors, such as chronic disease conditions, genetic markers (e.g., Apolipoprotein E, APOE, NM_000041), stress factors, and health behaviors. However, few studies have incorporated these factors simultaneously in the analytic framework of SRH. The aim of this study is to examine the associations of these four sets of factors with SRH.MethodsUsing a dataset from a population-based, random-cluster survey of 1,005 elderly respondents aged 54–91 conducted in Taiwan in 2000, we use logistic regressions to examine associations of chronic health conditions, the APOE4 allele stress factors, and health behaviors with SRH. The four disease conditions include diabetes, heart diseases, gastric ulcers, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Stress factors are measured by traumatic events (having an earthquake-damaged house) and chronic life stress (financial difficulty). Health behaviors include smoking, drinking alcohol, vegetable and fruit intake, daily milk intake, and physical exercise.ResultsDiabetes, heart diseases, gastric ulcers, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are found to be associated with 2.63 (95 % CI: 1.75–3.95), 1.72 (95 % CI: 1.15–2.58), 1.94 (95 % CI: 1.35–2.80), and 2.54 (95 % CI: 1.66–3.92) odds ratios of poor SRH. The APOE4 allele is found to be significantly associated with poor SRH with odd ratio of 1.58 (95% CI: 1.02–2.41). Financial difficulty is associated with increased likelihood of poor SRH, with odds ratios of 1.76 (95 % CI: 1.22–2.54) Doing exercise more than 5 times per week are associated with reduced likelihood of poor SRH by 44% (odds ratio is 0.56, 95% CI: 0.39–1.82). The interaction term between gender and gastric ulcer showed that the impact of gastric ulcer on SRH is more pronounced in women than in men, with an odds ratio of 2.63 (95 % CI: 1.24–5.58).ConclusionsChronic conditions and the APOE4 allele are significantly associated with increased likelihood of reporting poor health, and the associations appear differently among women and men. To better understand the mechanism of how people self-assess their overall health, chronic conditions and genetic components should be considered together with conventional factors such as life stress and health behaviors.
Femtosecond-scale switching based on excited free-carriers
Creators: name: Sivan, Y.
name: Ctistis, G.
name: Yuce, E.
name: Mosk, A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe novel optical switching schemes operating at femtosecond time scales by employing free carrier (FC) excitation. Such unprecedented switching times are made possible by spatially patterning the density of the excited FCs. In the first realization, we rely on diffusion, i.e., on the nonlocality of the FC nonlinear response of the semiconductor, to erase the initial FC pattern and, thereby, eliminate the reflectivity of the system. In the second realization, we erase the FC pattern by launching a second pump pulse at a controlled delay. We discuss the advantages and limitations of the proposed approaches and demonstrate their potential applicability for switching ultrashort pulses propagating in silicon waveguides. We show switching efficiencies of up to $50\%$ for $100$ fs pump pulses, which is an unusually high level of efficiency for such a short interaction time, a result of the use of the strong FC nonlinearity. Due to limitations of saturation and pattern effects, these schemes can be employed for switching applications that require femtosecond features but standard repetition rates. Such applications include switching of ultrashort pulses, femtosecond spectroscopy (gating), time-reversal of short pulses for aberration compensation, and many more. This approach is also the starting point for ultrafast amplitude modulations and a new route toward the spatio-temporal shaping of short optical pulses.
Envy, Magic, and Trust in Mauritius
Creators: name: Willard, Aiyana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: We are interested in how people reason about the causes of misfortune and what motivates the belief that a misfortune was supernaturally cause. We are specifically interested in how norms about not evoking the envy of others are related to beliefs about witchcraft or other sorts of interpersonal magical punishments (i.e., when another person is believed to be causing the magical harms). These types of beliefs are widely held around the world yet are often overlooked in research on religion and supernatural belief. Further, they have potential implications for cooperation. Though these beliefs should encourage people to follow the relates norms for fear of supernatural punishment, they may also have implications for interpersonal trust. The belief that other people in your community can cause one magical harm without your direct knowledge should negatively impact people’s trust in their community members.
A randomized trial of an intervention to improve use and adherence to effective coronary heart disease prevention strategies
Creators: name: Cai, Jianwen
name: Gizlice, Ziya
name: Keyserling, Thomas C.
name: Rimer, Barbara
name: Pignone, Michael P.
name: Bangdiwala, Shrikant I.
name: Sheridan, Stacey L.
name: Draeger, Lindy B.
name: Simpson, Ross J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: BackgroundEfficacious strategies for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) are underused, and, when used, have low adherence. Existing efforts to improve use and adherence to these efficacious strategies have been so intensive that they are impractical for clinical practice.MethodsWe conducted a randomized trial of a CHD prevention intervention (including a computerized decision aid and automated tailored adherence messages) at one university general internal medicine practice. After obtaining informed consent and collecting baseline data, we randomized patients (men and women age 40-79 with no prior history of cardiovascular disease) to either the intervention or usual care. We then saw them for two additional study visits over 3 months. For intervention participants, we administered the decision aid at the primary study visit (1 week after baseline visit) and then mailed 3 tailored adherence reminders at 2, 4, and 6 weeks. We assessed our outcomes (including the predicted likelihood of angina, myocardial infarction, and CHD death over 10 years (CHD risk) and self-reported adherence) between groups at 3 month follow-up. Data collection occurred from June 2007 through December 2009. All study procedures were IRB approved.ResultsWe randomized 160 eligible patients (81 intervention; 79 control) and followed 96% to study conclusion. Mean predicted CHD risk at baseline was 11.3%. The intervention increased self-reported adherence to chosen risk reducing strategies by 25 percentage points (95% CI 8% to 42%), with the biggest effect for aspirin. It also changed predicted CHD risk by -1.1% (95% CI -0.16% to -2%), with a larger effect in a pre-specified subgroup of high risk patients.ConclusionA computerized intervention that involves patients in CHD decision making and supports adherence to effective prevention strategies can improve adherence and reduce predicted CHD risk.Clinical trials registration numberClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00494052
Antibacterial Susceptibility of Proteus mirabilis to Fosfomycin in Canine Urine
Creators: name: Nattha Jariyapamornkoon
Publisher: name: Research Administration Division
Year: 2022
Subjects: Dogs
fosfomycin
Proteus mirabilis
Susceptibility
Urinary tract infection

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 30, 4, 60-70
Patient perspectives on having multiple versus single prescribers of chronic disease medications: results of a qualitative study in a veteran population
Creators: name: Sleath, Betsy
name: Voils, Corrine I.
name: Maciejewski, Matthew L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundPatients with multiple chronic conditions often have multiple prescribers, which has been associated with greater health care utilization and medication nonadherence in claims-based analyses. This qualitative study was conducted to understand the reasons why patients have increasing numbers of prescribers of medications and to understand patient perspectives on advantages and disadvantages of having multiple prescribers, including effects on medication supply.MethodsThis qualitative study involved three focus groups comprising 23 outpatients from a single Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center with at least one chronic cardiometabolic condition (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, or congestive heart failure). Participants were asked about their experiences, including perceived of advantages and disadvantages, of having multiple prescribers of cardiometabolic medications. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data.ResultsMultiple prescribers arose through referrals and patients actively seeking non-VA prescribers (primary care and/or specialist) to maximize timeliness and access to medications, provide access to medications not on the VA formulary, and minimize out-of-pocket costs. Patients seeking non-VA care had to coordinate own their care by sharing prescriptions and test results to their prescribers within and outside VA.ConclusionsPrescribing physicians should engage in open dialogue with patients to create a shared understanding of patient and provider goals and priorities for chronic disease medications.
Development of Snack Bar from Black Sesame Seedand Coconut Meal using Extrusion Process
Creators: name: Suteera Vatthanakul
Publisher: name: Research Administration Division
Year: 2022
Subjects: Snack bar
Extrusion
Coconut meal
Sesame
Maltitol syrup

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 30, 4, 71-84
Teachable moments and missed opportunities for smoking cessation counseling in a hospital emergency department: a mixed-methods study of patient-provider communication
Creators: name: McLean, Samuel
name: Buchbinder, Mara
name: Wilbur, Rachel
name: Sleath, Betsy
name: Zuskov, Diana
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundWhile primary care medical clinics have been the most common setting for the delivery of advice about smoking cessation, the hospital emergency department (ED) is a valuable context for counseling medically underserved tobacco users. We conducted a secondary analysis based on a larger audio-recorded study of patient-provider communication about pain and analgesics in the ED. Within a sample of ED patients with back pain, the purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine how physicians and nurse practitioners capitalize on “teachable moments” for health education to offer spontaneous smoking cessation counseling in the ED.MethodsPatients presenting to an academic ED with a primary complaint of back pain were invited to participate in a study of patient-provider communication. Audio-recorded encounters were transcribed verbatim. Two coders reviewed each transcript to determine whether smoking was discussed and to build a corpus of smoking-related discussions. We then developed inductively generated coding categories to characterize how providers responded when patients endorsed smoking behavior. Categories were refined iteratively to accommodate discrepancies.ResultsOf 52 patient-provider encounters during which smoking was discussed, two-thirds of the patients indicated that they were smokers. Providers missed opportunities for smoking cessation counseling 70% of the time. Eleven encounters contained teachable moments for smoking cessation. We identified four primary strategies for creating teachable moments: 1) positive reinforcement, 2) encouragement, 3) assessing readiness, and 4) offering concrete motivating reasons.ConclusionsMost providers missed opportunities to offer teachable moments for smoking cessation. In encounters that contained teachable moments, providers employed multiple strategies, combining general advice with motivation tailored to the patient’s particular circumstances. Creating motivational links to enhance smoking cessation efforts may be possible with a minimal investment of ED resources.
Geometry of discrete-time spin systems
Creators: name: McLachlan, Robert I.
name: Modin, Klas
name: Verdier, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37M15, 65P10, 70H08, 70K99, 93C55

description: Classical Hamiltonian spin systems are continuous dynamical systems on the symplectic phase space $(S^2)^n$. In this paper we investigate the underlying geometry of a time discretization scheme for classical Hamiltonian spin systems called the spherical midpoint method. As it turns out, this method displays a range of interesting geometrical features, that yield insights and sets out general strategies for geometric time discretizations of Hamiltonian systems on non-canonical symplectic manifolds. In particular, our study provides two new, completely geometric proofs that the discrete-time spin systems obtained by the spherical midpoint method preserve symplecticity. The study follows two paths. First, we introduce an extended version of the Hopf fibration to show that the spherical midpoint method can be seen as originating from the classical midpoint method on $T^*\mathbf{R}^{2n}$ for a collective Hamiltonian. Symplecticity is then a direct, geometric consequence. Second, we propose a new discretization scheme on Riemannian manifolds called the Riemannian midpoint method. We determine its properties with respect to isometries and Riemannian submersions and, as a special case, we show that the spherical midpoint method is of this type for a non-Euclidean metric. In combination with Kähler geometry, this provides another geometric proof of symplecticity.
description: 17 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1402.3334
Using a discrete choice experiment to inform the design of programs to promote colon cancer screening for vulnerable populations in North Carolina
Creators: name: Richardson, Lisa C.
name: Wheeler, Stephanie B.
name: Brown, Paul M.
name: Lewis, Carmen L.
name: Lich, Kristen Hassmiller
name: Pignone, Michael P.
name: Tangka, Florence K.L.
name: Crutchfield, Trisha M.
name: Laping, Jane L.
name: Hawley, Sarah T.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundScreening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is suboptimal, particularly for vulnerable populations. Effective intervention programs are needed to increase screening rates. We used a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how vulnerable individuals in North Carolina value different aspects of CRC screening programs.MethodsWe enrolled English-speaking adults ages 50–75 at average risk of CRC from rural North Carolina communities with low rates of CRC screening, targeting those with public or no insurance and low incomes. Participants received basic information about CRC screening and potential program features, then completed a 16 task DCE and survey questions that examined preferences for four attributes of screening programs: testing options available; travel time required; money paid for screening or rewards for completing screening; and the portion of the cost of follow-up care paid out of pocket. We used Hierarchical Bayesian methods to calculate individual-level utilities for the 4 attributes’ levels and individual-level attribute importance scores. For each individual, the attribute with the highest importance score was considered the most important attribute. Individual utilities were then aggregated to produce mean utilities for each attribute. We also compared DCE-based results with those from direct questions in a post-DCE survey.ResultsWe enrolled 150 adults. Mean age was 57.8 (range 50–74); 55% were women; 76% White and 19% African-American; 87% annual household income under $30,000; and 51% were uninsured. Individuals preferred shorter travel; rewards or small copayments compared with large copayments; programs that included stool testing as an option; and greater coverage of follow-up costs. Follow-up cost coverage was most frequently found to be the most important attribute from the DCE (47%); followed by test reward/copayment (33%). From the survey, proportion of follow-up costs paid was most frequently cited as most important (42% of participants), followed by testing options (32%). There was moderate agreement (45%) in attribute importance between the DCE and the single question in the post-DCE survey.ConclusionsScreening test copayments and follow-up care coverage costs are important program characteristics in this vulnerable, rural population.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0611-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Mesochronic classification of trajectories in incompressible 3D vector fields over finite times
Creators: name: Budišić, Marko
name: Siegmund, Stefan
name: Son, Doan Thai
name: Mezić, Igor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37N10, 37B55, 37Exx

description: The mesochronic velocity is the average of the velocity field along trajectories generated by the same velocity field over a time interval of finite duration. In this paper we classify initial conditions of trajectories evolving in incompressible vector fields according to the character of motion of material around the trajectory. In particular, we provide calculations that can be used to determine the number of expanding directions and the presence of rotation from the characteristic polynomial of the Jacobian matrix of mesochronic velocity. In doing so, we show that (a) the mesochronic velocity can be used to characterize dynamical deformation of three-dimensional volumes, (b) the resulting mesochronic analysis is a finite-time extension of the Okubo--Weiss--Chong analysis of incompressible velocity fields, (c) the two-dimensional mesochronic analysis from Mezic et al. \emph{A New Mixing Diagnostic and Gulf Oil Spill Movement}, Science 330, (2010), 486-489, extends to three-dimensional state spaces. Theoretical considerations are further supported by numerical computations performed for a dynamical system arising in fluid mechanics, the unsteady Arnold--Beltrami--Childress (ABC) flow.
description: 37 pages, 14 figures, 4 tables
Determining the predictors of innovation implementation in healthcare: a quantitative analysis of implementation effectiveness
Creators: name: Weiner, Bryan J.
name: Hofmann, David A.
name: Christian, Michael
name: Weinberger, Morris
name: Jacobs, Sara R.
name: Reeve, Bryce B.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundThe failure rates for implementing complex innovations in healthcare organizations are high. Estimates range from 30% to 90% depending on the scope of the organizational change involved, the definition of failure, and the criteria to judge it. The innovation implementation framework offers a promising approach to examine the organizational factors that determine effective implementation. To date, the utility of this framework in a healthcare setting has been limited to qualitative studies and/or group level analyses. Therefore, the goal of this study was to quantitatively examine this framework among individual participants in the National Cancer Institute’s Community Clinical Oncology Program using structural equation modeling.MethodsWe examined the innovation implementation framework using structural equation modeling (SEM) among 481 physician participants in the National Cancer Institute’s Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP). The data sources included the CCOP Annual Progress Reports, surveys of CCOP physician participants and administrators, and the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile.ResultsOverall the final model fit well. Our results demonstrated that not only did perceptions of implementation climate have a statistically significant direct effect on implementation effectiveness, but physicians’ perceptions of implementation climate also mediated the relationship between organizational implementation policies and practices (IPP) and enrollment (p <0.05). In addition, physician factors such as CCOP PI status, age, radiological oncologists, and non-oncologist specialists significantly influenced enrollment as well as CCOP organizational size and structure, which had indirect effects on implementation effectiveness through IPP and implementation climate.ConclusionsOverall, our results quantitatively confirmed the main relationship postulated in the innovation implementation framework between IPP, implementation climate, and implementation effectiveness among individual physicians. This finding is important, as although the model has been discussed within healthcare organizations before, the studies have been predominately qualitative in nature and/or at the organizational level. In addition, our findings have practical applications. Managers looking to increase implementation effectiveness of an innovation should focus on creating an environment that physicians perceive as encouraging implementation. In addition, managers should consider instituting specific organizational IPP aimed at increasing positive perceptions of implementation climate. For example, IPP should include specific expectations, support, and rewards for innovation use.
Scientific knowledge unchained: verso una policy dell?universit� italiana sull?Open Access
Creators: name: Caso, Roberto
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Trento
Year: 2013

description: The aim of this paper is to explore the contribution of formal law to Open Access (OA). The main thesis is that formal law may be considered as an outstanding instrument to affirm the OA principle. However, the ultimate success of OA depends on a radical change of the informal rules that apply to scientific publishing practices. Such a variation must take into account the dynamics of power that govern academic-scientific publications, in which the interests of both scientists and publishers intersect. Moreover, a pivotal role is played by new upcoming actors that populate the system of scientific communication (repositories, search engines, scientific social networks etc.). Special attention is given to the normative change and the interaction that occurs among different types of rules (formal legal rules, informal rules and technology rules). This article focuses primarily on OA to publications and it does not discuss in details other related topics such as open research data. In the first paragraph, I briefly introduce the subject, explaining the methodology and the general framework of the paper. The second paragraph focuses on the presumption that scientific oligopoly depends on the perverse interaction between copyright and evaluation rules. In the third paragraph, I describe the legal kernel, as well as the scope, of OA. The fourth paragraph illustrates the main applicable policies and the fifth concentrates on the European Union policy on OA. Lastly, the sixth paragraph focuses on some development avenues for a normative policy that may contribute to a definitive affirmation of OA in Italian universities.
Geodata – et nyt område for miljøretten
Creators: name: Baaner, Lasse
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: Artiklen indeholder en juridisk analyse af nogle af INSPIRE-direktivets grundbegreber: geodata, geografiske objekter og metadata. I analysen introduceres begrebet retlige geodata som en kategori af geodata, hvor de centrale egenskaber kan beskrives som retlige attributter, og hvor korrekt anvendelsen af juridisk metode er væsentlig for kvaliteten af de pågældende geodata. Artiklen behandler INSPIRE-direktivets krav til metadata og konkluderer, at direktivet med en produktorienteret regulering af geodataområdet vil bidrage til en øget gennemsigtighed i forhold til en lang række af de geodata, der stilles til rådighed for borgerne og ligger til grund for myndighedernes beslutninger. Det fremhæves i den forbindelse, at metadata vedrørende retlige geodatas gyldighed er væsentlig for anvendeligheden af de pågældende data. Endelig viser artiklen, at der stadig er en række problemstillinger i forbindelse med de kortlægningsprocesser, som geodata fremkommer i, der kalder på en tydeligere retlig regulering. Her foreslås at indføre procedurekrav, der forpligter myndighederne til at redegøre for nøglebeslutninger i forbindelse med kortlægningsprocesser indenfor miljøforvaltningen og til at evaluere datakvalitet i forbindelse med formidling og brug af geodata og geoinformation.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 118 No 45 (2010)
Variations between Dust and Gas in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Creators: name: Reach, William T.
name: Heiles, Carl
name: Bernard, Jean-Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the Planck far-infrared and Arecibo GALFA 21-cm line surveys, we identified a set of isolated interstellar clouds (approximately degree-sized on the sky and comprising 100 solar masses) and assessed the ratio of gas mass to dust mass. Significant variations of the gas-to-dust ratio are found both from cloud to cloud and within regions of individual clouds; within the clouds, the atomic gas per unit dust decreases by more than a factor of 3 compared to the standard gas-to-dust ratio. Three hypotheses are considered. First, the apparently low gas-to-dust ratio could be due to molecular gas. Comparing to Planck CO maps, the brightest clouds have a H2/CO ratio comparable to galactic plane clouds, but a strong lower limit is placed on the ratio for other clouds, such that the required amount of molecular gas is far higher than would be expected based on the CO upper limits. Second, we consider self-absorbed 21-cm lines and find the optical depth must be approximately 3, significantly higher than found from surveys of radio sources. Third, grain properties may change within the clouds: they become more emissive when they are colder, while not utilizing heavy elements that already have their cosmic abundance fully locked into grains. It is possible all three processes are active, and follow-up studies will be required to disentangle them and measure the true total gas and dust content of interstellar clouds.
description: accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. arxiv revision corrected two minor typos and the acknowledgments
Rethinking and Rebuilding Urban Development
Creators: name: Hansen, Carsten Jahn
name: Harder, Henrik
name: Sørensen, Michael Tophøj
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: .
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 119 No 46 (2011)
Measurements of Mass and Number Concentrations of PM2.5 in the Ambient Air at Doi Saket Site during Open Burning Season in Chiang Mai
Creators: name: Panich Intra
Publisher: name: Research Administration Division
Year: 2022
Subjects: Particulate matter
PM2.5
Mass concentration
Number concentration
Open burning season

description: Thai Science and Technology Journal, 30, 4, 112-134
Organisational change and knowledge management in urban regeneration planning
Creators: name: Larsen, Jacob Norvig
name: Engberg, Lars A.
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: Place-­‐based urban policy interventions have added new and innovative solutions to increasingly complex and intertwined economic, social, and physical planning problems in urban locations. Whereas these approaches in the first place were initiated top-­‐down, they eventually result in the cultivation and production of new local knowledge of planning needs and on-­‐site experiences with implementation of planning. Thereby, new knowledge is brought into the open, and it confronts existing local government planning as well as the traditional bureaucracy’s division of labour between specialised sections. Thus, long-­‐term, sustainable implementation of innovative models of municipal public service provision is paradoxically often hindered by organisational inertia, inflexibility and lack of organisational dynamics in the local government organisation itself. Theories of organisational learning and knowledge management are normally used to analyse potentialities for agile organising in commercial organisations but, as shown in this paper, they can also shed new light on the challenges confronting local government.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 119 No 46 (2011)
Testing the recovery of stellar rotation signals from Kepler light curves using a blind hare-and-hounds exercise
Creators: name: Aigrain, S.
name: Llama, J.
name: Ceillier, T.
name: Chagas, M. L. das
name: Davenport, J. R. A.
name: Garcia, R. A.
name: Hay, K. L.
name: Lanza, A. F.
name: McQuillan, A.
name: Mazeh, T.
name: de Medeiros, J. R.
name: Nielsen, M. B.
name: Reinhold, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a blind exercise to test the recoverability of stellar rotation and differential rotation in Kepler light curves. The simulated light curves lasted 1000 days and included activity cycles, Sun-like butterfly patterns, differential rotation and spot evolution. The range of rotation periods, activity levels and spot lifetime were chosen to be representative of the Kepler data of solar like stars. Of the 1000 simulated light curves, 770 were injected into actual quiescent Kepler light curves to simulate Kepler noise. The test also included five 1000-day segments of the Sun's total irradiance variations at different points in the Sun's activity cycle. Five teams took part in the blind exercise, plus two teams who participated after the content of the light curves had been released. The methods used included Lomb-Scargle periodograms and variants thereof, auto-correlation function, and wavelet-based analyses, plus spot modelling to search for differential rotation. The results show that the `overall' period is well recovered for stars exhibiting low and moderate activity levels. Most teams reported values within 10% of the true value in 70% of the cases. There was, however, little correlation between the reported and simulated values of the differential rotation shear, suggesting that differential rotation studies based on full-disk light curves alone need to be treated with caution, at least for solar-type stars. The simulated light curves and associated parameters are available online for the community to test their own methods.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Accepted, 13 April 2015. Received, 26 March 2015; in original form, 9 November 2014
Number of Solutions of Systems of Homogeneous Polynomial Equations over Finite Fields
Creators: name: Datta, Mrinmoy
name: Ghorpade, Sudhir R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14G15, 11T06, 11G25, 14G05 [Primary], 51E20, 05B25 [Secondary]

description: We consider the problem of determining the maximum number of common zeros in a projective space over a finite field for a system of linearly independent multivariate homogeneous polynomials defined over that field. There is an elaborate conjecture of Tsfasman and Boguslavsky that predicts the maximum value when the homogeneous polynomials have the same degree that is not too large in comparison to the size of the finite field. We show that this conjecture holds in the affirmative if the number of polynomials does not exceed the total number of variables. This extends the results of Serre (1991) and Boguslavsky (1997) for the case of one and two polynomials, respectively. Moreover, it complements our recent result that the conjecture is false, in general, if the number of polynomials exceeds the total number of variables.
description: Slightly revised version of arXiv:1507.03029v2 [13 Apr 2016]; 16 pages; to appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc
Gene expression changes linked to antimicrobial resistance, oxidative stress, iron depletion and retained motility are observed when Burkholderia cenocepaciagrows in cystic fibrosis sputum
Creators: name: Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar
name: Holden, Matthew T.G.
name: Ge, Zhaoping
name: Gill, Ryan T.
name: Drevinek, Pavel
name: Jones, Andrew M.
name: Ketchell, Ian
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: BackgroundBacteria from the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) are the only group of cystic fibrosis (CF) respiratory pathogens that may cause death by an invasive infection known as cepacia syndrome. Their large genome (> 7000 genes) and multiple pathways encoding the same putative functions make virulence factor identification difficult in these bacteria.MethodsA novel microarray was designed to the genome of Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 and transcriptomics used to identify genes that were differentially regulated when the pathogen was grown in a CF sputum-based infection model. Sputum samples from CF individuals infected with the same B. cenocepacia strain as genome isolate were used, hence, other than a dilution into a minimal growth medium (used as the control condition), no further treatment of the sputum was carried out.ResultsA total of 723 coding sequences were significantly altered, with 287 upregulated and 436 downregulated; the microarray-observed expression was validated by quantitative PCR on five selected genes. B. cenocepacia genes with putative functions in antimicrobial resistance, iron uptake, protection against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, secretion and motility were among the most altered in sputum. Novel upregulated genes included: a transmembrane ferric reductase (BCAL0270) implicated in iron metabolism, a novel protease (BCAL0849) that may play a role in host tissue destruction, an organic hydroperoxide resistance gene (BCAM2753), an oxidoreductase (BCAL1107) and a nitrite/sulfite reductase (BCAM1676) that may play roles in resistance to the host defenses. The assumptions of growth under iron-depletion and oxidative stress formulated from the microarray data were tested and confirmed by independent growth of B. cenocepacia under each respective environmental condition.ConclusionOverall, our first full transcriptomic analysis of B. cenocepacia demonstrated the pathogen alters expression of over 10% of the 7176 genes within its genome when it grows in CF sputum. Novel genetic pathways involved in responses to antimicrobial resistance, oxidative stress, and iron metabolism were revealed by the microarray analysis. Virulence factors such as the cable pilus and Cenocepacia Pathogenicity Island were unaltered in expression. However, B. cenocepacia sustained or increased expression of motility-associated genes in sputum, maintaining a potentially invasive phenotype associated with cepacia syndrome.
MPEC 2023-T219 : 2023 SN19
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 SN19

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Studies on Argumentation & Legal Philosophy /3: Multimodal Argumentation, Pluralism and Images in Law
Creators: name: Manzin, Maurizio
name: Puppo, Federico
name: Tomasi, Serena
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Trento
Year: 2018

description: Questo volume raccoglie gli atti del VII Convegno nazionale della ISLL, Italian Society for Law and Literature, co-organizzato dal CERMEG e dalla Facolt� di Giurisprudenza dell?Universit� di Trento, in coincidenza con la XVI edizione delle Giornate Tridentine di Retorica, il 16 e il 17 giugno 2016. La Societ� italiana di diritto e letteratura intrattiene dalla sua fondazione un rapporto stretto con il Centro di ricerche sulla metodologia giuridica di Trento, condividendone l?attenzione per la ricerca metodologica e la tensione all?interdisciplinarit�, indispensabili negli studi di diritto e letteratura e law and humanities, cos� come in quelli di retorica e argomentazione giuridica. Il tema del convegno, A Picture of Law. Argomentazione multimodale, pluralismo e immagini della legge, nasce dal proposito di ragionare sulle rappresentazioni della legge e del diritto, introducendo un ulteriore focus sui new media. L?interesse ad ampliare lo spettro delle indagini, guardando alle nuove manifestazioni del simbolico in continuit� con gli orientamenti pi� classici, ha guidato il contributo dei due relatori principali: Jens E. Kjeldsen, professore di Rhetoric and visual communication presso il Department of Information Science and Media Studies, dell?Universit� di Bergen, ed Eugenio Ripepe, professore emerito di Filosofia del diritto, titolare del corso di Diritto e letteratura, presso l?Universit� di Pisa. I loro contributi sono interamente pubblicati nel volume, assieme agli interventi presentati nei diversi workshop da studiosi provenienti dall?Italia e dell?estero. Questi ultimi sono stati sottoposti a un duplice processo di selezione e revisione (blind referee).
Mobility Challenges
Creators: name: Jensen, Ole B.
name: Lassen, Claus
Publisher: name: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning
Year: 2014

description: This article takes point of departure in the challenges to understand the importance of contemporary mobility. The approach advocated is a cross-disciplinary one drawing on sociology, geography, urban planning and design, and cultural studies. As such the perspective is to be seen as a part of the so-called ‘mobility turn’ within social science. The perspective is illustrative for the research efforts at the Centre for Mobility and Urban Studies (C-MUS), Aalborg University. The article presents the contours of a theoretical perspective meeting the challenges to research into contemporary urban mobilities. In particular the article discusses 1) the physical city, its infrastructures and technological hardware/software, 2) policies and planning strategies for urban mobility and 3) the lived everyday life in the city and the region.
description: Tidsskrift for Kortlægning og Arealforvaltning, Vol 119 No 46 (2011)
Quality of life and wellbeing among HIV outpatients in East Africa: a multicentre observational study
Creators: name: Simms, Victoria
name: Powell, Richard A.
name: Atieno, Mackuline
name: Namisango, Eve
name: Higginson, Irene J.
name: Moreland, Scott
name: Mwangi-Powell, Faith
name: Harding, Richard
name: Penfold, Suzanne
name: Downing, Julia
name: Gikaara, Nancy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundGlobal health investment has reduced HIV mortality and transmission. However, little is known of patient-reported outcomes alongside ART rollout. This study aimed to measure wellbeing using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) among outpatients at PEPFAR-funded facilities.MethodsIn a multicentre 2 country cross-sectional study, adults attending 12 facilities in Kenya and Uganda gave self-reported data on quality of life (physical and mental wellbeing dimensions), functional and a measure of multidimensional problems (physical, psychological, social and spiritual).ResultsAmong the 1,337 participants, multidimensional problems were more common in psychological, spiritual and social domains than in physical. In multivariable analysis using GEE to adjust for facility effect, the mental health subscale of quality of life was lower for people with limited functional status (B = −5.27, 95% CI −5.99, 1. −4.56 p < 0.001) and higher for wealthier people (B = 0.91, 95% CI 0.48, 1.33, p < 0.001). The physical health subscale of quality of life was lower for those with limited functional status (B = −8.58, 95% CI −9.46 to −7.70, p < 0.001) and those who had a caregiver present (B = −1.97, 95% CI −3.72 to −0.23, p = 0.027), higher for wealthier people (B = 1.14, 95% CI 0.65, 1.64, p < 0.001), and positively associated with CD4 count (B = 1.61, 95% CI 1.08–2.14, p < 0.001). Multidimensional problems were more burdensome for people with limited functional status (B = −2.06, 95% CI −2.46 to −1.66, p < 0.001), and less burdensome with more education (B = 0.63, 95% CI 0.25–1.00, p = 0.001) or ART use (B = 0.94, 95% CI 0.34–1.53, p = 0.002).ConclusionsMultidimensional problems are highly prevalent, and worse with declining function. Importantly, ART use does not appear to be protective for self-reported physical and mental dimensions of quality of life. Assessment and management of self-reported wellbeing must form part of HIV care and treatment services to ensure maximum benefit from ART investment.