cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dye and metal ion adsorption ability of Asian green mussel byssus thread complex; their microscopic and thermal property characterization
Creators: name: Anand, P. P.
name: Vardhanan, Y. Shibu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Various physical, chemical, and biological factors act as pollutants and cause deleterious effects on the environment and living organisms. Several researchers are developing eco-friendly good adsorbent from agriculture waste materials for pollutant removal, especially aromatic dyes and heavy metal removal. We used the Asian green mussel byssus thread, a natural mariculture waste product for the removal of aromatic dyes (methylene blue & eosin Y) and heavy metals (zinc, copper, iron, mercury & lead). We documented the dynamicity of byssus thread dye and metal removal at different pH (pH 2 to 10) and different concentrations. The highest amount of metal removal was observed at pH 6.0, and the dye removal efficacy is related to the property of the dye (i.e., anionic or cationic dye). The byssus thread had a natural fluorescent property upon UV-excitation; however, microscopic examination revealed that metal and dye coordination significantly alter the byssus plaque region’s physical and chemical property rather than the thread regions. It was further confirmed by using DSC and TGA characterization of de-metaled and metal treated byssus thread complex. We concluded that P. viridis byssus thread could be used as a strong adsorbent for dye and metal removal from the water.
Evolution of Mass Outflow in Protostars
Creators: name: Watson, Dan M.
name: Calvet, Nuria P.
name: Fischer, William J.
name: Forrest, W. J.
name: Manoj, P.
name: Megeath, S. Thomas
name: Melnick, Gary J.
name: Najita, Joan
name: Neufeld, David A.
name: Sheehan, Patrick D.
name: Stutz, Amelia M.
name: Tobin, John J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have surveyed 84 Class 0, Class I, and flat-spectrum protostars in mid-infrared [Si II], [Fe II] and [S I] line emission, and 11 of these in far-infrared [O I] emission. We use the results to derive their mass outflow rates. Thereby we observe a strong correlation of mass outflow rates with bolometric luminosity, and with the inferred mass accretion rates of the central objects, which continues through the Class 0 range the trend observed in Class II young stellar objects. Along this trend from large to small mass-flow rates, the different classes of young stellar objects lie in the sequence Class 0 -- Class I/flat-spectrum -- Class II, indicating that the trend is an evolutionary sequence in which mass outflow and accretion rates decrease together with increasing age, while maintaining rough proportionality. The survey results include two which are key tests of magnetocentrifugal outflow-acceleration mechanisms: the distribution of the outflow/accretion branching ratio b, and limits on the distribution of outflow speeds. Neither rule out any of the three leading outflow-acceleration, angular-momentum-ejection mechanisms, but they provide some evidence that disk winds and accretion-powered stellar winds (APSWs) operate in many protostars. An upper edge observed in the branching-ratio distribution is consistent with the upper bound of b = 0.6 found in models of APSWs, and a large fraction (0.31) of the sample have branching ratio sufficiently small that only disk winds, launched on scales as large as several AU, have been demonstrated to account for them.
description: Version submitted to ApJ: 36 pages, 3 tables, 8 figures
Social Stress Reduces Cellular Proliferation and Neurogenesis in the Forebrain of Male Zebrafish (Danio Rerio)
Creators: name: Tea, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Cellular proliferation
Neurogenesis
Cortisol
BrdU
Social stress
Metyrapone

description: Many animals, including zebrafish (Danio rerio), form social hierarchies as a result of competition for limited resources. Socially subordinate fish experience chronic activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) axis, leading to prolonged elevation of plasma cortisol, the glucocorticoid end-product of HPI axis activation. Elevated cortisol levels can reduce cellular proliferation and neurogenesis in the brain. Thus, the present study tested the hypothesis that social stress suppresses cellular proliferation in the brain of subordinate zebrafish via a cortisol-mediated mechanism. Cellular proliferation was assessed using the incorporation of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU), a thymidine analogue, as a marker. After 48 and 96 h of social interaction, significantly lower numbers of BrdU-positive cells were present in the forebrain of subordinate male zebrafish compared to dominant or control fish, suggesting a suppression of cellular proliferation in fish experiencing chronic social stress. Treatment of interacting male zebrafish with metyrapone, a cortisol synthesis inhibitor, attenuated the suppression of cellular proliferation in subordinate fish. Subordinate female zebrafish did not experience elevation of plasma cortisol or suppression of cellular proliferation in the forebrain. Collectively, these data provide evidence that cortisol plays a role in regulating cellular proliferation in the forebrain of male zebrafish during social interactions.
COVID-19 Experiences and Depression, Substance Use, and Loneliness: Exploring Resilience and Thriving as Moderators
Creators: name: Myntti, Warner
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Counseling
subject: Psychological Phenomena and Processes
subject: Social Work
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Medical Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Mental Disorders
subject: Social Statistics
subject: Medical Humanities
subject: Public Health
subject: Quantitative Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Health Psychology
subject: Personality and Social Contexts
subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: Counseling Psychology
subject: Alcohol use
subject: Cannabis Use
subject: COVID-19
subject: Depression
subject: Loneliness
subject: Resilience
subject: Substance Use
subject: Thriving

description: This project seeks to elucidate the impact of COVID-19 related variables on college student depression, alcohol use, cannabis use, and loneliness, as well as explore resilience and thriving as moderators of these relationships. Data from initial collection are available for public use to explore further questions concerning the study variables beyond the scope of the original project, as well as to reproduce the original study finds which can be found in the attached poster as well as a manuscript (to be uploaded soon).
title: Effectiveness of a radiologic warning system when a thoracic neoplasm is suspected
Creators: name: Tilve Gómez, Amara
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Thorax

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Three years ago we created a radiology alert system under the departments of Radiology and Pulmonology in our hospital, to decrease time to diagnosis and admission in patients with suspicion of thoracic neoplasias. In this study, we describe the...
Currents and current correlations in a topological superconducting nanowire beam splitter
Creators: name: Cao, Zhan
name: Fang, Tie-Feng
name: Chen, Qiao
name: Luo, Hong-Gang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A beam splitter consisting of two normal leads coupled to one end of a topological superconducting nanowire via double quantum dot is investigated. In this geometry, the linear current cross-correlations at zero temperature change signs versus the overlap between the two Majorana bound states hosted by the nanowire. Under symmetric bias voltages the net current flowing through the nanowire is noiseless. These two features highlight the fermionic nature of such exotic Majorana excitations though they are based on the superconductivity. Moreover, there exists a unique local particle-hole symmetry inherited from the self-Hermitian property of Majorana bound states, which is apparently scarce in other systems. We show that such particular symmetry can be revealed through measuring the currents under complementary bias voltages.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Preparation of Nanolignin rich fraction from Bamboo Stem via Green Technology: Assessment of its Antioxidant, Antibacterial and UV Blocking Properties
Creators: name: Mili, Medha
name: Hashmi, SAR
name: Tilwari, Anita
name: Rathore, SKS
name: Naik, Ajay
name: Srivastava, A. K.
name: Verma, Sarika
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: This work reports the preparation of nano lignin-rich fraction material via green technology from the holistic use of lignocellulosic biomass bamboo. The bamboo is first chemically treated, followed by acid precipitation to extract bamboo-derived macro lignin-rich fraction material. The nano lignin-rich fraction material was then prepared via ultrasonication technique from the extracted bamboo-derived macro lignin-rich fraction material. The confirmation of the distinct lignin functional groups in the extracted lignin-rich fractions has been done by FTIR. Surface morphology by FESEM and TEM revealed spherical nano-lignin-rich fraction materials from extracted bamboo-derived macro lignin-rich fraction materials. DPPH assays indicated that both the obtained fractions depict beneficial antioxidant characteristics. They were found to be effective in terms of their antibacterial activity against both gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) and gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli (E.coli), using the disc diffusion method. These fractions have UV blocking property, and nano-lignin-rich fraction material acts as a more potential UV blocking agent than others. Thus, the nano-lignin-rich fraction material has great potential as a high antioxidant, antibacterial, and UV is blocking agent useful in biomedical applications.
title: Metastases in mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes in patients with lung carcinoma : Quantitative assessments with Diffusion-Weighted (DW) Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging. What is the appropriate method for detection of metastases in lymph nodes on the DW MR images?
Creators: name: Nakayama, Jun
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Metastases
subject: Staging
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Thorax
subject: Mediastinum
subject: Lymph nodes

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women worldwide (1). Mortality rates and the success of therapeutic approaches depend on the histologic type of cancer, the involvement of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes, and the...
A Spike in Female Participation: A Study on the Viability of Sand Volleyball Sponsorship at the NCAA Division I Level
Creators: name: Howell, Scott R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: In January 2010, the NCAA passed legislation designating sand volleyball as the newest emerging sport for women. Institutions may begin to add sand volleyball for a variety of reasons such as interest expressed by female students or the sport can be an avenue to comply with Title IX requirements. In order for sand volleyball to attain championship status, forty institutions must sponsor the sport within a ten year window. This research explores the current prevalence and interest in sand volleyball at the NCAA Division I level. Understanding the current level of interest in sand volleyball will help assess the practicality of sand volleyball to become a NCAA championship sport. This study also examines how factors such as budgetary concerns, Title IX compliance issues, perception of promiscuity, availability of competition concerns, and interest expressed by current females influence Senior Woman Administrators' and head indoor volleyball coaches' decision on whether or not they would support the sponsorship of sand volleyball at their institution. This study not only compares the responses between Senior Woman Administrators and head indoor volleyball coaches, but further analyzes the each group of respondent's answers of variables such as gender, age, experience in athletics, winning percentage, geography and institutional characteristics.
title: Prognostic value of multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography in diabetes: excellent long-term prognosis in patients with normal coronary arteries
Creators: name: Mushtaq, Saima
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CAD

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with premature atherosclerosis 1 and increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the most common cause of death in diabetics 1 . However, CAD diagnosis may be missed or delayed in diabetics since...
GENETIC SCREENING TO IDENTIFY INTERACTORS OF ESCRT-II SUBUNIT, VPS25, AND PRELIMINARY CHARACTERISATION OF CANDIDATES
Creators: name: ALFRED, VICTOR IFEOLUWA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2018

description: ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) proteins regulate cell surface receptor degradation by sorting and packaging ubiquitinated cargoes into the intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies (MVBs). A range of human diseases including cancer, and neurodegeneration display altered expression or are caused by mutations of ESCRT subunits. Studies have shown that Drosophila tissues lacking ESCRTs display neoplastic-like features like overproliferation and polarity defects, partly due to aberrant signalling including Notch signalling. To understand ESCRT-regulated processes in vivo, we utilised modification of a deformed wing phenotype specifically caused by knockdown (RNAi) of Vps25, an ESCRT-II subunit. We systematically screened chromosomal regions and identified 204 genetic interactors of Vps25 that enhanced/suppressed the phenotype. They include genes that function in trafficking, signalling, transcription, ion transport and many other biological processes; suggesting that ESCRTs influence a wide range of biological processes. We have focused on a subset of these hits that regulate tissue growth with a secondary screen based on modification of a Delta-driven eye overgrowth phenotype, isolating a subset of 43 genes involved in regulating tissue growth, some of which are novel and uncharacterised. Human orthologues of some of these genes are important in cancers; dropout (dop), whose mammalian orthologues are the MAST kinases, have been shown to contribute towards breast cancer development. dop mediates Delta-driven eye overgrowth possibly by upregulating Delta expression. In human cells, MAST2 does not affect Notch signalling but might contribute to tumorigenesis by regulating the NF?B pathway. We have also characterised another interactor, CG12163 which is the homologue of mammalian Cathepsin F. Mutations in Cathepsin F cause a rare form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) called Type B Kufs disease. Our Drosophila model which recapitulates aspects of the human disease phenotype suggests that defects in autophagy might underlie the pathogenesis of NCLs.
Professional learning community focused on assessment for learning
Creators: name: Hryniuk, Lori
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Professional learning communities

description: This mixed methods study explored the questions: To what degree, if any, does the involvement in a structured professional learning community, focused on assessment for learning (AFL), lead to increases in secondary science and math teachers’ reported levels of adoption of assessment for learning strategies; further, what factors did the participating teachers perceive as obstacles or support structures in doing such; finally, how did teachers’ reported attitudes change towards assessment for learning? Seven secondary (Grades 8-12) math and science educators from different schools within the same school district in British Columbia worked together in a structured professional learning community (PLC) over the course of six months. The focus of the PLC was the study and implementation of the Network of Performance Based Schools Six Assessment For Learning Strategies (Halbert & Winter, 2008), adapted from the work of Black & Wiliam (1998). Participants were given an AFL practices rubric at the beginning and at the end of the study to determine the reported level of classroom adoption of the six AFL strategies. Professional learning community participants engaged in structured goal setting and reflection exercises that were recorded in writing. Participants’ reflection logs were reviewed to determine what factors were identified as perceived obstacles or support structures. Teachers were also asked to complete an AFL attitude survey at the beginning and the end of the study to determine if there was a change in attitude towards the AFL strategies. Participants self reported that their attitudes about AFL improved and their use of the six AFL practices increased by the end of the study. Several obstacles were identified by the participants. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed along with suggestions for school organization.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5176/Hryniuk.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
title: Targeted delivery of anticancer drug (sorafenib) in animals liver – Pharmacokinetics – Preliminary results.
Creators: name: Loxas, Dionisios
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Liver
subject: Oncology
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Chemoembolisation
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the common and generally incurable malignancies with a low survival rate. HCC treatment options depend on size of tumor nodules, portal invasion, presence of cirrhosis, and liver function. Treatment includes...
Improving students’ reading comprehension: traditional reading instruction versus guided reading instruction
Creators: name: Kawaguchi, Janet
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Reading comprehension

description: The purpose of this study was to examine two reading instruction methods taught by one classroom teacher in an inner-city school located in a low-income area. The objective of this research study was to investigate whether guided reading instruction increased students’ reading comprehension levels more than traditional reading instruction. Data included three reading comprehension assessments (pre-intervention, mid-intervention and post intervention) in a 12 week study. The student participants were comprised of 14 grade 2 students (six girls and eight boys) from diverse ethnic and language backgrounds. The instrument used to collect data pertaining to the participants’ reading comprehension levels was the PM Benchmark Kit 2 (Randell & Smith, 2003). After six weeks of traditional reading instruction, students’ reading comprehension scores showed little improvement and two students did not improve at all. After six weeks of guided reading instruction every student had increased their reading comprehension levels and the data indicated a much greater increase in the students’ over-all reading comprehension scores. Quantitative results indicated there was a significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension skills when examined over this six week period. Other positive outcomes from the study were that students’ self-confidence increased as they now saw themselves as readers and they became much more excited and motivated to read books. The students gained many benefits when the teacher incorporated guiding reading instruction into their regular literacy program.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5182/Kawaguchi.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
Chryseobacterium aquifrigidense keratinase liberated essential and nonessential amino acids from chicken feather degradation
Creators: name: Bokveld, Amahle
name: Nnolim, Nonso E.
name: Digban, Tennison O.
name: Okoh, Anthony I.
name: Nwodo, Uchechukwu U.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Keratinous biomass valorization for value-added products presents a high prospect in ecological management and the advancement of the bio-economy. Consequently, soil samples from the poultry dumpsite were collected. The bacteria isolated on the basal salt medium were screened for keratinolytic activity. The potent chicken feathers degrading bacteria were identified through 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Fermentation process conditions were optimized, and the amino acid compositions of the feather hydrolysate were likewise quantified. Ten (10) proteolytic bacteria evaluated on skimmed milk agar showed intact chicken feather degradation ranging from 33% (WDS-03) to 88% (FPS-09). The extracellular keratinase activity ranged from 224.52 ± 42.46 U/mL (WDS-03) to 834.55 ± 66.86 U/mL (FPS-07). Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, the most potent keratinolytic isolates coded as FPS-07, FPS-09, FPS-01, and WDS-06 were identified as Chryseobacterium aquifrigidense FANN1, Chryseobacterium aquifrigidense FANN2, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ANNb, and Bacillus sp. ANNa, respectively. C aquifrigidense FANN2 maximally produced keratinase (1460.90 ± 26.99 U/mL) at 72 h of incubation under optimal process conditions of pH (6), inoculum side (5%; v/v), temperature (30 oC), and chicken feather (25 g/L). The feather hydrolysate showed a protein value of 67.54%, with a relative abundance of arginine (2.84%), serine (3.14%), aspartic acid (3.33%), glutamic acid (3.73%), and glycine (2.81%). C. aquifrigidense FANN2 yielded high keratinase titre and dismembered chicken feathers into amino acids-rich hydrolysate, highlighting its significance in the beneficiation of recalcitrant keratinous wastes into dietary proteins as potential livestock feed supplements.
LA RIPARTIZIONE DELL'ONERE DELLA PROVA NEGLI ORDINAMENTI DI COMMON LAW
Creators: name: GARAVAGLIA, MATTIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2017

description: In the first chapter (�La natura dell?onere della prova�) it is carried out a preliminary survey on the most important theoretical principles of the allocation of the burden of proof in the common law systems. After an introduction on the material facts, in the second section (�La bipartizione dell?onere della prova in burden of persuasion e burden of production�) it is pointed out that the burden of proof concept is divided into two separate burdens: the burden of persuasion and the burden of production. In the third and in the fourth chapter it is carried out an in depth analysis of both the persuasion burden and the production burden. The second chapter (�La ripartizione dell?onere della prova�) focus on the analysis of the tests that American judges use to allocate the burden of proof between the plaintiff and the defendant. It is pointed out that there is not a single test that can solve in every case the question of the allocation of the burden of proof. Thus, it appears really important the power of the judge to instruct the jurors on the content of the verdict in the eventuality that the judgement on the facts will be in a state of semiplena probatio. In the last section of this chapter it is studied the matter of presumptions, and how it is influenced by the presence of two burdens of proof. The third chapter (�Analisi casistica della giurisprudenza�) is an analysis of the most important American cases on the allocation of the burden proof. It is divided into three different sections. The first section is on the family law, and concern with will contests and matrimonial legitimacy contest in the well-known bigamy issues. The second section is on the contract law, and refers specifically to the breach of contract cases in judgements founded on bailment contracts and insurance contracts. The third section is on the tort law, and focus on the most important cases where the negligence of the defendant must be presumed. Eventually, the last paragraph of this section will concern with the question of the allocation of the burden of proof of the contributory negligence of the plaintiff.
NJORD
Creators: name: Işık, Süleyman
name: Aytekin, Ali
name: Baykal, Sinan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Business
subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Engineering
subject: Astrophysics
subject: Engineering
subject: Space
subject: Space Colonizations

description: This paper investigated possible scenarios to create an interplanetary civilization with scientific methods, economic analysis, and various engineering ideas.
title: Feasibility of fetal MRI in the study of abdominal malformations
Creators: name: Bernardo, Silvia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Pelvis
subject: MR
subject: Intrauterine diagnosis
subject: Obstetrics

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Congenital malformations of the abdomen are quite common and include both wall defects (defects of the diaphragm, anterior abdominal wall defects) and abnormalities of the abdominal organs contained in the peritoneal and retroperitoneal cavity....
The impacts of dual-credit programming for at-risk and non-at-risk students
Creators: name: Perrault, Rodney E.
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Joint academic degree programs

description: Dual credit programming provides the opportunity for students in British Columbia to take courses at a post-secondary level in their grade 12 year. In School District #47, Powell River, these programs have been in existence for several years. These programs serve to develop a skilled work force for the immediate community and beyond. These programs are highly valued by the school district as, in addition to providing the foundations for a skilled work force, they are also seen as an opportunity for students who struggle with traditional, academic programming to complete high school. This is especially true for students who have been traditionally perceived to be at-risk. Previously, however, no study had been undertaken to determine if these programs have actually had an impact on students' engagement in school and on their capacity for both academic and career success. To assess this, two surveys were conducted with students in the 2010-11 dual credit programs that were offered in trade and career related areas (welding, automotive mechanics, carpentry, culinary arts and cosmetology). The surveys were designed to determine if participation in dual-credit programs increased students' perception of their school engagement and their capacities for career and academic success and if the impact of participation in dual-credit programming in these areas was different for at-risk and non-at-risk students. The study concluded that, overall, students did report improvements in each of these categories and that at-risk students experienced greater increases in these areas than did their non-at-risk peers. This leads to further questions that relate to identifying which factors in the dual credit programs contribute to this growth and the impact this growth has on students? future academic and career choices and opportunities.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5189/Perrault.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
A deterministic global optimization using smooth diagonal auxiliary functions
Creators: name: Sergeyev, Yaroslav D.
name: Kvasov, Dmitri E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.1.6; G.1.0
subject: 65K05, 90C26, 90C56

description: In many practical decision-making problems it happens that functions involved in optimization process are black-box with unknown analytical representations and hard to evaluate. In this paper, a global optimization problem is considered where both the goal function~$f(x)$ and its gradient $f'(x)$ are black-box functions. It is supposed that $f'(x)$ satisfies the Lipschitz condition over the search hyperinterval with an unknown Lipschitz constant~$K$. A new deterministic `Divide-the-Best' algorithm based on efficient diagonal partitions and smooth auxiliary functions is proposed in its basic version, its convergence conditions are studied and numerical experiments executed on eight hundred test functions are presented.
description: 25 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables
Distribution of trial registry numbers within full-text PubMed Central - full dataset of discovered links
Creators: name: Holt, Arthur
name: Smalheiser, Neil
name: Troy, Ang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: trial registry numbers
full-text article scan
trial publication link

description: Linking registered clinical trials with their published results continues to be a challenge. A variety of natural language processing (NLP)-based and machine learning-based models have been developed to assist users in identifying these connections. Articles from the PubMed Central full-text collection were scanned for mentions of ClinicalTrials.gov and international clinical trial registry identifiers. We analyzed the distribution of trial registry numbers within sections of the articles and characterized their publication type indexing and other metrics. Three supporting files are included herein: a pdf containing supplementary figures pertaining to the distribution of registry numbers found within the full text of articles, a csv dataset providing the registry numbers discovered and the corresponding XML path location within the document, and an example Python script to locate registry identifiers within an XML article document. It should be noted that the purpose of this study is to summarize clinical trial mentions within publications and specific registries or other nominative information contained in this dataset may contain errors.
description: Funding provided by: United States National Library of MedicineROR ID: https://ror.org/0060t0j89Award Number: 1R01LM014292-01
description: These datasets and files are the results of scanning 6,901,686 XML documents within the Pubmed Central Open Access article datasets available at: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/

Each registry identifier match is represented by a row in the xmlScanOutput.csv file, along with PubMed identifiers, file information, XML path information, and several computed columns including a validation that an NCT number exists within ClinicalTrials.gov, a generalized article section, and publication types from multiple indexing sources. Summaries within the Distribution_of_Trial_Registry_Numbers_Additional_File.pdf were generated by counting distinct PMID values within the csv file across various groups.
A framework for interpreting regularized state estimation
Creators: name: Sugiura, Nozomi
name: Masuda, Shuhei
name: Fujii, Yosuke
name: Kamachi, Masafumi
name: Ishikawa, Yoichi
name: Awaji, Toshiyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4D-Var) on a seasonal-to-interdecadal time scale under the existence of unstable modes can be viewed as an optimization problem of synchronized, coupled chaotic systems. The problem is tackled by adjusting initial conditions to bring all stable modes closer to observations and by using a continuous guide to direct unstable modes toward a reference time series. This interpretation provides a consistent and effective procedure for solving problems of long-term state estimation. By applying this approach to an ocean general circulation model with a parameterized vertical diffusion procedure, it is demonstrated that tangent linear and adjoint models in this framework should have no unstable modes and hence be suitable for tracking persistent signals. This methodology is widely applicable to extend the assimilation period in 4D-Var.
description: 47 pages, 4 figures
title: Coronary stent evaluation with computed tomography coronary angiography: comparison between Iomeprol-400 and Iodixanol-320
Creators: name: Mushtaq, Saima
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: CT
subject: CAD

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: Multi-detector computed tomography coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) is becoming an increasingly widespread tool for the non-invasive evaluation of coronary arteries, stents and bypass grafts (1). Although good diagnostic accuracy has been demonstrated...
Axion inflation with cross-correlated axion isocurvature perturbations
Creators: name: Kadota, Kenji
name: Kobayashi, Tatsuo
name: Otsuka, Hajime
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the inflation scenarios, in the framework of superstring theory, where the inflaton is an axion producing the adiabatic curvature perturbations while there exists another light axion producing the isocurvature perturbations. We discuss how the non-trivial couplings among string axions can generically arise, and calculate the consequent cross-correlations between the adiabatic and isocurvature modes through concrete examples. Based on the Planck analysis on the generally correlated isocurvature perturbations, we show that there is a preference for the existence of the correlated isocurvature modes for the axion monodromy inflation while the natural inflation disfavors such isocurvature modes.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
In the Aftermath of the BREXIT Vote
Creators: name: Buddi, Jessica
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The British referendum of 2016 resulted in an unprecedented and marked rise in power that Euroscepticism has had across the European Union (EU). Within the United Kingdom (UK), limited information has yet to be fully studied with the intent of understanding the myriad reasons that shaped voting behavior in the recent referendum. Analysis of interview data and application of the three dominant Eurosceptic models: utilitarian, cue-taking, and identity, yields insights into the broader referendum result. Support for UK membership in the EU was particularly common among participants with utilitarian interests, based in part on these voters’ economic relationships buttressed against their knowledge of international politics, and cue-taking behavior. Voting behavior that aligned with leaving the EU was also associated with cue-taking arguments, and a strong British identity. These conclusions help to inform the academic community by illuminating the nature of the arguments surrounding disenfranchised British voters prior to the referendum.
title: Microwave Thermoablation, our experience since 2009
Creators: name: BARRAGAN, JOSE IGNACIO
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Metastases
subject: Intraoperative
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Abdomen
subject: Liver

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: 1-To describe the technical and physical principles of microwave thermoablation (Fig. 1). 2-To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, tolerability and potential complications of this...
Gyretes tiriyo subsp. clanculus Ochs 1967
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes tiriyo
Gyretes tiriyo clanculus ochs, 1967

description: Gyretes tiriyo clanculus Ochs, 1967
Gyretes tiriyo clanculus Ochs, 1967: 154 (orig. descr.) DISTRIBUTION: Brazil (PA).
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 207, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
title: MRI in the early evaluation of the response of gastrointestinal stromal tumor to targeted therapy
Creators: name: Tang, Lei
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Oncology
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Neoplasia

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: To compare the performance of quantitative parameters provided by MRI in the early prediction of responses of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) to targeted...
Ranking Entities in the Age of Two Webs, an Application to Semantic Snippets
Creators: name: Alsarem, Mazen
name: Portier, Pierre-Edouard
name: Calabretto, Sylvie
name: Kosch, Harald
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The advances of the Linked Open Data (LOD) initiative are giving rise to a more structured Web of data. Indeed, a few datasets act as hubs (e.g., DBpedia) connecting many other datasets. They also made possible new Web services for entity detection inside plain text (e.g., DBpedia Spotlight), thus allowing for new applications that can benefit from a combination of the Web of documents and the Web of data. To ease the emergence of these new applications, we propose a query-biased algorithm (LDRANK) for the ranking of web of data resources with associated textual data. Our algorithm combines link analysis with dimensionality reduction. We use crowdsourcing for building a publicly available and reusable dataset for the evaluation of query-biased ranking of Web of data resources detected in Web pages. We show that, on this dataset, LDRANK outperforms the state of the art. Finally, we use this algorithm for the construction of semantic snippets of which we evaluate the usefulness with a crowdsourcing-based approach.
Gyretes torrenticola Ochs 1934
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes torrenticola

description: Gyretes torrenticola Ochs, 1934
Gyretes torrenticola Ochs, 1934: 149, f. 1 (orig. descr., illustr.); 1948: 567 (checklist); 1951: 78 (descr.); 1957: 213 (record); 1960a: 195 (record); 1966: 460 (record); Blackwelder 1944: 82 (checklist) DISTRIBUTION: Brazil (SC).
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 208, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
Mapping and characterization of experimental models used to Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat control (Wistar and Wistar Kyoto)- a scoping review.
Creators: name: Rezende, Leonardo
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Laboratory and Basic Science Research Life Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Diseases
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Cardiovascular Diseases
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Animal Sciences

description: The SHR are the most common experimental model used to essential hypertension investigations. They were developed by the inbreeding of WKY strain rats for several generations until all of them had systolic blood pressure (SBP) greater than 150 mmHg. For this reason, historically, WKYs are used as SHR control. However, scientific studies point out methodological limitations in its use, which has been the subject of debate for decades. From these discussions, the WIS strain emerged as an alternative. Thus, a series of studies promotes multiple comparison between these strains, in order to determine their characteristics and how they should be used in scientific research.
Synchronization of coupled stick-slip oscillators
Creators: name: Sugiura, Nozomi
name: Hori, Takane
name: Kawamura, Yoji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A rationale is provided for the emergence of synchronization in a system of coupled oscillators in a stick-slip motion. The single oscillator has a limit cycle in a region of the state space for each parameter set beyond the supercritical Hopf bifurcation. The two-oscillator system that has similar weakly coupled oscillators exhibits synchronization in a parameter range. The synchronization has an anti-phase nature for an identical pair. However, it tends to be more in-phase for a non-identical pair with a rather weak coupling. A system of three identical oscillators (1, 2, and 3) coupled in a line (with two springs k12=k23) exhibits synchronization with two of them (1 and 2 or 2 and 3) being nearly in-phase. These collective behaviours are systematically estimated using the phase reduction method.
description: 20 pages, 16 figures
title: Image quality of coronary CT angiography reconstruction with iterative temporal resolution improvement method
Creators: name: Cao, Jian
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis

description: Purpose Methods and Materials Results Conclusion References Personal Information
description: Purpose: To evaluate image quality (IQ) of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) reconstructed with iterative temporal resolution improvement method (iTRIM), compared with weighted filtered back projection...
Gyretes torrenticola subsp. alticola Ochs 1964
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes torrenticola
Gyretes torrenticola alticola ochs, 1964

description: Gyretes torrenticola alticola Ochs, 1964
Gyretes torrenticola alticola Ochs, 1964b: 37 (orig. descr.); 1966: 459 (descr.); Marinoni et al. 1992: 122 (type list) DISTRIBUTION: Brazil (SC).
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 208, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
Major Substructure in the M31 Outer Halo: the East Cloud
Creators: name: McMonigal, B.
name: Bate, N. F.
name: Conn, A. R.
name: Mackey, A. D.
name: Lewis, G. F.
name: Irwin, M. J.
name: Martin, N. F.
name: McConnachie, A. W.
name: Ferguson, A. M. N.
name: Ibata, R. A.
name: Huxor, A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first detailed analysis of the East Cloud, a highly disrupted diffuse stellar substructure in the outer halo of M31. The core of the substructure lies at a projected distance of $\sim100$ kpc from the centre of M31 in the outer halo, with possible extensions reaching right into the inner halo. Using Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey photometry of red giant branch stars, we measure the distance, metallicity and brightness of the cloud. Using Hubble Space Telescope data, we independently measure the distance and metallicity to the two globular clusters coincident with the East Cloud core, PA-57 and PA-58, and find their distances to be consistent with the cloud. Four further globular clusters coincident with the substructure extensions are identified as potentially associated. Combining the analyses, we determine a distance to the cloud of $814^{+20}_{-9}$ kpc, a metallicity of $[Fe/H] = -1.2\pm0.1$, and a brightness of $M_V = -10.7\pm0.4$ mag. Even allowing for the inclusion of the potential extensions, this accounts for less than $20$ per cent of the progenitor luminosity implied by the luminosity-metallicity relation. Using the updated techniques developed for this analysis, we also refine our estimates of the distance and brightness of the South-West Cloud, a separate substructure analyzed in the previous work in this series.
description: 14 pages, 11 figures, 5 tables