cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Simple Rules of Social Contagion
Creators: name: Hodas, Nathan O.
name: Lerman, Kristina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: J.4; J.2

description: It is commonly believed that information spreads between individuals like a pathogen, with each exposure by an informed friend potentially resulting in a naive individual becoming infected. However, empirical studies of social media suggest that individual response to repeated exposure to information is significantly more complex than the prediction of the pathogen model. As a proxy for intervention experiments, we compare user responses to multiple exposures on two different social media sites, Twitter and Digg. We show that the position of the exposing messages on the user-interface strongly affects social contagion. Accounting for this visibility significantly simplifies the dynamics of social contagion. The likelihood an individual will spread information increases monotonically with exposure, while explicit feedback about how many friends have previously spread it increases the likelihood of a response. We apply our model to real-time forecasting of user behavior.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, supplement
Socioeconomic status as an independent predictor of physiological biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: Evidence from NHANES
Creators: name: Muennig, Peter A.
name: Sohler, Nancy
name: Mahato, Bisundev
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2007
Subjects: Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Social aspects
Social status
Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Risk factors
Stress (Psychology)
Cholesterol
Cardiovascular system--Diseases
Public health
Nutrition

description: Background

C-reactive protein, homocysteine, cholesterol, and fibrinogen are known to vary by socioeconomic status (SES). Using a nationally representative study, we examined whether these factors vary independently of all other known risk factors, such as diet, exercise, and genetic predisposition.

Methods

We analyzed the 1999–2002 National Health Examination and Nutrition Survey using logistic regression models.

Results

We found that high-density lipoprotein cholesterol blood levels increase with income and educational attainment after controlling all known risk factors for elevated cholesterol (e.g., diet, exercise, and family history). Blood levels of C-reactive protein are inversely associated with income and education. Homocysteine blood levels are inversely associated with income even after controlling for blood folate level. A non-significant inverse relationship between homocysteine levels and educational attainment was also observed. Blood levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and fibrinogen were not significantly associated with income or education.

Conclusions

Levels of “good” (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol increase with income and education even after controlling for factors known to place people at risk of high cholesterol. Stress differences by social class may play a role.
title: Notas sobre la transición política en la República Popular de China a partir del 16 Congreso del Partido Comunista
title: Informes de Coyuntura, no. 5
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Mera, Carolina
name: Nessim, Jessica
name: Villagran, Ignacio
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2002
Subjects: Political development

description: En el trabajo se introduce la problemática de la transferencia del poder político en la principal potencia estatista del planeta. A partir de la identificación de rasgos estructurales de la cultura política china y de la interacción de las facciones relevantes en el escenario político actual, se plantea la importancia de la comprensión de las dinámicas de reforma y modernización resultantes. Se analizan actores institucionales, grupales e individuales cuya acción es decisiva en el proceso mencionado, con el objetivo de hacerlo comprensible desde su propia lógica interna.
Optimized Herschel/PACS photometer observing and data reduction strategies for moving solar system targets
Creators: name: Kiss, Cs.
name: Müller, Th. G.
name: Vilenius, E.
name: Pál, A.
name: Santos-Sanz, P.
name: Lellouch, E.
name: Marton, G.
name: Verebélyi, E.
name: Szalai, N.
name: Hartogh, P.
name: Stansberry, J.
name: Henry, F.
name: Delsanti, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The "TNOs are Cool!: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region" is a Herschel Open Time Key Program that aims to characterize planetary bodies at the outskirts of the Solar System using PACS and SPIRE data, mostly taken as scan-maps. In this paper we summarize our PACS data reduction scheme that uses a modified version of the standard pipeline for basic data reduction, optimized for faint, moving targets. Due to the low flux density of our targets the observations are confusion noise limited or at least often affected by bright nearby background sources at 100 and 160\,$μ$m. To overcome these problems we developed techniques to characterize and eliminate the background at the positions of our targets and a background matching technique to compensate for pointing errors. We derive a variety of maps as science data products that are used depending on the source flux and background levels and the scientific purpose. Our techniques are also applicable to a wealth of other Herschel solar system photometric observations, e.g. comets and near-Earth asteroids. The principles of our observing strategies and reduction techniques for moving targets will also be applicable for similar surveys of future infrared space projects.
description: Accepted for publication in Experimental Astronomy
On the Topology of the Inflaton Field in Minimal Supergravity Models
Creators: name: Ferrara, Sergio
name: Fre, Pietro
name: Sorin, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider global issues in minimal supergravity models where a single field inflaton potential emerges. In a particular case we reproduce the Starobinsky model and its description dual to a certain formulation of R+R^2 supergravity. For definiteness we confine our analysis to spaces at constant curvature, either vanishing or negative. Five distinct models arise, two flat models with respectively a quadratic and a quartic potential and three based on the SU(1,1)/U(1) space where its distinct isometries, elliptic, hyperbolic and parabolic are gauged. Fayet-Iliopoulos terms are introduced in a geometric way and they turn out to be a crucial ingredient in order to describe the de Sitter inflationary phase of the Starobinsky model.
description: 31 pages, LaTex, 7 eps figures, 2 tables
title: Moral über Die so seltsame als schröckvolle Begebenheit des in seinem Blut starrend-Münchnerischer Musen-Sohns; 1764
title: vorgefallen den 2. Jener 1764
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2016

description: Kopftitel
Proechimys J. A. Allen 1899
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys

description: Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12:257. TYPE SPECIES: Echimys trinitatis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1893. SYNONYMS: Trinomys. COMMENTS: Traditionally divided into 2 subgenera (Proechimys with 9 species groups distributed in most areas of tropical South America, and Trinomys with four species distributed in Eastern Brazil). This group is very complex with many species and subspecies. Reviewed, in part, by Reig et al. (1980:291-312), Gardner and Emmons (1984), and Patton (1987). May include Hoplomys (see Patton and Reig, 1989). The specific level taxonomy of the group is controversial, and is in need of a major revision. Most of the named forms in Corbet and Hill (1991) and Nowak (1991) are used here pending a revision of the group.
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
description: {"references": ["Reig, O. A., M. Aguilera, M. A. Barros, and M. Useche. 1980. Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys; Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genetica, 52 / 53: 291 - 312.", "Gardner, A. L., and L. H. Emmons. 1984. Species groups in Proechimys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) as indicated by karyology and bullar morphology. Journal of Mammalogy, 65: 10 - 25.", "Patton, J. L. 1987. Species groups of spiny rats, genus Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 305 - 345.", "Patton, J. L., and O. A. Reig. 1989. Genetic differentiation among echimyid rodents, with an emphasis on spiny rats, genus Proechimys. Pp. 75 - 96, in Advances in Neotropical mammalogy (K. H. Redford and J. F. Eisenberg, eds.). Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL, 614 pp.", "Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.", "Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Fifth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1: 1 - 642; 2: 643 - 1629."]}
Obesity-associated stigma and physiological markers of stress: evidence from the Dominican Republic
Creators: name: Muennig, Peter A.
name: Bench, Kara Keating
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: Obesity--Psychological aspects
Obesity--Social aspects
Body mass index
Stress (Psychology)
Public health

description: Social stigma is increasingly recognized as a cause of stress-induced pathophysiology. We tested the hypothesis that stigma is associated with obesity-related morbidity, using a cohort of subjects from the Dominican Republic who value fat bodies over thin ones. We surveyed 87 subjects from Batey Algodón—a small region in the Dominican Republic where obesity is not stigmatized. We obtained information on ideal body norms, perceptions of one's own body and self-rated health. We also measured height, weight, waist circumference and blood pressure. We then performed linear regression analyses to ascertain the extent to which body mass index (BMI) and body norm perceptions were related to self-rated health and blood pressure. Self-rated health was strongly associated with one's satisfaction with his or her physical appearance (p < 0.001) and weight (p < 0.001). As expected, self-rated health was not independently associated with BMI in this community, which does not stigmatize obesity. However, BMI was nevertheless associated with both systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.05). While de-stigmatizing obesity may improve perceptions of health, it might not significantly reduce the incidence of hypertension among heavier persons.
Accurate ro-vibrational spectroscopy of diatomic molecules in a Morse oscillator potential
Creators: name: Roy, Amlan K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work presents the bound-state spectra of Morse oscillator, which remains one of the oldest important model potentials for molecules. Accurate ro-vibrational energies are obtained by means of a generalized pseudospectral method that offers an optimal, non-uniform discretization of the radial grid. Both s-wave ($\ell=0$) and rotational ($\ell \neq 0$) states for low and high quantum numbers are calculated for four representative diatomic molecules, namely H$_2$, LiH, HCl and CO. First nine states belonging to a maximum of $n, \ell =2$ are computed with good accuracy, along with nine other high-lying states for each of these molecules. Present results \emph{surpass} the accuracy of \emph{all} hitherto published calculations found so far, except the tridiagonal J-matrix method, which produces similar accuracy as ours. Detailed variation of energies with respect to state indices $n,\ell$ show interesting behavior. A host of new states including the higher ones are reported as well. This offers a simple general efficient scheme for calculating these and other similar potentials in molecular physics.
Can universal pre-kindergarten programs improve population health and longevity? Mechanisms, evidence, and policy implications
Creators: name: Muennig, Peter A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education, Preschool
Early childhood education
Education--Cost effectiveness
Public health

description: Recent research has found that children who attended pre-kindergarten programs in childhood were more likely to be healthy as adults. One intuitive way of improving population health and longevity may therefore be to invest in pre-kindergarten programs. However, much of the research linking pre-kindergarten programs to health is very recent and has not been synthesized. In this paper, I review the mechanisms linking pre-kindergarten programs in childhood to adult longevity, and the experimental evidence backing up these linkages. I conclude with a critical exploration of whether investments in pre-kindergarten programs could also serve as investments in public health.
Comparison of small-area analysis techniques for estimating county-level outcomes
Creators: name: Jia, Haomiao
name: Muennig, Peter A.
name: Borawski, Elaine
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2004
Subjects: Medical policy
Health status indicators
Health surveys
Public health
Public health administration
Social status

description: Background: Since many health data are unavailable at the county level, policymakers sometimes rely on state-level datasets to understand the health needs of their communities. This can be accomplished using small-area estimation techniques. However, it is unknown which small-area technique produces the most valid and precise results. Methods: The reliability and accuracy of three methods used in small-area analyses were examined, including the synthetic method, spatial smoothing, and regression. To do this, severe work disability measures were first validated by comparing the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Census 2000 measures (used as the gold standard). The three small-area analysis methods were then applied to 2000 BRFSS data to examine how well each technique predicted county-level disability prevalence. Results: The regression method produces the most valid and precise estimates of county-level disability prevalence over a large number of counties when a single year of data is used. Conclusions: Local health departments and policymakers who need to track trends in behavioral risk factors and health status within their counties should utilize the regression method unless their county is large enough for direct estimation of the outcome of interest.
Introduction to Speaking Truth to Power from Medieval to Modern Italy
Creators: name: Cavallo, Jo Ann
name: Lottieri, Carlo
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Italian literature
Romance literature
Criticism and interpretation
Politics and literature

description: Introduction to twenty essays on literary and historical texts, from medieval to modern Italy, in which authors or characters challenge the established power of the state at the risk of their livelihood or their very lives.
Raman evidence for coupling of superconducting quasi-particles with a phonon and crystal field excitation in superconductor Ce0.6Y0.4FeAsO0.8F0.2
Creators: name: Kumar, Pradeep
name: Muthu, D. V. S.
name: Prakash, J.
name: Ganguli, A. K.
name: Sood, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report inelastic light scattering experiments on superconductor Ce0.6Y0.4FeAsO0.8F0.2 from 4K to 300K covering the superconducting transition temperature Tc ~ 48.6K. A strong evidence of the superconductivity induced phonon renormalization for the A1g phonon mode near 150 cm-1 associated with the Ce/Y vibrations is observed as reflected in the anomalous red-shift and decrease in the linewidth below Tc. Invoking the coupling of this mode with the superconducting gap, the superconducting gap (2) at zero temperature is estimated to be ~ 20 meV i.e the ratio is ~ 5, suggesting Ce0.6Y0.4FeAsO0.8F0.2 to belong to the class of strong coupling superconductors. In addition, the mode near 430 cm-1 associated with Ce3+ crystal field excitation also shows anomalous increase in its linewidth below Tc suggesting strong coupling between crystal field excitation and the superconducting quasi-particles. Our observations of two high frequency modes (S9 and S10) evidence the non-degenerate nature of Fe2+ dxz/yz orbitals suggesting the electronic nematicity in these systems.
description: Accepted for 58th DAE-SSPS 2013
Proechimys albispinus
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys
Proechimys albispinus

description: Proechimys albispinus (I. Geoffroy, 1838). Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 10:125. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Bahfa, Ilha de Madre Deos, Itaparica (near Salvador). DISTRIBUTION: Bahfa and adjacent islands (Brazil). SYNONYMS: serotinus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Trinomys.
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
title: Прилагательное «грамотный» в русской языковой картине мира: когнитивно-дискурсивный подход
Creators: name: Чэн, Цзиньтао
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: Прилагательные, обозначающие свойства личности человека, являются одним из значимых фрагментов русской языковой картины мира. Семантические особенности имён прилагательных представляют собой широчайшую область для исследовательского поиска. А наибольший интерес вызывают вторичные значения прилагательных, которые более ярко отражают универсальные и специфические явления в языках и культурах различных народов. В статье исследуются семантические аспекты функционирования прилагательного «грамотный» в современном языке, также рассматривается стереотипное представление современных носителей русского языка и культуры о грамотном человеке в значении ‘обладающий необходимыми знаниями в какой-либо области’. При помощи методов когнитивно-дискурсивного подхода и контекстуального анализа рассматриваются некоторые особенности функционирования прилагательного «грамотный» в языковой картине мира носителей русского языка. Исследование выполнено на материале данных словарных источников, контекстов «Национального корпуса русского языка» и интернет-источников, а также на основании результатов анкетирования носителей русского языка. Полученные результаты могут быть использованы для презентации прилагательного «грамотный» в иностранной аудитории, при составлении учебного словаря свойств личности, будут способствовать более успешной межкультурной коммуникации.
title: Inference techniques in low-cost sensor networks
title: Τεχνικές συμπερασμού σε δίκτυα αισθητήρων χαμηλού κόστους
Creators: name: Αποστολακης Γεωργιος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Distributed execution of algorithms across resource-constrained terminals has become increasingly popular, especially when fault tolerance is required. Asynchronous operation is brought to light in such scenarios, and in particular, probabilistic asynchronous operation, which models the failure probability of each terminal. The focus of this work is on the affine update model, which is applicable to a wide range of distributed inference algorithms. Applications include estimation of the average, solving linear systems, linear minimum mean square error estimation and spectral clustering, presented in detail in this thesis. Multimodal inference is also investigated, where two or more alternate sources of data are exploited for increased prediction accuracy. In that context, two variations of linear regression are presented, with uniform or Gaussian prior, which are equivalent to iterative affine updates. Furthermore, this work offers an asymptotic analysis for the arithmetic mean of the state vector, across a
finite number of experiments, for the discovery of fixed points. It is shown that there are cases where the arithmetic mean behaves differently than the expected mean, and a sufficient condition is provided for convergence of the arithmetic mean to a fixed point. The lack of necessity for this condition is explained and subcases where the arithmetic mean converges, diverges, or has unpredictable behaviour are highlighted. Additionally, cases where the individual iterations never converge but their arithmetic mean does and offers fixed point are offered. Simulations corroborate the theoretical findings for various affine model setups. Finally, implementation details of a distributed low-cost sensor network are presented; the low-cost sensor network estimates the arithmetic mean of temperature across the network, by executing average consensus. The implementation is divided into hardware, network and software layers, and each layer is presented separately.
Hardy's Paradox for High-Dimensional Systems: Beyond Hardy's Limit
Creators: name: Chen, Jing-Ling
name: Cabello, Adan
name: Xu, Zhen-Peng
name: Su, Hong-Yi
name: Wu, Chunfeng
name: Kwek, L. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Hardy's proof is considered the simplest proof of nonlocality. Here we introduce an equally simple proof that (i) has Hardy's as a particular case, (ii) shows that the probability of nonlocal events grows with the dimension of the local systems, and (iii) is always equivalent to the violation of a tight Bell inequality.
description: REVTeX4, 5 pages, 1 figure. Typo in Eq. (17) corrected. Ref. [5] completed
Health Status of Older US Workers and Nonworkers, National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2011
Creators: name: Kachan, Diana
name: Fleming, Lora E.
name: Christ, Sharon L.
name: Muennig, Peter A.
name: Prado, Guillermo
name: Tannenbaum, Stacey L.
name: Yang, Xuan
name: Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.
name: Lee, David J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Working poor
Industrial safety
Retirement
Occupational diseases
National Health Interview Survey (U.S.)
Working class--Health and hygiene
Public health

description: Introduction

Many US workers are increasingly delaying retirement from work, which may be leading to an increase in chronic disease at the workplace. We examined the association of older adults’ health status with their employment/occupation and other characteristics.

Methods

National Health Interview Survey data from 1997 through 2011 were pooled for adults aged 65 or older (n = 83,338; mean age, 74.6 y). Multivariable logistic regression modeling was used to estimate the association of socioeconomic factors and health behaviors with 4 health status measures: 1) self-rated health (fair/poor vs good/very good/excellent); 2) multimorbidity (≤1 vs ≥2 chronic conditions); 3) multiple functional limitations (≤1 vs ≥2); and 4) Health and Activities Limitation Index (HALex) (below vs above 20th percentile). Analyses were stratified by sex and age (young–old vs old–old) where interactions with occupation were significant.

Results

Employed older adults had better health outcomes than unemployed older adults. Physically demanding occupations had the lowest risk of poor health outcomes, suggesting a stronger healthy worker effect: service workers were at lowest risk of multiple functional limitations (odds ratio [OR], 0.82; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.71–0.95); and blue-collar workers were at lowest risk of multimorbidity (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.74–0.97) and multiple functional limitation (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.72–0.98). Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanic whites to report fair/poor health (OR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.52–1.73) and lowest HALex quintile (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.13–1.30); however, they were less likely to report multimorbidity (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.73–0.83) or multiple functional limitations (OR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.77–0.88).

Conclusion

A strong association exists between employment and health status in older adults beyond what can be explained by socioeconomic factors (eg, education, income) or health behaviors (eg, smoking). Disability accommodations in the workplace could encourage employment among older adults with limitations.
Proechimys amphichoricus Moojen 1948
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys
Proechimys amphichoricus

description: Proechimys amphichoricus Moojen, 1948. Univ. Kans. Pubi. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1:344. TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Amazonas, Cerro Duida, 325 m. DISTRIBUTION: S Venezuela, adjacent Brazil. COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Formerly included in semispinosus; see Reig et al. (1980). The chromosome no. is 2n=26; FN=44.
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
description: {"references": ["Reig, O. A., M. Aguilera, M. A. Barros, and M. Useche. 1980. Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys; Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genetica, 52 / 53: 291 - 312."]}
1.06 μm Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser using few-layer topological insulator Bi2Se3 as a saturable absorber
Creators: name: Luo, Zhengqian
name: Huang, Yizhong
name: Weng, Jian
name: Cheng, Huihui
name: Lin, Zhiqin
name: Cai, Zhiping
name: Xu, Huiying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Passive Q-switching of an ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) laser with few-layer topological insulator (TI) is, to the best of our knowledge, experimentally demonstrated for the first time. The few-layer TI: Bi2Se3 (2-4 layer thickness) is fabricated by the liquid-phase exfoliation method, and has a low saturable optical intensity of 53 MW/cm2 measured by the Z-scan technique. The optical deposition technique is used to induce the few-layer TI in the solution onto a fiber ferrule for successfully constructing the fiber-integrated TI-based saturable absorber (SA). By inserting this SA into the YDF laser cavity, stable Q-switching operation at 1.06 μm is achieved. The Q-switched pulses have the shortest pulse duration of 1.95 μs, the maximum pulse energy of 17.9 nJ and a tunable pulse-repetition-rate from 8.3 to 29.1 kHz. Our results indicate that the TI as a SA is also available at 1 μm waveband, revealing its potential as another wavelength-independent SA (like graphene).
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on the Neural Substrates Associated with Pleasure
Creators: name: Silverman, Michael E.
name: Muennig, Peter A.
name: Liu, Xun
name: Goldstein, Martin A.
name: Rosen, Zohn
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mortality--Economic aspects
subject: Mortality--Social aspects
subject: Depression, Mental
subject: Stress (Psychology)
subject: Social status
subject: Public health
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Low socio-economic status (SES) is associated with increased morbidity and premature mortality. Because tonic adversity relates to a diminished ability to experience pleasure, we hypothesized that subjects living in poverty would show diminished neural responsivity to positive stimuli in regions associated with positive experience and reward. Visual images were presented to twenty-two subjects in the context of a EPI-BOLD fMRI paradigm. Significant differences in neural responses between SES groups to poverty vs. neutral images were assessed, examining group, condition, and interaction effects. The data suggest that persons living in low-SES have neural experiences consistent with diminished interest in things generally enjoyed and point toward a possible explanation for the relationship between socioeconomic inequalities and mood disorders, such as depression, by SES.
Chemical, electrochemical, and catalytic activity of TCNQFn (n = 0, 2, 4) derivatives towards thiosulphate oxidation: Synthesis and characterisation of redox-active salts containing TCNQFn anions
Creators: name: ALZUBIDI, ANBRAH EBRHEEM A
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Catalysis and mechanisms of reactions
Electrochemistry
Inorganic chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: The work in this thesis is focused on the catalysis for the kinetically very slow [Fe(CN)6]3-/4--S2O32-/S4O62- redox reaction using TCNQFn (n = 0, 2, 4, TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) derivatives and explored the chemistry of TCNQFn (n = 0, 2, 4) derivatives as oxidants for S2O32-/S4O62- redox reaction; and how the fluorine substituents affect these properties. New reactions were found between TCNQFn species and S2O32- not described previously. It was found that TCNQFn species were highly dependent on the extent of fluorination for the oxidation of S2O32-, and each showed distinctly different thermodynamics and kinetics.
The Psychosocial Health of Shan Children in Northwest Thailand
Creators: name: Verma, Nishant
name: Lee, Rufina
name: Su, Celina
name: Chan, Coralie
name: Muennig, Peter A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Shan (Asian people)
Statelessness
Refugee children
Refugee children--Social conditions
Refugee children--Mental health
Refugee children--Psychology
Social status
Public health
South Asians
Social psychology

description: We administered the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to 51 Shan refugee children from Burma who are living in northern Thailand, and collected life histories from 11 of their families. Of the sample, 63% of the children were stateless, and none were Thai citizens. About 30% of the children had normal peer relationship subscores—a number well below Thai norms after correcting for multiple comparisons (p < .001). However, their overall functioning was not different from the Thai population as a whole.
Next generation KATRIN high precision voltage divider for voltages up to 65kV
Creators: name: Bauer, S.
name: Berendes, R.
name: Hochschulz, F.
name: Ortjohann, H. -W.
name: Rosendahl, S.
name: Thümmler, T.
name: Schmidt, M.
name: Weinheimer, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The KATRIN (KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino) experiment aims to determine the mass of the electron antineutrino with a sensitivity of 200meV by precisely measuring the electron spectrum of the tritium beta decay. This will be done by the use of a retarding spectrometer of the MAC-E-Filter type. To achieve the desired sensitivity the stability of the retarding potential of -18.6kV has to be monitored with a precision of 3ppm over at least two months. Since this is not feasible with commercial devices, two ppm-class high voltage dividers were developed, following the concept of the standard divider for DC voltages of up to 100kV of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). In order to reach such high accuracies different effects have to be considered. The two most important ones are the temperature dependence of resistance and leakage currents, caused by insulators or corona discharges. For the second divider improvements were made concerning the high-precision resistors and the thermal design of the divider. The improved resistors are the result of a cooperation with the manufacturer. The design improvements, the investigation and the selection of the resistors, the built-in ripple probe and the calibrations at PTB will be reported here. The latter demonstrated a stability of about 0.1ppm/month over a period of two years.
Proechimys bolivianus Thomas 1901
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys
Proechimys bolivianus

description: Proechimys bolivianus Thomas, 1901. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8:537. TYPE LOCALITY: Bolivia, Dept. La Paz, Mapiri (1,000 m). DISTRIBUTION: Upper Amazon. COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Not recognized by Nowak (1991:943), but listed by Corbet and Hill (1991:205). Listed as a subspecies of cayennensis (= guyannensis) by Cabrera (1961:519).
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
description: {"references": ["Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Fifth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1: 1 - 642; 2: 643 - 1629.", "Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp."]}
Hispanic residential ethnic density and depression in post–acute coronary syndrome patients: Re-thinking the role of social support
Creators: name: Denton, Ellen-Ge D.
name: Shaffer, Jonathan A.
name: Alcantara, Carmela
name: Clemow, Lynn
name: Brondolo, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hispanic Americans--Psychological testing
subject: Depression, Mental--Social aspects
subject: Ethnopsychology
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Background: The ethnic density hypothesis suggests that ethnic density confers greater social support and consequently protects against depressive symptoms in ethnic minority individuals. However, the potential benefits of ethnic density have not been examined in individuals who are facing a specific and salient life stressor.
Aims: We examined the degree to which the effects of Hispanic ethnic density on depressive symptoms are explained by socioeconomic resources and social support.
Methods: Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS, N = 472) completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and measures of demographics, ACS clinical factors and perceived social support. Neighborhood characteristics, including median income, number of single parent households and Hispanic ethnic density, were extracted from the American Community Survey Census (2005–2009) for each patient using his or her geocoded address.
Results: In a linear regression analysis adjusted for demographic and clinical factors, Hispanic ethnic density was positively associated with depressive symptoms (β = .09, standard error (SE) = .04, p = .03). However, Hispanic density was no longer a significant predictor of depressive symptoms when neighborhood characteristics were controlled. The relationship of Hispanic density on depressive symptoms was moderated by nativity status. Among US-born patients with ACS, there was a significant positive relationship between Hispanic density and depressive symptoms and social support significantly mediated this effect. There was no observed effect of Hispanic density to depressive symptoms for foreign-born ACS patients.
Conclusion: Although previous research suggests that ethnic density may be protective against depression, our data suggest that among patients with ACS, living in a community with a high concentration of Hispanic individuals is associated with constrained social and economic resources that are themselves associated with greater depressive symptoms. These data add to a growing body of literature on the effects of racial or ethnic segregation on health outcomes.
Between “Voluntary Migrants” and War Refugees: The Health of the Shan Burmese Migrant Workers in Northern Thailand
Creators: name: Verma, Nishant
name: Su, Celina
name: Chan, Coralie
name: Muennig, Peter A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Shan (Asian people)
Immigrants--Health and hygiene
Refugees--Health and hygiene
Immigrants--Economic conditions
Refugees--Economic conditions
Social status
Public health
South Asians

description: The Shan are a large migrant group from Burma (Myanmar) found within Thailand. While some Shan migrate to escape the civil war within Burma, others migrate for economic opportunity. Despite the size of this population, little is known about their health. Our study highlights the need for expanded access to primary care among this Shan population. Despite the arduous and trying journeys of these Shan migrants, they do not display the level of health sometimes attributed to health selection among immigrant groups.
Storage and retrieval of squeezing in multimode resonant quantum memories
Creators: name: Tikhonov, K.
name: Samburskaya, K.
name: Golubeva, T.
name: Golubev, Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article the ability to record, store, and read out the quantum properties of light is studied. The discussion is based on high-speed and adiabatic models of quantum memory in lambda-configuration and in the limit of strong resonance. We show that in this case the equality between efficiency and squeezing ratio, predicted by the simple beamsplitter model, is broken. The requirement of the maximum squeezing in the output pulse should not be accompanied by the requirement of maximum efficiency of memory, as in the beamsplitter model. We have demonstrated a high output pulse squeezing, when the efficiency reached only about 50%. Comprehension of this "paradox" is achieved on the basis of mode analysis. The memories eigenmodes, which have an impact on the memory process, are found numerically. Also, the spectral analysis of modes was performed to match the spectral width of the input signal to the capacities of the memories.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures, RevTeX4. Submitted to Phys. Rev. A
Proechimys brevicauda
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys
Proechimys brevicauda

description: Proechimys brevicauda (Günther, 1877). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876:748 [1877]. TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Dept, de Loreto, Chamicuros (Rfo Huallago) DISTRIBUTION: Southern Colombia (?), E Peru, NW Brazil. COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Listed as subspecies of longicaudatus by Cabrera (1961:524); listed as species by Corbet and Hill (1991:205) and Nowak (1991:943). Range in S Colombia listed in Nowak (1991), but in Eisenberg (1989:402) this is referred to as the "brevicauda" group.
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
description: {"references": ["Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.", "Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Fifth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1: 1 - 642; 2: 643 - 1629.", "Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The northern Neotropics, vol. 1, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 449 pp."]}
Dynamiques Économiques à Madagascar : Lien entre Croissance, Crises et Stabilité Politique
Creators: name: Ranaivoson, Michel H. P.
name: Andrianady, Josué R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Croissance économique, Crises politiques, Régression Logistique avec transformation Logit, Madagascar.

description: L'île de Madagascar, située dans l'océan Indien, a été le théâtre de crises socio-politiques récurrentes au cours des dernières décennies, qui ont profondément impacté son développement économique. Cet article examine le lien entre la croissance économique et ces crises en utilisant une méthodologie statistique rigoureuse. En analysant des données empiriques, nous identifions les facteurs économiques et institutionnels qui ont déclenché ces périodes tumultueuses. Les résultats soulignent l'importance de la stabilité politique et de variables économiques telles que la croissance, l'inflation et le chômage dans la probabilité de crise. Les implications pour les décideurs politiques et économiques à Madagascar sont significatives, offrant des perspectives pour anticiper et atténuer les effets des crises futures. Cette étude éclaire les mécanismes sous-jacents et renforce l'appel à une gouvernance stable et une gestion économique prudente pour promouvoir un développement durable à long terme.
Moving from crisis to resonance: a summer cinema
Creators: name: Harms, Philip
name: Killinger, Mabel
name: Müller, Susanne
name: Artmann, Martina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Event

description: Essay 10, October 2022, URBNANCE Blog (https://urbnance.ioer.info/en/blog/)
Proechimys canicollis
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys
Proechimys canicollis

description: Proechimys canicollis (J. A. Allen, 1899). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12:200. TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia, Dept. Magdalena, Bonda near Santa Marta (NW base of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta). DISTRIBUTION: NC Colombia according to Eisenberg (1989:403), but also Venezuela according to Corbet and Hill (1991) and Nowak (1991). SYNONYMS: vacillator. COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. The chromosome no. is 2n=24; FN=44.
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
description: {"references": ["Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The northern Neotropics, vol. 1, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 449 pp.", "Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.", "Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Fifth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1: 1 - 642; 2: 643 - 1629."]}
K'ang-hsi wu-shih-ch'i nien pa yüeh shih-liu jih jen-chen wang yüeh-shih-t'u; [1718]
Creators: name: Kögler, Ignaz
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2016

description: Verf. ermittelt. - Text chines. u. mandschur., lat. Übers. am Rande. - Enth. Berechnung der Mondfinsternis vom 16. Tag des 8. Monats 1718
Proechimys cayennensis Desmarest 1817
Creators: name: Woods, Charles A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae
Proechimys
Proechimys cayennensis

description: Proechimys cayennensis Desmarest, 1817. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 10:58. TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne. DISTRIBUTION: E Colombia, the Guianas, southward to C Brazil. SYNONYMS: arabupu, arescens, cherriei, columbianus, guyannensis, hyleae, leioprymna, nesiotes, ochraceus, rattinus, riparum, villicauda. COMMENTS: Subgenus Proechimys. Hershkovitz (1948a) resurected guyannensis E. Geoffroy, 1803 (Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., p. 194) for this species as this name antedates cayennensis. However, see Appendix I for reasons why this publication, and hence guyannensis E. Geoffroy, 1803 is not available. Formerly included warreni (see Husson, 1978:436), guaime, oris, poliopus, trinitatis, and urichi (see Reig et al., 1980). Includes cherriei; see Petter (1978), and Reig et al. (1980). Sometimes includes bolivianus, chrysaeolus, decumanus, magdalenae, mincae, and oconnelli (see Cabrera, 1961), but Corbet and Hill (1991:205) provisionally recognized each as a distinct species. The chromosome no. is 2n=40; FN=54.
description: Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 795-796, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
description: {"references": ["Hershkovitz, P. 1948 a. Mammals of northern Colombia. Preliminary report no. 2: Spiny Rats (Echimyidae), with supplemental notes on related forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 97: 125 - 140.", "Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.", "Husson, A. M. 1978. The mammals of Suriname. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 569 pp., 160 pls.", "Reig, O. A., M. Aguilera, M. A. Barros, and M. Useche. 1980. Chromosomal speciation in a Rassenkreis of Venezuelan spiny rats (genus Proechimys; Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genetica, 52 / 53: 291 - 312.", "Petter, F. 1978. Epidemiologie de la leishmaniose en Guyane francaise en relation avec l'existance d'une espece nouvelle de rongeurs echimyides, Proechimys cuvieri, sp. n. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des seances de l'Academie de Sciences, Paris, ser. D, 287: 261 - 264.", "Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp."]}
Numerical and experimental study of the interaction between two marine current turbines
Creators: name: Mycek, Paul
name: Gaurier, Benoît
name: Germain, Grégory
name: Pinon, Grégory
name: Rivoalen, Elie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The understanding of interaction effects between marine energy converters represents the next step in the research process that should eventually lead to the deployment of such devices. Although some a priori considerations have been suggested recently, very few real condition studies have been carried out concerning this issue. Trials were run on 1/30th scale models of three-bladed marine current turbine prototypes in a flume tank. The present work focuses on the case where a turbine is placed at different locations in the wake of a first one. The interaction effects in terms of performance and wake of the second turbine are examined and compared to the results obtained on the case of one single turbine. Besides, a three-dimensional software, based on a vortex method is currently being developed, and will be used in the near future to model more complex layouts. The experimental study shows that the second turbine is deeply affected by the presence of an upstream device and that a compromise between individual device performance and inter-device spacing is necessary. Numerical results show good agreement with the experiment and are promising for the future modelling of turbine farms.