cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
On Scaling Laws for Multi-Well Nucleation Problems without Gauge Invariances
Creators: name: Rüland, Angkana
name: Tribuzio, Antonio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article we study scaling laws for simplified multi-well nucleation problems without gauge invariances which are motivated by models for shape-memory alloys. Seeking to explore the role of the order of lamination on the energy scaling for nucleation processes, we provide scaling laws for various model problems in two and three dimensions. In particular, we discuss (optimal) scaling results in the volume and the singular perturbation parameter for settings in which the surrounding parent phase is in the first, the second and the third order lamination convex hull of the wells of the nucleating phase. Furthermore, we provide a corresponding result for the setting of an infinite order laminate which arises in the context of the Tartar square. In particular, our results provide isoperimetric estimates in situations in which strong nonlocal anisotropies are present.
description: 26 pages, 5 figures, comments welcome
title: Imaging features of central nervous system lesions in AIDS
Creators: name: Salem, Randa
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: AIDS

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: - To review and illustrate imaging patterns of the main pathological conditions that affects the central nervous system in HIV/AIDS - To study the usefulness of imaging (CT and MRI of the central nervous system) in the diagnosis of neurological...
Times Mirror Poll # 1994-PS0194: Technology in the American Household
Creators: name: Times Mirror Center For The People & The Press
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2005

description: Do/do not read any daily newspapers regularly (3); do/do not watch any TV news programs regularly (3); do/do not listen to news on radio regularly (3); how often go to movies (3); time spent reading daily newspaper yesterday (5); time spent watching TV news yesterday (5); time spent watching TV yesterday apart from news (5); time spent listening to radio news yesterday (3); time spent reading magazines yesterday (4); time spent reading books yesterday (5); did/did not do certain things yesterday (24); participation in any groups or organizations (6); last time respondent wrote a personal letter (2); how often read certain types of publications (8); how often watch/listen to certain programs (14); name of current U.S. vice president (3); Clinton health care reform plan (2); which political party has majority in U.S. House of Representatives (3); name of ethnic group which has conquered much of Bosnia and surrounded city of Sarajevo (2); name of Russian president (3); respondent is outgoing/shy/neither (3); interested/not interested in science and math subjects (3); prefer to go out a lot/stay home in free time (2); buying new products (2); how much enjoy reading (2); how much enjoy keeping up with news (2); do/do not feel overloaded with information (2); computers and technology (7); how much would miss reading newspaper if no longer available (2); special services offered by some newspapers (28); phone services (41); uses for personal computer at home (157); satisfaction with choice of things on television these days (11); usually watch TV and dial around/tune in for specific program (2); remote control for TV (6); TV commercials (2); VCR (14); how easy to find something in video store to watch at home (3); cable TV (6); premium channels (6); pay-per-view (6); prefer to go out to movie theatre/watch movie at home (3); favourite way to get a movie to watch at home (5); home shopping channels (6); video game system (6); satellite dish (6); video camera (2); fax machine (6); ATM card (6); paying bills (4); principal location of respondent's business (2); working for job at home (8); think parents are more/less comfortable using computer than respondent (1); children more/less comfortable using computers than respondent (1).
‘Wuthering Heights’ and the Othering of the Rural
Creators: name: Broome, Sean
Publisher: name: University of Derby
Year: 2015
Subjects: Wuthering Heights, urban, rural, urban/rural Emily Brontë, Brontë, othering, rural identity

description: This thesis explores the notion of rurality as a form of constructed identity. Just as feminist and postcolonial studies identify the formation of hierarchies within gender and ethnicity, I argue that the rural is constructed as inferior in opposition to its binary counterpart, the urban. The effect of this is the othering of the rural. This thesis takes Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights as a case study, using a critical approach to explore the ways in which it presents rurality, and to consider its role in the creation and reproduction of rural identity. The case study suggests that the adoption of a ‘rural reading’, in which an awareness of rural othering is fostered, can be a useful and productive strategy in textual analysis and interpretation. The first three chapters of this thesis focus on rural construction generally. Chapter 1 draws on semiotic theory to examine the creation of binaries, and Derridean notions of linguistic hierarchies to suggest reasons for the inferior position of the rural. Chapter 2 considers the historical location of the urban/rural binary in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, within the context of the Enlightenment, the growth of capitalism, industrialisation and rapid urban expansion. Chapter 3 explores rural othering as a feature of contemporary culture, examining the textual presence of idyllic and anti-idyllic versions of the rural. Chapter 4 introduces the methodology of the case study, explaining the relevance of Wuthering Heights to the study of rural othering, providing a précis of the novel and an overview of previous critical responses. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 explore the three themes of nature, deviance and space. These are derived from the examination of rural construction in Chapter 3. In Chapter 5, the representation of nature in Wuthering Heights is explored, and the presence of animals within the novel in particular. In Chapter 6, the depiction of deviance in Wuthering Heights is discussed, with special focus given to the presence of deviant speech patterns, reflecting changing expectations of behavioural norms in the early nineteenth century. Chapter 7’s consideration of the relationship between space and rurality within Brontë’s novel considers her representation of landscape. Chapter 8 argues that a similar rural reading can be applied to other texts, literary and otherwise, opening up a fresh set of perspectives and possibilities for interpretation.
Materials for "Gender-Fair Translation: A Case Study Beyond the Binary"
Creators: name: Lardelli, Manuel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: non-binary
queer translation
gender-fair language

description: These documents serve as accompanying material for the publication "Gender-Fair Translation: A Case Study Beyond the Binary" (DOI:10.1080/0907676X.2023.2268654) in Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. They represent the preparation material for conducting the study on gender-fair language in translation, the results of which are detailed in the publication.
title: How relevant is Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis
Creators: name: Sporea, Ioan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: Elastography
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Tissue characterisation

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Viral chronic hepatitis is an important worldwide health problem which still affects a great number of individuals. The consequence of liver injuries in the majority of chronic B and C liver diseases is a progressive process of fibrosis. In these...
Facilitators and barriers for bicycle helmet use: protocol for qualitative evidence synthesis
Creators: name: Panigrahi, Sucharita
name: Parveen, Samina
name: Kshatri, Jaya
name: Pati, Sanghamitra
name: Bhaumik, Soumyadeep
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Other Public Health
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: bicycles
subject: helmet
subject: injury prevention
subject: Road traffic injury
subject: vulnerable road user

description: A protocol with the aims to synthesize qualitative evidence on the facilitators and barriers for bicycle helmet use. As far as we understand, this is the first qualitative evidence synthesis on the topic and will provide important insights to inform policy, practice, research and legislation around it.
The viability of ultralight bosonic dark matter in dwarf galaxies
Creators: name: Goldstein, Isabelle S.
name: Koushiappas, Savvas M.
name: Walker, Matthew G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dark matter distribution in dwarf galaxies holds a wealth of information on the fundamental properties and interactions of the dark matter particle. In this paper, we study whether ultralight bosonic dark matter is consistent with the gravitational potential extracted from stellar kinematics. We use velocity dispersion measurements to constrain models for halo mass and particle mass. The posterior likelihood is multimodal. Particle masses of order $m\sim 10^{-22} {\rm{eV}}$ require halos of mass in excess of $\sim 10^{10} M_\odot$, while particle mass of order $m \gtrsim 10^{-20}{\rm{eV}}$ are favored by halos of mass $\sim [10^{8} - 10^{9}] M_\odot$, with a similar behavior to cold dark matter. Regardless of particle mass, the lower halo masses are allowed if stellar dynamics are influenced by the presence of a central black hole of mass at most $\sim 10^{-2}$ the host halo mass. We find no preference for models that contain a black hole over models that do not contain a black hole. Our main conclusion is that either the fuzzy dark matter particle mass must be $m \gtrsim 10^{-20}$ eV, or the Milky Way dwarfs must be unusually heavy given the expected hierarchical assembly of the Milky Way, or the Milky Way dwarfs must contain a central black hole. We find no evidence for either of the last two possibilities and consider them unlikely.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. Replaced with version accepted for publication in Phys Rev D
Resident Involvement in Urologic Robotic Surgery
Creators: name: McMillan, Daniel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Resident inexperience in the operating room has long been debated as a contributor to adverse patient outcomes. Since its introduction, robotic surgery has become an integral part of health care delivery, particularly for the surgical treatment of prostate cancer. The purpose of this paper is to examine the outcomes of resident involvement in urologic robotic procedures. The first section includes a systematic review of the available literature, evaluating the aforementioned topic and identifying potential gaps in this collection of studies. Examination of the four articles that met inclusion criteria demonstrated preliminarily encouraging results of the safety of resident involvement, as well as a need for studies with larger sample sizes and more generalizable results. The second section is original research reporting the results of patient outcomes with and without resident participation in robotic prostatectomies (RP), one of the most common urologic robotic surgeries. Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (2005 – 2011), 5,087 patients who underwent RP were identified to evaluate this relationship. After adjusting for potential confounders, resident involvement did not affect 30-day mortality, serious morbidity or overall morbidity. Resident involvement did, however, result in significantly longer operative times. Nevertheless, the results support that resident participation in RPs appears safe, regardless of postgraduate year level. To date, this study is unique among many of those assessed during the systematic review as it utilizes standardized data from over 200 participating medical centers and includes a significantly larger sample size than any other previously published study on this topic.
title: An intra- and interobserver correlation of shear wave elastography in a phantom model
Creators: name: Popescu, Alina
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Education and training

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The evaluation of liver stiffness (LS) is essential in patients with chronic hepatopathies, therefore a non-invasive, risk-free method well accepted by patient is crucial. The ‘gold standard’ method for the evaluation of LS is liver biopsy, an...
A folded-sandwich polarization-entangled two-color photon pair source with large tuning capability for applications in hybrid quantum architectures
Creators: name: Dietz, Otto
name: Müller, Chris
name: Kreißl, Thomas
name: Herzog, Ulrike
name: Kroh, Tim
name: Ahlrichs, Andreas
name: Benson, Oliver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a two-color entangled pho ton pair source which can be adapted easily to a wide range of wavelengths combinations. A Fresnel rhomb as a geometrical quarter-wave plate and a versatile combination of compensation crystals are key components of the source. Entanglement of two photons at the Cs D1 line (894.3 nm) and at the telecom O-band (1313.1 nm) with a fidelity of $F = 0.753 \pm 0.021$ is demonstrated and improvements of the setup are discussed.
Improving the Hepatitis B Birth Dose Rate at UNC Hospitals
Creators: name: Klodnicki, Susan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Introduction: Re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases has become a public health problem in the United States. Vaccine refusals are now a common occurrence for many reasons and leave populations susceptible to infectious disease. The purpose of this study is to examine the immunization rate of one specific childhood vaccine, the Hepatitis B birth dose given prior to discharge from the hospital, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the patient and provider perceptions surrounding it, in order to suggest future quality improvement measures at a hospital level for improving immunization rates. Methods: The first part of this study consisted of a retrospective chart review of all births at UNC Hospital for the first quarter of 2014. I collected data on Hepatitis B vaccination, mother's Hepatitis B status, provider team, and other demographics in order to estimate the birth dose immunization rate as well as examine specific characteristics of vaccine refusers. The second part of this study was a small face-to-face interview project in which I spoke to patients and providers about their views and practices on the Hepatitis B birth dose using a survey I developed to administer in the newborn nursery at UNC Hospitals. I synthesized data from both the chart review and interviews to suggest policy changes. Results: I reviewed chart data from 722 births in the first quarter of 2014 and revealed a Hepatitis B birth dose refusal rate of 18.0% at UNC Hospitals. Infants who did not receive the birth dose before discharge were more likely to have a white, slightly older mother and private insurance than were those who did receive the vaccine inpatient. In the chart data, patients served by private family medicine providers and Chapel Hill Children's Clinic had the highest refusal rates of receiving the vaccine while the infants were still inpatient. The interviewed patients cited health and prevention as the most important reason for Hepatitis B vaccination, followed in frequency of mention by recommendations from their health care provider. Waiting to get the vaccine in the outpatient setting was the most frequent reason for inpatient refusal. Individual providers have varying methods to approach the birth dose with patients, resulting in the inconsistent refusal rates across specialties. Conclusion: UNC Hospitals can improve the birth dose immunization rate by making quality improvement changes that place importance on provider recommendation, making sure that providers offer patients clear explanations of the risks of forgoing inpatient immunization, and focusing efforts specifically on those providers who have high refusal rates. Other hospital-wide policy changes, such as making the birth dose an opt-out instead of opt-in through the electronic medical record ordering system, are likely to improve immunization rates.
title: The value of wrist MRI and ultrasound scans in the diagnosis of early undifferentiated arthritis
Creators: name: Konarzewska, Aleksandra
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Arthritides
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Musculoskeletal system

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The clinical presentation and laboratory results of patients referred to the rheumatologist with the initial diagnosis of arthritis are in many cases equivocal. Diagnostic imaging can help the clinician to confirm or exclude the diagnosis of...
Jamming transitions in force-based models for pedestrian dynamics
Creators: name: Chraibi, Mohcine
name: Ezaki, Takahiro
name: Tordeux, Antoine
name: Nishinari, Katsuhiro
name: Schadschneider, Andreas
name: Seyfried, Armin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Force-based models describe pedestrian dynamics in analogy to classical mechanics by a system of second order ordinary differential equations. By investigating the linear stability of two main classes of forces, parameter regions with unstable homogeneous states are identified. In this unstable regime it is then checked whether phase transitions or stop-and-go waves occur. Results based on numerical simulations show, however, that the investigated models lead to unrealistic behavior in form of backwards moving pedestrians and overlapping. This is one reason why stop-and-go waves have not been observed in these models. The unrealistic behavior is not related to the numerical treatment of the dynamic equations but rather indicates an intrinsic problem of this model class. Identifying the underlying generic problems gives indications how to define models that do not show such unrealistic behavior. As an example we introduce a new force-based model which produces realistic jam dynamics without the appearance of unrealistic negative speeds for empirical desired walking speeds.
description: 20 pages, 15 figures, published in PRE
title: Illegal drug transportation: how to make diagnosis using CT imaging
Creators: name: Cosconati, Ernesto
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: CT
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Emergency
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The purpose of our educational exhibit is to: Be able to identify different types of body packets on non-contrast abdominal CT. Evaluate, using imaging features, the possibilities of...
Convex Quantization Preserves Logconcavity
Creators: name: Pla, Pol del Aguila
name: Boquet-Pujadas, Aleix
name: Jaldén, Joakim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A logconcave likelihood is as important to proper statistical inference as a convex cost function is important to variational optimization. Quantization is often disregarded when writing likelihood models, ignoring the limitations of the physical detectors used to collect the data. These two facts call for the question: would including quantization in likelihood models preclude logconcavity? are the true data likelihoods logconcave? We provide a general proof that the same simple assumption that leads to logconcave continuous-data likelihoods also leads to logconcave quantized-data likelihoods, provided that convex quantization regions are used.
description: 5 pages, Accepted in the IEEE Signal Processing Letters
title: Magnetic Resonance findings of ruptured intracranial dermoid cysts; a report of ten cases.
Creators: name: Gunbey Karabekmez, Leman
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Localisation
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Cysts

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of the study is to present 10 relatively rare intracranial ruptured dermoid cysts and discuss their...
A Detailed Analysis of Flavour-changing Decays of Top Quarks as a Probe of New Physics at the LHC
Creators: name: Bardhan, Debjyoti
name: Bhattacharyya, Gautam
name: Ghosh, Diptimoy
name: Patra, Monalisa
name: Raychaudhuri, Sreerup
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: If the LHC should fail to observe direct signals for new physics, it may become necessary to look for new physics effects in rare events such as flavour-changing decays of the top quark, which, in the Standard Model, are predicted to be too small to be observed. We set up the theoretical framework in which experimentally accessible results can be expected in models of new physics, and go on to discuss two models of supersymmetry -- one with conserved $R$-parity, and one without $R$-parity -- to illustrate how the flavour-changing signals are predicted in these models. In the latter case, there is a distinct possibility of detecting the rare decay $t \to c + Z^0$ at the LHC. We also present a detailed set of very general formulae which can be used to make similar calculations in diverse models of new physics.
description: Version which appears in PRD
Evaluation of the health disparities and health access issues for cognitively impaired individuals with physical disabilities who require Physical and/or Occupational Therapy
Creators: name: McNeil, Mariama
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: People with developmental disabilities face many issues when trying to attain quality access to healthcare and an improvement in their overall quality of life. As the debate continues on the importance of establishing a healthcare system which will benefit and meet the healthcare needs of all Americans, more complex issues has become increasingly apparent. The issues related to, the dynamics and definitions of quality healthcare have swiftly emerged, provoking some nationwide uncertainty and difficult questions that will require thoughtful responses and hopefully prompt resolution as individuals with disabilities demand a higher standard of care. Questions such as how to best apply overall quality healthcare services to those inflicted with chronic diseases, how to best serve an increasingly aging population with disabling conditions and what methods of treatment and public service are truly most advantageous for this population are of growing concern. As chronic disease surveillance increases, the transparency and blatancy of more problematic conditions will move toward the forefront of a list of health issues that will need to be addressed in the 21st century. Developmental disabilities and their associated secondary conditions are some of the primary issues that will have to be tackled as the discussion ensues concerning the best ways to serve this ever growing population. As the idea of quality of life is thoroughly analyzed and the definitions of quality of life are debated, public health practioners, will have to speak to how to better prepare the community, private and public facilities with physical and occupational therapists who are trained and informed on the intricacies they will face when treating a slowly deteriorating physical, mental and aging population. The developmentally disabled in conjunction with their caregivers must be prepared to face greater challenges when finding people that are adequately outfitted to deal with a number of conditions that place further limitations on their care. These preliminary efforts will need the combined public efforts to help change attitudes in the ways that the community views and reacts to these individuals.
title: A Cloud-based PACS-like Atlas of Imaging Anatomy
Creators: name: Borgbjerg, Jens
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Workforce
subject: Education
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: PACS
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Computer applications
subject: Anatomy

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Acquisition of radiological anatomical skills with an interactive learning...
The North Carolina Diabetic Retinopathy Telemedicine Network: Final Program Evaluation
Creators: name: Jani, Pooja
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Importance: Retinal tele-screening with remote expert interpretation is an emerging strategy for providing diabetic retinopathy (DR) evaluations in the primary care setting and is especially useful in reaching patients living in rural and underserved areas. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of telemedicine in providing retinal screenings to patients with diabetes who participated in the North Carolina Diabetic Retinopathy Telemedicine Network (NCDRTN). Design: Cross-sectional study conducted from January 2014 to November 2015. Setting: 5 Area Health Education Center (AHEC) primary care clinics which serve rural and underserved populations in North Carolina. Participants: 1787 patients with diabetes received retinal screening photographs with remote expert interpretation to determine the presence and severity of DR. Participants included patients aged 18 years or older with Type I or Type II diabetes mellitus who presented to these 5 clinics for their routine diabetes care. Of these patients, 1661 with complete data were included in the statistical analysis. Main Outcomes and Measures: Identification of patient characteristics associated with DR and ophthalmologist referral as well as percentage increase in DR screening rates at the 5 clinics. Results: 1661 patients with complete data were included in the analysis. 1323 (79.7%) had no DR, 183 (11.0%) had DR without referral, and 155 (9.3%) had DR with referral. Age and race were not associated with DR, but were associated with referral. Older patients (OR = 1.28) and African American patients (OR = 1.84) or another minority (OR = 2.19) had greater odds of referral when compared to those who were Caucasian and/or younger by 10 year increments. Patients with higher HgA1c levels (OR = 1.19) and longer duration of diabetes (OR = 1.76) had increased odds of having DR that required referral. Stroke (OR = 1.65) and kidney disease (OR = 1.59) were the comorbid conditions most associated with DR and referral in our study population. The mean reported pre-implementation DR screening rate among the 5 clinics was 25.6% and the post-implementation DR screening rate in active patients was 40.4%. Conclusions and Relevance: When implemented in the primary care setting, telemedicine is an effective intervention for increasing the reach of DR screening in patients with diabetes who otherwise face access barriers to proper and timely eye care.
Outcomes of transobturator sling placement in men with incontinence secondary to radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for prostate cancer: A systematic review
Creators: name: Ajay, Divya
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Background: The transobturator male sling is a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with post-prostatectomy stress urinary continence. There is evidence that post-sling continence outcomes are worse in men with radiotherapy in addition to a radical prostatectomy compared to men with radical prostatectomy alone. However, this evidence is inconsistent. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the male transobturator sling placement after radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy to examine patient reported continence outcomes, satisfaction and adverse events. Methods: We searched Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science and Scopus electronic databases for studies assessing transobturator sling placement in men with incontinence secondary to radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Two reviewers independently selected studies for inclusion based on pre-specified criteria. Trials and observational studies examining any of the following outcomes were eligible: patient reported post-operative measures of urinary continence, patient reported post-operative satisfaction or quality of life, and adverse events from the surgery. Two reviewers independently assessed the risk-of-bias of included studies. Results: There were 126 patients available for analysis of post-operative outcomes from 8 studies (6 retrospective and 2 prospective cohort studies) with sample sizes ranging from 5 to 30 participants. Most studies were rated as fair quality. Follow-up ranged from 12 to 24 months. Authors used differing definitions of post-operative success (e.g. pad-free, 0-1 pads per day, etc.). Success rates ranged from 0 to 55 percent across all included studies. About half of the patients reported post-operative satisfaction with the procedure. Most commonly observed adverse events with post-operative acute urinary retention and urethral injuries. Conclusion: Men with urinary incontinence secondary to radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy have poor success rates with the transobturator sling. Fifty percent (at best) report satisfaction with surgery. Complications were infrequently reported but included acute urinary retention and urethral erosions. Future research should control for confounders like pad weight, obesity, sphincter coaptation, etc. when reporting outcomes. Also, outcome measures need to be standardized using 24-hour pad weight test and ICIQ.
British Gallup Poll CQ 635
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); James Callaghan job performance (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); party support (2); 1974 General Election (2); voted Liberal Party (1); future of Liberal Party (12); heard of KY Jelly (1); paperback books (14); vacation abroad (3).
title: M staging of non-small-cell lung cancer with integrated positron-emission tomography and computed tomography.
Creators: name: Lepekhin, Ivan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Lung
subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: PET-CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Staging
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Lung cancer is one of the major social problems of the XXI century, due to the steady increase in the incidence, high mortality rates, high economic costs for treatment. The exact definition of stage of disease, choice of an appropriate treatment...
title: An Investigation into the Relationship Between Adenine Modification and Cobamide Lower Base Synthesis
Creators: name: Mhlongo, Khethile
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: Cobalamin, also known as vitamin B12 is a widely used cofactor in cellular metabolism but is only synthesized in a few species of prokaryotes. Interestingly, cobalamin in the large intestine is not bioavailable. But 25% of sequenced human intestinal bacteria have the capacity to produce corrinoids and 80% produce gene products that potentially require corrinoids, leading to some questions about the diversity of cobamides. This project specifically takes interest in adenine and 2-methyladenine as lower ligands in cobamides. Which are present in some biomes such as the large intestine and are even produced by the flora which reside there. Even though they appear frequently in samples, little is known about the precursors to these lower ligands. RlmN is a dual specificity methyl transferase which methylates adenine residues on tRNA and rRNA. In this project, we seek to investigate the effects of adenine supplementation and the deletion of this adenine methyltransferase on the lower ligands of cobamides synthesized by genetically modified E. coli. This project demonstrated that the deletion of the rlmN gene was possible via CRISPR Cas9 gene deletion facilitated by homology directed repair with donor DNA. Additionally, it was demonstrated that the deletion may affect the growth rate of the deletion strain but is ultimately non-lethal. Adenine supplementation appeared to impact the variety of lower ligand incorporated to form a cobamide in the absence of DMB. Without supplemented adenine, as an intracellular booster or externally with powder, 2-methyladenine appears to be the main preferred lower ligand to be incorporated into a cobamide and produces the highest ratio of cobamides. Contrastingly, when supplemented with adenine, with an intracellular booster or externally, adenine becomes the main lower ligand of the cobamides produced by ratio. Interestingly, the addition of an intracellular adenine booster results in the loss of GDP cobinimide production. This project demonstrates the that the precursors for 2-methyladenine as a lower base are of intracellular origin, possibly from rlmN methylated t-RNA. Additionally, we have demonstrated that cobamides are preferentially produced when supplemented with adenine, even in the absence of DMB.
Faithfulness and sensitivity for ancilla-assisted process tomography
Creators: name: Lie, Seok Hyung
name: Jeong, Hyunseok
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A system-ancilla bipartite state capable of containing the complete information of an unknown quantum channel acting on the system is called faithful. The equivalence between faithfulness of state and invertibility of the corresponding Jamiolkowski map proved by D'Ariano and Presti has been a useful characterization for ancilla-assisted process tomography albeit the proof was incomplete as they assumed trace nonincreasing quantum operations, not quantum channels. We complete the proof of the equivalence and introduce the generalization of faithfulness to various classes of quantum channels. We also explore a more general notion we call sensitivity, the property of quantum state being altered by any nontrivial action of quantum channel. We study their relationship by characterizing both properties for important classes of quantum channels such as unital channels, random unitary operations and unitary operations. Unexpected (non-)equivalence results among them shed light on the structure of quantum channels by showing that we need only two classes of quantum states for characterizing quantum states faithful or sensitive to various subclasses of quantum channels. For example, it reveals the relation between quantum process tomography and quantum correlation as it turns out that only bipartite states that has no local classical observable at all can be used to sense the effect of unital channels.
British Gallup Poll CQ 930
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); Neil Kinnock job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); David Owen job performance (1); party preference (2); 1983 election (2); most important trade union problem (1); trade unions as good or bad (1); power of trade unions (1); union leaders views as representative (1); employers encouraging staff to join unions (1); Conservative Party relationship with unions (2); reforming trade union law (2); strikes as justified (1); jailing union leaders (1); agreement with various statements (9); unions deserving bad reputation (1); sympathies in coal industry dispute (1); approval of miners' methods (2); overall effect of dispute on miners (1); government ending coal dispute (1); Trade Unions Congress involvement (1); unions controlled by Communists (1).
Diboson excess in the Higgs singlet and vector-like quark models
Creators: name: Chen, Chuan-Hung
name: Nomura, Takaaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Diboson resonance with mass of $1.8-2$ TeV is reported successively by CMS and ATLAS experiments in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV. We investigate the potentiality of Higgs singlet as the TeV resonance. The challenges of low production cross section and high width for a fundamental scalar could be got over by three factors: (1) larger Yukawa couplings, (2) larger number of heavy quarks and (3) smaller mixing angle with standard model Higgs. We find that the required factors could be realized in the framework of two vector-like triplet quarks (VLTQs) and the resulting production cross section and decay fraction of heavy Higgs $σ(pp\to H )\times {\rm BR}(H\to W^+ W^- + ZZ)$ can be of ${\cal O}(10)$ fb when masses of new heavy quarks are 1 TeV, the values of Yukawa couplings are around $3$ and the mixing angle is $\sinθ\sim 0.11$. Furthermore, we study the product of VLTQ-pair production cross section and the BRs of VLTQ decays, and find that the cross sections in the decay channels, such as $u_{4,5} \to b W^+$, $d_5 \to t W^-$ and $d_4 \to b h(Z)$ could be $7-17$ fb at 13 TeV LHC.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures, gluon fusion production cross section and diphoton decay process of SM Higgs are addressed, reference added
Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid from the Perspective of Workplace End UseRs - EMPOWER
Creators: name: Wood, Kerry
name: callaghan, patrick
name: Atanda, Opeyemi
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Other Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: The study is the first to evaluate the effect of MHFA in the workplace on employees with direct and indirect experience of the intervention, when compared with usual practice. Being also the first to assess, systematically, the social impact of MHFA and investigate its cost-effectiveness adds to the originality of the study. The study promises to yield important data, as yet unknown, regarding the cost-effectiveness of MHFA in the workplace, implementation issues, and the sustainability of MHFA in the workplace.
Are Resilience Programs Effective in the Workplace?
Creators: name: Byun, Hannah
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: With the continued increase in healthcare spending, it is critical that employers implement and evaluate the effectiveness of workplace resilience programs. Resilience programs have the ability to improve health and wellness with participants in its programs. Increased expectations on employees to spend numerous hours at work to meet deadlines is not sustainable, and may have significant impacts on health outcomes and productivity. Adoption of resilience programs have the potential to benefit not only employee wellness but may also be beneficial for productivity and budgets within the worksite. Understanding resiliency and how it impacts one’s life is essential to creating productive and successful behavioral changes within individuals. A meta-analysis of the literature of an organization’s Resiliency Programs and analysis of Johnson & Johnson’s Corporate Athlete Program are conducted. This program shows an increase in resilience and productivity of the worker. Most of these principles are utilized and carried over into one’s personal life as well. Though the impact of workplace resilience programs is modest, workplace resilience programs still can be effective on an individual level.
Proses Sertifikasi Halal Self Declare di Sentra Wisata Kuliner Convention Hall Surabaya dan UMKM di Wilayah Benowo Surabaya: Studi Perbandingan
Creators: name: Nasori, Nasori
name: Puspitasari, Nurisma
name: Saifuddin, Saifuddin
name: Gunawan, Setiyo
name: Rubiyanto, Agus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Komite Fatwa
halal
umkm
sentra wisata kuliner
self declare
surabaya

description: Kegiatan ini merupakan sebuah penelitian yang membahas tentang proses sertifikasi halal self-declare di Sentra Wisata Kuliner Convention Hall Surabaya dan UMKM di Wilayah Benowo Surabaya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan perbedaan dalam proses sertifikasi halal antara kedua lokasi tersebut, serta menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan sertifikasi halal pada UMKM.
 Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menjelaskan tahapan-tahapan pendampingan sertifikasi halal di kedua lokasi, termasuk musyawarah dengan pengurus Sentra Wisata Kuliner, pendataan UMKM, pendampingan dalam pengisian website OSS dan sihalal, serta proses verifikasi dan validasi di tempat produksi. Penulis juga menyoroti pentingnya sertifikasi halal bagi UMKM dan persyaratan sertifikasi
 halal gratis.
 Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya perbedaan dalam penerimaan, pengetahuan, dan edukasi antara kedua kelompok usaha ini. UMKM di wilayah Benowo Surabaya Barat memiliki tingkat keberhasilan yang lebih tinggi dalam proses sertifikasi halal dibandingkan dengan Sentra Wisata Kuliner Convention Hall Surabaya. Salah satu perbedaan yang mencolok adalah dalam pemilihan dan penggunaan bahan sembelihan.
 Artikel ini juga memberikan referensi terkait industri halal di Indonesia, yang dapat menjadi kontribusi penting dalam pengetahuan yang sudah ada di bidang ini. Penelitian ini memiliki implikasi praktis bagi para pembuat kebijakan, pemilik UMKM, dan pemangku kepentingan lainnya yang terlibat dalam industri halal.
 Secara keseluruhan, penelitian ini memberikan pemahaman yang lebih mendalam tentang proses sertifikasi halal self-declare di Sentra Wisata Kuliner Convention Hall Surabaya dan UMKM di Wilayah Benowo Surabaya. Artikel ini diharapkan dapat menjadi sumbangan berharga dalam literatur tentang proses sertifikasi halal dan implikasinya bagi UMKM.
Assessing the Trends Describing the ImpAn Assessment of the Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on HIV-Related Eye Diseases
Creators: name: Price, Alan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: People with HIV/AIDS have dealt with ocular complications of their disease since the beginning of the epidemic as recognized in 1981. Many studies were done describing incidence, prevalence, treatment and management of eye diseases caused by HIV in years before and after the introduction of the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This paper identifies studies directed at HIV related eye disease in the era after the introduction of HAART and finds evidence of the positive effects of HAART for some eye diseases. Examples of eye diseases with evidence of positive effects of HAART include cytomegalovirus retinitis and HIV retinopathy. Many populations have experienced a reduction in the incidence and prevalence of these and other HIV eye diseases in the era of HAART. While these trends are highly suggestive of the benefits of HAART for treating some HIV related eye diseases, further research is needed to strengthen the causal link for those conditions where improvements have been seen and to more clearly identify other ocular conditions that may benefit from HAART. Such evidence is critical when looking at the global picture of HIV eye disease because HIV eye disease is still a significant burden globally Many of the 34 million people in the world affected with HIV do not have access to treatment of HIV with HAART, and so it is important to look at the characteristics of individual HIV-related eye diseases and ascertain the impact of HAART use on these diseases, to build the evidence base for documenting the benefits of HAART in treating HIV ocular conditions, worldwide. An important step in identifying the benefits of HAART on specific HIV related eye diseases includes presenting a trend analysis comparing situations when HAART is used and when it is not used This information can then be used to inform practice and develop plans for further research. This paper presents the first steps in this research process by carefully reviewing these trends for a wide range of eye diseases that are related to HIV. The findings described in this paper not only provide support for further studies, but also can serve as hypothesis generating results to help design such studies. The importance of undertaking such studies is directly related to practice based evidence that using widespread HAART could lessen the burden of HIV eye diseases in populations that have not currently adopted widespread HAART use.
British Gallup Poll CQ 931
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); Neil Kinnock job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); David Owen job performance (1); party preference (2); 1983 election (2); descriptions of various politicians (165).
title: Magnetic resonance imaging findings and Spectrum of Etiologies in children epilepsy
Creators: name: Alami, Badreeddine
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Seizure disorders
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: To become familiar with Magnetic resonance imagingtechniques and findings inchildren epilepsy. To be aware of the main etiologies ofchildren...