cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1: of Bronchial Dieulafoyâ s disease: a retrospective analysis of 73 cases
Creators: name: Qian, Xin
name: Du, Qiong
name: Wei, Na
name: Meifang Wang
name: Hansheng Wang
name: Yijun Tang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Table S1. Clinical characteristics of Bronchial Dieulafoyâ s disease. (DOCX 89 kb)
On the asymptotic geometry of abelian-by-cyclic groups
Creators: name: Farb, Benson
name: Mosher, Lee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F65 (primary), 20F69 (secondary)

description: A finitely presented, torsion free, abelian-by-cyclic group can always be written as an ascending HNN extension Gamma_M of Z^n, determined by an n x n integer matrix M with det(M) \ne 0. The group Gamma_M is polycyclic if and only if |det(M)|=1. We give a complete classification of the nonpolycyclic groups Gamma_M up to quasi-isometry: given n x n integer matrices M,N with |det(M)|, |det(N)| > 1, the groups Gamma_M, Gamma_N are quasi-isometric if and only if there exist positive integers r,s such that M^r, N^s have the same absolute Jordan form. We also prove quasi-isometric rigidity: if Gamma_M is an abelian-by-cyclic group determined by an n x n integer matrix M with |det(M)| > 1, and if G is any finitely generated group quasi-isometric to Gamma_M, then there is a finite normal subgroup K of G such that G/K is abstractly commensurable to Gamma_N, for some n x n integer matrix N with |det(N)| > 1.
description: 65 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Acta Mathematica
title: Carex flava agg.
title: Gelb-Segge (Carex flava agg.)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schulz, Herbert
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Diasammlung Herbert Schulz
subject: 580

description: Enthält 7 Bilder der Gelb-Segge.
Mucuna (Stizolobium) Baker 1876
Creators: name: Jiang, Kai-Wen
name: Tian, Bin
name: Pan, Bo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Mucuna

description: Key to the Chinese taxa of Mucuna subg. Stizolobium:
1. Pods curved into S shape....................................................................................................................................................................2
1. Pods straight or slightly irregular curved, but never curved into S shape..........................................................................................3
 2. Pods usually without irritant bristles................................................................................................................. M. pruriens var. utilis
 2. Pods densely covered with irritant hairs...................................................................................................... M. pruriens var. pruriens
 3. The lower part of the inflorescence bears many flowerless nodes with scars and persistent bracts............................... M. bracteata
 3. Bracts all caducous, never persistent on the lower part of inflorescence....................................................... M. pruriens var. hirsuta
description: Published as part of Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin & Pan, Bo, 2022, Legume additions to the flora of China, pp. 1-21 in Phytotaxa 532 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5900839
Additional file 3: of Surgeons and preventive health: a mixed methods study of current practice, beliefs and attitudes influencing health promotion activities amongst public hospital surgeons
Creators: name: Barrett, Stephen
name: Begg, Stephen
name: Sloane, Andrea
name: Kingsley, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Themes and corresponding quotes relating to surgeonsâ attitudes and beliefs towards the management of lifestyle risk factors. (DOCX 16 kb)
The Zilch Electromagnetic Conservation Law Revisited
Creators: name: Aghapour, Sajad
name: Andersson, Lars
name: Rosquist, Kjell
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the zilch conservation law arises as the Noether current corresponding to a variational symmetry of a duality-symmetric Maxwell Lagrangian. The action of the corresponding symmetry generator on the duality-symmetric Lagrangian, while non-vanishing, is a total divergence as required by the Noether theory. The variational nature of the zilch conservation law was previously known only for some of the components of the zilch tensor, notably the optical chirality. By contrast, our analysis is fully covariant and is therefore valid for all components of the zilch tensor. The analysis is presented here for both real and complex versions of duality-symmetric Maxwell Lagrangians.
description: 15 pages, 1 table, no figures
A Model for Topological p-wave Superconducting Wires with Disorder and Interactions
Creators: name: Del Pozo, Frederick
name: Herviou, Loïc
name: Dmytruk, Olesia
name: Hur, Karyn Le
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comprehensive theoretical study of interacting and disordered topological phases of coupled Kitaev wires, which may support further realistic applications of Majorana fermions. We develop a variety of analytical, mathematical and numerical methods for one and two-coupled wires, associated with a topological marker accessible from real-space correlation functions on the wire(s). We verify the stability of the topological superconducting phase and quantify disorder effects close to the quantum phase transitions, e.g. through two-point correlation functions or using a renormalization group (RG) analysis of disorder. We show for the first time that the double critical Ising (DCI) phase -- a fractional Majorana liquid characterized by a pair of half central charges and topological numbers -- is stabilized by strong interactions against disorder which respects the inversion symmetry between the wires (ie. parity conservation on each wire). In the presence of an inter-wire hopping term, the DCI phase turns into a protected topological phase with a bulk gap. We study the localization physics developing along the critical line for weaker interactions.
description: 13 pages, 11 figures (+ Appendices)
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 4 (148)]
Creators: name: Exinus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1338
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Exinus de Aggronibus, consul iustitiae in Cremona, macht den Kurier Cabrinus Tostus zu seinem Boten, damit er zum Haus des verstorbenen Franciscus de Precaris gehe und alle, die Anspruch auf das Erbe erheben, auffordere, sich binnen sechs Tagen zu melden. Es folgt ein weiterer Rechtsakt.
Simulation-Based Analytics for Fabrication Quality-Associated Decision Support
Creators: name: Ji, Wenying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Automated, data-driven quality management systems, which facilitate the transformation of data into useable information, are desired to enhance decision-making processes. Integration of accurate, reliable, and straightforward approaches that measure uncertainty of inspection processes are instrumental for the successful implementation of automated, data-driven quality management systems. This research has addressed these needs by exploring and adapting Bayesian statistics-based approaches for fraction nonconforming posterior distribution derivation purposes. Using these accurate and reliable inputs, this research further develops novel, analytically-based approaches to improve the practical function of traditional construction fabrication quality management systems. Multiple descriptive and predictive analytical functionalities are developed to support and augment quality-associated decision-making processes. Multi-relational databases (e.g., quality management system, engineering design system, and cost management system) from an industrial company in Edmonton, Canada, are investigated and mapped to implement the novel system proposed. This research has contributed to academic literature and practice by: (1) advancing decision-support systems for construction management by developing a dynamic simulation environment that uses real-time data to enhance simulation predictability; (2) developing integrated analytical methods for improved modeling in fabrication quality-associated decision making; and (3) creating reliable and interpretable decision-support metrics for quality performance measurement, complexity analysis, and rework cost management to reduce the data interpretation load of practitioners and to uncover valuable knowledge and information from available data sources.
Uncertainty of Quantum States
Creators: name: Gudder, Stan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The uncertainty of a quantum state is given by the composition of two components. The first is called the quantum component and is given by the probability distribution of an observable relative to the state. The second is the classical component which is an uncertainty function that is applied to the first component. We characterize uncertainty functions in terms of four axioms. We then study four examples called variance, entropy, geometric and sine uncertainty functions. The final section presents the general theory of state uncertainty.
description: 15 pages
title: Electron Transport and Trapping at Metal and Oxide Interfaces with Silicon Carbide
Creators: name: Nicholls, Jordan R
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: semiconductor
subject: silicon carbide (SiC)
subject: metal–SiC interfaces
subject: electron trapping effects
subject: SiC Schottky diodes,
subject: SiC Ohmic

description: To continue to drive performance, the next generations of power semiconductor devices need to explore alternative materials other than silicon. The most promising semiconductor for this is silicon carbide (SiC), owing to its superior physical and electrical properties, while also still being compatible with many existing silicon fabrication techniques. SiC Schottky diodes and SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) are available commercially, but they have yet to reach theoretical performances. Many existing challenges are related to questions regarding electron transport mechanisms in metal–SiC interfaces, and electron trapping effects in both metal–SiC and oxide–SiC interfaces. This thesis is divided into three parts, and each part addresses one of these areas. In Part I, I investigate electron trapping effects in metal–SiC interfaces (Schottky diodes). Chapter 1 reviews how these traps can impact the device characteristics and reduce device reliability. Chapter 2 experimentally investigates the SiC Schottky diode reliability concerns and provides evidence that they are caused by trap effects. Following this, Part II discusses electron transport at metal–SiC interfaces. Chapters 3 and 4 focus on modelling the current-voltage characteristics of SiC Schottky diodes, both as a means of determining the fundamental current mechanisms and also to build a compact model which can be used in circuit simulations. In chapter 5 I develop a neural network model which can predict the specific contact resistance of SiC Ohmic contacts, using details about the anode metal, the doping, and annealing schedule. Then, chapter 6 contains theoretical advancements in the field of modelling current conduction through defects. Finally, Part III investigates electron trapping in SiC MOS structures. In both chapters 7 and 8 I analyse a specific conductance signal, which has been correlated with lower than theoretical mobilities in SiC MOSFETs. My work illuminates what the cause of this signal is and introduces a new technique to characterize it. Overall, the work contained in this thesis covers a broad range of subtopics in the field of SiC devices. Each of the chapters contained within either contributes to our understanding of the physics of SiC interfaces, and/or improves our ability to engineer high quality SiC devices.
Factors Impacting Psychological and Health Outcomes in Mothers and Infants Following NICU Hospitalization of the Infant
Creators: Lotterman, Jennifer Haley
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Clinical psychology
Mothers--Mental health
Neonatal intensive care--Psychological aspects
Psychology, Pathological

description: Purpose: There is evidence that mothers of infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) experience elevated rates of psychopathology. However, most studies have focused on very preterm infants, with little attention to mothers of moderate- to late-preterm infants. In addition, the majority of previous research has been cross-sectional, which does not allow for the examination of symptoms over time. Method: The current study investigated whether rates of psychopathology are elevated in mothers of moderate- to late-preterm infants during/following infant hospitalization in the NICU, and associated protective and risk factors. Mothers completed self-report questionnaires during the infant’s hospitalization and six months later. Results: Mothers of moderate- to late-preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU showed elevated rates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD compared to mothers of term infants at both baseline and six months post-birth. Importantly, no differences in psychopathology between mothers of moderate-preterm and late-preterm infants were found at either time point. A number of important risk factors were identified, including previous maternal mental illness, more severe infant health problems, and a lack of coping skills. Potential protective factors were also identified, including mother-infant contact, maternal optimism, and expectations about the infants potential for recovery. Limitations: The current study did not include mothers who were unable to visit the NICU or fathers/siblings, and future studies might include these groups to better understand familial adjustment to the NICU hospitalization of an infant. In addition, research in the future should examine a larger sample of NICU mothers in order to conduct more in-depth longitudinal analyses of risk and protective factors. Finally, future studies will need to pilot and test the efficacy of the proposed screening and programmatic components in order to assess feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness with the target population. Conclusions: These results may inform the development of NICU programming aimed at buffering the development of psychopathology in mothers. Identified risk and protective factors could help in effectively targeting intervention programs to mothers most in need while the infant is in the hospital and over time.
A Platform-Agnostic Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for Effective Sim2Real Transfer towards Autonomous Driving
Creators: name: Li, Dianzhao
name: Okhrin, Ostap
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has shown remarkable success in solving complex tasks across various research fields. However, transferring DRL agents to the real world is still challenging due to the significant discrepancies between simulation and reality. To address this issue, we propose a robust DRL framework that leverages platform-dependent perception modules to extract task-relevant information and train a lane-following and overtaking agent in simulation. This framework facilitates the seamless transfer of the DRL agent to new simulated environments and the real world with minimal effort. We evaluate the performance of the agent in various driving scenarios in both simulation and the real world, and compare it to human players and the PID baseline in simulation. Our proposed framework significantly reduces the gaps between different platforms and the Sim2Real gap, enabling the trained agent to achieve similar performance in both simulation and the real world, driving the vehicle effectively.
title: Carex serotina
title: Späte Gelb-Segge (Carex serotina)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schulz, Herbert
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Gewöhnliche Gelb-Segge
subject: Carex viridula var. viridula
subject: Diasammlung Herbert Schulz
subject: 580

description: Enthält 1 Bild der Späten Gelb-Segge.
title: Carex lepidocarpa
title: Schuppenfrüchtige Gelb-Segge (Carex lepidocarpa)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schulz, Herbert
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Diasammlung Herbert Schulz
subject: 580

description: Enthält 4 Bilder der Schuppenfrüchtigen Gelb-Segge.
Correlation of heavy and light flavours in simulations
Creators: name: Frajna, Eszter
name: Vertesi, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ring is designed to study the strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. In this paper we investigate correlations of heavy and light flavours in simulations at LHC energies at mid-rapidity, with the primary purpose of proposing experimental application of these methods. Our studies have shown that investigating the correlation images can aid the experimental separation of heavy quarks and help understanding the physics that create them. The shape of the correlation peaks can be used to separate the electrons stemming from b quarks. This could be a method of identification that, combined with identification in silicon vertex detectors, may provide much better sample purity for examining the secondary vertex shift. Based on a correlation picture it is also possible to distinguish between prompt and late contributions to D meson yields.
description: Submitted to MDPI Universe Special Issue "The Zimanyi School and Analytic Hydrodynamics in High Energy Physics"
A Simple Learning Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem
Creators: name: Chen, Kan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a learning algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem based on a simple strategy of trial and adaptation: i) A tour is selected by choosing cities probabilistically according to the ``synaptic'' strengths between cities. ii) The ``synaptic'' strengths of the links that form the tour are then enhanced (reduced) if the tour length is shorter (longer) than the average result of the previous trials. We perform extensive simulations of the random distance traveling-salesman problem. For sufficiently slow learning rates, near optimal tours can be obtained with the average optimal tour lengths close to the lower bounds for the shortest tour lengths.
description: 10 pages, Latex, 3 postscript figures
Additional file 2: of Surgeons and preventive health: a mixed methods study of current practice, beliefs and attitudes influencing health promotion activities amongst public hospital surgeons
Creators: name: Barrett, Stephen
name: Begg, Stephen
name: Sloane, Andrea
name: Kingsley, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Codes, categories and themes relating to surgeonsâ attitudes and beliefs towards the management of lifestyle risk factors. (DOCX 19 kb)
Nonlinear Propagation of Non-Gaussian Uncertainties
Creators: name: Acciarini, Giacomo
name: Baresi, Nicola
name: Lloyd, David
name: Izzo, Dario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This paper presents a novel approach for propagating uncertainties in dynamical systems building on high-order Taylor expansions of the flow and moment-generating functions (MGFs). Unlike prior methods that focus on Gaussian distributions, our approach leverages the relationship between MGFs and distribution moments to extend high-order uncertainty propagation techniques to non-Gaussian scenarios. This significantly broadens the applicability of these methods to a wider range of problems and uncertainty types. High-order moment computations are performed one-off and symbolically, reducing the computational burden of the technique to the calculation of Taylor series coefficients around a nominal trajectory, achieved by efficiently integrating the system's variational equations. Furthermore, the use of the proposed approach in combination with event transition tensors, allows for accurate propagation of uncertainties at specific events, such as the landing surface of a celestial body, the crossing of a predefined Poincaré section, or the trigger of an arbitrary event during the propagation. Via numerical simulations we demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in various astrodynamics applications, including the unperturbed and perturbed two-body problem, and the circular restricted three-body problem, showing that it accurately propagates non-Gaussian uncertainties both at future times and at event manifolds.
title: Carex atrata ssp. aterrima
title: Rußgeschwärzte Segge (Carex atrata ssp. aterrima)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schulz, Herbert
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Trauer-Segge
subject: Diasammlung Herbert Schulz
subject: 580

description: Enthält 11 Bilder der Rußgeschwärzten Segge.
Reformulation of continuum defects in terms of the general teleparallel geometry in the language of exterior algebra
Creators: name: Adak, Muzaffer
name: Dereli, Tekin
name: Kok, Ertan
name: Sert, Ozcan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the geometric formulation of continuum defects consisting of dislocations and disclinations. After reviewing the metric affine geometry and the present geometric formulation of dislocation and disclination written in terms of torsion and full curvature (together with vanishing non-metricity), we give a new formulation of them in a novel way in terms of torsion and non-metricity (together with vanishing full curvature), the so-called general teleparallel geometry. All calculations are performed by using the exterior algebra. We obtain continuity equations explicitly for dislocation density and disclination density.
description: To appear in International Journal of Theoretical Physics
Majority-Vote Cellular Automata, Ising Dynamics, and P-Completeness
Creators: name: Moore, Cristopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study cellular automata where the state at each site is decided by a majority vote of the sites in its neighborhood. These are equivalent, for a restricted set of initial conditions, to non-zero probability transitions in single spin-flip dynamics of the Ising model at zero temperature. We show that in three or more dimensions these systems can simulate Boolean circuits of AND and OR gates, and are therefore P-complete. That is, predicting their state t time-steps in the future is at least as hard as any other problem that takes polynomial time on a serial computer. Therefore, unless a widely believed conjecture in computer science is false, it is impossible even with parallel computation to predict majority-vote cellular automata, or zero-temperature single spin-flip Ising dynamics, qualitatively faster than by explicit simulation.
description: 10 pages with figures
NORMAL RANGE OF PROSTATIC SPECIFIC ANTIGEN AND AGE-RELATED PROSTATIC SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN SCREENING FOR PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA
Creators: name: Atoev, Sherzod
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has emerged as the most useful serum tumor marker in the diagnosis and screening of prostate adenocarcinoma. The current reference normal range (0 to 4.0 ng /mL monoclonal) has neither the sensitivity nor specificity to be generally accepted as a screening test, and alternatives to serum PSA have been proposed, such as PSA density, PSA velocity, and PSA adjusted for age. The age-adjusted definition of PSA takes into account the fact that the prostate enlarges as men age, and that screening should have maximum sensitivity in younger men and maximum specificity in older men.
Factors Associated With Long Term Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery
Creators: DiGiorgi, Mary
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Nutrition

description: Background. Although bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for morbid obesity, long-term weight regain is a significant problem after surgery. Few studies have assessed the association between eating behaviors, psychological factors and lifestyle factors as well as postoperative factors and long term weight regain. This study assesses all of these factors in patients who have undergone gastric bypass (GBP) and laparoscopic adjustable banding (LAGB) procedures. Methods. One hundred eighty patients who underwent primary GBP (n=128) and LAGB (n=52) between 1996 and 2006 with at least five years of follow up data available were included in this study. Patient characteristics, preoperative eating, lifestyle and psychological factors, were assessed across both procedures and for each procedure separately to determine whether they were predictors of substantial long term weight regain. Similar analyses were conducted in each procedure group to determine the association between postoperative outcomes, follow-up and eating and exercise behaviors, and substantial long-term regain. Substantial weight regain was defined as a regain of at least 30% or more of lost weight. Results. Percent weight regain was found to be greater in LAGB compared to GBP (41.0% versus 28.3%, p=.0042). Multivariate analyses showed that confidence in weight loss was a predictor of substantial regain in all patients. Past illicit drug use was a predictor of substantial regain in GBP patients (OR: 1.5, p=.02). LAGB patients who reported eating large portions or frequently dining out before surgery were less likely to exhibit substantial regain (OR: 0.68, p=.0475 and OR: 0.64, p=.004, respectively). Years of follow up showed an increased odds of regain after GBP (OR: 1.05, p=.03). No postoperative factors were associated with regain in LAGB patients. Conclusions. These findings suggest that GBP may maintain weight loss more effectively than LAGB, however past drug users may be at risk for regain after GBP. Patients whose problem preoperative behaviors are primarily eating large portions or frequently dining out may be good candidates for LAGB. Patients who exhibit any lack of confidence in their ability to achieve and maintain weight loss success may be at greater risk of long term regain. Tailored counseling is warranted to address these specific issues in bariatric surgery patients in order to reduce the risk of regain.
Investigation of the WR 11 field at decimeter wavelengths
Creators: name: Benaglia, Paula
name: del Palacio, Santiago
name: H., Ishwara-Chandra C.
name: De Becker, Michael
name: Isequilla, Natacha L.
name: Saponara, Juliana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The massive binary system WR11 has been recently proposed as the counterpart of a Fermi source. If correct, it would be the second colliding wind binary detected in GeV gamma-rays. However, the reported flux measurements from 1.4 to 8.64GHz fail to establish the presence of non-thermal (synchrotron) emission from this source. Moreover, WR11 is not the only radio source within the Fermi detection box. Other possible counterparts have been identified in archival data, some of which present strong non-thermal radio emission. We conducted "-resolution observations towards WR11 at very low frequencies (150 to 1400~MHz) where the NT emission is expected to dominate, and present a catalog of more than 400 radio-emitters, among which a significant part is detected at more than one frequency, including limited spectral index information. A search for counterparts for this last group pointed at MOST0808-471, a source 2' away from WR11, as a promising candidate for high-energy emission, with resolved structure along 325 - 1390 MHz. For it, we reprocessed archive interferometric data up to 22.3 GHz and obtained a non-thermal radio spectral index of -0.97 +- 0.09. However, multiwavelength observations of this source are required to establish its nature and to assess whether it can produce (part of) the observed gamma-rays. WR11 spectrum follows a spectral index of 0.74 +- 0.03 from 150 to 230 GHz, consistent with thermal emission. We interpret that any putative synchrotron radiation from the colliding-wind region of this relatively short-period system is absorbed in the photospheres of the individual components. Notwithstanding, the new radio data allowed to derive a mass loss rate of 0.000025 Mo/yr, which, according to the latest models for gamma-ray emission in WR 11, would suffice to provide the required kinetic power to feed non-thermal radiation processes.
description: Astronomy & Astrophysics accepted; 12 pages, 8 figures
Twisted Classical Phase Space
Creators: name: Czerhoniak, Piotr
name: Nowicki, Anatol
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider relativistic phase space constructed by the twist procedure from the translation sector of the standard, nondeforned Poincare algebra. Using the concept of cross product algebra we derive two kinds of phase space with noncommuting configuration space. The generalized uncertainty relations are formulated.
description: 6 pages, LaTeX; presented by A. Nowicki at the VII-th Colloquium "Quantum Groups and Integrable Systems", Prague 1998, to be published in Czech. J. Phys
title: Pellia epiphylla
title: Gemeines Beckenmoos (Pellia epiphylla)
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Schulz, Herbert
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Diasammlung Herbert Schulz
subject: 580

description: Enthält 9 Bilder des Gemeinen Beckenmooses.
Dynamical transitions in correlated driven diffusion in a periodic potential
Creators: name: Braun, O. M.
name: Dauxois, T.
name: Paliy, M. V.
name: Peyrard, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The diffusion of a two-dimensional array of particles driven by a constant force in the presence of a periodic external potential exhibits a hierarchy of dynamical phase transitions when the driving force is varied. This behavior can be explained by a simple phenomenological approach which reduces the system of strongly interacting particles to weakly interacting quasi-particles (kinks). The richness of the strongly coupled system is however not lost because, contrary to a single-Brownian particle, the array shows an hysteretic behavior even at non-zero temperature. The present investigation can be viewed as a first step toward understanding nanotribology.
description: 4 pages, 3 pictures, revtex to appear in Phys Rev. Lett
Symmetry reduction and exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations
Creators: name: Fushchych, Wilhelm I.
name: Popovych, Roman O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35Q30, 35A30, 35C05, 76D05

description: Ansatzes for the Navier-Stokes field are described. These ansatzes reduce the Navier-Stokes equations to system of differential equations in three, two, and one independent variables. The large sets of exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations are constructed.
description: LaTex2e, 62 pages
Modified general relativity
Creators: name: Nash, Gary
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a Lorentzian spacetime there exists a smooth regular line element field $(\bm{X},-\bm{X}) $ and a unit vector $ \bm{u} $ collinear with one of the pair of vectors in the line element field. An orthogonal decomposition of symmetric tensors can be constructed in terms of the Lie derivative along $ \bm{X} $ of the metric and a product of the unit vectors; and a linear sum of divergenceless symmetric tensors. A modified Einstein equation of general relativity is then obtained by using the principle of least action, the decomposition and a fundamental postulate of general relativity. The decomposition introduces a new symmetric tensor $ \varPhi_{αβ} $ which describes the energy-momentum of the gravitational field. It completes Einstein's equation and addresses the energy localization problem. Variation of the action with respect to $ X^μ $ restricts $u_μ$ to a particular value, which defines the possible Lorentzian metrics. $ Φ$, the trace of $ \varPhi_{αβ} $, describes dark energy. The cosmological constant is dynamically replaced by $ Φ$. A cyclic universe that developed after the Big Bang is described. The dark energy density provides a natural explanation of why the vacuum energy density is so small, and why it dominates the present epoch. Assuming dark matter does not exist, a solution to the modified Einstein equation introduces two additional terms into the Newtonian radial force equation, from which the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation is obtained.
description: This update provides important clarifications in the introduction and section 2
Batched Ranged Random Integer Generation
Creators: name: Brackett-Rozinsky, Nevin
name: Lemire, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Pseudorandom values are often generated as 64-bit binary words. These random words need to be converted into ranged values without statistical bias. We present an efficient algorithm to generate multiple independent uniformly-random bounded integers from a single uniformly-random binary word, without any bias. In the common case, our method uses one multiplication and no division operations per value produced. In practice, our algorithm can more than double the speed of unbiased random shuffling for small to moderately large arrays.
description: software: https://github.com/lemire/batched_random
Vortex -- Kink Interaction and Capillary Waves in a Vector Superfluid
Creators: name: Nepomnyashchy, A. A.
name: Pismen, L. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interaction of a vortex in a circularly polarized superfluid component of a 2d complex vector field with the phase boundary between superfluid phases with opposite signs of polarization leads to a resonant excitation of a ``capillary'' wave on the boundary. This leads to energy losses by the vortex--image pair that has to cause its eventual annihilation.
description: LaTeX 7 pages, no figures
Factors Associated with Telehealth Initiation Among Heart Failure Patients at Home
Creators: Woo, Kyungmi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Information technology
subject: Medical telematics
subject: Heart failure--Patients

description: This dissertation aims to examine factors associated with telehealth initiation among heart failure patients in home care settings using a mixed methods study design. Chapter One identifies the current gap in the literature on telehealth adoption and the significance of this study in filling this gap. Chapter Two provides an integrative review of the literature on factors affecting heart failure patients’ decision making to accept telehealth services in a home setting. Chapter Three presents a quantitative analysis of data from the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) on 2,832 heart failure patients referred to telehealth services using a modified Unified Theory of Acceptance Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework, to identify patient-related factors or characteristics associated with telehealth initiation. Chapter Four describes the findings of a qualitative study using individual telephone interviews with heart failure patients at home to explore reasons for telehealth initiation. Finally, in Chapter Five, the findings of all three studies are summarized and overarching conclusions are reported with a discussion of their relationship to previous research. This chapter concludes with a consideration of the strengths and limitations of the study, and implications for practice, policy, and research.
Heavy- and light-flavor symmetry partners of the $T_{cc}^+(3875)$, the $X(3872)$ and the $X(3960)$ from light-meson exchange saturation
Creators: name: Peng, Fang-Zheng
name: Yan, Mao-Jun
name: Valderrama, Manuel Pavon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spectrum of the charmed meson-(anti)meson system is a fundamental tool for disentangling the nature of a few exotic hadrons, including the recently discovered $T_{cc}^+(3875)$ tetraquark, the $X(3960)$, or the $X(3872)$, the nature of which is still not clear after almost two decades of its discovery. Here we consider that the charmed meson-(anti)meson short-range interaction is described by the exchange of light-mesons ($σ$, $ρ$, $ω$). The effects of light-meson exchanges are recast into a simple contact-range theory by means of a saturation procedure, resulting in a compact description of the two-hadron interaction. From this, if the $T_{cc}^+$ were to be an isoscalar $D^* D$ molecule, then there should exist an isoscalar $J=1$ $D^* D^*$ partner, as constrained by heavy-quark spin symmetry. Yet, within our model, the most attractive two charmed meson configurations are the isovector $J=0$ $D^* D^*$ molecule and its sextet $D_s^* D^*$ and $D_s^* D_s^*$ flavor partners. Finally, we find a tension between the molecular descriptions of the $T_{cc}^+$ and that of the $X(3872)$ and $X(3960)$, where most parameter choices suggest that if the $T_{cc}^+$ is purely molecular then the $X(3872)$ overbinds (or conversely, if the $X(3872)$ is a molecule the $T_{cc}^+$ does not bind). This might be consequential for determining the nature of these states.
description: 13 pages, 4 tables, corresponds with published version
Factors Influencing the Discharge Plan for Terminal Patients Where Alternatives Exist--Home vs. Institution
Creators: Mandel, Heidi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1982
Subjects: Social service
Health services administration
Medical care

description: The major objective of this research was to investigate factors involved in discharge planning for terminal patients and their families where alternatives exist--home vs. institution. This was an exploratory-descriptive survey, utilizing questionnaires and telephone interviews. The respondents were 86 trained social workers from acute care hospitals and hospice units within hospitals. Data collected were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively.

The social workers who responded came from hospitals within one state, and from hospices across the country. Sampling was a two-stage process, with hospitals and hospices selected in the first stage, and social workers in the second.

The major research aims were: (1) Identify the parameters of discharge plans for terminal patients, including those factors already suggested in the literature as being involved in discharge planning. (2) Specify the relative importance among factors that social workers consider in their formulation of discharge plans for terminal patients. (3) Compare differences in worker reactions to discharge planning as between the hospital and hospice settings.

Most social workers felt terminal patients needed nursing services upon discharge, and doctors and nurses were important team members in discharge planning. Hospice workers were more likely than hospital workers to take patients' needs and home conditions into account. Hospice workers recognized patients' spiritual needs and considered religious personnel to be significant team members.

Hospital workers saw their patients as more helpful, while hospice workers perceived their patients to be more accepting of prognosis. Although most social workers felt patients and families needed counseling around death and dying, hospice workers especially noted the need for bereavement counseling. They were more likely than hospital workers to consider the family attitude of leaving the decision of disposition to the patient.

All hospice workers and many hospital workers had personal experience with family and terminal illness. Most workers preferred sending patients home to die, rather than to an institution. Plans to send patients home generated workers' feelings of competence and empathy toward their work, while plans to send patients to institutions provoked feelings of sadness, guilt, and frustration. Generally, workers believed patients were aware of their prognosis, despite their feelings that the patients were not formally told by their physicians.

Principal factors influencing discharge planning were found to be the family's desire to have the patient home, financial conditions, and the patient's desire to go home.
Hypersequents and the Proof Theory of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic
Creators: name: Baaz, Matthias
name: Zach, Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03B50 (Primary) 03B55, 03F05 (Secondary)

description: Takeuti and Titani have introduced and investigated a logic they called intuitionistic fuzzy logic. This logic is characterized as the first-order Goedel logic based on the truth value set [0,1]. The logic is known to be axiomatizable, but no deduction system amenable to proof-theoretic, and hence, computational treatment, has been known. Such a system is presented here, based on previous work on hypersequent calculi for propositional Goedel logics by Avron. It is shown that the system is sound and complete, and allows cut-elimination. A question by Takano regarding the eliminability of the Takeuti-Titani density rule is answered affirmatively.
description: v.2: 15 pages. Final version. (v.1: 15 pages. To appear in Computer Science Logic 2000 Proceedings.)
SL_q(2,R) at Roots of Unity
Creators: name: Ahmedov, H.
name: Dayi, O. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The quantum group SL_q(2,R) at roots of unity is introduced by means of duality pairings with the quantum algebra U_q(sl(2,R)). Its irreducible representations are constructed through the universal T-matrix. An invariant integral on this quantum group is given. Endowed with that some properties like unitarity and orthogonality of the irreducible representations are discussed.
description: 17 pages. Some misprints corrected
Understanding the temperature and pressure dependent electronic properties of FeSi: DFT+DMFT study
Creators: name: Dutta, Paromita
name: Pandey, Sudhir K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electronic structures of FeSi and Fe$_{1.02}$Si$_{0.98}$ under pressure (achieved through volume compression) have been investigated by using DFT+DMFT and KKR-CPA methods, respectively. The widening of band-gap with increasing pressure suggests that the experimentally observed insulator to metal transition temperature should shift towards the higher temperature for FeSi. KKR-CPA calculations have shown the presence of impurity states in the gapped region which predicts the half-metallic nature. The closure of gap (in one spin channel) with pressure increment appears to be responsible for experimentally observed semiconductor to metal transition in Fe excess samples at a temperature below 50 K. Magnetic moments at Fe excess sites are found to be decreasing with increasing pressure from 2.4 $μ_B$ per Fe atom (612 Bohr$^3$) to 1.2 $μ_B$ per Fe atom (507 Bohr$^3$). Moreover, for FeSi the calculated local spin susceptibility has shown decreasing behavior with pressure rise similar to experimental result.
Two-level system with noise: Blue's function approach
Creators: name: Gudowska-Nowak, Ewa
name: Papp, Gabor
name: Brickmann, Juergen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By using the random matrix approach and generalized Blue's function representation we solve analytically the model of an effective two-level system coupled to a noise reservoir. We show that calculated spectral properties of the system are in agreement with the numerically simulated results. We outline possible applications of the model in the field of condensed phase reactions.
description: 17 pages LaTeX, 5 EPS figures included