cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Classification of Argyres-Douglas theories from M5 branes
Creators: name: Wang, Yifan
name: Xie, Dan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain a large class of new 4d Argyres-Douglas theories by classifying irregular punctures for the 6d (2,0) superconformal theory of ADE type on a sphere. Along the way, we identify the connection between the Hitchin system and three-fold singularity descriptions of the same Argyres-Douglas theory. Other constructions such as taking degeneration limits of the irregular puncture, adding an extra regular puncture, and introducing outer-automorphism twists are also discussed. Later we investigate various features of these theories including their Coulomb branch spectrum and central charges.
description: 35 pages, 9 tables, 6 figures. v2: minor corrections
Colloidal superlattices for unnaturally high-index metamaterials at broadband optical frequencies
Creators: name: Lee, Seungwoo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent advance in the assembly of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) has enabled sophisticated engineering of unprecedented light-matter interaction at the optical domain. In this work, I expand the design flexibility of NP optical metamaterial to push the upper limit of accessible refractive index to the unnaturally high regime. The precise control over the geometrical parameters of NP superlattice monolayer conferred the dramatic increase in electric resonance and related effective permittivity far beyond the naturally accessible regime. Simultaneously, effective permeability, another key factor to achieving high refractive index, was effectively suppressed by reducing the thickness of NPs. By establishing this design rule, I have achieved unnaturally high refractive index (15.7 at the electric resonance and 7.3 at the quasi-static limit) at broadband optical frequencies (100 THz ~ 300 THz). I also combined this NP metamaterial with graphene to electrically control the high refractive index over the broad optical frequencies.
Novel Spin-Orbital Phases Induced by Orbital Dilution
Creators: name: Brzezicki, Wojciech
name: Cuoco, Mario
name: Oleś, Andrzej M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that magnetic $3d$ impurities with $S=3/2$ spins and no orbital degree of freedom induce changes of spin-orbital order in a $4d^4$ Mott insulator with $S=1$ spins. Impurities act either as spin defects which decouple from the surrounding ions, or trigger orbital polarons along $3d$-$4d$ bonds. The $4d$-$4d$ superexchange in the host $J_{\rm host}$ competes with $3d$-$4d$ superexchange $J_{\rm imp}$ --- it depends on which orbital is doubly occupied. The spin-orbital order within the host is totally modified at doping $x=1/4$. Our findings provide new perspective for future theoretical and experimental studies of doped transition-metal oxides.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Investigation of the effect of aerosol acidity, oxidant type, and nucleation on MBO- derived SOA composition and yield
Creators: name: Gopinathan, Vineet Raja
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Fine particulate matter (PM2.5, aerosol with aerodynamic diameters ≤ 2.5 μm) has been classified
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an important air pollutant to mitigate due
to its adverse impacts on human health, air quality and climate change. Prior research has shown
that the atmospheric oxidation of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (232-MBO), a volatile organic
compound (VOC) emitted from coniferous trees, leads to the formation of PM2.5 in the presence
of anthropogenic pollutants. The goal of this honors thesis work was to resolve the exact
chemical formation mechanisms of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) derived from MBO
ozonolysis in the presence of acidic sulfate aerosol. SOA is a type of PM2.5 that is formed from
the oxidation of volatile organic compounds such as MBO. Experiments were conducted in a 10-
m3 Teflon smog chamber. SOA constituents were characterized at the molecular level by using
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/quadruopole timeof-
flight mass spectrometry equipped with electrospray ionization (LC/(-)ESI-QTOFMS) in the
negative ion mode. Furthermore, total organic peroxide content of the SOA was determined
using an iodometeric spectroscopic method. Preliminary results indicate that the presence of
acidic sulfate aerosol doubled the SOA mass loadings compared to less acidic sulfate aerosol.
Characterization of the SOA at the molecular level revealed the formation 2-methylerythritol and
2-dihydroxyisopentanol, which might serve as potential tracer (marker) compounds for this type
of SOA in PM2.5 collected from field studies. Analysis of peroxide content of select experiments
showed that conditions that produced the highest concentration of peroxides were acidic seed in
the presence of no OH scavenger.
COVID-19 Interpersonal Coping Study
Creators: name: Blair, Karen
name: Courtice, Erin
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: A daily diary study focusing on interpersonal coping, isolation, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. We are pre-registering our methods and measures, but our specific analyses will largely be exploratory based on a set of guiding research questions.
A possible influence on standard model of quasars and active galactic nuclei in strong magnetic field
Creators: name: Peng, Qiu-He
name: Liu, Jing-Jing
name: Chou, Chih-Kang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent observational evidence indicates that the center of our Milky Way harbours a super-massive object with ultra-strong radial magnetic field (Eatough et al., 2013). Here we demonstrate that the radiations observed in the vicinity of the Galactic Center (GC) (Falcke and Marko 2013) cannot be emitted by the gas of the accretion disk since the accreting plasma is prevented from approaching to the GC by the abnormally strong radial magnetic field. These fields obstruct the infalling accretion flow from the inner region of the disk and the central massive black hole in the standard model. It is expected that the observed radiations near the Galactic Center cannot be generated by the central black hole. We also demonstrate that the observed ultra-strong radial magnetic field near the Galactic Center ( Eatough et al., 2013) cannot be generated by the - turbulence dynamo mechanism of Parker since preliminary qualitative estimate in terms of this mechanism gives a magnetic field strength six orders of magnitude smaller than the observed field strength at . However, both these difficulties or the dilemma of the standard model can be overcome if the central black hole in the standard model is replaced by a supper-massive stellar object containing magnetic monopoles ( SMSOMM, Peng and Chou, 2001). The observed power peaking of the thermal radiation is essentially the same as our theoretical prediction. In addition, the discovery of the ultra-strong radial magnetic field near the Galactic Center can be naturally explained and is consistent with the prediction of our model( Peng and Chou 2001). Furthermore, the observed ultra-strong radial magnetic field in the vicinity of the Galactic Center may be considered as the astronomical evidence for the existence of magnetic monopoles as predicted by the Grand Unified Theory of particle physics.
description: 11 pages, Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1404.0677 by other authors
Observation of EIT-enhanced cross-phase modulation in the short-pulse regime
Creators: name: Dmochowski, Greg
name: Feizpour, Amir
name: Hallaji, Matin
name: Zhuang, Chao
name: Hayat, Alex
name: Steinberg, Aephraim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an experiment using a sample of laser-cooled Rb atoms to show that cross-phase modulation schemes continue to benefit from electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) even as the transparency window is made narrower than the signal bandwidth (i.e., for signal pulses much shorter than the response time of the EIT system). Addressing concerns that narrow EIT windows might not prove useful for such applications, we show that while the peak phase shift saturates in this regime, it does not drop, and the time-integrated effect continues to scale inversely with EIT window width. This integrated phase shift is an important figure of merit for tasks such as the detection of single-photon-induced cross phase shifts.
Numerical simulations of transverse oscillations in radiatively cooling coronal loops
Creators: name: Magyar, N.
name: Van Doorsselaere, T.
name: Marcu, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We aim to study the influence of radiative cooling on the standing kink oscillations of a coronal loop. Using the FLASH code, we solved the 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations. Our model consists of a straight, density enhanced and gravitationally stratified magnetic flux tube. We perturbed the system initially, leading to a transverse oscillation of the structure, and followed its evolution for a number of periods. A realistic radiative cooling is implemented. Results are compared to available analytical theory. We find that in the linear regime (i.e. low amplitude perturbation and slow cooling) the obtained period and damping time are in good agreement with theory. The cooling leads to an amplification of the oscillation amplitude. However, the difference between the cooling and non-cooling cases is small (around 6% after 6 oscillations). In high amplitude runs with realistic cooling, instabilities deform the loop, leading to increased damping. In this case, the difference between cooling and non-cooling is still negligible at around 12%. A set of simulations with higher density loops are also performed, to explore what happens when the cooling takes place in a very short time (tcool = 100 s). We strengthen the results of previous analytical studies that state that the amplification due to cooling is ineffective, and its influence on the oscillation characteristics is small, at least for the cases shown here. Furthermore, the presence of a relatively strong damping in the high amplitude runs even in the fast cooling case indicates that it is unlikely that cooling could alone account for the observed, flare-related undamped oscillations of coronal loops. These results may be significant in the field of coronal seismology, allowing its application to coronal loop oscillations with observed fading-out or cooling behaviour.
Personality and responses to the coronavirus pandemic
Creators: name: Blagov, Pavel
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Personality and Social Contexts
subject: Health Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: abbreviated measure of psychopathy
subject: coronavirus
subject: Covid-19
subject: dark triad
subject: disinhibition
subject: endangering others
subject: extended parallel process model
subject: five-factor model
subject: health behavior
subject: health-risk behavior
subject: infectious respiratory disease
subject: Machiavellianism
subject: meanness
subject: pandemic
subject: psychopathy
subject: public-health messaging
subject: respiratory disease
subject: schema-congruency theory
subject: short dark triad
subject: triarchic model of psychopathy

description: Adaptive and Dark Personality in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Predicting Health-behavior Endorsement and the Appeal of Public-health Messages
The BMS Equation and c\bar{c} Production; A Comparison of the BMS and BK Equations
Creators: name: Marchesini, Giuseppe
name: Mueller, A. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce two processes where the BMS equation appears in a context quite different from the original context of non-global jet observables. We note the strong similarities of the BMS equation to the BK and FKPP equations and argue that these, essentially identical equations, can be viewed either in terms of the probability, or amplitude, of something not happening or in terms of the nonlinear terms setting unitarity limits. Mostly analytic solutions are given for (i) the probability that no $c\bar{c}$ pairs be produced in a jet decay and (ii) the probability that no-$c\bar{c}$ pairs be produced in a high energy dipole nucleus scattering. Both these processes obey BMS equations, albeit with very different kernels.
description: 14 pages
Rilprivirine  and dolutegravir  intravaginal rings for the prevention of HIV transmission:  in vitro and in vivo studies
Creators: name: Wells, Charlotte
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) poses a large burden on global health. Through the
development of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV infected individuals are living
longer lives with undetectable viral loads. In spite of the advancement in treatment, the
incidence of new HIV infections continues to increase. Emphasis has now shifted to
preventative strategies including intravaginal rings (IVR). The objective of this study was to
manufacture IVRs with 10%w/w of rilpivirine (RPV) or dolutegravir (DTG). Based on success of
manufacturing, the next steps were in vitro and in vivo release studies with the goal to have
sustained release for a minimum of 30 days. Both in vitro release studies surpassed 30 days of
zero order release. RPV achieved 100% release and DGT achieved 60% release. In vivo mice
pharmacokinetics studies were promising since the concentrations of RPV and DTG were above
the IC90 locally for the duration of the 28 day study. Plasma concentration of RPV did not reach
the IC90 at any point during the study. Overall, RPV and DTG are possible ARTs to be further
evaluated for the prevention of HIV using an IVR. Additional studies are needed to determine
the efficacy and the possibility of combination IVRs.
On the Properties of Cubic Metric for OFDM Signals
Creators: name: Kim, Kee-Hoon
name: No, Jong-Seon
name: Shin, Dong-Joon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 94A12

description: As a metric for amplitude fluctuation of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal, cubic metric (CM) has received an increasing attention because it is more closely related to the distortion induced by nonlinear devices than the well-known peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). In this paper, the properties of CM of OFDM signal is investigated. First, asymptotic distribution of CM is derived. Second, it is verified that 1.7 times oversampling rate is good enough to capture the CM of continuous OFDM signals in terms of mean square error, which is also practically meaningful because the fast Fourier transform size is typically 1.7 times larger than the nominal bandwidth in the long-term evolution (LTE) of cellular communication systems.
Framing effects on the effectiveness and virality of health messages related to COVID-19
Creators: name: Cosme, Danielle
name: Falk, Emily
name: Dore, Bruce
name: Scholz, Christin
name: O'Donnell, Matthew
name: Kang, Yoona
name: Cooper, Nicole
name: Lauharatanahirun, Nina
name: Mattan, Bradley
name: Pei, Rui
name: Jovanova, Mia
name: Parelman, Jacob
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Communication
subject: Public Health Education and Promotion
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Autonomy has been described as a fundamental human need and satisfying the need for autonomy is an important motivator of behavior (Deci & Ryan, 2000). Autonomy can be supported in various ways, and autonomy-supportive environments are associated with more successful behavior change (Ng et al., 2012). Framing information and decisions in autonomous ways, emphasizing choice and agency, may increase receptivity to health messages and promote behavior change. In this study, we assess the degree to which framing health messages related to COVID-19 in ways that support autonomy improves message effectiveness and promotes social distancing behaviors.
Covering the Condemned: An examination of changes in North Carolina capital punishment coverage before and after the 2006 moratorium
Creators: name: Freskos, Brian
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: North Carolina has not carried out an execution since 2006 because a series of
legal and policy hurdles led to a de facto death penalty moratorium. Despite efforts by the
Republican General Assembly to restart capital punishment, executions remain on hold
indefinitely. There is more than a century of evidence suggesting newspaper coverage
influences death penalty policy. More recent scholarship established connections between
certain frames and modes of coverage and public death penalty support. My study
entailed analyzing a representative sample of 16 years of death penalty articles in four of
North Carolina’s highest circulation newspapers to examine how the moratorium
impacted coverage. I used a scoring scheme to calculate how much prominence death
penalty coverage received pre- and post-moratorium, as indicated by article placement,
word count and photograph and graphic inclusion. I also studied source choices and
stances expressed by those sources, the inclusion of “innocence frames” and whether
articles cited the death penalty’s alternative punishment: life without parole. I found that
coverage has steadily declined since 2001 but dropped precipitously after the moratorium
came into effect. My findings also demonstrated how articles post-moratorium received
less prominence while references to innocence and life without parole trended downward.
In sum, the moratorium had a profound impact on the amount of death penalty
information newspaper readers receive. Future research should examine death penalty
coverage in other states to help researchers develop a deeper understanding for how legal
and policy developments impact widely disseminated information about this policy topic.
Moutard transform for the generalized analytic functions
Creators: name: Grinevich, P. G.
name: Novikov, R. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a Moutard-type transform for the generalized analytic functions. The first theorems and the first explicit examples in this connection are given.
description: LaTeX, 15 pages
Media Usage in Post-Secondary Education and Implications for Teaching and Learning
Creators: name: Gidion, Gerd
name: Capretz, Luiz Fernando
name: Meadows, Ken
name: Grosch, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Web 2.0 has permeated academic life. The use of online information services in post-secondary education has led to dramatic changes in faculty teaching methods as well as in the learning and study behavior of students. At the same time, traditional information media, such as textbooks and printed handouts, still form the basic pillars of teaching and learning. This paper reports the results of a survey about media usage in teaching and learning conducted with Western University students and instructors, highlighting trends in the usage of new and traditional media in higher education by instructors and students. In addition, the survey comprises part of an international research program in which 20 universities from 10 countries are currently participating. Further, the study will hopefully become a part of the ongoing discussion of practices and policies that purport to advance the effective use of media in teaching and learning.
The All-Seeing Eye: A Massive-Multi-Sensor Zero-Configuration Intrusion Detection System for Web Applications
Creators: name: Pohl, Christoph
name: Hof, Hans-Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Timing attacks are a challenge for current intrusion detection solutions. Timing attacks are dangerous for web applications because they may leak information about side channel vulnerabilities. This paper presents a massive-multi-sensor zero-configuration Intrusion Detection System that is especially good at detecting timing attacks. Unlike current solutions, the proposed Intrusion Detection System uses a huge number of sensors for attack detection. These sensors include sensors automatically inserted into web application or into the frameworks used to build web applications. With this approach the Intrusion Detection System is able to detect sophisticated attacks like timing attacks or other brute-force attacks with increased accuracy. The proposed massive-multi-sensor zero-configuration intrusion detection system does not need specific knowledge about the system to protect, hence it offers zero-configuration capability.
description: SECURWARE 2013 : The Seventh International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies
Carolina Cup-share: Investigating the Need and Potential Strategies for Implementing a Cup-share Program at UNC–Chapel Hill
Creators: name: Byron, Nicholas
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: An estimated 600 billion disposable cups are thrown away annually around the globe (“International Coffee Agreement,” 2007). Research suggests that reusable cups are the only sustainable alternative to disposable cups, but the barriers to using reusable cups must be removed in order to make them a viable alternative (McKenzie-Mohr, 2011). The concept of a cup-share program presents the possibility of removing these barriers. The purpose of this thesis is to understand (1) the need for and possibility of a cup-share program and accompanying solutions to address disposable cup waste at UNC-CH, (2) the concerns and suggestions held by key stakeholders regarding these solutions, and (3) how these solutions might be implemented and paid for. Findings indicate there is a significant amount of disposable cup waste generated on campus, but there is also a strong possibility for a cup-share program and certain accompanying solutions to address this waste at UNC-CH.
Work Integrated Learning for Professional Development: Indicators of Learning Management in Hospitality and Tourism Education
Creators: name: Kanta, Sasipha
name: Kiddee, Krissana
name: Ratanaolarn, Thanin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 390402
subject: Education assessment and evaluation
classificationCode: 390307
subject: Teacher education and professional development of educators
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education

description: Work Integrated Learning for Professional Development: Indicators of Learning Management in Hospitality and Tourism Education
UNRAVELING THE IMPACT OF ONCOGENIC SIGNALING IN EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES MEDIATED CANCER PHENOTYPES IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Creators: name: Soto-Vargas, Zulaida
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cancer cell biology

description: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer, is essentially the leading cause of cancer related deaths in United States. Only 24% of NSCLC patients survive 5-years post diagnosis, largely attributed to the lack of efficient treatment strategies at the metastatic stage. Thus, understanding the biological mechanisms that promote NSCLC metastasis is critical for the development of effective cancer-specific therapeutic agents. The development of cancer metastasis is greatly driven and influenced by intercellular communication. Key mediators of cell-to-cell communication are extracellular vesicles (EVs). For the past years, the study of EVs released by tumor cells have gained attention, given their impact in modulating the tumor immunity, supporting tumorigenesis, and contributing to the development of metastasis. However, the mechanisms though which tumor EVs contribute to tumor development are still understudied. In this study, we isolated and characterized small EVs, also referred as exosomes, from NSCLC cell lines (H358, Calu6, H460, SKMES-1) and investigated their release, uptake, and impact in non-tumorigenic lung epithelial cells recipient cells (BEAS-2B and HBEC). Our results demonstrated that EVs from NSCLC can induce migration and invasion of non-tumorigenic epithelial cells, and impair epithelial barrier permeability, suggesting their role in supporting tumorigenesis and metastasis. Furthermore, we assessed the immunomodulatory effects of NSCLC EVs on anti-tumor immune cells, particularly T cells. Our findings revealed a suppressive effect of EVs derived from mutant KRASG12C NSCLC (H358) on T-cell proliferation, suggesting their contribution to immune evasion mechanisms in mutant KRAS tumors. To dissect the underlying mechanisms, we employed a dual approach utilizing genetic manipulation (shRNA knockdown) and a small molecule inhibitor (ARS-1620) targeting the oncogenic KRASG12C. Our data demonstrated that targeting KRASG12C impaired the EV-driven cancer phenotypes, highlighting the pivotal role of KRAS oncogenic signaling in tumorigenesis and immune suppression mediated by EVs. Overall, our study sheds light on the crucial involvement of tumor derived EVs in NSCLC progression, both in terms of promoting cellular migration and invasion, as well as dampening anti-tumor immune responses. By elucidating the mechanisms underlying EV-driven tumorigenesis and highlighting the therapeutic potential of targeting KRAS signaling, our findings pave the way for the development of novel and effective therapeutic agents for NSCLC.
Psychophysiological Responses to Emotion Priming
Creators: name: Varma, Ashima
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Psychological constructionist theories such as the Theory of Constructed Emotions (TCE; Barrett, 2014), suggest that emotions are a constructed phenomenon dependent upon more basic factors: core affect and concept knowledge. I test this view by manipulating both core affect and accessibility of concept knowledge and examining subsequent emotion experiences. Importantly, I draw on both behavioral and physiological stress responses of challenged and threatened states to examine cardiovascular reactivity and recovery. While gathering cardiac performance data, participants’ (N=34) physiological states were manipulated to a highly negative and activated state through the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST; Kirschbaum, Pirke, & Hellhammer, 1993). Prior to the TSST, individuals were primed with an emotion concept (e.g., anger, embarrassment). Behavioral measures, as predicted, showed that participants in the anger condition made more external attributions. Physiological results, although not significant, showed beginning evidence of difference in cardiac performance dependent upon concept prime. These findings indicate that, as per the TCE, language can impact subjective experiences of emotion. This has important implications in the context of psychological illnesses related to emotion, such as anxiety disorders, as well as resiliency and recovery from general stress.
Different Arrays of Digital Health Interventions for Frail Persons: a Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Linn, Nyan
name: Aguayo, Gloria
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Information Technology
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Telemedicine
subject: digital health
subject: ehealth
subject: frail
subject: frail syndrome
subject: frailty
subject: intervention
subject: mhealth
subject: telemedicine

description: The use of digital health technologies has been on the rising trend over the decades. Different types of digital health interventions have been widely used in diagnosis, care and data management of health sectors. At the same time there is an overgrowing research work on digital health interventions, however, a few reviews have been done with the focus on the frail population, who are at risk or prone to infection, disease or disability. This scoping review will be the first to compile digital health interventions for frail persons and observe the applicability of these interventions for the study population
Developing Artificial Intelligence to Process Correspondence to Primary Care: Baseline interviews and user requirements
Creators: name: Darley, Sarah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: AI
subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: General Practice
subject: Health Informatics
subject: Primary Care

description: UK GP practices processes hundreds of letters regarding their patients every day, usually using electronic document management software. This work is usually done by General Practitioners (GPs), however a more efficient alternative could be to harness advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). This qualitative study aims to provide understanding of how letters regarding patients are currently processed within UK GP practices and staff perspectives of how AI might be used in this process. We will interview staff in GP practices and conduct usability tests to answer our main research question, which is: how do UK GP practices currently process letters regarding patients and how might AI be used in this process? Objectives are to understand: 1. How UK GP practices currently process letters. 2. The challenges and good practices when processing letters in UK primary care. 3. If automation / AI could help, and if so how it could be designed for optimal impact.
Neural Correlates of Stress Predict Future Cocaine Use
Creators: name: McKay, Katlyn G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Cocaine use disorder has wide-ranging social, economic, and health-related consequences,
including changes to the neural stress networks that may be linked to deficits in goal-directed
behavior. Distress tolerance (DT), or the ability to withstand negative affect during goal-directed
activities, is implicated in maintaining substance use disorders. Low distress tolerance (measured
behaviorally) has been linked to worse treatment outcomes, shorter abstinence attempts, and
more days of substance use. Daughters et al. (2016) validated a measure of DT (the Paced
Auditory Serial Addition Task, or PASAT) for an fMRI scanner to examine the neural correlates
of DT. As a follow up, the current study used longitudinal data from a sample of 24 regular
cocaine and nicotine users to determine if the neural correlates associated with stress could be
used to predict future substance use 30 days post-scan. There was a positive correlation between
the percentage of days used crack/cocaine and the bilateral amygdala activation in response to
stress. This is in line with prior studies regarding the implication of the hyperactivation of the
amygdala in anxiety and increased substance use frequency. Future research should utilize a
treatment-seeking population of cocaine users to determine whether neural regions linked to DT
can predict treatment outcomes and relapse frequency to potentially find biomarkers to target
with treatment.
A SURVEY OF THE AVAILABILITY, PRICES AND AFFORDABILITY OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES FOR TREATING CHILDHOOD CANCERS IN GHANA
Creators: name: Mensah, Kofi
name: Mensah, Adwoa
name: Wiafe, Ebenezer
name: Bangalee, Varsha
name: Oosthuizen, Frasia
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: To access the availability, pricing, and affordability of essential anti-neoplastic medicines in Ghana using the pediatric oncology unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital as the anchor point.
MPEC 2023-T129 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2023 October 10)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Effects of chronic intermittent ethanol on Pavlovian conditioned approach to alcohol cues
Creators: name: Vemuru, Sudheer R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) represent one of the foremost public health concerns in the
United States in which alcohol-associated cues can attract excessive attention and contribute to
relapse. This attentional bias (AB) to alcohol cues has been widely documented but the
neurobiology remains poorly understood. In rats, we used Pavlovian conditioning to pair a light
cue with an alcoholic or non-alcoholic reward and assessed AB through Pavlovian conditioned
responses (CRs) to reward-predictive cues. Rats were exposed to chronic intermittent ethanol
(CIE) prior to Pavlovian conditioning to test whether CIE increases alcohol AB. We also
administered naltrexone (NTX), a drug used to treat AUDs, to see its effects on CRs. Our results
suggest that rats exhibit reduced CRs to alcoholic versus non-alcoholic rewards. Moreover, CIE
and NTX had minimal effect in changing alcohol AB. These findings may provide a framework
for future experimentation on neural pathways and processes involved in alcohol AB.
The Withdrawal Assessment Tool (WAT-1) to identify iatrogenic withdrawal symptoms in critically ill pediatric patients: a COSMIN systematic review of measurement properties.
Creators: name: Zaccagnini, Marco
name: Ataman, Rebecca
name: Nonoyama, Mika
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: COSMIN
subject: measurement
subject: paediatric
subject: Systematic review
subject: withdrawal assessment tool

description: Contains the preregistered review protocol
The negative effect of smartphone use on academic performance may be overestimated: evidence from a two-year panel study
Creators: name: Andersen, Asger
name: Bjerre-Nielsen, Andreas
name: Minor, Kelton
name: Lassen, David
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: academic performance
subject: attention
subject: distraction
subject: in-class concentration
subject: mobile devices
subject: multitasking
subject: productivity

description: In this study, we monitored 470 university students’ smartphone usage continuously over 2 years to assess the relationship between in-class smartphone use and academic performance. We used a novel data set in which smartphone use and grades were recorded across multiple courses, allowing us to examine this relationship at the student level and the student-in-course level. In accordance with the existing literature, our results showed that students’ in-class smartphone use was negatively associated with their grades, even when we controlled for a broad range of observed student characteristics. However, the magnitude of the association decreased substantially in a fixed-effects model, which leveraged the panel structure of the data to control for all stable student and course characteristics, including those not observed by researchers. This suggests that the size of the effect of smartphone usage on academic performance has been overestimated in studies that controlled for only observed student characteristics.
What is odd about binary Parseval frames?
Creators: name: Baker, Zachery J.
name: Bodmann, Bernhard G.
name: Bullock, Micah G.
name: Branum, Samantha N.
name: McLaney, Jacob E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42C15

description: This paper examines the construction and properties of binary Parseval frames. We address two questions: When does a binary Parseval frame have a complementary Parseval frame? Which binary symmetric idempotent matrices are Gram matrices of binary Parseval frames? In contrast to the case of real or complex Parseval frames, the answer to these questions is not always affirmative. The key to our understanding comes from an algorithm that constructs binary orthonormal sequences that span a given subspace, whenever possible. Special regard is given to binary frames whose Gram matrices are circulants.
description: 14 pages, LateX, 3 tables
Replication of Bowes and Katz (2015)
Creators: name: Steinmetz, Hillel
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Metaphor
subject: Perspective-Taking
subject: Psycholinguistics
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Social Cognition
subject: Social Intimacy

description: Replicating Bowes and Katz (2015) "Metaphor creates intimacy and temporarily enhances theory of mind" with some additional measures.
Controlled emission and coupling of small-size YAG:Ce3+ nanocrystals to gold nanowire
Creators: name: Birowosuto, M. D.
name: Isnaeni
name: Donega, C. de Mello
name: Meijerink, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a controlled emission of Ce3+ ions inside single Yttrium Aluminum Gar- net Y3Al5O12 (YAG:Ce3+) nanocrystals with a diameter of 22 +- 10 nm as a result of a coupling of a surface plasmon mode propagating along single gold nanowire (NW). From the PL images, the intensity for single YAG:Ce3+ nanocrystals in the proximity of the single gold NW increases by a factor of two in comparison with that without the NW. Also, we observe a maximum of 3.8-fold emission rate en- hancements for the single nanocrystal close to the single gold NW. The emission rate enhancements of YAG:Ce3+ nanocrystals are two folds the enhancements of 100-nm fluorescent nanospheres. This value is in agreement with the calculation of a combi- nation from the analytical scattering model and boundary element method (BEM). We also confirm that the small size light sources are more efficient for the emission rate enhancements. Thus, the controlled emission of small YAG:Ce3+ nanocrystals with the perfect photostabilities will pave the way for the ultimate efficient nanoscale light sources.
description: 15 pages. 5 figures
Simulating the impact of the Gran Cruzada using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
Creators: name: Tschida, Scott
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Maternal and Child Health
subject: Diseases
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

description: Stunting is one of the most important child health issues globally. Guatemala has among the world’s highest prevalence of child stunting. In February 2020, the new Guatemalan government released the latest national nutrition strategy, the Gran Cruzada Nacional por la Nutrición. Like prior national nutrition strategies, the Gran Cruzada prioritizes scaling-up evidence-based, cost-effective preventative interventions delivered in the “1,000 days window.” Yet, the Gran Cruzada’s impact is uncertain. Nutrition interventions tend to have small effect sizes on linear growth in trials. Population coverage of interventions in Guatemala historically has been inconsistent. Finally, even with coverage improvements, it is not clear if the Gran Cruzada can reach its ambitious goals for child stunting, anemia, and other nutrition indicators. Objective This study aims to estimate the impact of the implementation of Guatemala’s new national nutrition policy, the Gran Cruzada. Realistic estimates of impact will be useful to nutrition policymakers and advocates in Guatemala who work to improve stunting. We plan to disseminate this work broadly in Guatemala and publish results as a peer-reviewed manuscript. Methods: This study will use the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to simulate policy implementation of the Gran Cruzada. LiST is a widely used modeling tool that uses publicly available data and intervention effect sizes to project maternal and child outcomes including stunting. The primary outcomes of interest will be between-model changes in stunting prevalence and absolute number of stunted children ages 0-5 years. Secondary outcomes will include child mortality, maternal mortality, and anemia in women of reproductive age. Each of these outcomes corresponds with key nutrition indicators in the Gran Cruzada. We also plan to investigate the relative contribution of each intervention to these outcomes. Overall, we plan to simulate multiple policy scenarios below. 1. Static intervention coverage 4. Delayed implementation of Gran Cruzada 2. Continuation of historical trends 5. Scale-up to wealthiest quantile 3. Gran Cruzada scale-up by 2024 6. Aspirational coverage Continuation of historical trends (model 2) will be based on regression models projecting future coverage expansion. The models will use population-averaged historical survey data in Guatemala and other sources recommended in LiST. We plan to fit logistic curves for coverage inputs and shift the trendline so that our projections match the most recent data available. Similar LiST forecasting method have been described previously. The key assumption of model 2 is that future coverage changes are predicted by past coverage trends.
Scholarly Ecosystem Collaboration Potentialities: A SAGE White Paper Update
Creators: name: Somerville, Mary
name: Conrad, Lettie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Information discovery
subject: https://iskouk.org/subjects/AX075AC1
subject: https://iskouk.org/subjects/PRUIHEDJ

description: The lifecycle of academic works from idea to investigation -- followed by publication, discovery, access, and usage -- is supported by extensive cross-sector collaboration throughout the scholarly communications ecosystem. However, transformational changes occurring worldwide within the knowledge creation and publication landscape have disturbed traditional divisions of labour and established codes of practice. These long-standing conventions and relationships among libraries, publishers, and their respective vendors are now being revisited and renegotiated. With the aim of furthering collaborative cross-sector conversations, SAGE commissioned a study among scholarly communications ‘value chain’ experts. Results were reported in January 2012 as a white paper titled Improving Discoverability of Scholarly Content in the Twentieth Century: Collaboration Opportunities for Librarians, Publishers, and Vendors. Since then, various commissioned studies, research reports, journal articles, international standards, conference papers, and white papers have advanced industry standards and demonstrated collaboration possibilities. Now advancements in ‘intelligent tools’ offer further promise for ‘pushing the boundaries’ of knowledge creation through synergistic relationships that enhance not only discoverability of the scholarly corpus, but also its creation, dissemination, navigation, visibility, and usage.
Reflections on Conformal Spectra
Creators: name: Kim, Hyungrok
name: Kravchuk, Petr
name: Ooguri, Hirosi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use modular invariance and crossing symmetry of conformal field theory to reveal approximate reflection symmetries in the spectral decompositions of the partition function in two dimensions in the limit of large central charge and of the four-point function in any dimension in the limit of large scaling dimensions $Δ_0$ of external operators. We use these symmetries to motivate universal upper bounds on the spectrum and the operator product expansion coefficients, which we then derive by independent techniques. Some of the bounds for four-point functions are valid for finite $Δ_0$ as well as for large $Δ_0$. We discuss a similar symmetry in a large spacetime dimension limit. Finally, we comment on the analogue of the Cardy formula and sparse light spectrum condition for the four-point function.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures
Vetting Kepler Planet Candidates in the Sub-Jovian Desert with Multi-Band Photometry
Creators: name: Colón, Knicole D.
name: Morehead, Robert C.
name: Ford, Eric B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new multi-band transit photometry of three small (R$_{p}$ < 6 R$_{\oplus}$), short-period (P < 6 days) Kepler planet candidates acquired with the Gran Telescopio Canarias. These observations supplement the results presented in Colón & Ford (2011) and Colón et al. (2012), where we used multicolor transit photometry of five Kepler planet candidates to search for wavelength-dependent transit depths and either validate planet candidates or identify eclipsing binary false positives within our sample. In those previous studies, we provided evidence that three targets were false positives and two targets were planets. Here, we present observations that provide evidence supporting a planetary nature for KOI 439.01 and KOI 732.01, and we find that KOI 531.01, a 6 R$_{\oplus}$ planet candidate around an M dwarf, is likely a false positive. We also present a discussion of the purported "sub-Jovian desert" in the orbital period-planet radius plane, which cannot be easily explained by observational bias. Both KOI 439.01 and KOI 732.01 are likely planets located within the so-called desert and should be investigated with further follow-up observations. As only ~30 of the ~3600 currently active Kepler planet candidates are located within the sub-Jovian desert, it will be interesting to see if these candidates also survive the vetting process and fill in the gap in the period-radius plane. Confirming planets in this regime will be important for understanding planetary migration and evolution processes, and we urge additional follow-up observations of these planet candidates to confirm their nature.
description: Accepted to MNRAS. 10 pages, 7 figures