cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Smooth Bezier Surfaces over Arbitrary Quadrilateral Meshes
Creators: name: Bercovier, Michel
name: Matskewich, Tanya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65D17 (Primary), 65M60 (Secondary)

description: We solve the following problem: given a polynomial of order $n$ and the corresponding $Bézier$ tensor product patches over an unstructured regular quadrilateral mesh of any valence, find a solution to the $G^{1}1$ or $C^{1}1$ approximation (resp. interpolation) problem ! Constraints defining regularity conditions across patches have to be satisfied. The resulting number of free degrees of freedom must be such that for instance the interpolation problem has a solution. This is similar to studying the minimal determining set (MDS) for a $C^{1}$ continuity construction. The givenunstructured quadrilateral mesh can include a cubic boundary curve. The final surface approximation or PDE solution is obtained by energy methods. We completely solve the problem and show that there is always a solution for $n\ge 5$ and under some mesh restrictions for $n=4$. From a practical point of view, the present paper provides a way to build first order smooth interpolation/approximation and solutions to partial differential equations for arbitrary structures of quadrilateral meshes.
description: 170 pages, 56 figures Revised version to include a new result by J Peters on G1/C1 IGA matching of a pair of patches,, and some recent references
Air du duo de la Vierge joué aux galoubets-tambourins par Fabre père et fils
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Examining the status of forest fire emission in 2020 and its connection to COVID-19 incidents in West Coast regions of the United States
Creators: name: Maiti, A.
name: Bar, S.
name: Sannigrahi, S.
name: kaparwan, A.
name: Zhang, Q.
name: Pilla, F.
name: Keesstra, S.
name: Cerda, A.
name: Bhatt, S.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Inc.
Year: 2022

description: Forest fires impact on soil, water, and biota resources. The current forest fires in the West Coast of the United States (US) profoundly impacted the atmosphere and air quality across the ecosystems and have caused severe environmental and public health burdens. Forest fire led emissions could significantly exacerbate the air pollution level and, therefore, would play a critical role if the same occurs together with any epidemic and pandemic health crisis. Limited research is done so far to examine its impact in connection to the current pandemic. As of October 21, nearly 8.2 million acres of forest area were burned, with more than 25 casualties reported so far. In-situ air pollution data were utilized to examine the effects of the 2020 forest fire on atmosphere and coronavirus (COVID-19) casualties. The spatial-temporal concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) were collected from August 1 to October 30 for 2020 (the fire year) and 2019 (the reference year). Both spatial (Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression) and non-spatial (Negative Binomial Regression) analyses were performed to assess the adverse effects of fire emission on human health. The in-situ data-led measurements showed that the maximum increases in PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 concentrations (μg/m3) were clustered in the West Coastal fire-prone states during August 1 – October 30, 2020. The average concentration (μg/m3) of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and NO2 was increased in all the fire states severely affected by forest fires. The average PM2.5 concentrations (μg/m3) over the period were recorded as 7.9, 6.3, 5.5, and 5.2 for California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington in 2019, increasing up to 24.9, 13.4, 25.0, and 17.0 in 2020. Both spatial and non-spatial regression models exhibited a statistically significant association between fire emission and COVID-19 incidents. Such association has been demonstrated robust and stable by a total of 30 models developed for analyzing the spatial non-stationary and local association. More in-depth research is needed to better understand the complex relationship between forest fire emission and human health.
Escape model for Galactic cosmic rays and an early extragalactic transition
Creators: name: Giacinti, G.
name: Kachelriess, M.
name: Semikoz, D. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the cosmic ray (CR) knee can be entirely explained by energy-dependent CR leakage from the Milky Way, with an excellent fit to all existing data. We test this hypothesis calculating the trajectories of individual CRs in the Galactic magnetic field. We find that the CR escape time $τ_{\rm esc}(E)$ exhibits a knee-like structure around $E/Z={\rm few}\times 10^{15}$ eV for small coherence lengths and strengths of the turbulent magnetic field. The resulting intensities for different groups of nuclei are consistent with the ones determined by KASCADE and KASCADE-Grande, using simple power-laws as injection spectra. The transition from Galactic to extragalactic CRs is terminated at $\approx 2\times 10^{18}$ eV, while extragalactic CRs contribute sizeable to the subdominant proton flux already for $\gtrsim 2\times 10^{16}$ eV. The natural source of extragalactic CRs in the intermediate energy region up to the ankle are in this model normal and starburst galaxies. The escape model provides a good fit to $\ln(A)$ data; it predicts that the phase of the CR dipole varies strongly in the energy range between $1\times 10^{17}$ and $3\times 10^{18}$ eV, while our estimate for the dipole magnitude is consistent with observations.
description: 14 pages, 16 eps figures; v2: minor updates, matches published version
Additional file 2 of Supporting mental health service users to stop smoking: findings from a process evaluation of the implementation of smokefree policies into two mental health trusts
Creators: name: Jones, S. E.
name: S. Mulrine
name: H. Clements
name: S. Hamilton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Interview Schedules. (DOCX 24.4 kb)
Exploring the dynamics of the quality of HIV care experienced by female sex workers living in the Dominican Republic
Creators: name: Donastorg, Yeycy
name: Page, Kathleen R.
name: Barrington, Clare
name: Perez, Martha
name: Karver, Tahilin Sanchez
name: Celentano, David D.
name: Smith, Katherine Clegg
name: Kerrigan, Deanna
name: Gomez, Hoisex
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Despite increased attention and efforts to improve HIV care among female sex workers (FSWs), they continue to have suboptimal HIV outcomes. Exploring the socio-structural dynamics related to the quality of HIV care received by FSWs is critical to further strengthen interventions to improve their HIV care continuum outcomes. In this study, we conducted two rounds of qualitative in-depth interviews with 20 FSWs living with HIV in the Dominican Republic to explore how healthcare experiences contributed to their quality of HIV care. Data was analyzed using a thematic analytic approach exploring diverse structural and relational aspects of the quality of HIV care affecting FSWs as they navigate the clinic environment. Results indicated that quality of HIV care was influenced by both structural and relational factors within clinics. At the structural level, insufficient stock of antiretroviral therapy and the financial burden created by HIV care related costs hindered FSWs’ satisfaction with their current HIV care and presented a barrier in FSWs’ ability to access HIV care services. Quality of care was also closely linked to relational aspects of the HIV care environment, including FSWs’ relationship and communication with their clinical providers, as FSWs often expressed their satisfaction with HIV care experiences based on these interpersonal factors. Lastly, personal agency emerged as an important factor contributing to the quality of HIV care, specifically as FSWs’ treatment literacy resulted in greater advocacy and demands for quality care. Programmatic efforts should be directed to improving the quality of HIV care experiences of FSWs in the clinic environment. These include addressing resource shortages, promoting positive and effective patient-provider relationships, and facilitating HIV treatment education opportunities for FSWs.
Decrypting $SO(10)$-inspired leptogenesis
Creators: name: Di Bari, Pasquale
name: Marzola, Luca
name: Fiorentin, Michele Re
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Encouraged by the recent results from neutrino oscillation experiments, we perform an analytical study of $SO(10)$-inspired models and leptogenesis with hierarchical right-handed (RH) neutrino spectrum. Under the approximation of negligible misalignment between the neutrino Yukawa basis and the charged lepton basis, we find an analytical expression for the final asymmetry directly in terms of the low energy neutrino parameters that fully reproduces previous numerical results. This expression also shows that is possible to identify an effective leptogenesis phase for these models. When we also impose the wash-out of a large pre-existing asymmetry $N^{\rm p,i}_{B-L}$, the strong thermal (ST) condition, we derive analytically all those constraints on the low energy neutrino parameters that characterise the {\rm ST}-$SO(10)$-inspired leptogenesis solution, confirming previous numerical results. In particular we show why, though neutrino masses have to be necessarily normally ordered, the solution implies an analytical lower bound on the effective neutrino-less double beta decay neutrino mass, $m_{ee} \gtrsim 8\,{\rm meV}$, for $N^{\rm p,i}_{B-L}=10^{-3}$, testable with next generation experiments. This, in combination with an upper bound on the atmospheric mixing angle, necessarily in the first octant, forces the lightest neutrino mass within a narrow range $m_1 \simeq (10$-$30)\,{\rm meV}$ (corresponding to $\sum_i \, m_i \simeq (75$-$125)\,{\rm meV}$). We also show why the solution could correctly predict a non-vanishing reactor neutrino mixing angle and requires the Dirac phase to be in the fourth quadrant, implying $\sinδ$ (and $J_{CP}$) negative as hinted by current global analyses. Many of the analytical results presented (expressions for the orthogonal matrix, RH neutrino mixing matrix, masses and phases) can have applications beyond leptogenesis.
description: 46 pages, 10 figures; v2: Ref.'s added, typos corrected; v3: added fig. 10, matches version to appear in NPB
Extracellular Vesicles Released by Genetically Modified Macrophages Activate Autophagy and Produce Potent Neuroprotection in Mouse Model of Lysosomal Storage Disorder, Batten Disease
Creators: name: Yuan, Hong
name: Wu, Zhanhong
name: Zhao, Yuling
name: Swain, Carson J.
name: Rodriguez, Myosotys
name: Haney, Matthew J.
name: El-Hage, Nazira
name: Batrakova, Elena V.
name: Liu, Mori
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Over the recent decades, the use of extracellular vesicles (EVs) has attracted considerable attention. Herein, we report the development of a novel EV-based drug delivery system for the transport of the lysosomal enzyme tripeptidyl peptidase-1 (TPP1) to treat Batten disease (BD). Endogenous loading of macrophage-derived EVs was achieved through transfection of parent cells with TPP1-encoding pDNA. More than 20% ID/g was detected in the brain following a single intrathecal injection of EVs in a mouse model of BD, ceroid lipofuscinosis neuronal type 2 (CLN2) mice. Furthermore, the cumulative effect of EVs repetitive administrations in the brain was demonstrated. TPP1-loaded EVs (EV-TPP1) produced potent therapeutic effects, resulting in efficient elimination of lipofuscin aggregates in lysosomes, decreased inflammation, and improved neuronal survival in CLN2 mice. In terms of mechanism, EV-TPP1 treatments caused significant activation of the autophagy pathway, including altered expression of the autophagy-related proteins LC3 and P62, in the CLN2 mouse brain. We hypothesized that along with TPP1 delivery to the brain, EV-based formulations can enhance host cellular homeostasis, causing degradation of lipofuscin aggregates through the autophagy–lysosomal pathway. Overall, continued research into new and effective therapies for BD is crucial for improving the lives of those affected by this condition.
Additional file 3 of Supporting mental health service users to stop smoking: findings from a process evaluation of the implementation of smokefree policies into two mental health trusts
Creators: name: Jones, S. E.
name: S. Mulrine
name: H. Clements
name: S. Hamilton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Coding framework. (DOCX 17.0 kb)
Degenerate optimal paths in thermally isolated systems
Creators: name: Acconcia, Thiago V.
name: Bonança, Marcus V. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the work performed on a system of interest that is kept thermally isolated during the switching of a control parameter. We show that there exists, for a certain class of systems, a finite-time family of switching protocols for which the work is equal to the quasistatic value. These optimal paths are obtained within linear response for systems initially prepared in a canonical distribution. According to our approach, such protocols are composed of a linear part plus a function which is odd with respect to time reversal. For systems with one degree of freedom, we claim that these optimal paths may also lead to the conservation of the corresponding adiabatic invariant. This points to an interesting connection between work and the conservation of the volume enclosed by the energy shell. To illustrate our findings, we solve analytically the harmonic oscillator and present numerical results for certain anharmonic examples.
description: 13 pages, 16 figures
Freiheit im Blick auf Edith Stein und Emmanuel Levinas
Creators: name: Gerl-Falkovitz, Hanna-Barbara
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 2 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 2
Residence time estimates for asymmetric simple exclusion dynamics on stripes
Creators: name: Cirillo, Emilio N. M.
name: Muntean, Adrian
name: Krehel, Oleh
name: van Santen, Rutger
name: Sengar, Aditya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The target of our study is to approximate numerically and, in some particular physically relevant cases, also analytically, the residence time of particles undergoing an asymmetric simple exclusion dynamics on a stripe. The source of asymmetry is twofold: (i) the choice of boundary conditions (different reservoir levels) and (ii) the strong anisotropy from a nonlinear drift with prescribed directionality. We focus on the effect of the choice of anisotropy in the flux on the asymptotic behavior of the residence time with respect to the length of the stripe. The topic is relevant for situations occurring in pedestrian flows or biological transport in crowded environments, where lateral displacements of the particles occur predominantly affecting therefore in an essentially way the efficiency of the overall transport mechanism.
Multi-wavelength constraints on the inflationary consistency relation
Creators: name: Meerburg, P. Daniel
name: Hložek, Renée
name: Hadzhiyska, Boryana
name: Meyers, Joel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first attempt to use a combination of CMB, LIGO, and PPTA data to constrain both the tilt and the running of primordial tensor power spectrum through constraints on the gravitational wave energy density generated in the early universe. Combining measurements at different cosmological scales highlights how complementary data can be used to test the predictions of early universe models including the inflationary consistency relation. Current data prefers a slightly positive tilt ($n_t = 0.06^{+0.63}_{-0.89}$) and a negative running ($n_{t, {\rm run}} < -0.22$) for the tensor power spectrum spectrum. Interestingly, the addition of direct gravitational wave detector data alone puts strong bounds on the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r < 0.2$ since the large positive tensor tilt preferred by the \textit{Planck} temperature power spectrum is no longer allowed. Adding the recently released BICEP2/KECK and Planck 353 GHz Polarization cross correlation data puts an even stronger bound $r<0.1$ . We comment on possible effects of a large positive tilt on the background expansion and show that depending on the assumptions regarding the UV cutoff ($k_{\rm UV}/k_* = 10^{24}$) of the primordial spectrum of gravitational waves, the strongest bounds on $n_t = 0.07^{+0.52}_{-0.80}$ are derived from this effect.
description: Matches published version
Constraints on the chiral unitary $\bar KN$ amplitude from $πΣK^+$ photoproduction data
Creators: name: Mai, Maxim
name: Meißner, Ulf-G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A chiral unitary approach for antikaon-nucleon scattering in on-shell factorization is studied. We find multiple sets of parameters for which the model describes all existing hadronic data similarly well. We confirm the two-pole structure of the $Λ(1405)$. The narrow $Λ(1405)$ pole appears at comparable positions in the complex energy plane, whereas the location of the broad pole suffers from a large uncertainty. In the second step, we use a simple model for photoproduction of $K^+πΣ$ off the proton and confront it with the experimental data from the CLAS collaboration. It is found that only a few of the hadronic solutions allow for a consistent description of the CLAS data within the assumed reaction mechanism.
description: Version accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. A, discussion of results extended
The density structure and star formation rate of non-isothermal polytropic turbulence
Creators: name: Federrath, Christoph
name: Banerjee, Supratik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interstellar medium of galaxies is governed by supersonic turbulence, which likely controls the star formation rate (SFR) and the initial mass function (IMF). Interstellar turbulence is non-universal, with a wide range of Mach numbers, magnetic fields strengths, and driving mechanisms. Although some of these parameters were explored, most previous works assumed that the gas is isothermal. However, we know that cold molecular clouds form out of the warm atomic medium, with the gas passing through chemical and thermodynamic phases that are not isothermal. Here we determine the role of temperature variations by modelling non-isothermal turbulence with a polytropic equation of state (EOS), where pressure and temperature are functions of gas density, P~rho^Gamma, T~rho^(Gamma-1). We use grid resolutions of 2048^3 cells and compare polytropic exponents Gamma=0.7 (soft EOS), Gamma=1 (isothermal EOS), and Gamma=5/3 (stiff EOS). We find a complex network of non-isothermal filaments with more small-scale fragmentation occurring for Gamma<1, while Gamma>1 smoothes out density contrasts. The density probability distribution function (PDF) is significantly affected by temperature variations, with a power-law tail developing at low densities for Gamma>1. In contrast, the PDF becomes closer to a lognormal distribution for Gamma<=1. We derive and test a new density variance - Mach number relation that takes Gamma into account. This new relation is relevant for theoretical models of the SFR and IMF, because it determines the dense gas mass fraction of a cloud, from which stars form. We derive the SFR as a function of Gamma and find that it decreases by a factor of ~5 from Gamma=0.7 to Gamma=5/3.
description: 18 pages, 10 figures, MNRAS accepted, simulation movies at http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~chfeder/pubs/polytropic/polytropic.html
Cramer-Rao bound analog of Bayes rule
Creators: name: Zachariah, Dave
name: Stoica, Petre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this lecture note, we show a general property of the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) that quantifies the interdependencies between the parameters in a vector. The presented result is valid for more general models than the additive noise model and also generalizes previous results to vector parameters. The CRB analog to Bayes' rule will be illustrated via two examples.
Zur Freiheit bereit (Gal 5,1)
Creators: name: Söding, Thomas
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 2 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 2
Pinguicula filifolia C. Wright ex Grisebach
Creators: name: Domínguez, Yoannis
name: Panfet Valdés, Cristina M.
name: De Miranda, Vitor F. O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lentibulariaceae
Pinguicula
Pinguicula filifolia

description: Identification key to the subspecies of P. filifolia
1. Corolla white, angle between spur and corolla tube 99°–110°, spur conic 3.5–4.5 × 3–3.5 mm, seeds 339–509 µm long, without crests.......................................................................................................................................................... subsp. alba
- Corolla blue, violet or purple (rarely white), angle between spur and corolla tube 115°–140°, spur saccate 5.5–6.8 × 2.2– 2.8 mm, seeds 544–655 µm long, with crests ................................................................................................... subsp. filifolia
description: Published as part of Domínguez, Yoannis, Panfet Valdés, Cristina M. & De Miranda, Vitor F. O., 2014, Pinguicula filifolia subsp. alba (Lentibulariaceae), a new subspecies with an extremely restricted distribution in Pinar del Río, Cuba, pp. 85-92 in Phytotaxa 158 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.158.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5128184
MFV Reductions of MSSM Parameter Space
Creators: name: AbdusSalam, S. S.
name: Burgess, C. P.
name: Quevedo, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 100+ free parameters of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) make it computationally difficult to compare systematically with data, motivating the study of specific parameter reductions such as the cMSSM and pMSSM. Here we instead study the reductions of parameter space implied by using minimal flavour violation (MFV) to organise the R-parity conserving MSSM, with a view towards systematically building in constraints on flavour-violating physics. Within this framework the space of parameters is reduced by expanding soft supersymmetry-breaking terms in powers of the Cabibbo angle, leading to a 24-, 30- or 42-parameter framework (which we call MSSM-24, MSSM-30, and MSSM-42 respectively), depending on the order kept in the expansion. We provide a Bayesian global fit to data of the MSSM-30 parameter set to show that this is manageable with current tools. We compare the MFV reductions to the 19-parameter pMSSM choice and show that the pMSSM is not contained as a subset. The MSSM-30 analysis favours a relatively lighter TeV-scale pseudoscalar Higgs boson and $\tan β\sim 10$ with multi-TeV sparticles.
description: 2nd version, minor comments and references added, accepted for publication in JHEP
Göttliche Vorsehung und das Geheimnis menschlichen Leidens
Creators: name: Dulles, Avery
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 1
Searching for Traces of Planck-Scale Physics with High Energy Neutrinos
Creators: name: Stecker, Floyd W.
name: Scully, Sean T.
name: Liberati, Stefano
name: Mattingly, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High energy cosmic neutrino observations provide a sensitive test of Lorentz invariance violation, which may be a consequence of quantum gravity theories. We consider a class of non-renormalizable, Lorentz invariance violating operators that arise in an effective field theory description of Lorentz invariance violation in the neutrino sector inspired by Planck-scale physics and quantum gravity models. We assume a conservative generic scenario for the redshift distribution of extragalactic neutrino sources and employ Monte Carlo techniques to describe superluminal neutrino propagation, treating kinematically allowed energy losses of superluminal neutrinos caused by both vacuum pair emission and neutrino splitting. We consider EFTs with both non-renormalizable CPT-odd and non-renormalizable CPT-even operator dominance. We then compare the spectra derived using our Monte Carlo calculations in both cases with the spectrum observed by IceCube in order to determine the implications of our results regarding Planck-scale physics. We find that if the drop off in the neutrino flux above ~2 PeV is caused by Planck scale physics, rather than by a limiting energy in the source emission, a potentially significant pileup effect would be produced just below the drop off energy in the case of CPT-even operator dominance. However, such a clear drop off effect would not be observed if the CPT-odd, CPT-violating term dominates.
description: Matches version published in Phys. Rev. D 91, 045009
Partial restoration of chiral symmetry in the color flux tube
Creators: name: Iritani, Takumi
name: Cossu, Guido
name: Hashimoto, Shoji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the quark eigenmodes computed on the lattice with the overlap-Dirac operator, we investigate the spatial distribution of the chiral condensate around static color sources corresponding to quark-antiquark and three-quark systems. A flux structure of chromo fields appears in the presence of such color charges. The magnitude of the chiral condensate is reduced inside the color flux, which implies partial restoration of chiral symmetry inside hadrons. Taking a static baryon source in a periodic box as a toy model of nuclear matter, we estimate the magnitude of the chiral symmetry restoration as a function of baryon matter density.
description: 21 pages, 14 figures, published version in Phys. Rev. D
"C'est le bon lever", noël écrit et composé par Nicolas Saboly, interprété aux galoubets-tambourins par Fabre père et fils
Creators: name: Musée National Des Arts Et Traditions Populaires (Paris)
name: Centre D'ethnologie Française
Publisher: name: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Institut  interdisciplinaire d'anthropologie du contemporain (Paris); Laboratoire d'anthropologie et d'histoire de l'institution de la culture (Paris)
Year: 2024

Abstract
Facing financial barriers to healthcare: patient-informed adaptation of a conceptual framework for adults with a history of cancer
Creators: name: Wheeler, Stephanie B.
name: Kent, Erin E.
name: Angove, Rebekah S. M.
name: Spees, Lisa P.
name: Rosenstein, Donald L.
name: Waters, Austin R.
name: Planey, Arrianna Marie
name: Biddell, Caitlin B.
name: Gallagher, Kathleen D.
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media
Year: 2023

description: Background Cancer-related financial hardship is associated with negative clinical outcomes, which may be partially explained by cost-related delayed or forgone care in response to financial barriers. We sought to understand patient experiences facing financial barriers to medical care following a cancer diagnosis. Methods We conducted virtual, semi-structured interviews in Fall 2022 with 20 adults with a history of cancer who had experienced cancer-related financial hardship in the prior year. We used template analysis within a pragmatic paradigm, combining constructivist and critical realist theoretical perspectives, to analyze interview transcripts and adapt an existing conceptual framework of financial barriers to care. Results The majority of interviewees identified as women (70%), non-Hispanic white (60%), and reported an annual household income of <$48,000 (60%). As interviewees sought to overcome financial barriers, they described substantial frustration at the limitations and complexities of United States health and social care systems, resulting in a reliance on a fragmented, uncertain resource landscape. The administrative burden resulting from bureaucratic systems and the advocacy responsibilities required to navigate them ultimately fell on interviewees and their caregivers. Thus, participants described their ability to overcome financial barriers as being influenced by individual and interpersonal factors, such as social support, comfort asking for help, time, prior experience navigating resources, and physical and mental health. However, participants noted health system organizational factors, such as whether all new patients proactively met with a social worker or financial navigator, as having the potential to lessen the administrative and financial burden experienced. Conclusion We present an adapted conceptual framework outlining multi-level factors influencing patient experiences coping with financial barriers to medical care. In addition to influencing whether a patient ultimately delays or forgoes care due to cost, financial barriers also have the potential to independently affect patient mental, physical, and financial health.
Testing the millisecond pulsar scenario of the Galactic center gamma-ray excess with very high energy gamma-rays
Creators: name: Yuan, Qiang
name: Ioka, Kunihito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent analyses of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data show an extended GeV $γ$-ray excess on top of the expected diffuse background in the Galactic center region, which can be explained with annihilating dark matter or a population of millisecond pulsars (MSPs). We propose to observe the very high energy $γ$-rays for distinguishing the MSP scenario from the dark matter scenario. The GeV $γ$-ray MSPs should release most energy to the relativistic $e^{\pm}$ wind, which will diffuse in the Galaxy and radiate TeV $γ$-rays through inverse Compton scattering and bremsstrahlung processes. By calculating the spectrum and spatial distribution, we show that such emission is detectable with the next generation very high energy $γ$-ray observatory, the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), under reasonable model parameters. It is essential to search for the multi-wavelength counterparts to the GeV $γ$-ray excess for solving this mystery in the high energy universe.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ
Factors associated with underutilization of antenatal care in India: Results from 2019–2021 National Family Health Survey
Creators: name: Alam, P.
name: Thakkar, N.
name: Saxena, D.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023

description: Introduction Despite progress in recent years, full antenatal care utilization in India continues to be relatively low and inequitable, particularly between states and districts. In 2015–2016, for example, only 51% of women aged 15–49 in India attended antenatal care at least four times during pregnancy. Using data from the fifth iteration of India’s National Family Health Survey, our study aims to explore factors related to the underutilization of antenatal care in India. Materials and methods Data from the most recent live birth in the past five years among women aged 15–49 years were included in our analysis (n = 172,702). Our outcome variable was “adequate antenatal care visits”, defined as four or more antenatal visits. Utilizing Andersen’s behavioral model, 14 factors were identified as possible explanatory variables. We used univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression models to analyze the association between explanatory variables and adequate visits. Associations were considered statistically significant if p<0.05. Results Of the 172,702 women in our sample, 40.75% (95% CI: 40.31–41.18%) had an inadequate number of antenatal care visits. In multivariate analysis, women with less formal education, from poorer households and more rural areas had higher odds of inadequate visits. Regionally, women from Northeastern and Central states had higher odds of inadequate antenatal care utilization compared to those from Southern states. Caste, birth order, and pregnancy intention were also among the variables associated with utilization of antenatal care. Discussion Despite improvements in antenatal care utilization, there is cause for concern. Notably, the percentage of Indian women receiving adequate antenatal care visits is still below the global average. Our analysis also reveals a continuity in the groups of women at highest risk for inadequate visits, which may be due to structural drivers of inequality in healthcare access. To improve maternal health and access to antenatal care services, interventions aimed at poverty alleviation, infrastructure development, and education should be pursued.
title: DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE REINFORCED TETRA-GEDVA NANOCOMPOSITE
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Debaditya Chakraborty
name: Rathi, Ayush Rathi
name: Singh,  Akansha
name: Goyal, Ashish
Publisher: name: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Year: 2020

description: In the present study, effects of aspect ratio and perforation on the elastic response of graphene nanosheet (GNS)-embedded Tetra GEDVA (triglycidyl ether of divanillyl alcohol) nanocomposite plate are studied by material studio analysis. A dense amorphous cell is created using the Forcite module and simulation is performed. Young's modulus is predicted at varying strain rates from 0-1 GPa. The study conducted coarse-grained molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of Nano-indentation of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) polymer to study the variation of the elastic properties near the interface between the indenter and the substrate. Results have revealed that Young's modulus increases with an increase in reinforcement quantity.
Long-lived Light Mediator to Dark Matter and Primordial Small Scale Spectrum
Creators: name: Zhang, Yue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the early universe evolution of perturbations in the dark matter energy density in the context of simple dark sector models containing a GeV scale light mediator. We consider the case that the mediator is long lived, with lifetime up to a second, and before decaying it temporarily dominates the energy density of the universe. We show that for primordial perturbations that enter the horizon around this period, the interplay between linear growth during matter domination and collisional damping can generically lead to a sharp peak in the spectrum of dark matter density perturbation. As a result, the population of the smallest DM halos gets enhanced. Possible implications of this scenario are discussed.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures
Factors that influence outcomes and device use for pediatric cochlear implant recipients with unilateral hearing loss
Creators: name: Park, Lisa R.
name: Gagnon, Erika B.
name: Dillon, Margaret T.
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media
Year: 2023

description: Introduction Candidacy criteria for cochlear implantation in the United States has expanded to include children with single-sided deafness (SSD) who are at least 5 years of age. Pediatric cochlear implant (CI) users with SSD experience improved speech recognition with increased daily device use. There are few studies that report the hearing hour percentage (HHP) or the incidence of non-use for pediatric CI recipients with SSD. The aim of this study was to investigate factors that impact outcomes in children with SSD who use CIs. A secondary aim was to identify factors that impact daily device use in this population. Methods A clinical database query revealed 97 pediatric CI recipients with SSD who underwent implantation between 2014 and 2022 and had records of datalogs. The clinical test battery included speech recognition assessment for CNC words with the CI-alone and BKB-SIN with the CI plus the normal-hearing ear (combined condition). The target and masker for the BKB-SIN were presented in collocated and spatially separated conditions to evaluate spatial release from masking (SRM). Linear mixed-effects models evaluated the influence of time since activation, duration of deafness, HHP, and age at activation on performance (CNC and SRM). A separate linear mixed-effects model evaluated the main effects of age at testing, time since activation, duration of deafness, and onset of deafness (stable, progressive, or sudden) on HHP. Results Longer time since activation, shorter duration of deafness, and higher HHP were significantly correlated with better CNC word scores. Younger age at device activation was not found to be a significant predictor of CNC outcomes. There was a significant relationship between HHP and SRM, with children who had higher HHP experiencing greater SRM. There was a significant negative correlation between time since activation and age at test with HHP. Children with sudden hearing loss had a higher HHP than children with progressive and congenital hearing losses. Conclusion The present data presented here do not support a cut-off age or duration of deafness for pediatric cochlear implantation in cases of SSD. Instead, they expand on our understanding of the benefits of CI use in this population by reviewing the factors that influence outcomes in this growing patient population. Higher HHP, or greater percentage of time spent each day using bilateral input, was associated with better outcomes in the CI-alone and in the combined condition. Younger children and those within the first months of use had higher HHP. Clinicians should discuss these factors and how they may influence CI outcomes with potential candidates with SSD and their families. Ongoing work is investigating the long-term outcomes in this patient population, including whether increasing HHP after a period of limited CI use results in improved outcomes.
Herrlichkeit der Offenbarung und Verklärung Christi
Creators: name: Kühn, Rolf
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 1
FDXR drives primary and endocrine-resistant tumor cell growth in ER+ breast cancer via CPT1A-mediated fatty acid oxidation
Creators: name: Zhang, Qing
name: Liu, Xiaojing
name: Gao, Ronghui
name: Gao, Chuan
name: Zhang, Jing
name: Hong, Kai
name: Yan, Chaojun
name: Cheng, Meng
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media
Year: 2023

description: Background The majority of breast cancers (BCs) expressing estrogen receptor (ER) have shown endocrine resistance. Our previous study demonstrated that ferredoxin reductase (FDXR) promoted mitochondrial function and ER+ breast tumorigenesis. But the underlying mechanism is not clear. Methods Liquid chromatography (LC) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)-based metabolite profiling was utilized to reveal the metabolites regulated by FDXR. RNA microarray was utilized to determine the potential downstream targets of FDXR. Seahorse XF24 analyzer was performed to analyze the FAO-mediated oxygen consumption rate (OCR). Q-PCR and western blotting assays were used to measure expression levels of FDXR and CPT1A. MTS, 2D colony formation and anchorage-independent growth assays were used to evaluate the effects of FDXR or drug treatments on tumor cell growth of primary or endocrine-resistant breast cancer cells. Results We found that depletion of FDXR inhibited fatty acid oxidation (FAO) by suppressing CPT1A expression. Endocrine treatment increased the expression levels of both FDXR and CPT1A. Further, we showed that depletion of FDXR or FAO inhibitor etomoxir treatment reduced primary and endocrine-resistant breast cancer cell growth. Therapeutically, combining endocrine therapy with FAO inhibitor etomoxir synergistically inhibits primary and endocrine-resistant breast cancer cell growth. Discussion We reveal that the FDXR-CPT1A-FAO signaling axis is essential for primary and endocrine-resistant breast cancer cell growth, thus providing a potential combinatory therapy against endocrine resistance in ER+ breast cancer.
Additional file 1 of Sex- and region-biased depletion of microglia/macrophages attenuates CLN1 disease in mice
Creators: name: Berve, Kristina
name: West, Brian L.
name: Martini, Rudolf
name: Groh, Janos
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. PLX3397 treatment inhibits pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in the CNS of CLN1 mice. Figure S2. Microglia/macrophages in distinct CNS compartments of CLN1 mice display morphological heterogeneity. Figure S3. Decreased expression of TMEM119 on CD11b+ cells in the cortex of CLN1 mice. Figure S4. Increased numbers of non-microglial myeloid cells in brains of CLN1 mice.
Process Mineralogical Assessment of the Grinding Products of the Per Geijer Iron Oxide-Apatite Deposits
Creators: name: Krolop, Patrick
name: Niiranen, Kari
name: Gilbricht, Sabine
name: Seifert, Thomas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Hematology

description: Information obtained from comminution test work at the laboratory scale can be utilized to characterize ore types and predict their behavior during comminution at the industrial scale. Comminution tests with a laboratory-scale rod and ball mill of 13 predefined ore types from the Per Geijer iron oxide-apatite deposits were conducted. The grinding setup refers to the so-called Malmberget method used at LKAB, characterized by a subsequent circuit of rod and ball mill grinding. The highest P80 values were obtained by grinding only in the rod mill for 10 min (step A). Ball mill grinding for 25 min (step B) and 35 min (step C) gave a very narrow range of P80 values. Hematite-dominated ore types had significantly higher P80 values after the primary grinding step A compared to the other ore types. Generally, Fe content increased in finer particle size classes while CaO and P contents decreased. The influence of silicates or phosphates is dependent on the dominant iron oxide. Magnetite-dominated ore types are more likely to be affected in their comminution behavior by the presence of silicate minerals. In contrast, hematite-dominant ore types are instead influenced by the presence of apatite. The difference in the degree of liberation of magnetite and hematite between ore types depends on size fractions rather than the amount of gangue in the ore most likely caused by very fine intergrowth of both iron oxides. A consolidation from 13 to 8 ore types is favored, supporting possible future mining of the Per Geijer deposits.
Göttliches und Menschliches in Raffaels Transfiguration
Creators: name: Dombrowski, Damian
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 1
Food Insecurity During the First Year of COVID-19: Employment and Sociodemographic Factors Among Participants in the CHASING COVID Cohort Study
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Sarah
name: Robertson, McKaylee
name: Zimba, Rebecca
name: Grov, Christian
name: Mirzayi, Chloe
name: Ng, Yvette
name: Salgado-You, William
name: Parcesepe, Angela M.
name: Nash, Denis
name: Westmoreland, Drew
name: Chang, Mindy
name: Rane, Madhura
name: Cohen, Nevin
name: Maroko, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Objective: While much has been reported about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity, longitudinal data and the variability experienced by people working in various industries are limited. This study aims to further characterize people experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic in terms of employment, sociodemographic characteristics, and degree of food insecurity. Methods: The study sample consisted of people enrolled in the Communities, Households and SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology (CHASING) COVID Cohort Study from visit 1 (April–July 2020) through visit 7 (May–June 2021). We created weights to account for participants with incomplete or missing data. We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression models to determine employment and sociodemographic correlates of food insecurity. We also examined patterns of food insecurity and use of food support programs. Results: Of 6740 participants, 39.6% (n = 2670) were food insecure. Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic (vs non-Hispanic White) participants, participants in households with children (vs no children), and participants with lower (vs higher) income and education levels had higher odds of food insecurity. By industry, people employed in construction, leisure and hospitality, and trade, transportation, and utilities industries had the highest prevalence of both food insecurity and income loss. Among participants reporting food insecurity, 42.0% (1122 of 2670) were persistently food insecure (≥4 consecutive visits) and 43.9% (1172 of 2670) did not use any food support programs. Conclusions: The pandemic resulted in widespread food insecurity in our cohort, much of which was persistent. In addition to addressing sociodemographic disparities, future policies should focus on the needs of those working in industries vulnerable to economic disruption and ensure those experiencing food insecurity can access food support programs for which they are eligible.
Theologische und mystische Bedeutung der Verklärung Jesu bei den Kirchenvätern
Creators: name: Figura, Michael
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 37 Nr. 1 (2008): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 37, Heft 1