cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Universal scaling of the logarithmic negativity in massive quantum field theory
Creators: name: Blondeau-Fournier, Olivier
name: Castro-Alvaredo, Olalla A.
name: Doyon, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the logarithmic negativity, a measure of bipartite entanglement, in a general unitary 1+1-dimensional massive quantum field theory, not necessarily integrable. We compute the negativity between a finite region of length $r$ and an adjacent semi-infinite region, and that between two semi-infinite regions separated by a distance $r$. We show that the former saturates to a finite value, and that the latter tends to zero, as $r\rightarrow\infty$. We show that in both cases, the leading corrections are exponential decays in $r$ (described by modified Bessel functions) that are solely controlled by the mass spectrum of the model, independently of its scattering matrix. This implies that, like the entanglement entropy, the logarithmic negativity displays a very high level of universality, allowing one to extract information about the mass spectrum. Further, a study of sub-leading terms shows that, unlike the entanglement entropy, a large-$r$ analysis of the negativity allows for the detection of bound states.
description: 22 pages, 1 figure. v2 updated: references and explanations added, typos corrected, and normalization / saturation constants adjusted
title: Endocrine Pearls of the Female Pelvis: Ultrasound as a problem-solving modality
Creators: name: Lugo-Rosado, Jancarlo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system female
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Education
subject: Endocrine disorders
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: The general purpose of this exhibit is to highlight the importance and effectiveness of the ultrasound as a problem-solving modality in the female pelvis. Will lighly review normal basic female pelvic anatomy, as well as basic sonographic approach...
Simulating tau transport in an axon from Simulating tubulin-associated unit transport in an axon: using bootstrapping for estimating confidence intervals of best-fit parameter values obtained from indirect experimental data
Creators: name: I. A. Kuznetsov
name: A. V. Kuznetsov
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 90399 Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Medical engineering

description: Simulating tau transport in an axon
Figure S1 from Developmental roles of tyrosine metabolism enzymes in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus.
Creators: name: Sterkel, Marcos
name: Oliveira, Pedro L.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Developmental Biology

description: Levels of gene silencing after dsRNA injection assessed by quantitative real-time PCR
Basar auf Reisen
Creators: name: Kopetzky, Steffen
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Ein gehörig durcheinander gewirbelter Terminplan führte dazu, dass das erste Stück indischen Theaters, das ich in meinem Leben zu sehen bekam, Habib Tanvirs Agra Basar war. Es stand auf dem Programm des wichtigsten indischen Theaterfestivals, ausgerichtet von der National School of Drama in New Delhi.
description: Südasien, Bd. 27/28 Nr. 4/1 2007/2008(2007): Theater und Film
title: Relationship between Volumetric Measurement of Manual Air Insufflations for CT Colonography and Body Habitus
Creators: name: limchareon, sornsupha
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Colon
subject: CT-Colonography
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Colonography CT
subject: Screening
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Computed tomography colonography (CTC) is preferred for colorectal cancer screening. Good colorectal distension is essential for interpretation. Inadequate distension may give both false-positive and false-negative findings. However, severe...
Timing of early excision and grafting following burn in sub-Saharan Africa
Creators: name: Shah, Mansi
name: Mjuweni, Stephen
name: Gallaher, Jared R.
name: Cairns, Bruce A.
name: Charles, Anthony G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: This study sought to establish appropriate timing of burn wound excision and grafting in a resource-poor setting in sub-Saharan Africa.
Interventions with Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Creators: name: Mood, Darlene W.
name: Northouse, Laurel L.
name: Katapodi, Maria C.
name: Zhang, Lingling
name: Song, Lixin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Family caregivers of cancer patients receive little preparation, information, or support to carry out their caregiving role. However, their psychosocial needs must be addressed so they can maintain their own health and provide the best possible care to the patient. The purpose of this article was to analyze the types of interventions offered to family caregivers of cancer patients, and to determine the effect of these interventions on various caregiver outcomes. Meta-analysis was used to analyze data obtained from 29 randomized clinical trials, published from 1983 to March, 2009. Three types of interventions were offered to caregivers: psychoeducational, skills training, and therapeutic counseling. Most interventions were delivered jointly to patients and caregivers, but they varied considerably on dose and duration. The majority of caregivers was female (64%), Caucasian (84%), and ranged from 18 to 92 years of age (mean 55). Meta-analysis indicated that although these interventions had small to medium effects, they significantly reduced caregiver burden, improved caregivers’ ability to cope, increased their self-efficacy, and improved aspects of their quality of life. Various intervention characteristics were also examined as potential moderators. Clinicians need to deliver research-tested interventions to help caregivers and patients cope effectively and maintain their quality of life.
Regulation of pH During Amelogenesis
Creators: name: Lacruz, Rodrigo S.
name: Paine, Michael L.
name: Kurtz, Ira
name: Nanci, Antonio
name: Wright, J. Timothy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: During amelogenesis, extracellular matrix proteins interact with growing hydroxyapatite crystals to create one of the most architecturally complex biological tissues. The process of enamel formation is a unique biomineralizing system characterized first by an increase in crystallite length during the secretory phase of amelogenesis, followed by a vast increase in crystallite width and thickness in the later maturation phase when organic complexes are enzymatically removed. Crystal growth is modulated by changes in the pH of the enamel microenvironment that is critical for proper enamel biomineralization. Whereas the genetic bases for most abnormal enamel phenotypes (amelogenesis imperfecta) are generally associated with mutations to enamel matrix specific genes, mutations to genes involved in pH regulation may result in severely affected enamel structure, highlighting the importance of pH regulation for normal enamel development. This review summarizes the intra- and extracellular mechanisms employed by the enamel-forming cells, ameloblasts, to maintain pH homeostasis and, also, discusses the enamel phenotypes associated with disruptions to genes involved in pH regulation.
title: Clinical Study on quantitative evaluation of Stage of liver fibrosis by revolution CT with Iron-based energy spectrum
Creators: name: Ji, Qingyu
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Cone beam CT
subject: CT
subject: CT-Colonography
subject: Chemotherapy
subject: Cirrhosis

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To obtain the quantitative parameters of iron substance in patients with liver fibrosis (HF) and evaluatethe stage of liver fibrosis by using energy spectrum CT material separation imaging technology, so asto provide a new basis for the clinical...
Truthful Mechanisms for Combinatorial Allocation of Electric Power in Alternating Current Electric Systems for Smart Grid
Creators: name: Chau, Chi-Kin
name: Elbassioni, Khaled
name: Khonji, Majid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Traditional studies of combinatorial auctions often only consider linear constraints. The rise of smart grid presents a new class of auctions, characterized by quadratic constraints. This paper studies the {\em complex-demand knapsack problem}, in which the demands are complex valued and the capacity of supplies is described by the magnitude of total complex-valued demand. This naturally captures the power constraints in alternating current (AC) electric systems. In this paper, we provide a more complete study and generalize the problem to the multi-minded version, beyond the previously known $\frac{1}{2}$-approximation algorithm for only a subclass of the problem. More precisely, we give a truthful PTAS for the case $ϕ\in[0,\fracπ{2}-δ]$, and a truthful FPTAS, which {\it fully} optimizes the objective function but violates the capacity constraint by at most $(1+ε)$, for the case $ϕ\in(\fracπ{2},π-δ]$, where $ϕ$ is the maximum argument of any complex-valued demand and $ε,δ>0$ are arbitrarily small constants. We complement these results by showing that, unless P=NP, neither a PTAS for the case $ϕ\in(\fracπ{2},π-δ]$ nor any bi-criteria approximation algorithm with polynomial guarantees for the case when $ϕ$ is arbitrarily close to $π$ (that is, when $δ$ is arbitrarily close to $0$) can exist.
description: Extended version of AAMAS 14' paper arXiv:1403.3907
Qurratulain Hyder
Creators: name: Oesterheld, Christina
Publisher: name: Südasien
Year: 2022

description: Am 21. August 2007 starb in Delhi die Schriftstellerin Qurratulain Hyder, eine der herausragenden Gestalten der indischen Literatur des 20.Jahrhunderts, die oft als die große alte Dame oder die graue Eminenz der Urdu-Literatur bezeichnet wurde. In zahlreichen Nachrufen in Urdu- und englischsprachigen Medien des südasiatischen Subkontinents und der Diaspora wurden ihre herausragenden Leistungen für die indische Literatur gewürdigt. Und dennoch wäre Qurratulain vielleicht nicht recht glücklich über diese Lobreden, wiederholt sich in ihnen doch ein Phänomen, gegen das sie schon zu Lebzeiten anzukämpfen versuchte: die einseitige Fixierung auf ihren monumentalen Roman Ag ka darja (Der Feuerstrom, 1959).
description: Südasien, Bd. 27/28 Nr. 4/1 2007/2008(2007): Theater und Film
Steady and Oscillatory Fluid Flows Produce a Similar Osteogenic Phenotype
Creators: name: Rubin, J.
name: Jacobs, C. R.
name: Xie, Z.
name: Thomas, J. A.
name: Sen, B.
name: Styner, M.
name: Case, N.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Mechanical loading induces positive changes in the skeleton due to direct effects on bone cells, which may include regulation of transcription factors that support osteoblast differentiation and function. Flow effects on osteoblast transcription factors have generally been evaluated after short exposures. In this work, we assayed flow effects on osteogenic genes at early and late time points in a preosteoblast (CIMC-4) cell line and evaluated both steady and oscillatory flows. Four hours of steady unidirectional flow decreased the level of RANKL mRNA 53 ± 7% below that of nonflowed cells, but increases in Runx2 and osterix mRNA (44 ± 22% and 129 ± 12%, respectively) were significant only after 12–19 h of continuous flow. Late flow effects on RANKL and osterix were also induced by an intermittent flow–rest protocol (four cycles of 1 h on/1 h off + overnight rest). Four hours of oscillatory flow decreased RANKL mRNA at this early time point (63 ± 2%) but did not alter either osterix or Runx2. When oscillatory flow was delivered using the intermittent flow–rest protocol, Runx2 and osterix mRNA increased significantly (85 ± 19% and 161 ± 22%, respectively). Both β-catenin and ERK1/2, known to be involved in RANKL regulation, were rapidly activated by steady flow. Inhibition of flow-activated ERK1/2 prevented the increase in osterix mRNA but not Runx2; Runx2 phosphorylation was increased by flow, an effect which likely contributes to osterix induction. This work shows that both steady and oscillatory fluid flows can support enhancement of an osteogenic phenotype.
Figure S1 from Developmental roles of tyrosine metabolism enzymes in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus
Creators: name: Sterkel, Marcos
name: Oliveira, Pedro L.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Developmental Biology

description: Levels of gene silencing after dsRNA injection assessed by quantitative real-time PCR
Reduced Tissue-Level Stiffness and Mineralization in Osteoporotic Cancellous Bone
Creators: name: Baker, Shefford P.
name: Boskey, Adele L.
name: Kim, Grace
name: Cole, Jacqueline H.
name: Van Der Meulen, Marjolein C.H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Osteoporosis alters bone mass and composition ultimately increasing the fragility of primarily cancellous skeletal sites; however, effects of osteoporosis on tissue-level mechanical properties of cancellous bone are unknown. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans are the clinical standard for diagnosing osteoporosis though changes in cancellous bone mass and mineralization are difficult to separate using this method. The goal of this study was to investigate possible difference in tissue-level properties with osteoporosis as defined by donor T-scores. Spine segments from Caucasian female cadavers (58–92 yrs) were used. A T-score for each donor was calculated from DXA scans to determine osteoporotic status. Tissue level composition and mechanical properties of vertebrae adjacent to the scan region were measured using nanoindentation and Raman spectroscopy. Based on T-scores, six samples were in the Osteoporotic group (58–74 yrs) and four samples were in the Not Osteoporotic group (65–92 yrs). The indentation modulus and mineral to matrix ratio (mineral:matrix) were lower in the Osteoporotic group than the Not Osteoporotic group. Mineral:matrix ratio decreased with age (r2 = 0.35, p = 0.05), and the indentation modulus increased with a real bone mineral density (aBMD) (r2 = 0.41, p = 0.04).
Words for the other. Ethnographies of diversity
Creators: name: Tedeschi, Enrica
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: ethnography; diversity

description: This article wishes to address ways in which cultural difference is perceived and described by the social sciences, in particular in ethnographical texts. The western view of the Other began to undergo change around the second half of the twentieth century. From the nineteen seventies on, some of the cultural
movements that emerged began accusing ethnographical studies of ethnocentrism and cultural imperialism, and, thus, sought new ways of representing different cultures. The most representative post-modernist
approaches of the nineteen eighties and nineties – auto-ethnography and performance ethnography – present both advantages and limitations which we shall examine here. The most relevant contribution, perhaps, made
during those decades of research, was the self-reflexive technique, which multiplies the points of view presented in an ethnographical text. It is not by mere chance that analytic ethnography has taken on board reflexivity as a valuable method, freeing it of postmodern presuppositions. The latest developments regarding the dialogue with the Other should be sought in the ethnographies of globalisation, which, by refusing the ethnocentric enthusiasm resulting from increases in connections and mobility– shifting the focus of the
representation of the Other onto the plane of research – study the critical and perverse effects of globalisation on marginalised cultures.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 3, No 1 (2013)
Continuous matrix product state tomography of quantum transport experiments
Creators: name: Haack, G.
name: Steffens, A.
name: Eisert, J.
name: Hübener, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In recent years, a close connection between the description of open quantum systems, the input-output formalism of quantum optics, and continuous matrix product states in quantum field theory has been established. So far, however, this connection has not been extended to the condensed-matter context. In this work, we substantially develop further and apply a machinery of continuous matrix product states (cMPS) to perform tomography of transport experiments. We first present an extension of the tomographic possibilities of cMPS by showing that reconstruction schemes do not need to be based on low-order correlation functions only, but also on low-order counting probabilities. We show that fermionic quantum transport settings can be formulated within the cMPS framework. This allows us to present a reconstruction scheme based on the measurement of low-order correlation functions that provides access to quantities that are not directly measurable with present technology. Emblematic examples are high-order correlations functions and waiting times distributions (WTD). The latter are of particular interest since they offer insights into short-time scale physics. We demonstrate the functioning of the method with actual data, opening up the way to accessing WTD within the quantum regime.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
title: Special windowing 101: a beginner`s guide to easy-to-miss diagnoses
Creators: name: Mihalascu, Florina-Iuliana
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Emergency
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Professional issues
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Education and training

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To emphasize the importance of including special windows in the inexperienced reviewer`s usual CT search pattern in order to improve the detection of easily missed...
It's Not You, It's Me: The Impact of Choice Models and Ranking Strategies on Gender Imbalance in Music Recommendation
Creators: name: Ferraro, Andres
name: Ekstrand, Michael D.
name: Bauer, Christine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As recommender systems are prone to various biases, mitigation approaches are needed to ensure that recommendations are fair to various stakeholders. One particular concern in music recommendation is artist gender fairness. Recent work has shown that the gender imbalance in the sector translates to the output of music recommender systems, creating a feedback loop that can reinforce gender biases over time. In this work, we examine that feedback loop to study whether algorithmic strategies or user behavior are a greater contributor to ongoing improvement (or loss) in fairness as models are repeatedly re-trained on new user feedback data. We simulate user interaction and re-training to investigate the effects of ranking strategies and user choice models on gender fairness metrics. We find re-ranking strategies have a greater effect than user choice models on recommendation fairness over time.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, conference short paper, to be published at RecSys 2024
Figure S1; Figure S2; Figure S3; Figure S4 from Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots embedded onto titanium dioxide nanowires for enhancing photocurrent.
Creators: name: Yin-Cheng Yen
name: Lin, Chia-Chi
name: Chen, Ping-Yu
name: Ko, Wen-Yin
name: Kuan-Jiuh Lin
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30203 Inorganic Green Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 30504 Organic Green Chemistry
subject: 100799 Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: Three electrode system for fabrication CQDs/TiO2 NW by electrodeposition.; PL spectra of CQD solution on 2016.06 and 2017.03.; HRTEM images of CQDs/TiO2 NW.; EPR signals of hydroxyl radical obtained under irradiation of 365 nm on solution in the presence of DMPO for 90 seconds.
Population Frequencies of the Triallelic 5HTTLPR in Six Ethnicially Diverse Samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa
Creators: name: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt
name: Boardman, Jason D.
name: Zhang, Xiaodong
name: Halpern, Carolyn T.
name: Williams, Redford B.
name: Conger, Rand
name: Brent Donnellan, M.
name: Smolen, Andrew
name: Bishop, George D.
name: Thornberry, Terence P.
name: Haberstick, Brett C.
name: Foshee, Vangie A.
name: Siegler, Ilene C.
name: Harris, Kathleen Mullan
name: Stallings, Michael C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Genetic differences between populations are a potentially an important contributor to health disparities around the globe. As differences in gene frequencies influence study design, it is important to have a thorough understanding of the natural variation of the genetic variant(s) of interest. Along these lines, we characterized the variation of the 5HTTLPR and rs25531 polymorphisms in six samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa (Cameroon) that differ in their racial and ethnic composition. Allele and genotype frequencies were determined for 24,066 participants. Results indicated higher frequencies of the rs25531 G-allele among Black and African populations as compared with White, Hispanic and Asian populations. Further, we observed a greater number of ‘extra-long’ (‘XL’) 5HTTLPR alleles than have previously been reported. Extra-long alleles occurred almost entirely among Asian, Black and Non-White Hispanic populations as compared with White and Native American populations where they were completely absent. Lastly, when considered jointly, we observed between sample differences in the genotype frequencies within racial and ethnic populations. Taken together, these data underscore the importance of characterizing the L-G allele to avoid misclassification of participants by genotype and for further studies of the impact XL alleles may have on the transcriptional efficiency of SLC6A4.
Family Practice History: Bloodletting
Creators: name: Curtis, Peter
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1981

description: For 2000 years bloodletting was an accepted form of treatment. During this time, the indications and philosophical basis for lancing, cupping, and the application of leeches evolved in conjunction with advances in anatomy and physiology. In the late 19th century discoveries by tissue pathologists using new diagnostic techniques undermined earlier dogma and bloodletting quickly became a highly suspect form of treatment.
Bayesian nonparametric inference for discovery probabilities: credible intervals and large sample asymptotics
Creators: name: Arbel, Julyan
name: Favaro, Stefano
name: Nipoti, Bernardo
name: Teh, Yee Whye
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Given a sample of size $n$ from a population of individuals belonging to different species with unknown proportions, a popular problem of practical interest consists in making inference on the probability $D_{n}(l)$ that the $(n+1)$-th draw coincides with a species with frequency $l$ in the sample, for any $l=0,1,\ldots,n$. This paper contributes to the methodology of Bayesian nonparametric inference for $D_{n}(l)$. Specifically, under the general framework of Gibbs-type priors we show how to derive credible intervals for a Bayesian nonparametric estimation of $D_{n}(l)$, and we investigate the large $n$ asymptotic behaviour of such an estimator. Of particular interest are special cases of our results obtained under the specification of the two parameter Poisson--Dirichlet prior and the normalized generalized Gamma prior, which are two of the most commonly used Gibbs-type priors. With respect to these two prior specifications, the proposed results are illustrated through a simulation study and a benchmark Expressed Sequence Tags dataset. To the best our knowledge, this illustration provides the first comparative study between the two parameter Poisson--Dirichlet prior and the normalized generalized Gamma prior in the context of Bayesian nonparemetric inference for $D_{n}(l)$.
title: Radio-Pathological Correlation of Intra-Articular Neoplasms and Mimickers
Creators: name: El Alam, Raquelle
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Extremities
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Cancer

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: After watching this presentation, the person will be able to: 1. Understand the concept of the articular space in order to comprehensively describe an intra-articular mass2. Recognize imaging features of typical benign and malignant intra-articular...
Neural Substrates of Self-Regulatory Control in Children and Adults with Tourette Syndrome
Creators: name: Bansal, Ravi
name: Yu, Shan
name: Royal, Jason
name: Alexander, Gerianne M.
name: Wang, Zhishun
name: Raz, Amir
name: Zhu, Hongtu
name: Peterson, Bradley S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: To identify the neural substrate of self-regulatory control in children and adults with Tourette syndrome (TS).
The Role of Partnership Status on Late-Life Physical Function
Creators: name: Clouston, Sean A.P.
name: Verdery, Ashton M.
name: Lawlor, Andrea
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This study examined the socioeconomic pathways linking partnership status to physical functioning, assessed using objective measures of late life physical functioning including peak flow and grip strength. Using Wave 4 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we ran multilevel models to examine the relationship between partnership status and physical function in late life, adjusting for social-network characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and health behaviours. We found a robust relationship between partnership status and physical function. Incorporating social-network characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and health behaviours showed independent robust relationships with physical function. Co-variates attenuated the impact of cohabitation, separation, and widowhood on physical function; robust effects were found for singlehood and divorce. Sex-segregated analyses suggest that associations between cohabitation, singlehood, divorce, and widowhood were larger for men than for women. Results suggest that social ties are important to improved physical function.
Private Data Transfer over a Broadcast Channel
Creators: name: Mishra, Manoj
name: Sharma, Tanmay
name: Dey, Bikash K.
name: Prabhakaran, Vinod M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study the following private data transfer problem: Alice has a database of files. Bob and Cathy want to access a file each from this database (which may or may not be the same file), but each of them wants to ensure that their choices of file do not get revealed even if Alice colludes with the other user. Alice, on the other hand, wants to make sure that each of Bob and Cathy does not learn any more information from the database than the files they demand (the identities of which will be unknown to her). Moreover, they should not learn any information about the other files even if they collude. It turns out that it is impossible to accomplish this if Alice, Bob, and Cathy have access only to private randomness and noiseless communication links. We consider this problem when a binary erasure broadcast channel with independent erasures is available from Alice to Bob and Cathy in addition to a noiseless public discussion channel. We study the file-length-per-broadcast-channel-use rate in the honest-but-curious model. We focus on the case when the database consists of two files, and obtain the optimal rate. We then extend to the case of larger databases, and give upper and lower bounds on the optimal rate.
description: To be presented at IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2015), Hong Kong
Thermodilution and Fick Cardiac Outputs Differ: Impact on Pulmonary Hypertension Evaluation
Creators: name: Blanchard, Sarah K.
name: Fares, Wassim H.
name: Stouffer, George A.
name: Aris, Robert M.
name: Ford, Hubert James
name: Chang, Patricia P.
name: Rosamond, Wayne D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: BACKGROUND: The relationship between thermodilution and indirect Fick cardiac output determination methods has not been well described.
Corners over quasirandom groups
Creators: name: Zorin-Kranich, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05D10 (Primary), 20D60 (Secondary)

description: Let $G$ be a finite $D$-quasirandom group and $A \subset G^{k}$ a $δ$-dense subset. Then the density of the set of side lengths $g$ of corners \[ \{(a_{1},\dots,a_{k}),(ga_{1},a_{2},\dots,a_{k}),\dots,(ga_{1},\dots,ga_{k})\} \subset A \] converges to $1$ as $D\to\infty$.
description: 6 pages, with an expanded introduction
Cost implications of new treatments for advanced colorectal cancer: Cost-effectiveness of CRC Treatment
Creators: name: Goldberg, Richard M.
name: Speier, William
name: Beck, J. Robert
name: Sargent, Daniel
name: Meropol, Neal J.
name: Wong, Yu Ning
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Since 1996, six new drugs have been introduced for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. While promising, these drugs are frequently given in the palliative, and are much more expensive than older treatments. The objective of this study is to measure the cost implications of treatment with sequential regimens that include chemotherapy and/or monoclonal antibodies.
Health status and quality of life among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors
Creators: name: Zimmerman, Sheryl
name: Zebrack, Bradley J.
name: Smith, Sophia K.
name: Williams, Christianna S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: A growing body of evidence suggests that long-term survivors with one of the more common forms of adult cancer report similar quality of life (QOL) to the general population. However, specific concerns have been identified (sexual dysfunction, fatigue, distress) in this population. Also, less is known about survivors of adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a disease often marked by alternating periods of disease and remission. Therefore, this study compares the QOL status of individuals who report having active NHL with those who are disease-free short-term (2–4 years post-diagnosis; STS) and long-term (≥5 years post-diagnosis; LTS) survivors.
title: Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Methodology and Features in Parathyroid Lesions
Creators: name: Pavlovics, Sergejs
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Localisation
subject: Endocrine disorders
subject: Neoplasia

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To evaluate sensitivity and specificity of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) findings of morphologically confirmed hyperplastic and neoplastic parathyroid glands in patients with...
Finite Open-World Query Answering with Number Restrictions (Extended Version)
Creators: name: Amarilli, Antoine
name: Benedikt, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Open-world query answering is the problem of deciding, given a set of facts, conjunction of constraints, and query, whether the facts and constraints imply the query. This amounts to reasoning over all instances that include the facts and satisfy the constraints. We study finite open-world query answering (FQA), which assumes that the underlying world is finite and thus only considers the finite completions of the instance. The major known decidable cases of FQA derive from the following: the guarded fragment of first-order logic, which can express referential constraints (data in one place points to data in another) but cannot express number restrictions such as functional dependencies; and the guarded fragment with number restrictions but on a signature of arity only two. In this paper, we give the first decidability results for FQA that combine both referential constraints and number restrictions for arbitrary signatures: we show that, for unary inclusion dependencies and functional dependencies, the finiteness assumption of FQA can be lifted up to taking the finite implication closure of the dependencies. Our result relies on new techniques to construct finite universal models of such constraints, for any bound on the maximal query size.
description: 59 pages. To appear in LICS 2015. Extended version including proofs
Figure S1; Figure S2; Figure S3; Figure S4 from Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots embedded onto titanium dioxide nanowires for enhancing photocurrent
Creators: name: Yin-Cheng Yen
name: Lin, Chia-Chi
name: Chen, Ping-Yu
name: Ko, Wen-Yin
name: Kuan-Jiuh Lin
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 30203 Inorganic Green Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 30504 Organic Green Chemistry
subject: 100799 Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: Three electrode system for fabrication CQDs/TiO2 NW by electrodeposition.; PL spectra of CQD solution on 2016.06 and 2017.03.; HRTEM images of CQDs/TiO2 NW.; EPR signals of hydroxyl radical obtained under irradiation of 365 nm on solution in the presence of DMPO for 90 seconds.
Experimental evaluation of architectural software performance design patterns in microservices
Creators: name: Meijer, Willem
name: Trubiani, Catia
name: Aleti, Aldeida
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Microservice architectures and design patterns enhance the development of large-scale applications by promoting flexibility. Industrial practitioners perceive the importance of applying architectural patterns but they struggle to quantify their impact on system quality requirements. Our research aims to quantify the effect of design patterns on system performance metrics, e.g., service latency and resource utilization, even more so when the patterns operate in real-world environments subject to heterogeneous workloads. We built a cloud infrastructure to host a well-established benchmark system that represents our test bed, complemented by the implementation of three design patterns: Gateway Aggregation, Gateway Offloading, Pipe and Filters. Real performance measurements are collected and compared with model-based predictions that we derived as part of our previous research, thus further consolidating the actual impact of these patterns. Our results demonstrate that, despite the difficulty to parameterize our benchmark system, model-based predictions are in line with real experimentation, since the performance behaviors of patterns, e.g., bottleneck switches, are mostly preserved. In summary, this is the first work that experimentally demonstrates the performance behavior of microservices-based architectural patterns. Results highlight the complexity of evaluating the performance of design patterns and emphasize the need for complementing theoretical models with empirical data.
description: The Journal of Systems & Software (2024)
Partner-assisted emotional disclosure for patients with gastrointestinal cancer: Results from a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Moser, Barry
name: Baucom, Donald H.
name: Hong, Jin Kim
name: Hurwitz, Herbert
name: Porter, Laura S.
name: Patterson, Emily
name: Keefe, Francis J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: For patients with cancer who are married or in an intimate relationship, their relationships with their partners play a critical role in their adaptation to their illness. However, cancer patients and their partners often have difficulty in talking with each other about their cancer-related concerns. Difficulties in communication may ultimately compromise both the patient-partner relationship and the patient's psychological adjustment. The present study tested the efficacy of a novel partner-assisted emotional disclosure intervention in a sample of patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer.
title: Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation: presentation and radiological findings
Creators: name: Anadón Gallardo, Candela
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Paediatric
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Arteriovenous malformations

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Review of the anatomy, classification, diagnosis and treatment of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM). Describe its radiological findings using different imaging techniques including US, CT, MRI and...
Prevalence and predictors of antioxidant supplement use during breast cancer treatment: The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project
Creators: name: Neugut, Alfred I.
name: Hershman, Dawn L.
name: Teitelbaum, Susan L.
name: Gaudet, Mia M.
name: Abrahamson, Page E.
name: Gammon, Marilie D.
name: Greenlee, Heather
name: Terry, Mary Beth
name: Jacobson, Judith S.
name: Desai, Manisha
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Although many patients take antioxidant dietary supplements during breast cancer treatment, the benefits of such supplementation are unproven. We analyzed the prevalence of and factors associated with antioxidant supplement use during breast cancer treatment among women who participated in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project.
title: Oxaliplatin-induced focal nodular hyperplasia: a diagnostic challenge
Creators: name: Vassallo, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Contrast agents
subject: Liver
subject: MR
subject: Complications
subject: Cancer

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this EPOS is to describe the typical appearance of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) after treatment with oxaliplatin. Knowledge of the possible occurrence of these alterations lesions in oncologic setting, along with the detection of...
Supplementary Information for Vitikainen et al. 2017, pup escorting in the banded mongoose from Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder.
Creators: name: Vitikainen, Emma I. K.
name: Marshall, Harry H.
name: Thompson, Faye J.
name: Sanderson, Jenni L.
name: Bell, Matthew B. V.
name: Gilchrist, Jason S.
name: Hodge, Sarah J.
name: Nichols, Hazel H.
name: Cant, Michael A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Kin selection theory predicts that animals should direct costly care where inclusive fitness gains are highest. Individuals may achieve this by directing care at closer relatives, yet evidence for such discrimination in vertebrates is equivocal. We investigated patterns of cooperative care in banded mongooses, where communal litters are raised by adult ‘escorts’ who form exclusive caring relationships with individual pups. We found no evidence that escorts and pups assort by parentage or relatedness. However, the time males spent escorting increased with increasing relatedness to the other group members, and to the pup they had paired with. Thus, we found no effect of relatedness in partner choice, but (in males) increasing helping effort with relatedness once partner choices had been made. Unexpectedly, the results showed clear assortment by sex, with female carers being more likely to tend to female pups, and male carers to male pups. This sex-specific assortment in helping behaviour has potential lifelong impacts on individual development and may impact the future size and composition of natal groups and dispersing cohorts. Where relatedness between helpers and recipients is already high, individuals may be better off choosing partners using other predictors of the costs and benefits of cooperation, without the need for possibly costly within-group kin discrimination.
Supplementary Information for Vitikainen et al. 2017, pup escorting in the banded mongoose from Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder
Creators: name: Vitikainen, Emma I. K.
name: Marshall, Harry H.
name: Thompson, Faye J.
name: Sanderson, Jenni L.
name: Bell, Matthew B. V.
name: Gilchrist, Jason S.
name: Hodge, Sarah J.
name: Nichols, Hazel H.
name: Cant, Michael A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Kin selection theory predicts that animals should direct costly care where inclusive fitness gains are highest. Individuals may achieve this by directing care at closer relatives, yet evidence for such discrimination in vertebrates is equivocal. We investigated patterns of cooperative care in banded mongooses, where communal litters are raised by adult ‘escorts’ who form exclusive caring relationships with individual pups. We found no evidence that escorts and pups assort by parentage or relatedness. However, the time males spent escorting increased with increasing relatedness to the other group members, and to the pup they had paired with. Thus, we found no effect of relatedness in partner choice, but (in males) increasing helping effort with relatedness once partner choices had been made. Unexpectedly, the results showed clear assortment by sex, with female carers being more likely to tend to female pups, and male carers to male pups. This sex-specific assortment in helping behaviour has potential lifelong impacts on individual development and may impact the future size and composition of natal groups and dispersing cohorts. Where relatedness between helpers and recipients is already high, individuals may be better off choosing partners using predictors of the costs and benefits of cooperation, without the need for possibly costly within-group kin discrimination.
Racial Differences in Trust and Regular Source of Patient Care, and Implications for Prostate Cancer Screening Utilization
Creators: name: Mohler, James L.
name: Godley, Paul A.
name: Su, L. Joseph
name: Rayford, Walter
name: Bensen, Jeannette
name: Fontham, Elizabeth T.H.
name: Clark, Jack A.
name: Talcott, James A.
name: Carpenter, William R.
name: Mishel, Merle
name: Finnegan, Timothy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Nonmedical factors may modify biological risk of prostate cancer and contribute to differential use of early detection, curative care, and ultimately greater racial disparities in prostate cancer (CaP) mortality. This study examines patients' usual source of care, continuity of care, and mistrust of physicians and their association with racial differences in CaP screening.
MPEC 2023-T226 : OBSERVATIONS AND ORBITS OF COMETS AND A/ OBJECTS
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
subject: OBSERVATIONS AND ORBITS OF COMETS AND A/ OBJECTS

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.
Photonic chip for visible interferometry: laboratory characterization and comparison with the theoretical model
Creators: name: Lallement, Manon
name: Lacour, Sylvestre
name: Huby, Elsa
name: Martin, Guillermo
name: Barjot, Kevin
name: Perrin, Guy
name: Rouan, Daniel
name: Lapeyrere, Vincent
name: Vievard, Sebastien
name: Guyon, Olivier
name: Lozi, Julien
name: Deo, Vincent
name: Kotani, Takayuki
name: Pham, Cecil
name: Cassagnettes, Cedric
name: Billat, Adrien
name: Cvetojevic, Nick
name: Marchis, Franck
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Integrated optics are used to achieve astronomical interferometry inside robust and compact materials, improving the instruments stability and sensitivity. In order to perform differential phase measurements at the H$α$ line (656.3 nm) with the 600-800 nm spectro-interferometer FIRST, a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is being developed. This PIC performs the visible combination of the beams coming from the telescope pupil sub-apertures. In this work, TEEM Photonics waveguides fabricated by $K_+:Na_+$ ion exchange in glass are characterized in terms of single-mode range and mode field diameter. The waveguide diffused index profile is modeled on Beamprop software. FIRST beam combiner building blocks are simulated, especially achromatic directional couplers and passive $π/2$ phase shifters for a potential ABCD interferometric combination.
description: Proceeding. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2409.03476