cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Understanding interfacial dynamics: Hydrostatic pressure-induced sono-dispersion of carbon nanotubes
Creators: name: Li, Lianxia
name: Grobert, Nicole
name: Yu, Lei
name: Maciejewska, Barbara M
name: Lin, Yibiao
name: Zhou, Ying
name: Zhao, Su
name: Zong, Hu
name: Zhang, Zhiguo
name: Qin, Ling
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2024

description: Homogeneously dispersing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is crucial for minimizing agglomeration issues commonly encountered in commercially available CNTs samples, thereby enhancing their unique mechanical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties. In this study, we propose an alternative hydrostatic pressure-driven dispersion approach to effectively disperse CNTs and assess the impact of hydrostatic pressure on CNTs dispersion in deionized water (DIW). Our results demonstrate that ultrasonic treatment under a hydrostatic pressure of 0.1 MPa enables the achievement of a high concentration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) at approximately 4.23 mg/ml, significantly surpassing concentrations reported in recent studies (∼1.9 mg/ml). Thin buckypaper generated from these solutions exhibit exceptional electrical conductivity (∼4938 S/m). Numerical modeling demonstrates that the shock wave induced by bubble implosion is significantly enhanced, reaching 80 MPa under hydrostatic pressure, markedly higher than atmospheric pressure in previous studies (∼1.6 MPa). This enhancement leads to a twofold improvement in dispersion efficiency. For the first time, we reveal the underlying mechanism of nanobubbles (NBs) in dispersion stability. Our experimental results show a significant increase in the generation of NBs resulting from ultrasonic bubble collapse under hydrostatic pressure. This phenomenon plays a crucial role in the long-term stabilization of dispersion, which we observed over several months. The presence of negatively charged hydroxyl groups on the interface of the NBs is identified as a key factor in this stabilization process. The hydrostatic pressure-driven dispersion approach presented is essential for the large-scale dispersion of CNTs and other nanomaterials.
The Definition and Numerical Method of Final Value Problem and Arbitrary Value Problem
Creators: name: Wang, Shixiong
name: He, Jianhua
name: Wang, Chen
name: Li, Xitong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Many Engineering Problems could be mathematically described by Final Value Problem, which is the inverse problem of Initial Value Problem. Accordingly, the paper studies the final value problem in the field of ODE problems and analyses the differences and relations between initial and final value problems. The more general new concept of the endpoints-value problem which could describe both initial and final problems is proposed. Further, we extend the concept into inner-interval value problem and arbitrary value problem and point out that both endpoints-value problem and inner-interval value problem are special forms of arbitrary value problem. Particularly, the existence and uniqueness of the solutions of final value problem and inner-interval value problem of first order ordinary differential equation are proved for discrete problems. The numerical calculation formulas of the problems are derived, and for each algorithm, we propose the convergence and stability conditions of them. Furthermore, multivariate and high-order final value problems are further studied, and the condition of fixed delay is also discussed in this paper. At last, the effectiveness of the considered methods is validated by numerical experiment.
description: Scheduled for publication in the September 2018 edition of CSSE(Computer Systems Science and Engineering) journal, Volume 33 Number 5
Canadian Maternal Healthcare Policies and Indigenous Women The Systemic, Symbolic, and Individual Oppression of Indigenous Women in Canada
Creators: name: Mann, Janessa
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Indigenous women in Canada experience disproportionate maternal health problems compared to non-Indigenous women. The health problems they experience are in large part due to colonial policies which have oppressed them systemically through policies like the Indian Act, the removal of personal agency in pregnancy, and their forced assimilation and destruction of traditional birthing practices. The Canadian federal government and some provinces and territories are in the process of decolonizing healthcare policies to promote culturally safe practices, improve health outcomes, and reconcile historic inequities. The following environmental scan of Canadian maternal and Indigenous healthcare scans illustrates our problematic history, and the positive changes that are being made. Key Terms: Indigenous, Canada, maternal health, maternal healthcare, healthcare, cultural safety, agency, healthcare policies
Combinatorial structure of colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials for torus knots
Creators: name: Dunin-Barkowski, Petr
name: Popolitov, Aleksandr
name: Shadrin, Sergey
name: Sleptsov, Alexey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We rewrite the (extended) Ooguri-Vafa partition function for colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials for torus knots in terms of the free-fermion (semi-infinite wedge) formalism, making it very similar to the generating function for double Hurwitz numbers. This allows us to conjecture the combinatorial meaning of full expansion of the correlation differentials obtained via the topological recursion on the Brini-Eynard-Mariño spectral curve for the colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials of torus knots. This correspondence suggests a structural combinatorial result for the extended Ooguri-Vafa partition function. Namely, its coefficients should have a quasi-polynomial behavior, where non-polynomial factors are given by the Jacobi polynomials. We prove this quasi-polynomiality in a purely combinatorial way. In addition to that, we show that the (0,1)- and (0,2)-functions on the corresponding spectral curve are in agreement with the extension of the colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials data.
description: 40 pages; section 10 addressing the quantum curve was added, as well as some remarks regarding Meixner polynomials thanks to T.Koornwinder
Corrigendum to “European Association of Urology Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Summary of the 2023 Guidelines” [Eur. Urol. 85 (2024) 17–31]
Creators: name: Sæbjørnsen, Sæbjørn
name: Bruins, Harman Max
name: Thalmann, George N.
name: Fietkau, Rainer
name: Martini, Alberto
name: Veskimäe, Erik
name: Lorch, Anja
name: Rink, Michael
name: Meijer, Richard P.
name: Efstathiou, Jason A.
name: Mariappan, Paramananthan
name: Mertens, Laura S.
name: Neuzillet, Yann
name: van der Heijden, Antoine G.
name: Carrión, Albert
name: Witjes, J. Alfred
name: Redlef, John
name: Rouanne, Mathieu
name: Milowsky, Matthew I.
name: Panebiaco, Valeria
name: Compérat, Eva
name: Gakis, Georgios
name: Cathomas, Richard
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2024

description: Corrigendum to “European Association of Urology Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Summary of the 2023 Guidelines”
The phase space geometry underlying roaming reaction dynamics
Creators: name: Krajnak, Vladimir
name: Waalkens, Holger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent studies have found an unusual way of dissociation in formaldehyde. It can be characterized by a hydrogen atom that separates from the molecule, but instead of dissociating immediately it roams around the molecule for a considerable amount of time and extracts another hydrogen atom from the molecule prior to dissociation. This phenomenon has been coined roaming and has since been reported in the dissociation of a number of other molecules. In this paper we investigate roaming in Chesnavich's CH$_4^+$ model. During dissociation the free hydrogen must pass through three phase space bottleneck for the classical motion, that can be shown to exist due to unstable periodic orbits. None of these orbits is associated with saddle points of the potential energy surface and hence related to transition states in the usual sense. We explain how the intricate phase space geometry influences the shape and intersections of invariant manifolds that form separatrices, and establish the impact of these phase space structures on residence times and rotation numbers. Ultimately we use this knowledge to attribute the roaming phenomenon to particular heteroclinic intersections.
title: Autorisation de captation, utilisation, diffusion et conservation de la voix d'une personne
Creators: name: Bureau, Eve
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017

description: Source: C-4784
description: Source: T-4784
Response of gadolinium doped liquid scintillator to charged particles: measurement based on intrinsic U/Th contamination
Creators: name: Du, Qiang
name: Lin, Shin-Ted
name: He, Han-Tao
name: Liu, Shu-Kui
name: Tang, Chang-Jian
name: Wang, Li
name: Wong, Henry T.
name: Xing, Hao-Yang
name: Yue, Qian
name: Zhu, Jing-Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A measurement is reported for the response to charged particles of a liquid scintillator named EJ-335 doped with 0.5% gadolinium by weight. This liquid scintillator was used as the detection medium in a neutron detector. The measurement is based on the in-situ $α$-particles from the intrinsic Uranium and Thorium contamination in the scintillator. The $β$-$α$ and the $α$-$α$ cascade decays from the U/Th decay chains were used to select $α$-particles. The contamination levels of U/Th were consequently measured to be $(5.54\pm0.15)\times 10^{-11}$ g/g, $(1.45\pm0.01)\times 10^{-10}$ g/g and $(1.07\pm0.01)\times 10^{-11}$ g/g for $^{232}$Th, $^{238}$U and $^{235}$U, respectively, assuming secular equilibrium. The stopping power of $α$-particles in the liquid scintillator was simulated by the TRIM software. Then the Birks constant, $kB$, of the scintillator for $α$-particles was determined to be $(7.28\pm0.23)$ mg/(cm$^{2}\cdot$MeV) by Birks' formulation. The response for protons is also presented assuming the $kB$ constant is the same as for $α$-particles.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables, prepared for submission to JINST
Effectiveness and safety of a disposable elastomeric continuous infusion pump for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in a UK setting
Creators: name: Durojaiye, Oyewole Christopher
name: Cole, Joby
name: Kritsotakis, Evangelos I.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Computational Biology

description: We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of continuous antimicrobial infusion using a disposable elastomeric device in an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) setting. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients who received either flucloxacillin (n = 131 episodes) or piperacillin/tazobactam (n = 301 episodes) as continuous infusion via elastomeric devices over 5 years (January 2018-December 2022) at a tertiary referral hospital in Derbyshire, UK. Overall, 81 adverse events were recorded in 77 (18%; 77/432) patient-episodes. Most adverse events were vascular access-related (59%; 4.6 events per 1000 OPAT-days), including one line-related infection (0.2%; 0.1 events per 1000 OPAT-days). 165 (38%) patient-episodes experienced at least one incident of incomplete infusion. Successful outcome (cure or improvement) occurred in 364 (84%) episodes. Our findings suggest that elastomeric infusion pumps are safe and effective for administering selected antimicrobial agents in OPAT. However, close monitoring of patients and the device are essential to ensure optimal delivery of prescribed therapy.
Recherche sur les causes de la régression économique du Congo, 1960-2020
Creators: name: Mpia Izampwe, Jean-Robert
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022

description: Entre 1960 et 2020, le PIB réel par habitant du Congo s’est réduit comme peau de chagrin, passant de 1257,06 $US à 505,35 $US, soit une régression d’environ 60%. Cette étude s’est proposé de faire la lumière sur les causes profondes de cette régression économique des plus spectaculaires. Nous nous sommes munis, en ce sens, de deux approches macroéconomiques distinctes, répartissant respectivement le PIB en trois et quatre secteurs d’activité. Nous avons également fait appel à la méthode de Bai et Perron (2003) afin de déterminer et de dater les « points de rupture » de l’économie congolaise. Il ressort de nos analyses que l’économie congolaise possède une structure économique organisée autour d’un secteur exportateur articulé à celui de la consommation de biens de « luxe ». Cette structure extravertie avait visiblement atteint ses limites en 1957, soit trois ans avant l’indépendance. Par ailleurs, la nature « prédatrice » de l’Etat congolais, dont le modèle de consommation est relativement « luxueux », va contribuer à aggraver la crise de l’économie à partir de 1974 à la suite de l’effondrement des cours mondiaux du cuivre.
Sentirse vivo es estar en la cuerda floja : trabajo y vida cotidiana de los y las artistas circenses callejeros en la ciudad de Bogotá
Creators: name: Martínez Rubiano, Laura Camila
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Acción social
subject: Artistas
subject: Vida cotidiana
subject: Trabajo
subject: Trabajo informal
subject: Vida cotidiana
subject: Trabajo callejero

description: En el presente trabajo de tesis se realiza una indagación sobre aquellas labores no hegemónicas que se desarrollan en la ciudad de Bogotá, en este caso, del arte circense callejero. Los y las artistas circenses se han tomado el espacio de la calle para convertirlo en arte. Los parques, los semáforos y las plazas se han constituido como el escenario del nuevo circo, sin embrago, al ser una labor que durante años ha sido fuertemente estigmatizada, quienes se dedican a esta labor se deben enfrentan diariamente a diversas problemáticas a nivel social, económico y cultural. Allí se exploran las formas de trabajo y la manera en la que las vidas de los y las artistas circenses se desarrollan dentro de condiciones propias del trabajo informal, se destacan valores y potencialidades del trabajo artístico circense, en las condiciones adversas en que se desenvuelve a partir de los relatos y vivencias propia de los y las artistas.
description: In the present work of thesis an inquiry is made on those non-hegemonic tasks that are developed in the city of Bogotá, in this case, of street circus art. The circus artists have taken up the street space to turn it into art. Parks, traffic lights and squares have been the scene of the new circus, however, being a work that for years has been heavily stigmatized, those who are dedicated to this work must face daily various problems at the social level, economic and cultural. It explores the forms of work and the way in which the lives of circus artists develop within the conditions of informal work, highlighting the values and potential of circus artistic work, in the adverse conditions in which it develops from the stories and experiences of the artists.
Nonlinear optical responses of crystalline systems: Results from a velocity gauge analysis
Creators: name: Passos, D. J.
name: Ventura, G. B.
name: Lopes, J. M. Viana Parente
name: Santos, J. M. B. Lopes dos
name: Peres, N. M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, the difficulties inherent to perturbative calculations in the velocity gauge are addressed. In particular, it is shown how calculations of nonlinear optical responses in the independent particle approximation can be done to any order and for any finite band model. The procedure and advantages of the velocity gauge in such calculations are described. The addition of a phenomenological relaxation parameter is also discussed. As an illustration, the nonlinear optical response of monolayer graphene is numerically calculated using the velocity gauge.
Horizontal sound localisation accuracy in individuals with conductive hearing loss: effect of the bone conduction implant
Creators: name: Asp, Filip
name: Reinfeldt, Sabine
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: The objective of this study is to quantify the effect of the Bone Conduction Implant (BCI) on sound localisation accuracy in subjects with conductive hearing loss (CHL). Design: The subjects were tested in a horizontal sound localisation task in which localisation responses were objectively obtained by eye-tracking, in a prospective, cross-sectional design. The tests were performed unaided and unilaterally aided. The stimulus used had a spectrum similar to female speech and was presented at 63 and 73 dB SPL. The main outcome measure was the error index (EI), ranging from 0 to 1 (perfect to random performance). Study sample: Eleven subjects (aged 21–75 years, five females) with BCI participated in the study. Their mixed/conductive hearing loss was either unilateral (n = 5) or bilateral (n = 6). Results: Three of five subjects (60%) with unilateral CHL, and four of six subjects (67%) with bilateral CHL showed significantly improved sound localisation when using a unilateral BCI (p r = 0.98, p Conclusions: Individuals with mixed/conductive hearing loss may benefit from a unilateral BCI in sound localisation.
Starting Strong: Anticipatory Sets for Student Engagement
Creators: name: West, Brandon
name: Deutsch, Anne
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: As we plan instruction sessions, our attention often turns to student learning objectives, activities, and assessment. But how are we laying the groundwork for learning? Anticipatory sets engage the attention of the learner while activating existing knowledge – two crucial components of learning. This interactive workshop will engage participants in the creation of anticipatory sets.
Empresas estatales prestadoras de servicios públicos domiciliarios. Régimen sui generis de actos y contratos
Creators: name: Bermúdez Forero, Yecid Farid
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Actos jurídicos
subject: Contratos - Aspectos jurídicos
subject: Sentencias
subject: Servicios públicos
subject: Empresas estatales
subject: Contratos
subject: Régimen jurídico

description: En este trabajo, previa delimitación de los conceptos de naturaleza jurídica y régimen jurídico se identifica que se entiende por empresa de servicios públicos domiciliarios estatales. A través de las normas vigentes, el precedente judicial existente, la posición de las autoridades y de la doctrina se delimita el régimen de sus actos y contratos, mostrando que estas empresas poseen un régimen especial particularizado por la naturaleza de los prestadores y que, aunque este no tiene origen constitucional, corresponde a uno con características propias que permiten materializar aspiraciones constitucionales.
description: In this study, following a prior delimitation of the concepts of legal nature and legal framework, the definition of state-owned domestic public utility companies is established. Trhrough current regulations, existing judicial precedents, authorities´ stances, and doctrinal analysis, the framework governing their acts and contracts is delineated. This reveals that these companies operate under a distinctive special regime, tailored to the nature of the service providers. While this regime lacks a constitutional origin, it corresponds to one with inherent characteristics that facilitate the realization of constitucional aspirations.
Aberrant epigenetic regulation of FZD3 by TET2 is involved in ovarian cancer cell resistance to cisplatin
Creators: name: Zhu, Li
name: Zhou, Qian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: A major challenge in platinum-based cancer therapy, including cisplatin (DDP), is the clinical management of chemo-resistant tumours, which have unknown pathogenesis at the level of epigenetic mechanism. To identify potential resistance mechanisms, we integrated ovarian cancers (OC)-related GEO database retrieval and prognostic analyses. The results of bioinformatics prediction showed that frizzled class receptor 3 (FZD3) was a DDP-associated gene and closely related to the prognosis of OC. DDP resistance in OC inhibited FZD3 expression. FZD3 reduced DDP resistance in OC cells, increased the inhibitory effect of DDP on the growth and aggressiveness of DDP-resistant cells, and promoted apoptosis and DNA damage. TET2 was reduced in OC. TET2 promoted the transcription of FZD3 through DNA hydroxymethylation. TET2 sensitized the drug-resistant cells to DDP in vitro and in vivo, and the ameliorating effect of TET2 on drug resistance was significantly reversed after the inhibition of FZD3. Our findings reveal a previously unknown epigenetic axis TET2/FZD3 suppression as a potential resistance mechanism to DDP in OC.
Observation and Confirmation of Nine Strong Lensing Systems in Dark Energy Survey Year 1 Data
Creators: name: Nord, B.
name: Buckley-Geer, E.
name: Lin, H.
name: Kuropatkin, N.
name: Collett, T.
name: Tucker, D. L.
name: Diehl, H. T.
name: Agnello, A.
name: Amara, A.
name: Abbott, T. M. C.
name: Allam, S.
name: Annis, J.
name: Avila, S.
name: Bechtol, K.
name: Brooks, D.
name: Burke, D. L.
name: Rosell, A. Carnero
name: Kind, M. Carrasco
name: Carretero, J.
name: Cunha, C. E.
name: da Costa, L. N.
name: Davis, C.
name: De Vicente, J.
name: Doel, P.
name: Eifler, T. F.
name: Evrard, A. E.
name: Fernandez, E.
name: Flaugher, B.
name: Fosalba, P.
name: Frieman, J.
name: Bellido, J. Garcıa-
name: Gaztanaga, E.
name: Gruen, D.
name: Gruendl, R. A.
name: Gutierrez, G.
name: Hartley, W. G.
name: Hollowood, D. L.
name: Honscheid, K.
name: Hoyle, B.
name: James, D. J.
name: Kuehn, K.
name: Kuropatkin, N.
name: Lahav, O.
name: Lima, M.
name: Maia, M. A. G.
name: March, M.
name: Marshall, J. L.
name: Melchior, P.
name: Menanteau, F.
name: Miquel, R.
name: Plazas, A. A.
name: Romer, A. K.
name: Roodman, A.
name: Rykoff, E. S.
name: Sanchez, E.
name: Scarpine, V.
name: Schindler, R.
name: Schubnell, M.
name: Sevilla-Noarbe, I.
name: Smith, M.
name: Soares-Santos, M.
name: Sobreira, F.
name: Suchyta, E.
name: Swanson, M. E. C.
name: Tarle, G.
name: Thomas, D.
name: Zhang, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the observation and confirmation of \nbconfirmtext\ new strong gravitational lenses discovered in Year 1 data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We created candidate lists based on a) galaxy group and cluster samples and b) photometrically selected galaxy samples. We selected 46 candidates through visual inspection and then used the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) at the Gemini South telescope to acquire spectroscopic follow-up of 21 of these candidates. Through analysis of this spectroscopic follow-up data, we confirmed nine new lensing systems and rejected 2 candidates, but the analysis was inconclusive on 10 candidates. For each of the confirmed systems, we report measured spectroscopic properties, estimated \einsteinradiussub, and estimated enclosed masses. The sources that we targeted have an i-band surface brightness range of iSB ~ 22 - 24 mag arcsec^2 and a spectroscopic redshift range of zspec ~0.8 - 2.6. The lens galaxies have a photometric redshift range of zlens ~ 0.3 - 0.7. The lensing systems range in image-lens separation 2 - 9 arcsec and in enclosed mass 10^12 - 10^13 Msol.
Efficient mesoscale hydrodynamics: multiparticle collision dynamics with massively parallel GPU acceleration
Creators: name: Howard, Michael P.
name: Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z.
name: Nikoubashman, Arash
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an efficient open-source implementation of the multiparticle collision dynamics (MPCD) algorithm that scales to run on hundreds of graphics processing units (GPUs). We especially focus on optimizations for modern GPU architectures and communication patterns between multiple GPUs. We show that a mixed-precision computing model can improve performance compared to a fully double-precision model while still providing good numerical accuracy. We report weak and strong scaling benchmarks of a reference MPCD solvent and a benchmark of a polymer solution with research-relevant interactions and system size. Our MPCD software enables simulations of mesoscale hydrodynamics at length and time scales that would be otherwise challenging or impossible to access.
Lettre de Charles-Marie de La Condamine à Jean-François Séguier, 1766-04-13
Creators: name: La Condamine, Charles-Marie de
name: Charles-Marie De La Condamine
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021
Subjects: Astronomie

description: [transcription] Paris 13 avril 1766

M. Girard, Monsieur, porte le télescope de 32 pouces construit par le sr Paris tel que vous me l'avez demandé. Il est payé. M. de la Lande l'a essayé sur Jupiter eten est fort content. Je suis logé à un raisde chaussé, très peu astronomiquement et hors de portée de faire des observations. C`est M. Mariette à qui le comte de Caylus a remisde tout ce qu'il n'a pas donné au cabinet du roi en fait d'antiquités, et M. de Bombarde de ses manuscrits. l'éloge de M. de Caylus vient d'être lu par M. le Beau à l'Académie des belles-lettres et sera bientôt imprimé.

Est-il possible que vous ne soyez pas tenté de faire le voyage de Paris. Voilà la belle saison. Vous y trouveriez autant d'amis que de savants dans tous les genres. Je serais enchanté en mon particulier de vous renouveler les assurances de l'estime sincère et du respectueux attachement avec lesquels j'ai l'honneur d'être, Monsieur, votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur.

La Condamine.
description: [personnes citées] Anne-Claude de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, Charles Le Beau, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande, Pierre-Jean Mariette, Pierre-Paul Bombarda
description: Source: [lieu de Conservation] Nîmes, Bibliothèque Carré d'Art [cote]ms. 141_17, fol. 114
description: Source: ark:/12148/btv1b10015202b
Human-Centered Evaluation of EMG-Based Upper-Limb Prosthetic Control Modes
Creators: name: Liu, Yunmei
name: Park, Junho
name: Berman, Joseph
name: Kaber, David B.
name: Ruiz, Jaime
name: Zahabi, Maryam
name: Dodson, Albert
name: Huang, He
Publisher: name: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study was to experimentally test the effects of different electromyographic-based prosthetic control modes on user task performance, cognitive workload, and perceived usability to inform further human-centered design and application of these prosthetic control interfaces. We recruited 30 able-bodied participants for a between-subjects comparison of three control modes: direct control (DC), pattern recognition (PR), and continuous control (CC). Multiple human-centered evaluations were used, including task performance, cognitive workload, and usability assessments. To ensure that the results were not task-dependent, this study used two different test tasks, including the clothespin relocation task and Southampton hand assessment procedure-door handle task. Results revealed performance with each control mode to vary among tasks. When the task had high-angle adjustment accuracy requirements, the PR control outperformed DC. For cognitive workload, the CC mode was superior to DC in reducing user load across tasks. Both CC and PR control appear to be effective alternatives to DC in terms of task performance and cognitive load. Furthermore, we observed that, when comparing control modes, multitask testing and multifaceted evaluations are critical to avoid task-induced or method-induced evaluation bias. Hence, future studies with larger samples and different designs will be needed to expand the understanding of prosthetic device features and workload relationships.
Uncomfortable loudness levels among children and adolescents seeking help for tinnitus and/or hyperacusis
Creators: name: Hashir Aazh
name: McFerran, Don
name: Moore, Brian C. J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: To assess the prevalence of hyperacusis and severe hyperacusis among children and adolescents seen at an audiology outpatient tinnitus and hyperacusis service. Design: This was a retrospective study. Hyperacusis was considered as present if the average uncomfortable loudness level (ULL) at 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 kHz for the ear with the lower average ULL, which is denoted as ULLmin, was ≤77 dB HL. Severe hyperacusis was considered as present if the ULL was 30 dB HL or less for at least one of the measured frequencies for at least one ear. Study sample: There were 62 young patients with an average age of 12 years (SD = 4.1 years, range 4–18 years). Results: Eighty-five percent of patients had hyperacusis and 17% had severe hyperacusis. On average, ULLs at 8 kHz were 9.3 dB lower than ULLs at 0.25 kHz. For 33% of patients, ULLs were at least 20 dB lower at 8 than at 0.25 kHz. Conclusions: Among children and adolescents seen at an audiology outpatient clinic for tinnitus and hyperacusis, hyperacusis diagnosed on the basis of ULLs is very prevalent and it is often characterised by lower ULLs at 8 than at 0.25 kHz.
El big data en el negocio asegurador : algunos beneficios y retos
Creators: name: Londoño Agudelo, Andrea
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Seguros - Legislación
subject: Finanzas - Aspectos jurídicos
subject: Consumidores - Aspectos socioeconómicos
subject: Big Data
subject: Inclusión financiera
subject: Consumidores de seguros
subject: Exclusión

description: En el presente trabajo se abordarán los efectos revolucionarios que el Big Data implica para la industria de seguros, cambiando sustancialmente la historia de la forma en que la información y su tratamiento nutren el sector asegurador. Posteriormente, una vez explicado el asunto prenotado, se estudiarán brevemente algunas de las ventajas que el Big Data entraña para los seguros. Del mismo modo, se analizarán algunos de los más importantes desafíos que se derivan del uso de tales herramientas tecnológicas en las relaciones negociales de seguros. Finalmente, se examinarán algunos planteamientos básicos que pueden contribuir a la superación o, por lo menos, morigeración o correcta administración de los retos reseñados del Big Data y, se dejará establecida la necesidad insoslayable del concurso del Estado para la asunción, directa o indirecta, de algunas problemáticas en materia de inclusión financiera en seguros.
description: In this document, we will analyze the revolutionary effects that Big Data brings to the insurance industry, fundamentally altering the narrative of how information and its processing nourish the insurance sector. Subsequently, once the aforementioned matter is explained, we will briefly examine some of the advantages that Big Data entails for insurance. Similarly, we will analyze some of the most significant challenges that arise from the use of such technological tools in insurance business relationships. Finally, we will examine some fundamental approaches that can contribute to overcoming or, at the very least, mitigating or effectively managing the outlined challenges of Big Data. The indispensable need for the State's involvement in addressing, directly or indirectly, certain issues related to financial inclusion in insurance will be emphasized.
Resonant Fibonacci Quantum Well Structures
Creators: name: Poddubny, A. N.
name: Pilozzi, L.
name: Voronov, M. M.
name: Ivchenko, E. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a resonant one-dimensional quasicrystal, namely, a multiple quantum well (MQW) structure satisfying the Fibonacci-chain rule with the golden ratio between the long and short inter-well distances. The resonant Bragg condition is generalized from the periodic to Fibonacci MQWs. A dispersion equation for exciton-polaritons is derived in the two-wave approximation, the effective allowed and forbidden bands are found. The reflection spectra from the proposed structures are calculated as a function of the well number and detuning from the Bragg condition.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Are ultracompact minihalos really ultracompact?
Creators: name: Delos, M. Sten
name: Erickcek, Adrienne L.
name: Bailey, Avery P.
name: Alvarez, Marcelo A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultracompact minihalos (UCMHs) have emerged as a valuable probe of the primordial power spectrum of density fluctuations at small scales. UCMHs are expected to form at early times in regions with ${δρ/ρ\gtrsim 10^{-3}}$, and they are theorized to possess an extremely compact ${ρ\propto r^{-9/4}}$ radial density profile, which enhances their observable signatures. Nonobservation of UCMHs can thus constrain the primordial power spectrum. Using $N$-body simulations to study the collapse of extreme density peaks at ${z \simeq 1000}$, we show that UCMHs forming under realistic conditions do not develop the ${ρ\propto r^{-9/4}}$ profile and instead develop either ${ρ\propto r^{-3/2}}$ or ${ρ\propto r^{-1}}$ inner density profiles depending on the shape of the power spectrum. We also demonstrate via idealized simulations that self-similarity---the absence of a scale length---is necessary to produce a halo with the ${ρ\propto r^{-9/4}}$ profile, and we argue that this implies such halos cannot form from a Gaussian primordial density field. Prior constraints derived from UCMH nonobservation must be reworked in light of this discovery. Although the shallower density profile reduces UCMH visibility, our findings reduce their signal by as little as $\mathcal O(10^{-2})$ while allowing later-forming halos to be considered, which suggests that new constraints could be significantly stronger.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures; minor changes to match published version
The racialization of the occult in British novels, 1850-1900
Creators: name: Bliss, John T.
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 2021
Subjects: Occult
Literature
Racialization
British
Novel
Science
Race
Cranford
A strange story
The moonstone
Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Trilby
The blood of the vampire
The beetle
Cleo the Magnificent
Mesmerism
Hypnotism
Gender
Class
Alchemy
Conjuring
Stage magic
Theosophy
Imperialism
Other
Elizabeth Gaskell
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Wilkie Collins
Robert Louis Stevenson
George Du Maurier
Florence Marryat
Richard March
Louis Zangwill
Victorian
Empire
Anxiety
Magic

description: This thesis examines the ways in which the occult and its practitioners are represented in British novels from 1850-1900 and asserts that their representations are racialized in each case. Specifically, this thesis analyzes how the practice of the occult is portrayed in Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854), A Strange Story by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1861), The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868), Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886), Trilby by George Du Maurier (1894), The Blood of the Vampire by Florence Marryat (1897), The Beetle by Richard Marsh (1897), and Cleo the Magnificent by Louis Zangwill (1899). I argue that these novels are emblematic of the ways that British novels participated in, contributed to, and commented on the racialization of the occult that occurred across different genres of fiction published in the second half of the nineteenth century, emphasizing that while individual characters are shaped more specifically by the prevailing discussions of race and the occult that existed during the time of their publication. To demonstrate how pervasive this trend was, this thesis deliberately incorporates a range of canonical and non-canonical texts across several genres that participate in the racialization of the occult, organized by the type of occult practice being racialized. This racialization is accomplished through an emphasis on five key elements regarding occult characters in the novel: physical darkness, a comparison to dangerous animals, a threat posed to the white characters, the framing of the occult character as representative of their entire race, and the eventual removal of the occult character from the story. The novels I examine here contain these elements with minor variations. They are also present in representations of different races, classes, and genders, reinforcing the association of “the Occult” with “the Other.”
SU-121 de 2022 (Línea Negra de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta en procesos de titulación minera)
Creators: name: Santamaría Ortiz, Alejandro
name: Rivera Drago, Diana Carolina
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Culturas indígenas - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia)
subject: Industria minera - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia)
subject: Acción de tutela - Colombia
subject: Consulta previa - Colombia

description: La lucha por la protección del territorio ha sido la constante de los cuatro pueblos indígenas que habitan la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (snsm ), por un lado, para poder mantener el control sobre los territorios reconocidos como de dominio indígena y, por el otro, para poder ampliar los límites de estos con el fin de recuperar todo el territorio que, según ellos, les pertenece. Uno de sus principales frentes de acción ha sido la búsqueda del reconocimiento por parte del Estado colombiano de lo que ellos denominan la Línea Negra. La Línea Negra es un límite territorial ubicado en la SNSM, señalado por los dioses y ancestros y que está conformado por la unión de varios sitios sagrados, todos interrelacionados entre sí y que conforman un polígono único que abarca el territorio ancestral de los cuatro pueblos, que incluye toda la montaña, parte del piedemonte hacia el interior del país y parte del mar Caribe que la rodea hacia el norte. Todo el territorio comprendido dentro de sus linderos, según la Ley de Origen de los citados pueblos, les pertenece y les debe ser restituido.
title: ADCO, Sixième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1662), Cart. 30 (G 133), 441 folios, f. 636
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP

description: Sixième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1662), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 30 (G 133), 441 folios, f. 636, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Sixième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1662), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 30 (G 133), 441 folios, f. 636, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
The “Soft (and Smart) Power” of Influence: China’s New Diplomatic Rhetoric in the 21st Century
Creators: name: Cao, Annie Yuan
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: The concept of soft power has recently become more integrated in China’s diplomatic strategy and foreign policy. China’s utilization of hard power only is insufficient if it wishes to be an active player on the international stage. The country needs to employ soft power to stimulate its influences and leadership in world politics. This study focuses on the argument that soft power can play a significant role in shaping China’s charm image among other countries. It also discusses that China has employed various tools of soft power's sources including communication and mass media, Chinese culture, language, arts, aids, trades and investments to promote its influences abroad. Through these resources, China utilizes a combination of soft power and public diplomacy unique to itself. This new diplomatic rhetoric supports China’s interest in using soft power comes from its demanding national interests. These national interests include trying to secure a peaceful environment for its economic growth, to accommodate for its increasing energy needs, and also to minimise the influence of other powers, particularly the United States in the advent of the 21st century. With the U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the forefront of current events in 2018, what does China’s soft power mean for its future? How do we characterise its new diplomatic rhetoric?
Floating potential of emitting surfaces in plasmas with respect to the space potential
Creators: name: Kraus, Brian F.
name: Raitses, Yevgeny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The potential difference between a floating emitting surface and the plasma surrounding it has been described by several sheath models, including the space-charge-limited sheath, the electron sheath with high emission current, and the inverse sheath produced by charge-exchange ion trapping. Our measurements reveal that each of these models has its own regime of validity. We determine the potential of an emissive filament relative to the plasma potential, emphasizing variations in emitted current density and neutral particle density. The potential of a filament in a diffuse plasma is first shown to vanish, consistent with the electron sheath model and increasing electron emission. In a denser plasma with ample neutral pressure, the floating filament potential is positive, as predicted by a derived ion trapping condition. Lastly, the filament floated negatively in a third plasma, where flowing ions and electrons and nonnegligible electric fields may have disrupted ion trapping. Depending on the regime chosen, emitting surfaces can float positively or negatively with respect to the plasma potential.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Development of a multimedia educational programme for first-time hearing aid users: a participatory design
Creators: name: Ferguson, Melanie
name: Leighton, Paul
name: Brandreth, Marian
name: Wharrad, Heather
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: To develop content for a series of interactive video tutorials (or reusable learning objects, RLOs) for first-time adult hearing aid users, to enhance knowledge of hearing aids and communication. Design: RLO content was based on an electronically-delivered Delphi review, workshops, and iterative peer-review and feedback using a mixed-methods participatory approach. Study sample: An expert panel of 33 hearing healthcare professionals, and workshops involving 32 hearing aid users and 11 audiologists. This ensured that social, emotional and practical experiences of the end-user alongside clinical validity were captured. Results: Content for evidence-based, self-contained RLOs based on pedagogical principles was developed for delivery via DVD for television, PC or internet. Content was developed based on Delphi review statements about essential information that reached consensus (≥90%), visual representations of relevant concepts relating to hearing aids and communication, and iterative peer-review and feedback of content. Conclusions: This participatory approach recognises and involves key stakeholders in the design process to create content for a user-friendly multimedia educational intervention, to supplement the clinical management of first-time hearing aid users. We propose participatory methodologies are used in the development of content for e-learning interventions in hearing-related research and clinical practice.
Additional file 1 of Disulfiram alleviates acute lung injury and related intestinal mucosal barrier impairment by targeting GSDMD-dependent pyroptosis
Creators: name: Zhao, Jiping
name: Wang, Hong
name: zhang, Jintao
name: Ou, Fuwei
name: Wang, Junfei
name: Liu, Tian
name: Wu, Jinxiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
Mpox vaccination and treatment: a systematic review
Creators: name: Eslami, Arvin
name: Alimoghadam, Shaya
name: Khoshravesh, Sahar
name: Shirani, Mahsa
name: Alimoghadam, Rojina
name: Darazam, Ilad Alavi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: The Human monkeypox virus (mpox) belongs to the Poxviridae family, characterized by double-stranded DNA. A 2022 outbreak, notably prevalent among men who have sex with men, was confirmed by the World Health Organization. To understand shifting prevalence patterns and clinical manifestations, we conducted a systematic review of recent animal and human studies. We comprehensively searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Clinicaltrials.gov, reviewing 69 relevant articles from 4,342 screened records. Our analysis highlights Modified Vaccinia Ankara - Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN)’s potential, though efficacy concerns exist. Tecovirimat emerged as a prominent antiviral in the recent outbreak. However, limited evidence underscores the imperative for further clinical trials in understanding and managing monkeypox.