cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Intelligibility of pseudo-whispered speech after total laryngectomy
Creators: name: Mouret, François
name: Crevier-Buchman, Lise
name: Pillot-Loiseau, Claire
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: This study aimed to assess the intelligibility of so-called ‘pseudo-whispered speech’ (pseudo-WS), as produced without voice nor pulmonic airstream by some alaryngeal patients prior to rehabilitation. Several perception tests were submitted to three experienced clinicians and three naive listeners, relying on the speech samples of 20 French native speakers: 10 alaryngeal speakers, solely using pseudo-WS when starting speech therapy up to six months after total laryngectomy, and 10 control speakers, recorded in the closest speech mode available, whispered speech (WS). Experts were asked to identify consonants (C) in the /a/+C+/a/ context and to rate intelligibility, unintended additive noise, and fluency on a likert-scale, while naive listeners completed a quantitative test of intelligibility. Intelligibility of WS was found to be high, with scores ranging from 46.33/54 to 53.67/54 (median 52.5, interquartile range 2.33) for the quantitative test, and segmental intelligibility ranging from 68.75% to 94.79% (median 87.5, interquartile range 17.71). Segmental confusion affected voicing in favour of unvoiced consonants, as previously reported in the literature. By contrast, intelligibility of pseudo-WS was found to be poor, with scores ranging from 1/54 (unintelligibility) to 28.33/54 (median 8.66, interquartile range 14.67) for the quantitative test, and segmental intelligibility ranging from 3.13% to 28.13% (median 9.24, interquartile range 14.58). Segmental intelligibility was not uniformly affected: stops, labials and unvoiced consonants were better identified than other categories. Finally, a significant correlation was found between global intelligibility and articulatory precision, while unintended additive noise and fluency seemed to play no role.
Health-Related Quality of Life among Artisanal Fisherwomen/Shellfish Gatherers: Lower than the General Population
Creators: name: Couto, Maria Carolina Barreto Moreira
name: Woods, Courtney Georgette
name: Dos Santos Müller, Juliana
name: Falcão, Ila Rocha
name: Alves, Ivone Batista
name: Viola, Denise Nunes
name: Da Silva Viana, Wendel
name: Rêgo, Rita Franco
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Quality of life is an indicator of how well one perceives that he/she is functioning physically and mentally. The aim of this paper is to determine the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of artisanal fisherwomen/shellfish gatherers from the Saubara municipality in Bahia, Brazil in comparison to the general population. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 209 artisanal fisherwomen selected at random. The HRQOL questionnaire, known as the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey version 1 (SF-36v01), was also used, having been translated and verified cross-culturally for the Brazilian population. Sociodemographic, lifestyle and comorbidity information was also collected. Chronic diseases and indicators of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) were self-reported. The study population consisted primarily of individuals between 30 and 45 years of age (78%), of self-classified races black or brown (96.2%), with no more than an elementary school education (77%) and married (64.6%). In all the SF-36v01 dimensions, the values in the sample were lower than in the general population of Brazil, which was used as the reference population. In the “Physical Health” domain (Physical Functioning; Physical Role Limitations; Bodily Pain; General Health Perception) a tendency toward a lower health-related quality of life was observed among those who were older, had a lower education level, and had a prevalence of MSDs, hypertension or arthritis. The interference of health conditions linked to the fisherwomen’s work activities may contribute to lower HRQOL in all analyzed aspects, in comparison to the general population. In light of these findings, public health policies must consider these informal workers who contribute greatly to Brazil’s economy and food system.
Energy dissipation of energetic electrons in the inhomogeneous intergalactic medium during the epoch of reionization
Creators: name: Kaurov, Alexander A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore a time-dependent energy dissipation of the energetic electrons in the inhomogeneous intergalactic medium (IGM) during the epoch of cosmic reionization. In addition to the atomic processes we take into account the Inverse Compton (IC) scattering of the electrons on the comic microwave background (CMB) photons, which is the dominant channel of energy loss for the electrons with energies above a few MeV. We show that: (1) the effect on the IGM has both local (atomic processes) and non-local (IC radiation) components; (2) the energy distribution between Hydrogen and Helium ionizations depends on the initial electron energy; (3) the local baryon overdensity significantly affects the fractions of energy distributed in each channel; and (4) the relativistic effect of atomic cross section become important during the epoch of cosmic reionization. We release our code as open source for further modification by the community.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Indicated Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in South Africa: Effectiveness of Case Management
Creators: name: May, Philip A.
name: de Vries, Marlene M.
name: Barnard, Ronel
name: Cloete, Marise
name: Buckley, David
name: Hasken, Julie M.
name: Parry, Charles D. H.
name: Seedat, Soraya
name: Roux, Sumien
name: Kalberg, Wendy O.
name: Snell, Cudore L.
name: Marais, Anna-Susan
name: Baca, Beth A.
name: Joubert, Belinda
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: In the Western Cape Province of South Africa (ZA) a subculture of binge drinking produces the highest global documented prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). FASD prevention research activities in ZA use the Comprehensive Prevention approach from the United States Institute of Medicine. Case management (CM) was delivered as a method of indicated prevention to empower heavy drinking pregnant women to achieve cessation or a reduction in drinking. CM activities incorporated life management, Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques and the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA). Data were collected at baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months. Mean drinking decreases 6 months into CM; but overall alcohol consumption rose significantly over time to levels higher than baseline at 12 and 18 months. Alcohol consumption drops significantly from before pregnancy to the second and third trimesters. AUDIT scores indicate that problematic drinking decreases significantly even after the vulnerable fetus/baby was born. CM significantly increases client happiness, which correlates with reduced weekend drinking. CM was successful for women with high-risk drinking behaviour, and was effective in helping women stop drinking, or drink less, while pregnant, reducing the risk of FASD.
Indicators for Monitoring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: A Systematic Review of Indicator Selection Methods
Creators: name: Bartram, Jamie
name: Cronk, Ryan
name: Schwemlein, Stefanie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Monitoring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) is important to track progress, improve accountability, and demonstrate impacts of efforts to improve conditions and services, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Indicator selection methods enable robust monitoring of WaSH projects and conditions. However, selection methods are not always used and there are no commonly-used methods for selecting WaSH indicators. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of indicator selection methods used in WaSH-related fields. We present a summary of indicator selection methods for environment, international development, and water. We identified six methodological stages for selecting indicators for WaSH: define the purpose and scope; select a conceptual framework; search for candidate indicators; determine selection criteria; score indicators against criteria; and select a final suite of indicators. This summary of indicator selection methods provides a foundation for the critical assessment of existing methods. It can be used to inform future efforts to construct indicator sets in WaSH and related fields.
Lessons learnt from the community-level project on "Fostering the uptake of RDA indicators in Systems Biomedicine as a measure for model quality and FAIRness within the COMBINE community"
Creators: name: Balaur, Irina
name: Schneider, Reinhard
name: Satagopam, Venkata
name: Waltemath, Dagmar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: FAIR, RDA indicators, Open Science, reproducible research, biocomputational simulation, EOSCFuture, COMBINE archive

description: A key challenge for the European Open Science Call (EOSC) is to develop broadly applicable guidelines, tools, and workflows, and support their cost-effective specialisation for community-specific needs. Our “Fostering the uptake of RDA indicators in Systems Biomedicine as a measure for model quality and FAIRness within the COMBINE community” project, focusing on the application of the RDA indicators for FAIR evaluation of the community-specific COmputational Modeling in BIology NEtwork (COMBINE) model format, is a prime example for this strategy. The project, which is funded by the EOSC Future, aims to develop a guideline for the FAIR model design, to publish the RDA indicators specification and to develop a semi-automatic FAIR evaluation tool. Here, we will briefly report on the major challenges and will present our ongoing strategies towards a community-level standardized FAIR evaluation.
Neidium iridis Cleve 1894
Creators: name: Hamilton, Paul B.
name: Savoie, Amanda M.
name: Sayre, Cynthia M.
name: Skibbe, Oliver
name: Zimmermann, Jonas
name: Bull, Roger D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ochrophyta
Bacillariophyceae
Naviculales
Neidiaceae
Neidium
Neidium iridis

description: Neidium iridis (Ehrenb.) Cleve (1894: 69) Fig. 1
Individuals examined for morphology: n = 28, examined for molecular analysis: n = 2.
Frustules isovalvar. Valves linear to linear elliptic with narrowing obtuse to sagittate apices. Length 184–275 μm, 20.0–37.5 μm wide, 14–15 striae in 10 μm and 14–15 areolae in 10 μm. One large longitudinal canal present along each margin. Striae parallel at mid-valve, parallel to weakly convergent at apices (Fig. 1). Axial area linear to linear elliptic from center to apex. Central area round to weakly elliptic, covers approximately 1/3–1/2 of mid-region of valve. In LM, raphe lateral with tightly curved proximal raphe ends and terminal fissures end at laciniae.
 Observations:— Neidium iridis was found from a single locality (multiple samples) collected from VanDusen Botanical Garden, British Columbia, Canada. The species is identified by its plastid rbc L DNA sequence, large size relative to other Neidium taxa, one longitudinal canal along each margin and the sagittate shape of valve apices. Neidium iridis has a large size range (length, 184–275 μm) in this population which is comparable to N. iridis from the type locality and another locality in eastern North America (Hamilton et al. 2019). N. iridis is comparable to N. beatyi but can be distinguished by the valve shape, valve size and number of longitudinal canals.
description: Published as part of Hamilton, Paul B., Savoie, Amanda M., Sayre, Cynthia M., Skibbe, Oliver, Zimmermann, Jonas & Bull, Roger D., 2019, Novel Neidium Pfitzer species from western Canada based upon morphology and plastid DNA sequences, pp. 39-62 in Phytotaxa 419 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.419.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13715202
Constraining the local variance of $H_0$ from directional analyses
Creators: name: Bengaly, C. A. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We evaluate the local variance of the Hubble Constant $H_0$ with low-z Type Ia Supernovae (SNe). Our analyses are performed using a hemispherical comparison method in order to test whether taking the bulk flow motion into account can reconcile the measurement of the Hubble Constant $H_0$ from standard candles ($H_0 = 73.8 \pm 2.4 \; \mathrm{km \; s}^{-1}\; \mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$) with that of the Planck's Cosmic Microwave Background data ($H_0 = 67.8 \pm 0.9 \; \mathrm{km \; s}^{-1} \mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$). We obtaina Hubble Constant maximal variance of $δH_0 = (2.30 \pm 0.86) \; \mathrm{km \; s}^{-1} \mathrm{Mpc}^{-1}$ towards the $(l,b) = (315^{\circ},27^{\circ})$ direction. Interestingly, this result agrees with the bulk flow direction estimates found in the literature, as well as previous evaluations of the $H_0$ variance due to the presence of nearby inhomogeneities. We assess the statistical significance of this result with different prescriptions of Monte Carlo simulations, obtaining moderate statistical significance, i.e., $68.7$\% confidence level (CL) for such variance. Furthermore, we test the hypothesis of a higher $H_0$ value in the presence of a bulk flow velocity dipole, finding some evidence for this result which, however, cannot be claimed to be significant due to the current large uncertainty in the SNe distance modulus. Then, we conclude that the tension between different $H_0$ determinations can plausibly be caused to the bulk flow motion of the local Universe, even though the current incompleteness of the SNe data set, both in terms of celestial coverage and distance uncertainties, does not allow a high statistical significance for these results or a definitive conclusion about this issue.
description: 11 pages, 8 figures, latex; new analyses included, major revision in the manuscript, main result unchanged; accepted in JCAP
Literature Review of Associations among Attributes of Reported Drinking Water Disease Outbreaks
Creators: name: Bartram, Jamie
name: Ligon, Grant
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Waterborne disease outbreaks attributed to various pathogens and drinking water system characteristics have adversely affected public health worldwide throughout recorded history. Data from drinking water disease outbreak (DWDO) reports of widely varying breadth and depth were synthesized to investigate associations between outbreak attributes and human health impacts. Among 1519 outbreaks described in 475 sources identified during review of the primarily peer-reviewed, English language literature, most occurred in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada (in descending order). The outbreaks are most frequently associated with pathogens of unknown etiology, groundwater and untreated systems, and catchment realm-associated deficiencies (i.e., contamination events). Relative frequencies of outbreaks by various attributes are comparable with those within other DWDO reviews, with water system size and treatment type likely driving most of the (often statistically-significant at p < 0.05) differences in outbreak frequency, case count and attack rate. Temporal analysis suggests that while implementation of surface (drinking) water management policies is associated with decreased disease burden, further strengthening of related policies is needed to address the remaining burden attributed to catchment and distribution realm-associated deficiencies and to groundwater viral and disinfection-only system outbreaks.
FAIR-enabling Data Policy Checklist
Creators: name: Davidson, Joy
name: Grootveld, Marjan
name: Verburg, Maaike
name: van Horik, René
name: O'Connor, Ryan
name: Engelhardt, Claudia
name: Garbuglia, Federica
name: Vieira, André
name: Newbold, Elizabeth
name: Proudman, Vanessa
name: Horton, Laurence
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: This checklist helps policy-makers to assess whether elements of their data policies are FAIR-enabling as well as providing recommendations on what should be addressed in policies. The checklist is broken into three sections each dealing with a different policy aspects. These include: Context of the policy such as the title and the year the policy came into effect Content of the policy focusing on the suggested and required aspects of RDM and data sharing Support for adhering with the policy and compliance monitoring
Predictive and Inverse Modeling of a Radionuclide Diffusion Experiment in Crystalline Rock at ONKALO (Finland)
Creators: name: Soler, Josep M.
name: Kekäläinen, Pekka
name: Pulkkanen, Veli-Matti
name: Moreno, Luis
name: Iraola, Aitor
name: Trinchero, Paolo
name: Hokr, Milan
name: Říha, Jakub
name: Havlová, Václava
name: Trpkošová, Dagmar
name: Vetešník, Aleš
name: Vopálka, Dušan
name: Gvoždík, Libor
name: Milický, Martin
name: Polák, Michal
name: Fukatsu, Yuta
name: Ito, Tsuyoshi
name: Tachi, Yukio
name: Svensson, Urban
name: Park, Dong Kyu
name: Ji, Sung-Hoon
name: Gylling, Björn
name: Lanyon, G. William
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The REPRO-TDE test was performed at a depth of about 400 m in the ONKALO underground research facility in Finland. Synthetic groundwater containing radionuclide tracers [tritiated water tracer (HTO), 36Cl, 22Na, 133Ba, and 134Cs] was circulated for about 4 years in a packed-off interval of the injection borehole. Tracer activities were additionally monitored in two observation boreholes. The test was the subject of a modeling exercise by the SKB GroundWater Flow and Transport of Solutes Task Force. Eleven teams participated in the exercise, using different model concepts and approaches. Predictive model calculations were based on laboratory-based information concerning porosities, diffusion coefficients, and sorption partition coefficients. After the experimental results were made available, the teams were able to revise their models to reproduce the observations. General conclusions from these back-analysis calculations include the need for reduced effective diffusion coefficients for 36Cl compared to those applicable to HTO (anion exclusion), the need to implement weaker sorption for 22Na compared to results from laboratory batch sorption experiments, and the observation of large differences between the theoretical initial concentrations for the strongly sorbing 133Ba and 134Cs, and the first measured values a few hours after tracer injection. Different teams applied different concepts, concerning mainly the implementation of isotropic versus anisotropic diffusion, or the possible existence of borehole disturbed zones around the different boreholes. The role of microstructure was also addressed in two of the models.
No evidence for multiple stellar populations in the low-mass Galactic globular cluster E 3
Creators: name: Salinas, Ricardo
name: Strader, Jay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multiple stellar populations are a widespread phenomenon among Galactic globular clusters. Even though the origin of the enriched material from which new generations of stars are produced remains unclear, it is likely that self-enrichment will be feasible only in clusters massive enough to retain this enriched material. We searched for multiple populations in the low mass (M~1.4 x 10^4 M_sun) globular cluster E 3, analyzing SOAR/Goodman multi-object spectroscopy centered on the blue CN absorption features of 23 red giant branch stars. We find that the CN abundance does not present the typical bimodal behavior seen in clusters hosting multi stellar populations, but rather a unimodal distribution that indicates the presence of a genuine single stellar population, or a level of enrichment much lower than in clusters that show evidence for two populations from high-resolution spectroscopy. E 3 would be the first bona fide Galactic old globular cluster where no sign of self-enrichment is found.
description: v1: Submitted to ApJ on May 29 || v2: ApJ accepted (July 15). New high-resolution spectroscopy has been included giving a new radial velocity measurement of the cluster
The Galactic One-Way Shapiro Delay to PSR B1937+21
Creators: name: Desai, Shantanu
name: Kahya, Emre O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The time delay experienced by a light ray as it passes through a changing gravitational potential by a non-zero mass distribution along the line of sight is usually referred to as Shapiro delay. Shapiro delay has been extensively measured in the Solar system and in binary pulsars, enabling stringent tests of general relativity as well as measurement of neutron star masses . However, Shapiro delay is ubiquitous and experienced by all astrophysical messengers on their way from the source to the Earth. We calculate the "one-way" static Shapiro delay for the first discovered millisecond pulsar PSR~B1937+21, by including the contributions from both the dark matter and baryonic matter between this pulsar and the Earth. We find a value of approximately 5 days (of which 4.74 days is from the dark matter and 0.22 days from the baryonic matter). We also calculate the modulation of Shapiro delay from the motion of a single dark matter halo, and also evaluate the cumulative effects of the motion of matter distribution on the change in pulsar's period and its derivative. The time-dependent effects are too small to be detected with the current timing noise observed for this pulsar. Finally, we would like to emphasize that although the one-way Shapiro delay is mostly of academic interest for electromagnetic astronomy, its ubiquity should not be forgotten in the era of multi-messenger astronomy.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures
Using the FAIRsFAIR data policy checklist to review and share policy content
Creators: name: Davidson, Joy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This presentation introduced the FAIRsFAIR data policy checklist to participants of the 63rd Jour Fixe FDM meeting. The focus of the meeting was the development and updating of research data management policies. The presentation provided an overview of the FAIR data policy checklist - an easy to use, freely available resource which helps users assess whether elements of their data policies are FAIR-enabling as well as providing recommendations on what should be addressed in policies. The presentation also illustrated how the checklist can support the production and sharing of structured and machine-readable versions of data policies.
Recruiting Diverse Smokers: Enrollment Yields and Cost
Creators: name: Parada, Humberto
name: Butler, Eboneé N.
name: Brewer, Noel T.
name: Hanley, Sean
name: Stein-Seroussi, Al
name: Brodar, Kaitlyn E.
name: Hall, Marissa G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: To help tobacco control research better include vulnerable populations, we sought to identify effective ways to recruit diverse smokers. In 2014–2015, we recruited 2149 adult cigarette smokers in California and North Carolina, United States, to participate in a randomized trial of pictorial cigarette pack warnings. The most effective means of recruiting smokers were the classified advertising website Craigslist (28% of participants), word of mouth (23%), Facebook (16%), and flyers or postcards (14%). Low-income and African American smokers were more likely to respond to interpersonal contact (including staff in-person recruitment and word of mouth) than were high-income and non-African American smokers (all p < 0.05). Hispanic and gay, lesbian, and bisexual smokers were more likely to be recruited by Craigslist than non-Hispanic and straight smokers (both p < 0.05). Of the recruitment methods requiring cost, the cheapest was Craigslist ($3–7 per smoker). The most expensive methods were newspaper ads in California ($375 per smoker) and staff in-person recruiting in North Carolina ($180 per smoker). Successfully recruiting diverse smokers requires using multiple methods including interpersonal, online, and other media. Craigslist and word of mouth are especially useful and low-cost ways to recruit diverse smokers.
Image Reconstruction in Light-Sheet Microscopy: Spatially Varying Deconvolution and Mixed Noise
Creators: name: Toader, Bogdan
name: Boulanger, Jérôme
name: Korolev, Yury
name: Lenz, Martin O.
name: Manton, James
name: Schönlieb, Carola-Bibiane
name: Mureşan, Leila
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Article
Deconvolution
Light-sheet microscopy
Poisson and Gaussian noise
Primal–dual hybrid gradient
Numerical methods

description: Funder: Isaac Newton Trust; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004815
description: Funder: Wellcome Trust ISSF
description: Funder: University of Cambridge Joint Research Grants Scheme
description: Funder: Gatsby Charitable Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000324
description: Funder: Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information
description: Funder: National Physical Laboratory (GB)
description: Funder: Philip Leverhulme Prize
description: Funder: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship
description: Funder: Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics
description: Funder: Alan Turing Institute; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012338
description: We study the problem of deconvolution for light-sheet microscopy, where the data is corrupted by spatially varying blur and a combination of Poisson and Gaussian noise. The spatial variation of the point spread function of a light-sheet microscope is determined by the interaction between the excitation sheet and the detection objective PSF. We introduce a model of the image formation process that incorporates this interaction and we formulate a variational model that accounts for the combination of Poisson and Gaussian noise through a data fidelity term consisting of the infimal convolution of the single noise fidelities, first introduced in L. Calatroni et al. (SIAM J Imaging Sci 10(3):1196–1233, 2017). We establish convergence rates and a discrepancy principle for the infimal convolution fidelity and the inverse problem is solved by applying the primal–dual hybrid gradient (PDHG) algorithm in a novel way. Numerical experiments performed on simulated and real data show superior reconstruction results in comparison with other methods.
Progressive Assignments to Introduce Students to Academic Reading
Creators: name: Harrington, Kim
name: Eklund, Jen
Publisher: name: QUBES Educational Resources
Year: 2023

description: Engaging students in the reading and analysis of primary literature is not only an import skill, it also promotes interest and motivation for many students. This guide provides an example of three assignments that provide students a scaffold to begin to engage with primary literature. The first two assignments engage a whole class in a single paper. The third assignment draws on the skills learned, and asks small groups of students to engage with a paper and share with the whole class. If appropriate, the first two assignments could be repeated with a new paper before moving on to the third assignment.
Social Interactions as a Source of Information about E-Cigarettes: A Study of U.S. Adult Smokers
Creators: name: Pepper, Jessica K.
name: Morgan, Jennifer C.
name: Brewer, Noel T.
name: Hall, Marissa G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The novelty of e-cigarettes and ambiguity about their effects may foster informal sharing of information, such as through social interactions. We aimed to describe smokers’ social interactions about e-cigarettes and their recommendations that others use e-cigarettes. Data were collected from 2149 adult smokers in North Carolina and California who participated in a study of the impact of pictorial cigarette pack warnings. In the previous month, almost half of participants (45%) reported talking to at least one person about e-cigarettes and nearly a third of participants (27%) recommended e-cigarettes to someone else. Smokers recommended e-cigarettes to cut back on smoking (57%), to quit smoking (48%), for health reasons (36%), and for fun (27%). In adjusted analyses, more frequent e-cigarette use, positive views about typical e-cigarette users, and attempting to quit smoking in the past month were associated with recommending e-cigarettes for health reasons (all p < 0.05). Social interactions appear to be a popular method of information-sharing about e-cigarettes among smokers. Health communication campaigns may help to fill in the gaps of smokers’ understanding of e-cigarettes and their long-term effects.
A mathematical analysis of the GW0 method for computing electronic excited energies of molecules
Creators: name: Cancès, Eric
name: Gontier, David
name: Stoltz, Gabriel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 81Q15, 81Q40, 47N60

description: This paper analyses the GW method for finite electronic systems. In a first step, we provide a mathematical framework for the usual one-body operators that appear naturally in many-body perturbation theory. We then discuss the GW equations which construct an approximation of the one-body Green's function, and give a rigorous mathematical formulation of these equations. Finally, we study the well-posedness of the GW0 equations, proving the existence of a unique solution to these equations in a perturbative regime.
Working with Climate Projections to Estimate Disease Burden: Perspectives from Public Health
Creators: name: Jagger, Meredith
name: Stefanova, Lydia
name: Uejio, Christopher K.
name: Konrad, Charles
name: Kintziger, Kristina W.
name: Conlon, Kathryn C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: There is interest among agencies and public health practitioners in the United States (USA) to estimate the future burden of climate-related health outcomes. Calculating disease burden projections can be especially daunting, given the complexities of climate modeling and the multiple pathways by which climate influences public health. Interdisciplinary coordination between public health practitioners and climate scientists is necessary for scientifically derived estimates. We describe a unique partnership of state and regional climate scientists and public health practitioners assembled by the Florida Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) program. We provide a background on climate modeling and projections that has been developed specifically for public health practitioners, describe methodologies for combining climate and health data to project disease burden, and demonstrate three examples of this process used in Florida.
महिषासुर- मिथक व परंपराएंः असुर-विमर्श पर खड़े हुए आंदोलन पर लिखी किताब
Creators: name: Ujala, Amar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Book Review
subject: Dalit
subject: OBC
subject: Adivasi
subject: Blasphemy
subject: mahishasura martyrdom day
subject: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2018240819
subject: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1031701
subject: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/899573
subject: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1031692
subject: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1010914
subject: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/885059

description: क्या सचमुच महिषासुर असुर/राक्षस था या यह कुछ लोगों की कल्पना की उपज है? पिछले कई सालों से महिषासुर के राक्षस होने या न होने ढेर सारी बातें हुई हैं, जिसने एक बहस का रूप लिया और विकसित समाज के लिए एक तरह की चुनौती बन गया। ‘महिषासुर, मिथक व परंपराएं’ हमें महिषासुर को नए सिरे से समझने की जरूरत महसूस कराता है और बार-बार कहता है कि अब तक जो कहा गया है, उस पर फिर से विचार करें।

description: Book Review
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Stammbuch Christian Martin Kirchmayer
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1742
Subjects: subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Jena
subject: Leipzig
subject: Wilhermsdorf-Kirchfarrnbach
subject: Langenzenn
subject: 090

description: Enthält 103 Stammbucheinträge u.a. von Michael Alberti; Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten; Justus Israel Beyer; Justus Henning Böhmer; Andreas Elias Büchner; Johann Heinrich Callenberg; Johann Tobias Carrach; Benedict Gottlob Clausewitz; Gotthilf August Francke; Hieronymus Freyer; Simon Peter Gasser, Friedrich Hoffmann; Johann Eberhard Junker; Johann Georg Knapp; Johann Gottlob Krüger; Joachim Lange; Johann Peter v. Ludewig; Georg Friedrich Meier; Daniel Nettelbladt; Hermann Reinhold Pauli; Johann Jacob Rambach; Johann Gerhard Schlitte; Martin Schmeizel; Johannes Simonis; Johann Friedrich Stiebritz; Adam Struensee; Johann Georg Sucro; Theodor Christoph Ursinus; Jacob Gabriel Wolf; Christian Wolff; Register enthalten
A Longitudinal Study of Child Maltreatment and Mental Health Predictors of Admission to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
Creators: name: Rose, Roderick A.
name: Lanier, Paul
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The child welfare system is an access point for children’s mental health services. Psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) are the most restrictive, and most expensive setting for children to receive long-term care. Given the high rates of behavioral health concerns among maltreated children in out-of-home care, research is needed to examine the factors that predict entry in PRTFs among children investigated for maltreatment. This exploratory study used cross-sector administrative records linked across multiple systems, including child welfare records and Medicaid claims, from a single state over a five-year period (n = 105,982). Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to predict entry into a PRTF. After controlling for many factors, PRTF entry was predicted by diagnosis code indicating a trauma-related condition, antipsychotic medication prescriptions, and entry into lower levels of out-of-home care, supporting the view that youth are admitted to PRTFs largely due to clinical need. However, PRTF admission is also associated with characteristics of their experiences with the social service system, primarily foster care placement stability and permanency. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
Mercury's resonant rotation from secular orbital elements
Creators: name: Stark, Alexander
name: Oberst, Jürgen
name: Hussmann, Hauke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We used recently produced Solar System ephemerides, which incorporate two years of ranging observations to the MESSENGER spacecraft, to extract the secular orbital elements for Mercury and associated uncertainties. As Mercury is in a stable 3:2 spin-orbit resonance these values constitute an important reference for the planet's measured rotational parameters, which in turn strongly bear on physical interpretation of Mercury's interior structure. In particular, we derive a mean orbital period of 87.96934962 $\pm$ 0.00000037 days and (assuming a perfect resonance) a spin rate of 6.138506839 $\pm$ 0.000000028 degree/day. The difference between this rotation rate and the currently adopted rotation rate (Archinal et al, 2011) corresponds to a longitudinal displacement of approx. 67 m per year at the equator. Moreover, we present a basic approach for the calculation of the orientation of the instantaneous Laplace and Cassini planes of Mercury. The analysis allows us to assess the uncertainties in physical parameters of the planet when derived from observations of Mercury's rotation.
A Multivariate Dynamic Spatial Factor Model for Speciated Pollutants and Adverse Birth Outcomes
Creators: name: Reich, Brian J.
name: Herring, Amy H.
name: Shaw, Gary M.
name: Terres, Maria A.
name: Kaufeld, Kimberly A.
name: Fuentes, Montse
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Evidence suggests that exposure to elevated concentrations of air pollution during pregnancy is associated with increased risks of birth defects and other adverse birth outcomes. While current regulations put limits on total PM2.5 concentrations, there are many speciated pollutants within this size class that likely have distinct effects on perinatal health. However, due to correlations between these speciated pollutants, it can be difficult to decipher their effects in a model for birth outcomes. To combat this difficulty, we develop a multivariate spatio-temporal Bayesian model for speciated particulate matter using dynamic spatial factors. These spatial factors can then be interpolated to the pregnant women’s homes to be used to model birth defects. The birth defect model allows the impact of pollutants to vary across different weeks of the pregnancy in order to identify susceptible periods. The proposed methodology is illustrated using pollutant monitoring data from the Environmental Protection Agency and birth records from the National Birth Defect Prevention Study.
Der| Freundschaft| Gewidmet. : Stammbuch Friedrich Heinrich Carl von Syberg / VON F. H.C.| V. SYBERG
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1780
Subjects: subject: Göttingen
subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Limburg a. d. Lahn
subject: 090

description: Enthält 69 Stammbucheinträge in Deutsch, Latein, Französisch u.a. von Gottfried Christoph Beireis (S. 69); Ca. von Bodelschwingh; F. von Bodelschwingh; Wilhelm von Derschau; Louis v. Eberfeldt; Eleonore von Ledebur; Wilhelmine von Plattenberg, geb. von York; Ferdinand von Poeppinghaus; Anette von Romberg; Ludwig von Schlammersdorff; Samuel Gottlob Sperling; Johann Moritz Steinfurth; Wilhelm von Ungern-Sternberg; Charlotte v. Ungern-Sternberg; Moritz v. Fürstenwärther (1747-1794, Schriftsteller); Louise v. Fürstenwärther geb. v. Laroche; August von Winterfeld aus dem Hause Dallmin; Register enthalten
A Sparse Multi-Scale Algorithm for Dense Optimal Transport
Creators: name: Schmitzer, Bernhard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Discrete optimal transport solvers do not scale well on dense large problems since they do not explicitly exploit the geometric structure of the cost function. In analogy to continuous optimal transport we provide a framework to verify global optimality of a discrete transport plan locally. This allows construction of an algorithm to solve large dense problems by considering a sequence of sparse problems instead. The algorithm lends itself to being combined with a hierarchical multi-scale scheme. Any existing discrete solver can be used as internal black-box.Several cost functions, including the noisy squared Euclidean distance, are explicitly detailed. We observe a significant reduction of run-time and memory requirements.
description: Published "online first" in Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, see DOI
GÖNNERN U. FREUNDEN : Stammbuch Iohann Christian Goernemann / GEWIDMET| VON|I.C.E. GOERNEMANN| AUS DER ALTENMARCKK.
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1781
Subjects: subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Stendal
subject: Werben (Elbe)
subject: 090

description: Enthält 107 Stammbucheinträge in Deutsch, Latein, Französisch u.a. von Joachim Jacob Bertram; L.F. Birckholz; Gerhardt Gottfried Eickhoff; F.L. Gerlach; C. F. Göring; Görnemann (Vater); M.E. Görnemann (Schwester); J. G. Koppe; I.I. Holm; C.F.L. Holtzer; Johann Leopold Gottlieb Harsleben; J.F. Lacher; Daniel Nettelbladt; Ch. Ludwig Ragotzki; Johann Christoph Schiller; L. S. G. Sprengel; I.F. Tietsche; Johannes Christian Woltaer
A National Study of Social Media, Television, Radio, and Internet Usage of Adults by Sexual Orientation and Smoking Status: Implications for Campaign Design
Creators: name: Ribisl, Kurt M.
name: Kim, Yoonsang
name: Jo, Catherine L.
name: Lee, Joseph G. L.
name: Emery, Sherry L.
name: Seidenberg, Andrew B.
name: Butchting, Francisco O.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Background: Smoking rates among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people significantly exceed that of heterosexuals. Media interventions are an important part of tobacco control efforts, but limited information is available on LGB people’s media use. Methods: A nationally representative sample of 12,900 U.S. adults completed an online questionnaire assessing media use, smoking status, and demographic information. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess relationships between media use with sexual orientation and smoking status. Results: A total of 590 (4.6%) respondents identified as LGB, of which 29% were smokers. Regardless of sexual orientation and smoking status, the Internet was the most popular media channel used, followed by television and radio. LGB respondents had significantly greater odds of having accounts on social media websites, accessing Facebook daily, and being a frequent Internet user, compared to heterosexual respondents. Similar media use was found between smokers and non-smokers, but smokers had greater odds of being frequent television viewers and frequent Internet users, compared to non-smokers. Conclusions: Compared to heterosexuals, LGB respondents reported greater use of the Internet, especially social media. Media campaigns targeting LGB populations can maximize reach by utilizing social media alongside traditional media channels.
Open Mirror Symmetry for Higher Dimensional Calabi-Yau Hypersurfaces
Creators: name: Honma, Yoshinori
name: Manabe, Masahide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Compactifications with fluxes and branes motivate us to study various enumerative invariants of Calabi-Yau manifolds. In this paper, we study non-perturbative corrections depending on both open and closed string moduli for a class of compact Calabi-Yau manifolds in general dimensions. Our analysis is based on the methods using relative cohomology and generalized hypergeometric system. For the simplest example of compact Calabi-Yau fivefold, we explicitly derive the associated Picard-Fuchs differential equations and compute the quantum corrections in terms of the open and closed flat coordinates. Implications for a kind of open-closed duality are also discussed.
description: 46 pages, 6 figures. v2: minor corrections
Stamm-Buch : Stammbuch N.N.
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1764
Subjects: subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Leipzig
subject: 090

description: Enthält 158 Stammbucheinträge in Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Latein, Polnisch, Ungarisch u.a. von Johann Bendig; Johannes Boetius; S.F. Bogsch; Christian Friedrich Brodersen (1746-1820, Pastor); Johann Jacob Crappiel; Peter Christiansen; Johannes Delfs; J.H. Eisentraut; J.N.P. Erdmann; H.C. Esmarch; Jakob Anton Frühling (1747-?); Johann Georg Giesberger (1765 Resp. in Halle); Elias Hellner; Johann Martin Hertzog; Johannes Jasperson; Anton Ernst Kaul; Friedrich Georg Kaul; Hinrich Hinrichsen; Christian Heinrich Ludwig; Georg Mechlenburg (?- 1808, Prediger); M. Mohr; H.C. Monich; Bohuslaus Mudrony (Jun. 1764 zur inform. in der Knaben-Schule d. Franckeschen Stiftungen); M.C. Piger; N.G. Prätorius; T. V. Rozanski; Christian Wilhelm Schoere; Johann Wilhelm Schultz; J.F.W. Smigilsky (1742-?); T.F. Stoppelberg
Stammbuch C. L. H.
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1765
Subjects: subject: Burg b. Magdeburg
subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Magdeburg
subject: Rathenow
subject: 090

description: Enthält 74 Stammbucheinträge in Deutsch, Latein, Französisch, Griechisch u.a. von W.C. Alberti; F.L. Briedenhan (1796-1805 Prediger zu Lüdersdorf); Amelie Henriette Cremer; J.G. Gebhardt; Philipp Jacob Kuhn; I.A. Hartung; Georg Christoph Heinse; J.C.F. Hoeltzer; Carl Wilhelm Hoppe; Johann Christoph Klingebeil (1759–1766 Bürgermeister in Oebisfelde); F.W. Ernst Klingebeil; J.C. Mengewein; Carl Gustav Baron von Mardefeld (1704-?, preußischer Oberstleutnant); Marie Lara Moers; L.A.F. Moers; Samuel Mursinna (1717-1795, evangelisch-reformierter Theologe, Prof. in Halle); G.A. Neisscke; J.H. Pistor; P.E. Reinboth; J.P. Reuss; D. Schnackenburg; J.W. Schmidt; Johann Friedrich Stimming; J.W.A. Thimme; Johann August Waldt; A.F.C. Warendorff; Johann Friedrich Zwickau; Register enthalten
Huic Albo| ut| FAUTORES et AMICI| aestumatissimi| sua inscribant Nomina : Stammbuch Heinrich Ludwig Christian Euler / enixe rogat| Henricus Ludovicus Christianus Euler.| Bipont:Mosel:| Halae, d. XXI. Febr. 1767.| V.U.V.O.
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1767
Subjects: subject: Frankfurt am Main
subject: Halle (Saale)
subject: Jena
subject: 090

description: Enthält 241 Stammbucheinträge in Deutsch, Latein, Französisch u.a. von Johann Christoph Bantz; Friedrich Adolf Boecking (1747-1811, Pfarrer in Enkirch); Ernst Ferdinand Deurer (1744–1828, Jurist, Mitglied der Kurpfälzischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ); W.C. Dudy; A.L.C. Fresenius; Louis Comte de Goertz; P.F. Greiffenberg; C.L. Gutbien; Johann Friedrich Herbstler; J. Heinemann; Maximilian Florian von der Mühlen; C.G.C. Bauermeister; J.Ph. von Berg; G.F. Goebel; Johann Adolf Hernstädt; Jacob Friedrich Lapp; Johann Carl Leopard (?-1805, Pfarrer in der Wtterau); J.C. Lichtenberger; Maximilian Florian von der Mühlen; C. ?. von Reitzenstein; G.C. Pagenstecher; Just Friedrich Roth; J.F.B. Salzmann; C.W.E. Schenck zu Schweinsberg; L.H. Schneider; Johann Gottlieb Scheler (Hofrath, Leibmedikus); Johann Heinrich Schippel; Wilhelm Schwendler; G.Ch. Streuberg; Louis von Triesheim; W. Stengel; Johann Th. Wilhelm von Vaersheim (1768 Respondent in Jena); Johann Petrus Voith; H.H. von Veynhemsen; J.G. Vietor; August von Wangenheim;I.P. Wolff; Register enthalten