cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ILLUMINATING PUBLIC SPACES THROUGH ARTFUL LIGHTING DESIGN: A RESPONSE TO THE PROPOSED ELEVATED SEAWALL ON STATEN ISLAND
Creators: name: Shteinberg, Debra
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Landscape architecture
subject: East Shore Seawall
subject: Lighting Design
subject: Public Spaces
subject: Waterfront

description: This thesis explores the ways in which lighting can be used to create a memorable nocturnal experience that engages users and strengthens connections to their landscapes. Far more than functional, lighting is an art form that can be used to transform the very way we understand and experience our public spaces. Through the lens of lighting design, a redesign of the FDR Beach and Boardwalk is proposed in response to the building of the East Shore Seawall, a large-scale infrastructure project that will threaten the community’s ability to engage with this vital open space. Lighting is used to create spaces that allow for entertainment, education, and reflection, which will activate the site, providing legibility, enhance the nighttime experience, and create a sense of identity.
Factors affecting participation in senior center programs
Creators: name: Betty J. Jefferson
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1999

description: This study investigated whether the factors of relationships, recreation, relatedness, and
reward would affect participation in senior centers. Demographic variables of age, sex,
and socio-economic status and enabling variables of health, transportation, and income
were also investigated. Data were collected from a sample of 57 older adults (aged 55
and over) from three Las Vegas Senior Centers using an instrument developed by the
investigator. Findings revealed that relationships, recreation, and relatedness contributed
to reasons for participation. Rewards did not seem to affect participation. In terms of
demographics, more participants tended to be older, female, and educated. Enabling
variables revealed participants to be of good health, mobile, and with incomes in the
upper ranges.
Chinese-Teacher Conceptions of Assessment Inventory
Creators: name: Brown, Gavin
name: Hui, S.K.F.
name: Yu, Y. M. F.
Publisher: name: The University of Auckland
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: This list contains the original C-TCoA items developed for the Teachers’ Conceptions and Practices of Assessment in Chinese Contexts project funded by the Hong Kong Institute of Education and conducted in conjunction with the South China Normal University. The grant holder was Prof Kerry Kennedy, HKIEd. The HKIEd team consisted of Drs. Gavin T L Brown, Sammy K F Hui, and Flora Y. M. Yu. The SCNU team was led by Prof. Gao Lingbiao and supported by Dr Wang Ping (then PhD student). The Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment in Chinese Contexts (C-TCoA) measurement instrument can be attributed to Brown, Hui, Yu, & Wang (2010).
Chinese-Teacher Conceptions of Assessment Inventory
Creators: name: Brown, Gavin
Publisher: name: The University of Auckland
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: This list contains the original C-TCoA items developed for the Teachers’ Conceptions and Practices of Assessment in Chinese Contexts project funded by the Hong Kong Institute of Education and conducted in conjunction with the South China Normal University. The grant holder was Prof Kerry Kennedy, HKIEd. The HKIEd team consisted of Drs. Gavin T L Brown, Sammy K F Hui, and Flora Y. M. Hui. The SCNU team was led by Prof. Gao Lingbiao and supported by Dr Wang Ping (then PhD student). The Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment in Chinese Contexts (C-TCoA) measurement instrument can be attributed to Brown, Hui, Yu, & Wang (2010).
Stellar Collisions and Blue Straggler Stars in Dense Globular Clusters
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Sourav
name: Rasio, Frederic A.
name: Sills, Alison
name: Glebbeek, Evert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Blue straggler stars (BSS) are abundantly observed in all Galactic globular clusters (GGC) where data exist. However, observations alone cannot reveal the relative importance of various formation channels or the typical formation times for this well studied population of anomalous stars. Using a state-of-the-art Hénon-type Monte Carlo code that includes all relevant physical processes, we create 128 models with properties typical of the observed GGCs. These models include realistic numbers of single and binary stars, use observationally motivated initial conditions, and span large ranges in central density, concentration, binary fraction, and mass. Their properties can be directly compared with those of observed GGCs. We can easily identify the BSSs in our models and determine their formation channels and birth times. We find that for central densities above ~10^3 Msun/pc^3 the dominant formation channel is stellar collisions while for lower density clusters, mass transfer in binaries provides a significant contribution (up to ~ 60% in our models). The majority of these collisions are binary-mediated, occurring during 3-body and 4-body interactions. As a result a strong correlation between the specific frequency of BSSs and the binary fraction in a cluster can be seen in our models. We find that the number of BSSs in the core shows only a weak correlation with the collision rate estimator Γtraditionally used by observers, in agreement with the latest Hubble Space Telescope (ACS) data. Using an idealized "full mixing" prescription for collision products, our models indicate that the BSSs observed today may have formed several Gyrs ago. However, denser clusters tend to have younger (~1 Gyr) BSSs.
description: 18 pages, 13 Figures (two-column), 1 Table, Accepted to ApJ
Technical Report: GenoTyphi Implementation in Mykrobe
Creators: name: Holt, Kathryn
name: Ingle, Danielle
name: Hawkey, Jane
name: Dyson, Zoe
name: Hunt, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: typhi
typhoid
genotyping

description: The GenoTyphi genotyping scheme divides the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi ("Typhi") population into 4 major lineages, and >75 different clades and subclades. The scheme was introduced in the paper "An extended genotyping framework for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the cause of human typhoid", Wong et al, 2016, Nature Communications. Subsequent updates, including new genotypes and mutations conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones and azithromycin, are summarised in "Five years of GenoTyphi: updates to the global Salmonella Typhi genotyping framework", Dyson & Holt, 2021, Journal of Infectious Diseases. The original code that was made available for assigning GenoTyphi genotypes to Typhi genomes, implemented in Python, took as input BAM or VCF files that the user has already generated by mapping Illumina reads to the reference genome for Typhi CT18. Here we describe a new kmer-based approach to assigning GenoTyphi genotypes to Typhi genomes, implemented in the Mykrobe open-source software platform and taking raw sequencing reads (FASTQ files) as input. This implementation also includes five newly defined genotypes, taking the total to n=87. We tested the new implementation on n=12,848 Typhi genomes, and found near-perfect concordance with the original mapping-based implementation. Code is available at https://github.com/katholt/genotyphi (v2.0, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7430538).
DETERMINING THE IMPACT OF WELL MAINTENANCE, CONDITION, TYPE, AND LOCATION FACTORS ON E. COLI AND TOTAL COLIFORMS IN MARYLAND FARM PRIVATE DRINKING WATER WELLS
Creators: name: Smith, Cameron Nicole
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental health
subject: Water resources management

description: Even with the establishment of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974, private wells are still not regulated or monitored for drinking water quality or the presence of contaminants such as total coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli. The presence of microbiological contaminants in private wells poses a public health risk. With Agricultural Agents from the University of Maryland Extension, we collected 67 water samples from Maryland farms with private wells located in seven regions and 19 counties of Maryland. We evaluated water samples for total coliforms and E. coli to understand the risk of contamination for Maryland private well owners. We also analyzed the impact of well factors, location, and climate on the presence of total coliforms and E. coli in well water by analyzing participant survey responses and climate data. Our results found that 39% (26/67) of the well water samples were positive for total coliforms and 10% (7/67) were positive for E. coli. Region (p<0.01), county (p=0.03), previously testing for pH (p<0.01), and ambient temperature (p=0.05) were significant factors impacting total coliform concentration. Region (p<0.01) and precipitation in the last 24 hours of collection (p<0.01) were the only significant factors impacting E. coli concentration. These findings emphasize the importance of well water testing for private well owners.
Travel time study at the Wetlands Park National Preserve
Creators: name: Brandon Bair
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2003

description: This thesis reports on a study of the residence time of water in the Wetlands Park Nature Preserve in Henderson, Nevada. Rhodamine WT was used in order to test for the travel time of the water from the Monson Channel inflow to the Nature Preserve outflow to the Las Vegas Wash. The initial hypothesis was that the water would stay in the system for approximately 8 days. Residence time was tested using an ISCO sampling machine along with a Sequoia-Turner model 450 fluorimeter to test for the fluoresce of the dye in the water. All samples collected were taken immediately to UNLV where they were run through the fluorimeter. Precautions were taken in keeping the samples from being degraded by several factor, including temperature and sunlight. Results were input into Microsoft Excel and statistical values were calculated. The results show that there is a difference in the calculated time and the actual mean residence time. The calculated residence time was 188 hours and the actual mean residence time was 109 hours.
Additional file 6 of A flexible liposomal polymer complex as a platform of specific and regulable immune regulation for individual cancer immunotherapy
Creators: name: Chen, Chia-Hung
name: Weng, Tzu-Han
name: Huang, Hsiao-Hsuan
name: Huang, Ling-Ya
name: Huang, Kai-Yao
name: Chen, Pin-Rong
name: Yeh, Kuang-Yu
name: Huang, Chi-Ting
name: Chien, Yu-Tzu
name: Chuang, Po-Ya
name: Lin, Yu-Ling
name: Tsai, Nu-Man
name: Liu, Shih-Jen
name: Su, Yu-Cheng
name: Weng, Shun-Long
name: Liao, Kuang-Wen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 6. RNA-seq analysis of theimmunomodulation activities by LPPC/MP complex with different antibodies. (A) Volcano plot for gene expression and the FC values of genes. (B) Pie chart demonstrating the proportionof mouse RNA-seq reads assigned to annotated genomic functions.
Additional file 1 of Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review
Creators: name: Schutte, Valerie
name: Danseco, Evangeline
name: Lucente, Gabrielle
name: Sundar, Purnima
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1
TAU: A 1D radiative transfer code for transmission spectroscopy of extrasolar planet atmospheres
Creators: name: Hollis, M. D. J.
name: Tessenyi, M.
name: Tinetti, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The TAU code is a 1D line-by-line radiative transfer code, which is generally applicable for modelling transmission spectra of close-in extrasolar planets. The inputs are the assumed pressure-temperature profile of the planetary atmosphere, the continuum absorption coefficients and the absorption cross-sections for the trace molecular absorbers present in the model, as well as the fundamental system parameters taken from the published literature. The program then calculates the optical path through the planetary atmosphere of the radiation from the host star, and quantifies the absorption due to the modelled composition in a transmission spectrum of transit depth as a function of wavelength. The code is written in C++, parallelised using OpenMP, and is available for public download and use from http://www.ucl.ac.uk/exoplanets/.
description: 29 pages, 7 figures
Geodesic systems of tunnels in hyperbolic 3-manifolds
Creators: name: Burton, Stephan D.
name: Purcell, Jessica S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M50, 57M27, 30F40

description: It is unknown whether an unknotting tunnel is always isotopic to a geodesic in a finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold. In this paper, we address the generalization of this problem to hyperbolic 3-manifolds admitting tunnel systems. We show that there exist finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds with a single cusp, with a system of at least two tunnels, such that all but one of the tunnels come arbitrarily close to self-intersecting. This gives evidence that systems of unknotting tunnels may not be isotopic to geodesics in tunnel number n manifolds. In order to show this result, we prove there is a geometrically finite hyperbolic structure on a (1;n)-compression body with a system of core tunnels such that all but one of the core tunnels self-intersect.
description: 19 pages, 4 figures. V2 contains minor updates to references and exposition. To appear in Algebr. Geom. Topol
Additional file 3 of Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review
Creators: name: Schutte, Valerie
name: Danseco, Evangeline
name: Lucente, Gabrielle
name: Sundar, Purnima
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3
Models for the lithium abundances of multiple populations in globular clusters and the possible role of the Big Bang lithium
Creators: name: D'Antona, F.
name: D'Ercole, A.
name: Carini, R.
name: Vesperini, E.
name: Ventura, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Globular cluster stars show chemical abundance patterns typical of hot-CNO processing. Lithium is easily destroyed by proton capture in stellar environments, so its abundance may be crucial to discriminate among different models proposed to account for multiple populations. In order to reproduce the observed O-Na anticorrelation and other patterns typical of multiple populations, the formation of second generation stars must occur from the nuclearly processed stellar ejecta, responsible of the chemical anomalies, diluted with pristine gas having the composition of first generation stars. The lithium abundance in the unprocessed gas -which is very likely to be equal to the lithium abundance emerging from the Big Bang- affects the lithium chemical patterns among the cluster stars. This paper focuses on a scenario in which processed gas is provided by asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. We examine the predictions of this scenario for the lithium abundances of multiple populations. We study the role of the non-negligible lithium abundance in the ejecta of massive AGB (A(Li)~2), and, at the same time, we explore how our models can constrain the extremely large ---and very model dependent--- lithium yields predicted by recent super--AGB models. We show that the super--AGB yields may be tested by examining the lithium abundances in a large set of blue main sequence stars in wCen and/or NGC2808. In addition, we examine the different model results obtained by assuming for the pristine gas either the Big Bang abundance predicted by the standard models (A(Li)=2.6-2.7), or the abundance detected at the surface of population II stars (A(Li)=2.2-2.3). Once a chemical model is well constrained, the O--Li distribution could perhaps be used to shed light on the primordial lithium abundance.
Additional file 2 of Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review
Creators: name: Schutte, Valerie
name: Danseco, Evangeline
name: Lucente, Gabrielle
name: Sundar, Purnima
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2
title: Stumbling Block of Social Housing Stalls O’Devaney Gardens
Creators: name: Sirr, Lorcan
Publisher: name: Technological University Dublin
Year: 2016

description: Last week, Dublin city council (DCC) resolved a dispute with its own councillors over the regeneration of O’Devaney Gardens, a council estate behind Arbour Hill in Dublin. Named after Bishop O’Devaney, who was hanged at Arbour Hill in 1612 as a friend of Tyrone rebel chief Hugh O’Neill, O’Devaney Gardens is a 1950s corporation-built estate of 300 flats in 12 (originally 13) blocks.
Additional file 7 of A flexible liposomal polymer complex as a platform of specific and regulable immune regulation for individual cancer immunotherapy
Creators: name: Chen, Chia-Hung
name: Weng, Tzu-Han
name: Huang, Hsiao-Hsuan
name: Huang, Ling-Ya
name: Huang, Kai-Yao
name: Chen, Pin-Rong
name: Yeh, Kuang-Yu
name: Huang, Chi-Ting
name: Chien, Yu-Tzu
name: Chuang, Po-Ya
name: Lin, Yu-Ling
name: Tsai, Nu-Man
name: Liu, Shih-Jen
name: Su, Yu-Cheng
name: Weng, Shun-Long
name: Liao, Kuang-Wen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 7. RNA-seq analysis of the immunomodulation activitiesby LPPC/MP complex with different antibodies. The RNA expression levels of immunecells under different treatments were determined by t-tests and ANOVA,and the results were shownas boxplots. The description of group names was the same as in Fig. 9.
MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR FARMERS FACING SALTWATER INTRUSION ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
Creators: name: Schulenburg, Alison Nicole
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soil sciences
subject: Agriculture
subject: Biogeochemistry
subject: adaptation
subject: legacy P
subject: management practices
subject: remediation
subject: restoration
subject: saltwater intrusion

description: Rising sea levels, storms, and perigean spring tides push saltwater into coastal agricultural fields. This phenomenon, known as saltwater intrusion, alters nutrient cycling and damages crop yields. As sea levels continue to rise, saltwater intrusion will only worsen, with devastating consequences to agroecosystems along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay. Researchers and farmers alike are looking for solutions to adapt to and mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion. Landowners may respond by altering their management practices. Farmers may 1) adapt by planting a salt-tolerant crop, 2) attempt to remediate soils with trap crops, 3) restore native marsh grasses, or 4) abandon fields altogether. My project investigates the survival of different crops and plant treatments under saltwater-intruded conditions and the potential for these plants to survive and to remove excess nutrients (e.g. sodium and phosphorus) from the soil, with the overall goal to benefit both the farming community and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Results from this study will help inform new management practices to increase soil health and maintain crop yields. Finally, the goal of this work is to guide local best management practices and potential easement opportunities for landowners facing saltwater intrusion, and ultimately determine optimal strategies for climate resilience.
Twisted convolution and Moyal star product of generalized functions
Creators: name: Soloviev, Michael A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D55, 46F05, 46F10, 46E25, 46L65

description: We consider nuclear function spaces on which the Weyl-Heisenberg group acts continuously and study the basic properties of the twisted convolution product of the functions with the dual space elements. The final theorem characterizes the corresponding algebra of convolution multipliers and shows that it contains all sufficiently rapidly decreasing functionals in the dual space. Consequently, we obtain a general description of the Moyal multiplier algebra of the Fourier-transformed space. The results extend the Weyl symbol calculus beyond the traditional framework of tempered distributions.
description: LaTeX, 16 pages, no figures
Source Region of the Decameter - Hectometric Type II Radio Burst: Shock - Streamer Interaction Region
Creators: name: Shen, Chenglong
name: Liao, Chijian
name: Wang, Yuming
name: Ye, Pinzhong
name: Wang, Shui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: D-H type II radio bursts are widely thought to be caused by the coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, it is still unclear where the exact source of the type IIs on the shock surface is. We identify the source regions of the decameter-hectometric (D--H) type IIs based on imaging observations from SOHO/LASCO and the radio dynamic spectrum from Wind/Waves. The analysis of two well-observed events suggests that the sources of these two events are located in the interaction regions between shocks and streamers, and that the shocks are enhanced significantly in these regions.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in Solar Physics
The Effects of observation, dialogue, and attentional focus in dyadic training protocol
Creators: name: Carolina Granados
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2010

description: The present study examined the impact that dyad training with an emphasis on attentional focus has on learning in the performance of a golf putt. The participants were randomly divided into four dyad groups: dialogue and observation with external focus, dialogue and observation with internal focus, dialogue and no observation with external focus, and dialogue and no observation with internal focus. Participants were given a set of instructions to verbalize to their partners during practice. These instructions were designed to generate either an internal or an external focus. The results determined that those participants who were instructed to have an external focus performed better than those who did not. The results also showed that the dyad groups who observed their partners had no significant difference from those who did not, indicating that it is the dialogue and instructions given by each partner that has an effect on learning.
MODEL COMPOUNDS GUIDE AFFINITY MEASUREMENT OF BERYLLIUM AND CALCIUM INTERACTIONS WITH PHOSPHOLIPIDS
Creators: name: Davoudi, Omid
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Chemical engineering
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: Physical chemistry
subject: Beryllium
subject: binding affinity
subject: ion-lipid interaction
subject: Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
subject: lipid clustering
subject: lipid dehydration

description: Divalent cations bound to anionic lipids are necessary co-factors for many signaling mechanisms taking place at both the inner and outer surfaces of the cytoplasmic membrane. Coordination of divalent ions jointly by phospholipid headgroups and specific protein domains mediates recognition and triggers secondary messenger cascades or membrane fusion events. Phosphoryl oxygens of phospholipids are common contributors to divalent ion coordination. With the aims of elucidating the affinities of the calcium ion Ca(2+) and its toxic competitor beryllium Be(2+) to different types of phosphate groups taking place in many ‘building blocks’ of the cell, improving simulation force fields and better understanding the nature of beryllium toxicity, here we use isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) to study the thermodynamic parameters and coordination of these ions by phosphates. Particularly, we focus on the differences between phosphates in the phosphodiester configuration that connect the glycerol backbone with a headgroup (as in phosphatidylglycerol, PG) and terminal monoester phosphates such as in phosphatidic acid (PA) and most phosphorylated proteins. The comparison of small model compounds, dimethyl phosphate (DMP, mimicking phosphate in phosphatidyl glycerol) with glycerol-3-phosphate (Gly3P, emulating phosphate in phosphatidic acid) shows that the affinity of Be(2+) for Gly3P is about one order of magnitude higher than for DMP and may exhibit at least two binding configurations. The Be(2+) -DMP thermograms in most cases are well fitted with a one-site model. Upon completing the survey of small (model) compounds, we performed experiments to compare the binding parameters of Be(2+) to POPA and to POPG-containing liposomes with the parameters obtained on respective model compounds. We also present several pilot binding experiments performed with POPS liposomes; however, the fit is poor.
Assessment of potential environmental impacts of nature-based tours originating within Clark County, Nevada
Creators: name: Beth Domowicz
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2003

description: The purpose of this thesis was to assess the potential magnitude of negative environmental damage of nature-based tours originating in Clark County, Nevada. An ordinal ranking system was used for assessment of five variables. These variables were resource use, noise pollution, soil degradation, vegetation degradation, and wildlife disturbance. There were two proposed answers. The first was that as distance increased, negative tour impact would increase. This was not supported, since tours had high impacts for destinations that were close by and far away. The second was that most tours were not causing high damage to the environment. This hypothesis was supported; most tours had average ranks that were on the lower half of the value scale. The study was a first attempt to assess the nature-tour industry locally, and should be used as a baseline in future studies for measuring growth in the industry.
Additional file 1 of Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum HRP-2 antigenaemia after artemisinin combination therapy is not associated with gametocytes
Creators: name: Oulton, Tate
name: Mahamar, Almahamoudou
name: Sanogo, Koualy
name: Diallo, Makonon
name: Youssouf, Ahamadou
name: Niambele, Sidi M.
name: Samaké, Siaka
name: Keita, Sekouba
name: Sinaba, Youssouf
name: Sacko, Adama
name: Traore, Sekou F.
name: Lanke, Kjerstin
name: Collins, Katharine A.
name: Bradley, John
name: Drakeley, Chris
name: Stone, Will J. R.
name: Dicko, Alassane
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Asexual parasite densities at each study visit by treatment group, as measured by qPCR. Boxes are presented as median and interquartile range. Figure S2. Comparison of levels of HRP-2 between ACT and ACT+PQ group stratified by baseline asexual density. Solid black line represents mean levels of HRP-2. Dotted black lines at study visit 7 are to assist in identifying differences in mean levels of HRP-2 between groups and strata. Figure S3. Kaplan-Meier plots showing time to negativity by standard RDT, ultra-sensitive RDT and quantified HRP-2 between the mosquito non-infectious (green) and mosquito infectious (red) individuals. Table S1. Cox proportional hazards ratio by test, between infectious and non infectious individuals. Reported with and without adjustment for baseline gametocyte density.
ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЕ УСЛОВИЯ ДИФФЕРЕНЦИРОВАННОГО ПОДХОДА В ОБУЧЕНИИ НАВЫКАМ ЧТЕНИЯ НА ИНОСТРАННОМ ЯЗЫКЕ СТУДЕНТОВ
Creators: name: Ибрагимов, Рашит
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: В статье раскрываются практические условия дифференцированного подхода в обучении навыкам чтения на иностранном языке студентов. Рассмотрены особенности системы обучения, меняя компоненты в соответствии с условиями, когда студент будет заменен на обучающегося, а преподаватель ‒ на учителя иностранного языка. Определены особенности современных концепций структуры и субъектных свойств позволяет дифференцировать следующие четыре группы: психофизиологические (индивидные) свойства субъекта как предпосылки осуществления им его субъектной роли, выступающие в качестве задатков; способности; личностные свойства, включая направленность; профессионально-педагогические и предметные знания и умения как профессиональная компетентность в узком смысле.
MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS OF BRILLOUIN SCATTERING IN TURBID MEDIA
Creators: name: Lashley, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics
subject: Bioengineering
subject: Electromagnetics
subject: Brillouin
subject: Monte Carlo
subject: Scattering
subject: Turbid

description: Brillouin microscopy is a non-invasive, label-free optical elastography method for measuring mechanical properties of cells. It provides information on the longitudinal modulus and viscosity of a medium, which can be indicators of traumatic brain injury, cancerous tumors, or fibrosis. All optical techniques face difficulties imaging turbid media, and Monte Carlo simulations are considered the gold-standard to model these scenarios. Brillouin microscopy adds a unique challenge to this problem due to the angular dependence of the scattering event. This thesis extends a traditional Monte Carlo simulation software by adding the capability to simulate Brillouin scattering in turbid media, which provides a method to test strategies to mitigate the effects of multiple elastic scattering without the time and cost associated with physical experiments. Experimental results have shown potential methods to alleviate the problems caused by multiple elastic scattering, and this thesis will verify the simulation results against the experimental findings.
Zero-temperature Monte Carlo study of the non-coplanar phase of the classical bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice
Creators: name: Wenzel, Sandro
name: Korshunov, Sergey E.
name: Penc, Karlo
name: Mila, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the ground-state properties of the highly degenerate non-coplanar phase of the classical bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the triangular lattice with Monte Carlo simulations. For that purpose, we introduce an Ising pseudospin representation of the ground states, and we use a simple Metropolis algorithm with local updates, as well as a powerful cluster algorithm. At sizes that can be sampled with local updates, the presence of long-range order is surprisingly combined with an algebraic decay of correlations and the complete disordering of the chirality. It is only thanks to the investigation of unusually large systems (containing $\sim 10^8$ spins) with cluster updates that the true asymptotic regime can be reached and that the system can be proven to consist of equivalent (i.e., equally ordered) sublattices. These large-scale simulations also demonstrate that the scalar chirality exhibits long-range order at zero temperature, implying that the system has to undergo a finite-temperature phase transition. Finally, we show that the average distance in the order parameter space, which has the structure of an infinite Cayley tree, remains remarkably small between any pair of points, even in the limit when the real space distance between them tends to infinity.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures
Influence of the 6^1S_0-6^3P_1 Resonance on Continuous Lyman-alpha Generation in Mercury
Creators: name: Kolbe, Daniel
name: Scheid, Martin
name: Walz, Jochen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Continuous coherent radiation in the vacuum-ultraviolet at 122 nm (Lyman-alpha) can be generated using sum-frequency mixing of three fundamental laser beams in mercury vapour. One of the fundamental beams is at 254 nm wavelength, which is close to the 6^1S_0-6^3P_1 resonance in mercury. Experiments have been performed to investigate the effect of this one-photon resonance on phasematching, absorption and the nonlinear yield. The efficiency of continuous Lyman-alpha generation has been improved by a factor of 4.5.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
title: Bedeutung von Kupfer für den Pflanzenschutz, insbesondere für den Ökologischen Landbau – Reduktions- und Ersatzstrategie, Fachgespräch, Berlin-Dahlem, 29. Januar 2008
Creators: name: :None
Publisher: name: Saphir Verl.
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: 630

description: Berichte aus dem Julius Kühn-Institut, vol. 142
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS TO THE SEVERITY OF BICYCLE, PEDAL-CYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN RELATED CRASHES IN MARYLAND
Creators: name: Imonitie, Livingstone
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Transportation
subject: Bicycle
subject: Crashes
subject: Maryland
subject: Pedestrian
subject: Traffic-safety
subject: VisionZero

description: Walking and cycling have numerous health benefits, but these popular modes of transportation are prone to numerous collisions with motor vehicles. The goal of this study is to examine some of the factors that contribute to the severity of crashes in Maryland, which include property crashes, injury crashes, and fatal crashes. The light condition, junction condition, road surface condition, lane type, road condition, road division type, weather condition, time of day, population density, and the presence of schools were all considered. To demonstrate the relationship between each variable and the severity of the crash, the ordered logistic regression model was used. According to the findings, there was a positive significant relationship between the severity of crashes and crashes that occurred in areas with no lighting, at non-intersections, and on roadways with a positive median barrier. The frequency of crashes in various regions was also influenced by population density, time of day, and the presence of schools.
The Effects of off-road vehicle use in Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitats
Creators: name: Brent D. Clark
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2004

description: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations have been in decline and have been placed on the endangered species list. No single factor is ultimately responsible for the tortoise decline. It is a combination of events that collectively have a negative impact. I chose to focus my study on only one factor, off-road vehicles. By evaluating the damage done to the terrain by off-road vehicles, a better understanding of their impact on the tortoise populations can be assessed and protective measures taken.
The amount of available vegetation does not seem to play a role in their decisions of which plants to eat. If vehicles are destroying the native plants required by the tortoise, then a decline in population could happen. Tortoises also make a majority of their burrows next to plants to have more shade and result in being less visible. This leads to the unintentional crushing of the tortoise burrow.
Not only do these vehicles destroy burrows and vegetation they also compact the soil making plant growth more difficult while decreasing the amount of available vegetation. The amount of soil compaction will be measured by means of a bulk density analysis.
There will be one test site and one control site. Each site will be 0.6 square miles in size and the test site will have an off-road track running through the middle of it. Transects will be ran in order to record burrow locations.
Uniform convergence rates for nonparametric regression and principal component analysis in functional/longitudinal data
Creators: name: Li, Yehua
name: Hsing, Tailen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider nonparametric estimation of the mean and covariance functions for functional/longitudinal data. Strong uniform convergence rates are developed for estimators that are local-linear smoothers. Our results are obtained in a unified framework in which the number of observations within each curve/cluster can be of any rate relative to the sample size. We show that the convergence rates for the procedures depend on both the number of sample curves and the number of observations on each curve. For sparse functional data, these rates are equivalent to the optimal rates in nonparametric regression. For dense functional data, root-n rates of convergence can be achieved with proper choices of bandwidths. We further derive almost sure rates of convergence for principal component analysis using the estimated covariance function. The results are illustrated with simulation studies.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/10-AOS813 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
An Examination of gasoline pollutants from two-cycle Marine Engines within Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Creators: name: Brian Carter
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2000

description: Jet skis are a very popular "toy" to have in the United States. They account for
almost a third of all boat sales, and their numbers are growing rapidly. Unfortunately jet
skis use two-cycle engines that pollute at unacceptable levels. Jet ski motors can emit up
to 25% of its fuel right back into the water. This alarmed me and I wanted to take a
deeper look into how bad jet skis pollute Las Vegas' primary water source. Lake Mead.
I looked into how a two-cycle engine differs from a regular engine and I looked at the
actual pollutants a two-cycle emits. After some background, I examined the water
quality on Lake Mead to see if there was a contamination problem. From the data
uncovered the local agencies feel there is no need for concern, and my thesis that jet skis
should be banned from Lake Mead was not supported at all.
Arbitrarily Small Amounts of Correlation for Arbitrarily Varying Quantum Channels
Creators: name: Boche, Holger
name: Noetzel, Janis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As our main result we show that, in order to achieve the randomness assisted message - and entanglement transmission capacities of a finite arbitrarily varying quantum channel it is not necessary that sender and receiver share (asymptotically perfect) common randomness. Rather, it is sufficient that they each have access to an unlimited amount of uses of one part of a correlated bipartite source. This access might be restricted to an arbitrary small (nonzero) fraction per channel use, without changing the main result. We investigate the notion of common randomness. It turns out that this is a very costly resource - generically, it cannot be obtained just by local processing of a bipartite source. This result underlines the importance of our main result. Also, the asymptotic equivalence of the maximal- and average error criterion for classical message transmission over finite arbitrarily varying quantum channels is proven. At last, we prove a simplifed symmetrizability condition for finite arbitrarily varying quantum channels.
description: 25 pages, no figures. Considerably revised version, accepted for publication in J. Math. Phys
The Las Vegas Monorail, an innovative solution for public transportation problems within the resort corridor
Creators: name: Cam C. Walker
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1999

description: The Las Vegas Monorail project is the first and quite possibly the only private
sector endeavor to construct mass transit grade transportation at no cost to the taxpayer,
and with no public sector investment, subsidy, or guarantee. The Las Vegas Monorail
project follows a structure similar to the innovative toll road projects of the last decade,
illustrating how other transportation problems can be solved by similar procedures. This
study provides an opportunity to get an inside look at the process of designing, building,
operating, maintaining, and financing a major transportation project in Las Vegas and the
unique cooperation between public and private entities.
The Impact of air quality on the selection of a home
Creators: name: Carol Lane
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2002

description: Hedonic price method studies have assumed that individuals consider air quality as a characteristic of their homes. The purpose of this study is to determine if air quality is a significant characteristic considered when an individual decides where to live. This study uses a survey to determine where air quality ranks amongst the different characteristics of a home. My results show that air quality is significant but ranks below structural and neighborhood characteristics.
Additional file 1 of Mapping Hungarian procedure codes to SNOMED CT
Creators: name: Mészáros, Ágota
name: Kovács, Sándor
name: Héja, Tibor
name: Bagyura, Zsolt
name: Zemplényi, Antal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1
An analysis of local manufacturing capacity, economic and trade impact of concentrating solar power (CSP) in South Africa
Creators: name: Craig, O
name: Duvenhage, DF
name: Brent, Alan
name: Dinter, F
Publisher: name: Open Access Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The recent signing of outstanding power purchase agreements (PPA's), as part of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Program (REI4P) in South Africa (SA), was received with mixed reactions. While the renewable energy sector and agencies involved in sustainable development applauded the courage of the SA government, the signing was fiercely challenged with industrial actions by local labour unions for the fear of job losses. Wind, Solar PV and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) dominated the signed PPAs and are thus perceived as major threats to current power-sector labour in SA. Although, the SA court had thrown out the cases against the signed IPPs, it is important to understand the impact of the specific renewable energy technology (RET) on the economy, trade and the local jobs. This study assesses the SA local manufacturing capabilities for CSP related services, and analysed the economic impact of CSP adoption. An expert elicitation was carried out and the strength and the challenges were identified, the economic and social benefits of improvements were estimated, including the employment opportunities, and the overall impacts on trade and economy. It was also found that an increase in CSP manufacturing capability could only be achieved in an emerging market such as SA, if the local economy benefits directly from the deployment of CSP.
A Teachers guide: The basic characteristics of wetlands and why they are important to the environment
Creators: name: Charles W. Fisher
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1998

description: The purpose of this thesis is to develop an educational guide about
wetlands that can be used by 3rd- 12th grade teachers. This guide will enable
students to learn about wetlands and why they are important to our
environment. I will provide examples and a series of activities that teachers
can use in the classroom to help their students better understand the benefits
and function of wetlands.
Untersuchungen zur frühen und älteren Latènezeit am Oberrhein und in der Schweiz
Creators: name: Giessler, Ruprecht
Publisher: name: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission, Bd. 32 (1942): Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
Radiation fields in star-forming galaxies: the disk, thin disk and bulge
Creators: name: Popescu, C. C.
name: Tuffs, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide and describe a library of diffuse stellar radiation fields in spiral galaxies derived using calculations of the transfer of stellar radiation from the main morphological components - disks, thin disks, and bulges - through the dusty interstellar medium. These radiation fields are self-consistent with the solutions for the integrated panchromatic spectral energy distributions (SEDs) previously presented using the same model. Because of this, observables calculated from the radiation fields, such as gamma-ray or radio emission, can be self-consistently combined with the solutions for the ultraviolet/optical/submillimeter SEDs, thus expanding the range of applicability of the radiation transfer model to a broader range of wavelengths and physical quantities. We also give analytic solutions for radiation fields in optically thin stellar disks, in stellar disks with one dust disk and in stellar disks with two dust disks. The analytic solutions for the direct light are exact and can be used as benchmarks. The analytic solutions with scattering are only approximate, becoming exact only in the extreme optically thick limit. We find strongly contrasting solutions for the spatial distribution of the radiation fields for disks, thin disks and bulges. For bulges we find a strong dependence of the radiation fields on Sersic index.
description: accepted for publication in MNRAS; revised version contains full analytic solutions