cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Checkerboard order in vortex cores from pair-density-wave superconductivity
Creators: name: Agterberg, Daniel F.
name: Garaud, Julien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider competing pair-density-wave (PDW) and $d$-wave superconducting states in a magnetic field. We show that PDW order appears in the cores of $d$-wave vortices, driving checkerboard charge-density-wave (CDW) order in the vortex cores, which is consistent with experimental observations. Furthermore, we find an additional CDW order that appears on a ring outside the vortex cores. This CDW order varies with a period that is twice that of the checkerboard CDW and it only appears where both PDW and $d$-wave order co-exist. The observation of this additional CDW order would provide strong evidence for PDW order in the pseudogap phase of the cuprates. We further argue that the CDW seen by nuclear magnetic resonance at high fields is due to a PDW state that emerges when a magnetic field is applied.
description: Replaced with a version in print in Phys. Rev. B; Minor changes and references added; 6 pages, 4 figures
Public Health Implications of Smokeless Tobacco Use as a Harm Reduction Strategy
Creators: name: Tanzer, Jason M.
name: Savitz, David A.
name: Mirvish, Sidney S.
name: Lewin, Freddi
name: Meyer, Roger E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Harm reduction strategies involve promoting a product that has adverse health consequences as a substitute for one that has more severe adverse health consequences. Smokeless tobacco low in nitrosamine content offers potential benefits in reducing smoking prevalence rates. Possible harm arises from the potential for such products to serve as a gateway to more harmful tobacco products, public misinterpretation of “less harmful” as “safe,” distraction from the public health goal of tobacco elimination, and ethical issues involved in advising those marketing these harmful products. We offer a research agenda to provide a stronger basis for evaluating the risks and benefits of smokeless tobacco as a means of reducing the adverse health effects of tobacco.
Modeling Polarimetric Variability from Thomson Scattering in Colliding Wind Binaries
Creators: name: Ignace, Richard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Massive Stars -- Stellar Winds -- Polarization -- Binary Stars

description: Massive star binaries are important for measuring stellar masses and stellar wind mass-loss rates. One obstacle is inferring viewing inclination and extracting information about the colliding wind interaction (CWI) region. Polarimetric variability from electron scattering in the winds and CWIs of massive stars provides information about system inclination and the geometry of the colliding wind bow shock. Using the semi-analytic solution for bow shock properties from Canto et al (1996), we calculate the polarimetric properties of CWI systems. We conduct a parameter study to ex- plore scenarios involving nearly equal winds (e.g., O+O), strongly unequal winds (e.g., WR+OB), and wavelength-dependent effects (UV, optical, and IR).
Public Willingness to Participate in and Public Opinions About Genetic Variation Research: A Review of the Literature
Creators: name: Corbie-Smith, Giselle
name: Henderson, Gail E.
name: Sterling, Rene
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Scientists are turning to genetic variation research in hopes of addressing persistent racial/ethnic disparities in health. Despite ongoing controversy, the advancement of genetic variation research is likely to produce new knowledge and technologies that will substantially change the ways in which we understand and value health. They also may affect the ways in which individuals and groups organize socially, politically, and economically.
Massimo OSANNA, Pompeji. Das neue Bild der untergegangenen Stadt
Creators: name: Opdenhoff, Fanny
Publisher: name: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft
Year: 2022

description: Rezension zu: Massimo Osanna, Pompeji. Das neue Bild der untergegangenen Stadt. Darmstadt: wbg Philipp von Zabern 2021, 448 S., 200 Abb., EUR 62,50. ISBN: 978-3-8053-5274-1
description: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft, Bd. 25 Nr. 1 (2022): Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) and Consumption: A Look into Welfare during COVID-19
Creators: name: Lauren Gilbert
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: COVID-19 shocked the world and the economy beginning in March 2020. The primary American policy response was the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), which included Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) benefits. FPUC provided a $600 and later $300 bonus on top of state unemployment insurance (UI). To date, little research has emerged exploring the impact of this intervention. Historically, consumers have a high marginal propensity to consume UI and recession benefits, and FPUC benefits had a much higher replacement rate than any previous UI. However, unlike previous recessions, the pandemic disrupted the economy in novel ways, including lockdowns and shutdowns. This paper seeks to identify how the second round of FPUC benefits affected spending amongst North Carolina counties. The counties are categorized into groups based on unemployment indicators, geographical regions, and the industries that compose most of the counties’ economies. The data is deidentified bank data collected by Opportunity Insights aggregated and reported as a percent change in spending since January 2020. Using an event study, presented in graphs and regression tables, this thesis observes the variation in spending as a function with policy implementation dates as the treatment for each group. This thesis concludes that FPUC benefits bolstered spending in North Carolina, particularly in economically vulnerable counties. When the second round of bonuses took place, counties with the highest unemployment rates had the highest increase in spending trends and tourism-dependent counties saw the greatest jump in spending. Additionally, this paper finds industry subsector reliance is the biggest predictor of FPUC sensitivity. Based on these findings, future evaluation would benefit by categorizing units of study by industry, and future policy should consider larger amounts of unemployment insurance for expedited economic recovery.
Research Recruitment Through US Central Cancer Registries: Balancing Privacy and Scientific Issues
Creators: name: Weinberger, Morris
name: Sandler, Robert S.
name: Beskow, Laura M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Cancer registries are a valuable resource for recruiting participants for public health–oriented research, although such recruitment raises potentially competing concerns about patient privacy and participant accrual.
Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Periodontal Disease: The Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Creators: name: Borrell, Luisa N.
name: Heiss, Gerardo
name: Beck, James D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: Objectives. We used data from the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to examine whether individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics were associated with periodontal disease.
Weyl spin liquids
Creators: name: Hermanns, Maria
name: O'Brien, Kevin
name: Trebst, Simon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fractionalization of quantum numbers in interacting quantum-many body systems is a central motif in condensed matter physics with prominent examples including the fractionalization of the electron in quantum Hall liquids or the emergence of magnetic monopoles in spin-ice materials. Here we discuss the fractionalization of magnetic moments in three-dimensional Kitaev models into Majorana fermions (and a $\mathbb Z_2$ gauge field) and their emergent collective behavior. We analytically demonstrate that the Majorana fermions form a Weyl superconductor for the Kitaev model on the recently synthesized hyperhoneycomb structure of $β$-Li$_2$IrO$_3$ when applying a magnetic field. We characterize the topologically protected bulk and surface features of this state, which we dub a Weyl spin liquid, including thermodynamic and transport signatures.
description: published version
Bound States for Nano-Tubes with a Dislocation
Creators: name: Hempel, Rainer
name: Kohlmann, Martin
name: Stautz, Marko
name: Voigt, Jürgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35J10, 35P20, 81Q10

description: As a model for an interface in solid state physics, we consider two real-valued potentials $V^{(1)}$ and $V^{(2)}$ on the cylinder or tube $S=\mathbb R \times (\mathbb R/\mathbb Z)$ where we assume that there exists an interval $(a_0,b_0)$ which is free of spectrum of $-Δ+V^{(k)}$ for $k=1,2$. We are then interested in the spectrum of $H_t = -Δ+ V_t$, for $t \in \mathbb R$, where $V_t(x,y) = V^{(1)}(x,y)$, for $x > 0$, and $V_t(x,y) = V^{(2)}(x+t,y)$, for $x < 0$. While the essential spectrum of $H_t$ is independent of $t$, we show that discrete spectrum, related to the interface at $x = 0$, is created in the interval $(a_0, b_0)$ at suitable values of the parameter $t$, provided $-Δ+ V^{(2)}$ has some essential spectrum in $(-\infty, a_0]$. We do not require $V^{(1)}$ or $V^{(2)}$ to be periodic. We furthermore show that the discrete eigenvalues of $H_t$ are Lipschitz continuous functions of $t$ if the potential $V^{(2)}$ is locally of bounded variation.
description: 29 pages
Situated Visualization in Motion
Creators: name: Yao, Lijie
name: Bezerianos, Anastasia
name: Isenberg, Petra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We contribute a first design space on visualizations in motion and the design of a pilot study we plan to run in the fall. Visualizations can be useful in contexts where either the observation is in motion or the whole visualization is moving at various speeds. Imagine, for example, displays attached to an athlete or animal that show data about the wearer -- for example, captured from a fitness tracking band; or a visualization attached to a moving object such as a vehicle or a soccer ball. The ultimate goal of our research is to inform the design of visualizations under motion.
Envisioning Situated Visualizations of Environmental Footprints in an Urban Environment
Creators: name: Jansen, Yvonne
name: Bucchieri, Federica
name: Dragicevic, Pierre
name: Hachet, Martin
name: Koval, Morgane
name: Petiot, Léana
name: Prouzeau, Arnaud
name: Schmalstieg, Dieter
name: Yao, Lijie
name: Isenberg, Petra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present the results of a brainstorming exercise focused on how situated visualizations could be used to better understand the state of the environment and our personal behavioral impact on it. Specifically, we conducted a day long workshop in the French city of Bordeaux where we envisioned situated visualizations of urban environmental footprints. We explored the city and took photos and notes about possible situated visualizations of environmental footprints that could be embedded near places, people, or objects of interest. We found that our designs targeted four purposes and used four different methods that could be further explored to test situated visualizations for the protection of the environment.
GAz: A Genetic Algorithm for Photometric Redshift Estimation
Creators: name: Hogan, Robert
name: Fairbairn, Malcolm
name: Seeburn, Navin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new approach to the problem of estimating the redshift of galaxies from photometric data. The approach uses a genetic algorithm combined with non-linear regression to model the 2SLAQ LRG data set with SDSS DR7 photometry. The genetic algorithm explores the very large space of high order polynomials while only requiring optimisation of a small number of terms. We find a $σ_{\text{rms}}=0.0408\pm 0.0006$ for redshifts in the range $0.4
description: v2: 11 pages, 11 figures, extended analysis, matches version to be published in MNRAS
Association Between Adult and Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in African Americans: The Pitt County Study
Creators: name: Lucove, Jaime C.
name: James, Sherman A.
name: Kaufman, Jay S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: We evaluated the association between socioeconomic status (SES) during childhood and adulthood and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in African Americans. Higher adult educational status and adult skilled occupation were protective against the metabolic syndrome, but no associations were found between the metabolic syndrome and other SES variables. Differences by gender were observed. Improving access to education among African Americans could reduce risk for the metabolic syndrome, but more research is needed in minority populations.
Descrierea bazei de date Fondurile UE absorbite de municipalitățile din România 2016-2021
Creators: name: Marin, Monica
name: Chiș, Alin
name: Corad, Bogdan
name: Glăvan, Eugen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: rural
urban
știință deschisă
municipalități
fonduri UE
administrație locală
România
perioadă programare
administrație publică

description: Fondurile UE raportate de fiecare localitate (municipalitate) în rapoartele anuale de execuție bugetară. Datele sunt prelucrate de autori, pe baza informațiilor publicate de Ministerul Dezvoltării, Lucrărilor Publice și Administrației, Direcția Politici Fiscale și Bugetare Locale.
Database-assisted Spectrum Access in Dynamic Networks: A Distributed Learning Solution
Creators: name: Xu, Yuhua
name: Xu, Yitao
name: Anpalagan, Alagan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper investigates the problem of database-assisted spectrum access in dynamic TV white spectrum networks, in which the active user set is varying. Since there is no central controller and information exchange, it encounters dynamic and incomplete information constraints. To solve this challenge, we formulate a state-based spectrum access game and a robust spectrum access game. It is proved that the two games are ordinal potential games with the (expected) aggregate weighted interference serving as the potential functions. A distributed learning algorithm is proposed to achieve the pure strategy Nash equilibrium (NE) of the games. It is shown that the best NE is almost the same with the optimal solution and the achievable throughput of the proposed learning algorithm is very close to the optimal one, which validates the effectiveness of the proposed game-theoretic solution.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, to appear in IEEE Access
Associations of Abdominal Fat With Perceived Racism and Passive Emotional Responses to Racism in African American Women
Creators: name: Light, Kathleen C.
name: McNeilly, Maya
name: Stevens, June
name: Baird, Donna Day
name: Vines, Anissa I.
name: Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Objectives. An excess in abdominal fat may predispose African American women to chronic health conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Because stress may increase body fat in the center-body region, we used the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) to examine associations between excess abdominal fat and perceived racism (a chronic stressor) and daily stress. Passive emotional responses to perceived racism, hypothesized to have particularly adverse effects, were also examined.
Versuch eines Durchblicks durch mein Denken
Creators: name: Balthasar, Hans Urs Von
Publisher: name: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio
Year: 2022

description: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Bd. 18 Nr. 4 (1989): Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, Band 18, Heft 4
Search for anomalous production of prompt same-sign lepton pairs and pair-produced doubly charged Higgs bosons with $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV $pp$ collisions using the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A low-background inclusive search for new physics in events with same-sign dileptons is presented. The search uses proton-proton collisions corresponding to 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity taken in 2012 at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Pairs of isolated leptons with the same electric charge and large transverse momenta of the type $e^{\pm}e^{\pm}, e^{\pm}μ^{\pm}$, and $μ^{\pm}μ^{\pm}$ are selected and their invariant mass distribution is examined. No excess of events above the expected level of Standard Model background is found. The results are used to set upper limits on the cross-sections for processes beyond the Standard Model. Limits are placed as a function of the dilepton invariant mass within a fiducial region corresponding to the signal event selection criteria. Exclusion limits are also derived for a specific model of doubly charged Higgs boson production.
description: 32 pages plus author list + cover pages (54 pages total), 5 figures, 9 tables, published version, All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2012-25/
Promising Change: The Consolidation of Democracy in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Alemayehu, Nazrawith Tibebu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2021

description: This thesis analyzes the governance of Ethiopia from 1990 to 2018 and the subsequent period since Dr. Abiy Ahmed assumed power in 2018. Before 2018, Ethiopian politics experienced significant volatility, which seemed to be transformed by the appointment of Dr. Abiy as Prime Minister. This thesis aims to analyze the transformations and progress witnessed during this time compared to the previous years. The thesis focuses on indicators of democracy, the role of civil societies, the representation of ethnic groups and their relationships, as well as progress in gender equality. The thesis utilizes theoretical frameworks and draws on a combination of primary and secondary sources, including interviews. By evaluating these factors, the thesis offers insights into the governance of Ethiopia and assesses the impact of Dr. Abiy's administration. Despite the recent escalation in ethnic violence, the findings indicate positive changes in governance such as increased freedom for civil societies and media organizations as well as the promotion of women’s empowerment. Overall, this thesis contributes to a deeper understanding of the political landscape in Ethiopia, highlighting the changes since Dr. Abiy's administration. The thesis emphasizes the importance of considering various dimensions of governance and provides a nuanced analysis of Ethiopia's progress toward the consolidation of democracy.
Availability of Recreational Resources and Physical Activity in Adults
Creators: name: Brown, Daniel G.
name: McGinn, Aileen P.
name: Moore, Latetia
name: Roux, Ana V. Diez
name: Brines, Shannon
name: Jacobs, David R.
name: Evenson, Kelly R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Objectives. Using data from a large cohort of adults aged 45 to 84 years-old, we investigated whether availability of recreational resources is related to physical activity levels.
Inclusion and reporting of people with dementia in trials of hospital-based exercise interventions for older adults: A systematic review
Creators: name: Houston, Reaves
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Introduction: Hospitalization is related to a reduction in functional status among older adults, of which the effect is more pronounced in people with dementia (PWD). Hospital-based exercise interventions are a proposed strategy to mitigate the risk of functional decline due to hospitalization. The applicability of trials of hospital-based exercise interventions for PWD is not well understood.
Objectives: (1) To describe the inclusion of PWD in trials of hospital-based exercise interventions for older adults. (2) To describe the interventions of such studies, including aspects that would facilitate participation of PWD. (3) To determine if (and if so, how) such studies report the baseline cognitive status of the study population.
Methods: I searched the CENTRAL and MEDLINE databases as well as ClinicalTrials.gov from May 2021 through April 2023 for RCTs of hospital-based exercise interventions for older adults (>65) to update a prior review’s search of such studies. I abstracted information regarding eligibility of PWD, characteristics of the intervention, reporting of cognitive ability among the study population, and any adverse events. 
Results: My search identified 3 new studies that met criteria for inclusion, which I analyzed alongside 24 studies from a prior systematic review (N=27). Eighteen studies included PWD and 17 reported some measure of cognitive status. Twenty-one studies had supervised interventions and 23 tailored the intervention to patient ability. Adverse events were rare and unlikely related to the intervention.
Conclusion: People with dementia are often included in trials of hospital-based exercise interventions for older adults, but there is inconsistency in reporting of baseline cognitive status. Future trials should report cases of pre-existing dementia among the study population. Further research is needed to determine the applicability of hospital-based exercise interventions for PWD.
Stability of Vortex Solutions to an Extended Navier-Stokes System
Creators: name: Gie, Gung-Min
name: Henderson, Christopher
name: Iyer, Gautam
name: Kavlie, Landon
name: Whitehead, Jared P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 76D05, 35Q30, 76M25, 65M06

description: We study the long-time behavior an extended Navier-Stokes system in $\R^2$ where the incompressibility constraint is relaxed. This is one of several "reduced models" of Grubb and Solonnikov '89 and was revisited recently (Liu, Liu, Pego '07) in bounded domains in order to explain the fast convergence of certain numerical schemes (Johnston, Liu '04). Our first result shows that if the initial divergence of the fluid velocity is mean zero, then the Oseen vortex is globally asymptotically stable. This is the same as the Gallay Wayne '05 result for the standard Navier-Stokes equations. When the initial divergence is not mean zero, we show that the analogue of the Oseen vortex exists and is stable under small perturbations. For completeness, we also prove global well-posedness of the system we study.
description: 24 pages, 1 figure, updated to add authors' contact information and to address referee's comments
“Our Greatest Work”: The United Daughters of the Confederacy, The Lost Cause, and Education in the State of North Carolina
Creators: name: Diane Gildehaus
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The Lost Cause is a pseudohistorical narrative created in the Southern United States to justify the Civil War and deny its true cause – slavery. In examining the perpetrators of this narrative, scholarship has often looked to the white men of American history whether authors, political leaders, or everyday citizens. In recent years, more scholarship however has been dedicated to uncovering the role that white women had to play in crafting the Lost Cause. As it turns out, their influence is significant in instituting the narrative into public schools in the South. Their impact has altered how many Americans understand history: to believe a version of the past that upholds white supremacy in the US. There are few more successful ways to shape a nation than molding young minds. Whoever controls the realm of public education can control more than just a political landscape, but a culture. The easiest way to instill a Confederate culture, even after the Confederate States of America was defeated and rejoined the United States, was through the regulation of textbooks. Henceforth, textbooks become the tools of power, and white women are the ones who wielded it. Their control of Southern textbooks has since altered how we think of history and is still shaping American culture today.
Concurrent Sexual Partnerships Among Men in the United States
Creators: name: Adimora, Adaora A.
name: Schoenbach, Victor J.
name: Doherty, Irene A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Objectives. We sought to determine the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of US men’s involvement in concurrent sexual partnerships, a sexual network pattern that speeds population dissemination of HIV.
Additional file 1: of Foraging for high caloric anthropogenic prey is energetically costly
Creators: name: Donk, Susanne
name: Shamoun-Baranes, Judy
name: Meer, Jaap
name: Camphuysen, Kees
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Table S1. for shapefiles used to determine habitat use. Table S2 and Figure S1 for showing the relationship between the total time foraging and habitat use per individual. (PDF 195 kb)
Infiniteness of $A_\infty$-types of gauge groups
Creators: name: Kishimoto, Daisuke
name: Tsutaya, Mitsunobu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 57S05, Secondary 55P48

description: Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group and let $P$ be a principal $G$-bundle over $K$. The gauge group of $P$ is the topological group of automorphisms of $P$. For fixed $G$ and $K$, consider all principal $G$-bundles $P$ over $K$. It is proved by Crabb--Sutherland and the second author that the number of $A_n$-types of the gauge groups of $P$ is finite if $n
description: 12 pages, accepted for publication by J. Topol
Amino Acid-Directed Therapy to Overcome Parasite-Induced Malnutrition
Creators: name: Mehta, Divya
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: 	Giardia is an enteric parasite which serves as a major public health concern globally. Through ubiquitous spread in contaminated water supplies and areas of poor sanitation, Giardia infection can cause both acute gastrointestinal symptoms and longer-term sequelae associated with stunting and wasting of malnourished children. Giardia metabolism is heavily reliant on arginine, which the parasite may sequester from the host or host dietary intake. Arginine is also central to host health, including immune function and host growth. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between Giardia and host metabolism of arginine during infection, and the ability of arginine supplementation to protect against Giardia infection and associated growth hindrances. Using a murine model of protein deficiency, we expected to see a protective effect of arginine, both in mitigating Giardia intestinal colonization and in preventing growth decreases. However, arginine supplementation was not found to have a broadly protective nor adverse effect on host in growth markers during infection or in controls. Giardia intestinal colonization was also not observed to fully deplete the host of arginine upon infection. Further implications and future directions for research are discussed.
An Improved Height Difference Based Model of Height Profile for Drop-on-Demand 3D Printing With UV Curable Ink
Creators: name: Wu, Yumeng
name: Chiu, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper proposes an improved height profile model for drop-on-demand 3D printing with UV curable ink. It is extended from a previously validated model and computes height profile indirectly from volume and area propagation to ensure volume conservation. To accommodate 2D patterns using multiple passes, volume change and area change within region of interest are modeled as a piecewise function of height difference before drop deposition. Model coefficients are experimentally obtained and validated with bootstrapping of experimental samples. Six different drop patterns are experimentally validated. The RMS height profile errors for 2D patterns from the proposed model are consistently smaller than existing models from literature and are on the same level as 1D patterns reported in our previous publication.
Dobre i złe sąsiedztwa. Obce – nasze – inne, Bydgoszcz, 11–12 maja 2017 r. – sprawozdanie z międzynarodowej konferencji naukowej
Creators: name: Maresz, Teresa
name: Grysińska-Jarmuła, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Tabularium Historiae
Year: 2022

description: Tabularium Historiae, Tom 2 (2017): Tabularium Historiae
Income-Specific Trends in Obesity in Brazil: 1975–2003
Creators: name: Monteiro, Carlos A.
name: Popkin, Barry M.
name: Conde, Wolney L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Objectives. We sought to update income-specific secular trends in obesity in Brazil to assess the hypothesis that the disease burden is shifting toward the poor.
title: A massive traumatic subgaleal hematoma in the absence of underlying brain injury
Creators: name: Yadav, Richa
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Head & neck imaging
subject: Abscess
subject: Acute
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Barium enema
subject: Barium meal
subject: Embolisation
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 14-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a complaint of diffuse scalp swelling three days after suffering a 3-foot height fall. On physical examination, GCS was 15/15, and swelling was diffuse, fluctuant, and mildly tender. The laboratory results were within normal limits.

description: 14 years, male
Ks. Mieczysław Józefczyk, Kościół i społeczeństwo w Prusach krzyżackich. Teksty źródłowe do dziejów chrześcijaństwa w Pomezanii i Pogezanii, Elbląg: Warmińskie Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne, 2017, ss. 647
Creators: name: Zieliński, Marek G.
Publisher: name: Tabularium Historiae
Year: 2022

description: Tabularium Historiae, Tom 2 (2017): Tabularium Historiae
Additional file 2: of Genome-wide association mapping in a diverse spring barley collection reveals the presence of QTL hotspots and candidate genes for root and shoot architecture traits at seedling stage
Creators: name: Abdel-Ghani, Adel
name: Sharma, Rajiv
name: Wabila, Celestine
name: Sidram Dhanagond
name: Saed Owais
name: Duwayri, Mahmud
name: Al-Dalain, Saddam
name: Klukas, Christian
name: Dijun Chen
name: LĂźbberstedt, Thomas
name: WirĂŠn, Nicolaus
name: Graner, Andreas
name: Kilian, Benjamin
name: Neumann, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S1. Examples of scanned root images from individual plants. Figure S2. Concatenated split network tree for the collection of 233 accessions based on 6019 SNP markers. Figure S3. LD pattern along the individual chromosomes of barley. Figure S4. Schematic representation of the eight re-sequenced candidate genes models. (DOCX 3427 kb)
School curriculum in Burkina Faso and Japan: A literature review
Creators: name: Malgoubri, Inoussa
Publisher: name: Nagasaki University
Year: 2021

description: The education system in Burkina Faso has been reformed many times, but the latest system performance evaluations showed that those reforms did not yield the expected results. These reforms purported to provide appropriate training which content and methods align with the economic,ntechnological, social, and cultural development, and value systems in Burkina Faso, Africa, and the world. Years later, the evaluation of the reform shows that education and vocational training decreased in quality and performance and they hardly adapt to the needs of the country. Informal economy employs many people, and research and innovation are still lagging and hardly contribute to people’s well-being. Therefore, this research paper aims at exploring ways to go about educational policies and curriculum reforms which consider the cultural components, available technologies to meet the needs of the country in comparison to the Japanese educational system. It strives to find what Burkina Faso can learn from the educational system of Japan to meet the demands of the community, reach the goal of educational policies. This research did a literature review of the educational system, policies, and curriculum practices of Burkina Faso and Japan and found that Burkina Faso can learn from the waymJapan develop the national curriculum, how its culture remains rooted in its school curriculum, and the progressive move to internationalize their educational system. Therefore, Burkina Faso can adapt and integrate its curriculum for the benefits of the learners and the community to boost socioeconomic development.

 

Key words: Burkina Faso, Community, Curriculum, Educational system, Japan
Quantum criticality at the Anderson transition: a TMT perspective
Creators: name: Mahmoudian, Samiyeh
name: Tang, Shao
name: Dobrosavljević, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a complete analytical and numerical solution of the Typical Medium Theory (TMT) for the Anderson metal-insulator transition. In this theory, we self-consistently calculate the typical amplitude of the electron wave-We present a complete analytical and numerical solution of the Typical Medium Theory (TMT) for the Anderson metal-insulator transition. This approach self-consistently calculates the typical amplitude of the electronic wave-functions, thus representing the conceptually simplest order-parameter theory for the Anderson transition. We identify all possible universality classes for the critical behavior, which can be found within such a mean-field approach. This provides insights into how interaction-induced renormalizations of the disorder potential may produce qualitative modifications of the critical behavior. We also formulate a simplified description of the leading critical behavior, thus obtaining an effective Landau theory for Anderson localization.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures
Management Academy for Public Health: Creating Entrepreneurial Managers
Creators: name: Orton, Stephen
name: Zelt, Sue
name: Johnson, Jim
name: Porter, Janet
name: Umble, Karl
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: The Management Academy for Public Health develops public health managers’ management skills. Ultimately, the program aims to develop civic entrepreneurs who can improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of their organizations. With help from a coach, teams write public health business plans to meet needs in their communities.
Theoretical Exploration on the Magnetic Properties of Ferromagnetic Metallic Glass: An Ising Model on Random Recursive Lattice
Creators: name: Huang, Ran
name: Zhang, Ling
name: Chen, Chong
name: Wu, Chengjie
name: Yan, Linyin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ferromagnetic Ising spins are modeled on a recursive lattice constructed from random-angled rhombus units with stochastic configurations, to study the magnetic properties of the bulk Fe-based metallic glass. The integration of spins on the structural glass model well represents the magnetic moments in the glassy metal. The model is exactly solved by the recursive calculation technique. The magnetization of the amorphous Ising spins, i.e. the glassy metallic magnet is investigated by our modeling and calculation on a theoretical base. The results show that the glassy metallic magnets has a lower Curie temperature, weaker magnetization, and higher entropy comparing to the regular ferromagnet in crystal form. These findings can be understood with the randomness of the amorphous system, and agrees well with others' experimental observations.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures
Gravitational Anomalies in the Solar System?
Creators: name: Iorio, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mindful of the anomalous perihelion precession of Mercury discovered by U. Le Verrier in the second half of the nineteenth century and its successful explanation by A. Einstein with his General Theory of Relativity in the early years of the twentieth century, discrepancies among observed effects in our Solar system and their theoretical predictions on the basis of the currently accepted laws of gravitation applied to known bodies have the potential of paving the way for remarkable advances in fundamental physics. This is particularly important now more than ever, given that most of the Universe seems to be made of unknown substances dubbed Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Should this not be directly the case, Solar system's anomalies could anyhow lead to advancements in cumulative science, as shown to us by the discovery of Neptune in the first half of the nineteenth century. Moreover, investigations in one of such directions can serendipitously enrich the other one as well. The current status of some alleged gravitational anomalies in the Solar system is critically reviewed. They are: a) Possible anomalous advances of planetary perihelia; b) Unexplained orbital residuals of a recently discovered moon of Uranus (Mab); c) The lingering unexplained secular increase of the eccentricity of the orbit of the Moon; d) The so-called Faint Young Sun Paradox; e) The secular decrease of the mass parameter of the Sun; f) The Flyby Anomaly; g) The Pioneer Anomaly; and h) The anomalous secular increase of the astronomical unit
description: LaTex2e, 35 pages, no figures, 4 tables, 300 references. Invited review. Version published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD)
Using phenomenological theory for sustainable renovation of historical open spaces in Bahrain
Creators: name: Konbr, Usama
name: Eldardiry, Dalia H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design)
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: 120101 Architectural Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: 50104 Landscape Ecology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 120107 Landscape Architecture

description: Lack of understanding of phenomenological theory and sustainable pillars and bodily experience for visitors causes poor design, then a bad feeling of the spaces via their five senses. If so, the complete interaction of users with the quality of such sites will be successful. Moreover, in such schemes, designers try to encourage walkability and staying longer, and enjoy the urban atmosphere in the historical parts of cities. This study aims to achieve sustainable renovation of projects using phenomenological theory when designing historical spaces, streets, squares, and green areas, as a conceptualizing key to the success of such projects. Culture as one of the sustainability pillars is the key limitation of this study. The study used phenomenological theory to analyze the area in renovation projects in the historic district of Manama city, Bab Al Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. The study analyzed the bodily experiences of users at different times of the day. Furthermore, the results of this study illustrated the distraction between users and heritage places if designers ignore the five senses of users for such areas.
Effects of prior Zika infection on male fertility outcomes
Creators: name: Nativio, Gustavo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne, fever-causing pathogen, swept through Latin America in 2015 and 2016. Previously thought to be a mild febrile illness of little clinical importance, unusual characteristics of ZIKV were newly identified during the novel American pandemic – prolonged shedding in semen, sexual transmissibility, and congenital anomalies. One study examined ZIKV’s effect on semen measures, demonstrating a decline in sperm count and testosterone after acute ZIKV infection that recovered after several weeks. Fever itself can impair sperm production, confounding interpretation of these results. To investigate the long-term effect of ZIKV infection on human male fertility, we conducted a cohort study of young healthy men in two cities that experienced intense ZIKV transmission 1-2 years prior to the study; namely, León, Nicaragua, and Iquitos, Peru. 
Healthy men aged 18-40 years were enrolled between July 2018 and March 2019, after the ZIKV epidemic had subsided at each site. A baseline questionnaire recorded demographic, clinical, and epidemiological data; these data and symptoms of infection were updated at quarterly visits. The participating men provided semen and blood samples quarterly for 12 months in León, and 9 months in Iquitos, although loss to follow up was high (>40%). Fresh semen and blood analysis were performed on-site. Semen and serum markers of fertility were compared between ZIKV-seropositive and seronegative men, averaging each man’s results across their visits. Data were analyzed using Student’s t-test for continuous data comparisons of means between groups of interest. We enrolled 110 men (50 in Peru, 60 in Nicaragua). Median age was 23 years (IQR 19-27) and 55% were students. More than 90% had evidence of prior dengue infection by IgG, and 20% reported prior chikungunya infection. 39% were seropositive for ZIKV infection at enrollment. There was no association between age and odds of ZIKV positivity. None were febrile at enrollment, though 6 reported a fever within the previous week. 26% of men reported having impregnated a partner, with no difference by ZIKV status. There were no differences at enrollment or averaged across the study duration by ZIKV exposure in semen pH, total sperm count, ejaculate volume, percent progressive motile sperm, vitality, or round cell count. We observed lower average FSH levels in participants seropositive for Zika (p=0.04). These preliminary data suggest that any effect of Zika virus infection on male fertility is likely short-lived.
Predictors of Condom Use Among Young Adults in South Africa: The Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit National Youth Survey
Creators: name: Lee, Sung-Jae
name: Hendriksen, Ellen Setsuko
name: Rees, Helen V.
name: Pettifor, Audrey
name: Coates, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Objectives. We examined correlates of condom use among a national random probability sample of sexually experienced young adults aged 15 to 24 years (n = 7686) in South Africa.
MOESM1 of In silico design and synthesis of targeted rutin derivatives as xanthine oxidase inhibitors
Creators: name: Malik, Neelam
name: Dhiman, Priyanka
name: Anurag Khatkar
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. HNMR spectra of compound RU3a3
Investigation of Learning-Based Tractography via TractSeg
Creators: name: Zou, Yicheng
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The reconstruction of white matter fiber bundles using non-invasive diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is useful for studying brain connectivity. However, accurate fiber reconstruction remains a challenging problem. Here, we explore the use of the TractSeg model to tackle fiber reconstruction as a machine-learning problem. We use microstructure-informed fiber filtering techniques, such as COMMIT, to build our own dataset for training the model. We find that the use of a high-quality tractogram during training improves fiber reconstruction. Although our strategy yields fewer streamlines, it retains major connectivity information. Our findings support the importance of using quality controlled data for model training to improve the outcome of learning-based tractography methods such as TractSeg.
Sexual and Drug Behavior Patterns and HIV and STD Racial Disparities: The Need for New Directions
Creators: name: Hallfors, Denise Dion
name: Bauer, Daniel J.
name: Miller, William C.
name: Iritani, Bonita J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Objectives. We used nationally representative data to examine whether individuals’ sexual and drug behavior patterns account for racial disparities in sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV prevalence.
Additional file 2: of Omega-3 fatty acid intake and prevalent respiratory symptoms among U.S. adults with COPD
Creators: name: S, Chantal Lemoine
name: Brigham, Emily
name: Woo, Han
name: Hanson, Corrine
name: McCormack, Meredith
name: Koch, Abigail
name: Nirupama Putcha
name: Hansel, Nadia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Table S1. Symptom Outcome Questions from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (DOCX 63 kb)