cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Neutrino masses from lepton and quark mass relations and neutrino oscillations
Creators: name: Cao, Fu-Guang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determining the absolute masses of neutrinos is of fundamental importance in particle physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics. We conjecture that intrinsic mass relations exist between leptons and quarks. Using these relations and neutrino oscillation data, we show that the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy is strongly disfavored and estimate the absolute neutrino masses to be m_{1}=0.21^{+1.70}_{-0.21} \times 10^{-4} {eV}, m_{2}=(8.7 \pm 0.1) \times 10^{-3} {eV}, and m_{3}=(4.9 \pm 0.1) \times 10^{-2} {eV}.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure; minor corrections, reference list updated; accepted for publication in Phys Rev D
Comparison of the ontology of biological beings and the ontology of beings of non-biological origin (digital intelligence, computer intelligence, artificial intelligence and super intelligence)
Creators: name: Smetana, Vladimir V.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 500309
subject: Metaphysics

description: In the modern world, we can observe the nature of the existence of biological beings, identify certain patterns and logical chains of evolution. At the same time, in the middle of the 20th century, with the development of computer technology, we can talk about the emergence of intelligence that is not of biological origin, at the beginning it is small software solutions, and later a full-fledged self-learning artificial intelligence that surpasses human capabilities. Obviously, we can assume the emergence in the near future of super intelligence, which will surpass all the mental capabilities of all biological beings. Today we can consider the questions that ontology poses to us in relation to beings of non-biological origin. This new entity can reside and exist in technologies created by man, while we observe self-learning and development taking place and there are some signs of the further superiority of digital intelligence over the intelligence of Homo sapiens. In the study, we will try to reveal a comparative model of the existence of biological and non-biological beings, trace some patterns, draw conclusions and decide on the conceptual apparatus of a new entity - digital intelligence.
Additional file 5 of Development and validation of a novel online calculator for estimating survival benefit of adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients undergoing surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Liang, Lei
name: Li, Chao
name: Wang, Ming-Da
name: Wang, Hong
name: Zhou, Ya-Hao
name: Zeng, Yong-Yi
name: Zhang, Wan-Guang
name: Chen, Ting-Hao
name: Wang, Nan-Ya
name: Li, Jie
name: Zhang, Yao-Ming
name: Wang, Yu
name: Gu, Wei-Min
name: Xing, Hao
name: Diao, Yong-Kang
name: Lau, Wan Yee
name: Zhang, Cheng-Wu
name: Pawlik, Timothy M.
name: Shen, Feng
name: Huang, Dong-Sheng
name: Yang, Tian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Univariable and multivariable Cox-regression analyses of predicting overall survival for patients with resected hepatocellular carcinoma who did not undergo adjuvant TACE in the developing cohort.
Intrinsic instability of electronic interfaces with strong Rashba coupling
Creators: name: Caprara, S.
name: Peronaci, F.
name: Grilli, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a model for the two-dimensional electron gas formed at the interface of oxide heterostructures, which includes a Rashba spin-orbit coupling proportional to the electric field perpendicular to the interface. Based on the standard mechanism of polarity catastrophe, we assume that the electric field is proportional to the electron density. Under these simple and general assumptions, we show that a phase separation instability occurs for realistic values of the spin-orbit coupling and of the band parameters. This could provide an intrinsic mechanism for the recently observed inhomogeneous phases at the LaAlO_3/SrTiO_3 or LaTiO_3/SrTiO_3 interfaces.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Daily and Nondaily Oral Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex With Men: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Trials Network 067/ADAPT Study
Creators: name: Grant, Robert M.
name: Mannheimer, Sharon B.
name: Hughes, James P.
name: Hirsch-Moverman, Yael
name: Loquere, Avelino S
name: Chitwarakorn, Anupong
name: Curlin, Marcel E.
name: Li, Maoji
name: Amico, K. Rivet
name: Hendrix, Craig W.
name: Anderson, Peter L.
name: Dye, Bonnie J.
name: Marzinke, Mark A.
name: Piwowar-Manning, Estelle
name: McKinstry, Laura A.
name: Elharrar, Vanessa
name: Stirratt, Michael
name: Rooney, James F.
name: Eshleman, Susan H.
name: McNichol, Janet M.
name: Van Griensven, Frits
name: Holtz, Timothy H.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Pre-exposure prophylaxis
HIV infections—Prevention
Gay men
Transgender people

description: Background: Nondaily dosing of oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may provide equivalent coverage of sex events compared with daily dosing. Methods: At-risk men and transgender women who have sex with men were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 dosing regimens: 1 tablet daily, 1 tablet twice weekly with a postsex dose (time-driven), or 1 tablet before and after sex (event-driven), and were followed for coverage of sex events with pre- and postsex dosing measured by weekly self-report, drug concentrations, and electronic drug monitoring. Results: From July 2012 to May 2014, 357 participants were randomized. In Bangkok, the coverage of sex events was 85% for the daily arm compared with 84% for the time-driven arm (P = .79) and 74% for the event-driven arm (P = .02). In Harlem, coverage was 66%, 47% (P = .01), and 52% (P = .01) for these groups. In Bangkok, PrEP medication concentrations in blood were consistent with use of ≥2 tablets per week in >95% of visits when sex was reported in the prior week, while in Harlem, such medication concentrations occurred in 48.5% in the daily arm, 30.9% in the time-driven arm, and 16.7% in the event-driven arm (P < .0001). Creatinine elevations were more common in the daily arm (P = .050), although they were not dose limiting. Conclusions: Daily dosing recommendations increased coverage and protective drug concentrations in the Harlem cohort, while daily and nondaily regimens led to comparably favorable outcomes in Bangkok, where participants had higher levels of education and employment.
A novel case of eruptive vellus hair cysts arising during radiation therapy and a brief review of the literature
Creators: name: Muskat, Ahava
name: Shokrian, Neda
name: Kost, Yana
name: Srivastava, Pooja
name: Amin, Bijal
name: McLellan, Beth N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: A novel case of eruptive vellus hair cysts arising during radiation therapy and a brief review of the literature
Nudobius shan BORDONI 2002
Creators: name: Bordoni, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Nudobius
Nudobius shan

description: Nudobius shan BORDONI 2002
M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Zhejiang, Anji, Li & Zhao 24.IV.2005, 1 (SNUC).
G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species was described from Yunnan (Jizu Shan) and Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan). This is the first subsequent record of the species since it was described.
description: Published as part of Bordoni, A., 2013, New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 244 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, pp. 1745-1797 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2) on page 1747, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10273196
Two-dimensional self-avoiding walks and polymer adsorption: Critical fugacity estimates
Creators: name: Beaton, Nicholas R.
name: Guttmann, Anthony J.
name: Jensen, Iwan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Recently Beaton, de Gier and Guttmann proved a conjecture of Batchelor and Yung that the critical fugacity of self-avoiding walks interacting with (alternate) sites on the surface of the honeycomb lattice is $1+\sqrt{2}$. A key identity used in that proof depends on the existence of a parafermionic observable for self-avoiding walks interacting with a surface on the honeycomb lattice. Despite the absence of a corresponding observable for SAW on the square and triangular lattices, we show that in the limit of large lattices, some of the consequences observed for the honeycomb lattice persist irrespective of lattice. This permits the accurate estimation of the critical fugacity for the corresponding problem for the square and triangular lattices. We consider both edge and site weighting, and results of unprecedented precision are achieved. We also \emph{prove} the corresponding result fo the edge-weighted case for the honeycomb lattice.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures, 7 tables
Trends in financial markets: uncovering the distribution of intensity and duration
Creators: name: Rumana, Afrin Sadia
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Trend Analysis
subject: Hidden Markov Model
subject: Bayesian Filtering
subject: Financial Market
subject: Education--Sciences

description: In financial investment, market trends are ubiquitous. Put simply, trending markets are characterized by changes in price that are persistent in time. In this research, we are interested in understanding the global properties of trending markets ex-post, as there is a shortage of research in this direction. The primary goal of our study is to provide a reliable approach for categorizing financial market trends by defining their strength and persistence. However, the noisy characteristics of financial data and the hidden character of a true market trend make this endeavor nontrivial. Towards this end, we use resampling techniques and establish empirical labeling algorithms in parallel with Hidden Markov models and Bayesian smoothing filtering to estimate the underlying structure and dynamics of market trends. From our results, we can comment on the market trend intensity and duration across various financial markets and asset classes. Here, we focus on labeling trends, as opposed to identifying them in real-time, as this can provide valuable diagnostic information ex-post about how the macroeconomic conditions of the market influences the dynamics and characteristics of trends.
Immune-cell infiltration in high-grade soft tissue sarcomas; prognostic implications of tumor-associated macrophages and B-cells
Creators: name: Nyström, Helena
name: Jönsson, Mats
name: Nilbert, Mef
name: Carneiro, Ana
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer

description: Soft tissue sarcomas are rare, morphologically, and genetically heterogenous. Though the tumors display abundant tumor stroma with infiltrating immune cells, the prognostic impact of various immunologic markers in sarcoma remains poorly defined. We aimed to characterize the immune landscape of a treatment-naïve cohort of soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and the trunk wall with correlations to metastasis-free survival. We surveyed immunohistochemical expression patterns for CD163, CD20, CD3, CD8, and FOXP3 in 134 adult high-grade leiomyosarcomas, liposarcomas, and synovial sarcomas. Macrophages outnumbered tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. High CD163 infiltration was identified in 49% of the tumors and was overrepresented (66%) in leiomyosarcoma compared to liposarcoma (46%) and synovial sarcoma (9%). Tumor-grade also correlated with CD163 positivity with high expression in 53% of the high-grade lesions and 28% in low-grade tumors. Infiltrating CD3, CD8 and FOXP3-positive T-cells were significantly more prevalent in leiomyosarcomas than in liposarcomas/synovial sarcomas. CD20+ B-cells were identified only in 14% of the STS. Correlation to established prognostic factors revealed a correlation between CD163+ macrophages and necrosis and predicted an increased risk of metastases. No correlation between CD20+ B-cells and known prognostic factors could be established, though CD20+ B-cells infiltration predicted improved overall survival. We confirm that tumor-infiltrating macrophages outnumber tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in soft tissue sarcoma and signify an increased risk of metastasis. CD20+ B-cells are scarce in STS and correlate to improved survival. To date, immunotherapeutic strategies directed against T-cells have shown limited effect in soft tissue sarcoma. Our observations suggest that immunomodulatory agents focusing on macrophages may be worthwhile for further investigations in this tumor type. Further studies exploring the prognostic and predictive significance of CD20+ B cells are warranted.
Ionized gas velocity dispersion in nearby dwarf galaxies: looking at supersonic turbulent motions
Creators: name: Moiseev, Alexei
name: Lozinskaya, Tatiana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of ionized gas turbulent motions study in several nearby dwarf galaxies using a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer with the 6-m telescope of the SAO RAS. Combining the `intensity-velocity dispersion' diagrams (I-sigma) with two-dimensional maps of radial velocity dispersion we found a number of common patterns pointing to the relation between the value of chaotic ionized gas motions and processes of current star formation. In five out of the seven analysed galaxies we identified expanding shells of ionized gas with diameters of 80-350 pc and kinematic ages of 1-4 Myr. We also demonstrate that the I-sigma diagrams may be useful for the search of supernova remnants, other small expanding shells or unique stars in nearby galaxies. As an example, a candidate luminous blue variable (LBV) was found in UGC 8508. We propose some additions to the interpretation, previously used by Munoz-Tunon et al. to explain the I-sigma diagrams for giant star formation regions. In the case of dwarf galaxies, a major part of the regions with high velocity dispersion belongs to the diffuse low surface brightness emission, surrounding the star forming regions. We attribute this to the presence of perturbed low density gas with high values of turbulent velocities around the giant HII regions.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures. Accepted by MNRAS. The high-resolution version locates at http://www.sao.ru/hq/moisav/MoisLoz_full.pdf
title: Konzeptionierung eines Unterstützungsangebots für Frauen im Informatikstudium an der TH Köln
Creators: name: Serttas, Eda
Publisher: name: Hochschulbibliothek der Technischen Hochschule Köln
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft

description: Die vorliegende Bachelorarbeit „Konzeptionierung eines Unterstützungsangebotes für Frauen im Informatikstudium an der TH Köln“ soll Frauen, die ein Informatikstudium anfangen oder gerade Informatik studieren, helfen, das Studium einfach und erfolgreich zu bewältigen. Dabei soll für die Hochschule ein verwertbares Konzept erstellt werden, in dem bestimmte Unterstützungspunkte entwickelt und herausgearbeitet werden. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den Bachelorstudiengängen in Informatik an der Technischen Hochschule Köln am Campus Gummersbach. Die Arbeit wurde im Zeitraum von Februar bis Mai 2022 in Köln verfasst und umfasst ca. 90 Seiten.
The Nature of Faith Communities in Alberta’s Separate High Schools
Creators: name: Sawula, Ryan Bruce
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: community building
subject: leadership best practices
subject: principal
subject: preparation
subject: community engagement
subject: faith community
subject: educational leadership
subject: Education--Administration

description: This qualitative study explored the question, “What is the nature of the relationship between Alberta’s Catholic high school principals and the formation and maintenance of their schools’ faith communities?” The work of school principals is complex in that they are expected to build relationships with stakeholders internal and external to the school community. Using a case study approach, semistructured one-on-one interviews were conducted with 10 Alberta Catholic separate high school principals in different school configurations to examine their perceptions of building community in Alberta’s Catholic high schools. Four types of data were collected: (a) interview data, (b) supporting documents provided by the participants, (c) reflective field notes from on-site school visits, (d) and documents in the literature review. Analysis of the data identified 12 key findings under four overarching categories: defining community in Alberta Catholic high schools, strategies leaders used to form faith communities in Alberta high schools, benefits as a result of establishing faith communities, and challenges leaders have faced in forming faith communities. These overarching categories were further evaluated to generate four analytic themes: setting a direction grounded in faith, having a distinct purpose rooted in Catholic social teachings, using collective leadership to enhance community, and enriching faith communities via the larger community. By highlighting principals’ voices, and synthesizing and clarifying the best practices they have employed to foster their schools’ faith communities, this study enhances the literature on Catholic school leadership and deepens understanding of the expectations upon school leaders. Recommendations for Catholic principals, Catholic school boards, provincial government policymakers, and Catholic school system leaders are provided.
Mobile Micro Factory: Digital Fabrication Systems for Easy to Deploy Material Efficient Construction.
Creators: name: Charaniya, Raj
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mobile Micro Factories
subject: Digital Fabrication Systems
subject: Material Efficient Construction
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Robotics

description: The planet's living conditions are rapidly degrading, requiring immediate actions to secure the future. Global initiatives like the United Nations 2030 agenda underscore the urgency of saving the planet from deteriorating by encouraging initiatives like sustainable consumption and production, sustainable natural resource management and urgent action towards climate change (Desa, 2016). Amid these challenges, the construction industry stands out as a significant contributor to environmental problems, demanding a re-evaluation of its current practices (Lima et al., 2021). One of the many critical steps for mitigating this challenge is promoting efficient material consumption and logistics. The study proposes a transformative solution for such concrete dominant countries by integrating robot-equipped digital fabrication tools within a portable shipping container, promoting near-site concrete construction as opposed to the current trend of off-site prefabrication. This shift promises a significant reduction in the transportation requirements of prefabricated parts, thereby lowering the carbon footprint associated with logistical processes. Furthermore, the precise fabrication capabilities of the setup enable resource-saving material efficient construction techniques like topology optimization and trust network analysis, contributing to sustainable material consumption. The research conducts layout designing exercises of such flexible micro factories housing various digital fabrication techniques based on comprehensive market surveys of the commercially available fabrication systems and robots. This layout matrix would not only serve as a guide for assembling micro-factories but also function as a tool that informs designers of fabrication parameters and constraints at the initial stages of the design process.
Chronic fatigue in long-term survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma after contemporary risk-adapted treatment
Creators: name: Eikeland, Siri A.
name: Smeland, Knut B.
name: Simensen, Victoria Charlotte
name: Fagerli, Unn-Merete
name: Bersvendsen, Hanne S.
name: Kiserud, Cecilie E.
name: Fosså, Alexander
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Chronic fatigue (CF), substantial fatigue for ≥ six months, can manifest as a late effect (LE) after cancer treatment, and may affect several aspects of life. In a Norwegian cohort of Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivors (HLS), more than a decade after contemporary risk-adapted treatment regimens with limited use of radiotherapy (RT), we assessed: (1) Prevalence of, (2) factors associated with (3) and implications of CF on socioeconomic status (SES) and work ability (WA). HLS treated between 1997–2006, aged 8–49 years at diagnosis, were invited to participate in a population-based cross-sectional study on late effects in 2018–2019. In a mailed questionnaire, HLS responded to a fatigue questionnaire (FQ), work ability score (WAS) and short-form health survey (SF-36). Disease- and treatment data were extracted from hospital records. Factors associated with CF were identified by uni- and multivariate analysis. To study the implications of CF on SES and WA, a multinomial regression analysis was performed. Invitations were extended to 518 HLS and 298 (58%) responded to FQ, of whom 42% had CF with mean (standard deviation [SD]) physical- and mental fatigue scores of 10.2 (4.3) and 5.5 (2.1) respectively. Median age at survey was 45 years, 47% were females. In multivariate analysis female sex (p = 0.03), lower education (p = 0.03), body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 (p = 0.04), and an increasing number of comorbidities (p = 0.01) were associated with CF. No association with disease stage, chemotherapy or RT was found. CF was associated with poorer WAS scores at survey (p < 0.001), unemployment (p = 0.03), and receiving disability pension (p = 0.003). After risk-adapted treatment, CF is still a frequent LE among long-term HLS, without apparent association with disease or treatment-related parameters. CF is associated with reduced WA and SES. As no apparent risk reduction is seen with contemporary treatment, further studies should emphasize etiological factors of CF and treatment to alleviate this common LE.
Impact of previous depression on the risk of suicide among prostate cancer patients
Creators: name: Friberg, Anne Sofie
name: Carlsson, Sigrid V.
name: Vickers, Andrew J.
name: Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg
name: Larsen, Signe Benzon
name: Saltbæk, Lena
name: Høeg, Beverley Lim
name: Bidstrup, Pernille Envold
name: Helgstrand, Thomas
name: Røder, Andreas
name: Brasso, Klaus
name: Johansen, Christoffer
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Prior studies of suicide risk among prostate cancer patients are conflicting. We compared the risk of suicide in prostate cancer patients to cancer-free men including adjustment for clinical stage, socioeconomic position, somatic comorbidity, and previous depression. A cohort of 37,527 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Denmark during 1998–2011 was identified in the Danish Prostate Cancer Registry (DaPCaR) and compared with 357,384 cancer-free men matched by age at the time of diagnosis. The primary outcome was death from suicide. Data were analyzed using cumulative incidence functions and multivariable Cox regression models. Among prostate cancer patients, 3813 had a previous depression, defined as filed antidepressant prescription within three years before diagnosis. In the study period, 108 prostate cancer patients were registered with suicide as the cause of death, hereof 26 with previous depression. There was no difference in the cumulative incidence of suicide between prostate cancer patients and cancer-free men. There was no effect modification of previous depression on the risk of suicide (p = .12). The hazard ratio (HR) for suicide varied with time since diagnosis. A sensitivity analysis showed that the risk of suicide was highest within the first year of diagnosis where prostate cancer patients had a 1.70-fold increased hazard compared with cancer-free men (95% CI, 1.11–2.59). Men with prostate cancer and previous depression had a three-fold increased hazard for suicide compared with prostate cancer patients without a history of depression (HR 2.84, 95% CI, 1.82–4.45). The absolute risk of suicide is low following a prostate cancer diagnosis. Time since diagnosis and a history of depression was associated with the highest risk of suicide. Healthcare professionals should be aware of an increased risk of suicide among men with previous depression, especially in the immediate aftermath of the diagnosis.
ESM File 2_How birds dissipate heat before, during and after flight
Creators: name: Lewden, Agnès
name: Bishop, Charles M.
name: Askew, Graham N.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310103
subject: Cell metabolism
classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 319999
subject: Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Figure S2: Eye region, a hot spot dissipating the most of heat from the head area.
meaRtools: An R package for the analysis of neuronal networks recorded on microelectrode arrays
Creators: name: Gelfman, Sahar
name: Wang, Quanli
name: Lu, Yi-Fan
name: Hall, Diana
name: Bostick, Christopher D.
name: Dhindsa, Ryan
name: Halvorsen, Matt
name: McSweeney, K. Melodi
name: Cotterill, Ellese
name: Edinburgh, Tom
name: Beaumont, Michael Aaron
name: Frankel, Wayne
name: Petrovski, Slave
name: Allen, Andrew S.
name: Boland, Michael J.
name: Goldstein, David B.
name: Eglen, Stephen J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Neural circuitry
Microelectrodes
Nervous system--Diseases
Neural circuitry--Mathematical models
Neurology
Algorithms

description: Here we present an open-source R package ‘meaRtools’ that provides a platform for analyzing neuronal networks recorded on Microelectrode Arrays (MEAs). Cultured neuronal networks monitored with MEAs are now being widely used to characterize in vitro models of neurological disorders and to evaluate pharmaceutical compounds. meaRtools provides core algorithms for MEA spike train analysis, feature extraction, statistical analysis and plotting of multiple MEA recordings with multiple genotypes and treatments. meaRtools functionality covers novel solutions for spike train analysis, including algorithms to assess electrode cross-correlation using the spike train tiling coefficient (STTC), mutual information, synchronized bursts and entropy within cultured wells. Also integrated is a solution to account for bursts variability originating from mixed-cell neuronal cultures. The package provides a statistical platform built specifically for MEA data that can combine multiple MEA recordings and compare extracted features between different genetic models or treatments. We demonstrate the utilization of meaRtools to successfully identify epilepsy-like phenotypes in neuronal networks from Celf4 knockout mice. The package is freely available under the GPL license (GPL> = 3) and is updated frequently on the CRAN web-server repository. The package, along with full documentation can be downloaded from: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/meaRtools/.
Additional file 6 of Development and validation of a novel online calculator for estimating survival benefit of adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients undergoing surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Liang, Lei
name: Li, Chao
name: Wang, Ming-Da
name: Wang, Hong
name: Zhou, Ya-Hao
name: Zeng, Yong-Yi
name: Zhang, Wan-Guang
name: Chen, Ting-Hao
name: Wang, Nan-Ya
name: Li, Jie
name: Zhang, Yao-Ming
name: Wang, Yu
name: Gu, Wei-Min
name: Xing, Hao
name: Diao, Yong-Kang
name: Lau, Wan Yee
name: Zhang, Cheng-Wu
name: Pawlik, Timothy M.
name: Shen, Feng
name: Huang, Dong-Sheng
name: Yang, Tian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Table S3. The corresponding score and the formula of our nomogram models.
Manipulating the tumor microenvironment to slow cancer growth
Creators: name: Ho, Victor Wing Heng
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The tumor microenvironment encompasses all of the factors and accessory cells which interact with a tumor and, more often than not, are co-opted by tumor-secreted factors to help the cancer grow. In this thesis, we examined elements of the tumor microenvironment, specifically the cancer-promoting M2 macrophages (MΦs) and tumor glucose supply and metabolism. In the vast majority of advanced cancer patients and tumor-bearing animals, their tumors contain MΦs that are profoundly skewed to a cancer-promoting M2 phenotype, which often correlates with a poor prognosis. As well, these same tumor tissues are more dependent on high glucose levels for energy and survival than most normal tissues. Although MΦ phenotype and tumor cell glucose metabolism are quite disparate fields of study, we employed similar strategies to uncover what regulates them in order to explore mechanisms to reduce tumor growth. In our M2 MΦ studies, we assessed the phenotypic plasticity of mature IL-4-induced M2 MΦs and found their phenotype (i.e., cell-surface markers, cytokine secretion, and T cell stimulatory properties) could be fully reversed with IL-4 withdrawal and subsequent IFN-γ priming, demonstrating that M2 MΦs, indeed, can be reprogrammed even if they are phenotypically polarized. As well, we uncovered a circuit of M2-MΦ generation which may be relevant in vivo in the M2-skewed SHIP-/- mouse model. This circuit involves the sensitization of MΦs and MΦ progenitors, via IgG and TGF-β-containing mouse plasma, to low levels of constitutive IL-4 uniquely secreted by SHIP-/- basophils. In a similar vein, and based on the Warburg effect, which describes the propensity of cancer cells to consume glucose via glycolysis rather than oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), we designed low carbohydrate (CHO) diets to limit the glucose supply to tumors. We found that mice fed our low CHO diets had lowered blood glucose, insulin, and lactate, and this correlated with a slower growth rate of implanted tumors, and a lower cancer incidence in a spontaneous mouse mammary carcinoma model. Furthermore, our diets worked additively with known anti-cancer agents (i.e.,Temsirolimus, Celebrex) to slow tumor growth.
Detection Performance in Balanced Binary Relay Trees with Node and Link Failures
Creators: name: Zhang, Zhenliang
name: Chong, Edwin K. P.
name: Pezeshki, Ali
name: Moran, William
name: Howard, Stephen D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We study the distributed detection problem in the context of a balanced binary relay tree, where the leaves of the tree correspond to $N$ identical and independent sensors generating binary messages. The root of the tree is a fusion center making an overall decision. Every other node is a relay node that aggregates the messages received from its child nodes into a new message and sends it up toward the fusion center. We derive upper and lower bounds for the total error probability $P_N$ as explicit functions of $N$ in the case where nodes and links fail with certain probabilities. These characterize the asymptotic decay rate of the total error probability as $N$ goes to infinity. Naturally, this decay rate is not larger than that in the non-failure case, which is $\sqrt N$. However, we derive an explicit necessary and sufficient condition on the decay rate of the local failure probabilities $p_k$ (combination of node and link failure probabilities at each level) such that the decay rate of the total error probability in the failure case is the same as that of the non-failure case. More precisely, we show that $\log P_N^{-1}=Θ(\sqrt N)$ if and only if $\log p_k^{-1}=Ω(2^{k/2})$.
ESM File 1_How birds dissipate heat before, during and after flight
Creators: name: Lewden, Agnès
name: Bishop, Charles M.
name: Askew, Graham N.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310103
subject: Cell metabolism
classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 319999
subject: Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Figure S1: Thermal views showing unexpected lower surface temperatures immediately after flight compared to immediately before flight.
Longer-Baseline Telescopes Using Quantum Repeaters
Creators: name: Gottesman, Daniel
name: Jennewein, Thomas
name: Croke, Sarah
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an approach to building interferometric telescopes using ideas of quantum information. Current optical interferometers have limited baseline lengths, and thus limited resolution, because of noise and loss of signal due to the transmission of photons between the telescopes. The technology of quantum repeaters has the potential to eliminate this limit, allowing in principle interferometers with arbitrarily long baselines.
description: 10 pages, v2 improved clarity
Nudobius nigriventris ZHENG 1994
Creators: name: Bordoni, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Nudobius
Nudobius nigriventris

description: Nudobius nigriventris ZHENG 1994
M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Shaanxi, Zhourhi Conu., Houzhenzi, Qinling, Qinlingliang, 33.48.962N, 107.44.483E, 2018 m, Huang Hao & Xu Wang 7.V.2008, 2 exx. (SNUC), 1 ex. (cB); Chonggqing city, Chengkou coun., Gaonan Xiang, West Dana-Shan, 1830 m, Guo-Di-Tang 32.08.300N, 108.37.027E, Huang Hao & Xu Wang 24.IV.2008, 1 ex. (SNUC), 1 ex. (cB).
G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n This species was described from Sichuan (Daba Shan), redescribed and figured recently (BORDONI 2000), and cited from Shaanxi (BORDONI 2003b) and Yunnan (BORDONI 2004).
description: Published as part of Bordoni, A., 2013, New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 244 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, pp. 1745-1797 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2) on page 1747, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10273196
Dynamical Instability in Boolean Networks as a Percolation Problem
Creators: name: Squires, Shane
name: Ott, Edward
name: Girvan, Michelle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Boolean networks, widely used to model gene regulation, exhibit a phase transition between regimes in which small perturbations either die out or grow exponentially. We show and numerically verify that this phase transition in the dynamics can be mapped onto a static percolation problem which predicts the long-time average Hamming distance between perturbed and unperturbed orbits.
Determinants of Corruption in Auctions and the Self-Perpetuation of Political Networks
Creators: name: Saucedo Cepeda, Abraham
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Corruption
subject: Auction
subject: Bribery
subject: Political Dynasties
subject: Political Networks
subject: Political Elites
subject: Public Power
subject: Economics
subject: Public Administration
subject: Psychology--Behavioral
subject: Psychology--Experimental

description: This thesis is devoted to studying two different ways in which public power can be exploited for personal advantage to the detriment of society. The first involves a direct abuse of the public tender process when it is conducted through an auction. The second involves political elites and their tendency to attain and retain power by leveraging the boons of previously held government and political posts. The first chapter examines the role of auctioneers' payoff structure in determining their bribe solicitation preferences and the likelihood an auction is won by its highest-bidder. I conduct an auction experiment with bribery in which auctioneers' net-of-bribes payoffs depend on the size of the winning bid. When payoffs are highly dependent on winning bids auctioneers are less likely to solicit a bribe and more likely to choose the highest-bidder when requesting one. Therefore, aligning auctioneers' personal profit-maximization objectives with the desired outcome of the auction mechanism reduces the incidence and negative effects of bribery. The second chapter presents and describes a novel database of Mexican politicians who held public office between 1935 and 2009. The database includes data on politicians' educational backgrounds, elective and appointive positions in government, political party positions, special-interest positions, the private sector, and the military. It also contains information on documented personal family and social relationships of included individuals, which allows me to reconstruct political networks. For the third chapter I test the hypothesis of political elite self-perpetuation and present evidence this phenomenon involves political networks broader than families: The prominence of political and government posts a politician is able to attain increases with the prominence of positions previously held by that politician's relatives, but also those held by their friends and business and political associates. To establish the effect is causal, rather than the result of politically valuable resources and traits shared by network members, I use a peers-of-peers instrumental variables approach wherein I exploit the variation in political attainment of the friends and relatives of a politician's own friends and relatives.
Quantum statistics of the collective excitations of an atomic ensemble inside a cavity
Creators: name: Huang, Jin-Feng
name: Ai, Qing
name: Deng, Yuangang
name: Sun, C. P.
name: Nori, Franco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the quantum statistical properties of the collective excitations of an atomic ensemble inside a high-finesse cavity. In the large-detuning regime, it is found that the virtual photon exchange can induce a long-range interaction between atoms, which results in correlated excitations. In particular, the atomic blockade phenomenon occurs when the induced long-range interaction effectively suppresses the double atomic excitation, when the average photon number takes certain values, which makes the two nearest energy levels degenerate. We also show that quantum phase transitions occur in the indirectly-interacting atomic ensemble when the average photon number reaches several critical points. In this sense, the quantum statistical properties of the collective excitations are very sensitive to the change of the average photon number. Our model exhibits quantum phase transitions similar to the ones in the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model. Our proposal could be implemented in a variety of systems including cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), Bose-Einstein condensates, and circuit QED.
description: 13 pages,7 figures
Speocera huifengi Li & Li 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Tong, Yanfeng
name: Li, Fengyuan
name: Song, Yang
name: Chen, Haifeng
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Ochyroceratidae
Speocera
Speocera huifengi

description: Speocera huifengi Li & Li sp. nov. (Figs 27, 58G) Material examined. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS), Thailand, Loei Province, Phu Kradueng District, Pha Nok Khao, Tham Wat Phu Sang (16º49.062′N, 101º56.433′E), elev. 385 m, 29.XI.2016, leg. H. Zhao. Etymology. The specific name is taken after the collector, Dr. Huifeng Zhao; name in genitive case. Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. phangngaensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 but can be distinguished by the very short copulatory duct and the large spherical spermathecae (Figs 27A–B). S. phangngaensis has a long copulatory duct and small oval spermathecae (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995: fig. 290). Description. Female. Total length 1.08; carapace length 0.59; carapace width 0.41; abdomen length 0.60; abdomen width 0.35. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; shiny, light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern (Fig. 27C); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide (Fig. 27D). Endites light yellow with serrula; labium light yellow. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles (Fig. 58G). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation, ALE, PME subequal, PLE largest (Fig. 27C). Opisthosoma oval; purplish (Fig. 27D). Legs light yellow; leg lengths I, II, IV missing; III 1.87 (0.51, 0.16, 0.50, 0.41, 0.29). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, curved posteriorly from epigastric furrow, not extending past the sides of the abdomen (Fig. 27B); spermathecae spherical (Fig. 27A). Male. Unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality.
description: Published as part of Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, pp. 1-75 in Zoological Systematics 44 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201901, http://zenodo.org/record/5366923
Improving the Adoption of Transitions in Care Technology Between Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Sterzer, Frances Ruth
Publisher: name: Science
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: emergency medical
subject: ambulance
subject: technology adoption
subject: scoping review
subject: software application
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Health Sciences
subject: Education--Technology

description: Abstract Background: Miscommunication during emergency care transitions between emergency medical services and emergency department personnel can lead to serious medical errors and adverse patient events. Although mobile technology has the potential to help, its global adoption within health systems remains limited. Objectives: This thesis sought to create an easily accessible repository of mobile software application features, motivations for use, and barriers that hinder the adoption of this technology. The primary goal was to support research, design, and development and improve the adoption of this critical technology. Design: The scoping review methodology was employed to explore the literature broadly. Searches were conducted in eight academic databases, including Academic Search Complete, APA PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science. Additionally, eight preprint databases were searched, along with Google Play Apps, Apple’s App Store, and Google, to identify available documents published between 2012-2023. This strategy provided access to the most current information on emerging technology, especially those adapted for pandemic management. Author, reference, and app searches were conducted to trace the evolution and development of products. Results: The document identification process was outlined using an adapted PRISMA flow chart, resulting in the inclusion of 38 academic and non-academic documents. The review revealed twelve distinct transitions in care software applications, primarily from the U.S. (61.8%), Australia (11.8%), Japan (11.8%), Brazil (8.8%), China (2.9%), and Saudi Arabia (2.9%). Pulsara, e-Bridge, Twiage, Join, and CrashHelp were the most prominently investigated applications. The review also highlighted diverse research approaches, stakeholders' perspectives, and insights into design features, motivations, and adoption barriers. Conclusions: This research introduces a novel approach to promoting transition in care software application adoption. It has resulted in an adoption model and a comprehensive strategy encompassing various key aspects. A common theme is the need to establish a robust support system involving stakeholders, along with flexible, region-specific solutions. Collaboration between emergency practitioners is consistently emphasized, underscoring the importance of holistic tools and strategies for success. This work underscores the potential of technology and human collaboration to save lives.