cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring students’ [pre-pandemic] use and the impact of commercial-off-the-shelf learning platforms on students’ national licensing exam performance: A focused review – BEME Guide No. 72
Creators: name: Hirumi, Atsusi
name: Horger, Luke
name: Harris, David M.
name: Berry, Andrea
name: Daroowalla, Feroza
name: Gillum, Shalu
name: Dil, Nyla
name: Cendán, Juan C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Commercial-off-the-shelf learning platforms developed for medical education (herein referred to as MedED-COTS) have emerged as a resource used by a majority of medical students to prepare for licensing examinations. As MedED-COTS proliferate and include more functions and features, there is a need for an up-to-date review to inform medical educators on (a) students’ use of MedED-COTS outside the formal medical school curriculum, (b) the integration of MedED-COTS into the formal curriculum, and (c) the potential effects of MedED-COTS usage on students’ national licensing exam scores in the USA. Due to the limited number of studies published on either the use or integration of MedED-COTS, a focused review of literature was conducted to guide future research and practice. Data extraction and quality appraisal were conducted independently by three reviewers; with disagreements resolved by a fourth reviewer. A narrative synthesis was completed to answer research questions, contextualize results, and identify trends and issues in the findings reported by the studies included in the review. Results revealed consistent positive correlations between students’ use of question banks and their licensing exam performance. The limited number of integration studies, combined with a number of methodological issues, makes it impossible to isolate specific effects or associations of integrated commercial resources on standardized test or course outcomes. However, consistent positive correlations, along with students’ pervasive use and strong theoretical foundations explaining the results, provide evidence for integrating MedED-COTS into medical school curricula and highlight the need for further research. Based on findings, we conclude that students use exam preparation materials broadly and they have a positive impact on exam results; the literature on integration of MedED-COTS into formal curriculum and the use by students of resources outside of exam preparation is scant.
What Works in Family Planning Interventions: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Fikree, Fariyal
name: Mwaikambo, Lisa
name: Morgan, Gwen
name: Schurmann, Anna
name: Speizer, Ilene S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: This study presents findings from a systematic review of evaluations of family planning interventions published between 1995 and 2008. Studies that used an experimental or quasi-experimental design or had another way to attribute program exposure to observed changes in fertility or family planning outcomes at the individual or population levels were included and ranked by strength of evidence. A total of 63 studies were found that met the inclusion criteria. The findings from this review are summarized in tabular format by the type of intervention (classified as supply-side or demand-side). About two-thirds of the studies found were on demand generation type-programs. Findings from all programs revealed significant improvements in knowledge, attitudes, discussion, and intentions. Program impacts on contraceptive use and use of family planning services were less consistently found and less than half of the studies that measured fertility or pregnancy-related outcomes found an impact. Based on the review findings, we identify promising programmatic approaches and propose directions for future evaluation research of family planning interventions.
Impostorism and anxiety contribute to burnout among resident physicians
Creators: name: Liu, Rachel Q.
name: Davidson, Jacob
name: Van Hooren, Tamara A.
name: Van Koughnett, Julie Ann M.
name: Jones, Sarah
name: Ott, Michael C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Physician burnout is an issue that has come to the forefront in the past decade. While many factors contribute to burnout the impact of impostorism and self-doubt has largely been ignored. We investigated the relationship of anxiety and impostorism to burnout in postgraduate medical learners. Postgraduate learners in four diverse training programs: Family Medicine (FM), Paediatric Medicine (PM), Anesthesiology (AN), and General Surgery (GS) were surveyed to identify the incidence of impostorism (IP), anxiety, and burnout. IP, anxiety, and burnout were evaluated using the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS), Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), and the General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) questionnaires, respectively. Burnout was defined as meeting burnout criteria on all three domains. Relationships between IP, anxiety, and burnout were explored. Two hundred and sixty-nine residents responded to the survey (response rate 18.8%). Respondents were distributed evenly between specialties (FM = 24.9%, PM = 33.1%, AN = 20.4%, GS = 21.6%). IP was identified in 62.7% of all participants. The average score on the CIPS was 66.4 (SD = 14.4), corresponding to ‘frequent feelings of impostorism.’ Female learners were at higher risk for IP (RR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.03–1.57). Burnout, as defined by meeting burnout criteria on all three subscales, was detected in 23.3% of respondents. Significant differences were seen in burnout between specialties (p = 0.02). GS residents were more likely to experience burnout (31.7%) than PM and AN residents (26.7 and 10.0%, respectively, p = 0.02). IP was an independent risk factor for both anxiety (RR = 3.64, 95% CI:1.96–6.76) and burnout (RR = 1.82, 95% CI: 1.07–3.08). Impostorism is commonly experienced by resident learners independent of specialty and contributes to learner anxiety and burnout. Supervisors and Program Directors must be aware of the prevalence of IP and the impact on burnout. Initiatives to mitigate IP may improve resident learner wellness and decrease burnout in postgraduate learners.
A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes
Creators: name: Dixon, L.J.
name: Schoch, C.L.
name: Li, Y.M.
name: Hyde, K.D.
name: Lumbsch, H.T.
name: de Gruyter, J.
name: Harada, Y.
name: de Hoog, G.S.
name: Kruys, Å.
name: Grube, M.
name: Jones, E.B.G.
name: Crous, P.W.
name: Phillips, A.J.L.
name: Kohlmeyer, J.
name: Burgess, T.I.
name: Muggia, L.
name: McVay, A.H.
name: Mugambi, G.K.
name: Boehm, E.W.A.
name: Marvanová, L.
name: Mbatchou, J.S.
name: Lücking, R.
name: Hosoya, T.
name: Owensby, C.A.
name: Groenewald, J.Z.
name: Huhndorf, S.M.
name: Nelsen, M.P.
name: Nelson, P.
name: Hirayama, K.
name: Miller, A.N.
name: Gueidan, C.
name: Hatakeyama, S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: We present a comprehensive phylogeny derived from 5 genes, nucSSU, nucLSU rDNA, TEF1, RPB1 and RPB2, for 356 isolates and 41 families (six newly described in this volume) in Dothideomycetes. All currently accepted orders in the class are represented for the first time in addition to numerous previously unplaced lineages. Subclass Pleosporomycetidae is expanded to include the aquatic order Jahnulales. An ancestral reconstruction of basic nutritional modes supports numerous transitions from saprobic life histories to plant associated and lichenised modes and a transition from terrestrial to aquatic habitats are confirmed. Finally, a genomic comparison of 6 dothideomycete genomes with other fungi finds a high level of unique protein associated with the class, supporting its delineation as a separate taxon.
The Role of the Concentration Scale in the Definition of Transfer Free Energies
Creators: name: Moeser, Beate
name: Horinek, Dominik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The Gibbs free energy of transferring a solute at infinite dilution between two solvents quantifies differences in solute-solvent interactions $-$ if the transfer takes place at constant molarity of the solute. Yet, many calculation formulae and measuring instructions that are commonly used to quantify solute-solvent interactions correspond to transfer processes in which not the molarity of the solute but its concentration measured in another concentration scale is constant. Here, we demonstrate that in this case, not only the change in solute-solvent interactions is quantified but also the entropic effect of a volume change during the transfer. Consequently, the "phenomenon" which is known as "concentration-scale dependence" of transfer free energies is simply explained by a volume-entropy effect. Our explanations are of high importance for the study of cosolvent effects on protein stability.
Supplementary document for Nanowire-based Artificial Photoreceptors with Multi-hyperuniformity Inspired by Chicken Retina - 7172610.pdf
Creators: name: Lee, Gil Ju
name: Hong, Mi Jin
name: Kim, Minju
name: Lee, Su Bo
name: Song, Young Min
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
"fnl2732numa_I1230937.tab.gz" of "Measurement of the ratio of the inclusive 3-jet cross section to the inclusive 2-jet cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and first determination of the strong coupling constant in the TeV range"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2013

description: Link to fastNLO v2.1 table (numerator)
description: CERN-LHC. Measurements of the ratios between inclusive 3-jet and 2-jet cross sections from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The data sample, collected in 2011, has an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1. Data are presented as a function of the average transverse momentum of the two leading PT jets and is used for a determination of the strong coupling constant. Details of systematic errors and the statistical correlation matrix are given.
Molecular systematics of the marine Dothideomycetes
Creators: name: Phongpaichit, S.
name: Kohlmeyer, J.
name: Hirayama, K.
name: Tanaka, K.
name: Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, B.
name: Jones, E.B.G.
name: Schoch, C.L.
name: Suetrong, S.
name: Sakayaroj, J.
name: Spatafora, J.W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Phylogenetic analyses of four nuclear genes, namely the large and small subunits of the nuclear ribosomal RNA, transcription elongation factor 1-alpha and the second largest RNA polymerase II subunit, established that the ecological group of marine bitunicate ascomycetes has representatives in the orders Capnodiales, Hysteriales, Jahnulales, Mytilinidiales, Patellariales and Pleosporales. Most of the fungi sequenced were intertidal mangrove taxa and belong to members of 12 families in the Pleosporales: Aigialaceae, Didymellaceae, Leptosphaeriaceae, Lenthitheciaceae, Lophiostomataceae, Massarinaceae, Montagnulaceae, Morosphaeriaceae, Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporaceae, Testudinaceae and Trematosphaeriaceae. Two new families are described: Aigialaceae and Morosphaeriaceae, and three new genera proposed: Halomassarina, Morosphaeria and Rimora. Few marine species are reported from the Dothideomycetidae (e.g. Mycosphaerellaceae, Capnodiales), a group poorly studied at the molecular level. New marine lineages include the Testudinaceae and Manglicola guatemalensis in the Jahnulales. Significantly, most marine Dothideomycetes are intertidal tropical species with only a few from temperate regions on salt marsh plants (Spartina species and Juncus roemerianus), and rarely totally submerged (e.g. Halotthia posidoniae and Pontoporeia biturbinata on the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosum). Specific attention is given to the adaptation of the Dothideomycetes to the marine milieu, new lineages of marine fungi and their host specificity.
"correlation.txt" of "Measurement of the ratio of the inclusive 3-jet cross section to the inclusive 2-jet cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and first determination of the strong coupling constant in the TeV range"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2013

description: Link to the statistical correlation matrix
description: CERN-LHC. Measurements of the ratios between inclusive 3-jet and 2-jet cross sections from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The data sample, collected in 2011, has an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1. Data are presented as a function of the average transverse momentum of the two leading PT jets and is used for a determination of the strong coupling constant. Details of systematic errors and the statistical correlation matrix are given.
Time-Optimal Control of Linear Fractional Systems
Creators: name: Matychyn, Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49N05, 34A08

description: Problem of time-optimal control of linear systems with fractional dynamics is treated in the paper from the convex-analytic standpoint. A linear system of fractional differential equations involving Riemann--Liouville derivatives is considered. A method to construct a control function that brings trajectory of the system to the terminal state in the shortest time is proposed in terms of attainability sets and their support functions.
description: Example added, some minor corrections
Selection for health professions education leads to increased inequality of opportunity and decreased student diversity in The Netherlands, but lottery is no solution: A retrospective multi-cohort study
Creators: name: Mulder, Lianne
name: Wouters, Anouk
name: Twisk, Jos W. R.
name: Koster, Andries S.
name: Akwiwu, Eddymurphy U.
name: Ravesloot, Jan H.
name: Croiset, Gerda
name: Kusurkar, Rashmi A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Concerns exist about the role of selection in the lack of diversity in health professions education (HPE). In The Netherlands, the gradual transition from weighted lottery to selection allowed for investigating the variables associated with HPE admission, and whether the representativeness of HPE students has changed. We designed a retrospective multi-cohort study using Statistics Netherlands microdata of all 16-year-olds on 1 October 2008, 2012, and 2015 (age cohorts, N > 600,000) and investigated whether they were eligible students for HPE programs (n > 62,000), had applied (n > 14,000), and were HPE students at age 19 (n > 7500). We used multivariable logistic regression to investigate which background variables were associated with becoming an HPE student. HPE students with ≥1 healthcare professional (HP) parent, ≥1 top-10% income/wealth parent, and women are overrepresented compared to all age cohorts. During hybrid lottery/selection (cohort-2008), applicants with ≥1 top-10% wealth parent and women had higher odds of admission. During 100% selection (cohort-2015) this remained the case. Additionally, applicants with ≥1 HP parent had higher odds, those with a migration background had lower odds. Odds of admission are increasingly influenced by applicants’ backgrounds. Targeted recruitment and equitable admissions procedures are required to increase matriculation of underrepresented students.
Substance abuse treatment and psychiatric comorbidity: do benefits spill over? analysis of data from a prospective trial among cocaine-dependent homeless persons
Creators: name: Kertesz, Stefan G
name: Schumacher, Joseph E
name: Madan, Alok
name: Wallace, Dennis
name: Milby, Jesse B
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2006

description: BackgroundComorbid psychiatric illness can undermine outcomes among homeless persons undergoing addiction treatment, and psychiatric specialty care is not always readily available. The prognosis for nonsubstance abuse psychiatric diagnoses among homeless persons receiving behaviorally-based addiction treatment, however, is little studied.ResultsData from an addiction treatment trial for 95 cocaine-dependent homeless persons (1996–1998) were used to profile psychiatric diagnoses at baseline and 6 months, including mood-related disorders (e.g. depression) and anxiety-related disorders (e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder). Treatment interventions, including systematic reinforcement for goal attainment, were behavioral in orientation. There was a 32% reduction in the prevalence of comorbid non-addiction psychiatric disorder from baseline to 6 months, with similar reductions in the prevalence of mood (-32%) and anxiety-related disorders (-20%) (p = 0.12).ConclusionAmong cocaine-dependent homeless persons with psychiatric comorbidity undergoing behavioral addiction treatment, a reduction in comorbid psychiatric disorder prevalence was observed over 6 months. Not all participants improved, suggesting that even evidence-based addiction treatment will prove insufficient for a meaningful proportion of the dually diagnosed homeless population.
Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples
Creators: name: Carney, Tara
name: Zule, William A
name: Myers, Bronwyn
name: El-Bassel, Nabila
name: Wechsberg, Wendee M
name: Browne, Felicia A
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundIn South Africa, heterosexual couples are at risk for HIV infection and transmission through substance use, gender-based violence and traditional gender roles, and sex risk behaviors such as having multiple partners and unsafe sex.MethodsTo address these interconnected HIV risks among heterosexual couples, we used the ADAPT framework to modify an existing, efficacious women’s HIV prevention intervention (the Western Cape Women’s Health CoOp) to include components of an evidence-based couple’s intervention from the United States (Project Connect) and components from the Men as Partners program that has been used successfully in South Africa. We conducted focus groups with men, women and couples, and obtained feedback from a long-standing Community Collaborative Board (CCB) to guide the synthesis of elements of these three interventions into a new intervention. We then piloted the adapted intervention for feasibility and acceptability.ResultsThe new intervention is called the Couples’ Health CoOp. This intervention targets men who use alcohol and other drugs and engage in unprotected sex, and their main female sex partners. The intervention addresses substance use, sex risk, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, gender roles, gender-based violence, communication skills, and goal-setting activities to increase sexy (eroticize) safe-sex behaviors. The Couples’ Health CoOp also includes “voices” from the focus group members to ground the intervention in the experiences of these at-risk couples. In addition, it utilizes a participant handbook that reiterates workshop content and includes homework assignments for couples to complete together to increase problem-solving skills within their relationship, and to improve their sexual relationship and help sustain HIV risk-reduction strategies. All of these adaptations were based on participants’ suggestions made during formative work and pilot testing.ConclusionsThe Couples’ Health CoOp is a couple-based HIV prevention intervention that targets alcohol and other drug use to reduce sexual risk, reduce gender-based violence and offer alternatives for conflict resolution, promote healthy relationships, and modify traditional gender roles in South Africa.Trial registration numberNCT01121692.
"fnl2732dena_I1230937.tab.gz" of "Measurement of the ratio of the inclusive 3-jet cross section to the inclusive 2-jet cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and first determination of the strong coupling constant in the TeV range"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2013

description: Link to fastNLO v2.1 table (denominator)
description: CERN-LHC. Measurements of the ratios between inclusive 3-jet and 2-jet cross sections from proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The data sample, collected in 2011, has an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1. Data are presented as a function of the average transverse momentum of the two leading PT jets and is used for a determination of the strong coupling constant. Details of systematic errors and the statistical correlation matrix are given.
Experimental observation of Hardy-like quantum contextuality
Creators: name: Marques, Breno
name: Ahrens, Johan
name: Nawareg, Mohamed
name: Cabello, Adan
name: Bourennane, Mohamed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Contextuality is a fundamental property of quantum theory and a critical resource for quantum computation. Here, we experimentally observe the arguably cleanest form of contextuality in quantum theory [A. Cabello \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{111}, 180404 (2013)] by implementing a novel method for performing two sequential measurements on heralded photons. This method opens the door to a variety of fundamental experiments and applications.
description: REVTeX4, 5 pages, 3 figures
Treatment Guidelines for Substance Use Disorders and Serious Mental Illnesses: Do They Address Co-Occurring Disorders?
Creators: name: Bender, Kimberly
name: Howard, Matthew O.
name: Vaughn, Michael G.
name: Bunger, Alicia
name: Perron, Brian E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Practice guidelines are important tools for improving the delivery of evidence-based practices and reducing inappropriate variation in current treatment approaches. This study examined the degree to which guidelines targeted to the treatment of substance use disorders or serious mental illness address treatment of co-occurring disorders. Guidelines archived by the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) were retrieved in December 2007 and content analyzed. Nineteen pertinent guidelines were identified, and 11 included recommendations regarding the assessment and/or treatment of co-occurring disorders. None of the guidelines making recommendations for treatment of co-occurring disorders included outcomes that clearly targeted both substance use and mental health disorders. Limitations and implications of this study are noted.
Exploring students’ [pre-pandemic] use and the impact of commercial-off-the-shelf learning platforms on students’ national licensing exam performance: a focused review-BEME guide no. 72
Creators: name: Hirumi, Atsusi
name: Horger, Luke
name: Harris, David M.
name: Berry, Andrea
name: Daroowalla, Feroza
name: Gillum, Shalu
name: Dil, Nyla
name: Cendán, Juan C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Commercial-off-the-shelf learning platforms developed for medical education (herein referred to as MedED-COTS) have emerged as a resource used by a majority of medical students to prepare for licensing examinations. As MedED-COTS proliferate and include more functions and features, there is a need for an up-to-date review to inform medical educators on (a) students’ use of MedED-COTS outside the formal medical school curriculum, (b) the integration of MedED-COTS into the formal curriculum, and (c) the potential effects of MedED-COTS usage on students’ national licensing exam scores in the USA. Due to the limited number of studies published on either the use or integration of MedED-COTS, a focused review of literature was conducted to guide future research and practice. Data extraction and quality appraisal were conducted independently by three reviewers; with disagreements resolved by a fourth reviewer. A narrative synthesis was completed to answer research questions, contextualize results, and identify trends and issues in the findings reported by the studies included in the review. Results revealed consistent positive correlations between students’ use of question banks and their licensing exam performance. The limited number of integration studies, combined with a number of methodological issues, makes it impossible to isolate specific effects or associations of integrated commercial resources on standardized test or course outcomes. However, consistent positive correlations, along with students’ pervasive use and strong theoretical foundations explaining the results, provide evidence for integrating MedED-COTS into medical school curricula and highlight the need for further research. Based on findings, we conclude that students use exam preparation materials broadly and they have a positive impact on exam results; the literature on integration of MedED-COTS into formal curriculum and the use by students of resources outside of exam preparation is scant.
Social Stressors and Alcohol Use Among Immigrant Sexual and Gender Minority Latinos in a Nontraditional Settlement State
Creators: name: Eng, Eugenia
name: Rhodes, Scott D.
name: Gilbert, Paul A.
name: Perreira, Krista
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: We sought to quantify the association of social stressors with alcohol use among immigrant sexual and gender minority Latinos in North Carolina (n = 190). We modeled any drinking in past year using logistic regression and heavy episodic drinking in past 30 days using Poisson regression. Despite a large proportion of abstainers, there were indications of hazardous drinking. Among current drinkers, 63% reported at least one heavy drinking episode in past 30 days. Ethnic discrimination increased, and social support decreased, odds of any drinking in past year. Social support moderated the associations of English use and ethnic discrimination with heavy episodic drinking.
Treatment of trichomoniasis in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa does not appear to be associated with low birth weight or preterm birth
Creators: name: Aboud, Said
name: Hoffman, Irving
name: Read, Jennifer
name: Valentine, Megan
name: Goldenberg, Robert
name: Stringer, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: To determine whether treatment of trichomoniasis increases the risk of prematurity.
A systematic review of oral fungal infections in patients receiving cancer therapy
Creators: name: Spijkervet, Fred K. L.
name: Ariyawardana, Anura
name: Fischer, Dena J.
name: D’Amato-Palumbo, Sandra
name: Nicolatou-Galitis, Ourania
name: Martof, Andrew
name: Patton, Lauren L.
name: Lalla, Rajesh V.
name: Brennan, Michael T.
name: Latortue, Marie C.
name: Elting, Linda S.
name: Hong, Catherine H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: The aims of this systematic review were to determine, in patients receiving cancer therapy, the prevalence of clinical oral fungal infection and fungal colonization, to determine the impact on quality of life and cost of care, and to review current management strategies for oral fungal infections.
Pseudo-static internal stability analysis of geosynthetic-reinforced earth slopes using horizontal slices method
Creators: name: Hesari, Saeed Aroni
name: Javankhoshdel, Sina
name: Payan, Meghdad
name: Chenari, Reza Jamshidi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Statistics

description: In this study, the well-established pseudo-static approach along with the horizontal slices method (HSM) is employed to investigate the seismic internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced earth slopes. Previous simple HSM analyses were based on a primary assumption stating that the normal inter-slice forces are exerted on the mid-length of horizontal sections. However, this simplifying assumption could give rise to substantial errors in the calculation of design parameters, specifically in the case of high seismic excitations or low soil strength parameters. To address this deficiency, a balancing moment is considered as a new variable to account for the corresponding eccentricity. In the current HSM, two sets of unknown variables, including horizontal inter-slice forces and shear forces along failure surface, are determined using the well-known λ coefficient and the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. In this new technique, the traditional ‘5N-1ʹ type of HSM analysis is reduced to a robust and rigorous ‘3N’ one with the same predictive capability. The influence of various parameters, including soil characteristics, slope geometry and different earthquake coefficients are rigorously examined. Moreover, a number of useful graphs is provided to help engineers in the preliminary seismic design of geosynthetic-reinforced earth slopes.
Phase 2 pilot study of Pathfinders: a psychosocial intervention for cancer patients
Creators: name: Smith, Sophia K.
name: Staley, Tina
name: Abernethy, Amy P.
name: Wheeler, Jane L.
name: Rowe, Krista
name: Lyerly, H. Kim
name: Coan, April
name: Herndon, James E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Pathfinders is a multi-faceted psychosocial care program for cancer patients; it was developed in community oncology and adapted to the academic oncology setting. This prospective, single-arm, phase 2 pilot study examined the acceptability and feasibility of Pathfinders for women with metastatic breast cancer.
Absorption line shape recovery beyond the detection bandwidth limit: application to the precision spectroscopic measurement of the Boltzmann constant
Creators: name: Rohart, François
name: Mejri, Sinda
name: Sow, Papa Lat Tabara
name: Tokunaga, Sean K.
name: Chardonnet, Christian
name: Darquié, Benoît
name: Dinesan, H.
name: Fasci, E.
name: Castrillo, A.
name: Gianfrani, L.
name: Daussy, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theoretical model of the influence of detection bandwidth properties on observed line shapes in laser absorption spectroscopy is described. The model predicts artificial frequency shifts, extra broadenings and line asymmetries which must be taken into account in order to obtain accurate central frequencies and other spectroscopic parameters. This reveals sources of systematic effects most probably underestimated so far potentially affecting spectroscopic measurements. This may impact many fields of research, from atmospheric and interstellar physics to precision spectroscopic measurements devoted to metrological applications, tests of quantum electrodynamics or other fundamental laws of nature. Our theoretical model is validated by linear absorption experiments performed on H2O and NH3 molecular lines recorded by precision laser spectroscopy in two distinct spectral regions, near- and mid-infrared. Possible means of recovering original line shape parameters or experimental conditions under which the detection bandwidth has a negligible impact, given a targeted accuracy, are proposed. Particular emphasis is put on the detection bandwidth adjustments required to use such high-quality molecular spectra for a spectroscopic determination of the Boltzmann constant at the 1 ppm level of accuracy.
description: 22 pages
A literature synthesis of symptom prevalence and severity in persons receiving active cancer treatment
Creators: name: Cella, David
name: Mitchell, Sandra A.
name: Dueck, Amylou C.
name: Reilly, Carolyn Miller
name: Reeve, Bryce B.
name: Basch, Ethan
name: Bruner, Deborah Watkins
name: Minasian, Lori M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Patients with cancer experience acute and chronic symptoms caused by their underlying disease or by the treatment. While numerous studies have examined the impact of various treatments on symptoms experienced by cancer patients, there are inconsistencies regarding the symptoms measured and reported in treatment trials. This article presents a systematic review of the research literature of the prevalence and severity of symptoms in patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Economic and social changes among distressed family caregivers of lung cancer patients
Creators: name: Fakiris, Achilles J.
name: Birdas, Thomas J.
name: Champion, Victoria L.
name: Ostroff, Jamie S.
name: Einhorn, Lawrence H.
name: Mosher, Catherine E.
name: Azzoli, Christopher G.
name: Monahan, Patrick O.
name: Jalal, Shadia I.
name: Okereke, Ikenna C.
name: Kesler, Kenneth A.
name: Hanna, Nasser
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Although costs of lung cancer care have been documented, economic and social changes among lung cancer patients’ family caregivers have yet to be fully examined. In addition, research has not focused on caregivers with greater need for support services. This study examined various economic and social changes among distressed family caregivers of lung cancer patients during the initial months of cancer care in the United States.
title: The Effects of Data-Driven Learning on Intermediate Language Learners’ Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Argumentative Essay Writing (A Quasi-Experimental Study)
Creators: name: Alrashidi, Reem
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: Recent years have witnessed increased research employing corpus applications in language pedagogy. Two main kinds of corpus applications exist in language pedagogy: indirect and direct. While the indirect use of corpus applications refers to corpus-based studies informing the syllabus design and material, the direct use of corpus applications, called data-driven learning (DDL), enables language teachers and learners to work with corpora in the classroom (Römer, 2011). Although research on DDL frequently investigates its effects on the use of metadiscourse markers by advanced language learners, scarce experimental research has examined its effects on the use of metadiscourse markers by intermediate language learners. Thus, this study investigates the influence of DDL intervention on the frequency of using metadiscourse markers by intermediate language learners. The study was conducted on 49 intermediate language learners with different L1 background studies in language centrers worldwide. The quasi-experimental research approach relies on an experimental group exposed to DDL intervention and a control group as a basis for the experiment. The quantitative data are from three sources: (1) the participants’ writing test scores over three periods (pretest, immediate posttest, and delayed posttest), representing their performance; (2) the participants’ frequency of using metadiscourse markers over these three periods; and (3) a questionnaire completed by the experimental group. Qualitative data were collected by interviewing the experimental group to obtain their feedback after their DDL experience. The participants’ test scores for the three tests were analysed using a two-way repeated-measure analysis of variance test. Their frequency of using metadiscourse markers over the three tests was analysed using corpus linguistics tools and manual analysis. The evaluation of DDL by the experimental group was analysed with NVivo software for the interviews and with percentages for the questionnaire. The results indicate that DDL positively affects the written performance of the experimental group and their frequency of using metadiscourse markers while writing. Statistically significant differences indicate that the experimental group achieved higher test scores than the control group. In addition, the participants demonstrated variety in employing metadiscourse markers in their written essays. The feedback from the experimental group regarding DDL indicated satisfaction with this experience. These results contributed to the direct corpus application in language pedagogy.
On an identity derived from interpolation theory
Creators: name: Gal, Sorin G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 41A05

description: The aim of this short note is to show how can be derived from the properties of fundamental interpolation polynomials some nice identities.
description: A typo in formula (1) (which may create confusion) was corrected. !
Changing factors associated with parent activation after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Creators: name: Kupst, Mary Jo
name: Rodday, Angie Mae
name: Pennarola, Brian W.
name: Mayer, Deborah K.
name: Parsons, Susan K.
name: Syrjala, Karen L.
name: Patel, Sunita K.
name: Guinan, Eva C.
name: Bingen, Kristin
name: Schwartz, Lisa A.
name: Hibbard, Judith H.
name: Ratichek, Sara J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: To identify factors associated with parent activation in parents of children undergoing pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) in the 6 months following HSCT, and to address if their association with parent activation changes over time.
Modified pulsar current analysis: probing magnetic field evolution
Creators: name: Igoshev, A. P.
name: Popov, S. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a modified pulsar current analysis to study magnetic field decay in radio pulsars. In our approach we analyse the flow, not along the spin period axis as has been performed in previous studies, but study the flow along the direction of growing characteristic age, $τ=P/(2\dot P)$. We perform extensive tests of the method and find that in most of the cases it is able to uncover non-negligible magnetic field decay (more than a few tens of per cent during the studied range of ages) in normal radio pulsars for realistic initial properties of neutron stars. However, precise determination of the magnetic field decay timescale is not possible at present. The estimated timescale may differ by a factor of few for different sets of initial distributions of neutron star parameters. In addition, some combinations of initial distributions and/or selection effects can also mimic enhanced field decay. We apply our method to the observed sample of radio pulsars at distances $<10$ kpc in the range of characteristic ages $8 \times 10^4 < τ< 10^6$ years where, according to our study, selection effects are minimized. By analysing pulsars in the Parkes Multibeam and Swinburne surveys we find that, in this range, the field decays roughly by a factor of two. With an exponential fit this corresponds to the decay time scale $\sim 4 \times 10^5$ yrs. With larger statistics and better knowledge of the initial distribution of spin periods and magnetic field strength, this method can be a powerful tool to probe magnetic field decay in neutron stars.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 11 pages, 11 figures
SPaM - A Framework for Hybrid Education.pdf
Creators: name: Thomson, Simon
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This publication provides an overview of the Subject, Pedagogy and Modaility (SPaM) Framework and acts as a reference point to it’s development and origination. Shaped by over 160 comments from educators worldwide as well as from it’s practical application in UK Higher Education settings it is researched informed as well as being shaped and evaluated through application. The framework has been developed to support the design and implementaion of hybrid education.
Topological Polaritons and Excitons in Garden Variety Systems
Creators: name: Bardyn, Charles-Edouard
name: Karzig, Torsten
name: Refael, Gil
name: Liew, Timothy C. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological polaritons (aka topolaritons) present a new frontier for topological behavior in solid-state systems. They combine light and matter, which allows to probe and manipulate them in a variety of ways. They can also be made strongly interacting, due to their excitonic component. So far, however, their realization was deemed rather challenging. Here we present a scheme which allows to realize topolaritons in garden variety zinc-blende quantum wells. Our proposal requires a moderate magnetic field and a potential landscape which can be implemented, e.g., via surface acoustic waves or patterning. We identify indirect excitons in double quantum wells as a particularly appealing alternative for topological states in exciton-based systems. Indirect excitons are robust and long lived (with lifetimes up to milliseconds), and, therefore, provide a flexible platform for the realization, probing, and utilization of topological coupled light-matter states.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures; v2: improved figures and text, with added details regarding achievable topological gaps
title: Изучение влияния мокрых градирен на влажность воздуха
Creators: name: Булавина, Софья
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2022

description: На большинстве АЭС используются влажные градирни, работа которых приводит к повышению влажности воздуха. Несмотря на некоторые недостатки, использование мокрых градирен являются наиболее экологичным и более совершенным способом охлаждения больших объемов воды. Преимущества таких градирен:
минимальное энергопотребление, работа с большими расходами воды, большой теплосъем. Минусы заключаются в громоздких конструкциях, которые требуют немалых затрат при строительстве. Влажность воздуха непосредственно влияет на человеческую деятельность. Считается, что нормальный уровень влажности – около 65–70%. В четырех районах Ленинградской области проводились исследования по измерению влажности воздуха, основное место проведения анализа и сравнения – Ленинградская АЭС. Измерение
влажности воздуха проводилось с помощью психрометрического гигрометра. Для измерения относительной влажности использовали таблицу, в которой пересекаются показания сухого термометра и разница температур сухого и влажного термометров.
Correlates of a good death and the impact of hospice involvement: findings from the national survey of households affected by cancer
Creators: name: Pek, Jolynn
name: Cagle, John G.
name: Zimmerman, Sheryl
name: Guralnik, Jack
name: Clifford, Maggie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Knowing how to improve the dying experience for patients with end-stage cancer is essential for cancer professionals. However, there is little evidence on the relationship between clinically relevant factors and quality of death. Also, while hospice has been linked with improved outcomes, our understanding of factors that contribute to a “good death” when hospice is involved remains limited. This study (1) identified correlates of a good death; and, (2) provided evidence on the impact of hospice on quality of death.
Frequently Asked Questions for: The Atoms of Neural Computation
Creators: name: Marcus, Gary F.
name: Marblestone, Adam H.
name: Dean, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Based on a survey of the literature, we attempt to answer Frequently Asked Questions on issues of cortical uniformity vs. non-uniformity, the neural mechanisms of symbolic variable binding, and other issues highlighted in (Marcus, Marblestone and Dean. "The Atoms of Neural Computation". Science. 31 October 2014. Vol 346. Issue 6209).
description: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Marcus, Marblestone and Dean. "The Atoms of Neural Computation". Science. 31 OCTOBER 2014. VOL 346 ISSUE 6209
Measurement of hadron composition in charged jets from pp collisions with the ALICE experiment
Creators: name: Lu, Xianguo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first measurement of charged pion, kaon and (anti-)proton production in jets from hadron colliders. The measurement was carried out with the ALICE detector using $2\times10^8$ minimum bias pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV at the LHC. We present the $π$, K and p transverse momentum ($p_\textrm{T}$) spectra, as well as the spectra of the reduced momentum (${z^\textrm{ch}\equiv p_\textrm{T}^\textrm{track}/p_\textrm{T, jet}^\textrm{ch}}$), in charged jets of $p_\textrm{T}$ between 5--20 $\textrm{GeV}/c$. The measurement is compared to Monte Carlo calculations.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of XXIV International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2014), May 19-24, 2014, Darmstadt
Ficha informativa RIVEAL #15 - Efeitos da regularização no armazenamento de carbono ripário
Creators: name: Aguiar, F.C.
name: Rivaes, R.
name: Martins, M. J.
name: Correia, A.
name: Fernandes, M.R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Serviços de ecossistema
Carbono ripário
Armazenamento de carbono
Regularização fluvial

description: A décima quinta ficha informativa do projeto RIVEAL dá continuidade a uma série de documentos informativos que apresentam os resultados do projeto. Esta ficha informativa – Efeitos da regularização fluvial no armazenamento de carbono ripário – apresenta os mais recentes conhecimentos científicos sobre os efeitos da regularização fluvial e alterações do uso do solo no armazenamento de carbono por parte das galerias ribeirinhas. Em particular, esta ficha informativa mostra o potencial de armazenamento de carbono ripário em comparação com as florestas terrestres, assim como o aumento de Carbono armazenado após a regularização e a sua variabilidade ao longo do rio. A influência de diferentes tipos de regularização fluvial no armazenamento de carbono foi também analisada.
Geriatric assessment as an aide to understanding falls in older adults with cancer
Creators: name: Muss, Hyman B.
name: Guerard, Emily J.
name: Williams, Grant R.
name: Pergolotti, Mackenzi
name: Jolly, Trevor A.
name: Deal, Allison M.
name: Nyrop, Kirsten A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: In older adults, falls are a common cause of functional decline, institutionalization, and reduced quality of life. This study (1) investigates the prevalence of falls in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults with a cancer diagnosis and (2) evaluates the association of falls with domains of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) that pertain to falls risk.