cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
EVALUATING A NURSE PRACTITIONER-LED TELEHEALTH FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (THV-MA) PROGRAM
Creators: name: Kelley Scott
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicare Advantage
telehealth
older adult
Logic Model
STEM Framework
program evaluation
access to care
care gaps
preventive screening
patient satisfaction

description: Some older adults lack access to healthcare. Access issues were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for older adults. Seniors' lack of routine primary care visits for chronic disease management and preventive screenings, resulting in gaps in care, is concerning. To address access to care issues and care gaps, many organizations converted face-to-face visits to telehealth visits (THV). This DNP project provides a program evaluation of the effectiveness of an existing Telehealth for Medicare Advantage (THV-MA) program to identify the program's strengths and areas for improvement and make recommendations for expansion of the program to other regions within the organization. Method: Using the Logic Model and STEM telehealth program measurement domains as a guide, retrospective data were analyzed to determine whether the telehealth program's outcome indicators of healthcare access, care gap closure, and patient satisfaction were met from April 2023 through August 2023. Results: Of the 3,021 patients contacted, 164 (5.4%) agreed to a THV and scheduled an appointment. Two barriers, no smart device, or physical limitations, affected 10% of patients and resulted in an unscheduled THV. A point biserial correlation analysis indicated that older patients tend not to schedule THV. Of scheduled visits, 119 were completed, translating to nearly 73%. A total of 94% of patients had one or more care gaps closed during the THV. The THV-MA program had high patient satisfaction, with 45% of the patients completing the telephone survey. The most frequent single-word description of the THV-MA program was "thorough."
Stimulation of Lateral Septum CRF2 Receptors Promotes Anorexia and Stress-Like Behaviors: Functional Homology to CRF1 Receptors in Basolateral Amygdala
Creators: name: Jochman, Kimberly A.
name: Kalin, Ned H.
name: Bakshi, Vaishali P.
name: Smith-Roe, Stephanie
name: Newman, Sarah M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system is the primary central mediator of stress-like states, coordinating behavioral, endocrine, and autonomic responses to stress. Although induction of anorexia is a well documented effect of CRF receptor agonist administration, the central sites and behavioral processes underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood. The present studies addressed this question by examining the neuroanatomical, behavioral, and pharmacological mechanisms mediating decreases in feeding produced by the CRF
(1282) Catharine Hannah Beckwith
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Confidence intervals for the encircled energy fraction and the half energy width
Creators: name: Vacanti, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Encircled Energy Fraction and its quantiles, notably the Half Energy Width, are routinely used to characterize the quality of X-ray optical systems. They are however always quoted without a statistical error. We show how non-parametric statistical methods can be used to redress this situation, and we discuss how the knowledge of the statistical error can be used to speed up the characterization efforts for future X-ray observatories.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
The TLC: A Novel Auditory Nucleus of the Mammalian Brain
Creators: name: Saldaña, Enrique
name: Fitzpatrick, Douglas C.
name: Marshall, Allen F.
name: Viñuela, Antonio
name: Aparicio, M. Auxiliadora
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: We have identified a novel nucleus of the mammalian brain and termed it the tectal longitudinal column (TLC). Basic histologic stains, tract-tracing techniques and three-dimensional reconstructions reveal that the rat TLC is a narrow, elongated structure spanning the midbrain tectum longitudinally. This paired nucleus is located close to the midline, immediately dorsal to the periaqueductal gray matter. It occupies what has traditionally been considered the most medial region of the deep superior colliculus and the most medial region of the inferior colliculus. The TLC differs from the neighboring nuclei of the superior and inferior colliculi and the periaqueductal gray by its distinct connections and cytoarchitecture. Extracellular electrophysiological recordings show that TLC neurons respond to auditory stimuli with physiologic properties that differ from those of neurons in the inferior or superior colliculi. We have identified the TLC in rodents, lagomorphs, carnivores, nonhuman primates, and humans, which indicates that the nucleus is conserved across mammals. The discovery of the TLC reveals an unexpected level of longitudinal organization in the mammalian tectum and raises questions as to the participation of this mesencephalic region in essential, yet completely unexplored, aspects of multisensory and/or sensorimotor integration.
IDENTIFICATION OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK IN EMERGENCY TRIAGE NURSING
Creators: name: Brenda Jean Ryan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: CGS triage
triage
CGS differentiation

description: The lack of a standardized process for early identification and differentiation of cardiogenic shock (CGS) leads to a delay in the initiation of targeted treatment, increasing patient mortality risk. The seven-step Iowa model was used as the framework for this quality improvement project. The project resulted in an algorithm to assist in the early identification of CGS during triage in the Emergency Department (ED). It included clinical criteria for shock, nurse-initiated orders, and process steps for identifying and classifying patients in the triage process. CGS is difficult to differentiate from other forms of shock; however, differentiation is vital to treatment as CGS requires a different treatment. CGS is a complex, life-threatening condition with high mortality rates exceeding 50%. Evidence supports using algorithms and protocols to facilitate early identification and treatment to improve patient outcomes. The developed algorithm provided direction for the triage nurse in the initial evaluation and recognition of CGS. An easy-to-follow algorithm assists the triage nurse in the initial assessment and rapid recognition of CGS, allowing for vital and timely targeted treatment initiation.
L1 Interaction with Ankyrin Regulates Mediolateral Topography in the Retinocollicular Projection
Creators: name: Demyanenko, Galina P.
name: Schlatter, Monika C.
name: Buhusi, Mona
name: Maness, Patricia F.
name: Thresher, Randy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Dynamic modulation of adhesion provided by anchorage of axonal receptors with the cytoskeleton contributes to attractant or repellent responses that guide axons to topographic targets in the brain. The neural cell adhesion molecule L1 engages the spectrin-actin cytoskeleton through reversible linkage of its cytoplasmic domain to ankyrin. To investigate a role for L1 association with the cytoskeleton in topographic guidance of retinal axons to the superior colliculus, a novel mouse strain was generated by genetic knock-in that expresses an L1 point mutation (Tyr1229His) abolishing ankyrin binding. Axon tracing revealed a striking mistargeting of mutant ganglion cell axons from the ventral retina, which express high levels of ephrinB receptors, to abnormally lateral sites in the contralateral superior colliculus, where they formed multiple ectopic arborizations. These axons were compromised in extending interstitial branches in the medial direction, a normal response to the high medial to low lateral SC gradient of ephrinB1. Furthermore, ventral but not dorsal L1(Y1229H) retinal cells were impaired for ephrinB1-stimulated adhesion through beta1 integrins in culture. The retinocollicular phenotype of the L1(Tyr1229His) mutant provides the first evidence that L1 regulates topographic mapping of retinal axons through adhesion mediated by linkage to the actin cytoskeleton and functional interaction with the ephrinB/EphB targeting system.
Deliverable 1.2. ROADMAP TECHNICAL APPENDIX. Part 1 - Sustainable Hydrogen Production
Creators: name: Faber, Carina
name: Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
name: Artero, Vincent
name: Baraton, Laurent
name: Barbieri, Andrea
name: Bercegol, Hervé
name: Fleischer, Maximilian
name: Huynhthi, Han
name: Kargul, Joanna
name: Lepaumier, Hélène
name: Lopez, Laura
name: Magnuson, Ann
name: Roth, Arne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: roadmap, technical appendix

description: Technological Roadmap
 Technical Appendix
 Part 1 - Sustainable Hydrogen Production
description: Updated annex after supporters consultation
A simple and general approach for reversible condensation polymerization with cyclization
Creators: name: Lang, Michael
name: Kumar, Kiran Suresh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a simple recursive approach to treat reversible condensation polymerization with cyclization. Based upon a minimum set of balance equations, the law of mass action, Gaussian chain statistics, and the assumption of independent reactions, we derive exact analytical solutions for systems without cyclization, for systems containing only smallest loops, or systems that exclusively form loops. Exact numerical solutions are computed for the general case of a homopolymerization of flexible precursor polymers. All solutions were tested with Monte-Carlo simulations. A generalization for good solvent is discussed and it is shown that this generalization agrees with preceding work in the limit of low and high polymer volume fractions. The new aspect of our approach is its flexibility that allows for a rather simple generalization to more complex situations. These include different kinds of reversible linear polymerization, non-linear polymerization, first shell substitution effect, semiflexibility, or a low molecular weight cut-off for cyclization.
Mechanisms of Compartmentalized Expression of Mrg Class G-Protein-Coupled Sensory Receptors
Creators: name: Chen, Chih Li
name: Zylka, Mark J.
name: Yang, Fu Chia
name: Okuda, Tsukasa
name: Liu, Yang
name: Dong, Xinzhong
name: Kuner, Rohini
name: Anderson, David J.
name: Ma, Qiufu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Mrg class G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are expressed exclusively in sensory neurons in the trigeminal and dorsal root ganglia. Pharmacological activation of Mrg proteins is capable of modulating sensory neuron activities and elicits nociceptive effects. In this study, we illustrate a control mechanism that allows the Runx1 runt domain transcription factor to generate compartmentalized expression of these sensory GPCRs. Expression of
Deliverable 1.2. ROADMAP TECHNICAL APPENDIX Part 2 - Sustainable Ammonia Production
Creators: name: Faber, Carina
name: Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
name: Artero, Vincent
name: Baraton, Laurent
name: Barbieri, Andrea
name: Bercegol, Hervé
name: Fleischer, Maximilian
name: Huynhthi, Han
name: Kargul, Joanna
name: Lepaumier, Hélène
name: López, Laura
name: Magnuson, Ann
name: Roth, Arne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: roadmap, technical appendix, ammonia

description: Technological Roadmap
 Technical Appendix
 Part 2 - Sustainable Ammonia Production
description: Updated version after supporters consultation
ALCAM Regulates Mediolateral Retinotopic Mapping in the Superior Colliculus
Creators: name: Maness, Patricia F.
name: Darnell, Eli P.B.
name: Demyanenko, Galina P.
name: Buhusi, Mona
name: Weiner, Joshua A.
name: Dalal, Jasbir
name: Jannie, Karry M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: ALCAM [activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (BEN/SC-1/DM-GRASP)] is a transmembrane recognition molecule of the Ig superfamily (IgSF) containing five Ig domains (two V-type, three C2-type). Although broadly expressed in the nervous and immune systems, few of its developmental functions have been elucidated. Because ALCAM has been suggested to interact with the IgSF adhesion molecule L1, a determinant of retinocollicular mapping, we hypothesized that ALCAM might direct topographic targeting to the superior colliculus (SC) by serving as a substrate within the SC for L1 on incoming retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons. ALCAM was expressed in the SC during RGC axon targeting and on RGC axons as they formed the optic nerve; however, it was downregulated distally on RGC axons as they entered the SC. Axon tracing with DiI revealed pronounced mistargeting of RGC axons from the temporal retina half of ALCAM null mice to abnormally lateral sites in the contralateral SC, in which these axons formed multiple ectopic termination zones. ALCAM null mutant axons were specifically compromised in medial orientation of interstitial branches, which is known to require the ankyrin binding function of L1. As a substrate, ALCAM-Fc protein promoted L1-dependent attachment of acutely dissociated retinal cells and an L1-expressing, ALCAM-negative cell line, consistent with an ALCAM-L1 heterophilic molecular interaction. Together, these results suggest a model in which ALCAM in the SC interacts with L1 on RGC axons to promote medial extension of RGC axon branches important for mediolateral axon targeting in the formation of retinocollicular maps.
The Logotropic Dark Fluid as a unification of dark matter and dark energy
Creators: name: Chavanis, Pierre-Henri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a heuristic unification of dark matter and dark energy in terms of a single dark fluid with a logotropic equation of state $P=A\ln(ρ/ρ_P)$, where $ρ$ is the rest-mass density, $ρ_P$ is the Planck density, and $A$ is the logotropic temperature. The energy density $ε$ is the sum of a rest-mass energy term $ρc^2$ mimicking dark matter and an internal energy term $u(ρ)=-P(ρ)-A$ mimicking dark energy. The logotropic temperature is approximately given by $A \simeq ρ_Λc^2/\ln(ρ_P/ρ_Λ)\simeqρ_Λc^2/[123 \ln(10)]$, where $ρ_Λ$ is the cosmological density. More precisely, we obtain $A=2.13\times 10^{-9} \, {\rm g}\, {\rm m}^{-1}\, {\rm s}^{-2}$ that we interpret as a fundamental constant. At the cosmological scale, this model fullfills the same observational constraints as the $Λ$CDM model. However, it has a nonzero velocity of sound and a nonzero Jeans length which, at the beginning of the matter era, is about $λ_J=40.4\, {\rm pc}$, in agreement with the minimum size of the dark matter halos observed in the universe. At the galactic scale, the logotropic pressure balances gravitational attraction and solves the cusp problem and the missing satellite problem. The logotropic equation of state generates a universal rotation curve that agrees with the empirical Burkert profile of dark matter halos up to the halo radius. In addition, it implies that all the dark matter halos have the same surface density $Σ_0=ρ_0 r_h=141\, M_{\odot}/{\rm pc}^2$ and that the mass of dwarf galaxies enclosed within a sphere of fixed radius $r_{u}=300\, {\rm pc}$ has the same value $M_{300}=1.93\times 10^{7}\, M_{\odot}$, in remarkable agreement with the observations.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1504.08355
Chern-Simons Theory in SIM(1) Superspace
Creators: name: Vohánka, Jiří
name: Faizal, Mir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we will analyse a three dimensional supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory in SIM(1) superspace formalism. The breaking of the Lorentz symmetry down to the SIM(1) symmetry, breaks half the supersymmetry of the Lorentz invariant theory. So, the supersymmetry of the Lorentz invariant Chern-Simons theory with N=1 supersymmetry will break down to N=1/2 supersymmetry, when the Lorentz symmetry is broken down to the SIM(1) symmetry. First, we will write the Chern-Simons action using SIM(1) projections of N=1 superfields. However, as the SIM(1) transformations of these projections are very complicated, we will define SIM(1) superfields which transform simply under SIM(1) transformations. We will then express the Chern-Simons action using these SIM(1) superfields. Furthermore, we will analyse the gauge symmetry of this Chern-Simons theory. This is the first time that a Chern-Simons theory with N=1/2 supersymmetry will be constructed on a manifold without a boundary.
description: 26 pages
HEADSPACE: ENCOURAGING STRESS REDUCTION AND MINDFULNESS IN FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH USING A MOBILE APPLICATION
Creators: name: Anika Simpson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: first responders
police officers
stress
PTSD
mindfulness
Headspace
occupational hazards
peer reviewed

description: Background: Stress has become increasingly prevalent in modern society, contributing to various negative health outcomes. Mindfulness interventions have emerged as promising strategies for stress reduction and improving overall well-being. This quality improvement project aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile mindfulness intervention, specifically the Headspace Mindfulness Mobile app, in reducing perceived stress and enhancing mindfulness levels among first responders. Methods: A pre-post design was employed to assess changes in stress levels and mindfulness before and after engaging with the Headspace app. Participants (n=13) were recruited via mass email. They completed validated self-report measures, including the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS-15), before and after a 21-day intervention period using the Headspace app. Data were analyzed using paired samples t-tests to examine pre-post changes in stress and mindfulness levels. Results: Preliminary data analysis revealed a significant decrease in mean scores on the PSS-10 scale (p < .001), indicating a reduction in perceived stress levels following the intervention. Additionally, there was a significant increase in mean scores on the MAAS-15 scale (p < .001), indicating an improvement in mindfulness levels post-intervention. Conclusion: The Headspace Mindfulness Mobile app may reduce stress and enhance mindfulness. Integrating mobile mindfulness interventions into law enforcement may improve quality of life and address stress-related concerns. Further investigation in larger studies with first responders is needed.
Supplemental figure 1, Colors used during transitive inference training;Design of the training and testing apparatus; Supplemental Table 1 from Transitive inference in Polistes paper wasps
Creators: name: Tibbetts, Elizabeth A.
name: Agudelo, Jorge
name: Sohini Pandit
name: Riojas, Jessica
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Design of the training and testing apparatus. During training, wasps were free to move through the rectangle for 30 seconds. The area near the negative stimulus was electrified, while the area near the neutral stimulus was not electrified. During the 10 trial test, wasps were removed as soon as they ‘made a choice’ by moving past the small dividers 2.5cm from each end of the rectangle. No part of the arena was electrified for the transitive inference test where preference for B vs D and A vs E were tested. P. dominula drawing by John Megahan.; Results of one-sample t-test comparing choices to the neutral 50:50 expectation. AB first indicates wasps that were trained to discriminate A vs B on day 1. DE first indicates wasps that were trained to discriminate D vs E on day 1.
Deliverable 1.2. ROADMPAP TECHNICAL APPENDIX. Part 3 - Sustainable Carbon-based Chemicals and (Jet)fuels
Creators: name: Faber, Carina
name: Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
name: Artero, Vincent
name: Baraton, Laurent
name: Barbieri, Andrea
name: Bercegol, Hervé
name: Fleischer, Maximilian
name: Huynhthi, Han
name: Kargul, Joanna
name: Lepaumier, Hélène
name: López, Laura
name: Magnuson, Ann
name: Roth, Arne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: roadma, technical appendix, carbon-based chemicals and fuels

description: Technological Roadmap
 Technical Appendix
 Part 3 - Sustainable carbon-based chemicals and (jet)fuels
description: Updated version after supporters consultation
On the solenoidal heat-flux in quasi-ballistic thermal conduction
Creators: name: Ramu, Ashok T.
name: Bowers, John E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Boltzmann transport equation for phonons is recast directly in terms of the heat-flux by means of iteration followed by truncation at the second order in the spherical harmonic expansion of the distribution function. This procedure displays the heat-flux in an explicitly coordinate-invariant form, and leads to a natural decomposition into two components, namely the solenoidal component in addition to the usual irrotational component. The solenoidal heat-flux is explicitly shown to arise by applying the heat-flux equation to a right-circular cylinder. These findings are important in the context of phonon resonators that utilize the strong quasi-ballistic thermal transport reported recently in silicon membranes at room temperature.
INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA: A FAMILY AND COMMUNITY APPROACH
Creators: name: Linda Mendoza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: obesity
asthma
physical activity
children
community-based
family-centered interventions
Hispanic/Latino
urban communities
social determinants of health

description: In the U.S., approximately 4.7 million children (6.5%) are affected by asthma, while obesity impacts approximately 14.7 million children (19.7%). Children with asthma, particularly underserved minority children living in urban communities, face an increased risk of obesity and subsequently worse health outcomes than their non-obese asthmatic peers. One reason is that these children have lower physical activity levels than their non-asthmatic peers. This evidence-based Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based, family-centered education program for parents of school-aged children with asthma. The project aimed to increase parental understanding of the importance of physical activity for children with asthma, thereby reducing obesity risk. Using a pre-test/post-test design, this project explored: a) demographic characteristics, b) asthma and physical activity characteristics, c) knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs, and d) community needs and barriers among the participants. Nine Hispanic/Latino parents of children with asthma (ages 6-10) participated in this project. Seventy-five percent of the parents reported that their children experience asthma trouble during exercise, while 62.5% of parents reported that their children utilized albuterol after exercise. No statistically significant differences across survey components were observed between pre-and post-intervention groups. Despite this, there was a notable positive shift in perceptions regarding the relationship between physical activity and asthma. Three out of eight participants (37.5%) transitioned from being undecided to agreeing or strongly agreeing that physical activity may improve a child's asthma. Initially, 56% of the parents expressed fear that their child would become ill due to physical activity, exercise, or sports. However, post-intervention, significant positive shifts in perceptions were observed in four (50%) of the participants. Five out of nine participants (56%) of the participants initially agreed that “There is not enough time in the day for physical activity.” Post-intervention three out of eight participants (37.5%) positively shifted from “agree” pre-intervention to “disagree.” This DNP project offers insights into the challenges faced by a small sample Hispanic/Latino parent of children with asthma. The findings in this project suggests that educating parents about the significance of physical activity for their children could potentially shift their perceptions, potentially leading to positive changes in behavior and attitudes toward physical activity in children with asthma. This educational intervention could potentially lead to increased physical activity, improved exercise induced asthma management, and overall reduced risk of obesity in these high-risk children.
(1284) Grace Harriett Beckwith
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Implication of Kir4.1 Channel in Excess Potassium Clearance: An In Vivo Study on Anesthetized Glial-Conditional Kir4.1 Knock-Out Mice
Creators: name: Amzica, Florin
name: McCarthy, Ken D.
name: Djukic, Biljana
name: Chever, Oana
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: The K
Supplemental Trees from A phylogenomic rodent tree reveals the repeated evolution of masseter architectures.
Creators: name: Swanson, Mark T.
name: Oliveros, Carl H.
name: Esselstyn, Jacob A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: ASTRAL and ASTRID family-level phylogenies of rodents. Numbers at nodes indicate bootstrap support less than 100.
Mergers Advisors Impact on M&A Success: Canadian Evidence
Creators: name: Nabiyou, Romaric
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Mergers
Acquisitions
Advisors
Canada

description: This paper investigates the impact of advisors on the success of Canadian firms’ mergers and acquisitions. Using a sample of 791 deals from Canadian TSX listed acquiring firms from 2001 to 2015, we first investigate what types of firms hire advisors and top advisors in particular. Second we investigate two important hypotheses of mergers advisors role: (a) the superior deal hypothesis, which expects the improvement in firm performance after the support of an advisor; and, (b) the deal completion hypothesis, which expects higher completion rates and speed for advisor-backed acquirers. In summary, we found little support for the superior deal hypothesis. The short-term performance of an advisor-backed acquirer was significantly higher than that of non-advisor-backed acquirer only when the target has no advisor. The acquirer’s CAR was worst when both parties (acquirer and target) had an advisor. In addition, we saw no evidence that acquirers with top advisors generate higher short-term returns than those with lower tier advisors. When investigating the long-term performance, we do not find any significant evidence that advisors positively impacted value for acquirers. The same conclusion holds for the completion hypothesis as we discovered that advisors have no impact on the time to completion. All the analyses controlled for acquirer, target, and deal characteristics.
(1285) Mary Emma Baynes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Weak lensing by voids in modified lensing potentials
Creators: name: Barreira, Alexandre
name: Cautun, Marius
name: Li, Baojiu
name: Baugh, Carlton
name: Pascoli, Silvia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study lensing by voids in Cubic Galileon and Nonlocal gravity cosmologies, which are examples of theories of gravity that modify the lensing potential. We find voids in the dark matter and halo density fields of N-body simulations and compute their lensing signal analytically from the void density profiles, which we show are well fit by a simple analytical formula. In the Cubic Galileon model, the modifications to gravity inside voids are not screened and they approximately double the size of the lensing effects compared to GR. The difference is largely determined by the direct effects of the fifth force on lensing and less so by the modified density profiles. For this model, we also discuss the subtle impact on the force and lensing calculations caused by the screening effects of haloes that exist in and around voids. In the Nonlocal model, the impact of the modified density profiles and the direct modifications to lensing are comparable, but they boost the lensing signal by only $\approx 10\%$, compared with that of GR. Overall, our results suggest that lensing by voids is a promising tool to test models of gravity that modify lensing.
description: 19 pages, 8 figures. v2 matches the version published in JCAP
MITIGATION OF NURSE LEADER BURNOUT
Creators: name: Dawn Price
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Nurse leaders
burnout
mitigation of leader burnout

description: Burnout is a substantial problem in healthcare and is identified as a significant cause of nurses leaving the nursing profession. Burnout for clinical nurses at the bedside is well researched, but there is a growing need to investigate burnout of nurse leaders. This project utilized the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) self-report assessment survey, which measures burnout in the workplace, and the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) conceptual framework to guide the implementation of an evidenced-based burnout mitigation toolkit for nurse leaders. The toolkit included a validated assessment tool, comprehensive education, and training based on the Institute of Health Improvement (IHI) “Framework for Improving Joy in Work” (2017), support tools, and workplace adjustments. Education sessions provided nurse leaders with the knowledge and skills to identify symptoms of burnout and effectively manage stress. Comparing results from the pre-and-post surveys demonstrates trending in the correct direction, indicating lower levels of burnout. The data indicates that nurse leaders are feeling varying degrees of mental and emotional exhaustion and disengagement. The results imply that burnout among nurse leaders may be influenced by various factors such as workload, organizational culture, and job demands. Additionally, findings indicate that aspects of their work, such as incorporating innovative practices, professional development opportunities, or engaging in meaningful projects, support nurse leader well-being and help to mitigate nurse leader burnout. Findings from this project demonstrate the presence of burnout among nurse leaders and promising results from the use of the mitigation of burnout toolkit.
Deliverable 1.2 ROADMAP TECHNICAL APPENDIX. Part 4 - Sustainable Carbon Capture and SUNRISE Key Enablers
Creators: name: Faber, Carina
name: Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
name: Artero, Vincent
name: Baraton, Laurent
name: Barbieri, Andrea
name: Bercegol, Hervé
name: Fleischer, Maximilian
name: Huynhthi, Han
name: Kargul, Joanna
name: Lepaumier, Hélène
name: López, Laura
name: Magnuson, Ann
name: Roth, Arne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: roadmap, technical appendix, carbon capture

description: Technological Roadmap
 Technical Appendix
 Part 4 - Sustainable Carbon Capture and SUNRISE Key Enablers
description: Updated version after supporters consultation
(1286) Thomas John Baynes
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Supplemental Trees from A phylogenomic rodent tree reveals the repeated evolution of masseter architectures
Creators: name: Swanson, Mark T.
name: Oliveros, Carl H.
name: Esselstyn, Jacob A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: ASTRAL and ASTRID family-level phylogenies of rodents. Numbers at nodes indicate bootstrap support less than 100.
(1283) William Thomas Beckwith
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
The Inflammasome Sensor, NLRP3, Regulates CNS Inflammation and Demyelination via Caspase-1 and Interleukin-18
Creators: name: Ting, Jenny P.Y.
name: Srivastava, Siddharth Y.
name: Iocca, Heather
name: Chen, Vivian S.
name: Jha, Sushmita
name: Toews, Arrel
name: Gris, Denis
name: Matsushima, Glenn K.
name: Morrison, James P.
name: Brickey, W. June
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Inflammation is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to a host of CNS disorders; however, its regulation in the brain is not well delineated. Nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich repeat, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) is a key component of the inflammasome complex, which also includes ASC (apoptotic speck-containing protein with a card) and procaspase-1. Inflammasome formation can be triggered by membrane P2X
Toward Extremely Lightweight Distracted Driver Recognition With Distillation-Based Neural Architecture Search and Knowledge Transfer
Creators: name: Liu, Dichao
name: Yamasaki, Toshihiko
name: Wang, Yu
name: Mase, Kenji
name: Kato, Jien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The number of traffic accidents has been continuously increasing in recent years worldwide. Many accidents are caused by distracted drivers, who take their attention away from driving. Motivated by the success of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in computer vision, many researchers developed CNN-based algorithms to recognize distracted driving from a dashcam and warn the driver against unsafe behaviors. However, current models have too many parameters, which is unfeasible for vehicle-mounted computing. This work proposes a novel knowledge-distillation-based framework to solve this problem. The proposed framework first constructs a high-performance teacher network by progressively strengthening the robustness to illumination changes from shallow to deep layers of a CNN. Then, the teacher network is used to guide the architecture searching process of a student network through knowledge distillation. After that, we use the teacher network again to transfer knowledge to the student network by knowledge distillation. Experimental results on the Statefarm Distracted Driver Detection Dataset and AUC Distracted Driver Dataset show that the proposed approach is highly effective for recognizing distracted driving behaviors from photos: (1) the teacher network's accuracy surpasses the previous best accuracy; (2) the student network achieves very high accuracy with only 0.42M parameters (around 55% of the previous most lightweight model). Furthermore, the student network architecture can be extended to a spatial-temporal 3D CNN for recognizing distracted driving from video clips. The 3D student network largely surpasses the previous best accuracy with only 2.03M parameters on the Drive&Act Dataset. The source code is available at https://github.com/Dichao-Liu/Lightweight_Distracted_Driver_Recognition_with_Distillation-Based_NAS_and_Knowledge_Transfer.
Deliverable 1.2. ROADMAP TECHNICAL APPENDIX. Part 4 - Sustainable Carbon Capture and SUNRISE Key Enablers
Creators: name: Faber, Carina
name: Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne
name: Vincent Artero (CEA
name: Baraton, Laurent
name: Barbieri, Andrea
name: Bercegol, Hervé
name: Fleischer, Maximilian
name: Huynhthi, Han
name: Kargul, Joanna
name: Lepaumier, Hélène
name: López, Laura
name: Magnuson, Ann
name: Roth, Arne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: roadmap, technical appendix, carbon capture

description: Technological Roadmap
 Technical Appendix
 Part 4 - Sustainable Carbon Capture and SUNRISE Key Enablers
Dusty wind of W Hya. Multi-wavelength modelling of the present-day and recent mass-loss
Creators: name: Khouri, T.
name: Waters, L. B. F. M.
name: de Koter, A.
name: Decin, L.
name: Min, M.
name: de Vries, B. L.
name: Lombaert, R.
name: Cox, N. L. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 85

description: Low- and intermediate-mass stars go through a period of intense mass-loss at the end of their lives in a phase known as the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). During the AGB a significant fraction of their initial mass is expelled in a stellar wind. This process controls the final stages of their evolution and contributes to the chemical evolution of galaxies. However, the wind-driving mechanism of AGB stars is not yet well understood, especially so for oxygen-rich sources. Characterizing both the present-day mass-loss and wind structure and the evolution of the mass-loss rate of such stars is paramount to advancing our understanding of this processes. We modelled the dust envelope of W Hya using an advanced radiative transfer code. The dust model was analysed in the light of a previously calculated gas-phase wind model and compared to measurements available in the literature, such as infrared spectra, infrared images, and optical scattered light fractions. We find that the dust spectrum of W Hya can partly be explained by a gravitationally bound dust shell that probably is responsible for most of the amorphous Al$_2$O$_3$ emission. The composition of the large ($\sim$\,0.3\,$μ$m) grains needed to explain the scattered light cannot be constrained, but probably is dominated by silicates. Silicate emission in the thermal infrared was found to originate from beyond 40 AU from the star and we find that they need to have substantial near-infrared opacities to be visible at such large distances. The increase in near-infrared opacity of the dust at these distances roughly coincides with a sudden increase in expansion velocity as deduced from the gas-phase CO lines. Finally, the recent mass loss of W Hya is confirmed to be highly variable and we identify a strong peak in the mass-loss rate that occurred about 3500 years ago and lasted for a few hundred years.
description: 15 pages, 13 figures
(1279) Mary Eliza Beckwith
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.
Supplementary material (ESM) from Where and what? Frugivory is associated with more efficient foraging in three semi-free ranging primate species.
Creators: name: Trapanese, Cinzia
name: Robira, Benjamin
name: Tonachella, Giordana
name: Gristina, Silvia Di
name: Meunier, Hélène
name: Masi, Shelly
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Additional information, figures and explanations of methods, analysis and results are provided in this file.
Cosmological Galaxy Evolution with Superbubble Feedback I: Realistic Galaxies with Moderate Feedback
Creators: name: Keller, B. W.
name: Wadsley, J.
name: Couchman, H. M. P
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the first cosmological galaxy evolved using the modern smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code GASOLINE2 with superbubble feedback. We show that superbubble-driven galactic outflows powered by Type II supernovae alone can produce $\rm{L^*}$ galaxies with flat rotation curves with circular velocities $\sim 200\; \rm{km/s}$, low bulge-to-disc ratios, and stellar mass fractions that match observed values from high redshift to the present. These features are made possible by the high mass loadings generated by the evaporative growth of superbubbles. Outflows are driven extremely effectively at high redshift, expelling gas at early times and preventing overproduction of stars before $z=2$. Centrally concentrated gas in previous simulations has often lead to unrealistically high bulge to total ratios and strongly peaked rotation curves. We show that supernova-powered superbubbles alone can produce galaxies that agree well with observed properties without the need for additional feedback mechanisms or increased feedback energy. We present additional results arising from properly modelled hot feedback.
description: 12 pages, 14 figures, MNRAS in press
On Resistive Networks of Constant Power Devices
Creators: name: Simpson-Porco, John W.
name: Dorfler, Florian
name: Bullo, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This brief examines the behavior of DC circuits comprised of resistively interconnected constant power devices, as may arise in DC microgrids containing micro-sources and constant power loads. We derive a sufficient condition for all operating points of the circuit to lie in a desirable set, where the average nodal voltage level is high and nodal voltages are tightly clustered near one another. Our condition has the elegant physical interpretation that the ratio of resistive losses to total injected power should be small compared to a measure of network heterogeneity, as quantified by a ratio of conductance matrix eigenvalues. Perhaps surprisingly, the interplay between the circuit topology, branch conductances and the constant power devices implicitly defines a nominal voltage level for the circuit, despite the explicit absence of voltage-regulated nodes.
description: Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Enhancement of Quantum Correlation Length in Quenched Disordered Spin Chains
Creators: name: Sadhukhan, Debasis
name: Roy, Sudipto Singha
name: Rakshit, Debraj
name: Prabhu, R.
name: De, Aditi Sen
name: Sen, Ujjwal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Classical correlations of ground states typically decay exponentially and polynomially, respectively for gapped and gapless short-ranged quantum spin systems. In such systems, entanglement decays exponentially even at the quantum critical points. However, quantum discord, an information-theoretic quantum correlation measure, survives long lattice distances. We investigate the effects of quenched disorder on quantum correlation lengths of quenched averaged entanglement and quantum discord, in the anisotropic XY and XYZ spin glass and random field chains. We find that there is virtually neither reduction nor enhancement in entanglement length while quantum discord length increases significantly with the introduction of the quenched disorder.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
(1280) Emily Jane Beckwith
Creators: name: Professions, Victorian
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 220201 Business and Labour History
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: History
subject: 140203 Economic History
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This three-year research project began in January 2014 and investigated whether, during the Victorian period, the professions formed a distinct self-sustaining social group with its own mores and values. The project looked at 16,000 individuals drawn from census data for Alnwick, Brighton, Bristol, Dundee, Greenock, Leeds, Merthyr Tydfil, Morpeth, and Winchester. The research project was funded by the UK Economic & Social Research Council and was based at the Universities of Oxford and Northumbria.