cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
D10.4 GEOFIT Public Communication Materials
Creators: name: Martín-Moncunill, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: stakeholders
communication
materials

description: This document (D10.4) contains the set of GEOFIT public communication materials established for M6. As the corporate identity with the GEOFIT logo was already included in the GEOFIT Dissemination and exploitation strategic plan (D10.1, M3) and the GEOFIT website was also previously launched and described in deliverable D10.3 (GEOFIT Public website), the communication materials included here
 are as follows: the project presentation, the poster, the brochure, the press kit and the social media. The communication materials themselves can be downloaded from the results area while this document details their description, with the corresponding screenshots.
Self-tuning of the cosmological constant
Creators: name: Kim, Jihn E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Here, I discuss the cosmological constant (CC) problems, in particular paying attention to the vanishing cosmological constant. There are three cosmological constant problems in particle physics. Hawking's idea of calculating the probability amplitude for our Universe is peaked at CC = 0 which I try to obtain after the initial inflationary period using a self-tuning model. I review what has been discussed on the Hawking type calculation, and present a (probably) correct way to calculate the amplitude, and show that the Kim-Kyae-Lee self-tuning model allows a finite range of parameters for the CC = 0 to have a singularly large probability, approached from the AdS side.
description: 12 pages with 8 figures
Qatar-1b: a hot Jupiter orbiting a metal-rich K dwarf star
Creators: name: Alsubai, K. A.
name: Parley, N. R.
name: Bramich, D. M.
name: West, R. G.
name: Sorensen, P. M.
name: Cameron, A. Collier
name: Latham, D. W.
name: Horne, K.
name: Anderson, D. R.
name: Brown, D. J. A.
name: Buchhave, L. A.
name: Esquerdo, G. A.
name: Everett, M. E.
name: Fürész, G.
name: Hellier, C.
name: Miller, G. M.
name: Pollacco, D.
name: Quinn, S. N.
name: Smith, J. C.
name: Stefanik, R. P.
name: Szentgyorgyi, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the discovery and initial characterisation of Qatar-1b, a hot Jupiter orbiting a metal-rich K dwarf star, the first planet discovered by the Alsubai Project exoplanet transit survey. We describe the strategy used to select candidate transiting planets from photometry generated by the Alsubai Project instrument. We examine the rate of astrophysical and other false positives found during the spectroscopic reconnaissance of the initial batch of candidates. A simultaneous fit to the follow-up radial velocities and photometry of Qatar-1b yield a planetary mass of 1.09+/-0.08 Mjup and a radius of 1.16+/-0.05 Rjup. The orbital period and separation are 1.420033 days and 0.0234 AU for an orbit assumed to be circular. The stellar density, effective temperature and rotation rate indicate an age greater than 4 Gyr for the system.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Effectiveness of a low-cost UVGI chamber for decontaminating filtering facepiece respirators to extend reuse
Creators: name: Singh, Tanusha
name: Duba, Thabang
name: Muleba, Lufuno
name: Matuka, Dikeledi Onnicah
name: Glaser, Daniel
name: Ratshikhopha, Edith
name: Kirsten, Zubaydah
name: van Reenen, Tobias
name: Masuku, Zibusiso
name: Singo, Dikeledi
name: Ntlailane, Lebogang
name: Nthoke, Tebogo
name: Jones, David
name: Ross, Mary
name: du Toit, Pieter
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: In emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, the reuse or reprocessing of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) may be required to mitigate exposure risk. Research gap: Only a few studies evaluated decontamination effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 that are practical for low-resource settings. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a relatively inexpensive ultraviolet germicidal irradiation chamber to decontaminate FFRs contaminated with SARS-CoV-2. A custom-designed UVGI chamber was constructed to determine the ability to decontaminate seven FFR models including N95s, KN95, and FFP2s inoculated with SARS-CoV-2. Vflex was excluded due to design folds/pleats and UVGI shadowing inside the chamber. Structural and functional integrity tolerated by each FFR model on repeated decontamination cycles was assessed. Twenty-seven participants were fit-tested over 30 cycles for each model and passed if the fit factor was ≥100. Of the FFR models included for testing, only the KN95 model failed filtration. The 3M™ 3M 1860 and Halyard™ duckbill 46727 (formerly Kimberly Clark) models performed better on fit testing than other models for both pre-and-post decontaminations. Fewer participants (0.3 and 0.7%, respectively) passed fit testing for Makrite 9500 N95 and Greenline 5200 FFP2 and only two for the KN95 model post decontamination. Fit testing appeared to be more affected by donning & doffing, as some passed with adjustment and repeat fit testing. A ≥ 3 log reduction of SARS-CoV-2 was achieved for worn-in FFRs namely Greenline 5200 FFP2. Conclusion: The study showed that not all FFRs tested could withstand 30 cycles of UVGI decontamination without diminishing filtration efficiency or facial fit. In addition, SARS-CoV-2 log reduction varied across the FFRs, implying that the decontamination efficacy largely depends on the decontamination protocol and selection of FFRs. We demonstrated the effectiveness of a low-cost and scalable decontamination method for SARS-CoV-2 and the effect on fit testing using people instead of manikins. It is recognized that extensive experimental evidence for the reuse of decontaminated FFRs is lacking, and thus this study would be relevant and of interest in crisis-capacity settings, particularly in low-resource facilities.
Geometrical Description of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Creators: name: Haldane, F. D. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fundamental collective degree of freedom of fractional quantum Hall states is identified as a unimodular two-dimensional spatial metric that characterizes the local shape of the correlations of the incompressible fluid. Its quantum fluctuations are controlled by a topologically-quantized "guiding-center spin". Charge fluctuations are proportional to its Gaussian curvature.
description: 4 pages, 0 figures; typo in formula for gaussian curvature of quasiparticle (p 4, last paragraph) fixed
Preliminary investigation of a hypertonic saline nasal rinse as a hygienic intervention in dairy workers
Creators: name: Erlandson, Grant
name: Magzamen, Sheryl
name: Sharp, Julia L.
name: Mitra, Sanchayita
name: Jones, Kenneth
name: Poole, Jill A.
name: Bradford, Mary
name: Nonnenmann, Matthew
name: Reynolds, Stephen J.
name: Schaeffer, Joshua W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Livestock workers experience an increased burden of bioaerosol-induced respiratory disease including a high prevalence of rhinosinusitis. Dairy operations generate bioaerosols spanning the inhalable size fraction (0–100 μm) containing bacterial constituents such as endotoxin. Particles with an aerodynamic diameter between 10 and 100 μm are known to deposit in the nasopharyngeal region and likely affect the upper respiratory tract. We evaluated the effectiveness of a hypertonic saline nasal lavage in reducing inflammatory responses in dairy workers from a high-volume dairy operation. Inhalable personal breathing zone samples and pre-/post-shift nasal lavage samples from each participant over five consecutive days were collected. The treatment group (n = 5) received hypertonic saline while the control group (n = 5) received normotonic saline. Personal breathing zone samples were analyzed for particulate concentrations and endotoxin using gravimetric and enzymatic methods, respectively. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (i.e., IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α) were measured from nasal lavage samples using a multiplex assay. Inhalable dust concentrations ranged from 0.15 to 1.9 mg/m3. Concentrations of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, specifically IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10, were significantly higher in the treatment group compared to the control group (p < 0.02, p < 0.04, and p < 0.01, respectively). Further analysis of IL-10 anti-inflammatory indicates a positive association between hypertonic saline administration and IL-10 production. This pilot study demonstrates that hypertonic saline nasal lavages were successful in upregulating anti-inflammatory cytokines to support larger interventional studies.
Invasive Nonbilharzial Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder in Pregnancy
Creators: name: Lee, Stefanie
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Pelvis
subject: Pregnancy
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound-Spectral Doppler
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Obstetrics

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 31 years
description: Clinical History: 31-year-old woman, 21 weeks pregnant, with history of recurrent urinary tract infection. Final Diagnosis: T3N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder during pregnancy.
What do emotions say about guest satisfaction?: Hotel Moliceiro Case Study
Creators: name: Gaspar, Beatriz
name: Costa, Rui
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2021

description: The interaction with others and the demand for information has been changing with the growth of the internet and the increase of eWOM sharing platforms. Online reviews are thus the most widely used source of information and the emotions conveyed through them can be indicative of guest satisfaction. The present case study focuses on Hotel Moliceiro, a 4-star boutique hotel located in the city centre of Aveiro. The research consists mainly of descriptive and emotional analysis of 416 TripAdvisor reviews of Hotel Moliceiro, using tools such as IBM Watson Tone Analyzer. The data collected was duly analysed and compared and it is possible to conclude that there are behavioral differences regarding the month and type of trip, the language of the review and the origin and gender of the guests.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 36 n.º 2 (2021)
Terahertz Hall Measurements On Optimally Doped Single Crystal Bi-2212
Creators: name: Jenkins, G. S.
name: Schmadel, D. C.
name: Sushkov, A. B.
name: Gu, G. D.
name: Kontani, H.
name: Drew, H. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The infrared Hall angle in optimally doped single crystal $\rm Bi_2 Sr_2 Ca Cu_2 O_{8+x}$ was measured from 3.05 to 21.75 meV as a continuous function of temperature from 25 to 300\,K. In the normal state, the temperature dependence of the real part of the cotangent of the infrared Hall angle obeys the same power law as dc measurements. The measured Hall frequency $\rm ω_H$ is significantly larger than the expected value based upon ARPES data analyzed in terms of the relaxation time approximation. This discrepancy as well as the temperature dependence of $\rm Re(\cot{θ_H})$ and $ω_H$ is well described by a Fermi liquid theory in which current vertex corrections produced by electron-magnon scattering are included.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
Process Innovation and Product Quality Improvement in a Dynamic Monopoly
Creators: name: Lambertini, Luca
name: Orsini, Raimondello
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2014
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: We investigate the optimal R&D portfolio of a single-product monopolist investing in cost-reducing activities accompanied by efforts improving the quality of its product. There emerges that the firm’s relative incentives along the two directions are conditional upon market affluency, measured by consumers’ willingness to pay for quality, and R&D efforts are complements at equilibrium. We also perform the stability analysis, showing that a stable branch exists along the quality dimension only.
D10.3 GEOFIT Website
Creators: name: Martín-Moncunill, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: geofit
website

description: GEOFIT website was uploaded at www.geofit-project.eu on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, according to the DoA, the website was to be published on month 6, so it was published on month 2, with an advance of 4 months. A draft version was ready for the KoM so partners could properly provide feedback to have an operative public version as soon as possible. The effort was motivated for establishing the brand and identity of the project as early as possible to attract interest and focus the consortium on its key messages. This also allowed us to have the website up and running for the Sustainable Places conference, where a GEOFIT poster was presented. The first version of the project website contains the fundamental aspects of the project and enables the newsletter and email communication channels. This document resumes the implementation of the website and details the process to report changes.
Bayesian Predictive Densities Based on Latent Information Priors
Creators: name: Komaki, Fumiyasu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Construction methods for prior densities are investigated from a predictive viewpoint. Predictive densities for future observables are constructed by using observed data. The simultaneous distribution of future observables and observed data is assumed to belong to a parametric submodel of a multinomial model. Future observables and data are possibly dependent. The discrepancy of a predictive density to the true conditional density of future observables given observed data is evaluated by the Kullback-Leibler divergence. It is proved that limits of Bayesian predictive densities form an essentially complete class. Latent information priors are defined as priors maximizing the conditional mutual information between the parameter and the future observables given the observed data. Minimax predictive densities are constructed as limits of Bayesian predictive densities based on prior sequences converging to the latent information priors.
Nonequilibrium work statistics of an Aharonov-Bohm flux
Creators: name: Yi, Juyeon
name: Talkner, Peter
name: Campisi, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the statistics of work performed on a noninteracting electron gas confined into a ring as a threaded magnetic field is turned on. For an electron gas initially prepared in a grand canonical state it is demonstrated that the Jarzynski equality continues to hold in this case, with the free energy replaced by the grand potential. The work distribution displays a marked dependence on the temperature. While in the classical (high temperature) regime, the work probability density function follows a Gaussian distribution and the free energy difference entering the Jarzynski equality is null, the free energy difference is finite in the quantum regime, and the work probability distribution function becomes multimodal. We point out the dependence of the work statistics on the number of electrons composing the system.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. E
D9.2 Market Analysis (version 1)
Creators: name: Lennard, Zia
name: Calderoni, Marco
name: Messervey, Thomas
name: Rocchetti, Marco
name: Babu Sreekumar, Bishnu
name: Pistoni, Clara
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Market analysis
geothermal retrofitting

description: Shallow geothermal energy (SGE) technology is an emerging market and is poised to sustain growth based on its feasibility around the globe irrespective of terrain. This can be duly attributed to awareness of public towards climate change and need to switch to renewables in addition to long term objectives of government policies for decarbonizing residential energy consumption with special focus on heating and cooling. The deliverable aims at a public understanding of the latest trends in the SGE market at global, European, and selected national scales. This report sets a platform for strategizing future business model development and supporting the exploitation activities. The reports also address the key issues that is set to influence the GEOFIT acceptance which starts with an overview of SGE systems and current trends in worldwide canvas and European perspective with special focus on four identified pilot countries. This report further analysis the barriers, the value chain and the importance of synergy between different stakeholders that will ease the adoption/acceptance of GEOFIT in SGE or the heating and cooling market. The preliminary market potential assessment sets a foundation to further assess the pilot site countries under a business case format in subsequent months of the project. The GSHP competitor analysis was carried out based on functionality of well-known GSHP brands available in the European market. The scope of this deliverable is a general overview of SGE-related topics that serves as a foundation to map the market analysis and market watch activities within GEOFIT to exploitation planning by going deeper into each key exploitable result as a distinctive market to be explored.
How former travellers contributed to portray a country’s image
Creators: name: Sampaio, Carlos
name: Régio, Mónica
name: Hernández Mogollón, José Manuel
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2021

description: This study aims to contribute to depict Portugal’s image as a touristic destination and it tries to describe Portugal as it was seen by former travellers. It analyses written documents brought to us by English speaking travellers during the third quarter of the 19th century. Specifically, it analyses books written over the timespan 1850-1875. A mixed approach is performed to conduct the analysis, systematic literature review, content analysis and science mapping technics are employed. Findings show references to multiple important aspects related to Portugal’s image, such as landscapes, food, accommodation, and infrastructures.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 36 n.º 2 (2021)
Writing in brotherhood : reconstituting Indigenous citizenship, nationhood, and relationship at the turn of the twentieth century
Creators: name: Taylor, Michael P
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The current field of Indigenous literary studies remains overwhelmingly focused on individual authors and their use of traditionally Eurowestern literary genres. While analyzing these individuals’ novels, poetry, essays, and other traditionally single-author literary genres, however, scholars often overlook these same individuals’ participation in the collectivist national and co-national writings of their contemporaneous Indigenous nations and networks. This dissertation argues for the need to (re)center collectivist texts within Indigenous literary studies and highlights the fluid Indigenous literary networks of North America and the Pacific at the turn of the twentieth century. By juxtaposing the constitutions, petitions, and newspapers of the Hui Aloha ‘Āina (Hawaiian Patriotic League), the Alaska Native Brotherhood/Sisterhood, and the National Council of American Indians, I trace the hemispheric and trans-Pacific history of collectivist literary genres in order to provide an innovative Indigenous literary history of genre. I argue that when Indigenous peoples write as a collective body, their writings participate within longstanding Indigenous literary traditions—from the Hodinöhsö:ni’ Great Law (ca. 1090–1500) to the Constitution of the White Earth Nation (2009)—that continue to be overlooked in favor of “orature” and contemporary fiction composed by individual authors. By (re)centering collectivism within the study of Indigenous literatures, this dissertation also introduces the theoretical framework of co-nationalism, the process and potential of Indigenous nations working together while maintaining local distinctions and commitments, in order to attest to the ongoing survival of Indigenous literary communities and coalitions, maintain Indigenous lands as central to Indigenous literatures, and disrupt the definitions of literature that continue to marginalize literary expressions of Indigenous solidarity.
Proceedings Eighth Workshop on Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages
Creators: name: Di Pierro, Alessandra
name: Norman, Gethin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This volume contains the proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Quantitative Aspects of Programming Languages (QAPL 2010), held in Paphos, Cyprus, on March 27-28, 2010. QAPL 2010 is a satellite event of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS 2010). The workshop theme is on quantitative aspects of computation. These aspects are related to the use of physical quantities (storage space, time, bandwidth, etc.) as well as mathematical quantities (e.g. probability and measures for reliability, security and trust), and play an important (sometimes essential) role in characterising the behavior and determining the properties of systems. Such quantities are central to the definition of both the model of systems (architecture, language design, semantics) and the methodologies and tools for the analysis and verification of the systems properties. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the explicit use of quantitative information such as time and probabilities either directly in the model or as a tool for the analysis of systems.
Are the Portuguese ready for the future of tourism? A Technology Acceptance Model application for the use of robots in tourism
Creators: name: Martins, Mariana
name: Costa, Carlos
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2021

description: The tourism sector has been growing exponentially in Portugal over the last few years, becoming increasingly competitive. On the other hand, the use of machines, robots and articial intelligence in this industry that is built by and for people, has also been increasing and diversifying. The objective of this investigation focuses on the study of variables that can aect the acceptance of robots by the Portuguese public. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is applied to understand the influence of a set of sociodemographic variables, travel behavior, motivation, and attitude towards technology in general in the perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of using robots in tourism. The results obtained demonstrate that the Portuguese case is similar to that of other Western countries, with gender, age, travel group, motivation and attitude towards technology having a significant impact on the dependent variables.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 36 n.º 2 (2021)
Ecm-cell adhesion-dependent control of cancer progression genes
Creators: name: Christian, Sonja
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM) are critical for tumor cell survival and dissemination. Cell-ECM interactions are mediated primarily by integrins, cell surface receptors that nucleate the formation of adhesomes. Adhesome complexes contain signaling proteins as well as proteins that link integrins to the cytoskeleton, thereby transducing extracellular forces into the cell. Both altered ECM composition and altered adhesome signaling can contribute to cancer progression. In this thesis I tested the hypothesis that ECM-integrin interactions drive cancer progression and that this depends on the adhesome proteins FAK and talin, and on mechanobiological tension. In chapter 3, I show that in B16F1 melanoma cells, the expression of three cancer signature genes, Cyr61, MUC18 and TRPM1, is strongly regulated by cell-ECM adhesion, independently of cytoskeletal tension. In chapter 4, I used global transcriptome profiling to compare gene expression changes caused by increased ECM ligand density versus cytoskeletal tension. These two perturbations regulated genes that belong to distinct pathways. Increasing ECM ligand density upregulated genes that are associated with adhesion, migration and ECM remodelling pathways, as well as the Hippo pathway, whereas applying mechanical stretch to the cells upregulated genes associated with metabolic pathways and the HIF-1 pathway. In chapter 5, I show that the regulation of the cancer signature genes is dependent on the adhesome proteins talin and FAK. Consistent with a role for talin in adhesome signaling, loss of talin had the same effect on MUC18 and TRPM1 mRNA levels as forcing B16F1 cells into suspension. Knocking down FAK however, regulated Cyr61 and MUC18 differently than knocking down talin. In chapter 6, I show that the two isoforms of talin, talin 1 and talin 2, differentially regulate expression of the three cancer signature genes and have different effects on B16F1 spreading, migration and in vivo tumor growth. Together, my findings illustrate the complexity of how changes in ECM-cell interactions, and subsequent adhesome signaling, influence processes that are critical for cancer progression.
D6.2 HEX/EGS Systems Components BIM Libraries
Creators: name: Velasquez, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: geothermal retrofitting
GEOBIM platform
BIM methodology
BIM libraries
heat exchangers
enhanced geothermal systems

description: The intent of WP6 is to carry out an assessment of the different scenarios and to demonstrate the economic feasibility of the GEOFIT developments thanks to structural and HEX/EGS retrofitting. These goals shall be reached out through the implementation of a so called GEOBIM platform. Taking advantage of its capabilities regarding the data acquisition the GEOBIM platform provides, in addition, the control over the construction processes, their related costs, the energy demand/production and efficiency & sustainability and Asset Management/Maintenance, amongst others. Moreover, through this tool, this WP will allow all necessary stakeholders within the GEOFIT project to take part in the decision-making, development and assessment in a user-friendly, easy and efficient way thanks to the use of open format and cloud applications. This deliverable D6.2 defines the first stage at implementing the GEOBIM platform by applying BIM methodology following open standards such as IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) and in accordance with European BIM standard-specification organisation such as the OGC, BuildingSmart, etc. This document is the first draft of Deliverable D6.4 and will be completed in month 24 as soon as the demo-sites’ demonstration and validation stage is running as it is stated in WP7.
Mixed axion/neutralino cold dark matter in supersymmetric models
Creators: name: Baer, Howard
name: Lessa, Andre
name: Rajagopalan, Shibi
name: Sreethawong, Warintorn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider supersymmetric (SUSY) models wherein the strong CP problem is solved by the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) mechanism with a concommitant axion/axino supermultiplet. We examine R-parity conserving models where the neutralino is the lightest SUSY particle, so that a mixture of neutralinos and axions serve as cold dark matter. The mixed axion/neutralino CDM scenario can match the measured dark matter abundance for SUSY models which typically give too low a value of the usual thermal neutralino abundance, such as models with wino-like or higgsino-like dark matter. The usual thermal neutralino abundance can be greatly enhanced by the decay of thermally-produced axinos to neutralinos, followed by neutralino re-annihilation at temperatures much lower than freeze-out. In this case, the relic density is usually neutralino dominated, and goes as \sim (f_a/N)/m_{axino}^{3/2}. If axino decay occurs before neutralino freeze-out, then instead the neutralino abundance can be augmented by relic axions to match the measured abundance. Entropy production from late-time axino decays can diminish the axion abundance, but ultimately not the neutralino abundance. In mixed axion/neutralino CDM models, it may be possible to detect both a WIMP and an axion as dark matter relics. We also discuss possible modifications of our results due to production and decay of saxions. In the appendices, we present expressions for the Hubble expansion rate and the axion and neutralino relic densities in radiation, matter and decaying-particle dominated universes.
description: 31 pages including 21 figures
Stability of the Exit Time for Lévy Processes
Creators: name: Griffin, Philip S.
name: Maller, Ross A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60G51, 60K05, 91B30

description: This paper is concerned with the behaviour of a Lévy process when it crosses over a positive level, $u$, starting from 0, both as $u$ becomes large and as $u$ becomes small. Our main focus is on the time, $τ_u$, it takes the process to transit above the level, and in particular, on the {\it stability} of this passage time; thus, essentially, whether or not $τ_u$ behaves linearly as $u\dto 0$ or $u\to\infty$. We also consider conditional stability of $τ_u$ when the process drifts to $-\infty$, a.s. This provides information relevant to quantities associated with the ruin of an insurance risk process, which we analyse under a Cramér condition.
Designing better cloth masks: The effect of fabric and attachment-style on discomfort
Creators: name: Mumma, Joel
name: Liu, Fobang
name: Ng, Nga Lee
name: Morgan, Jill
name: Lane, Morgan
name: Gannon, Paige
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Cloth masks are a tool for controlling community transmission during pandemics, as well as during other outbreak situations. However, cloth masks vary in their designs, and the consequences of this variability for their effectiveness as source control have received little attention, particularly in terms of user discomfort and problematic mask-wearing behaviors. In the present studies, common design parameters of cloth masks were systematically varied to ascertain their effect(s) on the subjective discomfort and frequency of problematic mask-wearing behaviors, which detract from the effectiveness of cloth masks as source control. The type of fabric comprising a mask (flannel or twill made of 100% cotton) and the attachment-style of a mask (i.e., ear loops or fabric ties) were varied in adults (18 to 65 years) and children (ages 6 to 11 years). For adults, ear loops were less comfortable than ties (p = .035) and were associated with greater face- (p = .005) and mask-touching (p = .001). Children, however, found flannel masks to be more breathable than twill masks (p = .007) but touched their masks more frequently when wearing a mask made of flannel than twill (p = .033). Common design parameters of cloth masks not only affect user discomfort and behavior but do so differently in adults and children. To improve the effectiveness of cloth masks as source control, the present studies highlight the importance of measuring the effect(s) of design decisions on user discomfort and behavior in different populations.
Effectiveness of a Low-cost UVGI Chamber for Decontaminating Filtering Facepiece Respirators to Extend Reuse
Creators: name: Singh, Tanusha
name: Duba, Thabang
name: Muleba, Lufuno
name: Matuka, Dikeledi Onnicah
name: Glaser, Daniel
name: Ratshikhopha, Edith
name: Kirsten, Zubaydah
name: van Reenen, Tobias
name: Masuku, Zibusiso
name: Singo, Dikeledi
name: Ntlailane, Lebogang
name: Nthoke, Tebogo
name: Jones, David
name: Ross, Mary
name: du Toit, Pieter
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: In emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, reuse or reprocessing of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) may be required to mitigate exposure risk. Research gap: Only a few studies evaluated decontamination effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 that are practical for low-resource settings. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a relatively inexpensive ultraviolet germicidal irradiation chamber to decontaminate FFRs contaminated with SARS-CoV-2. A custom design UVGI chamber was constructed to determine the ability to decontaminate seven FFR models including N95s, KN95 and FFP2s inoculated with SARS-CoV-2. Vflex was excluded due to design folds/pleats and UVGI shadowing inside the chamber. Structural and functional integrity tolerated by each FFR model on repeated decontamination cycles was assessed. Twenty-seven participants were fit tested over 30 cycles for each model and passed if the fit factor was ≥100. Of the FFR models included for testing, only the KN95 model failed filtration. The 3M™ 3M 1860 and Halyard™ duckbill 46727 (formerly Kimberly Clark) models performed better on fit testing than other models for both pre-and-post decontaminations. Fewer participants (0.3 and 0.7%, respectively) passed fit testing for Makrite 9500 N95 and Greenline 5200 FFP2 and only two for the KN95 model post decontamination. Fit testing appeared to be more affected by donning & doffing, as some passed with adjustment and repeat fit testing. A ≥ 3 log reduction of SARS-CoV-2 was achieved for worn-in FFRs namely Greenline 5200 FFP2. Conclusion: The study showed that not all FFRs tested could withstand 30 cycles of UVGI decontamination without diminishing filtration efficiency or facial fit. In addition, SARS-CoV-2 log reduction varied across the FFRs, implying that the decontamination efficacy largely depends on the decontamination protocol and selection of FFRs. We demonstrated the effectiveness of a low-cost and scalable decontamination method for SARS-CoV-2 and the effect on fit testing using people instead of manikins. It is recognised that extensive experimental evidence for the reuse of decontaminated FFRs is lacking, and thus this study would be relevant and of interest in crisis-capacity settings, particularly in low-resource facilities.
title: Optimal Control of Static Contact in Finite Strain Elasticity
Creators: name: Stöcklein, Matthias
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Optimal Control
subject: Contact Problems
subject: Nonlinear Elasticity
subject: 510

description: Optimal control of nonlinear elasticity with contact constraints yields a non-convex con- strained bilevel optimization problem. For the lower level problem, solutions do not have to be unique, and corresponding first order conditions only hold for very restric- tive settings. Further, the contact constraints add non-smoothness, resulting in a highly challenging problem with a severe lack of structure. The main goal of this thesis is to ex- tend existing results in optimal control of nonlinear elasticity to the contact constrained case and to develop specialized and efficient solution algorithms. First, the contact constraints are relaxed by deploying a variant of the normal compli- ance method. For the regularized elastic contact problem, the convergence of solutions is shown, and corresponding rates are established, which also contribute to the analysis of optimal control. Additionally, this also yields a regularized optimal control problem. The existence of solutions is proven for the original optimal control problem and the regularized one. In contrast to before, verifying convergence of solutions is a delicate matter, and two approaches are presented to achieve this. Under strong assumptions, the lack of structure can be overcome, and convergence is shown. However, these as- sumptions are difficult to verify in applications. Therefore, a modified regularization is introduced to establish similar results without these restrictions. Solving optimal control problems of nonlinear elasticity requires robust nonlinear solvers. Here, the energy minimizing property in the lower level problem is replaced by its formal first order condition to apply a proven affine covariant composite step method. Further, to solve the arising linear systems, a new iterative solver based on a projected CG method is introduced. This algorithm takes into account the possible inexactness and non-convexity and has the same convergence properties as a general gradient method. Inserting these approaches into a path-following algorithm facilitates the approximation of solutions to the original contact constrained optimal control problem. Also, a new nonlinear update strategy for nonlinear elastic problems is presented and tested.
Preliminary investigation of a hypertonic saline nasal rinse as a hygienic intervention in dairy workers
Creators: name: Erlandson, Grant
name: Magzamen, Sheryl
name: Sharp, Julia L.
name: Mitra, Sanchayita
name: Jones, Kenneth
name: Poole, Jill A.
name: Bradford, Mary
name: Nonnenmann, Matthew
name: Reynolds, Stephen J.
name: Schaeffer, Joshua W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Livestock workers experience an increased burden of bioaerosol-induced respiratory disease including a high prevalence of rhinosinusitis. Dairy operations generate bioaerosols spanning the inhalable size fraction (0–100 μm) containing bacterial constituents such as endotoxin. Particles with an aerodynamic diameter between 10 and 100 μm are known to deposit in the nasopharyngeal region and likely affect the upper respiratory tract. We evaluated the effectiveness of a hypertonic saline nasal lavage in reducing inflammatory responses in dairy workers from a high-volume dairy operation. Inhalable personal breathing zone samples and pre-/post-shift nasal lavage samples from each participant over five consecutive days were collected. The treatment group (n = 5) received hypertonic saline while the control group (n = 5) received normotonic saline. Personal breathing zone samples were analyzed for particulate concentrations and endotoxin using gravimetric and enzymatic methods, respectively. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (i.e., IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α) were measured from nasal lavage samples using a multiplex assay. Inhalable dust concentrations ranged from 0.15 to 1.9 mg/m3. Concentrations of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, specifically IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10, were significantly higher in the treatment group compared to the control group (p < 0.02, p < 0.04, and p < 0.01, respectively). Further analysis of IL-10 anti-inflammatory indicates a positive association between hypertonic saline administration and IL-10 production. This pilot study demonstrates that hypertonic saline nasal lavages were successful in upregulating anti-inflammatory cytokines to support larger interventional studies.
title: Морфо-гемодинамические особенности и возможная роль позвоночных артерий в патогенезе гипертонической болезни
Creators: name: Гаевский, Ю.
name: Вебер, Виктор
name: Захарова, В.
name: Берегов, М.
name: Яросвет, И.
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: В работе оценена возможность использования ультразвукового исследования для изучения морфофункциональных особенностей позвоночных артерий у пациентов с гипертонической болезнью. С этой целью проведено ультразвуковое дуплексное сканирование позвоночных артерий у 279 пациентов гипертонической болезнью (ГБ) I и II стадий (149 пациентов с ГБ I стадии и 130 – с ГБ II стадии). В контрольную
группу вошли 196 лиц с нормальными значениями артериального давления. Дуплексное исследование включало изучение показателей гемодинамики позвоночных артерий (ПА): пиковой систолической скорости кровотока, конечной диастолической скорости кровотока, усредненной по времени средней скорости кровотока, индекса периферического сопротивления (ИС), пульсационного индекса (ПИ), диаметра левой и правой ПА, асимметрии диаметра ПА, объемного кровотока. Реактивность ПА оценивалась путем реакции показателей гемодинамики на повороты головы. Выраженность фиброза мышечной муфты, окружающей ПА в сегментах С5–С6 шейного отдела позвоночника, оценивалась по 4 степеням (от 0 до 3).
Satisfaction and loyalty evaluation towards health and wellness destination
Creators: name: Liberato, Dália
name: Brandão, Filipa
name: Teixeira, Ana Sofia
name: Liberato, Pedro
Publisher: name: Journal of Tourism & Development
Year: 2021

description: Nowadays, successful tourism destinations must offer diversity and new tourism products, addressing special interest niches, where it is possible to frame the health and wellness tourism, with special emphasis on thermal tourism. It has been observed some changes regarding the customer characteristics, treatments, products, and services made available, as a strategy to overcome imbalances in physical and psychological well-being, diagnosed in the consumer. It is in the spas, with body and mind recovery treatments offer, complementary to the classic treatments, that individuals recover their well-being and, consequently, improve their quality of life. The research, based on the collection of quantitative data from a sample of 201 participants in the North and Centre of Portugal, in a pandemic context (COVID'19), confirmed that the socio-demographic profile of the participants influences the choice of the available services; the most valued aspects in the selection of the thermal establishment influence the degree of satisfaction regarding the trip and the thermal experience, and the intention to recommend and revisit the destination; and, finally, the overall satisfaction with the thermal destination significantly influences the loyalty to the health and wellness destination. Main contributions were identified, concerning the quality and variety of treatments, infrastructure, price, location, access and service, and the need for product design and proposals directed at identified target markets.
description: Journal of Tourism & Development, vol. 36 n.º 2 (2021)
D1.1 IDDS and Integrated-Geothermal Based-Retrofitting Methods
Creators: name: Raji, Saed
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: geothermal retrofitting
collaborative project delivery
integrated design
IDDS methodology

description: This deliverable aims first to highlight the different approaches of integrated design & delivery methods, based on different roles and responsibilities for both suppliers and clients, including all the technical fields involved in the process of a geothermal system development (drilling processes, Building Information Modelling (BIM) platform design, HVAC system design, heat exchangers (HEX) component design, building integration, etc.). The GEOFIT project aims to foster collaboration in the building value chain. This will be achieved by leading a collaborative project delivery in retrofitting projects, in terms of energy, cost efficiency and overall sustainability in order to minimise risks, optimise costs and avoid failures. The outcomes of this deliverable will provide a solid basis for other tasks in the project, especially about:
 • Collaborating people: the workshops proposed here initiate and provide guidelines for the collaborative work among the stakeholders of each GEOFIT retrofitting site, similarly to what could be ideally done in a real-world implementation of and IDDS framework in an energy retrofitting project.
 • Integrated process: General workflows and data flow for the demonstration activities, to be adapted and detailed later for each demo site context and specificities.
 • Interoperable technologies to be adapted to any geothermal retrofitting context: sets of models used during the integrated design process (selection of the models, description of the corresponding methods, coupling and interactions).
D1.2 Detailed Guidelines of the Processes to Be Developed for the General Geothermal Based Retrofitting Solution: Workflow and Dataflow
Creators: name: Bonnamy, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: IDDS
geothermal retrofitting
workflows
dataflows
integrated design
collaborative project

description: This deliverable presents detailed guidelines to be developed for the general geothermal based retrofitting solutions: workflows and data flows. It consists in the implementation within a project delivery organization of the principles detailed in the previous deliverable (D1.1: Description of the general IDDS framework). It is also used as a basis for identifying the data that will be shared between the different actors during the different design stages. These works particularly useful to ensure the interoperability of models which is covered in the deliverable D1.3. It also provides the global basis to develop the BIM Execution plan in WP6. After a reminder of the main stakeholders categories and stages of a retrofitting project, several workflows are presented to explain the specificity of IDDS approach for the GEOFIT solutions, compared with “business as usual” methods. More detailed elements about the implementation of IDDS in a practical project are shown in a more detailed workflow based on the example of the French demo site. These guidelines are to be adopted by GEOFIT demonstrations, but are also aimed to inspire further projects beyond GEOFIT.