cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Relevant information in TDD experiment reporting
Creators: name: Uyaguari, Fernando
name: Acuña, Silvia T.
name: Castro, John W.
name: Fucci, Davide
name: Dieste, Oscar
name: Vegas, Sira
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Experiments are a commonly used method of research in software engineering (SE). Researchers report their experiments following detailed guidelines. However, researchers do not, in the field of test-driven development (TDD) at least, specify how they operationalized the response variables and the measurement process. This article has three aims: (i) identify the response variable operationalization components in TDD experiments that study external quality; (ii) study their influence on the experimental results;(ii) determine if the experiment reports describe the measurement process components that have an impact on the results. Sequential mixed method. The first part of the research adopts a quantitative approach applying a statistical análisis (SA) of the impact of the operationalization components on the experimental results. The second part follows on with a qualitative approach applying a systematic mapping study (SMS). The test suites, intervention types and measurers have an influence on the measurements and results of the SA of TDD experiments in SE. The test suites have a major impact on both the measurements and the results of the experiments. The intervention type has less impact on the results than on the measurements. While the measurers have an impact on the measurements, this is not transferred to the experimental results. On the other hand, the results of our SMS confirm that TDD experiments do not usually report either the test suites, the test case generation method, or the details of how external quality was measured. A measurement protocol should be used to assure that the measurements made by different measurers are similar. It is necessary to report the test cases, the experimental task and the intervention type in order to be able to reproduce the measurements and SA, as well as to replicate experiments and build dependable families of experiments.
A Qualitative Review of Healthcare Provider Interventions on Osteoporosis-Related Care and the Improvement on Patient Outcomes
Creators: name: Roby, Cayla
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: The older adult population is one of the largest and fastest growing population segments within the United States. With this rise in the older adult population, healthcare systems should work to prevent and treat conditions that disproportionately affect the elderly. Of the many conditions that typically begin onset in older adulthood, osteoporosis is one of the most prevalent. As the number of older adults rise, so will the number of osteoporosis cases. The clinical outcomes of osteoporosis, such fragility fractures, are associated with increased risk of death and an impaired quality of life and ability to interact with others socially. This qualitative review examines the reported effectiveness of healthcare provider interventions on osteoporosis patients.
METHODS: A qualitative review of peer-review articles was conducted. A total of 11 articles were included in this qualitative review. Pertinent information within each article was identified and compared. The intervention primary goals, inclusion criteria, state of assessment, nature of intervention, and results were all collected within this review. Study limitations were also noted to assist in future implications and research.
RESULTS: A large majority of the interventions utilized the role of nurses within the intervention to communicate with patients and initiate diagnosis or treatment within patients. Many of the interventions targeted older adults and utilized DXA as the assessment tool to assess bone mineral density. The literature is still inconclusive as to the most effective method to improving diagnosis or treatment of osteoporosis. There was no consistent pattern of positive improvement in osteoporosis management. Medication adherence was the most prominent challenge to patients involved in the interventions.
Recommendations: The interventions identified made strides to improving osteoporosis management by identifying the nurse’s role as an influencing form of social support. However, there is the need to also ensure patients are not only referred for specialized care, bone mineral density tests or prescribed prescriptions, but that patients are adherent to osteoporosis medications. Healthcare providers should work to close all gaps in osteoporosis management including areas of improvement not only influencing the provider, but behavioral changes for the patient as well.
title: Methodenwelten, Konventionen und Macht
Creators: name: Diaz-Bone, Rainer
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10104 Research Design
subject: epistemology
subject: methodology
subject: power

description: Für die neuere pragmatische Soziologie sind die kritische Analyse der Klassifizierungspraktiken, der Quantifizierungsweisen sowie der Rechtfertigung von Klassifikationen und Quantifizierungen im Rahmen der amtlichen Statistik ein Gründungsmoment. Insbesondere die hierzu zählende "Soziologie der Konventionen" hat Konventionen als Koordinations- und Bewertungslogiken systematisch untersucht. Sie stellt heute einen komplexen pragmatischen Institutionalismus mit breitem Anwendungsspektrum dar und kann auch als Grundlage für eine Soziologie der Sozialforschung betrachtet werden. Sie nimmt eine Pluralität von Bewertungs- und Koordinationslogiken als Grundlage auch für Sozialforschung an. Methoden, Messung, Daten, und insgesamt methodologische Praktiken, Standards und Normen sind hierbei als auf Konventionen fundiert gedacht. Entsprechend existiert eine Pluralität von Methodenwelten, in denen die wissenschaftliche Legitimität, Validität, Methodik und epistemische Werte je unterschiedlich auf solchen fundierenden Konventionen basieren. Konventionentheoretisch gesehen wird daher die Normativität und Geltungsmacht der Methodologie erst identifizierbar, wenn man die unterliegenden Konventionen einbezieht. Methodenpolitiken können dann als Machtpolitiken verstanden werden, das heißt als Politiken um die Entscheidung über und die Durchsetzung von Konventionen. Konventionentheoretisch sind das (innerwissenschaftliche) Spannungsverhältnis (in) der Pluralität der Methodenwelten sowie die in ihnen mobilisierten Probleme, Phänomene, Kategorien, Wertigkeiten nun Gegenstände. Hier ist es für die Soziologie der Konventionen naheliegend, Foucaultsche Konzeptionen von Macht, Diskurs und Dispositiv einzubeziehen. Demnach wäre Macht nicht als eine von einer sozialen Gruppe "besessene Substanz" zu denken und das Macht-Wissens-Verhältnis wäre auch auf seine konstitutiven Machteffekte hin zu untersuchen, was beispielsweise andere Perspektiven auf "Gegenstandskonstruktionen" eröffnet. Sowohl die Soziologie der Konventionen als auch die Foucaultsche Theorie bringen Konzepte von Kritik und Reflexion ein, die sich von herkömmlichen Sozialkritiken aber auch von formalen Methodenkritiken unterscheiden. Macht in Methodenwelten mobilisiert dann immer auch Kritik. Macht wird somit nicht zuerst als Reproduktionsmechanismus sozialer Strukturen, sondern in der Wechselwirkung mit Kritik betrachtet.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
Bicycling for Transportation at Georgia State University: Findings and Recommendations for the Georgia State University Bike Plan
Creators: name: McCartha, Sarah
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: Bicycling is a form of physical activity that can be used for transportation as a motor vehicle alternative. Bicycling has become a popular transportation method on university campuses.
AIM: The aim of this capstone is to illustrate student residential demographics and bike count trend data, evaluate the Georgia State University Touch the Earth Bike Share program, and generate recommendations for the Georgia State University Bicycle Plan. The overall goal is to increase bicycling at Georgia State University and improve the health of the Georgia State University population.
METHODS: Multiple methods were used in this capstone. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) found the geographic location of student respondents’ residence. During the bike counts, data were collected on the age and gender of the bicyclists, and the total number of bikes at each intersection. The counts were conducted in two-hour increments on the same day during the morning and afternoon. Data was collected in the Fall 2009, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015 semesters. Lastly, during the Fall 2014 semester, an evaluation of the Touch the Earth Bike Share program was conducted using the Post Bike Rental Evaluation form to analyze the characteristics, use, and suggested improvements to the program.
RESULTS: The results showed the geographic census tracts of the target student population, the age, gender, and total bike counts during the morning and afternoon bike counts by location over semesters. The Touch the Earth evaluation disclosed the participants’ demographics, use of the rental bikes, and suggested improvements for recommendations to enhance the Touch the Earth Bike Share program.
DISCUSSION: Using the four components of the General Model of health program planning, an intervention was laid out with recommendations about alternative transportation, revitalizing Turner Field, and improvements and expansion suggestions to the Touch the Earth Bike Share program to increase bicycling on campus.
CONCLUSION: The findings and recommendations found in this capstone provide empirical support vital to the Georgia State University Bike Plan and the creation of a superior bicycle friendly campus.
A Historical and Political Review of the Response to the 2015-2016 Zika Outbreak in Puerto Rico
Creators: name: Riquelme, Laura
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: The Zika virus was first identified in 1948 but was relatively unknown until 2015, when Brazil began to report a significant increase in the numbers of babies with congenital defects. It is a virus that is primarily transmitted by mosquitos and primarily effects the nervous system. With its tropical climate and constant mosquito presence, Puerto Rico was the location of a massive outbreak during 2015-2016. However, the response to the outbreak faced several hurdles despite Brazil already reporting an increase in microcephaly. The purpose of this review is to examine the political and historical factors that hampered the initial response to the 2015 Zika outbreak in Puerto Rico and how they affected the perceived risk of the Zika virus. It is crucial that intensive health education campaigns and vaccine development continue in order to ensure that a second outbreak does not occur and result in a greater number of babies diagnosed with Congenital Zika Syndrome.
Forming the Trappist-1 system in two steps during the recession of the disc inner edge
Creators: name: Pichierri, Gabriele
name: Morbidelli, Alessandro
name: Batygin, Konstantin
name: Brasser, Ramon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Trappist-1 hosts 7 planets where period ratios of neighbouring pairs are close to the 8:5, 5:3, 3:2, 3:2, 4:3, and 3:2 ratios in increasing distance from the star. The Laplace angles associated with neighbouring triplets are observed to be librating, proving the resonant nature of the system. This compact, resonant configuration is a manifest sign of disc-driven migration; however, the preferred outcome of such evolution is the establishment of first-order resonances, not the high-order resonances observed in the inner system. Here, we explain the observed orbital configuration in a model that is largely independent on the specific disc migration and orbital circularisation efficiencies. Together with migration, the two key elements of our model are: i) the inner border of the protoplanetary disc receded with time; and ii) the system was initially separated in two sub-systems. Specifically, the inner b, c d and e planets were initially placed in a 3:2 resonance chain and then evolved to the 8:5 -- 5:3 commensurability between planets b, c and d under the effect of the recession of the inner edge of the disc, whereas the outer planets migrated to the inner edge at a later time, establishing the remaining resonances. Our results pivot on the dynamical role of the presently unobservable recession of the inner edge of protoplanetary discs. They also reveal the role of recurring phases of convergent migration followed by resonant repulsion with associated orbital circularisation when resonant chains interact with migration barriers.
description: To appear in Nature Astronomy
Science must up its game to support climate finance negotiations
Creators: name: Nikas, Alexandros
name: Frilingou, Natasha
name: Al Khourdajie, Alaa
name: Gambhir, Ajay
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Financing climate-change mitigation is a win–win for wealthy economies (A. M. Kleinnijenhuis Nature 635, 525; 2024). Yet last month’s hurried deal at the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, did not raise hopes for a better outcome for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs; see Nature https://doi.org/g8rxz5; 2024).

Read the correspondence here.
Encouraging Recruitment of Under-Represented Groups in Clinical Studies: A Sponsor's Perspective
Creators: name: Stennett, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Researchers must strive to equally distribute both the costs and benefits of human subjects’ research among the population they serve.  In the past, research studies disproportionally targeted convenient populations; participants were usually low-income and often minorities. Through a series of controversial and well known studies, protections were developed to better protect participants in research. However, these protections may have inadvertently caused a shift in the populations targeted for research. In recent history, women and minority groups have become under-represented in clinical research, particularly randomized controlled trials. This capstone seeks to explore the implications of under-representation of certain groups in research and how industry (Sponsor and CROs) can better address this disparity to increase the participation of these groups in clinical studies.  Current federal and international policies regarding human subjects’ protections are documented and focuses on legislation in the United States that aims to increase the participation of women and minorities in research. The current costs and barriers to conducting a successful clinical trial, particularly as it pertains to recruitment of human subjects are explored.  Using this information, the author proposes potential recommendations that could be incorporated at the industry level to successfully increase recruitment of under-represented groups in clinical trials. Sponsors must also consider limitations that may affect recruitment, such as provider implicit bias. Incorporation of comprehensive recruitment strategies are vital to the improvement of under-represented groups in clinical studies.
Supplementary document for Femtosecond laser direct-writing of high quality first-order Bragg gratings with arbitrary complex apodization by phase modulation - 5871415.pdf
Creators: name: Roberge, Anthony
name: Loranger, Sébastien
name: Boisvert, Jean-Sebastien
name: Monet, Frédéric
name: Kashyap, Raman
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This supplemental document shows the quality of the spectral response for fiber Bragg gratings fabricated using a femtosecond direct-writing scheme. When the laser pulse energy is below a certain threshold, high spectral quality is observed. When the
Constrained Reinforcement Learning with Average Reward Objective: Model-Based and Model-Free Algorithms
Creators: name: Aggarwal, Vaneet
name: Mondal, Washim Uddin
name: Bai, Qinbo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Reinforcement Learning (RL) serves as a versatile framework for sequential decision-making, finding applications across diverse domains such as robotics, autonomous driving, recommendation systems, supply chain optimization, biology, mechanics, and finance. The primary objective in these applications is to maximize the average reward. Real-world scenarios often necessitate adherence to specific constraints during the learning process.
 This monograph focuses on the exploration of various model-based and model-free approaches for Constrained RL within the context of average reward Markov Decision Processes (MDPs). The investigation commences with an examination of model-based strategies, delving into two foundational methods - optimism in the face of uncertainty and posterior sampling. Subsequently, the discussion transitions to parametrized model-free approaches, where the primal-dual policy gradient-based algorithm is explored as a solution for constrained MDPs. The monograph provides regret guarantees and analyzes constraint violation for each of the discussed setups.
 For the above exploration, we assume the underlying MDP to be ergodic. Further, this monograph extends its discussion to encompass results tailored for weakly communicating MDPs, thereby broadening the scope of its findings and their relevance to a wider range of practical scenarios.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2402.02042
Branched Chain Amino Acids: Causal or Predictive of Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: George, Jency
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) have been associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, there is not concrete understanding on whether BCAA is playing a causal factor or a predictive factor for type 2 diabetes. The aim of this review is to understand how Branched Chain Amino Acids act as a predictive biomarker of type 2 diabetes (T2D) or causal factor in insulin resistance. Two mechanisms have been proposed, but not enough studies have been done to prove which is true. There is still a lot of unknowns in BCAA mechanisms and how it affects metabolic disorders. Future study recommendations have been made to further understand BCAA pertaining to T2D and other metabolic disorders. After reviewing current studies, there is not enough evidence to confirm whether BCAAs are causative or predictive of T2D.
AgriSeqDB: an online RNA-Seq database for functional studies of agriculturally relevant plant species
Creators: name: Robinson, Andrew
name: Muluneh Oli
name: Salby, Rachel
name: Bolitho, Clayton
name: Williams, Andrew
name: Huggard, Simon
name: Fisch, Eva
name: K Unsworth
name: Whelan, James
name: Lewsey, Mathew
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: © 2018 The Author(s). Background: The genome-wide expression profile of genes in different tissues/cell types and developmental stages is a vital component of many functional genomic studies. Transcriptome data obtained by RNA-sequencing (RNA-Seq) is often deposited in public databases that are made available via data portals. Data visualization is one of the first steps in assessment and hypothesis generation. However, these databases do not typically include visualization tools and establishing one is not trivial for users who are not computational experts. This, as well as the various formats in which data is commonly deposited, makes the processes of data access, sharing and utility more difficult. Our goal was to provide a simple and user-friendly repository that meets these needs for data-sets from major agricultural crops. Description: AgriSeqDB ( https://expression.latrobe.edu.au/agriseqdb ) is a database for viewing, analysing and interpreting developmental and tissue/cell-specific transcriptome data from several species, including major agricultural crops such as wheat, rice, maize, barley and tomato. The disparate manner in which public transcriptome data is often warehoused and the challenge of visualizing raw data are both major hurdles to data reuse. The popular eFP browser does an excellent job of presenting transcriptome data in an easily interpretable view, but previous implementation has been mostly on a case-by-case basis. Here we present an integrated visualisation database of transcriptome data-sets from six species that did not previously have public-facing visualisations. We combine the eFP browser, for gene-by-gene investigation, with the Degust browser, which enables visualisation of all transcripts across multiple samples. The two visualisation interfaces launch from the same point, enabling users to easily switch between analysis modes. The tools allow users, even those without bioinformatics expertise, to mine into data-sets and understand the behaviour of transcripts of interest across samples and time. We have also incorporated an additional graphic download option to simplify incorporation into presentations or publications. Conclusion: Powered by eFP and Degust browsers, AgriSeqDB is a quick and easy-to-use platform for data analysis and visualization in five crops and Arabidopsis. Furthermore, it provides a tool that makes it easy for researchers to share their data-sets, promoting research collaborations and data-set reuse.
Byrsinus FIEBER
Creators: name: Lis, Jerzy A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cydnidae
Byrsinus

description: Genus Byrsinus FIEBER
Byrsinus FIBBER, 1860: 83. Type species: Cydnus (Byrsinus) fossor MULSANT et REY, 1866 (= Byrsinus scarabaeoides sensu FIESER, 1861).
Byrsinocoris MONTANDON, 1900: 156 [4 in separatum]. Type species by monotypy: Byrsinocoris nigroscutellatus MONTANDON, 1900, syn. n.
Dallonia BERGEVIN, 1936: 64. Type species by monotypy: Dallonia pangaeoides BERGEVIN, 1936, syn. by Lis, 1999: 190, syn. n.
Osmania KIYAK, 1999: 21. Unnecessary replacement name for Dallonia BERGEVIN, 1936 (not Dallonia LAMBERT, 1916, in Echinodermata).
description: Published as part of Lis, Jerzy A., 2003, A redescription of Byrsinus nigroscutellatus (MONTANDON) comb. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae), with remarks on the synonymy of Byrsinocoris MONTANDON, 1900 and Byrsinus FIBBER, 1860, pp. 39-44 in Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 72 on page 40
From Coverage to Care Implementation Plan
Creators: name: Mavreles, Michelle
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was created to provide healthcare to all Americans in an affordable manner to reduce healthcare spending and disparities in health care. However, simply having health insurance coverage is not enough. It is necessary for individuals to understand how to use their health insurance to access care and as a result reduce spending and disparities. The purpose of this project is to design an implementation plan for the initiative, From Coverage to Care, in the State of Georgia to help increase insurance consumers’ health literacy, ability to navigate the healthcare system and engagement in one’s health. Accomplishing these goals will help residents of Georgia live healthier lives, have better health outcomes and reduce healthcare spending. Bertram and colleagues’ (2014) implementation framework will be utilized to articulate a plan to implement the initiative From Coverage to Care throughout Fulton County. Bertram’s four-stage framework of implementation will help organize and plan the implementation process.
Entanglement Harvesting and Quantum Discord of Alpha Vacua in de Sitter Space
Creators: name: Lin, Feng-Li
name: Mondal, Sayid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The CPT invariant vacuum states of a scalar field in de Sitter space, called $α$-vacua, are not unique. We explore the $α$-vacua from the quantum information perspective by a pair of static Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) detectors coupled to a scalar field with either monopole or dipole coupling, which are in time-like zero separation or space-like antipodal separation. The analytical form of the reduced final state of the UDW detector is derived. We study the entanglement harvesting and quantum discord of the reduced state, which characterize the quantum entanglement and quantum correlation of the underlying $α$-vacua, respectively. Our results imply that the quantum entanglement gravitated by de Sitter gravity behaves quite differently for time-like and space-like separations. It experiences ``sudden death" for the former and grows for the latter as the measuring time or the value of $α$ increases. This demonstrates the nonlocal nature of quantum entanglement. For the quantum discord, we find no ``sudden death" behavior, and it experiences superhorizon suppression, which explains the superhorizon decoherence in the inflationary universe scenario. Overall, the time-like or space-like quantum entanglement and correlation behave differently on their dependence of $α$, measuring time and spectral gaps, with details discussed in this work.
description: 32 pages, 19 figures, Typos corrected, Matched with the version accepted by JHEP
Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Conducting Research on the Effects of a Child Neglect Prevention-Focused Parent-Child Interaction Module (SafeCare PCI) on Home Language Environment and Toddler Expressive Language
Creators: name: Noble, Ambra
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this capstone project was to generate recommendations for developing an informed research plan to examine the effects of the SafeCare PCI module on the language environment and expressive communication of toddlers in low socioeconomic homes. A summary of an applied research experience is presented as a foundation for highlighting challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations for future research on the effectiveness of child neglect prevention focused interventions for addressing the 30-million-word gap and improving child language outcomes.   
My applied research experience involved piloting research procedures for a case study of a child neglect prevention focused intervention, the SafeCare Parent Child Interaction (PCI) module.  Research procedures included preassessment, implementation of the SafeCare PCI module, intervention related data collection and postassessment. A multi-method assessment approach was used, which included pre- and postmeasures of direct observation of child expressive language, and home-based recording of parent and child talk, and parent report of child language as well as chaos in the home.
Eight lessons learned emerged from observed research challenges. These lessons summarize piloted procedures that did not work well, such as the lack of training and implementation fidelity, unrealistic demands on participants, and limited comparable data. Lessons learned also include procedures that worked well such as the utilization of a standardized toy and timed interaction for SafeCare PCI skills assessment.
Recommendations for future research include: the establishment of standardized recording procedures, documentation of parent reported life changes, and procedures to send consistent reminders to participants.
Joint Beamforming and Antenna Position Optimization for Movable Antenna-Assisted Spectrum Sharing
Creators: name: Wei, Xin
name: Mei, Weidong
name: Wang, Dong
name: Ning, Boyu
name: Chen, Zhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Fluid antennas (FAs) and movable antennas (MAs) have drawn increasing attention in wireless communications recently due to their ability to create favorable channel conditions via local antenna movement within a confined region. In this letter, we advance their application for cognitive radio to facilitate efficient spectrum sharing between primary and secondary communication systems. In particular, we aim to jointly optimize the transmit beamforming and MA positions at a secondary transmitter (ST) to maximize the received signal power at a secondary receiver (SR) subject to the constraints on its imposed co-channel interference power with multiple primary receivers (PRs). However, such an optimization problem is difficult to be optimally solved due to the highly nonlinear functions of the received signal/interference power at the SR/all PRs in terms of the MA positions. To drive useful insights, we first perform theoretical analyses to unveil MAs' capability to achieve maximum-ratio transmission with the SR and effective interference mitigation for all PRs at the same time. To solve the MA position optimization problem, we propose an alternating optimization (AO) algorithm to obtain a high-quality suboptimal solution. Numerical results demonstrate that our proposed algorithms can significantly outperform the conventional fixed-position antennas (FPAs) and other baseline schemes.
description: Accepted to IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Deep learning for automated detection of breast cancer in deep ultraviolet fluorescence images with diffusion probabilistic model
Creators: name: Ghahfarokhi, Sepehr Salem
name: To, Tyrell
name: Jorns, Julie
name: Yen, Tina
name: Yu, Bing
name: Ye, Dong Hye
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Data limitation is a significant challenge in applying deep learning to medical images. Recently, the diffusion probabilistic model (DPM) has shown the potential to generate high-quality images by converting Gaussian random noise into realistic images. In this paper, we apply the DPM to augment the deep ultraviolet fluorescence (DUV) image dataset with an aim to improve breast cancer classification for intraoperative margin assessment. For classification, we divide the whole surface DUV image into small patches and extract convolutional features for each patch by utilizing the pre-trained ResNet. Then, we feed them into an XGBoost classifier for patch-level decisions and then fuse them with a regional importance map computed by Grad-CAM++ for whole surface-level prediction. Our experimental results show that augmenting the training dataset with the DPM significantly improves breast cancer detection performance in DUV images, increasing accuracy from 93% to 97%, compared to using Affine transformations and ProGAN.
description: IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging 2024
Incorporating Health Activities into the Friends of the Park Agenda: A Health Program Plan Framework
Creators: name: Hamilton, Hayley
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: Rates of chronic disease continue to increase every year, affecting one in every two U.S. adults. Healthy lifestyle behaviors can help prevent chronic disease. Parks have a vast opportunity to contribute to public health by providing places and resources for people to get active. Despite all the health opportunities that parks provide, research finds that park users do not entirely capitalize on the potential health benefits of parks because most park users participate in sedentary recreational activities. As a support system for their local park, established park organizations like Friends of the Park have the capacity to engage the community in health activities and improve the health of residents.

AIM: The Friends of the Park program is a network of park groups in Metro Atlanta that have a goal of improving their local parks and neighborhoods. The purpose of this capstone project was to create a framework for the Friends of the Park groups to utilize when looking to add health activities to their agenda.
 
METHODS: This project involved consulting Park Pride and Friends of the Park groups to build a health activity resource guide. A detailed literature review was completed, and meetings were held with each group to gain feedback on the framework.
 
RECOMMENDATIONS: 1) Park Pride should encourage Friends of the Park groups to incorporate new health activities into their agenda. 2) Park Pride should offer health activity grants to ease the burden of cost when considering new activities. 3) Park Pride should build on this program plan framework by collecting information from groups already participating in activities.
 
DISCUSSION: Friends of the Park groups have a wide variety of needs and populations, and therefore should choose health activities that interest members of the group and the surrounding community. These activities will serve to improve the health of the area and improve the social ties of the neighborhood, creating a better place to live for everyone.
Evidence of Injury Following Sexual Assault: A Research Proposal
Creators: name: Echard, Brea
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: The prosecution of rape in the United States often relies on the evidence of genital injury.  However, because rape is a crime of lack of consent, evidence should only be used to corroborate a storyline rather than to prove or disprove consent. The objective of this incidence density case-control study examining participants after consensual intercourse as well as victims of rape is to prove that both groups have an equally low prevalence on genital injury. Participants will include 300 victims on non-consensual sexual intercourse and 300 participants of consensual sexual intercourse interviewed and examined for genital injury using macrovisualization, speculum, colposcopy, and toluidine blue dye by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners. Study participants must by over the age of 18 but premenopausal, present with absence of menses or pregnancy, and have participated in penile-vaginal intercourse within 72 hours of examination. Main outcomes are proportion and odds ratio of injury among both groups.
Physical Injury as a Result of Intimate Partner Violence: An Individual, County, and State Level Analysis
Creators: name: Caslin, Sharon
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant, preventable, and complex health issue in the United States. Previous research on the prevalence of IPV has shown similar to higher rates of IPV among sexual minorities when compared to heterosexuals (with the exception of gay men). Despite these disparities, approximately 3% of available literature on IPV addresses the LGB community directly. Moreover, literature concerning injurious IPV tends to operate out of a heteronormative framework that primarily centers women as victims and their opposite-sexed partners as perpetrators. Considering that between one-fifth and one-third of sexual minorities reported being injured due to IPV victimization, further research into IPV injury risk factors among the LGB population are needed.
METHOD:
This study examined state, county, and individual level correlates of experiencing physical injury as a result of intimate partner violence. We used the social ecological model to explore predictors that could serve as risk or protective factors for acquiring a physical injury during a reported incident of intimate partner violence. The primary outcome of interest was injurious IPV within same-sex relationships compared to injurious IPV in opposite-sex couples. Individual IPV incidents were nested in counties and those counties were nested in states.
RESULTS:
We found that, when controlling for global, contextual and demographic determinants, those victims in same-sex relationships have an increased odds of experiencing injurious IPV when compared to opposite-sex couples with a male perpetrator depending on the weapon type used during the incident.
DISCUSSION:
Policy makers and researchers should push for more gender and LGB inclusive IPV discourse and services. They should also advocate for law enforcement and clinical training concerning IPV among sexual minorities to help reduce the severity of IPV among this population.
Effectiveness of Pharmacist Delivered Medication Reconciliation Interventions on Hospital Readmission Rates: A Literature Review
Creators: name: Lee, Charles
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Introduction: Unnecessary hospital admissions and readmissions can expose individuals to potential risks such as unnecessary treatment and can be costly to both hospitals and to patients. Approximately one in every five hospital discharges of Medicare patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge and the annual cost of unplanned hospital readmissions is about $17.4 billion. Under the ACA provision, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reduces payments to hospitals that have excess 30-day readmission rates. Therefore, hospitals are particularly focused on reducing hospital readmission rates. Pharmacist-delivered interventions may be one strategy that hospitals can implement which may reduce readmission rates.

Purpose: Although medication reconciliation is recognized as one of the most effective strategies for reducing hospital readmission, the evidence regarding the effectiveness of pharmacist-delivered medication reconciliation interventions, specifically, on hospital readmission rates is mixed. The aim of this literature review is to investigate available evidence regarding the clinical and financial impact of pharmacist-delivered medication reconciliation interventions across a variety of interventions and to suggest next steps for future research, practice and policies based on this evidence.

Methods: To find available data for pharmacist-delivered medication reconciliation on hospital readmission, four electronic databases were used for selecting articles: ProQuest Central, Pubmed, Medline, CINAHL, Wiley Online library were used. During the database search, the following main keywords used were ‘medication reconciliation,' ‘transition of care,’ ‘pharmacy,' ‘adverse drug event,’ and ‘patient readmission.' Searches were limited to articles published in English.

Results: Several studies suggest that the impact of pharmacist-led medication reviews on hospital readmission rates is not clear. Some evidence does suggest, however, that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation programs does have a significant impact on improving drug-related readmissions, particularly among low health literacy patients, and may facilitate cost containment. More research is needed to address confounding factors and the role of pharmacy teams such as pharmacy interns or pharmacy technicians.
Sex Differences in Autistic Youth Born Extremely Preterm
Creators: name: Roell, Kyle
name: Joseph, Robert M.
name: McFayden, Tyler C.
name: O'Shea, T. Michael
name: Harrop, Clare
name: Fry, Rebecca C.
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: Purpose To evaluate sex differences in autistic traits in youth born extremely preterm (EP; 23-27 weeks) who were later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at 10-years.MethodA longitudinal cohort design from the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn Study (ELGAN) followed N=857 EP infants from birth through 10-years. EP infants later diagnosed with ASD (N=61, 20 females) participated in the study. Group differences were evaluated via inferential and Bayesian statistics (values>1 suggest evidence for alternate hypothesis) on ASD screeners (M-CHAT at 2-years, SCQ and SRS-2 at 10-years), and gold-standard diagnostic measures (ADOS-2, ADI-R) at 10-years.ResultsMales scored significantly higher than females on measures of Social Affect from the ADOS-2, t(34.27)=-2.20, BF10=2.33, and measures of Repetitive and Restricted Behaviors from the ADI-R, t(40.52)=-2.85, BF10=5.26. Bayesian estimates suggested marginal evidence for sex differences in Nonverbal Communication, t(30.66)=-1.81, BF10=1.25, and Verbal Communication, t(24.64)=-1.89, BF10=1.39, from the ADI-R, wherein males scored higher than females. No statistically significant sex differences were identified on any of the ASD screeners at 2 (M-CHAT) or 10 years (SCQ). No significant sex differences were observed on any subscales of the SRS at 10 years.ConclusionsEP autistic males present with more autistic traits than EP autistic females on gold-standard diagnostic measures of autism at 10-years of age, despite not presenting with higher autistic traits on screeners at either age. These results align with sex differences observed in full-term, autistic youth. These results suggest ASD screeners may under identify autism in EP youth, particularly females.
MPEC 2024-V96 : 2019 CT31
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Clinical and Histological Response to Talimogene Laherparepvec Therapy in Advanced Melanoma: Impact on Overall Survival.
Creators: name: Pham, P Veronica
name: Long, Patricia K
name: Jones, C Paige
name: Landrum, Kelsey R
name: Ollila, David W
name: Ologun, Gabriel O
name: Meyers, Michael O
name: Ismail, Sherin
name: Sorah, Jonathan D
name: Stitzenberg, Karyn B
Publisher: name: Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2024

description: BACKGROUND: Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) is an FDA-approved oncolytic herpesvirus therapy used for unresectable stage IIIB through IV metastatic melanoma. However, the correlation between clinical complete response (cCR) and pathologic complete response (pCR) in patients treated with T-VEC is understudied.
STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a retrospective study from a prospectively maintained IRB-approved melanoma single-center database in patients treated with T-VEC from October 2015 to April 2022. Patients were categorized into 3 groups: cCR with pCR, cCR without pCR, and less than cCR. The primary endpoint was overall survival. We used descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests to compare key covariates among exposure groups. We used survival analysis to compare survival curves and reported hazard ratio of death (95% CI) across exposure groups.
RESULTS: We included 116 patients with a median overall survival (interquartile range) of 22.7 (14.8-39.3) months. The majority were men (69%) and White (97.4%), with a median age of 74.5 years. More than half of patients (n = 60, 51.6%) achieved cCR. Distribution among the groups was as follows: cCR with pCR (35.3%), cCR without pCR (16.3%), and less than cCR (48.4%). Median overall survival time (interquartile range) was 26.5 (18.6-36.0) months for cCR with pCR, 22.7 (14.4-35.5) months for cCR without pCR, and 17.8 (9.2-47.0) months for less than cCR (log-rank p value = 0.0033).
CONCLUSIONS: Patients achieving cCR with pCR after T-VEC therapy have the most favorable overall survival outcomes, whereas those achieving cCR without pCR have inferior survival and those achieving less than cCR have the poorest overall survival outcomes. These findings emphasize the importance of histological confirmation and provide insights for optimizing T-VEC therapy in patients with advanced melanoma.
Supplementary document for Femtosecond laser direct-writing of high quality first-order Bragg gratings with arbitrary complex apodization by phase modulation - 5871415.pdf
Creators: name: Roberge, Anthony
name: Loranger, Sébastien
name: Boisvert, Jean-Sebastien
name: Monet, Frédéric
name: Kashyap, Raman
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This supplemental document shows the quality of the spectral response for fiber Bragg gratings fabricated using a femtosecond direct-writing scheme. When the laser pulse energy is below a certain threshold, high spectral quality is observed. When the
Geographic Information Systems Analysis of Walkability Data for the Atlanta Beltline Communities
Creators: name: Kanchik, Michale
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: As a means of combating the growing obesity epidemic in the United States, public health experts are promoting the building of walkable communities. Using walkability data initially collected for the CDC’s Atlanta Beltline Project, this study will examine select features of the built environment and their relationship to active people. This capstone is seeking to explore factors present in the built environment that are related to physical activity
AIM: Using the Atlanta Beltline Project’s segment-level walkability data, this capstone will aim to deliver a micro-scale analysis of pedestrian walkability features. The author believes that completing a spatial analysis of the data, will allow developing a tangible product that will further enhance and benefit the works of the CDC’s Atlanta Beltline Project. In addition, by utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this capstone hopes to deliver valuable information on the physical environments and walkability patterns that most currently portray Atlanta Beltline segments.

METHODS: Methods used in this study include an extensive review of existing literature, descriptive analysis of environmental attributes, mapping, and spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.

RESULTS: Overall, Atlanta Beltline segments with a bus stop exhibited the highest presence of active people (26.3 percent). Beltline segments that had broken/boarded windows/vacant buildings/homes demonstrated the second highest presence of active people (21.21 percent). Streets with trees for shade had the lowest presence for active people (17.99 percent). Substantial differences in the presences of active people were found when making a comparison between the control (Westside) and experimental (Southside) Beltline communities. Study findings are all based on the descriptive nature of the analysis performed, and as a result, do not intend to demonstrate statistical significance.

DISCUSSION: Study findings indicate that the presence of certain built environment features may promote walkability along the Atlanta Beltline communities.
INDEX WORDS: walkability indicators, built environment, walkable communities, the Atlanta Beltline, audit instruments, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
¿Qué Nos Dicen las Imágenes? Explorando el Giro Pictorial y Metaimagen de W.J.T. Mitchell
Creators: name: Maza-Córdova, Jorge
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Giro Pictorial
Metaimagen
Cultura Visual

description: Examina cómo las imágenes han evolucionado de simples representaciones a elementos activos de significado en la comunicación. A través de los conceptos de "giro pictorial" y "metaimagen", esta presentación revela cómo las imágenes no solo muestran, sino que también hablan y reflexionan sobre su propia naturaleza, desafiando la relación tradicional entre imagen y texto. Una mirada a la revolución visual en la cultura contemporánea y el papel fundamental de las imágenes en la creación de realidades compartidas