cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ROLE OF SOMATIC COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS IN CANCER
Creators: name: AN, OMER
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016

description: Genetic variation is the main reason of the phenotypic differences among individuals, as well as of many human genetic diseases. Recent advances in the methods to study the human genetic variation allow better identification of its different forms, in particular of copy number variations (CNVs). The causative role of germline CNVs in Mendelian diseases and in cancer predisposition is well established. Moreover, the driver role of cancer somatic CNVs is recently emerging, and large-scale quantitative analyses elucidating their functional role in cancer genomes are needed. To achieve this, we have analysed the genomic landscape of somatic CNVs in cancer genomes in comparison to germline CNVs in the genomes of healthy individuals. We observed that somatic CNVs substantially affect the genic portion of the genome, preferentially targeting cancer genes. Moreover, this is independent of genomic features, such as DNA repeating elements and recombination rate. In particular, we confirmed that oncogenes are preferentially amplified and tumour suppressors are preferentially deleted. To investigate their functional impact, we measured the gene expression changes upon copy number variation. We observed that amplification of a gene leads to its higher expression whereas deletion results in decreased gene expression, which suggests that amplifications activate dominant genes and deletions inactivate recessive genes. The two classes of cancer genes are vastly modified consistent with their functional roles as oncogenes and tumour suppressors, with the few exceptions of frequently amplified recessive genes underlying complex epigenetic regulation. The mutational spectrum of the human genes in cancer, together with their systems-level properties, can be exploited to identify novel targets for anti-cancer therapy, in which synthetic lethality emerges as a promising approach. Based on the working hypothesis that paralogous genes may engage in synthetic lethal interactions due to the functional redundancy between them, we combined several gene properties to predict synthetic lethality between paralogous gene pairs. Out of 37 candidate gene pairs, we experimentally validated the synthetic lethal interaction between two components of the cohesin complex, STAG1 and STAG2. Finally, we present the latest release of Network of Cancer Genes (NCG 5.0), a manually curated database of cancer genes and their systems-level properties. NCG 5.0 collects a list of 1,571 cancer genes mutated in 13,315 cancer samples and 24 primary sites from 175 published papers. NCG has been increasingly appreciated as a central resource for cancer genomics research, facilitating candidate prioritization for hypothesis testing and experimental planning in a wide range of studies.
FLUCTUATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY IN PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS: FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES
Creators: name: STELL, ALESSIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2010

description: We have studied the dynamics of estrogen receptor (ER) activity in whole living animal through the application of in vivo imaging to the ERE-Luc mice, characterized by the hormone-inducible, generalized, expression of the ERE-driven luciferase gene. The analysis shows that ER transcriptional activity oscillates in time with an average period of 4.5 days and an amplitude which appears to be related to the amount and the chemical nature of the circulating estrogens. Particularly, the study in vivo shows that ER activity does not oscillate synchronously in every organ, and that the phasing of oscillation among organs changes in consideration to circulating estrogens; however, in liver we observe a pattern of activity that mimics the levels of estradiol in the bloodstream. We therefore investigated the physiological changes in hepatic tissue following the changes in ER activity at different phases of estrus cycle: at proestrus, when circulating estrogens are high, and metestrus, characterized by a low amount of circulating hormones. Livers of intact female mice, euthanized at the desired phase, were harvested, and a whole genome analysis of Estrogen Receptor binding sites and an expression profiling were carried out. Our results indicate that different levels of estradiol affect the ability of hepatic tissue to shift its metabolic state, since the hormonal fluctuations translates in a definite pattern of transcripts levels of genes involved particularly in lipid and cholesterol metabolism. Moreover, estrogenic action appears to play a central role on the control of hepatic energetic metabolism in other physiological states of female life cycle, such as puberty, pregnancy and menopause.
COPPER AND RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES IN SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
Creators: name: MAGNI, MIRKO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2015

description: In perfect harmony with the "Year of Light (IYL 2015)", the thesis has been entirely centered on the concept of Light involving the development of transition metal complexes for both the conversion of light into electric energy through dye-sensitized solar cells and, conversely, the production of light starting from electricity by fabrication of electroluminescent devices. The main part of the thesis has been devoted to the sunlight-to-electricity conversion, a target that is well contextualized within the global commitment for the progressive increase of the percentage of electric energy produced by renewable resources. In this context dye-sensitized solar cells, DSSCs, are promising devices alternative to the well established technology of silicon photovoltaics for energy production from the abundant solar light. DSSCs are devices able to harvest solar light and convert it into electricity employing a sensitizer (adsorbed on a semiconductor) and a redox couple properly chosen and combined. The project have concerned the design, synthesis and characterization of both sensitizers and redox mediators constituted by ruthenium and copper-based complexes respectively, together with their final assembly into laboratory-type DSSCs to evaluate their performance. In this way an all-round study has been carried out, from molecules on paper to test benches, passing through laboratory counters. The second, minor part, of the thesis has been focused on the diametrically opposed task, the generation of light. In this context some luminescent heteroleptic complexes based on the cheap and quite abundant copper element have been proposed. The final aim has been the synthesis of efficient luminophores for fabrication of devices able to generate light applying an electric potential across two electrodes such as in organic light-emitting diodes, OLEDs, or in analogue light-emitting electrochemical cells, LECs. The light production in LED-type devices is very efficient especially compared with other traditional artificial light sources like incandescent or fluorescent lamps, and so in line with the international policy of reducing energy consumption. In conclusion the thesis project can be schematically depicted as a circular pathway that joints together two opposite but strictly interconnected concepts (i.e. light and electricity) mutually corresponding to the task and the mean, the start and the end.
Additional file 1 of The prevalence of bronchodilator responsiveness of the small airway (using mid-maximal expiratory flow) in COPD - a retrospective study
Creators: name: Alobaidi, Nowaf Y.
name: Almeshari, Mohammed A.
name: Stockley, James A.
name: Stockley, Robert A.
name: Sapey, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1. Flowchart of the participants in study using the 0.70 criteria.
title: Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit zwischen Deutschland und Polen – Fakten, Daten, Trends
title: Swobodny przepływ pracowników między Polską i Niemcami – Fakty, dane, trendy
Creators: name: Opiłowska, Elżbieta
Publisher: name: Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Polenstudien, Europa-Universität Frankfurt (Oder)
Year: 2015

description: Interdisciplinary Polish Studies, 1 : Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit zwischen Deutschland und Polen - eine Zwischenbilanz aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven / Swobodny przepływ pracowników między Polską a Niemcami, p. 21-33 | p. 165-177
Coherent States Formulation of Polymer Field Theory
Creators: name: Man, Xingkun
name: Delaney, Kris T.
name: Villet, Michael C.
name: Orland, Henri
name: Fredrickson, Glenn H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a stable and efficient complex Langevin (CL) scheme to enable the first numerical simulations of the coherent-states (CS) formulation of polymer field theory. In contrast with Edwards' well known auxiliary-field (AF) framework, the CS formulation does not contain an embedded non-linear, non-local functional of the auxiliary fields, and the action of the field theory has a fully explicit, finite-order and semi-local polynomial character. In the context of a polymer solution model, we demonstrate that the new CS-CL dynamical scheme for sampling fluctuations in the space of coherent states yields results in good agreement with now-standard AF simulations. The formalism is potentially applicable to a broad range of polymer architectures and may facilitate systematic generation of trial actions for use in coarse-graining and numerical renormalization-group studies.
description: 14pages 8 figures
Overall survival indirect treatment comparison between brigatinib and alectinib for the treatment of front-line anaplastic lymphoma kinase–positive non–small cell lung cancer using data from ALEX and final results from ALTA-1L
Creators: name: Reckamp, Karen L.
name: Lin, Huamao M.
name: Cranmer, Holly
name: Wu, Yanyu
name: Zhang, Pingkuan
name: Kay, Stephen
name: Walton, Laura J.
name: Shen, Junwu
name: Popat, Sanjay
name: Camidge, D. Ross
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Second-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) alectinib and brigatinib have shown efficacy as front-line treatments for ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). No head-to-head data are currently available for brigatinib vs alectinib in the ALK-TKI–naive population. To estimate the relative overall survival (OS) for brigatinib vs alectinib with indirect treatment comparisons (ITCs) using ALEX and ALTA-1L clinical trial data. The latest aggregate data from the ALEX trial and final patient-level data from ALTA-1L were used. ITCs were conducted with/without treatment crossover adjustments to estimate relative OS. Bucher methods, anchored matching-adjusted indirect comparisons (MAICs) and unanchored MAICs were employed in ITCs without treatment crossover adjustments. An inverse probability of censoring weight Cox model, a marginal structure model and rank-preserving structural failure time models (with/without re-censoring) within an anchored MAIC were used in ITCs with treatment crossover adjustments. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were reported. HRs for brigatinib vs alectinib for relative OS generated from ITCs without treatment crossover adjustments ranged from 0.90 (95% CI: 0.59–1.38) in the unanchored MAIC to 1.20 (95% CI: 0.69–2.11) using the Bucher method. Methods employing treatment switching adjustments estimated HRs for relative OS ranging from 0.74 (95% CI: 0.38–1.45) to 1.11 (95% CI: 0.63–1.94). Results from all ITCs did not indicate statistically different survival profiles. Regardless of ITC methodology, OS is comparable for brigatinib vs alectinib in patients with ALK+ NSCLC previously untreated with an ALK inhibitor.
Additional file 2 of The prevalence of bronchodilator responsiveness of the small airway (using mid-maximal expiratory flow) in COPD - a retrospective study
Creators: name: Alobaidi, Nowaf Y.
name: Almeshari, Mohammed A.
name: Stockley, James A.
name: Stockley, Robert A.
name: Sapey, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 1. Comparison of prevalence of BDR in MMEF in COPD patients using LLN criteria and 0.70
Measurement of physical parameters with a weight function method and its application to the Higgs boson mass reconstruction
Creators: name: Kawabata, S.
name: Shimizu, Y.
name: Sumino, Y.
name: Yokoya, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new method to measure various physical parameters, using characteristic weight functions. This method requires only lepton energy distribution and ideally it does not depend on the velocity of the parent particle. We demonstrate an application of this method by simulating a reconstruction of the Higgs boson mass in the H-> WW -> lnu lnu decay mode at the LHC. We show that systematic errors are suppressed compared to statistical errors. In the vector boson fusion channel, the statistical accuracy of the mass determination is estimated to be +12% and -14% at an integrated luminosity of 100fb^{-1}, assuming the Higgs boson mass to be 125GeV and root{s}=14TeV.
description: 31 pages, 15 figures; Version to appear in JHEP
title: ЗАЩИТА ЗЕРНОБОБОВЫХ КУЛЬТУР ОТ ХЛОПКОВОЙ СОВКИ
Creators: name: Е.В. Ченикалова, Е.В.
name: А.В. Чернов, А.В.
name: В.Н. Черкашин, В.Н.
name: В.А. Коломыцева, В.А.
Publisher: name:   Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение «Северо-Кавказский федеральный научный аграрный центр»
Year: 2023
Subjects: нут, Ставропольский край, хлопковая совка, защита зернобобовых
chickpeas, Stavropol Territory, cotton bollworm, protection of legumes

description: Рассмотрена возрастающая роль возделывания нута в России и в регионах Предкавказья. Показано значение хлопковой совки, как основного вредителя культуры. Предложена система интегрированной защиты зернобобовых культур от хлопковой совки.

Ключевые слова: нут, Ставропольский край, хлопковая

description: The increasing role of chickpea cultivation in Russia and in the regions of the Ciscaucasia is considered. The importance of the cotton bollworm as the main crop pest is shown. A system of inte- grated protection of leguminous crops from the cotton bollworm has been proposed.
Real-world clinical burden among patients with and without heart failure worsening after cardiac resynchronization therapy
Creators: name: Chung, Eugene S.
name: Rickard, John
name: Lu, Xiaoxiao
name: DerSarkissian, Maral
name: Zichlin, Miriam L.
name: Cheung, Hoi Ching
name: Swartz, Natalia
name: Greatsinger, Alexandra
name: Duh, Mei S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure (HF); however, in some patients, HF worsens despite CRT. This study characterized the long-term clinical burden of patients with and without HF worsening (HFW) within 6 months post CRT implantation. A claims database (2007–2018) was used to identify two cohorts of adults: those with HFW within 180 days post-CRT and those with no HFW (NHFW). The evaluated clinical outcomes were cardiovascular events/complications, HF-related interventions, hospice enrollment, and all-cause mortality. Inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) was used to adjust for confounders; adjusted comparisons were assessed using weighted Cox proportional hazard ratios (HRs). Among the 12,753 adults analyzed (HFW: N = 4,785; NHFW: N = 7,968), the mean age was 72 years and the mean duration of follow-up was approximately 2 years. The clinical burden was greater for HFW than for NHFW in terms of all-cause mortality (19.7% vs. 12.1%) and occurrence of atrial fibrillation (57.4% vs. 51.2%). In the IPTW-adjusted Cox proportional hazard analyses, patients with HFW had a 54% higher average hazard of experiencing all-cause mortality compared to NHFW (adjusted average HR = 1.54, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.41–1.70; p < .001). Of the clinical events experienced by ≥5% of patients, the greatest differences in average hazard were for HF decompensation (adjusted average HR = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.60–2.09) and HF decompensation or death (HR = 1.63, 95%CI: 1.50–1.77). Patients with early HFW post-CRT experienced a significantly higher clinical burden than those without HFW. Vigilance for signs of worsening HF in the first 6 months post-CRT is warranted.
Completeness of trajectories of relativistic particles under stationary magnetic fields
Creators: name: Candela, Anna Maria
name: Romero, Alfonso
name: Sánchez, Miguel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The second order differential equation $\frac{D\dotγ}{dt}(t) = F_{γ(t)}(\dotγ(t)) - \nabla V(γ(t))$ on a Lorentzian manifold describes, in particular, the dynamics of particles under the action of a electromagnetic field $F$ and a conservative force $-\nabla V$. We provide a first study on the extendability of its solutions, by imposing some natural assumptions.
Couldry meets Bourdieu: media meta-capital, symbolic violence, and the ‘hidden persuasion’ of print newspaper populism during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign
Creators: name: Ferguson-Somerville, Arlene
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 470107
subject: Media studies

description: The UK wide European Union membership (Brexit) referendum on the 23rd of June 2016 is arguably the most significant socio-political event in modern British and European history. It represents the first instance of an influential EU member state organising a plebiscite on continuing membership and is distinguished by a result that largely defied expectations. Campaigning began when the referendum date was announced on the 20th of February, nearly two months before the start of the official 10-week campaign on the 15th of April and the Leave and Remain movements both relied heavily on social and traditional media forms to communicate with the voting public. Much of the subsequent discourse proved to be less about reasoned and constructive argumentation than the recourse to negativity and provocative political stunts. Since the referendum, virtually every aspect of British social, economic, and political life has been impacted by the decision to leave the EU. Moreover, the result continues to reverberate across the European continent, prompting on-going discussion about the continuing viability of the EU. It is within the context of this unprecedented event that the current study examines the ideologization of print newspaper discourse and takes as a case in point the ideological construction of cultural identity in Daily Mail and The Guardian print editions published during the referendum campaign. Utilising concepts and insights from the field of critical discourse analysis (CDA), the research explores the intersection of culture, populism and political events by investigating the construction and mobilisation of ‘the people’ as a source of political authority. The study reveals the deployment of symbolic resources during this deeply divisive socio-political event, confirming not only the power of media elites to impinge on the ability of individuals to critically analyse political events, but also the continuing relevance of print newspapers as an influential medium for shaping culture and identity. A key finding from this study is that symbolically violent language is idiosyncratic of both the ‘popular’ and the ‘quality’ press. Ultimately, the current study raises new questions about the capacity of citizens to make informed political decisions in a media environment increasingly oriented around populism.
Temporal Locality in Today's Content Caching: Why it Matters and How to Model it
Creators: name: Ahmed, Mohamed
name: Traverso, Stefano
name: Garetto, Michele
name: Giaccone, Paolo
name: Leonardi, Emilio
name: Niccolini, Saverio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: C.2.1

description: The dimensioning of caching systems represents a difficult task in the design of infrastructures for content distribution in the current Internet. This paper addresses the problem of defining a realistic arrival process for the content requests generated by users, due its critical importance for both analytical and simulative evaluations of the performance of caching systems. First, with the aid of YouTube traces collected inside operational residential networks, we identify the characteristics of real traffic that need to be considered or can be safely neglected in order to accurately predict the performance of a cache. Second, we propose a new parsimonious traffic model, named the Shot Noise Model (SNM), that enables users to natively capture the dynamics of content popularity, whilst still being sufficiently simple to be employed effectively for both analytical and scalable simulative studies of caching systems. Finally, our results show that the SNM presents a much better solution to account for the temporal locality observed in real traffic compared to existing approaches.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication in ACM Computer Communication Review
GLI STRUMENTI DI INGRESSO NEL MERCATO DEL LAVORO: FORMAZIONE, INSERIMENTO E MISURE DI CONTRASTO ALLA DISOCCUPAZIONE GIOVANILE.
Creators: name: BATTAIA, JESSICA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2017

description: This study is focused on the instruments set forth by the Italian labour law to promote young people entry into the labour market and to contrast youth unemployment, which worsened after the recession started in 2008. In particular, the research provides an overview of the labour market legislation regarding training contracts and work placement contracts, both enforced particularly in the past two decades, pointing out the reasons of the interventions and the effects on the implementation of these contracts. With reference to training contracts, the analysis of the legislative development of the apprenticeship shows that its traditional training function has been gradually devalued with the aim of converting the apprenticeship into a placement contract. However, despite the endeavours of the national legislator to make the apprenticeship the main port of entry in the labour market, different reasons are practically leading to a decline in its application. These include the division of legislative competence between the State and the Regions in the field of vocational training and the difficulty of the company to plan long-term workforce strategies. As to work placement contracts and with specific regard to internship, the present study analyses the practical critical issues caused by the existence of different types of internship and of several layers of legislation. The final part of the research examines the possible instruments (regulatory or not) that could have a strong impact in facing youth unemployment, considering the failure of the current training contracts and work placement contracts. Eventually, the study proposes to facilitate access to employment for young people either by easing the transition from education to work and by implementing vocational training. This latter could be deemed as an active labour-market policy and as a form of employee protection in the labour market (and not only in the employment relationship). In this perspective, vocational training could be enhanced by considering lifelong learning as a permanent contractual obligation for the employer in the context of a stable and permanent employment contract like the one introduced by Legislative Decree n. 23/2015 (so called ?contratto a tutele crescenti? - contract with increasing protections).
EFFECTIVE WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BANKING-FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Creators: name: Shokirov, Shoxrux
name: Xurramov, Shohboz
name: Yodgorova, Muxayyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Nowadays, almost all parts of the global economy have transitioned to a structure based on digital technologies. In this modern era, almost every member of society, in a field that has not embraced the path of digital economy, becomes a participant of digital technologies, leading to development.
Paediatric adverse event rating scale: a measure of safety or efficacy? Novel analysis from the MADDY study
Creators: name: Leung, Brenda M. Y.
name: Srikanth, Priya
name: Gracious, Barbara
name: Hatsu, Irene E.
name: Tost, Gabriella
name: Conrad, Valerie
name: Johnstone, Jeanette M.
name: Arnold, L. Eugene
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The Pediatric Adverse Event Rating Scale (PAERS) measured adverse events of children aged 6–12 years with ADHD and emotional dysregulation in the Micronutrients for ADHD in Youth (MADDY) study, an eight week multi-site randomized clinical trial of a broad-spectrum multinutrient treatment. Treatment sensitivity of the PAERS was assessed by calculating the treatment difference in change of the item scores from baseline to end of the RCT. Principal component analysis retained 14 “adverse events” (out of 43 in the PAERS) that reflected ADHD symptoms and emotional dysregulation and was used to group the variables of interest. A combined score ranging from 0 to 5 was created based on symptom presence, functional impairment, and severity. Mean score change was calculated from baseline to week 8 by treatment (multinutrient vs placebo) with intention-to-treat and per-protocol samples. The study has been registered on clinicaltrials.gov as Micronutrients for ADHD in Youth (MADDY) Study, trial registration # NCT03252522 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03252522). The 126 children in the ITT sample had a mean age of 9.8 (SD = 1.7), with majority (73%) male, and 72% diagnosed with ADHD prior to the study screening. Baseline presence of PAERS symptoms was similar between treatment groups: the highest proportion was ADHD symptoms, followed by Irritable symptoms. The micronutrient group showed a greater decrease (improvement) in the mean anxiety combined score than the placebo group with a between-group difference in change of −0.36 (95% CI: −0.67, −0.04; p = .03) with ITT data and −0.48 (95% CI: −0.81, −0.15; p = .005) with per-protocol (n = 93) data. The multinutrient supplement did not result in more adverse events than placebo, suggesting it is a safe intervention. In addition to assessing actual adverse events, the PAERS may be a useful adjunct outcome measure for ADHD behaviors.
Quantum orbital angular momentum of elliptically-symmetric light
Creators: name: Plick, William N.
name: Krenn, Mario
name: Fickler, Robert
name: Ramelow, Sven
name: Zeilinger, Anton
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a quantum mechanical analysis of the orbital angular momentum of a class of recently discovered elliptically-symmetric stable light fields --- the so-called Ince-Gauss modes. We study, in a fully quantum formalism, how the orbital angular momentum of these beams varies with their ellipticity and discover several compelling features, including: non-monotonic behavior, stable beams with real continuous (non-integer) orbital angular momenta, and orthogonal modes with the same orbital angular momenta. We explore, and explain in detail, the reasons for this behavior. These features may have application to quantum key distribution, atom trapping, and quantum informatics in general --- as the ellipticity opens up a new way of navigating the photonic Hilbert space.
description: 9 Pages, 4 Figures, Comments Welcome
title: The effects of a goal setting program on the exercise commitment and fitness levels of university students
Creators: name: Buckman, Rahmin
Publisher: name: Western Washington University
Year: 2011

description:
The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects a goal setting program had on exercise commitment and aerobic fitness among university students. Obesity and a lack of sufficient physical activity continue to be a problematic and increasing epidemic in the United States. Some theorists have utilized goal setting as an intervention to increase commitment effectiveness of exercise participants. In the current study, a two-way between-within experimental design was utilized involving two separate physical education activity classes (beginning jogging) at Western Washington University. One of the classes (experimental group) underwent a goal setting program consisting of educational, constructive, and evaluative components aimed to pursue a self-selected aerobic fitness goal while the other class (control group) did not. Components of exercise commitment and aerobic fitness level measurements were taken at the onset and again at the termination of the goal setting implementation. Upon computing 11 separate two-way between-within ANOVAs and effect sizes, the results produced little statistical significances and effects. However, the results of this study revealed several practical trends related to exercise commitment and physical activity. Findings and considerations for future direction are provided in hopes that further research and practical methods regarding goal setting, exercise commitment, and fitness level can be improved upon.
A study on the conditioning of finite element equations with arbitrary anisotropic meshes via a density function approach
Creators: name: Kamenski, Lennard
name: Huang, Weizhang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: G.1.3; G.1.8
subject: 65N30, 65N50, 65F35, 65F15

description: The linear finite element approximation of a general linear diffusion problem with arbitrary anisotropic meshes is considered. The conditioning of the resultant stiffness matrix and the Jacobi preconditioned stiffness matrix is investigated using a density function approach proposed by Fried in 1973. It is shown that the approach can be made mathematically rigorous for general domains and used to develop bounds on the smallest eigenvalue and the condition number that are sharper than existing estimates in one and two dimensions and comparable in three and higher dimensions. The new results reveal that the mesh concentration near the boundary has less influence on the condition number than the mesh concentration in the interior of the domain. This is especially true for the Jacobi preconditioned system where the former has little or almost no influence on the condition number. Numerical examples are presented.
description: Improved introduction, added relevant literature references
ARUNDO DONAX L. (GIANT CANE) AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR BIOENERGY AND GREEN CHEMISTRY
Creators: name: CORNO, LUCA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016

description: Arundo donax L. or giant cane is a second-generation energy crop that could be used as a feedstock for bioenergy, i.e. biogas, bioethanol, combustion, and in green chemistry as raw material for several industrial sectors. The genetic characterization of A. donax plants revealed that, because of its asexual reproduction, low genetic variability could be detected between plants; the studies on the inflorescences also confirmed the agamic reproduction of the plant. Nevertheless, it could be speculated that some genetic characteristics could be hereditable and a selection of clones could be carried out. The clonal selection showed to be a crucial factor also for the choice of the propagation techniques and their final costs. A. donax biomass conservation by ensilage was possible without using inoculum. The preservation of giant cane could be performed by the two most used silage techniques, trench and silo-bag; the silo-bag technique was more efficient in preserving the biogas potential than trench one. The potential biogas production of A. donax silage in comparison to corn silage was tested by simulation of real-scale anaerobic digestion plant with lab-scale trials. The A. donax biogas production was lower than the one obtained with corn due to the chemical characteristics of biomass and the absence of starch but, thanks to the higher biomass yields, achievable biomethane and electric energy referred to the cultivated surface area were much higher than corn and other traditional energy crops.
On Geometric Ergodicity of Skewed - SVCHARME models
Creators: name: Rydlewski, Jerzy P.
name: Snarska, Małgorzata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Markov Chain Monte Carlo is repeatedly used to analyze the properties of intractable distributions in a convenient way. In this paper we derive conditions for geometric ergodicity of a general class of nonparametric stochastic volatility models with skewness driven by hidden Markov Chain with switching.
title: КООПЕРАЦИЯ ГОРОДА И УНИВЕРСИТЕТА В ПРОЦЕССЕ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ЖИЗНЕННОЙ СРЕДЫ: ГОРОД ГРАЙФСВАЛЬД
Creators: name: Архипова, Ольга
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: Предмет исследования в данной работе – практики взаимодействия властей и населения в процессе формирования благоприятной жизненной среды на примере университетского города Грайфсвальд (Германия). Теоретической рамкой работы служат идеи нового урбанизма, концепция «права на город» и теории гражданского участия. Основные методы исследования – анализ документов и экспертное интервью. Рассмотрены возможности для участия в развитии жизненной среды, а также реальные практики горожан. Автор приходит к следующему выводу: несмотря на то, что университетские структуры являются градообразующими для Грайфсвальда, студенты и преподаватели университета не являются ключевыми акторами в процессе формирования городской среды. Однако автор выявляет множество других субъектов, активно проявляющих себя в процессе формирования городской среды. На примере ключевого для пространственного развития города документа рассмотрены используемые в Грайсфвальде формы участия. Используя модель лестницы участия Уилкокса, автор располагает проводимые в городе мероприятия по её ступеням и делает вывод о том, что в целом партисипативные процессы в Грайфсвальде имеют позитивную динамику.
AUTONOMIA NEGOZIALE NEI GRUPPI DI SOCIET�
Creators: name: MASPES, ILARIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2017

description: The thesis analyses juridical relations amongst the parties of a group of companies and the role of contract in the formation and regulation of groups of companies. More specifically, the study analyses the so-called ?Beherrschungsvertrag? and its eligibility in the Italian legal system, as well as the limits to contracts governing groups of companies under mandatory Italian Corporation laws. The final part contains an in-depth analysis of the practical problems that often arise in relation to intra-group service contracts and offers possible juridical solutions in alternative to the liability action under art. 2497 of the Italian Civil Code.
Regular Circle Actions on 2-connected 7-manifolds
Creators: name: Jiang, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55R15 (55R40)

description: We determine the homeomorphism (resp. diffeomorphism) types of those 2-connected 7-manifolds (resp. smooth 2-connected 7-manifolds) that admit regular circle actions (resp. smooth regular circle actions).
Effects of pericapsular soft tissue and realignment exercises for patients with osteoarthritis of the hip and Harris Hip Score below 60 points
Creators: name: Hayashi, Kazuo
name: Tsunoda, Toshiharu
name: Tobo, Yuki
name: Ichikawa, Fumiaki
name: Shimose, Takayuki
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To investigate the effectiveness of pericapsular soft tissue and realignment (PSTR) exercises for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip and Harris Hip Score (HHS) below 60 points. Most previous studies of hip exercise have not been applied for patients with moderate to severe hip OA, especially those with an HHS below 60 points. Most studies of hip exercise in OA have involved muscle strength training, stretching, functional training, and aerobic fitness programs, and have not included pelvic realignment exercise. We investigated the effect of pelvic realignment exercise for patients with hip OA and HHS below 60 points. Multicenter, prospective, observational, single-arm study. Setting: Clinical examination on an outpatient basis. Participants: 193 patients with hip OA and HHS below 60 points. Interventions: Patient education and supervised PSTR exercises. Outcome measures: Primary outcome: HHS. Secondary outcomes: Changes in numerical rating scale (NRS) scores, abduction of range of motion, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test within 30 minutes after PSTR exercises at baseline and other six items; full analysis set (FAS, all participants who performed PSTR exercises), and subgroup analysis (participants with minimal joint space (MJS) of 0 mm at baseline). FAS analysis (N = 193): Significant differences in HHS were found between baseline and 3-month follow-up, and between baseline and 6-month follow-up in the Unilateral and Bilateral OA groups (p < 0.001). All mean differences were within the 95% confidence interval. Significant improvement in NRS scores, abduction of range of motion, and TUG test within 30 minutes after PSTR exercises were found at baseline (p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis (N = 130): The results revealed significant differences (p < 0.001) in HHS and NRS, abduction of range of motion and TUG test within 30 minutes after PSTR exercises at baseline, as in the FAS analysis. Our findings suggested that PSTR exercises were effective for patients with HHS below 60 points, even those with MJS of 0mm. Clinical Trials Registry: July 20th 2017 (UMIN000028277)
PATOGEN KOKKLAR VA ULARNING TIBBIYOTDAGI AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: Boltayev, Komiljon
name: Ibrohimova, Risqiya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Kokklar tabiatda ko'p uchrasada, ularning ma'lum bir guruhigina patogen qolganlari saprofit hisoblanadi. Ularning ma'lum belgi-xususiyatlari o'xshash bo'ladi. Masalan: yiring hosil qilishi. Stafilokokklar doimo yiringli yallig'lanishlarni keltirib chiqarsa, streptokokklar o'tkir revmatizm, skarlatina va angina kabi kasalliklarni qo'zg'atadi. Pnevmokokk, meningokokklar ham o'ziga xos zotiljam, meningit  so'zak kabi kasalliklarga sabab bo'ladi. Ular tashqi muhitga chidamliligi bilan ham bir-biridan farq qiladi. Stafilokokklar juda chidamli hisoblanib ular Schysomicetes sinfi – Stafilokokklar Mikrococcaceae oilasi- Staphylococcus avlodiga kiradi.  Birinchi bo'lib furunkuli yiringidan ajratilgan. Hozirda 20 dan ortiq turlari mavjud.
title: ВЛИЯНИЕ СОРТОВ КРАСНОДАРСКОЙ СЕЛЕКЦИИ НА ЧИСЛЕННОСТЬ ФИТОФАГОВ ОЗИМОЙ ПШЕНИЦЫ В ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОМ ПРЕДКАВКАЗЬЕ
Creators: name: Н.Н. Глазунова, Н.Н.
name: Ю.А. Безгина, Ю.А.
name: А.В. Хомутова, А.В.
Publisher: name: Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение «Северо-Кавказский федеральный научный аграрный центр»
Year: 2023
Subjects: озимая пшеница, сорта, Васса, Алексе- ич, Таня, вредитель, фитофаг, численность, популяция
winter wheat, varieties, Vassa, Alekseich, Tanya, pest, phytophagous, number, population

description: The article presents data on the study of the influence of varieties on the dynamics of the number of phytophagous in the spring-summer growing season of winter wheat in the conditions of the zone of unstable humidification. The Vassa variety contributes to a decrease in the popu- lation of the harmful turtle bug by 45.7% and cereal aphids by 46.4%. in the agrobiocenosis of winter wheat. The Tanya variety is able to reduce the number of the harmful turtle bug by 12.8%, also, this variety has a certain resistance to the red-breasted beekeeper, since the population of the phytophagous in all the years of observation was 25.0-35.3% lower than in the crops of the Vassa and Alekseich varieties. Varieties Ale- kseich, Tanya and Vassa in the zone of unstable humidification of the Stavropol Territory do not have a significant effect on the number of populations of wheat thrips and bread sawflies.
description: В статье приведены денные по исследованию влияния сортов на динамику численности фитофагов в весенне-летний период вегетации озимой пшеницы в условиях зоны неустойчи- вого увлажнения. Сорт Васса способствует снижению числен- ности популяции клопа вредной черепашки на 45,7 % и злаковых тлей на 46,4 % в агробиоценозе озимой пшеницы. Сорт Таня, способен снижать численность клопа вредной черепашки на 12,8 %, так же этот сорт обладает определенной устойчиво- стью к пьявице красногрудой, так как численность популяции фитофага во все годы наблюдений была ниже на 25,0-35,3 %, чем в посевах сортов Васса и Алексеич. Сорта Алексеич, Таня и Васса в зоне неустойчивого увлажнения Ставропольского края не оказывают достоверного влияния на численность популяций пшеничного трипса и хлебных пилильщиков.
Particlelike distributions of the Higgs field nonminimally coupled to gravity
Creators: name: Fuzfa, Andre
name: Rinaldi, Massimiliano
name: Schlogel, Sandrine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When the Higgs field is nonminimally coupled to gravity, there exists a family of spherically symmetric particlelike solutions to the field equations. These monopoles are the only globally regular and asymptotically flat distributions with finite energy of the Higgs field around compact objects. Moreover, spontaneous scalarization is strongly amplified for specific values of their mass and compactness.
description: Matches version to appear on PRL. Note: title changed upon suggestion of PRL editors
A FLOW-SHEET APPROACH TO THE ISSUE OF PYRITE-RICH TAILINGS
Creators: name: FANTONE, IRENE
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2016

description: The present work is meant to evaluate the effect of separation of pyrite-rich fractions of tailings for both economic and environmental benefit. The project was focused on two tailing dumps in the former mining and processing site of Reps (Northern Albania). In-situ and laboratory investigations were conducted (i) to outline the main environmental characters of the selected dumps with an emphasis on heterogeneities within and between dumps and (ii) to evaluate the concentration potential of commodities, namely pyrite, from the waste materials. Mineralogical and geochemical data were collected and the Acid-Base account procedure was performed in order to evaluate the Acid Drainage (AD) potential of the selected tailing dumps. A quantitative flowsheet was devised in order to relate quantitatively the available information on processing and the collected data. Gravity separation tests were performed by a water shaking table method and the re-processing potential was evaluated through mineralogical and geochemical analyses. The site is subject to long-lasting (103 years) AD processes with significant release of Potentially Toxic Elements into the local environment. Two different classes of tailings have been recognized, based on the sulfide S content. The high- sulfide (S>10%) content material (hS) accounts for about 82% of the total potential H2SO4 production, despite it represents less than 20% of the whole tailing discard. On the contrary, the remnant low- sulfide (S<3%) content material (lS) is the most abundant fraction, yet responsible of a much lower environmental footprint. The two types of tailings are interpreted as by-products of two different mineral processing chains. A single-stage flotation stream yielded to discard lS+hS tailings. On the other hand, a double-stage flotation chain, when active, included a secondary flotation of the tailings produced by the primary Cu flotation. The latter flowsheet yielded to obtain a pyrite concentrate and to discard lS materials. The S content of tailings was thus reduced by over 50%. Re-processing via gravity concentration is an effective method for pyrite recovery from tailings. Tabling tests recovered 29 to 52% of the total sulfide S of the R2 dump, the hS material reworking being the most cost-effective procedure. The final concentrate may also become a sealable product and the gold content may increase the value of pyritic concentrates, given a measured selection of the separation input and parameters. Separation can therefore be used to both confer value to wastes and create smaller sulfide-rich dumps, with lower reclamation costs.
KASB-HUNAR MAKTABINING PAYVANDLASH YO'NALISHIDA CHIZMACHILIK FANINING O'RNI
Creators: name: Tanjarova, Gulnoz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Ushbu ilmiy maqolada kasb-hunar maktablarida payvandchilik sohasida chizmachilik fanining o'rni yoritilgan. Chizmachilik ilmi payvandchilar uchun muhim mahoratdir, chunki bu ularga payvandlash loyihalari uchun aniq texnik chizmalar va rejalarni sharhlash va yaratish imkonini beradi. Ushbu maqolada chizmachilik fanining payvandlash ta'limidagi ahamiyati, chizmachilik ko'nikmalarini sohada amaliy qo'llash va chizmachilik fanining payvandlash ishlarining umumiy sifatiga ta'siri muhokama qilinadi.
Universal contact for a Tonks-Girardeau gas at finite temperature
Creators: name: Vignolo, Patrizia
name: Minguzzi, Anna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the finite-temperature momentum distribution of a strongly interacting 1D Bose gas in the Tonks-Girardeau (impenetrable-boson) limit under harmonic confinement, and explore its universal properties associated to the scale invariance of the model. We show that, at difference from the unitary Fermi gas in three dimensions, the weight of its large-momentum tails -- given by the Tan's contact -- increase with temperature, and calculate the high-temperature universal second contact coefficient using a virial expansion.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures