cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Adverse Health Effects Associated with Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter at Levels below 12 µg/m3
Creators: name: Djedouboum, Karbet
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: Background: Ambient PM2.5 was ranked the eighth leading risk for mortality in 2017, with a total of 2.94 million associated deaths globally. Numerous studies have reported associations between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and adverse health effects across a broad range of PM2.5 concentrations.  However, there is little research on the effect of concentrations below the annual PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 12 µg/m3.
Objective: Our objective was to assess the association between the levels of ambient PM2.5 below NAAQS and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, myocardial infraction (MI) as captured by hospital admissions; emergency department visits; and mortality.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 2014 data from 265 counties of 27 States of the United States (US) retrieved from the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We used linear and multiple linear regression models to assess the association using SAS software.
Results: At levels below 12 µg/m3, controlling for heat index, a 1-unit change in annual PM2.5 concentrations was linked with an increase of 2.97 (95%CI: 1.32, 6.69)-unit in COPD hospitalizations, a decrease of 0.95 (95%CI: 0.90, 0.99)-unit in COPD EDV, an increase of 2.75 (95%CI: 1.21, 6.23)-unit in asthma hospitalizations, and an increase of 2.83 (95%CI: 1.34, 5.93)-unit in asthma EDV. Additionally, long-term exposure to PM2.5 was still associated with some outcomes when concentrations were gradually lowered to level below a 9 µg/m3 threshold.
Conclusion: Our results showed the association between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and COPD, asthma, and MI for PM2.5 levels below 12.0 µg/m3. Our findings provide evidence of increase health risk below current regulatory standards.
title: Multiple-input isolated push-pull connected power converters
Creators: name: Kwasinski, Alexis
name: Yu, Sheng-Yang
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: H02M3/3372
subject: H02M3/33569
subject: Y10T307/549
subject: No longer published

description: A multiple-input power converter transferring energy from multiple input sources to a load. The multiple-input power converter utilizes a push-pull converter that isolates loads from sources by a transformer in the output rectifier stage. The isolation increases the safety of the system and provides a wider range of sources-to-load voltage transfer ratios. Furthermore, the multiple-input power converter utilizes a lower number of components in comparison to previously designed multiple-input power converter topologies as well as has a lower control circuit implementation cost when compared to previously designed soft-switching multiple-input power converters.
O'RTA ASRLARDA DIN VA TASAVVUF VAKILLARINING IJTIMOIY-SIYOSIY VA MA'NAVIY FAOLIYATI
Creators: name: Kandaxarov, Anvarjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqola o’rta asrlarda Markaziy Osiyo hududida keng tarqalgan tasavvuf ta’limotlari – Naqshbandiya va Yassaviya tariqatining mashxur vakillarining hayoti va faoliyati, ularning mamlakat ijtimoiy-siyosiy va ma’naviy hayotiga ta’siri ochib berilgan. Xususan, Yassaviya tariqatining XVI asrdagi yutuk vakillaridan Shayx Xudoydod Vali va Hazrat Qosim Shayxning temuriylar va shayboniylar sulolasi o’rtasidagi siyosiy kurashlarda ishtiroki hamda mamlakat tinchligi uchun olib qilgan ishlari tarixiy manbalar va keyingi tadqiqotlar asosida o’rganilgan. Shuningdek, Naqshbandiya tariqatining asoschilaridan biri Mavlono Orif Deggaroniy hayoti va faoliyati to’g’risida ham ba’zi manbalarda keltirilgan ma’lumotlar bayon etilgan.
title: Methods for making controlled delivery devices having zero order kinetics
Creators: name: Ho, Paul S.
name: Luo, Zhi-Quan
name: Stavchansky, Salomon
name: Wu, Zhuojie
name: Rastogi, Ashish
name: Bowman, Phillip L.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: A61B5/4839
subject: A61B5/076
subject: A61B5/686
subject: A61B17/06166
subject: A61B90/30
subject: A61F2/0063
subject: A61F2/06
subject: A61F2/24
subject: A61F2/82
subject: A61F2/91
subject: A61F2/915
subject: A61F9/0017
subject: A61K31/573
subject: A61L17/005
subject: A61L27/54
subject: A61L29/16
subject: A61L31/06
subject: A61L31/16
subject: A61M25/001
subject: A61M25/0017
subject: A61M25/0043
subject: A61M27/002
subject: A61B2560/0219
subject: A61F2220/005
subject: A61F2230/0013
subject: A61F2230/0054
subject: A61F2240/001
subject: A61F2250/0002
subject: A61F2250/0068
subject: A61F2310/00017
subject: A61F2310/00179
subject: A61F2310/00329
subject: A61L2300/43
subject: A61L2300/602
subject: A61M2025/0057
subject: 424/423

description: A method of making an injectable or implantable active agent delivery device capable of delivering a diagnostic, therapeutic, and/or prophylactic agent to a desired targeted site having orifice(s) on the surface is disclosed herein providing unidirectional release of the agent at a controlled desirable rate. The agent may include, but is not limited to, drugs, proteins, peptides, biomarkers, bioanalytes, and/or genetic material. The technology of the invention is based on parallel processing to fabricate micro-holes on tubes employing photo-lithography and reactive ion etching techniques and also incorporates a simple molding method to form the micro-holes on flexible polymer tubes, including bio-degradable tubes. The parallel processing method of the instant invention is fast, economical and well suited for mass production. The developed device, due to its composite structure, has the ability to combine several release mechanisms, leading to zero-order release kinetics for most of the time.
DS_10.1177_0094582X18803681 – Supplemental material for Crime Prevention and the Coproduction of Security: Outcomes of Citizen Participation at the Neighborhood Level in Neoliberal Chile
Creators: name: Trebilcock, Maria Paz
name: Luneke, Alejandra
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 120505 Regional Analysis and Development
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography

description: Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_0094582X18803681 for Crime Prevention and the Coproduction of Security: Outcomes of Citizen Participation at the Neighborhood Level in Neoliberal Chile by Maria Paz Trebilcock and Alejandra Luneke in Latin American Perspectives
title: Apparatus and method for accelerating java translation
Creators: name: John, Lizy K.
name: Song, Hyo-Jung
name: Isen, Ciji
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: G06F9/45516
subject: G06F9/4552
subject: G06F9/45504
subject: G06F9/45508
subject: 717/148
subject: 717/118
subject: 717/136
subject: 717/139

description: An apparatus and method for accelerating Java translation are provided. The apparatus includes a lookup table which stores an lookup table having arrangements of bytecodes and native codes corresponding to the bytecodes, a decoder which generates pointer to the native code corresponding to the feed bytecode in the lookup table, a parameterized bytecode processing unit which detects parameterized bytecode among the feed bytecode, and generating pointer to native code required for constant embedding in the lookup table, a constant embedding unit which embeds constants into the native code with the pointer generated by the parameterized bytecode processing unit, and a native code buffer which stores the native code generated by the decoder or the constant embedding unit.
title: When Disinformation Studies Meets Production Studies: Social Identities and Moral Justifications in the Political Trolling Industry
Creators: name: Ong, Jonathan Corpus
name: Cabañes, Jason Vincent
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: networked disinformation
subject: fake news
subject: trolls
subject: production studies
subject: digital labor
subject: political marketing
subject: ethnography
subject: complicity
subject: Philippines

description: The field of disinformation studies remains relatively silent about questions of identity, motivation, labor, and morality. Drawing from a one-year ethnographic study of disinformation producers employed in digital black ops campaigns in the Philippines, this article proposes that approaches from production studies can address gaps in disinformation research. We argue that approaching disinformation as a culture of production opens inquiry into the social conditions that entice people to this work and the creative industry practices that normalize fake news as a side gig. This article critically reflects on the methodological risks and opportunities of ethnographic research that subverts expectations of the exceptionally villainous troll and instead uses narratives of creative workers’ complicity and collusion to advance holistic social critique and local-level disinformation interventions.
Supplemental Material, MRX802780_Supplemental_Material - Exploring Ethnic and Generational Differences in Gender Role Attitudes among Immigrant Populations in Britain: The Role of Neighborhood Ethnic Composition
Creators: name: Senhu Wang
name: Coulter, Rory
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental Material, MRX802780_Supplemental_Material for Exploring Ethnic and Generational Differences in Gender Role Attitudes among Immigrant Populations in Britain: The Role of Neighborhood Ethnic Composition by Senhu Wang, and Rory Coulter in International Migration Review
title: Cost-Effectiveness of Telehealth for Chronic Cardiovascular Conditions and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States
Creators: name: Kini, Trishna
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: INTRODUCTION:  The United States has seen a dramatic increase in the incidence of chronic disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic cardiovascular diseases. Telehealth interventions can potentially improve healthcare access and health outcomes in the United States while saving time and economic resources. Conclusive research is needed to show whether telehealth interventions are cost-effective for people living with chronic disease.
AIM: This paper synthesizes the existing literature on the cost-effectiveness of telehealth interventions for patients with chronic cardiovascular conditions (congestive heart failure (CHF), myocardial infarctions, and coronary heart disease) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
METHODS: A literature search was undertaken to identify studies that assessed the cost-effectiveness of telehealth interventions for chronic cardiovascular diseases and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using PubMed and Scopus.
RESULTS:  A thorough literature search using PubMed and Scopus identified 753 articles that fit the search criteria. Of these, 27 articles met inclusion criteria, including  9 literature reviews and 1 meta-analysis. Over 80% of the relevant research was conducted in Europe, Taiwan, and Australia. The combination of a lack of cost-effectiveness research conducted in the United States, methodological challenges in the existing studies, and continued technological advancements, make it clear that further research is needed to make reliable inferences and conclusions.
Time Synchronization of TESLA-enabled GNSS Receivers
Creators: name: Anderson, Jason
name: Lo, Sherman
name: Walter, Todd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As TESLA-enabled GNSS for authenticated positioning reaches ubiquity, receivers must use an onboard, GNSS-independent clock and carefully constructed time synchronization algorithms to assert the authenticity afforded. This work provides the necessary checks and synchronization protocols needed in the broadcast-only GNSS context. We provide proof of security for each of our algorithms under a delay-capable adversary. The algorithms included herein enable a GNSS receiver to use its onboard, GNSS-independent clock to determine whether a message arrived at the correct time, to determine whether its onboard, GNSS-independent clock is safe to use and when the clock will no longer be safe in the future due to predicted clock drift, and to resynchronize its onboard, GNSS-independent clock. Each algorithm is safe to use even when an adversary induces delays within the protocol. Moreover, we discuss the implications of GNSS authentication schemes that use two simultaneous TESLA instances of different authentication cadences. To a receiver implementer or standards author, this work provides the necessary implementation algorithms to assert security and provides a comprehensive guide on why these methods are required.
description: 16 pages, 15 figures
Gigantomorpha mutilata Golovatch 1996
Creators: name: Ng, Ting Hui
name: Srisonchai, Ruttapon
name: Golovatch, Sergei I.
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Panha, Somsak
name: Latim, Martinah
name: Likhitrakarn, Natdanai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Paradoxosomatidae
Gigantomorpha
Gigantomorpha mutilata

description: Gigantomorpha mutilata Golovatch, 1996
Gigantomorpha mutilata Golovatch, 1996: 171 (D, K).
Gigantomorpha mutilata – Nguyen & Sierwald 2013: 1244 (L).
Distribution
Indonesia Bali: Bedugul, slope above Lake Bartan, 1130–1180 m a.s.l.; same locality, Botanical Gardens, forested part, 1230–1260 m a.s.l. (Golovatch 1996).
description: Published as part of Ng, Ting Hui, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Golovatch, Sergei I., Sutcharit, Chirasak, Panha, Somsak, Latim, Martinah & Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, 2025, A taxonomic study of millipede genera, Orangutana Golovatch, 1996 and Gigantomorpha Jeekel, 1963 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with description of four new species from Sabah, Borneo, East Malaysia, pp. 221-248 in European Journal of Taxonomy 987 on pages 233-234, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2871, http://zenodo.org/record/15275702
title: Compositions and methods for controlling the stability of ethersulfate surfactants at elevated temperatures
Creators: name: Pope, Gary A.
name: Weerasooriya, Upali P.
name: Nguyen, Quoc P.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: C09K8/584
subject: No longer published

description: The present invention describes the method of making an ether sulfate surfactant solution hydrolytically stable by adding one or more alkalinity generating agents at levels greater than 0.05%. The surfactant solutions of the present invention have half-lives >8 months at 100° C. and find uses in EOR applications, environmental cleanups, detergent industry, and any other surfactant based high temperature applications.
title: Descriptive Epidemiology of Adult Liposarcoma: A Population-based Study Using SEER and the Combined SEER/NPCR Databases, 2001-2016
Creators: name: Bock, Suzanne
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2020

description: INTRODUCTION: Rare cancers, affecting 1 in 5 cancer patients, disproportionally contribute to cancer mortality. This research focused on liposarcoma, an understudied rare cancer with unknown risk factors and limited treatment options.
METHODS:
Liposarcoma incident cases were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) program and the combined SEER-National Program of Cancer Registries (CNPCR) for 2001-2016. Incidence rates (age-adjusted and age-specific) and 5-year survival were calculated using SEER*stat. Time trends were determined using Joinpoint.
RESULTS:
SEER liposarcoma cases represented ~30% (n=11,162) of the nationwide pool (n=37,499). Males accounted for ~60% of the cases, 82% cases were identified among whites. Age-adjusted incidence was greater among males vs. females and whites vs. blacks, whereas survival did not differ by sex and race (~80%). The dedifferentiated (57.2%), pleomorphic (64.1%) and retroperitoneal (63.9%) tumors had the worse survival. Liposarcoma rates increased nationwide by 19% in 2001-2016, with the annual percent increase (APC) of 1.43% (95% CI: 1.12-1.47). The APC was greater for males vs. females (1.67% vs. 0.89%) and retroperitoneal vs. extremity tumors (1.96% vs. 0.58%). The SEER generally overestimated the rates and time trends compared to nationwide data.
CONCLUSIONS:
The comprehensive description of liposarcoma epidemiology reveals increasing incidence of this understudied rare cancer, with greater increases among males, the high-risk subgroup and retroperitoneal tumors, the low-survival subgroup. The time trends suggest an environmental component, which if discovered, may help to prevent liposarcoma. Differences between SEER and CNPCR findings emphasize the need for nationwide cancer surveillance.
Exploration of the Strategies Used by Non-institutional actors to Foster Inclusion in the Implementation of County Roads Policy in Narok County, Kenya
Creators: name: Esokomi Aden Ang'aba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The need to involve non-institutional actors in the implementation of roads policies is fundamental for good governance and effective service delivery. The county government is a local level layer of policy implementation in Kenya with a mandate to engage non-institutional actors in all policy issues. However, the implementation of local roads policies remains largely dominated by the formal county institutions in concert with national government at the expense of non-institutional actors. This phenomenon necessitated a study to unravel the strategies devised by the non-institutional actors that facilitate visibility in the implementation of County Roads Policy as per the County Spatial Development Plan and the County Roads, Walkways and Parking Bays Act (2018). The study established that the exclusion of key stakeholders such as the non-institutional actors has been a serious challenge in the implementation of policies especially the County Roads Policy. It was further established that the non-institutional actors push for inclusion mostly through collaborations with policy-makers, mobilizing public opinion and pressurizing the government. The study recommends the adoption of policies on increasing the inclusion of non-institutional actors in the implementation of County Roads Policy. Furthermore, the formation and sustenance of policy actor networks is required for sustainable development.Key Words: County Roads Policy, Implementation, Inclusion, Non-institutional actors, Strategies, Sustainable development
title: Compositions and methods for detection of small molecules using dyes derivatized with analyte responsive receptors in a chemiluminescent assay
Creators: name: Anslyn, Eric V.
name: Hanes, Robert E.
name: Borich, Damon Vincent
name: Hewage, Himali
name: Houk, Ronald
name: Neeser, Jason A.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: G01N33/542
subject: G01N2021/6432
subject: No longer published

description: Compositions, methods, and systems for detecting small molecules using chemiluminescent signaling assay technology are provided. One system provided herein comprises a chromophore; an oxalate ester, a peroxide, and a modulating agent, wherein the modulating agent will perturb a chemiluminescent signal generated by an interaction among the chromophore, the oxalate ester, and a peroxide; and the perturbation will occur in response to an analyte. One method provided herein comprises combining a chromophore, an oxalate ester, a peroxide, and a modulating agent, wherein: the modulating agent will perturb a chemiluminescent signal generate by an interaction among the chromophore, the oxalate ester, and a peroxide; and the perturbation will occur in response to an analyte. Another method provides a colorimetric or fluorometric signal response in the presence of an analyte.
Ensembling convolutional neural networks for human skin segmentation
Creators: name: Kuban, Patryk
name: Kawulok, Michal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Detecting and segmenting human skin regions in digital images is an intensively explored topic of computer vision with a variety of approaches proposed over the years that have been found useful in numerous practical applications. The first methods were based on pixel-wise skin color modeling and they were later enhanced with context-based analysis to include the textural and geometrical features, recently extracted using deep convolutional neural networks. It has been also demonstrated that skin regions can be segmented from grayscale images without using color information at all. However, the possibility to combine these two sources of information has not been explored so far and we address this research gap with the contribution reported in this paper. We propose to train a convolutional network using the datasets focused on different features to create an ensemble whose individual outcomes are effectively combined using yet another convolutional network trained to produce the final segmentation map. The experimental results clearly indicate that the proposed approach outperforms the basic classifiers, as well as an ensemble based on the voting scheme. We expect that this study will help in developing new ensemble-based techniques that will improve the performance of semantic segmentation systems, reaching beyond the problem of detecting human skin.
description: Paper accepted for IBERAMIA 2024
Supplementary document for Biocompatible Polymer Optical Fiber with Strong-Scattering-Spherical End for Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy - 6506237.pdf
Creators: name: Pang, Wen
name: Xiao, Ziye
name: Wei, Xunbin
name: Gu, Bobo
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Stronger sum uncertainty relations for non-Hermitian operators
Creators: name: Song, Xiao-Feng
name: Ren, Yi-Fang
name: Liu, Shuang
name: Chen, Xi-Hao
name: Turek, Yusuf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The uncertainty relations (URs) of two arbitrary Hermitian and non-Hermitian incompatible operators represented by the product of variances have been confirmed theoretically and experimentally in various physical systems. However, the lower bound of the product uncertainty inequality can be null even for two non-commuting operators, i.e., a trivial case. Therefore, for two incompatible operators over the measured system state, the associated URs regarding the sum of variances are valid in a state-dependent manner, and the lower bound is guaranteed to be nontrivial. Although the sum URs formulated for Hermitian and unitary operators have been affirmed, the general forms for arbitrary non-Hermitian operators have not yet been investigated. This study presents the sum URs for non-Hermitian operators acting on system states using an appropriate Hilbert-space metric. The compatible forms of our sum inequalities with the conventional quantum mechanics are also provided via the G-metric formalism. Concrete examples illustrate the validity of the proposed sum URs in both PT-symmetric and PT-broken phases. The developed methods and results can help give an in-depth understanding of the usefulness of G-metric formalism in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics and the sum URs of incompatible operators within.
KAMBAG'ALLIK MUAMMOSI VA UNING AXLOQIY XAVFI
Creators: name: Jumayev, Oybek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mazkur maqolada mahalliy va xorijlik olimlarning kambag‘allik mezonini belgilashdagi iqtisodiy va ijtimoiy yondoshuvlari, ilmiy mulohazalari va xulosalari o‘rganilgan.  Shuningdek, kambag‘allik muammosining axloqiy xavfi uning oqibatlari va unga qarshi kurashish choralarning o‘ziga xos jihatlari ijtimoiy-falsafiy tahlil qilingan.
title: Wireless communication methods, systems, and computer program products
Creators: name: Jose, Jubin
name: Bhargava, Vidur
name: Vishwanath, Sriram
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: H04B7/15507
subject: H04L5/0057
subject: H04W28/021
subject: H04W48/20
subject: H04W52/0209
subject: H04W52/245
subject: H04W52/46
subject: H04W72/085
subject: H04W74/0816
subject: H04W88/04
subject: H04B7/2606
subject: H04B17/345
subject: H04B17/373
subject: H04W52/343
subject: H04W84/047
subject: H04W84/18
subject: Y02D70/1222
subject: Y02D70/1242
subject: Y02D70/1262
subject: Y02D70/142
subject: Y02D70/144
subject: Y02D70/146
subject: Y02D70/162
subject: Y02D70/164
subject: Y02D70/22
subject: Y02D70/449
subject: No longer published

description: A method, wireless device and computer program product for expanding the coverage of a cellular network. A wireless device (e.g., cellular telephone) is able to communicate with a base station in a cell of the cellular network over a non-cellular interface via another wireless device in the cell through the use of multi-hopping. A wireless device may request permission to communicate with the base station over a non-cellular interface via hopping off another wireless device when its signal strength is below a threshold. Alternatively, a wireless device may receive a request to communicate with the base station over a non-cellular interface via hopping off the wireless device that sent the request when that wireless device has excess capacity in its bandwidth with the base station. By enabling wireless devices to communicate with a base station in such a manner, the effective coverage area of the cellular network is expanded and the effective capacity of the cellular network is improved.
title: Protein imprinting by means of alginate-based polymers
Creators: name: Peppas, Nicholas A.
name: Perez-Herrero, Edgar
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: A61K9/5036
subject: A61K9/5089
subject: A61K38/00
subject: Y10T428/2982
subject: Y10T428/2984
subject: 106/144.1
subject: 106/205.1
subject: 428/402
subject: 428/402.2

description: Methods of preparing molecularly imprinted polymers are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a solution comprising a template molecule; and forming a product comprising calcium alginate in the presence of the template molecule so that the template molecule is imprinted in the product.
Gigantomorpha pallida Jeekel 1963
Creators: name: Ng, Ting Hui
name: Srisonchai, Ruttapon
name: Golovatch, Sergei I.
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Panha, Somsak
name: Latim, Martinah
name: Likhitrakarn, Natdanai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Paradoxosomatidae
Gigantomorpha
Gigantomorpha pallida

description: Gigantomorpha pallida Jeekel, 1963
Gigantomorpha pallida Jeekel, 1963: 251 (D, K).
Gigantomorpha pallida – Golovatch 1996: 169 (M, K). — Nguyen & Sierwald 2013: 1244 (L).
Distribution
Indonesia, East Borneo, S Mentawir (Jeekel 1963).
description: Published as part of Ng, Ting Hui, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Golovatch, Sergei I., Sutcharit, Chirasak, Panha, Somsak, Latim, Martinah & Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, 2025, A taxonomic study of millipede genera, Orangutana Golovatch, 1996 and Gigantomorpha Jeekel, 1963 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with description of four new species from Sabah, Borneo, East Malaysia, pp. 221-248 in European Journal of Taxonomy 987 on page 234, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2871, http://zenodo.org/record/15275702
title: Anhydride copolymer top coats for orientation control of thin film block copolymers
Creators: name: Willson, Carlton
name: Seshimo, Takehiro
name: Ellison, Christopher John
name: Bates, Christopher M.
name: Cushen, Julia
name: Santos, Logan J.
name: Dean, Leon
name: Rausch, Erica L.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: B05D1/005
subject: B05D5/00
subject: B05D7/52
subject: B05D7/56
subject: B05D2252/02
subject: B81C1/00031
subject: B81C2201/0149
subject: B82Y10/00
subject: B82Y40/00
subject: C09D137/00
subject: C09D167/00
subject: G03F1/50
subject: G03F7/0002
subject: Y10T428/24802
subject: Y10T428/31663
subject: Y10T428/31855
subject: No longer published

description: Random copolymer top coats are described that can be spin coated onto block copolymer thin films and used to control the interfacial energy of the top coat-block copolymer interface. The top coats are soluble in aqueous weak base and can change surface energy once they are deposited onto the block copolymer thin film. The use of self-assembled block copolymers to produce advanced lithographic patterns relies on their orientation control in thin films.
title: Broadband, group index independent, and ultra-low loss coupling into slow light slotted photonic crystal waveguides
Creators: name: Chen, Ray T.
name: Lin, Che-Yun
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: B82Y20/00
subject: G02B6/26
subject: G02B6/10
subject: G02B6/1225
subject: G02B6/14
subject: G02B2006/121
subject: G02B2006/1213
subject: No longer published

description: The present invention provides a waveguide coupler configured to optically couple a strip waveguide to a first slot photonic crystal waveguide, wherein the slot photonic crystal waveguide has a lattice constant, an air hole diameter, a slot width and a first line defect waveguide width. The waveguide coupler includes a group reflective index taper having a second slot photonic crystal waveguide disposed between and aligned with the first slot photonic crystal waveguide and the strip waveguide. The second slot photonic crystal waveguide has a length, the lattice constant, the air hole diameter, the slot width, and a second line defect waveguide width that is substantially equal to the first line defect waveguide width adjacent to the first slot photonic crystal waveguide and decreases along the length of the second photonic crystal waveguide.
title: Trends in Testing Behavior Among Young MSM in the United States from 2013-2018
Creators: name: Johnson, Justin
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2019

description: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2017 of the 27,000 new HIV diagnoses among the men who have sex with men (MSM) population, individuals between the ages of 13 to 34 made up 64% (17,194) of new HIV diagnoses. But, according to CDC's Atlas Plus data tool, the number of HIV diagnoses among MSM aged 13-24 years has been declining since 2014. The aim of this study was to assess changes over time in HIV testing among young MSM, as change in testing behavior is one potential reason for declining HIV diagnoses. Using survey data collected by the PRISM Health Research Team at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, HIV testing behaviors of young MSM between the ages of 15-29 from the years 2013 to 2018 were analyzed. The age group and year group was broken down into two groups of 15-24 and 25-29 year olds and 2013-2015 and 2016-2018. A logistic regression model was used to test whether covariates confounded on or had an effect modification on the exposure (year) and outcome (HIV test) of interest. The major finding was that testing behavior among 15-24 year olds remained unchanged across time, but an increase in past year testing was observed in the 25-29 year old group (p-value <0.05). Increased testing among 25-29 year olds was observed at a similar magnitude after accounting for potential confounders and effect modifiers. For the 15-24 year olds, it was found that as the level of educational attainment increased so did the odds of reporting an HIV test in the past year (p-value <0.05).
title: Surfactant-less alkaline-polymer formulations for recovering reactive crude oil
Creators: name: Pope, Gary A.
name: Weerasooriya, Upali P.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: C09K8/588
subject: No longer published

description: Compositions and methods for oil recovery using a surfactant-less alkaline-polymer system in hard water or hard brine is described in the instant invention. The formulation further includes a chelating agent, an alkaline agent (which can be the same as the chelating agent), and a co-solvent. The formulations as disclosed herein are capable of forming a surfactant in-situ resulting in Winsor Type III micro-emulsions of low interfacial tension.
Infinitesimal 2-braidings from 2-shifted Poisson structures
Creators: name: Kemp, Cameron
name: Laugwitz, Robert
name: Schenkel, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 14A30, 17B37, 18N10, 53D55

description: It is shown that every $2$-shifted Poisson structure on a finitely generated semi-free commutative differential graded algebra $A$ defines a very explicit infinitesimal $2$-braiding on the homotopy $2$-category of the symmetric monoidal dg-category of finitely generated semi-free $A$-dg-modules. This provides a concrete realization, to first order in the deformation parameter $\hbar$, of the abstract deformation quantization results in derived algebraic geometry due to Calaque, Pantev, Toën, Vaquié and Vezzosi. Of particular interest is the case when $A$ is the Chevalley-Eilenberg algebra of a Lie $N$-algebra, where the braided monoidal deformations developed in this paper may be interpreted as candidates for representation categories of `higher quantum groups'.
description: v2: 39 pages. Final version accepted for publication in Journal of Geometry and Physics
title: Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy of M-CHAT by Categorical Rank of Clinical Diagnosis
Creators: name: Olmstead, John
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2020

description: This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of published Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) screening studies. The purpose of this study was to determine if the quality of clinical reference outcomes across M-CHAT screening studies relates to reported diagnostic accuracy metrics. PRISMA guidelines were implemented and 3631 records were collected from 3 main databases: EBSCO, Web of Science, and PROQUEST. 22 studies with 24 sample sets then had their psychometric data directly reported and were ranked using an adaptation framework for ranking the quality of clinical reference standard categories. The data was analyzed using a random effects bivariate Reitsma model and meta-regression. The relationship was explored between clinical reference standard criteria and the diagnostic accuracy measures of Sensitivity, Specificity and the Diagnostic Odds Ratio.  The results indicate that there is not a linear relationship between increases in reference standard quality and decreases in diagnostic accuracy metrics, but clinical reference standard categories may have an impact on reported accuracy. In the future, researchers should consider the quality reference standards when conducting diagnostic accuracy studies of autism screening tools.
title: Efficiently injecting spin-polarized current into semiconductors by interfacing crystalline ferromagnetic oxides directly on the semiconductor material
Creators: name: Demkov, Alexander A.
name: Posadas, Agham-Bayan S.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: G11C11/16
subject: H01L43/10
subject: H01L43/02
subject: H01L43/12
subject: No longer published

description: A spintronic device and a method for making said spintronic device. The spintronic device includes an epitaxial crystalline ferromagnetic oxide formed directly on the semiconductor material thereby allowing spin-polarized current to be efficiently injected from the ferromagnetic oxide into the semiconductor material. A host crystal lattice includes multiple sets of stacked oxide layers of material A and B of a perovskite structure with a formula of ABO3. After an oxide layer of B is grown, magnetic ions are introduced to intermix with the B material, which may replace some of the ions of the B material. The process of growing additional stacked oxide layers of material A and B and introducing further magnetic ions after the deposition of the oxide layer of B continues until enough magnetic ions are sufficiently close to one another that they align in the same direction thereby forming a ferromagnetic oxide on the semiconductor material.
Coulomb coupling between two nanospheres trapped in a bichromatic optical tweezer
Creators: name: Deplano, Quentin
name: Pontin, Antonio
name: Ranfagni, Andrea
name: Marino, Francesco
name: Marin, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Levitated optomechanics is entering the multiparticle regime, paving the way for the use of arrays of strongly coupled massive oscillators to explore complex interacting quantum systems. Here, we demonstrate the trapping of two nanospheres inside a dual optical tweezer generated by two copropagating lasers operating at different wavelengths (1064 nm and 976 nm). Due to the chromatic aberration of the tweezer optics, two focal points are created approximately 9 microns apart, each one acting as an optical trap for a silica nanoparticle. At this distance, the surface charges on the nanospheres produce a Coulomb force that couples their motion along the tweezer axis. The strong coupling regime is achieved, as evidenced by the observed avoided crossing of the normal-mode frequencies. These results highlight the potential of our experimental scheme for future studies on systems of strongly coupled oscillators, including their implementation in optical cavities, both in the classical and in quantum regime.
Bayesian learning with Gaussian processes for low-dimensional representations of time-dependent nonlinear systems
Creators: name: McQuarrie, Shane A.
name: Chaudhuri, Anirban
name: Willcox, Karen E.
name: Guo, Mengwu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: G.3
subject: 62F15, 60G15, 65C05, 35B30

description: This work presents a data-driven method for learning low-dimensional time-dependent physics-based surrogate models whose predictions are endowed with uncertainty estimates. We use the operator inference approach to model reduction that poses the problem of learning low-dimensional model terms as a regression of state space data and corresponding time derivatives by minimizing the residual of reduced system equations. Standard operator inference models perform well with accurate training data that are dense in time, but producing stable and accurate models when the state data are noisy and/or sparse in time remains a challenge. Another challenge is the lack of uncertainty estimation for the predictions from the operator inference models. Our approach addresses these challenges by incorporating Gaussian process surrogates into the operator inference framework to (1) probabilistically describe uncertainties in the state predictions and (2) procure analytical time derivative estimates with quantified uncertainties. The formulation leads to a generalized least-squares regression and, ultimately, reduced-order models that are described probabilistically with a closed-form expression for the posterior distribution of the operators. The resulting probabilistic surrogate model propagates uncertainties from the observed state data to reduced-order predictions. We demonstrate the method is effective for constructing low-dimensional models of two nonlinear partial differential equations representing a compressible flow and a nonlinear diffusion-reaction process, as well as for estimating the parameters of a low-dimensional system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations representing compartmental models in epidemiology.
description: https://github.com/Sandialabs/GP-BayesOpInf
title: Predictors of TB-mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected children in Kenya
Creators: name: Kitiabi, Henry
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2020

description: Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, resulting in an estimated one million new cases and over 200,000 deaths annually among children. TB is the leading cause of death in HIV-infected children globally (Swaminathan & Rekha, 2010), but few studies have evaluated cofactors of pediatric TB mortality the era ART. We evaluated predictors of TB mortality in a cohort of HIV-infected hospitalized Kenyan children initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Methods: HIV-infected children age(PUSH) trial. Children were ART-naïve and started ART within 2 weeks of enrollment. All children underwent intensified TB case finding at enrollment and were evaluated for TB with symptom screening, physical exam and microbiologic evaluation (two sputum or gastric aspirate samples for AFB, Xpert and culture and one stool Xpert). Children with suspected tuberculosis were treated by hospital clinicians according to Kenyan Ministry of Health guidelines and were followed for six months. We evaluated cofactors of mortality using Kaplan-Meier curves and univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models.
Results: Of 181 ART-naive children enrolled in the study, 14 (8%) had confirmed TB, 81 (45%) had unconfirmed TB, and 86 (47%) had unlikely TB). Overall, mortality was higher among children with confirmed TB compared children with Unlikely TB [HR 3.9, 95% CI 1.50 – 9.97). In multivariate analysis of children with confirmed and unconfirmed TB, higher mortality was observed among participants without anti-TB treatment (aHR 6.5; 95% CI 2.24–18.84; p0.378 (aHR 4·5; 1.50 - 13.81; p=0.008).
Conclusion: We observed high mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected children with confirmed TB. Lack of anti-tuberculosis treatment, high monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, and OVC status were significant predictors of TB mortality. Earlier identification and treatment of TB/HIV co-infection is urgently needed.
title: Time synchronization and controlled asynchronization of remote trigger signals
Creators: name: Flake, Robert H.
Publisher: name: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: G01R31/088
subject: H04B17/364
subject: H04B3/02
subject: No longer published

description: A mechanism is disclosed for transmitting pulses onto respective cables so that the pulses arrive at the remote ends of the respective cables in synchronized (or controllably asynchronized) fashion. First, the round-trip time of flight of each cable is measured using speedy delivery pulses, i.e., pulses whose leading edges have exponential shape. Second, a calculation is performed to determine the input delay(s) between the pulses that would produce desired output delay(s). For example, it may be desirable that the pulses arrive at the respective remote ends at the same time, in which case the desired output delay(s) is (are) zero. Third, the same speedy delivery pulses are transmitted onto the respective cables so that the interpulse delay(s) conform to the computed input delay(s). Thus, the desired output delay(s) are achieved at the remote ends of the cables.
title: Risk Factors of Incomplete Immunization Among Children Under Five in Nigeria: An Analysis of theDemographic Health Survey
Creators: name: Sebeh, Yesser
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2020

description: BACKGROUND: Nigeria is among the countries with the lowest immunization coverage in the AFRO region according to the WHO estimates. In 2018, 70% of the population is not vaccinated, representing an approximated 3 million people. Incomplete or inexistent vaccination is due to multiple factors pertaining to the health system, family factors, available information, and communication strategies. This multilevel aspect of the risk factors was identified in a systematic review that focused on low and middle-income countries suggesting that social determinants of health have an impact on the immunization coverage. The present thesis focused on the individual, family, and community socio-economic factors that influence incomplete immunization in Nigeria. METHODS: Data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) datasets made publicly available by USAID (DHS program, available datasets, 2009 -2018) were used to conduct a cross-sectional analysis. Factors were categorized into individual-, family-, and community-levels. We focused on the following vaccines’ coverage status: BCG, Pentavalent, Polio 3, and Measles. The data analysis was performed using SAS software to run a multilevel model. We also used ArcMap to perform a spatial analysis of the immunization coverage rates in the country. RESULTS: We identified risk factors such as lack of access to prenatal care, home delivery, lack of access to media outlets, the lack of mothers education, and the low economic status that influence incomplete immunization in Nigeria in children aged between 12 – 23 months old. This study also showed the increased influence of family and community factors on immunization coverage, in accordance with the Social Determinants of Health concept. CONCLUSION: Interventions that aim to increase the uptake of child immunization should focus on these factors and act on three axes: a policy, research, and health systems strengthening components.
AUT714990_Lay_Abstract – Supplemental material for Myths about autism: An exploratory study using focus groups
Creators: name: John, Rachael PS
name: Knott, Fiona J
name: Harvey, Kate N
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Education
subject: 130312 Special Education and Disability
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Supplemental material, AUT714990_Lay_Abstract for Myths about autism: An exploratory study using focus groups by Rachael PS John, Fiona J Knott and Kate N Harvey in Autism
Additional file 1 of A phoenix in the greenhouse: characterization and phylogenomics of complete chloroplast genomes sheds light on the putatively extinct-in-the-wild Solanum ensifolium (Solanaceae)
Creators: name: Graham, Matthew R.
name: Kaur, Noorpreet
name: Jones, Cynthia S.
name: Lamour, Kurt
name: Connolly, Bryan A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1.