cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
An optical search for supernova remnants in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2903
Creators: name: Sonbas, E.
name: Akyuz, A.
name: Balman, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of an optical search for supernova remnants (SNRs) in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 2903. Interference filter images and spectral data were taken in March 2005 with the f/7.7 1.5 m Russian Turkish Telescope (RTT150) at TUBITAK National Observatory (TUG). Spectral data were obtained with the 6 m BTA (Bolshoi Azimuthal Telescope, Russia). We used the SNR identification criterion that consists of constructing the continuum-subtracted H$α$ and continuum-subtracted [SII]$λ$$λ$6716,6731 images and their ratios. Five SNR candidates were identified in NGC 2903 with [SII]/H$α$ ratios ranging from 0.41 - 0.74 and H$α$ intensities ranging from 9.4$\times10^{-15}$ to 1.7$\times10^{-14}$ ergs cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. This work represents the first identification of SNRs by an optical survey in NGC 2903. We present the spectrum of one of the bright candidates and derive an [SII]/H$α$ emission line ratio of 0.42 for this source. In addition, the weak [OIII]$λ$5007/H$β$ emission line ratio in the spectrum of this SNR indicates an old oxygen-deficient remnant with a low propagation velocity.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted to be published in A&A as it stands
title: Production and Quality Evaluation of Compressed Freeze-Dehydrated Sour Cherries and Their Pies
Creators: name: Srisangnam, Chareonsri
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1974

description: High quality, mature sour cherries (Prunus cerasus L., cultivar Montmorency)were freeze-dehydrated, conditioned with one thousand part per million of sulfur dioxide solution spray followed by dry heat at 200 F for 1 minute and compressed with a pressure of 400 pounds per square inch. The samples were vacuum sealed in cans and stored at 100 F and 70 F for 6 months. The samples were analyzed every 2 months for compression characteristics, changes of color, acidity, anthocyanins, and ascorbic acid. Organoleptic evaluations were made for flavor, texture, and appearance of the rehydrated products prepared as pies.
The results indicated that freeze-dehydrated sour cherries stored at 70 F maintained higher quality and had a slower rate of change than those samples stored at 100 F. The sulfited sample had a higher quality rating than the control sample.
Final state interactions in the reaction T(He3, He4) np
Creators: name: Beveridge, John Leslie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Triple correlation cross sections have been measured for the reaction T(He³,He⁴)np in a complete experiment at a He³ bombarding energy of 1.5 MeV. Three similar experimental geometries were used which allow the observation of low relative energies in the n-p system, and energies of 0.96 MeV in the He⁴-n system. Therefore the n-p singlet and He⁵ (g.s.) final state interactions were observed. Events from the two body reaction channel T(He³,d)He⁴ and overlapping kinematic contours were eliminated by particle identification. A least squares fit to the experimental triple correlation cross section for one geometry was made using two approximate theories for three body reactions. These were the Watson, and Phillips, Griffy and Biedenharn (P.G.B.) final state interaction theories. Both theories give the theoretical cross section to be proportional to a density of states (D.O.S.) function. The P.G.B. theory gives two forms for this function (P.G.B.1 and P.G.B.2). The D.O.S. functions for the state of He⁵ and Li⁵ were calculated using only the P.G.B. 1 and Watson forms. The P.G.B.1 form gives an inadequate description of both the n-p singlet and He⁵(g.s.) final state enhancements. The He⁵(g.s.) enhancement is well described by the Watson form of the D.O.S. function. The triple correlation cross section, for high proton energies, was dominated by a sequential breakup through the ground state of He⁵ and by direct three body breakup. No evidence for contributions from the states of Li⁵ or for any well defined contributions from the first excited state of He⁵ were observed. The Watson and P.G.B.2 forms of the singlet n-p D.O.S. function gave indistinguishable predictions of the n-p singlet enhancement. The P.G.B. 2 form was used, for seven values of the n-p singlet scattering length, to fit the experimental data. The value of the singlet n-p scattering length extracted in the fitting procedure was [formula omitted]. The large experimental errors assigned were caused by the sensitivity of the extracted value on the background terms included in each fit.
The Argentine cases : a shadow on ICSID arbitration?
Creators: name: Herbon, AA
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (\ICSID\") is frequently nominated for the resolution of investment disputes in bilateral investment treaties (\"BITs\"). Despite this investment treaty arbitration under ICSID has not been frequently used. In 2000-2001 the Republic of Argentina suffered a severe economic crisis. In the wake of this crisis over forty foreign investors instituted proceedings against Argentina before ICSID for breach of BIT obligations with an estimated value of over US$30 billion (the \"Argentine Cases\"). This thesis examines the first awards in the Argentine Cases and assesses the impact of these awards on the future development of ICSID arbitration. Three major concerns arise from the analysis of the early awards. Firstly the inconsistency between tribunals' interpretation and application of international law principles has resulted in conflicting awards regarding Argentina's key defence of necessity. Secondly the Argentine Cases demonstrate that the limited procedural grounds for annulment available under ICSID pose significant challenges to the adequacy of the annulment procedure. This contributes to arguments for the development of an appeal facility for ICSID awards. Finally Argentina's resistance to complying with ICSID awards in the Argentine Cases tests the compliance and enforcement mechanisms under ICSID and challenges Argentina's obligation to comply with its international obligations. The avoidance of obligations under ICSID awards may establish an unfavorable precedent of non-compliance in ICSID arbitration. The implementation of a response to these issues in the remaining Argentine Cases will have a significant impact on how the cases affect ICSID's development. The Argentine Cases have elevated awareness of ICSID and BIT protection and will influence both states and investors in their assessment of the costs and benefits of allowing recourse to or relying on ICSID arbitration. This thesis argues that the impact of the Argentine Cases on the development of ICSID arbitration will depend on how the remaining Argentine Cases address the concerns raised in this thesis."
title: A Comparative Study of Seizure Susceptibility and Serum Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorus Profiles of Magnesium Deficient Rats
Creators: name: Bernhard, Nicole H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: Magnesium deficiency in rats is known to precipitate audiogenic seizures. An unknown mineral factor in a diet mixture was found to substantially reduce the seizure occurence in magnesium deficient vii animals. This was corrected when the same mineral mixture was remade. Subsequently the faulty mineral mixture was discarded. This research .. as aimed at determining the mineral factor responsible for the observed changes in seizure occurence, and also aimed at investigating the relationships of serum calcium, magnesium and phosphorus concentrations to seizure susceptibility. Treatments to change the serum concentrations of these minerals included dietary manipulation, subcutaneous injection of calcitonin, of 1 ,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, of calcium and of phosphorus. Animals fed magnesium deficient, low phosphorus diet and magnesium deficient animals fasted over-night were found to have significantly lower audiogenic seizure susceptibility than all other magnesium deficient animals regardless of treatment. Reduced audiogenic seizure susceptibility was not produced by any of the injections. The reduction in seizure with the magnesium deficient, low phosphorus diet indicates that phosphorus is an important factor in the mechanism of audiogenic seizuring in magnesium deficient rats.
title: A Nutrition Education Componenet for Migrant Children Based on the K-6 Nutrient-Density Curriculum
Creators: name: Beadleson, Sandra
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: A nutrition education component was developed, implemented, and evaluated for integration into the Title I migrant education program. The component was based on an evaluated nutrition education curriculum implemented by Brown in the elementary school. The nutrition education program was developed on the concept of nutrient density which measures the ratio of a food's nutrient contribution to its caloric contribution on a constant caloric basis. The nutrition component was modified to include behavioral objectives and concepts that partially met the needs of a migrant population in Utah.
The program was evaluated in the Title I programs in Corrine and Smithfield, Utah. The latter site served as a control group. A total of 88 students participated. Pre-post tests as well as individual unit tests served as evaluation instruments. The health status of the migrant children also was evaluated. Students and teachers indicated a positive change in knowledge and attitudes resulting from the nutrition education component.
A Layered Grammar Model: Using Tree-Adjoining Grammars to Build a Common Syntactic Kernel for Related Dialects
Creators: name: Vaillant, Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: I.2.7

description: This article describes the design of a common syntactic description for the core grammar of a group of related dialects. The common description does not rely on an abstract sub-linguistic structure like a metagrammar: it consists in a single FS-LTAG where the actual specific language is included as one of the attributes in the set of attribute types defined for the features. When the lang attribute is instantiated, the selected subset of the grammar is equivalent to the grammar of one dialect. When it is not, we have a model of a hybrid multidialectal linguistic system. This principle is used for a group of creole languages of the West-Atlantic area, namely the French-based Creoles of Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. LaTeX 2e using the coling08 style (and standard packages like epsf, amssymb, multirow, url...). Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Tree Adjoining Grammars and Related Formalisms. Tuebingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 6-8 June 2008
title: Seasonal Variation in the Ability of Milk and Whey to Support Lactic Culture Growth
Creators: name: Norton, Rick Cameron
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: Milk samples from two cheese plants with overlapping milk supplies were collected monthly for one year in an attempt to measure seasonal variation in the ability of milk and whey to support lactic culture growth . Treatments to control and minimize variability of milk or whey were evaluated to optimize stability in starter culture performance.
Raw milk samples were tested for somatic cell counts, activity tests (modified Horrall- Elliker), acid degree values, and total plate counts. Activity (modified Horraii-EIIiker) and inhibitory tests were also performed on pasteurized, pasteurized-vacuumized and high heat milk treatments.
Rennet whey (heated and unheated) was collected from raw and pasteurized-vacuumized milk and tested for lactic culture performance by monitoring growth under pH control for 16 h and measuring milli-equivalents of neutralizer (NaOH) added.
Lactic culture performance and stability in raw milk was poor in all seasons.
Culture performance in high heat milk was poor, but demonstrated good repeatability.
Pasteurized milk supported good lactic culture performance and stability.
Pasteurized-vacuumized milk provided excellent lactic culture performance and stability throughout the year.
Culture performance during December through March demonstrated the greatest variation. The cultures performed more uniformly during April through August. September was a transition month. Cultures demonstrated uniformity and optimum culture activity during October and November.
Teaching Global Health Law: Preparing the Next Generation for Future Challenges.
Creators: name: Bosha, Sarah L
name: Gostin, Lawrence O
name: Meier, Benjamin Mason
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Year: 2024

description: Following from sweeping law reforms across the global health landscape, there is a need to prepare the next generation to advance global health law to ensure justice for a healthier world. Educational programs across disciplines have increasingly incorporated the field of global health law, with new courses examining the law and policy frameworks that apply to the new set of public health threats, non-state actors, and regulatory instruments that structure global health. Such interdisciplinary training must be expanded throughout the world to prepare future practitioners to strengthen global health law - ensuring a foundation for global health in legal studies and law and global health studies. Meeting this imperative for global health law teaching - establishing academic courses and textbooks on global legal responses to shared health threats - will be necessary to support students to address the global health challenges of the future.
EIT waves and coronal magnetic field diagnostics
Creators: name: Chen, P. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic field in the solar lower atmosphere can be measured by the use of the Zeeman and Hanle effects. In contrast, the coronal magnetic field well above the solar surface, which directly controls various eruptive phenomena, can not be precisely measureed with the traditional techniques. Several attempts are being made to probe the coronal magnetic field, such as force-free extrapolation based on the photospheric magnetograms, gyroresonance radio emissions, and coronal seismology based on MHD waves in the corona. Compared to the waves trapped in the localized coronal loops, EIT waves are the only global-scale wave phenomenon, and thus are the ideal tool for the coronal global seismology. In this paper, we review the observations and modelings of EIT waves, and illustrate how they can be applied to probe the global magnetic field in the corona.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
DECODING INDIAN MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS: INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES ENTRENCHED IN SOCIO CULTURAL BIASES
Creators: name: Pranathi
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Matchmaking is an age-old practice in the Indian context. What started out as a tra- dition of seeking partners in close-knit communities, has today expanded to newspapers and online websites. These advertisements however continue to be extremely explicit, content-heavy, and rich sources of cultural and socio-economic individual preferences. In this study, I attempt to use this text, along with computational methods, to understand the most important preferences of individuals seeking partners through newspaper adver- tisements, and how their preferences vary with time. Moreover, I attempt to qualitatively understand how people employ print versus digital media to facilitate the matchmaking process, and how this impacts the relevance of newspaper matrimonial advertisements. I use robust methods of natural language processing and computational linguistics such as part-of-speech tagging and word embeddings to conduct a longitudinal study across years. I argue that individual preferences of brides and grooms are rooted in gender and cultural biases, and remain constant with time. Using newspaper matrimonial advertisements of a north Indian newspaper, The Tribune, from 2001-2014, I find that there exists a bias for “tall”, “slim”, “fair”, and “beautiful” women, and “handsome”, “tall”, and “intelligent” working men, from the Sikh or Jat community. This underscores the fact that these advertisements are embedded in stereotypical gendered roles and a strong emphasis on intra-faith alliances. The results of this research also highlight the increasing preference of individuals towards using online platforms for matrimonial advertisements. In doing so, this study discovers nuanced biases in the social fabric of Indian matchmaking traditions and raises questions about the relevance of newspaper matrimonial advertisements and their implications on the matchmaking ecosystem.
Control of power electronic interfaces for photovoltaic power systems
Creators: name: Hasan, KN
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis deals with the control of power electronic interfaces for photovoltaic applications. The main objective is to develop and employ effective control algorithms and topologies that are optimally suited for photovoltaic power conversion systems. The studies, comprising of analysis, modeling, control and experimental evaluation, clearly enhance overall system performance. The major items of investigation in this thesis are power electronic converter design and modeling, current mode control, maximum power point tracking techniques, and control for energy storage systems. The nonlinear and time varying characteristics of both the photovoltaic module and switch-mode power converters cause problems in photovoltaic systems control. The weather dependency of photovoltaic system makes these problems even more severe. As the photovoltaic source usually acts as a current source, this thesis proposes current mode control methods as a suitable control solution in photovoltaic power systems. The thesis proposes an improved algorithm, based on current mode control, to ensure an accurate tracking of the maximum power point of the photovoltaic module. In addition, four current mode control methods are investigated for the dc-dc converter controller to obtain a stable dc bus voltage. The results obtained are compared with the voltage mode control. Finally, a new control algorithm is proposed for charging and discharging of the photovoltaic battery storage system, which allows versatile power transfer among the photovoltaic source, battery and load. Extensive simulation studies were performed based on MATLAB/Simulink/ Simpower to verify the control methods of the maximum power point tracking, dc-dc converter control and energy storage interface for a 3 KW photovoltaic power system. The current mode control methods have shown significant improvement in different aspects of the power quality, especially in case of input changes, load variations, transient responses and harmonics. A dSPACE DS1104 DSP (digital signal processor) hardware and software system was used in a prototype experimental evaluation to validate the improved performances of the current mode control of dc-dc converter for photovoltaic systems.
Determining the unknown in Southern Ocean squid : distribution and diet of Histeoteuthis eltaninae and Martialia hyadesi
Creators: name: Hughes, Amanda Rose
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: In the Southern Ocean, cephalopods are infrequently captured by conventional sampling methods, but this is not a reflection of their abundance. This inadequacy has resulted in their being limited knowledge into cephalopods despite their importance as voracious predators and a key prey resource to apex predators. These predators have allowed for a new technique to be developed through using their stomach contents to obtain cephalopods resistant mouth parts (known as beaks). In the Southern Ocean, juvenile elephant seals have the greatest diving and foraging capacity, resulting in the greatest representation of the cephalopod community in their stomach contents. These beaks are morphologically uniqueto a species, with the dimensions related to the size the whole animal, allowing for species specific knowledge that can be related to size. Diet, potential prey and distribution can be determined through stable isotope analysis. Stable isotope analysis was conducted on two predominate species found in the stomach contents of juvenile elephant seals at Macquarie Island. Histioteuthis eltaninae was the most predominate cephalopod species and is believed to have a life span of approximately one year. Over this year period, ˜í¬•\\(^{13}\\)C signatures indicated that there was no active migration occurring, resulting in all life stages inhabiting the same broader region. H. eltaninae distribution is relatively confined to waters around Macquarie Island and appears to be restricted by temperature. The ˜í¬•\\(^{15}\\)N value indicated a positively linear relationship between trophic level and size of the individual. However, as expected in an annual species, this relationship was effected by season. Despite these relationships, the most predominant prey item appears to correspond with myctophid fish. Martialia hyadesi was also investigated and appears to have a minimum life span of 16 months indicated by the two concurrent size classes occurring between September and December. The stable isotope analysis demonstrated a broad distribution that involved extensive migration from southern, almost Antarctic waters to waters north of Macquarie Island. Therefore this species must withstand a great diversity of temperatures, particularly when compared to H. eltaninae. When considering trophic level and potential prey resources, there appears to be a shift from one tropic level, such as crustaceans and myctophid fish when individuals were smaller, to larger fish and other cephalopods, approximately the next trophic level up in larger individuals. M hyadesi appear to utilize lower trophic levels to a greater extent thanH. eltaninae, potentially the result of M. hyadesi opportunistic nature.
Population genetics in Octopus pallidus
Creators: name: Higgins, KL
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Dispersal is an important factor in population demographics, and therefore understanding dispersal is important for population management. In marine environments, the presence or absence of pelagic larvae is considered an important factor determining the dispersal capacity of an organism. Organisms with pelagic larvae that spend long periods in the plankton are considered to have high dispersal capacities, while organisms with no pelagic larval phase (direct development) are considered to have very low dispersal capabilities and therefore highly structured populations. Dispersal is often difficult to observe directly, however the use of natural chemical markers has enabled organisms to be traced back to their place of origin. The other primary method by which dispersal can be inferred is by population genetic analyses, which can provide information on the differentiation of populations and therefore how much dispersal has occurred between them. The most informative analyses use a combination of approaches to provide a more comprehensive assessment of dispersal. This study determines population genetic variation of the benthic cephalopod Octopus pallidus over spatial and temporal scales using microsatellite markers. Octopus pallidus populations were found to be spatially structured at larger (> 300km) scales and homogenous at smaller scales, consistent with isolation by distance. Allele frequencies of populations were temporally stable. Genetic analyses suggested greater levels of dispersal than a previous stylet microchemistry study on this species, which reflects the differing sensitivities of the two approaches. Isolation by distance is likely to be more important in determining population structure in organisms with direct development, as species with plallktonic stages are more strongly affected by oceanography and larval behaviour, as demonstrated by previous research on the sympatric Octopus maorum.
Additional file 3 of Azithromycin ameliorated cigarette smoke-induced airway epithelial barrier dysfunction by activating Nrf2/GCL/GSH signaling pathway
Creators: name: Song, Yun
name: Fu, Wenhuan
name: Zhang, Youzhi
name: Huang, Doudou
name: Wu, Jian
name: Tong, Shuangmei
name: Zhong, Mingkang
name: Cao, Huifang
name: Wang, Bin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3: Table S1. Characteristics of airway brush specimen subjects (n=6).
The slamming and whipping vibratory response of a hydroelastic segmented catamaran model
Creators: name: Lavroff, J
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: A 2.5m hydroelastic segmented catamaran model was developed based on the 112m INCAT wave-piercer catamaran to simulate the vibration response for the measurement of dynamic slam loads during head sea tests at the Australian Maritime College towing tank. Numerical computations and results of dynamic finite element methods were used as a basis for predicting the motions and loads acting on the hydroelastic catamaran model. A load measurement system and data acquisition system was developed to measure the dynamic wave loads and motions of the catamaran model. A two degree of freedom spring-mass theoretical model was developed to predict the first longitudinal modal frequency response of an NPL6A hydroelastic model and was applied to the development of a three degree of freedom spring-mass system used to predict the wet and dry whipping frequency response of the catamaran model. Vibration tests were performed on the catamaran model in air and still water to investigate the effects of stiffness and mass on the first longitudinal modal frequency response. The whipping frequency of the catamaran model was validated using full-scale slamming and whipping accelerations obtained on a 112m INCAT catamaran vessel during a delivery voyage to Japan. Towing tank tests were performed in regular seas to measure the dynamic slam loads acting on the centre bow and vertical bending moments acting in the demihulls of the catamaran model as a function of speed, wave frequency and wave height to establish the operational loads acting on the full-scale 112m INCAT catamaran vessel. An analysis was performed on the catamaran model slamming kinematics in regular seas to form a basis for developing numerical techniques used to predict slam occurrence and slam severity. The effects of variations of wave height, model test speed and wave encounter frequency were combined so as to express slam severity in terms of the maximum relative bow velocity. Peak slam forces measured on the bow of the model were found to approach the weight of the model this being similar to the findings of full-scale vessel trials. Slam impulses when scaled found greater slam durations at full-scale while scaling of the peak strain energy showed that the hydroelastic model provides a good basis for simulating the energy imparted by the slam into whipping. Thorough testing over a range of encounter frequencies and wave heights exposed the catamaran model to extremely severe slamming without evidence of complete bow immersion indicating that the INCAT 112 m wave piercer design is inherently seaworthy and relatively immune from deck diving in seas up to 5.4m.
Redshifted emission lines and radiative recombination continuum from the Wolf-Rayet binary theta Muscae: evidence for a triplet system?
Creators: name: Sugawara, Yasuharu
name: Tsuboi, Yohko
name: Maeda, Yoshitomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present XMM-Newton observations of the WC binary Theta Muscae (WR 48), the second brightest Wolf-Rayet binary in optical wavelengths. The system consists of a short-period (19.1375 days) WC5/WC6 + O6/O7V binary and possibly has an additional O supergiant companion (O9.5/B0Iab) which is optically identified at a separation of ~46 mas. Strong emission lines from highly ionized ions of C, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ar, Ca and Fe are detected. The spectra are fitted by a multi-temperature thin-thermal plasma model with an interstellar absorption N_H = 2--3*10**21 cm**-2. Lack of nitrogen line indicates that the abundance of carbon is at least an order of magnitude larger than that of nitrogen. A Doppler shift of ~630 km/s is detected for the OVIII line, while similar shifts are obtained from the other lines. The reddening strongly suggests that the emission lines originated from the wind-wind shock zone, where the average velocity is ~600 km/s. The red-shift motion is inconsistent with a scenario in which the X-rays originate from the wind-wind collision zone in the short-period binary, and would be evidence supporting the widely separated O supergiant as a companion. This may make up the collision zone be lying behind the short-period binary. In addition to the emission lines, we also detected the RRC (radiative recombination continuum) structure from carbon around 0.49 keV. This implies the existence of additional cooler plasma.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted to A&A
Efficient numerical method to calculate three-tangle of mixed states
Creators: name: Cao, Kun
name: Zhou, Zheng-Wei
name: Guo, Guang-Can
name: He, Lixin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate an efficient numerical method to calculate three-tangle of general mixed states. We construct a "energy function" (target function) for the three-tangle of the mixed state under certain constrains. The "energy function" (target function) is then optimized via a replica exchange Monte Carlo method. We have extensively tested the method for the examples with known analytical results, showing remarkable agreement. The method can be applied to other optimization problems in quantum information theory.
Emotional responses to non-suicidal self-injury in borderline and non-borderline individuals : a study of facial expressions
Creators: name: Lau, Choi Ha Betsy
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The present study examined the facial expressions of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and without BPD in response to memories of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) to determine the way in which changes in facial expression indicated the nature of the emotional responses to NSSI. Twenty four participants, who were over 18 years old and with a history of NSSI were recruited from the University of Tasmania. A semi-structured interview was structured to elicit information of the events (NSSI and a neutral event) in four stages: scene setting, approach, incident and consequence. Results indicated similarities between groups in the pattern of psychological response indicative of a tension reduction pattern. The group without borderline traits responded more negatively to NSSI than did the BPD group. The results are discussed in terms of the possible explanations for the nature of the psychological responses to NSSI in the face of evidence of differing patterns of psychophysiological responses and in light of the discrepancies between self-reported affective state and objectively measured psychological response.
title: The Relationship Between Milk Composition and Swiss Cheese Yields
Creators: name: Majeed, Gheyath H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: Eighty-five samples of milk and Swiss cheese made from the same milk were collected at Cache Valley Dairy Association, Smithfield, Utah, between August, 1979, and July, 1980. The weights of the milk, Swiss cheese and the trim were carefully recorded. The milk samples were analyzed for fat and protein, and the cheese samples were analyzed for fat, protein and moisture. An attempt was made to predict Swiss cheese yields from the fat and protein content of the milk and the moisture content of the cheese.
The data were analyzed statistically by Gauss-Newton non-linear least squares method of iteration. Three formulas for predicting Swiss cheese yield were derived. The differences among the three formulas in predicting actual yield were insignificant. A good comparison was demonstrated between Swiss cheese yield and fat and protein in milk.
The effect of season on cheese yield was also evaluated. The highest yield of Swiss cheese was in December and the lowest yield was in July. This corresponded with high and low levels of fat and protein in the milk.
Irreducible SU(3) Schwinger Bosons
Creators: name: Anishetty, Ramesh
name: Mathur, Manu
name: Raychowdhury, Indrakshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop simple computational techniques for constructing all possible SU(3) representations in terms of irreducible SU(3) Schwinger bosons. We show that these irreducible Schwinger oscillators make SU(3) representation theory as simple as SU(2). The new Schwinger oscillators satisfy certain Sp(2,R) constraints and solve the multiplicity problem as well. These SU(3) techniques can be generalized to SU(N).
description: To appear in Journal of Mathematical Physics (vol 50, issue 5), minor typos corrected, 14 pages, revtex
Additional file 1 of CDK9 inhibition induces epigenetic reprogramming revealing strategies to circumvent resistance in lymphoma
Creators: name: Thieme, Elana
name: Bruss, Nur
name: Sun, Duanchen
name: Dominguez, Edward C.
name: Coleman, Daniel
name: Liu, Tingting
name: Roleder, Carly
name: Martinez, Melissa
name: Garcia-Mansfield, Krystine
name: Ball, Brian
name: Pirrotte, Patrick
name: Wang, Lili
name: Xia, Zheng
name: Danilov, Alexey V.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Supplemental Figure 1. Anti-lymphoma activity of standard chemotherapy drug. Supplemental Figure 2. Proteomic analysis of AZD4573-treated cell lines. Supplemental Figure 3. BAX knockout desensitizes DLBCL cells to AZD4573. Supplemental Figure 4. Oncogene recovery in cells treated with AZ5576. Supplemental Figure 5. CDK9i modulates the epigenetic landscape. Supplemental Figure 6. BRD4 increases following CDK9i. Supplemental Figure 7. The role of the Mediator complex in CDK9i. Supplemental Figure 8. In vivo combination of CDK9i/PIMi.
title: Vitamin A and Vitamin E Status of Persons on Hemodialysis
Creators: name: Johnson, Kathleen S.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1981

description: The study was designed to assess the vitamin A and vitamin E status of persons receiving maintenance hemodialysis. Blood samples from thirty persons receiving hemodialysis, as well as age and sex-matched controls, were analyzed for vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotene using a spectrofluorometric assay for vitamins A and E, and a spectrophotometric assay for carotene. Dietary intakes of vitamins A and E were estimated via verbal questioning. Samples of dialysate were also studied. Results of the investigation showed significantly elevated vitamin A, normal vitamin E, and decreased carotene levels in persons with renal failure receiving maintenance hemodialysis, when compared with controls. Vitamin E measured in dialysate samples and in plasma were higher than expected. It is possible that the plastic and the petroleum ether reacted during the assay and resulted in false high values. Vitamin intakes were not significantly different between the two groups when supplementation was considered. Dietary and supplemental intake of vitamin A is most likely not of importance in the hypervitaminosis A seen in renal failure, as physiological or biochemical roles appear to be the underlying cause of elevated vitamin A levels. A role of hypervitaminosis A in regulating phospholipase, unsaturated fatty acid production, and therefore prostaglandin synthesis is possibly a mechanism in altering platelet aggregation and clotting in persons receiving hemodialysis treatment.
A prescribed Gauss-Kronecker curvature problem on the product of unit spheres
Creators: name: ZhiZhang, Wang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35J60, 35J65, 58J05, 58J32, 58J60, 53C21

description: The present paper discusses that a prescribed Gauss-Kronecker curvature problem on the product of unit spheres.
description: 21 pages
title: An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Pantothenate
Creators: name: Smith, Allen H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1981

description: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for pantothenate has been developed. Antibodies induced in rabbits against bovine serum albumin-pantothenate conjugate were specifically purified by affinity chromatography. This process served to reduce the amount of endogenous pantothenate attached to the antibody, as well as to purify the antibody. The purified antibodies were covalently linked to alkaline phosphatase (Sigma type VII) with glutaraldehyde (0.05% aqueous solution). An immobilized pantothenate substrate was first obtained by attaching human serum albumin-pantothenate conjugate to the surface of polystyrene culture tubes by passive adsorption. The binding of the enzyme labelled antibody (E-AB} to this substrate is proportionately inhibited by free pantothenate as standards or as samples for analysis. The inhibition of E-AB immobilization was quantitated at 405 nm by the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate as indicated by the formation of p-nitrophenol. A standard curve was plotted on log logit paper, and was linear in the range of 2 through 1000 ng pantothenate. Initial experiments show that the ELISA will be useful in assessing pantothenate in deproteinized blood samples and in food extracts.
On Witten multiple zeta-functions associated with semisimple Lie algebras IV
Creators: name: Komori, Yasushi
name: Matsumoto, Kohji
name: Tsumura, Hirofumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11M41, 17B20, 40B05

description: In our previous work, we established the theory of multi-variable Witten zeta-functions, which are called the zeta-functions of root systems. We have already considered the cases of types $A_2$, $A_3$, $B_2$, $B_3$ and $C_3$. In this paper, we consider the case of $G_2$-type. We define certain analogues of Bernoulli polynomials of $G_2$-type and study the generating functions of them to determine the coefficients of Witten's volume formulas of $G_2$-type. Next we consider the meromorphic continuation of the zeta-function of $G_2$-type and determine its possible singularities. Finally, by using our previous method, we give explicit functional relations for them which include Witten's volume formulas.
description: 22 page
Isotope effect on the Neel temperature of hydrated manganese chloride crystals
Creators: name: Yue, Chung Leung
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The Néel temperatures of both the hydrated and 96% deuterated single crystal specimen of antiferromagnetic manganese chloride, have been compared. The sample was placed in the tank circuit of a radio-frequency oscillator; the inductance of the coil and hence the frequency of oscillation thus depended on the susceptibility of the specimen. As the crystal in the liquid helium bath was warmed through the Neel temperature, the oscillation frequency was monitored by a frequency counter. By this method, the Neel temperature could be deduced to change by -2.3% when the crystal was 96% deuterated. This result is comparable to the measurements on CoCl₂.6H₂O and CuCl₂.2H₂O. A semi-quantitative explanation proposes an intimate relationship between the superexchange interaction and the hydrogen bond strength.
Stochastic distinguishability of Markovian trajectories
Creators: name: Pagare, Asawari
name: Zheng, Jiming
name: Lu, Zhiyue
name: Zhang, Zhongmin
Publisher: name: AIP Publishing
Year: 2024

description: The ability to distinguish between stochastic systems based on their trajectories is crucial in thermodynamics, chemistry, and biophysics. The Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence, DKLAB(0,τ), quantifies the distinguishability between the two ensembles of length-τ trajectories from Markov processes A and B. However, evaluating DKLAB(0,τ) from histograms of trajectories faces sufficient sampling difficulties, and no theory explicitly reveals what dynamical features contribute to the distinguishability. This work provides a general formula that decomposes DKLAB(0,τ) in space and time for any Markov processes, arbitrarily far from equilibrium or steady state. It circumvents the sampling difficulty of evaluating DKLAB(0,τ). Furthermore, it explicitly connects trajectory KL divergence with individual transition events and their waiting time statistics. The results provide insights into understanding distinguishability between Markov processes, leading to new theoretical frameworks for designing biological sensors and optimizing signal transduction.
title: The Derivation and Validation of a Workable Food Listing System for Use in Evaluation of Food Consumption
Creators: name: Lauritzen, Georgia C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: Three separate food grouping systems were derived for diet evaluation by utilizing a computer clustering program. System 1 was based on grouping of foods according to nutrient quality and quantity, system 2 was based on nutrient quality and frequency of consumption and system 3 was based on nutrient quality and kilocalories consumed. Defendable nutritional principles as well as knowledge of present nutritional concerns and eating habits of the U.S. population underpinned the derivation of the three systems. Over 4,000 individual foods were condensed to approximately 325 groups.
The three food grouping systems which were developed were compared for accuracy by calculating nutrients for a mean daily food record for a random sample of 126 adults in the National Food Consumption Survey. Percent error for each of 15 nutrients was calculated for each derived system as contrasted to the value which resulted from using individual nutrient values for discrete foods.
In evaluating the 3 systems the most accurate comparison resulted from the system which was based on frequency of consumption. The results of the comparison indicated that 11 of the 15 nutrients which were determined were consistent in all systems. The exceptions were vitamin A, vitamin B12, riboflavin and ascorbic acid. These inconsistencies can be attributed to the nature of the food sources and the nutrients themselves.
It was demonstrated that fortified foods and food supplements which contain varying amounts of selected nutrients require individual treatment for accurate analysis.
These results supported the hypothesis that a shortened dietary analysis system can be used without compromising accuracy.
title: Comparison of Skim Milk Starter, Whey Base Starter and a Direct Set Method on the Yield, Quality and Economics of Cottage Cheese Production
Creators: name: Geilman, Wayne G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1981

description: Three different methods of acidifying skim milk(milk starter, whey base starter and direct acid set) for making cottage cheese were evaluated for their effect on yield, quality and acidification cost. Cultured cottage cheese was produced with milk starter and pH controlled whey-base starter by the short set method. Five percent milk starter and 2.4% whey base starter were approximately equivalent in activity and gave average setting times of 234 to 255 minutes. Direct acid set cottage cheese was made by the Vitex/American method. The setting time required for direct acid set cottage cheese was 158 minutes. Yields of cottage cheese made by direct acid set were significantly higher than with the two cultured methods. Mean yield for direct acid set was 16.1%, the milk starter yield was 14.5% and the whey base method gave a yield of 14.8%.
Protein in the milk starter was less efficiently recovered in the cottage cheese curd than the protein in pasteurized milk.
The direct acid set method produced cottage cheese curd that was more mealy than the curd produced by cultured methods, but was still equal in over-all quality to curd made by milk starter methods. The cottage cheese produced by the different acidification methods were judged superior to commercially made direct acid and commercial cultured cottage cheese by an panel of trained judges. Cottage cheese made by whey base starter was preferred over all of the other cottage cheese. Acidification costs per kilogram of cottage cheese curd were $0.54 for milk starter, $0.019 for whey base starter and $0.114 for direct acid set curd. Overall ingredient cost per 1,000 Kg of skim milk set were $160.04, $154,43 and $170.17 respectively. Saving in time with direct acid set methods probably offset the additional cost of ingredients.
title: Selection and Preparation of Lactic Culture Starters for Manufacture of Cheddar Cheese
Creators: name: Gamay, Aly Youssef
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1983

description: A Spiral Plater and a Microtiter system were used to isolate and evaluate cultures for a paired strain culture program. Bacteriophage and temperature sensitivity data of 43 Streptococcus cremoris strains were introduced into a computer cluster program to pair the least similar strains.
Selected pairs were challenged with phage. Resistant mutants were developed.
Characteristics of proteinase positive and proteinase negative variants were examined. Proteinase positive isolates produced more changes in pH, cell mass and more generations in milk than their counter-parts. Paired proteinase negative cultures produced more change in pH and cell mass and more generations in milk than single strains.
Whey based medium under pH control was superior to commercial internal pH control medium for proteinase negative culture propagation.
Proteinase negative isolates achieved 90% of the cell mass obtained by their counterparts in nonfat dry milk-yeast medium. Proteinase negative starter culture endured significantly higher phage titers than proteinase positive cells. Proteinase negative variants sustained activity comparable with phage-free controls when challenged for seven cycles with high phage titers. Proteinase positive cells had impaired activity after the second cycle. Pairing of proteinase positive strains was advantageous for phage protection.
Erythromycin, streptomycin and penicillin adversely affected the activity of both cell types, yet proteinase positive cells were significantly more inhibited. Pairing neither variant enhanced activity.
Cheddar cheese was exclusively manufactured with 2% inoculum of proteinase negative cultures compared to 1.5% usage of the proteinase positive paired strains. Cheese quality and cheese making times were normal.
Over 4200 consecutive vats of Cheddar cheese were made in 1982 employing one pair of proteinase positive culture. Acid control and cheese quality were improved. The cheese making times were more uniform.
Smaller inocula volumes could successfully be used for bulk starter in cheese plants utilizing pH controlled starter propagation.
A needle/syringe system for inoculating starter tanks provided better protection against contamination during inoculation.