cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Subsistence difficulties are associated with more barriers to quitting and worse abstinence outcomes among homeless smokers: evidence from two studies in Boston, Massachusetts
Creators: name: Berkowitz, Seth A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract Background Three-quarters of homeless people smoke cigarettes. Competing priorities for shelter, food, and other subsistence needs may be one explanation for low smoking cessation rates in this population. We analyzed data from two samples of homeless smokers to examine the associations between subsistence difficulties and 1) smoking cessation readiness, confidence, and barriers in a cross-sectional study, and 2) smoking abstinence during follow-up in a longitudinal study. Methods We conducted a survey of homeless smokers (N = 306) in 4/2014–7/2014 and a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) for homeless smokers (N = 75) in 10/2015–6/2016 at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. In both studies, subsistence difficulties were characterized as none, low, or high based on responses to a 5-item scale assessing the frequency of past-month difficulty finding shelter, food, clothing, a place to wash, and a place to go to the bathroom. Among survey participants, we used linear regression to assess the associations between subsistence difficulty level and readiness to quit, confidence to quit, and a composite measure of perceived barriers to quitting. Among RCT participants, we used repeated-measures logistic regression to examine the association between baseline subsistence difficulty level and carbon monoxide-defined brief smoking abstinence assessed 14 times over 8 weeks of follow-up. Analyses adjusted for demographic characteristics, substance use, mental illness, and nicotine dependence. Results Subsistence difficulties were common in both study samples. Among survey participants, greater subsistence difficulties were associated with more perceived barriers to quitting (p < 0.001) but not with cessation readiness or confidence. A dose-response relationship was observed for most barriers, particularly psychosocial barriers. Among RCT participants, greater baseline subsistence difficulties predicted less smoking abstinence during follow-up in a dose-response fashion. In adjusted analyses, individuals with the highest level of subsistence difficulty had one-third the odds of being abstinent during follow-up compared to those without subsistence difficulties (OR 0.33, 95% CI 0.11–0.93) despite making a similar number of quit attempts. Conclusions Homeless smokers with greater subsistence difficulties perceive more barriers to quitting and are less likely to do so despite similar readiness, confidence, and attempts. Future studies should assess whether addressing subsistence difficulties improves cessation outcomes in this population. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02565381 .
Constraining Multiplicative Bias in CFHTLenS Weak Lensing Shear Data
Creators: name: Liu, Jia
name: Ortiz-Vazquez, Alvaro
name: Hill, J. Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several recent cosmological analyses have found tension between constraints derived from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) data and those derived from other data sets, such as the Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies. Similarly, a direct cross-correlation of the CFHTLenS data with Planck CMB lensing data yielded an anomalously low amplitude compared to expectations based on Planck or WMAP-derived cosmological parameters (Liu & Hill 2015). One potential explanation for these results is a multiplicative bias afflicting the CFHTLenS galaxy shape measurements, from which shears are inferred. Simulations are used in the CFHTLenS pipeline to calibrate such biases, but no data-driven constraints have been presented to date. In this paper, we cross-correlate CFHTLenS galaxy density maps with CFHTLenS shear maps and Planck CMB lensing maps to calibrate an additional multiplicative shear bias (m) in CFHTLenS (beyond the multiplicative correction that has already been applied to the CFHTLenS galaxy shears), following methods suggested by Vallinotto (2012) and Das et al. (2013). We analyze three magnitude-limited galaxy samples, finding 2-4sigma evidence for m<1 using the deepest sample (i<24), while the others are consistent with m=1 (no bias). This matches the expectation that the shapes of faint galaxies are the most prone to measurement biases. Our results for m are essentially independent of the assumed cosmology, and only weakly sensitive to assumptions about the galaxy bias. We consider three galaxy bias models, finding in all cases that the best-fit multiplicative shear bias is less than unity. A value of m~0.9 would suffice to reconcile the amplitude of density fluctuations inferred from the CFHTLenS shear two-point statistics with that inferred from Planck CMB temperature data. This scenario is consistent with our results.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures; v3: matches PRD accepted version
Evaluation: a key tool for improving drug prevention
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Europäische Union , Drogenmissbrauch
subject: 360
subject: 610

description: This publication contains over a dozen expert contributions demonstrating how evaluation theory and knowledge can be implemented to improve drug prevention practice in the European Union. The monograph looks at both the practical and political aspects of evaluation and presents an array of tools, techniques and recommendations to improve drug prevention programmes and assess needs, processes and outcomes. Also demonstrated are ways to overcome obstacles that may weaken the evaluation process, such as poor communication between evaluators and policy-makers or conflicts between political agendas and poor evaluation results. This volume complements the EMCDDA’s second scientific monograph and forms part of a broad EMCDDA goal to promote an evaluation culture in Europe.
Quantum Cauchy Surfaces in Canonical Quantum Gravity
Creators: name: Lin, Chun-Yen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For a Dirac theory of quantum gravity obtained from the refined algebraic quantization procedure, we propose a quantum notion of Cauchy surfaces. In such a theory, there is a kernel projector for the quantized scalar and momentum constraints, which maps the kinematic Hilbert space $\mathbb K$ into the physical Hilbert space $\mathbb H$. Under this projection, a quantum Cauchy surface isomorphically represents $\mathbb H$ with a kinematic subspace $\mathbb V \subset\mathbb K$. The isomorphism induces the complete sets of Dirac observables in $\mathbb D$, which faithfully represent the corresponding complete sets of self-adjoint operators in $\mathbb V$. Due to the constraints, a specific subset of the observables would be "frozen" as number operators, providing a background physical time for the rest of the observables. Therefore, a proper foliation with the quantum Cauchy surfaces may provide an observer frame describing the physical states of spacetimes in a Schrödinger picture, with the evolutions under a specific physical background. A simple model will be supplied as an initiative trial.
description: 27 pages
Correcting nucleotide-specific biases in high-throughput sequencing data
Creators: name: Furey, Terrence
name: Wang, Jeremy R
name: Quach, Bryan
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background High-throughput sequence (HTS) data exhibit position-specific nucleotide biases that obscure the intended signal and reduce the effectiveness of these data for downstream analyses. These biases are particularly evident in HTS assays for identifying regulatory regions in DNA (DNase-seq, ChIP-seq, FAIRE-seq, ATAC-seq). Biases may result from many experiment-specific factors, including selectivity of DNA restriction enzymes and fragmentation method, as well as sequencing technology-specific factors, such as choice of adapters/primers and sample amplification methods. Results We present a novel method to detect and correct position-specific nucleotide biases in HTS short read data. Our method calculates read-specific weights based on aligned reads to correct the over- or underrepresentation of position-specific nucleotide subsequences, both within and adjacent to the aligned read, relative to a baseline calculated in assay-specific enriched regions. Using HTS data from a variety of ChIP-seq, DNase-seq, FAIRE-seq, and ATAC-seq experiments, we show that our weight-adjusted reads reduce the position-specific nucleotide imbalance across reads and improve the utility of these data for downstream analyses, including identification and characterization of open chromatin peaks and transcription-factor binding sites. Conclusions A general-purpose method to characterize and correct position-specific nucleotide sequence biases fills the need to recognize and deal with, in a systematic manner, binding-site preference for the growing number of HTS-based epigenetic assays. As the breadth and impact of these biases are better understood, the availability of a standard toolkit to correct them will be important.
Declaration of Intention of Albert Ulrick
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1919

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Albert Ulrick Applicant age:29Occupation: chefCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 2 January 1895Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: S.S. Finland City of residence at time of declaration:Atlantic City, NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date:19 March 1919
Declaration of Intention of Max Harrold Renand
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by:Max Harold Renand Applicant age:24Occupation: chauffeur Country of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth:24 November 1899Sailed to the US aboard the vessel:President Grant City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 30 September 1924
Declaration of Intention of Francis Vetter
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1924

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Francis Vetter Applicant age: 23Occupation: ClerkCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 12 December 1902Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Seydletz City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 31 January 1924
Declaration of Intention of Otto Julius Meinig
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1925

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Otto Julius Meinig Applicant age: 23Occupation: WaiterCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 2nd March 1902Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Albert Ballin City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 16th July 1925
Declaration of Intention of Martha Strasbourg
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1921

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Martha Strasbourg Applicant age: 54Occupation: housekeeperCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 5 April 1866Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Sicilian City of residence at time of declaration: Margate, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 23 February 1921
Declaration of Intention of Fritz Krause
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1919

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Fritz Krause Applicant age: 31Occupation: pastry cookCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 20 January 1888Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Imperator City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 19 March 1919
Declaration of Intention of Ernst Wilhelm Haug
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1919

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Ernst Wilhelm Haug Applicant age: 30Occupation: bakerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 8 October 1888Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Main City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 1 July 1919
Public Space CCTV In Scotland: Results of a National Survey of Scotland’s Local Authorities
Creators: name: Bannister, Jon
name: Mackenzie, Simon
name: Norris, Paul
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Schottland , Videoüberwachung
subject: 360
subject: Scotland
subject: CCTV

description: This report is based on a survey of each of the 32 local authority areas in Scotland which was carried out between June 2007 and February 2008. The survey considered the scale and nature of the CCTV infrastructure in Scotland, the purposes for which CCTV is used, the procedures for data management, staffing and training, the evaluation of the impacts of CCTV, and, current funding and development plans.
Comparability of the Crime Surveys in the UK: A Comparison of Victimisation and Technical Details
Creators: name: Norris, Paul
name: Palmer, Jackie
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Großbritannien , Kriminalität , Umfrage , Vergleich
subject: 360
subject: United Kingdom
subject: Crime Survey
subject: Comparison

description: The ability to compare crime rates using recorded offences is limited because crimes are defined and recorded in different ways across the different jurisdictions within the UK. Crime surveys offer a more standardised approach to comparing crime rates and trends. The population of the UK is covered by three separate crime surveys; the British Crime Survey (BCS) which covers England and Wales; the Scottish Crime Survey (SCS) and the Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS). The geographic coverage of these surveys reflects the three jurisdictions within the UK. This paper aims to map differences between the BCS, SCS and NICS which may influence the estimates of victimisation. Although this paper concentrates on victimisation rates the analysis presented could be expanded to other substantive areas, for example fear of crime or perceptions of the criminal justice system. This paper is based primarily on an analysis of information contained in the published technical reports for each survey. To that extent we have been limited by how the ranges of topic covered, and level of detail given, varied between technical reports. While these differences do not directly affect the comparability of the different surveys, they limit researchers’ ability to conduct comparative research because it is not immediately apparent the extent to which the surveys may vary in terms of methodology and content. The issues covered in this paper can be grouped into three broad categories: The sample: who and how many people are asked?; The questions: what are people asked about? Are they asked in the same way?; Coding: how are the answers people provide turned into data?.
A crowdsourced intervention to promote hepatitis B and C testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a nationwide online randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Tucker, Joseph D
name: Fitzpatrick, Thomas
name: Cheng, Yu
name: Cui, Fuqiang
name: Mollan, Katie R
name: Zhou, Kali
name: Chan, Po-Lin
name: Tang, Weiming
name: Guo, Wilson
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Abstract
                Background
                The World Health Organization recommends all men who have sex with men (MSM) receive Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) testing. MSM in China are a high-risk group for HBV and HCV infection, but test uptake is low. Crowdsourcing invites a large group to solve a problem and then shares the solution with the public. This nationwide online randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of a crowdsourced intervention to increase HBV and HCV testing among MSM in China.
                Methods
                Seven hundred MSM will be recruited through social media operated by MSM organizations in China. Eligible participants will be born biologically male, age 16 years or older, report previous anal sex with another man, and reside in China. After completing a baseline online survey, participants will be randomly assigned to intervention or control arms with a 1:1 allocation ratio. The intervention will include two components: (1) a multimedia component will deliver two videos and two images promoting HBV and HCV testing developed through a crowdsourcing contest in China; (2) a participatory component will invite men to submit suggestions for how to improve crowdsourced videos and images. The control arm will not view any images or videos and will not be invited to submit suggestions. All participants will be offered reimbursement for HBV and HCV testing costs. The primary outcome is HBV and HCV test uptake confirmed through electronic submission of test report photos within four weeks of enrolment. Secondary outcomes include self-reported HBV and HCV test uptake, HBV vaccination uptake, and change in stigma toward people living with HBV after four weeks. Primary and secondary outcomes will be calculated using intention to treat and as-exposed analyses and compared using two-sided 95% confidence intervals.
                Discussion
                Few previous studies have evaluated interventions to increase HBV and HCV testing in middle-income countries with a high burden of hepatitis. Delivering a crowdsourced intervention using social media is a novel approach to increasing hepatitis testing rates. HBV and HCV test uptake will be confirmed through test report photos, avoiding the limitations of self-reported testing outcomes.
                Trial registration
                    NCT03482388
                   (29 March 2018).
Culture, Change and Community Justice
Creators: name: McNeill, Fergus
name: Burnett, Ros
name: McCulloch, Trish
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Diversion
subject: 360

description: This research report reviews the international research on the management of change within community justice organisations. It specifically explores: 1. The nature and character of occupational, professional and organisational cultures in community justice. 2. How such cultures respond to, accommodate and resist change processes. 3. How and why processes of change succeed and fail in criminal justice organisations. 4. Effective approaches to the management of change in criminal justice. The review of change management is located within a wider analysis of what is known about occupational, professional and organizational cultures within criminal justice and within public sector organizations more generally, and of how practitioners respond to policy changes. This review was originally undertaken to inform the work of the Scottish Government’s Performance Improvement Strategy Group, against the backdrop of the ongoing work of the National Advisory Body. Its origins lie in the group’s recognition that both policy implementation and organisational change are complex and difficult to achieve in this area; the prospects for the success of any change initiative are likely to be determined not only by the strength of its own evidence base and theory of change, but also by the cultural and organizational conditions within which its implementation takes place. The review remains equally relevant (if not more so) in the context of the development of the Scottish Government’s Reducing Reoffending Programme.
Declaration of Intention of Dominick Tallarico
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1921

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Dominick Tallarico Applicant age:32Occupation: TailorCountry of Origin:ItalyDate of Birth: 14 August 1889Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Antonio Lopez City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:3 October 1921
Women in Focus: an evaluation
Creators: name: Burgess, Cheryl
name: Malloch, Margaret
name: McIvor, Gill
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Schottland , Frau , Betreuung , Evaluation
subject: 360

description: Women in Focus was introduced in South West Scotland as a partnership between Criminal Justice Social Work Services and Barnardo’s, aimed at supporting women on court orders to complete these orders and to avoid custody through breach. Support workers from Barnardo’s were located in criminal justice social work offices, and using a mentoring-style approach, Women in Focus provided support for women to meet the requirements of court orders and to access community resources aimed at supporting them in the longer-term. The development and operation of Women in Focus resulted from the concerns that many practitioners, policy-makers and others have expressed in relation to the increasing imprisonment of women in Scotland (and internationally). The report sets out the mentoring approach introduced and examines issues arising from the implementation and operation of the service. The report also attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the service in terms of increased community re/integration and reductions in breach and reoffending. However, innovative attempts, while making a significant difference to the individual women who are able to access them, are introduced and required to operate within, a wider social, political and economic context that can influence how services operate (i.e. short-term funding imposes its own constraints) and how ‘effective’ these innovative services can be seen to be.
Declaration of Intention of Ernst Heinrich Schneider
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1925

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Ernst Heinrich Schneider Applicant age: 19Occupation: GardnerCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 19th February 1905Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Columbus City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 28th April 1925
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): association of treatment satisfaction, negative medication experience and treatment restrictions with health outcomes, from the patient’s perspective
Creators: name: Chirovsky, Diana R
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Background The availability of the tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI), imatinib, and later introduction of second generation TKIs, dasatinib and nilotinib, have not only improved clinical outcomes of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but also provide multiple therapeutic options for CML patients. Despite the widespread use of these oral therapies, little is known about the impact of different treatment regimens on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) among CML patients. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of patient-reported treatment restrictions and negative medication experiences (NMEs) on satisfaction and other health outcomes among patients with CML treated with oral TKIs. Methods Participants recruited from survey panels and patient networks in the United States (US) and Europe completed an online questionnaire. Respondents included adults (≥18 years) with chronic-phase CML currently on TKI treatment. Study variables included treatment difficulty (i.e., difficulty in following treatment regimens), CML dietary/dosing requirements, NMEs, and validated PROs assessing treatment satisfaction, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), activity impairment, and non-adherence. Structural equation models assessed associations among variables, controlling for covariates. Results 303 patients with CML (US n=152; Europe n=151; mean age 51.5 years; 46.2% male) completed the questionnaire. Approximately 30% of patients reported treatment difficulties; treatment difficulty was higher among nilotinib (63.3%) than among dasatinib (2.6%) or imatinib (19.2%) treated patients (p<0.0001). Non-adherence was generally low; however, patients on nilotinib vs. imatinib reported missing doses more often (p<0.05). Treatment satisfaction was associated with significantly increased HRQoL (p<0.05) and lower activity impairment (p<0.01). NMEs were associated with decreased treatment satisfaction (p<0.01) and HRQoL (p<0.05), and greater activity impairment (p<0.01). Higher overall treatment restrictions were associated with greater treatment difficulty (p<0.001), which correlated with non-adherence (p<0.01). Conclusions Treatment satisfaction and NMEs are important factors associated with HRQoL among patients with CML. Increased treatment restrictions and associated difficulty may affect adherence with TKIs. Choosing a CML treatment regimen that is simple and conveniently adaptable in patients’ normal routine can be an important determinant of HRQoL and adherence.
Declaration of Intention of Katherine Bertha Miller
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1919

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Katherine Bertha Miller Applicant age: 27Occupation: clerk & stenographer Country of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 17 September 1891Sailed to the US aboard the vessel:unknown City of residence at time of declaration:Egg Harbor City, NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 11 September 1919
Quantifying coherence of Gaussian states
Creators: name: Xu, Jianwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coherence arises from the superposition principle and plays a key role in quantum mechanics. Recently, Baumgratz et al. [T. Baumgratz, M. Cramer, and M. B. Plenio, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 140401 (2014)] established a rigorous framework for quantifying the coherence of finite dimensional quantum states. In this work we provide a framework for quantifying the coherence of Gaussian states and explicitly give a coherence measure based on the relative entropy.
description: 6 pages,no figure
Jail-to-community treatment continuum for adults with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Comfort, Megan L
name: Mueser, Kim T
name: Rade, Candalyn B
name: Desmarais, Sarah L
name: Burris, Elizabeth N
name: Johnson, Kiersten L
name: Cuddeback, Gary
name: Tueller, Stephen J
name: Van Dorn, Richard A
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Adults with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (CODs) are overrepresented in jails. In-custody barriers to treatment, including a lack of evidence-based treatment options and the often short periods of incarceration, and limited communication between jails and community-based treatment agencies that can hinder immediate enrollment into community care once released have contributed to a cycle of limited treatment engagement, unaddressed criminogenic risks, and (re)arrest among this vulnerable and high-risk population. This paper describes a study that will develop research and communication protocols and adapt two evidence-based treatments, dual-diagnosis motivational interviewing (DDMI) and integrated group therapy (IGT), for delivery to adults with CODs across a jail-to-community treatment continuum. Methods/design Adaptations to DDMI and IGT were guided by the Risk-Need-Responsivity model and the National Institute of Corrections’ implementation competencies; the development of the implementation framework and communication protocols were guided by the Evidence-Based Interagency Implementation Model for community corrections and the Inter-organizational Relationship model, respectively. Implementation and evaluation of the protocols and adapted interventions will occur via an open trial and a pilot randomized trial. The clinical intervention consists of two in-jail DDMI sessions and 12 in-community IGT sessions. Twelve adults with CODs and four clinicians will participate in the open trial to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of, and fidelity to, the interventions and research and communication protocols. The pilot controlled trial will be conducted with 60 inmates who will be randomized to either DDMI-IGT or treatment as usual. A baseline assessment will be conducted in jail, and four community-based assessments will be conducted during a 6-month follow-up period. Implementation, clinical, public health, and treatment preference outcomes will be evaluated. Discussion Findings have the potential to improve both jail- and community-based treatment services for adults with CODs as well as inform methods for conducting rigorous pilot implementation and evaluation research in correctional settings and as inmates re-enter the community. Findings will contribute to a growing area of work focused on interrupting the cycle of limited treatment engagement, unaddressed criminogenic risks, and (re)arrest among adults with CODs. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02214667 . Registered on 10 August 2014.
title: "Aber vielleicht wird erst der wahrhaft Leidende ganz frei." Freya Hobohm - Werner Krauss: Eine unbekannte Freundschaft. Unveröffentlichte Briefquellen unter Berücksichtigung ihrer literaturgeschichtlichen Implikationen
Creators: name: Vialon, Martin
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 1999
Subjects: Erich Auerbach
Werner Krauss
Internationaler Werner Krauss Kongress
Literatures of Germanic languages
Deutsche Literatur
Walter Benjamin
Freya Hobohm

description: Literaturwissenschaft, Exil und Widerstand dargestellt am Beispiel von Erich Auerbach, Walter Benjamin und Werner Krauss.
Declaration of Intention of Vincenzo Ceci
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1926

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Vincenzo Ceci Applicant age:26Occupation: TailorCountry of Origin:ItalyDate of Birth: 20 August 1899Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: re D'Italia City of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:29 June 1926
The size and topology of quasi-Fatou components of quasiregular maps
Creators: name: Nicks, Daniel A.
name: Sixsmith, David J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider the iteration of quasiregular maps of transcendental type from $\mathbb{R}^d$ to $\mathbb{R}^d$. In particular we study quasi-Fatou components, which are defined as the connected components of the complement of the Julia set. Many authors have studied the components of the Fatou set of a transcendental entire function, and our goal in this paper is to generalise some of these results to quasi-Fatou components. First, we study the number of complementary components of quasi-Fatou components, generalising, and slightly strengthening, a result of Kisaka and Shishikura. Second, we study the size of quasi-Fatou components that are bounded and have a bounded complementary component. We obtain results analogous to those of Zheng, and of Bergweiler, Rippon and Stallard. These are obtained using novel techniques, and may be of interest even in the case of transcendental entire functions.
description: Some final polishing. To appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc
An evaluation of the sonoporation potential of low-boiling point phase-change ultrasound contrast agents in vitro
Creators: name: Arena, Christopher B
name: Novell, Anthony
name: Fix, Samantha M
name: Dayton, Paul
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Phase-change ultrasound contrast agents (PCCAs) offer a solution to the inherent limitations associated with using microbubbles for sonoporation; they are characterized by prolonged circulation lifetimes, and their nanometer-scale sizes may allow for passive accumulation in solid tumors. As a first step towards the goal of extravascular cell permeabilization, we aim to characterize the sonoporation potential of a low-boiling point formulation of PCCAs in vitro. Methods Parameters to induce acoustic droplet vaporization and subsequent microbubble cavitation were optimized in vitro using high-speed optical microscopy. Sonoporation of pancreatic cancer cells in suspension was then characterized at a range of pressures (125–600 kPa) and pulse lengths (5–50 cycles) using propidium iodide as an indicator molecule. Results We achieved sonoporation efficiencies ranging from 8 ± 1% to 36 ± 4% (percent of viable cells), as evidenced by flow cytometry. Increasing sonoporation efficiency trended with increasing pulse length and peak negative pressure. Conclusions We conclude that PCCAs can be used to induce the sonoporation of cells in vitro, and our results warrant further investigation into the use of PCCAs as extravascular sonoporation agents in vivo.
Declaration of Intention of Diana Eisenberg, nee Diana Rothschild
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1925

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Diana Eisenberg (nee Diana Rothschild)Applicant age:34Occupation: WaitressCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 26th November 1890Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Kaiser Wilhelm de Grosse City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 16th November 1925
Declaration of Intention of Hugo Wagner
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1917

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Hugo Wagner Applicant age:21Occupation: clerkCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 14 July 1895Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: America City of residence at time of declaration: Atlantic City NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date:26 March 1917
Circles of Support & Accountability: Consideration of the Feasibility of Pilots in Scotland
Creators: name: Armstrong, Sarah
name: Christyakova, Yulia
name: Mackenzie, Simon
name: Malloch, Margaret
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: England , Kanada , Schottland , Sexualdelikt , Täter , Evaluation
subject: 360
subject: Circles of Support and Accountability
subject: Sex offender management
subject: Evaluation

description: Circles of Support and Accountability (‘COSA’ or ‘Circles’) have been running now for seven years in England and for nearly twice that amount of time in Canada. Almost since the first Circles were piloted in England there has been interest in and debate about introducing them to Scotland. Formal proposals to initiate a pilot were rejected by the Scottish Government, partly on the grounds that it would be beneficial to await outcomes of the experience of the pilots in England as well as see through implementation in Scotland of major policy and practice changes affecting the management of sex offenders. Regardless of timing, funding for criminal justice activities is finite and constantly under pressure from competing demands for services. The implementation of Circles pilots thus requires consideration of whether this kind of approach – namely, volunteers]based support and monitoring of high risk sex offenders in the community – would address an identified and important gap in existing services or contribute to ‘best practice’ in this field. This report reviews the implementation experience of Circles in areas where they have and have not become established features of high risk offender management. It identifies the distinctive features of Scottish criminal justice policy and practice that might affect implementation of pilots in Scotland, considers the implications of volunteers working with sex offenders, assesses the evidence of effectiveness of Circles so far and sets out the relevant feasibility issues should a decision be taken to proceed with Circles in Scotland.
Diseño de una cátedra de educación inclusiva y diversa basada en las TIC y los lineamientos de la UNESCO en ambientes de aprendizaje del siglo XXI para la Universidad de Cartagena.
Creators: name: Algarín Suárez, Darling Johanna
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Juegos por Computador
subject: Educación inclusiva - Colombia
subject: Investigación acción en educación

description: Este proyecto tiene como objeto el diseño de una cátedra de educación inclusiva y diversa mediada por las TIC para los ambientes de aprendizaje del siglo XXI en la Universidad de Cartagena, es una forma de seguir construyendo país, a través de juventudes y profesionales preparados para asumir los retos que la sociedad del conocimiento va imponiendo cada día. Es una oportunidad de trabajo colaborativo y capacitación, para que a través de talleres y grupos de estudio se construyan políticas de educación inclusiva y diversa, que beneficie a toda la población y comunidad educativa. Un llamado a directivos y docentes, a abrir sus espacios de formación, para que las juventudes aporten a la construcción de los planes de estudios, temas de investigación, temáticas de capacitación, donde todos y todas las personas del alma mater tengan las mismas oportunidades. Es el momento de decirle sí al cambio, a la integración de las herramientas tecnológicas a la educación, a que se pueda generar nuevo conocimiento a través de la inclusión de estas en los ambientes de aprendizaje. Un llamado a innovar, transformar, decidir y elegir una educación contextualizada, que permita a todos los estudiantes formarse para una sociedad exigente y llena de oportunidades para el que piensa en la construcción de un mundo mejor a través de la aceptación de los demás, respetando cultura, sexo, religión, raza, preferencias sexuales y políticas. Una manera de incluir la diversidad en la educación superior.
Evaluation of the National Parenting Development Project
Creators: name: Burgess, Cheryl
name: Malloch, Margaret
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Großbritannien , Familienpolitik
subject: 360
subject: National Parenting Development Project
subject: UK
subject: Evaluation

description: This evaluation provides an overview of the work of the National Parenting Development Project and adopts a case study approach to examine how the evaluation objectives were addressed in practice. The three case studies highlight a combination of approaches aimed at developing and supporting effective parenting work: Case study one highlights NPDP’s strategic work with one local authority in developing parenting services in the area; Case study two evaluates NPDP’s direct parenting programme delivery work in collaboration with a range of statutory and voluntary sector staff from within a second local authority area; Case study three provides evidence from NPDP’s direct parenting programme delivery work within HMP & YOI Cornton Vale.
Las TIC en el aula: uso e implementación de la plataforma Moodle para el fortalecimiento de la comprensión lectora en los estudiantes del grado 5° del centro educativo rural Piedragorda del municipio de San Vicente Ferrer en el departamento de Antioquia.
Creators: name: Correa Restrepo, Diana Milena
name: Duque Gutiérrez, Francy Liliana
name: Ducuara Méndez, Julieth Astrid
name: Rincón Gutiérrez, Luis Carlos
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Multimedia Interactiva en la Educación
subject: Lectura - Ambiente educativo
subject: Lectura - Análisis

description: Este proyecto tiene como objeto el fortalecimiento de la comprensión lectora de los estudiantes de grado quinto de la escuela Piedragorda, ubicada en zona rural del municipio de San Vicente Ferrer, mediante la implementación de estrategias pedagógicas a través de la plataforma Moodle. El enfoque metodológico de carácter mixto, permitió, mediante la implementación de diferentes técnicas e instrumentos de recolección de datos, conocer las necesidades lectoras y evidenciar los resultados posteriores al uso de la plataforma Moodle. El método investigación acción, permitió el desarrollo de ésta a través de tres fases: diagnóstico, implementación y evaluación. De aquí que, la implementación de las TIC, dentro del área de lenguaje, específicamente en la comprensión lectora, se convierte en herramienta de fortalecimiento de procesos comprensivos, analíticos y argumentativos que aportan nuevos conocimientos. En suma, la plataforma Moodle, permitió la motivación de los estudiantes, mediante el juego y la exploración digital, por su colorido y componentes audiovisuales.
Declaration of Intention of Otto Brode
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1921

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Otto Brode Applicant age:28Occupation: waiterCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 17 October 1892Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: Statendam City of residence at time of declaration:Atlantic City, NJ Declaration submitted and sworn on date: 21 June 1921
Coalescence of spectral singularities and phase diagrams for one-dimensional PT symmetric photonic crystals
Creators: name: Ding, Kun
name: Zhang, Z. Q.
name: Chan, C. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-Hermitian systems with parity-time (PT) symmetric complex potentials can exhibit a phase transition when the degree of non-Hermiticity is increased. Two eigenstates coalesce at a transition point, which is known as the exceptional point (EP) for a discrete spectrum and spectral singularity for a continuous spectrum. The existence of an EP is known to give rise to a great variety of novel behaviors in various fields of physics. In this work, we study the complex band structures of one-dimensional photonic crystals with PT symmetric complex potentials by setting up a Hamiltonian using the Bloch states of the photonic crystal without loss or gain as a basis. As a function of the degree of non-Hermiticity, two types of PT symmetry transitions are found. One is that a PT-broken phase can re-enter into a PT-exact phase at a higher degree of non-Hermiticity. The other is that two spectral singularities, one originating from the Brillouin zone center and the other from the Brillouin zone boundary, can coalesce at some k-point in the interior of the Brillouin zone and create a singularity of higher order. Furthermore, we can induce a band inversion by tuning the filling ratio of the photonic crystal, and we find that the geometric phases of the bands before and after the inversion are independent of the amount of non-Hermiticity as long as the PT-exact phase is not broken. The standard concept of topological transition can hence be extended to non-Hermitian systems.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures
Declaration of Intention of Lena Doster
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1926

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Lena DosterApplicant age: 21Occupation: Hotel WorkerCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 13 June 1904Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: FinlandCity of residence at time of declaration: Egg Harbor City, NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 13 March 1926
UT-GOM2-2 Prospectus: Science and Sample Distribution Plan - version 2.3
Creators: name: Flemings, Peter B.
name: Thomas, Carla
name: Collett, Timothy S.
name: Colwell, Frederick S.
name: Cook, Ann E.
name: Germaine, John T.
name: Holland, Melanie
name: Houghton, Jesse
name: Johnson, Joel E.
name: Malinverno, Alberto
name: Meazell, Kevin
name: Pettigrew, Tom
name: Phillips, Stephen C.
name: Portnov, Alexey
name: Price, Aaron
name: Santra, Manasij
name: Schultheiss, Peter
name: Solomon, Evan
name: You, Kehua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The University of Texas (UT), Genesis of Methane Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Systems: Northern Gulf of Mexico Slope Project (GOM2), will perform the UT-GOM2-2 drilling and coring expedition in the Terrebonne Basin, Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf. This is the scientific plan for the acquisition, storage, analysis, and distribution of core and other collected samples for UT-GOM2-2.
Declaration of Intention of August Banner
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1920

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: August BannerApplicant age: 51Occupation: Mill HandCountry of Origin: GermanyDate of Birth: 19 January 1869Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: BelgenlandCity of residence at time of declaration: Mays landingDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 10 November 1920
Microstructural evolution during ageing of Al-Cu-Li-x alloys
Creators: name: Araullo-Peters, Vicente
name: Gault, Baptiste
name: De Geuser, Frederic
name: Deschamps, Alexis
name: Cairney, Julie M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study atom probe tomography was used to investigate the microstructure of AA2198 (Al-1.35Cu-3.55Li-0.29Mg-0.08Ag) over a range of ageing conditions to examine the evolution of phases in the alloy, in particular aiming to reveal the nucleation mechanism of the strengthening T1 phase, which has been under debate for decades. T1 precursor phases were observed from early ageing, a significant number of which were connected to solute-enriched dislocations. Ag and Mg segregation to T1 interfaces was convincingly observed when the plates were oriented perpendicular to the probing direction, which is the condition under which the spatial resolution of the atom probe data is highest.
Declaration of Intention of Wilhelm Biener
Creators: name: United States. Bureau Of Naturalization
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1920

description: Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Wilhelm Biener Applicant age:29Occupation: ClockerCountry of Origin:GermanyDate of Birth: 13 September 1890Sailed to the US aboard the vessel: President Grant City of residence at time of declaration: Belcoville Mays Landing NJDeclaration submitted and sworn on date: 12 May 1920
An Evaluation of Parenting and Children Together (PACT)
Creators: name: Burgess, Cheryl
name: Malloch, Margaret
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Schottland , Mutter , Kind , Strafvollzug , Evaluation
subject: 360

description: This report provides the findings from an evaluation of a pilot parenting programme, set up in 2006 by the National Parenting Development Project (NPDP) in partnership with HMP and YOI Cornton Vale Programmes Unit in Scotland’s only dedicated prison for women. This pilot is significant as it is the first programme of this type to have been established for women in prison in Scotland and builds on NPDP expertise in intervening with ‘hard to reach’ parents who typically have difficulty in accessing and engaging with services, and the Programme Unit at Cornton Vale’s experience in providing programmes in prison. This report builds on an interim report produced in 2007.