cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Replica Analysis and Approximate Message Passing Decoder for Superposition Codes
Creators: name: Barbier, Jean
name: Krzakala, Florent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superposition codes are efficient for the Additive White Gaussian Noise channel. We provide here a replica analysis of the performances of these codes for large signals. We also consider a Bayesian Approximate Message Passing decoder based on a belief-propagation approach, and discuss its performance using the density evolution technic. Our main findings are 1) for the sizes we can access, the message-passing decoder outperforms other decoders studied in the literature 2) its performance is limited by a sharp phase transition and 3) while these codes reach capacity as $B$ (a crucial parameter in the code) increases, the performance of the message passing decoder worsen as the phase transition goes to lower rates.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, To be presented at the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
IceCube PeV-EeV Neutrinos and Secret Interactions of Neutrinos
Creators: name: Ioka, Kunihito
name: Murase, Kohta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the PeV neutrinos detected by IceCube put unique constraints on "secret" interactions of neutrinos with the cosmic neutrino background (C$ν$B). The coupling must be $g <0.03$ for the mediating boson mass $m_{X} \lesssim 2$ MeV, $g/m_{X} < 5$ GeV$^{-1}$ for $m_{X} \gtrsim 20$ MeV, and $g/m_{X} < 0.07$ GeV$^{-1}$ in between. We also investigate the possibility that neutrino cascades degrade high-energy neutrinos to PeV energies by upgrading C$ν$B where the energy flux of PeV neutrinos can coincide with the Waxman-Bahcall bound or the cosmogenic neutrino flux for protons, thanks to energy conservation. However a large coupling is required, which is disfavored by laboratory decay constraints. The suppression of PeV-EeV neutrinos is a testable prediction for the Askaryan Radio Array.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, final version to be published in PTEP
title: Kindern eine Stimme geben!? Methodischer Diskurs zu (Un)Möglichkeiten von Puppet Interviews mit Kindern im Alter von vier bis sechs Jahren
Creators: name: Weise, Marion
Publisher: name: Knaus, Thomas
Year: 2019

description: Der Beitrag knüpft an eine multimethodologische Untersuchung zum medialen Erleben und der medialen Praxis von Kindern im vorschulischen Alter an. Theoretischer Ausgangspunkt sind (noch) marginale empirische Befunde um mediale Lebenswelten der Kinder von vier bis sechs Jahren, welche explizit die Sichtweise der kindlichen Akteurinnen und Akteure einbindet und nicht über, sondern mit Kindern forscht. Aufgrund des erschwerten methodischen Zugriffs bei dieser Altersgruppe setzte die Studie mit den Puppet Interviews eine spezifisch kindgerechte Methode ein, die in dem vorliegenden Beitrag in ihrer Um-setzung und Weiterführung kritisch beleuchtet und diskutiert wird.
Distinguishing between Extra Natural Inflation and Natural Inflation after BICEP2
Creators: name: Kohri, Kazunori
name: Lim, C. S.
name: Lin, Chia-Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we carefully calculated the tensor-to-scalar ratio, the running spectral index, and the running of running spectrum for (extra) natural inflation in order to compare with recent BICEP2 data, PLANCK satellite data and future 21 cm data. We discovered that the prediction for running spectral index and the running of running spectrum in natural inflation is different from that in the case of extra natural inflation. Near future observation for the running spectral index may achieve enough accuracy to allow us distinguishing between extra natural inflation from natural inflation. Distinguishing the models by using the running of running spectrum is not impossible but would be more challenging for future experiments.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures, to be published in JCAP
Evaluating the Upstream Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program, Arkansas-White-Red Water Resource Region
Creators: name: Sloggett, Gordon
name: Sloggett, Gordon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Evaluation
subject: watershed
subject: income
subject: irrigation
subject: fertilization
subject: flood control
subject: precipitation
subject: land utilization
subject: Arkansas-White-Red Water Resource Region

description: The small watershed program in the Arkansas-White-Red Water Resource Region produced little change in land use between 1966 and 1970. Flood protection did not seem to influence increased fertilizer inputs on flood plain land. Irrigation from upstream water detention reservoirs increased average annual net income nearly $1,700 for 92 farmers. Ex post estimates of annual flooding fell much below work plan estimates of average annual flooding. Ex post estimates of flood damage to crops and pasture for the 56 sample watersheds during 1966-70 were about 75 percent less than work plan estimates. Since there was such a wide disparity between work plan and ex post estimates of flood control, procedures and variables for these estimates were intensively analyzed. Several suggestions are offered for adjusting and refining them.
Model-independent determination of curvature parameter by using $H(z)$ and $D_A(z)$ data pair from BAO measurement
Creators: name: Li, Yun-Long
name: Li, Shi-Yu
name: Zhang, Tong-Jie
name: Li, Ti-Pei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a model-independent determination of the curvature parameter $Ω_k$ by using the Hubble parameter $H(z)$ and angular diameter distance $D_A(z)$ from the recent baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements. Each $H(z)$ and $D_A(z)$ pair from a BAO measurement can constrain a curvature parameter. The accuracy of the curvature measurement improves with increased redshift of $H(z)$ and $D_A(z)$ data. By using the $H(z)$ and $D_A(z)$ pair derived from BAO Lyman $α$ forest measurement at $z=2.36$, the $Ω_k$ is confined to be -0.05$\pm$0.06, which is consistent with the curvature $-0.037^{+0.044}_{-0.042}$ constrained by the nine-year WMAP data only. Considering future BAO meausurements, at least one order of magnitude improvement of this curvature measurement could be expected.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJL
Cold dark matter haloes in the Planck era: evolution of structural parameters for Einasto and NFW profiles
Creators: name: Dutton, Aaron A.
name: Macciò, Andrea V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the evolution of the structure of relaxed cold dark matter haloes in the cosmology from the Planck satellite. Our simulations cover 5 decades in halo mass, from dwarf galaxies to galaxy clusters. Due to the increased matter density and power spectrum normalization the concentration mass relation in the Planck cosmology has a 20 percent higher normalization at redshift z=0 compared to WMAP cosmology. We confirm that CDM haloes are better described by the Einasto profile; for example, at scales near galaxy half-light radii CDM haloes have significantly steeper density profiles than implied by NFW fits. There is a scatter of 0.2 dex in the Einasto shape parameter at fixed halo mass, adding further to the diversity of CDM halo profiles. The evolution of the concentration mass relation in our simulations is not reproduced by any of the analytic models in the literature. We thus provide a simple fitting formula that accurately describes the evolution between redshifts z=5 to z=0 for both NFW and Einasto fits. Finally, the observed concentrations and halo masses of spiral galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies at low redshifts are in good agreement with our simulations, suggesting only mild halo response to galaxy formation on these scales.
description: 18 pages, 18 figures, accepted to MNRAS, minor changes to previous version
Significant enhancement of superconductivity under hydrostatic pressure in CeO0.5F0.5BiS2 superconductor
Creators: name: Jha, Rajveer
name: Kishan, H.
name: Awana, V. P. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the effect of hydrostatic pressure (0-1.97GPa) on the superconductivity of BiS2 based CeO0.5F0.5BiS2 compound. The CeO0.5F0.5BiS2 superconductor was synthesized by the solid state reaction route and the compound is crystallized in tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The studied compound shows superconductivity with transition temperature of 2.5K (Tconset) at ambient pressure, which has been enhanced to 8 K at applied pressure of 1.97 GPa. The observed normal resistivity exhibited semiconducting behavior. The data of normal state resistivity R(T) has been fitted by activation type equation and it is found that the energy gap is significantly reduced with pressure. Resistivity measurements under magnetic field for the highest applied pressure of 1.97GPa (Tconset = 8K) exhibits the upper critical field of above 5Tesla. The observation of fourfold increase in Tc accompanied with improved normal state conduction under hydrostatic pressure on CeO0.5F0.5BiS2 superconductor calls for the attention of solid state physics community.
description: 14 pages text + Figs
Equivalence of Non-Equilibrium Ensembles and Representation of Friction in Turbulent Flows: The Lorenz 96 Model
Creators: name: Gallavotti, Giovanni
name: Lucarini, Valerio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct different equivalent non-equilibrium statistical ensembles in a simple yet instructive $N$-degrees of freedom model of atmospheric turbulence, introduced by Lorenz in 1996. The vector field can be decomposed into an energy-conserving, time-reversible part, plus a non-time reversible part, including forcing and dissipation. We construct a modified version of the model where viscosity varies with time, in such a way that energy is conserved, and the resulting dynamics is fully time-reversible. For each value of the forcing, the statistical properties of the irreversible and reversible model are in excellent agreement, if in the latter the energy is kept constant at a value equal to the time-average realized with the irreversible model. In particular, the average contraction rate of the phase space of the time-reversible model agrees with that of the irreversible model, where instead it is constant by construction. We also show that the phase space contraction rate obeys the fluctuation relation, and we relate its finite time corrections to the characteristic time scales of the system. A local version of the fluctuation relation is explored and successfully checked. The equivalence between the two non-equilibrium ensembles extends to dynamical properties such as the Lyapunov exponents, which are shown to obey to a good degree of approximation a pairing rule. These results have relevance in motivating the importance of the chaotic hypothesis. in explaining that we have the freedom to model non-equilibrium systems using different but equivalent approaches, and, in particular, that using a model of a fluid where viscosity is kept constant is just one option, and not necessarily the only option, for describing accurately its statistical and dynamical properties.
description: 43 pages, 10 Figs, various MATLAB scripts included
Signatures of Neutrino Cooling in the SN1987A Scenario
Creators: name: Fraija, Nissim
name: Bernal, Cristian G.
name: Hidalgo-Gamez, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The neutrino signal from SN1987A confirmed the core-collapse scenario and the possible formation of a neutron star. Although this compact object has eluded all observations, theoretical and numerical developments have allowed a glimpse of the fate of it. In particular, a hypercritical accretion model has been proposed to forecast the accretion of $\sim 0.15 \:\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ in two hours and the subsequent submergence of the magnetic field in the newborn neutron star. In this paper, we revisit the Chevalier's model in a numerical framework, focusing on the neutrino cooling effect on the supernova fall-back dynamics. For that, using a customized version of the FLASH code, we carry out numerical simulations of the accretion of matter onto the newborn neutron star in order to estimate the size of the neutrino-sphere, the emissivity and luminosity of neutrinos. As a signature of this phase, we estimate the neutrinos expected on SK neutrino experiment and their flavor ratios. This is academically important because, although currently it was very difficult to detect 1.46 thermal neutrinos and their oscillations, these fingerprints are the only viable and reliable way to confirm the hypercritical phase. Perhaps new techniques for detecting neutrino oscillations arise in the near future allowing us to confirm our estimates.
description: 15 pages, 10 figures. Accepted in MNRAS. Minor changes were introduced
title: The Dietary Quality of Persons with Heart Failure in NHANES 1999-2006
Creators: name: Lemon, Stephenie C.
name: Olendzki, Barbara C.
name: Magner, Robert P.
name: Li, Wenjun
name: Culver, Annie L.
name: Ockene, Ira S.
name: Goldberg, Robert J.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2009

description: Describes the dietary quality and achievement of recommended dietary goals and assess correlates of goal achievement in a national sample of persons with heart failure. Data source is NHANES, a a series of cross-sectional studies conducted by the CDC to provide health information representative of the civilian population. Data from 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006 cycles were used. Study limitations include self-reported heart failure diagnosis and diet and cross-sectional design. Study implications: Dietary quality of persons with heart failure is poor, with persons of lower education, overweight and obese persons and smokers at greatest risk. Poor diet places persons with heart failure at risk for greater symptoms, poorer quality of life, worsening comorbidities and greater mortality rates. Behavioral scientists and clinicians are challenged to develop appropriate dietary interventions targeted for this population.
title: Beverage Consumption Among Low-Income Hispanics with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Rosal, Milagros C.
name: Lemon, Stephenie C.
name: Olendzki, Barbara C.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2010

description: This study sought to describe beverage consumption, caloric contribution of beverages to total caloric intake, and associations between beverage consumption and metabolic factors among a sample of low-income Hispanics participating in a trial of a diabetes self-management intervention. Findings: Treatment strategies to improve glucose control and reduce diabetes complications among Hispanics are needed. There is a high consumption of calories from beverages, accounting for one-fifth of total caloric intake, among this high-risk Hispanic population. Milk, juices, fruit drinks and regular soda are particular sources of calories. Beverage consumption is associated with metabolic markers, including HbA1c, cholesterol, blood pressure, BMI and waist circumference, and may thus increase risk for diabetic and cardiovascular complications in this population. Beverage consumption among low-income Hispanics warrants further clinical and research attention, including development of interventions that target all liquid calories, not just sugar-sweetened beverages. Targeting beverage consumption through simple messages that are in line with the literacy challenges posed by this population may be feasible. The vast benefit of clarifying a single food group that can be modified to reduce risk factors of diabetes and obesity in this population cannot be overstated.
EFFECT OF THE LIVESTOCK LOAD ON THE PRODUCTION AND THE QUALITY OF PASTO IN A SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED UNDER CHERRY - EFECTO DE LA CARGA GANADERA SOBRE LA PRODUCCIÓN Y LA CALIDAD DE PASTO EN UN SISTEMA SILVOPASTORAL ESTABLECIDO BAJO CEREZO
Creators: name: MOSQUERA-LOSADA
name: M.R. URBAN-MARTINEZ
name: I. SANTIAGO-FREIJANES
name: J.J. FERREIRO DOM ÍNGUEZ
name: N. RIGUEIRO-RODRÍGUEZ
name: A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Prunus
sheep
pasture on offer
mineralization
ovino
pasto en oferta
mineralización.

description: El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la carga ganadera sobre la producción de pasto en oferta y su calidad en un sistema silvopastoral establecido con cerezo que previamente sufría un desbroce químico en las líneas de plantación y un desbroce mecánico en las calles. El diseño experimental fue de bloques al azar con dos tratamientos (carga ganadera baja (4 ovejas ha-1) y alta (8 ovejas ha-1)) y dos réplicas. El arbolado no sufrió daños destacables. La producción de pasto resultó ser mayor en las zonas más alejadas del árbol y desbrozadas previamente de forma mecánica. Si bien la ausencia de daños al arbolado con las cargas ganaderas ensayadas y el buen control del sotobosque alcanzado en invierno demuestra que éstas son adecuadas desde un punto de vista forestal y que pueden evitar el costoso empleo de herbicidas y desbroces mecánicos, la gran proporción de pasto en oferta nos lleva a concluir que la carga podría elevarse y que se deben realizar más estudios para intentar comprobar que carga ganadera puede optimizar la producción de pasto y arbolado.
title: Simple messages to improve dietary quality: A pilot investigation
Creators: name: Olendzki, Barbara C.
name: Ma, Yunsheng
name: Schneider, Kristin L.
name: Merriam, Philip A.
name: Culver, Annie L.
name: Ockene, Ira S.
name: Pagoto, Sherry L.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2008

description: Public health recommendations for a healthy diet often involve complex messages, requiring in-depth knowledge for understanding and compliance. The present study compared the feasibility and initial efficacy of two simple messages (a high fiber diet or a low saturated fat diet) to a combination message (high fiber and low saturated fat) on the potential to impact dietary quality and metabolic health. Conclusions: A simple dietary message appears to improve overall dietary quality and aid in weight management. Simple messages are a novel approach which could make a significant impact on the prevention and treatment of chronic disease as well as weight management. Results support the need for a larger randomized controlled trial that is powered to examine the efficacy of a simplified dietary recommendation for dietary quality and metabolic health. It would be worth exploring the impact of simple messages in a larger trial to determine their usefulness as simple public health messages as an alternative the current complex recommendations.
title: The Impact of Worksite Weight-Related Social Norms on Associated Behaviors
Creators: name: Lemon, Stephenie C.
name: Liu, Qin
name: Magner, Robert P.
name: Schneider, Kristin L.
name: Pbert, Lori
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2011

description: Objective: To assess the association between descriptive social norms for weight and weight-related behaviors and associated behaviors at the worksite.

Design and Sample: Baseline data from site-randomized trial of a worksite ecological intervention for weight control; 12 public high schools in central Massachusetts; Sample of 844 employees enrolled (~ 2/3 of all employees).

Conclusions: Associations of weight loss and eating social norms with behavior; Unique from social support; No association of physical activity social norms with physical activity; May be little opportunity for and therefore little exposure to physical activity during the workday; Results support the development of weight loss interventions that address social norms for weight loss and eating behaviors at work.
title: Supporting Parents: Multi-needs and the Need for Multi-institutions’ Coordination of Supports
Creators: name: Nicholson, Joanne
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2010

description: Summary: Family members are likely to have multiple and overlapping needs & roles – individuals with mental illness, carers & siblings. There are many opportunities & strategies for intervention. The best care requires the engagement of multiple stakeholders working in partnership.
title: Mental Illness: Understanding the Impact on Families and How to Help
Creators: name: Nicholson, Joanne
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2010

description: Abstract: Family is the context where mental health recovery takes place. Mental health services need to take a whole-of-family approach when working with people with a mental illness. Supporting people with a mental illness in their family roles actually improved the mental health outcomes of people participating in their programs.
title: Creating Opportunities for Success: Working with Trauma Survivors in the Shelter Setting
Creators: name: Nicholson, Joanne
name: Weinreb, Linda F.
name: Runyan, Tina
name: Biebel, Kathleen
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2010

description: Summary: Training workshop with the following objectives: Increase knowledge, awareness, & understanding of trauma & its impact; Provide information about skills & strategies; Suggest self care strategies.
title: Mothers with Mental Health Disorders: Mental Health Promotion in the Context of Parenting
Creators: name: Nicholson, Joanne
name: Aaker, Elizabeth A.
name: Agar, Michael
name: Albert, Karen
name: Banks, Steven M.
name: Biebel, Kathleen
name: Gershenson, Bernice
name: Seligowski, Antonia
name: Williams, Valerie
name: Warren, Brenda
name: Williams, Sierra
name: Woolsey, Katherine
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2008

description: Parenting is a meaningful role for the majority of American women, including those with mental health disorders. Success in this role, particularly for women with mental health disorders, would seem to be intimately related to mental health promotion, the recovery process, and successful functioning in other major life domains (e.g., employment, community living, and personal health and well-being). The achievement of maximum social participation for women with mental health disorders may hinge on addressing the challenges they face as parents.
PASTOS DEL NO IBÉRICO IN THE NATURA 2000 NETWORK - PASTOS DEL NO IBÉRICO EN LA RED NATURA 2000
Creators: name: RIGUEIRO RODRÍGUEZ
name: ANTONIO. MOSQUERA LOSADA
name: MARÍA ROSA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Pasture

description: Natura 2000 es la red de espacios naturales protegidos a escala de la Unión Europea creada en virtud de la Directiva 92/43/CEE del Consejo, de 21 de mayo de 1992, relativa a la conservación de los hábitats naturales y de la fauna y flora silvestres (Directiva hábitats), con el objeto de proteger los hábitats, las especies y los espacios naturales más importantes de Europa. Incluye los lugares de importancia comunitaria (LIC), que más tarde pasaron a denominarse zonas especiales de conservación (ZEC), que fueron propuestos por los Estados miembros en base a la Directiva sobre hábitats y también las zonas especiales de protección para las aves (ZEPA) de acuerdo con la Directiva aves (Directiva 79/409/CEE del Consejo, de 2 de abril de 1979, relativa a la conservación de las aves silvestres). El 29 de diciembre de 2004, la Decisión de la Comisión del 7 de diciembre de 2004 aprobaba la lista de lugares de importancia comunitaria de la región biogeográfica atlántica. Y el 21 de septiembre de 2006, la Decisión de la Comisión del 19 de julio de 2006 hacía pública, de acuerdo con la Directiva 92/43/CEE del Consejo, la lista de lugares de importancia comunitaria de la región biogeográfica mediterránea.
title: The Family Networks Implementation Study
Creators: name: Maciolek, Susan
name: Nicholson, Joanne
name: Dube, Nicole
name: Adams, Jodi
name: Gershenson, Bernice
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2008

description: Family Networks is a comprehensive system transformation initiative to redesign and integrate traditional categorical services across Massachusetts into local systems of care for children, youth, and families served by the child welfare system. The Family Networks Implementation Study, a partnership between the Massachusetts Department of Social Services and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is a two-year study of the process of implementing local systems of care that began in January 2007, and will continue through December 2008.
title: Family Members with Overlapping Mental Health Needs Require the Transformation of Systems and Services
Creators: name: Nicholson, Joanne
name: Biebel, Kathleen
name: Hinden, Beth R.
name: Williams, Valerie
name: Gershenson, Bernice
name: Katz-Leavy, Judith
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2005

description: Women and men with a lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorder are at least as likely to be parents as are adults without psychiatric disorder. The majority of adults in all diagnostic categories are parents, including those meeting criteria for affective and anxiety disorders, PTSD, and non-affective psychosis. Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) receiving services in Systems of Care (SOCs) programs may have multiple family risk factors. Family-centered, strengths-based practices require a paradigm shift in the way administrators and providers view and intervene with children and adults.

Presented at The Santa Fe Summit on Behavioral Health, the American College of Mental Health Administration, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 2005.
SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS IN GALICIA AND ITS LINKING TO EUROPEAN POLICY - SISTEMAS SILVOPASTORALES EN GALICIA Y SU VINCULACIÓN A LA POLÍTICA EUROPEA
Creators: name: MOSQUERA-LOSADA
name: MARÍA ROSA. RIGUEIRO RODRÍGUEZ
name: ANTONIO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Common Agrarian Policy
Agroforestry Systems

description: Galicia es una región perteneciente a la región biogeográfica Atlántica, pero que, a diferencia del resto de las zonas de Europa pertenecientes a esta región, presenta de forma habitual una sequía de verano más o menos prolongada. Este período de sequía hace necesario realizar previsiones en las explotaciones para cubrir las necesidades de la cabaña ganadera y en donde las prácticas agroforestales pueden jugar un papel importante para gestionar el rebaño de forma sostenible. De no ser así, las explotaciones tienen que basar su producción en recursos externos, que llegan a suponer el 50% de los costes de producción de las granjas. El objetivo de esta ponencia es analizar el potencial de las prácticas agroforestales en Galicia y como la Política Agraria Común ha contribuido o puede contribuir a su extensión.
title: Using Organizational Data to Create the Essential Context for System Transformation in Child Welfare
Creators: name: Deveney, William
name: Nicholson, Joanne
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2006

description: The Massachusetts Department of Social Services (MA/DSS) has 29 area offices organized in 6 regions; 74,651 consumers (39,913 are children < 18 years of age); 10,863 children and youth in placement; and 3,400 employees (FY2005; 2nd quarter).

A comprehensive system transformation initiative is underway, to shift from the traditional “adversarial” child protective model, and translate the core values of “child-driven,” “family-centered,” “community-focused,” “strength-based,” “committed to diversity/ cultural competence,” and committed to continuous learning” into an active child welfare agenda. The “learning organization” is the guiding framework.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) is an interactive, iterative, participatory process that reflects change in organizational values, and catalyzes and guides improvements in policy and practice. Data drive CQI, obtained as framed by federal performance benchmarks, and in response to criteria or questions generated by the organization, and the field. CQI embraces both learning and accountability.

To elaborate a coherent child welfare system the new core values must be reflected reflected in selecting and measuring benchmarks, obtaining data from multiple perspectives, and providing feedback to inform improvements and to promote the “new” way of doing business at the clinical, managerial, and system levels.

The Child Welfare Institute (CWI), a public-academic partnership between MA/DSS, Salem State College, and the UMMS, is aimed at transforming the system through professional development. The Staff, Family, and Provider Development Centers will offer competency-based workshops, seminars, conferences, and certificate programs. Areas for training and development are emerging via the CQI process.

Presented at the 19th Annual Research Conference. A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, Florida, February 2006.
title: Characteristics of Contemporary Clubhouses: Results from International Clubhouse Surveys
Creators: name: McKay, Colleen E.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2007

description: This poster includes results from International Survey of Clubhouses to provide information regarding Clubhouse performance and characteristics in a variety of areas. This poster provides a glimpse into the dissemination of ICCD Clubhouses with results from Clubhouse programs across the world. Clubhouse Directors complete surveys designed to obtain information concerning organizational characteristics, the ways in which Clubhouse programs provide opportunities for their members, as well as individual outcomes for members utilizing Clubhouse services and supports. Areas addressed in the survey include funding, governance and administration, staffing and staff credentials, program structure, Clubhouse memberships and membership demographics, participation in training and/or research activities, and a variety of services provided by ICCD Clubhouses including employment and housing. The poster will also include evidence of similarities and differences between ICCD certified and non-certified Clubhouses, Clubhouses located in and out of the United States, as well as common characteristics of Clubhouses internationally.

Presented on October 25, 2007 at the Commonwealth Medicine Academic Conference, Shrewsbury, MA.
Perturbations of Nested Branes With Induced Gravity
Creators: name: Sbisà, Fulvio
name: Koyama, Kazuya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the behaviour of weak gravitational fields in models where a 4D brane is embedded inside a 5D brane equipped with induced gravity, which in turn is embedded in a 6D spacetime. We consider a specific regularization of the branes internal structures where the 5D brane can be considered thin with respect to the 4D one. We find exact solutions corresponding to pure tension source configurations on the thick 4D brane, and study perturbations at first order around these background solutions. To perform the perturbative analysis, we adopt a bulk-based approach and we express the equations in terms of gauge invariant and master variables using a 4D scalar-vector-tensor decomposition. We then propose an ansatz on the behaviour of the perturbation fields when the thickness of the 4D brane goes to zero, which corresponds to configurations where gravity remains finite everywhere in the thin limit of the 4D brane. We study the equations of motion using this ansatz, and show that they give rise to a consistent set of differential equations in the thin limit, from which the details of the internal structure of the 4D brane disappear. We conclude that the thin limit of the "ribbon" 4D brane inside the (already thin) 5D brane is well defined (at least when considering first order perturbations around pure tension configurations), and that the gravitational field on the 4D brane remains finite in the thin limit. We comment on the crucial role of the induced gravity term on the 5D brane.
description: 50 pages, 2 figures
title: Supporting Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities and Promoting Recovery: An International Challenge
Creators: name: van der Ende, Peter
name: Nicholson, Joanne
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2008

description: Introduction: Parenting is a significant life role for adults with psychiatric disabilities. Not only is success in this role a normal life goal for many, but functioning as well as possible as parents would seem to be intimately related to the recovery process and successful functioning in other major life domains. Research on the prevalence and needs of parents with psychiatric disabilities in two countries, the U.S. and The Netherlands, provides the framework for developing and testing interventions. Essential program components include supports for parents in meeting their children’s needs as well as managing their own.

Research Question: What are the effects of “Parenting with Success & Satisfaction?” in terms of success, satisfaction, empowerment & quality of life? Intervening variables of the intensity of support, the contact between carer & parent will be included. The design is a non-equivalent control group design, in which the outcomes for 40 parents participating in the program will be compared with outcomes for 40 parents receiving care as usual in other locations.

Recommendations: Provide programs for parents in all kinds of settings; Improve communication about own problems with children; Make a plan for the support of children when psychiatric problems increase; Organize small meeting groups for parents.
Constraints on MOND theory from radio tracking data of the Cassini spacecraft
Creators: name: Hees, A.
name: Folkner, W. M.
name: Jacobson, R. A.
name: Park, R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) is an attempt to modify the gravitation theory to solve the Dark Matter problem. This phenomenology is very successful at the galactic level. The main effect produced by MOND in the Solar System is called the External Field Effect parametrized by the parameter $Q_2$. We have used 9 years of Cassini range and Doppler measurements to constrain $Q_2$. Our estimate of this parameter based on Cassini data is given by $Q_2=(3 \pm 3)\times 10^{-27} \ \rm{s^{-2}}$ which shows no deviation from General Relativity and excludes a large part of the relativistic MOND theories. This limit can also be interpreted as a limit on a external tidal potential acting on the Solar System coming from the internal mass of our galaxy (including Dark Matter) or from a new hypothetical body.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, version accepted in Phys. Rev. D
title: The Massachusetts Family Networks Implementation Study
Creators: name: Maciolek, Susan
name: Nicholson, Joanne
name: Adams, Jodi
name: Gershenson, Bernice
name: Woolsey,  Katherine
name: Warren, Brenda
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2008

description: Family Networks is a comprehensive systems transformation initiative to redesign and integrate traditional categorical services across the Commonwealth into local systems of care for children, youth, and families served by the child welfare system. The Family Networks Implementation Study, a partnership between the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (MA/DSS) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is a two-year study of the process of implementing local systems of care that began in January 2007, and will continue through December 2008.

Findings from the Family Networks Implementation Study will inform MA/DSS strategic planning, system refinements, and the Family Networks outcomes evaluation. Continuous quality improvement strategies, drawn from study findings, will be relevant and useful to other Massachusetts EOHHS agencies with similar service delivery systems and agendas. Project activities and products will promote the Commonwealth’s participation in the national dialogue regarding systems transformation in child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice.
Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): the wavelength-dependent sizes and profiles of galaxies revealed by MegaMorph
Creators: name: Vulcani, Benedetta
name: Bamford, Steven P.
name: Häußler, Boris
name: Vika, Marina
name: Rojas, Alex
name: Agius, Nicola K.
name: Baldry, Ivan
name: Bauer, Amanda E.
name: Brown, Michael J. I.
name: Driver, Simon
name: Graham, Alister W.
name: Kelvin, Lee S.
name: Liske, Jochen
name: Loveday, Jon
name: Popescu, Cristina C.
name: Robotham, Aaron S. G.
name: Tuffs, Richard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the relationship between colour and structure within galaxies using a large, volume-limited sample of bright, low-redshift galaxies with optical to near-infrared imaging from the GAMA survey. We fit single-component, wavelength-dependent, elliptical Sersic models to all passbands simultaneously, using software developed by the MegaMorph project. Dividing our sample by Sersic index and colour, the recovered wavelength variations in effective radius (R_e) and Sersic index (n) reveal the internal structure, and hence formation history, of different types of galaxies. All these trends depend on n; some have an additional dependence on galaxy colour. Late-type galaxies (n_r < 2.5) show a dramatic increase in Sersic index with wavelength. This might be a result of their two-component (bulge-disk) nature, though stellar population gradients within each component and dust attenuation are likely to play a role. All galaxies show a substantial decrease in R_e with wavelength. This is strongest for early-types (n_r > 2.5), even though they maintain constant n with wavelength, revealing that ellipticals are a superimposition of different stellar populations associated with multiple collapse and merging events. Processes leading to structures with larger R_e must be associated with lower metallicity or younger stellar populations. This appears to rule out the formation of young cores through dissipative gas accretion as an important mechanism in the recent lives of luminous elliptical galaxies.
description: 24 pages, 21 figures, published in MNRAS (v2 fixes author names; v3 matches published version)
Study of Rotating High Energy Systems with the Differential HBT Method
Creators: name: Csernai, L. P.
name: Velle, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Peripheral heavy ion reactions at ultra relativistic energies have large angular momentum that can be studied via two particle correlations using the Differential Hanbury Brown and Twiss method. In the present work we analyze the possibilities and sensitivity of the method in rotating, few source systems. Analytic results provide insight in the advantages of this method.
description: To be submitted to International Journal of Modern Physics E. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1305.0385
Piecewise Silence in Discrete Cosmological Models
Creators: name: Clifton, Timothy
name: Gregoris, Daniele
name: Rosquist, Kjell
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a family of cosmological models in which all mass is confined to a regular lattice of identical black holes. By exploiting the reflection symmetry about planes that bisect these lattices into identical halves, we are able to consider the evolution of a number of geometrically distinguished surfaces that exist within each of them. We find that the evolution equations for the reflection symmetric surfaces can be written as a simple set of Friedmann-like equations, with source terms that behave like a set of interacting effective fluids. We then show that gravitational waves are effectively trapped within small chambers for all time, and are not free to propagate throughout the space-time. Each chamber therefore evolves as if it were in isolation from the rest of the universe. We call this phenomenon "piecewise silence".
description: 20 pages, 1 figure
EQUATOR Network mapping review (Steele et al., 2024)
Creators: name: M. Steele, Catriona
name: Burdick, Ryan J.
name: Dallal-York, Justine
name: Shapira-Galitz, Yael
name: Werden Abrams, Sophia
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 420110
subject: Speech pathology
classificationCode: 320217
subject: Otorhinolaryngology
classificationCode: 320299
subject: Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Purpose: The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative aimed at improving published health research through use of reporting guidelines. We conducted a review to determine the extent to which EQUATOR Network guidelines contain recommendations relevant for dysphagia research in human subjects.Method: We downloaded all 542 EQUATOR Network guidelines on November 8, 2022. Each guideline was reviewed by two independent raters and judged for relevance to dysphagia and related fields (e.g., otolaryngology, gastroenterology). Dysphagia-relevant guidelines pertaining to quantitative human subjects research were further inspected to identify reporting guidance regarding (a) general research elements (e.g., data collection, statistical methods), (b) participant characteristics (e.g., demographics, accrual, randomization), (c) screening and clinical/noninstrumental assessments, (d) videofluoroscopic examinations, (e) flexible endoscopic examinations, (f) other instrumentation in swallowing research, (g) dysphagia treatment, (h) patient-/care provider–reported outcome measures, and (i) any other narrowly specified focus relevant for research on swallowing. Discrepancies were resolved by consensus.Results: Of 542 guidelines, 156 addressed quantitative research in human subjects relevant to dysphagia. Of these, 104 addressed general research elements and 108 addressed participant characteristics. Only 14 guidelines partially addressed the other topics of interest, and none addressed elements relevant to reporting videofluoroscopic or endoscopic assessments of swallowing.Conclusions: We were unable to find guidelines with specific relevance to reporting key methods in dysphagia research. This lack of guidance illustrates a gap that hinders the critical appraisal of research quality in the field of dysphagia. Our review highlights the need to develop dysphagia-specific tools for critical appraisal and guidance regarding adequate research reporting.Supplemental Material S1. Citations for EQUATOR Network Guidelines that overlap with topics from the Universally Applicable Questions domain of the FRONTIERS Framework.Supplemental Material S2. Thematic organization of guidelines reviewed for inclusion in the Reader Referral List, with citations.Steele, C. M., Burdick, R. J., Dallal-York, J.,Shapira-Galitz, Y., & Werden Abrams, S. (2024). EQUATOR Network mapping review for dysphagia research. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(5), 2207–2219. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00306Publisher Note: This article is part of the forum: Proposed Considerations for Fostering Rigor and Transparency in Dysphagia Research.
Scaling of far-field wake angle of non-axisymmetric pressure disturbance
Creators: name: Moisy, Frederic
name: Rabaud, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been recently emphasized that the angle of maximum wave amplitude $α$ in the wake of a disturbance of finite size can be significantly narrower than the maximum value $α_K = \sin^{-1}(1/3) \simeq 19.47^\mathrm{o}$ predicted by the classical analysis of Kelvin. For axisymmetric disturbance, simple argument based on the Cauchy-Poisson initial-value problem suggests that the wake angle decreases following a Mach-like law at large velocity, $α\simeq Fr_L^{-1}$, where $Fr_L=U/\sqrt{gL}$ is the Froude number based on the disturbance velocity $U$, its size $L$, and gravity $g$. In this paper we extend this analysis to the case of non-axisymmetric disturbances, relevant to real ships. We find that, for intermediate Froude numbers, the wake angle follows an intermediate scaling law $α\simeq Fr_L^{-2}$, in agreement with the recent prediction of Noblesse \textit{et al.} [Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids {\bf 46}, 164 (2014)]. We show that beyond a critical Froude number, which scales as $A^{1/2}$ (where $A$ is the length-to-width aspect ratio of the disturbance), the asymptotic scaling $α\simeq Fr_B^{-1}$ holds, where now $Fr_B = A^{1/2} Fr_L$ is the Froude number based on the disturbance width. We propose a simple model for this transition, and provide a regime diagram of the scaling of the wake angle as a function of parameters $(A,Fr_L)$.
title: Gender: An Important Factor in the Implementation of Services for Juvenile Offenders
Creators: name: Salomone, Geno
name: Nelson, Rebecca J.
name: Woods, Scarlet P.
name: Guy, Laura S.
name: Vincent, Gina M.
Publisher: name: eScholarship@UMMS
Year: 2013

description: The Child Welfare League of America (2003) reported that between 1980 and 2000 the arrest rate for boys declined by 11% but increased for girls by 35%. A well tested case management approach being applied more commonly in juvenile justice is the Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) approach, which suggests that interventions and services should be commensurate with ones level of risk and specific dynamic risk factors (criminogenic needs). The RNR model tends to be seen as "gender-neutral", based on assumption that it works equally well with both sexes. Few studies have examined whether gender differences exist in the effectiveness of RNR-type case planning.

Vitopoulos et al., (2012) examined possible RNR differences between justice-involved boys and girls using the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI). Across all of the criminogenic need areas (e.g. antisocial attitudes, peer affiliations), only the personality domain was significantly different by gender, such that more girls than boys seemed to have a problem inthis area. They did not find any gender differences in the matching of services to needs identified; however, a higher match between clinician-recommended needs and assigned treatment services (service-to-needs match) predicted a decrease in boys' re-offending but not in girls' reoffending. Given the paucity of research, we are left to question the applicability of some RNR principles or the quality of their implementation for girl offenders. Using the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk for Youth (SAVRY)) in three probation officies to measure both risk level and dynamic risk factors (criminogenic needs), we examined whether within a large sample of youth there were gender differences in the (a) criminogenic needs identified, (b) ability of probation officers (POs) to match services to needs in their case planning and (c) the association of the serve-need match to recidivism.