cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Farley-Buneman Instability in the Solar Chromosphere
Creators: name: Gogoberidze, G.
name: Voitenko, Y.
name: Poedts, S.
name: Goossens, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Farley-Buneman instability is studied in the partially ionized plasma of the solar chromosphere taking into account the finite magnetization of the ions and Coulomb collisions. We obtain the threshold value for the relative velocity between ions and electrons necessary for the instability to develop. It is shown that Coulomb collisions play a destabilizing role in the sense that they enable the instability even in the regions where the ion magnetization is greater than unity. By applying these results to chromospheric conditions, we show that the Farley-Buneman instability can not be responsible for the quasi-steady heating of the solar chromosphere. However, in the presence of strong cross-field currents it can produce small-scale, $\sim 0.1-3$ m, density irregularities in the solar chromosphere. These irregularities can cause scintillations of radio waves with similar wave lengths and provide a tool for remote chromospheric sensing.
Neural Interactions in a Spatially-Distributed Cortical Network During Perceptual Decision-Making
Creators: name: Maksimenko, Vladimir A.
name: Frolov, Nikita S.
name: Hramov, Alexander E.
name: Runnova, Anastasia E.
name: Grubov, Vadim V.
name: Kurths, Jürgen
name: Pisarchik, Alexander N.
Publisher: name: Lausanne : Frontiers Media
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: behavioral response fluctuations
subject: cortical network reorganization
subject: functional brain network
subject: perceptual decision-making task
subject: reaction time
subject: 610

description: Behavioral experiments evidence that attention is not maintained at a constant level, but fluctuates with time. Recent studies associate such fluctuations with dynamics of attention-related cortical networks, however the exact mechanism remains unclear. To address this issue, we consider functional neuronal interactions during the accomplishment of a reaction time (RT) task which requires sustained attention. The participants are subjected to a binary classification of a large number of presented ambiguous visual stimuli with different degrees of ambiguity. Generally, high ambiguity causes high RT and vice versa. However, we demonstrate that RT fluctuates even when the stimulus ambiguity remains unchanged. The analysis of neuronal activity reveals that the subject's behavioral response is preceded by the formation of a distributed functional network in the β-frequency band. This network is characterized by high connectivity in the frontal cortex and supposed to subserve a decision-making process. We show that neither the network structure nor the duration of its formation depend on RT and stimulus ambiguity. In turn, RT is related to the moment of time when the β-band functional network emerges. We hypothesize that RT is affected by the processes preceding the decision-making stage, e.g., encoding visual sensory information and extracting decision-relevant features from raw sensory information. © Copyright © 2019 Maksimenko, Frolov, Hramov, Runnova, Grubov, Kurths and Pisarchik.
Nonperturbative study of quantum many-body correlation effects in neutron stars: Equation of state
Creators: name: Zhu, Hao-Fu
name: Wu, Xufen
name: Liu, Guo-Zhu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although neutron stars have been studied for decades, their internal structure remains enigmatic, mainly due to large uncertainties in the equation of state. In neutron stars, the nucleons are strongly interacting by exchanging mesons, which can lead to significant quantum many-body correlation effects. Mean-field calculations failed to capture these effects. Here, we develop a nonperturbative quantum field-theoretic approach to handle strongly correlated dense nuclear matter within the framework of quantum hadrodynamics. We show that the many-body effects can be incorporated in the Dyson-Schwinger equation of the nucleon propagator. Based on a linear $σ$-$ω$-$ρ$ model, we successfully reproduce six empirical observable quantities of saturation nuclear matter by tuning six parameters. After including the many-body effects into the equation of state of realistic neutron star matter, we obtain a mass-radius relation that is comparable with recent astrophysical observations of neutron stars.
description: 18 pages, 7 figure, 2 tables, final version
title: A Study of Instructional Practices and Recommendations of Thirty-Five Successful Biological Science Teachers in the Secondary Schools of Utah
Creators: name: Raat, Gerald H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1955

description: This study is concerned with the teaching of biology in Utah secondary schools. It is based chiefly on analysis of: (1) the teaching procedures used by thirty-five teachers of biology in Utah who were designated by their principals as being outstanding teachers. and (2) the facilities and equipment these teachers think are essential.
The search for status in a Salish Indian community
Creators: name: Baxter, Kenneth Wayne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: The significance of the contemporary "winter dances" of the Coast Salish has been explained in terms of the Indian's 'search for status'. In this paper I attempt to establish the significance of Indian institutions for the Cowichan's 'search for status'. On the basis of informant interviews, I empirically describe the range of institutions in which a sample of the members of the Cowichan Band participate. Using a typology of institutions, I further delineate the type of viable 'status sets' maintained by band members and characterize the individuals who maintain them. In addition I test a theory which I feel might partially explain the differential participation manifested in the Cowichan status sets but is hopefully applicable to the members of any minority ethnic group. Briefly the theory assumes that: Actors who participate predominantly or exclusively in 'ethnic institutions' do so because their perception or definition of non-ethnics in terms of 'threat' prevents them from attempting to acquire status in non-ethnic institutions. A second hypothesis is also tested, namely that: Actors who participate predominantly or exclusively in ethnic institutions do so because they have failed in attempts to acquire status in non-ethnic institutions. The available data suggests that both the theory and the hypothesis are invalid. Contrary to expectations based on the theory, the perception of non-ethnics in terms of threat is greatest among those actors who negatively evaluate ethnic institutions but who have been unable to acquire non-ethnic status. In order to explain this result new assumptions focusing on the concept of 'negative self-evaluations' are introduced. With regard to the second hypothesis it would appear that predominant or exclusive participation in ethnic institutions is not a reaction to an initial failure to acquire non-ethnic status but more a function of the fact that ethnic statuses are more highly valued than non-ethnic statuses.
X-Sprint: Climate and Migration - 100% Open Research for Climate Change
Creators: name: Worthington, Simon
Publisher: name: Meyrin : CERN
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Open Climate Knowledge
subject: OCK
subject: Data Mining
subject: Contentmine
subject: Climate
subject: Climate Change
subject: 100% Open
subject: Open Access
subject: Open Science
subject: 020

description: X-Sprint: Climate and migration - Workshop - Infrastructure for the Year to come Summer School 2020 #OCK @OCKProject - 10 June 2020. From the Open Climate Knowledge project. https://github.com/OCKProject
Space Weathering on Near-Earth Objects investigated by neutral-particle detection
Creators: name: Plainaki, C.
name: Milillo, A.
name: Orsini, S.
name: Mura, A.
name: De Angelis, E.
name: Di Lellis, A. M.
name: Dotto, E.
name: Livi, S.
name: Mangano, V.
name: Massetti, S.
name: Palumbo, M. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ion-sputtering (IS) process is active in many planetary environments in the Solar System where plasma precipitates directly on the surface (for instance, Mercury, Moon, Europa). In particular, solar-wind sputtering is one of the most important agents for the surface erosion of a Near-Earth Object (NEO), acting together with other surface release processes, such as Photon Stimulated Desorption (PSD), Thermal Desorption (TD) and Micrometeoroid Impact Vaporization (MIV). The energy distribution of the IS-released neutrals peaks at a few eVs and extends up to hundreds of eVs. Since all other release processes produce particles of lower energies, the presence of neutral atoms in the energy range above 10 eV and below a few keVs (Sputtered High-Energy Atoms - SHEA) identifies the IS process. SHEA easily escape from the NEO, due to NEO's extremely weak gravity. Detection and analysis of SHEA will give important information on surface-loss processes as well as on surface elemental composition. The investigation of the active release processes, as a function of the external conditions and the NEO surface properties, is crucial for obtaining a clear view of the body's present loss rate as well as for getting clues on its evolution, which depends significantly on space weather. In this work, an attempt to analyze the processes that take place on the surface of these small airless bodies, as a result of their exposure to the space environment, has been realized. For this reason a new space weathering model (Space Weathering on NEO - SPAWN), is presented. Moreover, an instrument concept of a neutral-particle analyzer specifically designed for the measurement of neutral density and the detection of SHEA from a NEO is proposed
description: 36 pages
title: The Economics of Rural Residential Zoning in Utah County
Creators: name: Buchmiller, Max K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1954

description: Change in the use to which land is put may affect the economic and social return from it. Land-use changes tend to be rather permanent in nature. They should be guided so that social welfare will be served best. Rural Zoning has developed from this need to direct change in land use in rural areas.
It first came into use about twenty-four years ago but was developed from much older, urban-zoning experience. By 1949, rural-zoning ordinances had been adopted by 173 counties in 23 states. Thirty-eight states had passed enabling acts permitting the adoption of rural-zoning ordinances by specified political subdivisions within their jurisdictions by that date (7, pages 1-23).
Mobile phone text messaging language : how and why undergraduates use textisms
Creators: name: Grace, AAS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Mobile phone text messaging has continued to increase in popularity since its inception in 1992, but research into the language used in text messages has produced variable results. The overall purpose of this thesis was to investigate factors which might be associated with variations in textism use between individual phone users. In previous research, methodological variations between studies have made comparisons difficult and include the use of various message collection methods (e.g., asking participants to create messages versus to provide previously sent messages) and variations in the definition, categorisation and counting of altered words in text messages, or textisms‚ÄövÑvp (e.g., 2nite for tonight). In Study 1 of this thesis, undergraduates (155 in Canada, 86 in Australia) were asked to provide text messages via three different collection methods. Messages that were translated and elicited under experimental conditions were found to contain more textisms than naturalistic messages copied from phones. Further, Australian participants used more contractive textisms (e.g., fri for Friday, bday for birthday) than Canadians, and more textisms overall. In Study 2, naturalistic data were collected from a further 386 Australian first-year undergraduates between 2009 and 2012. Over these time-points, textism use decreased, particularly for contractive textisms. Females used more expressive textism types (e.g., pleeease!?! for please) than males. Further differences in textism use were found to be related to the technology on participants' phones and to participants' attitudes towards textism use. In Study 3, the Australian and Canadian undergraduates from Study 1 completed a range of literacy and language tasks. The very few correlations between task scores and textism use that reached statistical significance were negative (students with higher linguistic scores used fewer textisms), although this relationship may have been influenced by differences in attitude and early literacy experience. In Study 4, the Australian students of Study 3 were able to discern situations in which textism use is appropriate. Further, the examination of 303 written exams of a separate group of Australian undergraduates confirmed that textisms were avoided in these students' formal writing. In conclusion, individual textism use in messages is related to a number of factors, especially the technology on mobile phones. Rather than being associated with poor literacy skills, textism use can be conceptualised as a form of literacy skill that is adapted to the social expectations of undergraduates and the developing technology on phones to produce maximally efficient and expressive text-based communication.
Optical Spectroscopy of Hydrothermally Treated Soil for Organic Matter Monitoring
Creators: name: Liu, Lei
name: Lu, Wenxuan
name: Li, Zhongyi
name: Wei, Chaofu
name: Xie, Deti
name: Ni, Jiupai
name: Ni, Chengsheng
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Hydrothermal treatment is popular in reforming biomass for light-emitting carbon dots for multiple applications, but until now no work has been done on the hydrothermal treatment of soil organic matter (SOM) for this transformation. This work translates the knowledge from the chemical synthesis of carbon dots to the monitoring of SOM by a facile hydrothermal treatment of soils without the usage of toxic chromate chemicals: hydrothermally treated soils produce light-emitting carbon dots whose light absorbance and photoluminescence (PL) was attempted to correlate with the content of SOM. The light absorbance of the carbon dots was found to be correlated very well (R2 around 0.7) with the SOM by Walkley-Black acid digestion, but the PL was poor in describing the SOM. The absorbance at 250 nm related to the π-π* transition was less affected by pH or but can be reduced by high concentration ammonia. While the absorbance at wavelengths longer than 300 nm was variable, but it still can be used for SOM quantification. The fundamental optical properties are explored via PL and PL excitation spectroscopies to provide an overview of the monitoring of SOM using facile light-absorbance method.
title: Linkage Relationships in Group IV in Barley
Creators: name: Wheatley, George W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1955

description: The development of new and better varieties of plants through plant breeding is essential to meet certain needs of a changing world. Genetics and a knowledge of its principles are the basis for such improvement.
Barley has been used rather extensively in linkage relations studies. Its desirable characteristics are: (1) interspecific fertility and relative ease of hybridization, (2) numerous characters that are easily differentiated, (3) its commercial importance as a crop and (4) there are seven chromosome pairs in each of the four cultivated species.
Performance of the CMS Hadron Calorimeter with Cosmic Ray Muons and LHC Beam Data
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The CMS Hadron Calorimeter in the barrel, endcap and forward regions is fully commissioned. Cosmic ray data were taken with and without magnetic field at the surface hall and after installation in the experimental hall, hundred meters underground. Various measurements were also performed during the few days of beam in the LHC in September 2008. Calibration parameters were extracted, and the energy response of the HCAL determined from test beam data has been checked.
Non-Abelian geometric phases in ground state Josephson devices
Creators: name: Pirkkalainen, J. -M.
name: Solinas, P.
name: Pekola, J. P.
name: Möttönen, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a superconducting circuit in which non-Abelian geometric transformations can be realized using an adiabatic parameter cycle. In contrast to previous proposals, we employ quantum evolution in the ground state. We propose an experiment in which the transition from non-Abelian to Abelian cycles can be observed by measuring the pumped charge as a function of the period of the cycle. Alternatively, the non-Abelian phase can be detected using a single-electron transistor working as a charge sensor.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures; added references and clarified discussion about earlier research on the field
Political socialization and political culture: a case study
Creators: name: Oliver, Thelma Isabel
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Stable democratic systems are characterised by the persistence and distinctiveness of political subcultures which offer alternatives to the status quo. This case study describes the New Democratic sub-culture in terms of its persistence and distinctiveness. The data was drawn from a survey of New Democratic activists in the Vancouver area. The concept of political socialization was used to examine the persistence of the New Democratic subculture. Primary and secondary agents of socialization provide continuity of sub-cultural values overtime; primary agents such as family and peer groups socialize New Democrats to sub-cultural values, while secondary agents provide socialization both to the general political culture, which is primarily liberal democratic, and to values which are consonant with the organic-socialist New Democratic sub-culture. New Democrats are strongly committed to their sub-culture, but seem to be attracted to the liberal culture in some degree. The liberal value of equality of opportunity seems to be particularly attractive to New Democrats. But the New Democratic sub-culture is distinctive in the very strong value placed upon the ordinary working person's welfare. When New Democrats contrast themselves with other sub-cultures, they see themselves as the party of the working class, the underdog, while other parties are for doctors, bankers, and the status quo. The study of political culture, especially of political sub-cultures which together make up the general political culture of a system, requires more study of two problems which must be examined together. First, it is necessary to establish a taxonomy of the values which constitute a sub-culture. Second, the process of socialization to those values must be studied in a manner that will enable the researcher to make use of that taxonomy of cultural values. An ideal research strategy would combine ideographic testing with small group methods. Political activists provide an excellent laboratory for this kind of study. Once we know more about the content of political culture and the way in which it is modified in the process of socialization, we will be able to study the interaction of political sub-cultures in a much more systematic way.
An approach to understanding the role of maternal effects in adjusting to changes in environmental conditions
Creators: name: Cadby-Bibari, C
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Introduction - The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change Fourth Assessment (IPCC 2007) reported an increase in mean global temperatures of about 0.7 ¬¨‚àûC in the last century and predicted an increase by 1.1 ¬¨‚àûC to 6.4 ¬¨‚àûC by the end of the 21st century. Increasing temperatures have induced changes in other climatic variables such as precipitation, wind patterns and extreme events (e.g. heat waves) (IPCC 2007) as well as changes in species interactions and community structures (reviewed in Hughes 2000). The extensive tradition of monitoring plants, birds and some insects, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, allowed the detection of significant responses to climate change (e.g. Menzel 2000, Lenoir et al. 2008). Significant trends and coherent (i.e. a globally coherent fingerprint) are emerging such as earlier breeding (Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Moller et al. 2010) and species moving towards higher latitudes and altitudes (Parmesan et al. 1999, Hickling et al. 2006; Randin et al. 2009). In the long term, these changes are predicted to increase the vulnerability of species to extinction and to create major changes in ecosystem structure and function (Thomas et al. 2004, Thuillier et al. 2005, 2011; Van de Pol et al. 2010). In Australia, we lack the long term monitoring that has allowed the detection of trends in species responses to climate change in the Northern Hemisphere (Hughes 2003). Because the impact of climate change depends on the environmental sensitivity of the organisms (Tewksbury et al. 2008; Deutsch et al. 2008; Huey et al. 2 2009; Beldade et al. 2011), the most efficient means of detecting climate-induced changes is by selecting indicator species that are highly sensitive to climate (Hughes 2003; Deutsch et al. 2008; Beldade et al. 2011). Reptiles are particularly indicated as model systems as they are ectotherms: most of their physiological processes are very sensitive to environmental conditions and underlie phenological responses and distribution patterns (Huey & Bennett 1987; Sinervo & Adolph 1989; Angilletta et al. 2002; Guisan & Hofer 2003; Arntzen 2006; Sinervo et al. 2010). For example, reproduction, foraging activity, basking behaviour, metabolism and growth rate are all processes that are very sensitive to climate and environmental factors and that are linked to fitness and survival (e.g. Huey & Bennett 1987; Burger & Zappalorti 1992; Litzgus et al. 1999; Angilletta et al. 2002; Kearney 2002; Bowen et al. 2005). Therefore, it is reasonable to predict that reptiles (and other climate sensitive species) will be affected by climate change and their persistence will depend on their ability to adjust or adapt to a new environment (Chevin et al. 2010; Sinervo et al. 2010; Beldade et al. 2011; Hofman & Sgro 2011; Hof et al. 2011).
title: Detection of Coumarin in Seeds Involving Crosses Between Two Species of Melilotus
Creators: name: Davis, William H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1955

description: Sweet clover has become increasingly important as a forage and green manure crop. The main objection in recent years to sweet clover is its coumarin content, identified by a sweet odor and bitter taste, making it less desirable to farm animals. When sweet clover hay spoils, the coumarin is converted into dicoumarol which is toxic to animals, especially to ruminants. When ingested this may cause internal and/or external hemorrhages.
Oxygen reduction reaction on Pd nanocatalysts prepared by plasma-assisted synthesis on different carbon nanomaterials
Creators: name: Lüsi, Madis
name: Erikson, Heiki
name: Treshchalov, Alexey
name: Rähn, Mihkel
name: Merisalu, Maido
name: Kikas, Arvo
name: Vambola, Kisand
name: Sammelselg, Väino
name: Tammeveski, Kaido
Publisher: name: Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
Year: 2022
Subjects: oxygen reduction reaction
plasma assisted deposition
palladium catalyst
N-doped graphene oxide
electrocatalysis

description: This dataset contains the data presented in the figures of published paper "Oxygen reduction reaction on Pd nanocatalysts prepared by plasma-assisted synthesis on different carbon nanomaterials" Nanotechnology 32 035401 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/abbd6f)
title: A Study of Elementary Physical Education at the Whittier School, Logan, Utah
Creators: name: Jacobson, Phyllis C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1954

description: Since the First World War, there has been an increased recognition for the need of physical education in the elementary school. Although educators recognize and agree on the need, they are not in agreement as to how to best achieve this need. Some educators believe that physical education should be taught as a specialized subject. Through this means, instruction is provided by a specialist who is trained in physical education. Some educators believe that physical education should be integrated with every other phase of the school program and taught by the classroom teacher. There are other educators who believe that parts of both the specialized and the integrated program should be followed. By this means the program would be integrated with other phases of the school program and would be taught by the classroom teacher, but a specialist, trained in physical education, would supervise the program.
Efficient pseudo-global fitting for helioseismic data
Creators: name: Fletcher, S. T.
name: Chaplin, W. J.
name: Elsworth, Y.
name: New, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mode fitting or "peak-bagging" is an important procedure in helioseismology allowing one to determine the various mode parameters of solar oscillations. Here we describe a way of reducing the systematic bias in the fits of certain mode parameters that are seen when using "local" fitting techniques to analyse the sun-as-a-star p-mode power spectrum. To do this we have developed a new "pseudo-global" fitting algorithm designed to gain the advantages of fitting the entire power spectrum, but without the problems involved in fitting a model incorporating many hundreds of parameters. We have performed a comparative analysis between the local and pseudo-global peak-bagging techniques by fitting the "limit" profiles of simulated helioseismic data. Results show that for asymmetric modes the traditional fitting technique returns systematically biased estimates of the central frequency parameter. This bias is significantly reduced when employing the pseudo-global routine. Similarly, we show that estimates of the background returned from the pseudo-global routine match the input values much more closely than the estimates from the local fitting method. We have also used the two fitting techniques to analyse a set of real solar data collected by the Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies (GOLF) instrument on board the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. Similar differences between the estimated frequencies returned by the two techniques are seen when fitting both the real and simulated data. We show that the background fits returned by the pseudo-global routine more closely match the estimate of the background one can infer from interpolating between fits to the high and low frequency ends of the p-mode power spectrum.
title: The Place of the General Shop in the Industrial Arts Curriculum in the Secondary Schools of Utah
Creators: name: McKinnon, Max E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1954

description: Background and Need for the Study
The primary purpose of education is to develop happy and successful citizens. Industrial arts, being a phase of general education, should in every way possible contribute toward achieving this primary purpose. Because of the rapidly changing methods of industrial production and the increasing areas of industry, it is therefore necessary, that to keep abreast of this industrial advancement, industrial education must employ every possible means to justifiably incorporate these new industrial methods and products into the industrial education program.
It is the intention of the writer that this study will bring forth evidence of the practical usability of the general shop idea in promoting more adequate industrial arts instruction. It is also the intention of the writer that by reviewing the literature of the development of the general shop, industrial education might more adequately keep abreast of the products, tools, and methods of the rapidly advancing industrial period.
Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Chondrosarcoma Cells Affects Proliferation and Cell Membrane Permeability
Creators: name: Haralambiev, Lyubomir
name: Nitsch, Andreas
name: Jacoby, Josephine M.
name: Strakeljahn, Silas
name: Bekeschus, Sander
name: Mustea, Alexander
name: Ekkernkamp, Axel
name: Stope, Matthias B.
Publisher: name: Basel : Molecular Diversity Preservation International
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Chondrosarcoma
subject: Cold atmospheric plasma
subject: Growth inhibition
subject: Membrane functionality
subject: 570
subject: 540

description: Chondrosarcoma is the second most common malign bone tumor in adults. Surgical resection of the tumor is recommended because of its resistance to clinical treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Thus, the prognosis for patients mainly depends on sufficient surgical resection. Due to this, research on alternative therapies is needed. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is an ionized gas that contains various reactive species. Previous studies have shown an anti-oncogenic potential of CAP on different cancer cell types. The current study examined the effects of treatment with CAP on two chondrosarcoma cell lines (CAL-78, SW1353). Through proliferation assay, the cell growth after CAP-treatment was determined. A strong antiproliferative effect for both cell lines was detected. By fluorescein diacetate (FDA) assay and ATP release assay, alterations in the cell membrane and associated translocation of low molecular weight particles through the cytoplasmic membrane were observed. In supernatant, the non-membrane-permeable FDA and endogenously synthesized ATP detected suggest an increased membrane permeability after CAP treatment. Similar results were shown by the dextran-uptake assay. Furthermore, fluorescence microscopic G-/F-actin assay was performed. G-and F-actin were selectively dyed, and the ratio was measured. The presented results indicate CAP-induced changes in cell membrane function and possible alterations in actin-cytoskeleton, which may contribute to the antiproliferative effects of CAP. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
title: Student Management Practices in the Secondary School Shops of Utah
Creators: name: Cheney, U. Sterling
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1954

description: Background
It is wrong to think that industrial education had its beginning recently. Merely because industry has made revolutionary changes and advancements during recent years does not mean that industrial education has not been in existence for a long time. Industrial education in some forms is probably as old as the human race.
In the development of industrial education it is interesting to note that both anciently and during modern times the emphasis has been placed on the value of handwork. The cave man's life depended upon his skill and ability to make and use the various types of primitive tools. We still place great importance on our knowledge of handwork.
Very special divisors on real algebraic curves
Creators: name: Monnier, Jean-Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14C20; 14H51; 14P25; 14P99

description: We study special linear systems called "very special" whose dimension does not satisfy a Clifford type inequality given by Huisman. We classify all these very special linear systems when they are compounded of an involution. Examples of very special linear systems that are simple are also given.
Coupling Non-Gravitational Fields with Simplicial Spacetimes
Creators: name: McDonald, Jonathan R.
name: Miller, Warner A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The inclusion of source terms in discrete gravity is a long-standing problem. Providing a consistent coupling of source to the lattice in Regge Calculus (RC) yields a robust unstructured spacetime mesh applicable to both numerical relativity and quantum gravity. RC provides a particularly insightful approach to this problem with its purely geometric representation of spacetime. The simplicial building blocks of RC enable us to represent all matter and fields in a coordinate-free manner. We provide an interpretation of RC as a discrete exterior calculus framework into which non-gravitational fields naturally couple with the simplicial lattice. Using this approach we obtain a consistent mapping of the continuum action for non-gravitational fields to the Regge lattice. In this paper we apply this framework to scalar, vector and tensor fields. In particular we reconstruct the lattice action for (1) the scalar field, (2) Maxwell field tensor and (3) Dirac particles. The straightforward application of our discretization techniques to these three fields demonstrates a universal implementation of coupling source to the lattice in Regge calculus.
description: 10 pages, no figures, Latex, fixed typos and minor corrections.
Spin-Dependent Recombination between Phosphorus Donors in Silicon and Si/SiO2 Interface States Investigated with Pulsed Electrically Detected Electron Double Resonance
Creators: name: Hoehne, Felix
name: Huebl, Hans
name: Galler, Bastian
name: Stutzmann, Martin
name: Brandt, Martin S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the spin species relevant for the spin-dependent recombination used for the electrical readout of coherent spin manipulation in phosphorus-doped silicon. Via a multi-frequency pump-probe experiment in pulsed electrically detected magnetic resonance, we demonstrate that the dominant spin-dependent recombination transition occurs between phosphorus donors and Si/SiO2 interface states. Combining pulses at different microwave frequencies allows us to selectively address the two spin subsystems participating in the recombination process and to coherently manipulate and detect the relative spin orientation of the two recombination partners.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
title: Avian Community Response to Fire in a Gambel Oak Woodland
Creators: name: Leidolf, Andreas
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: I assessed avian communities of Gam bel oak (Quercus gambelii) woodland and surrounding habitats at Camp W. G. Williams State Military Reservation , Utah, during summer of 1993-1998. I used point counts and incidental observations to compile an avian checklist. I observed 100 species, accounting for one third of all birds known from Utah. Overlap in species composition among habitats was considerable, yet each habitat supported a distinct complement of common species.
I compared bird species composition, abundance, richness, and diversity before and after fire in burned and unburned Gam bel oak woodland using point counts. I also investigated how similarity of the Gam bel oak avian community to surrounding communities changed after fire. Post-fire changes in individual species abundances reflected a shift from a woodland to a grassland/shrubland community. However, this shift occurred through elimination rather than addition of species, i.e., the post-fire Gambel oak avifauna was a subset of the pre- fire avifauna. Species richness and diversity on burned plots decreased significantly after fi re; unburned plots experienced significant increases in richness and diversity.
I also used point counts to evaluate recovery of the Gam bel oak avian community by comparing species composition, abundance, richness, and diversity in different-age burned and unburned Gambel oak woodland. Total abundance, richness, diversity, and similarity to the unburned community increased with post-fire age. I observed significant differences in the abundance of 10 species. Fire did not result in sequential invasion and replacement of bird species assemblages; rather, species found in burned plots were a subset of the avifauna in unburned plots. Return of individual species was related to recovery of preferred nesting and foraging substrates. Over 25% of species found in unburned plots were still absent 11 years post-fire. I conclude that fire had pronounced effects on avian community composition and structure in this habitat. The contention that almost all bird species associated with Gambel oak woodlands are tolerant to fire is not substantiated by the results of this study. Due to the lack of spatial replication in this study, a comparison of avian response to fire in several sites across Gambel oak range would be desirable.
Commissioning and Performance of the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker with Cosmic Ray Muons
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: During autumn 2008, the Silicon Strip Tracker was operated with the full CMS experiment in a comprehensive test, in the presence of the 3.8 T magnetic field produced by the CMS superconducting solenoid. Cosmic ray muons were detected in the muon chambers and used to trigger the readout of all CMS sub-detectors. About 15 million events with a muon in the tracker were collected. The efficiency of hit and track reconstruction were measured to be higher than 99% and consistent with expectations from Monte Carlo simulation. This article details the commissioning and performance of the Silicon Strip Tracker with cosmic ray muons.
Grain size dependence of barchan dune dynamics
Creators: name: Groh, C.
name: Aksel, N.
name: Rehberg, I.
name: Kruelle, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dependence of the barchan dune dynamics on the size of the grains involved is investigated experimentally. Downsized barchan dune slices are observed in a narrow water flow tube. The relaxation time from an initial symmetric triangular heap towards an asymmetric shape attractor increases with dune mass and decreases with grain size. The dune velocity increases with grain size. In contrast, the velocity scaling and the shape of the barchan dune is independent of the size of the grains.
ESMARConf2021 Session 2A - Quantitative Synthesis (livestream)
Creators: name: Grainger, Matthew
name: Haddaway, Neal
name: Hennessy, Emily A.
name: Keenan, Ciara
name: McGuinness, Luke
name: Westgate, Martin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Presenter: James E. Pustejovsky Title: Synthesis of dependent effect sizes: Versatile models through clubSandwich and metafor Presenter: Maya Mathur Title: R package PublicationBias: Sensitivity analysis for publication bias Presenter: Philip Martin Title: Dynamic meta-analysis: Providing evidence to guide local decisions using a global evidence base Presenter: Wolfgang Viechtbauer Title: Selection models for publication bias in meta-analysis The speakers are be joined by Julia Koricheva for a panel discussion Facilitator: Matt Grainger
title: A Conceptual Model to Characterize Internal Structure of Plant Communities Based on Functional Traits in Camp Williams, Utah, and Camp Grayling, Michigan
Creators: name: de la Rosa, Patricia Hernandez
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2002

description: How plants from a common species pool form community has been considered from a variety of approaches. A promising approach involves the search for assembly rules based on plant functional traits. This approach has potential to provide insight into community and ecosystem processes In this research. a general and simple conceptual model based on life forms and independent of species is used as a framework for assessing the internal structure of plant communities. Plant functional traits are used to identify patterns within and between plant communities in the contrasting environments of Camp Williams, Utah, and Camp Grayling, Michigan.
The conceptual model has three different functional types formed by one to three functional groups. A functional group, made up of species with similar life form, is analogous to a vegetation stratum. A functional type, consisting of one or more functional groups. is analogous to a community or vegetation type.
Correspondence analysis (CA) and analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicate that richness, species diversity, and trait diversity are essentially independent of functional type and are, for example, fairly consistent regardless of climatic regime or structural complexity. Cover. on the other hand. increases with the number of functional groups in a functional type.
Consistent patterns and trends for sets of functional traits support the view that assembly rules may account for internal structure in plant communities. The consistent association of sets of traits with functional groups even in taxonomically dissimilar communities suggests that the functional traits are related to fundamental ecological processes that shape these communities.
Ambiguity in some of the results might be explained by extending the analysis to additional installations that replicate the climatic conditions found at Camp Williams and Camp Grayling.
NeIC Dellingr Project Phase 2 Deliverable 2 "First Pilot project: Usage analysis"
Creators: name: Brännvall, Mathias
name: Fagerholm, Juha
name: Livenson, Ilja
name: Nikunen, Petri
name: Sjöström, Anders
name: Svalgaard-Kohrt, Jens
name: Sveinbjörnsson, Hjörleifur
name: Viðarsson, Máni-Maríus
name: White, John
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Dellingr Phase 2 deliverable DO2 giving the results of the first resource-sharing pilot. The usage of resources and comments from the users are presented along with associated publications.
title: Domain Imaging in Periodic Submicron Wide Nanostructures by Digital Drift Correction in Kerr Microscopy
Creators: name: Akhundzada, Sapida
name: Dingel, Kristina
name: Janzen, Christian
name: Sick, Bernhard
name: Ehresmann, Arno
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: drift correction
subject: image processing
subject: imaging methods
subject: Kerr microscopy
subject: magnetic domain imaging
subject: optical microscopy
subject: resolution limit
subject: 530
subject: Magnetische Eigenschaft
subject: Mikroskopie
subject: Nanostruktur
subject: Drift

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
Vector meson-baryon strong coupling contants in light cone QCD sum rules
Creators: name: Aliev, T. M.
name: Ozpineci, A.
name: Savci, M.
name: Zamiralov, V. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the most general form of the interpolating current of the baryons, the strong coupling constants of the light vector mesons with the octet baryons are calculated within the light cone QCD sum rules. The SU(3)_f symmetry breaking effects are taken into account in the calculations. It is shown that each of the electric and magnetic coupling constants can be described in terms of three universal functions. A detailed comparison of the results of this work on aforementioned couplings with the existing theoretical results is presented.
description: 25 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX formatted
Crystal structure of dichloro((S)-2-(anilinomethyl)-pyrrolidine)- palladium(II), Pd(Cl)2(C11H16N2)
Creators: name: El Firdoussi, L.
name: Ali, M.A.
name: Karim, A.
name: Spannenberg, A.
Publisher: name: Berlin : de Gruyter
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Crystal structure
subject: Chemistry
subject: Crystallography
subject: 540

description: C11H16Cl2N2Pd, orthorhombic, P212121 (no. 19), a = 11.246(2) Å, b = 12.222(2) Å, c = 19.637(4) Å, V= 2699.1 Å3, Z = 8, Rgt(F) = 0.027, wRref(F2) = 0.060, T =200 K. © by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag,.
Quantum Theory of particles and fields as an extension of a probabilistic variational approach to classical mechanics and classical field theory. I
Creators: name: Villani, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theoretical scheme, based on a probabilistic generalization of the Hamilton's principle, is elaborated to obtain an unified description of more general dynamical behaviors determined both from a lagrangian function and by mechanisms not contemplated by this function. Within this scheme, quantum mechanics, classical field theory and a quantum theory for scalar fields are discussed. As a by-product of the probabilistic scheme for classical field theory, the equations of the De Donder-Weyl theory for multi-dimensional variational problems are recovered.
title: Feeding Protein, Phosphorus and Energy Supplements to Beef Cows on Utah Desert Ranges
Creators: name: Olsen, Robert Hyrum
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1959

description: Many of the beef cattle in the Great Basin area are maintained part or all of the year on rangelands. Most of those going on to desert ranges for only part of the year go on during the late fall, winter, and early spring. It is estimated that 50-60 percent of the 600,000 beef cattle grazing on range lands in Utah graze on the one-fourth million acres of desert or semi-desert sometime during the year.