cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
BioVerbNet: a large semantic-syntactic classification of verbs in biomedicine.
Creators: name: Majewska, Olga
name: Collins, Charlotte
name: Baker, Simon
name: Björne, Jari
name: Brown, Susan Windisch
name: Korhonen, Anna
name: Palmer, Martha
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Text Classification
Verb Lexicon
Verbnet

description: BackgroundRecent advances in representation learning have enabled large strides in natural language understanding; However, verbal reasoning remains a challenge for state-of-the-art systems. External sources of structured, expert-curated verb-related knowledge have been shown to boost model performance in different Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks where accurate handling of verb meaning and behaviour is critical. The costliness and time required for manual lexicon construction has been a major obstacle to porting the benefits of such resources to NLP in specialised domains, such as biomedicine. To address this issue, we combine a neural classification method with expert annotation to create BioVerbNet. This new resource comprises 693 verbs assigned to 22 top-level and 117 fine-grained semantic-syntactic verb classes. We make this resource available complete with semantic roles and VerbNet-style syntactic frames.ResultsWe demonstrate the utility of the new resource in boosting model performance in document- and sentence-level classification in biomedicine. We apply an established retrofitting method to harness the verb class membership knowledge from BioVerbNet and transform a pretrained word embedding space by pulling together verbs belonging to the same semantic-syntactic class. The BioVerbNet knowledge-aware embeddings surpass the non-specialised baseline by a significant margin on both tasks.ConclusionThis work introduces the first large, annotated semantic-syntactic classification of biomedical verbs, providing a detailed account of the annotation process, the key differences in verb behaviour between the general and biomedical domain, and the design choices made to accurately capture the meaning and properties of verbs used in biomedical texts. The demonstrated benefits of leveraging BioVerbNet in text classification suggest the resource could help systems better tackle challenging NLP tasks in biomedicine.
Universality proof and analysis of generalized nested Uhrig dynamical decoupling
Creators: name: Kuo, W. -J.
name: Paz-Silva, G. A.
name: Quiroz, G.
name: Lidar, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nested Uhrig dynamical decoupling (NUDD) is a highly efficient quantum error suppression scheme that builds on optimized single axis UDD sequences. We prove the universality of NUDD and analyze its suppression of different error types in the setting of generalized control pulses. We present an explicit lower bound for the decoupling order of each error type, which we relate to the sequence orders of the nested UDD layers. We find that the error suppression capabilities of NUDD are strongly dependent on the parities and relative magnitudes of all nested UDD sequence orders. This allows us to predict the optimal arrangement of sequence orders. We test and confirm our analysis using numerical simulations.
description: 22 pages, 4 figures
Juscelinomys candango Moojen 1965
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Juscelinomys
Juscelinomys candango

description: Juscelinomys candango Moojen, 1965. Rev. Brasil. Biol., 25:281 -285. TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Brasilia. DISTRIBUTION: C. Brazil.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 421, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031
Additional file 3 of Aβ42 oligomer-specific antibody ALZ-201 reduces the neurotoxicity of Alzheimer’s disease brain extracts
Creators: name: Sandberg, Anders
name: Berenjeno-Correa, Ernesto
name: Rodriguez, Rosa Crespo
name: Axenhus, Michael
name: Weiss, Sophia Schedin
name: Batenburg, Kevin
name: Hoozemans, Jeroen J. M.
name: Tjernberg, Lars O.
name: Scheper, Wiep
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3: Figure 3. Inhibition ELISA experiment.
Towards fuzzy logic modelling for CAR T cell function in cancer immunotherapy design
Creators: name: Driessen, Alice
name: Rocio  Castellanos Rueda
name: Gac, Constance Le
name: Deutschman, Nicolas
name: Reddy, Sai
name: Martinez, Maria Rodriguez
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2022

description: Using fuzzy logic network modelling to predict the response of cells to Chimeric Anitgen Receptor expression. Here we present a new implementation of fuzzy logic modelling using autograd. In the end we aim to use this new fuzzy logic implementation to predict the response of T cells to Chimeric Anitgen Receptor (CAR) expression. This guides CAR T cell therapy.
A Study of the training methods used by the Vehicle Maintenance Department of the Clark County School District Transportation Division
Creators: name: Howard, Jon J.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2000

description: The purpose of this study is to explore the training methods presently employed by the Clark County School District in preparing their mechanical staff for the future. The methods used to explore this issue are a review of pertinent literature and a series of one on one interviews with both the Human Resources Department and the mechanical staff. These interviews demonstrate that changes in training techniques are necessary to maintain the efficiency and competence of the mechanical staff. A proposal to assist the Vehicle Maintenance Department reach these goals is included.
Minimal polynomial dynamics on the set of 3-adic integers
Creators: name: Durand, Fabien
name: Paccaut, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper are characterized the polynomials, in terms of their coefficients, that have all their orbits dense in the set of 3-adic integers.
description: Published in Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society in 2009
Coordinated Management of COVID-19 Response: Lessons From Whole-of-Society and Whole-of-Health Strategies in Wuhan, China
Creators: name: Chen, Shanquan
name: Zhang, Pan
name: Zhang, Yun
name: Fung, Hong
name: Han, Yong
name: Law, Chi Kin
name: Li, Zhiqiang
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Public Health
COVID-19
epidemic
coordinated management
Wuhan
document analysis

description: Background: The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been challenging globally following the scarcity of medical resources after a surge in demand. As the pandemic continues, the question remains on how to accomplish more with the existing resources and improve the efficiency of existing health care delivery systems worldwide. In this study, we reviewed the experience from Wuhan - the first city to experience a COVID-19 outbreak – that has presently shown evidence for efficient and effective local control of the epidemic. Material and Methods: We performed a retrospective qualitative study based on the document analysis of COVID-19-related materials and interviews with first-line people in Wuhan. Results: We extracted two themes (the evolution of Wuhan's prevention and control strategies on COVID-19 and corresponding effectiveness) and four sub-themes (routine prevention and control period, exploration period of targeted prevention and control strategies, mature period of prevention and control strategies, and recovery period). How Wuhan combatted COVID-19 through multi-tiered and multi-sectoral collaboration, overcoming its fragmented, hospital-centered, and treatment-dominated healthcare system, was illustrated and summarized. Conclusion: Four lessons for COVID-19 prevention and control were summarized: (a) Engage the communities and primary care not only in supporting but also in screening and controlling, and retain community and primary care as among the first line of COVID-19 defense; (b) Extend and stratify the existing health care delivery system; (c) Integrate person-centered integrated care into the whole coordination; and (d) Delink the revenue relationship between doctors and patients and safeguard the free-will of physicians when treating patients.
Additional file 4 of Aβ42 oligomer-specific antibody ALZ-201 reduces the neurotoxicity of Alzheimer’s disease brain extracts
Creators: name: Sandberg, Anders
name: Berenjeno-Correa, Ernesto
name: Rodriguez, Rosa Crespo
name: Axenhus, Michael
name: Weiss, Sophia Schedin
name: Batenburg, Kevin
name: Hoozemans, Jeroen J. M.
name: Tjernberg, Lars O.
name: Scheper, Wiep
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure 4. Antibody binding using a direct ELISA against different aggregated states of Aβ42CC.
Impact of the American's with Disabilities Act on local government (a retrospective review of 10 years of action) specific to personnel administration
Creators: name: Dascalos, Mark A.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2000

description: President George Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on January 26, 1990. This Act was intended to overcome many perceived or actual acts of discrimination against persons with disabilities residing in the United States of America. To date, no author has looked back to see what the impact of this comprehensive law has been on local government. This author through study will be determining what, if any, impact this law has had on the State of Nevada counties. This study is being limited in scope to personnel administration, and personnel related remedies. Recommendations for the future in regards to these specific findings are included.
Lake Mead hospital conversion to complete delivery system
Creators: name: Noorda, Roger W.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2002

description: The objective of this case study is to determine the cost difference between using a conventional type of inventory system in the operating room versus using a pack system in the operating room. In this study three different ways of delivering disposables for a laminectomy procedure were considered: 1) multiple distributors of disposables, 2) single distributor of disposables, and 3) the pack system (CDS by Medline). The first comparison was of multiple distributors vs. a single distributor with a cost difference of $90.08 per procedure and $18,916.80 annually, multiple distributor costing less. The second comparison was between Medline as a single distributor and Medline's CDS pack system; with a cost difference of $250.13 per procedure and $52,527.30 annually, CDS pack system costing less. The third comparison was of multiple distributors vs. Medline's CDS pack system, with differences of $167.04 per procedure and annual differences of $35,078.40, CDS pack system costing less. Another way that the CDS benefits the hospital is that funds normally tied up in inventory are now available for use in other areas. In a report given to the hospital administration, the reduced inventory has made $50,000.00 available for other uses.
Tunnelling black-hole radiation with $ϕ^3$ self-interaction: one-loop computation for Rindler Killing horizons
Creators: name: Collini, Giovanni
name: Moretti, Valter
name: Pinamonti, Nicola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Tunnelling processes through black hole horizons have recently been investigated in the framework of WKB theory discovering interesting interplay with the Hawking radiation. A more precise and general account of that phenomenon has been subsequently given within the framework of QFT in curved spacetime by two of the authors of the present paper. In particular, it has been shown that, in the limit of sharp localization on opposite sides of a Killing horizon, the quantum correlation functions of a scalar field appear to have thermal nature, and the tunnelling probability is proportional to $\exp\{-β_{Hawking} E\}$. This local result is valid in every spacetime including a local Killing horizon, no field equation is necessary, while a suitable choice for the quantum state is relevant. Indeed, the two point function has to verify a short-distance condition weaker than the Hadamard one. In this paper we consider a massive scalar quantum field with a $ϕ^3$ self-interaction and we investigate the issue whether or not the black hole radiation can be handled at perturbative level, including the renormalisation contributions. We prove that, for the simplest model of the Killing horizon generated by the boost in Minkowski spacetime, and referring to Minkowski vacuum, the tunnelling probability in the limit of sharp localization on opposite sides of the horizon preserves the thermal form proportional to $\exp\{-β_H E\}$ even taking the one-loop renormalisation corrections into account. A similar result is expected to hold for the Unruh state in the Kruskal manifold, since that state is Hadamard and looks like Minkowski vacuum close to the horizon.
description: Some changes in the text, acknowledgments added, accepted for publication in Letters in Mathematical Physics
Will succession planning at the Department of Energy/Nevada succeed?
Creators: name: Winget, James H.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2000

description: The topic of this professional paper is the succession planning program at the Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV). I have prepared this paper for the Department of Public Administration in partial fulfillment of a Masters of Public Administration degree. The paper centers on the interpretation of data that was received through an office-wide survey of the staff and leaders of the DOE/NV. The data presented supports the theory that there may be significant weaknesses found in the current structure of the succession planning that may directly affect whether or not the program will succeed. The analyses performed focuses primarily on the opportunities that the succession planning program affords to both females and minorities at DOE/NV. At the conclusion of this analysis, several suggested solutions will be presented that could sharpen the intent, purpose, and ultimately spell success for the succession planning program at DOE/NV.
Representation of Immigration in ten countries
Creators: name: Ingebretsen Carlson, Jim
name: Niemejer, Thomas
name: Latronico, Valentina
name: Lupíañez-Villanueva, Francisco
name: Miconi, Andrea
name: Risi, Elisabetta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The goal of the work package is partly to analyse how Europe is represented through the topic of immigration in a representative sample from 10 different European countries. To achieve this, social media discussions from Facebook and Twitter were downloaded from European countries and a theoretical framework of social media representations was developed. The theoretical framework was operationalised so that a smaller part of the downloaded data could be manually coded by partners in each of the 10 European countries. Thereafter, machine learning models were trained on the manually coded data to automatically code, among others, the social media representations and sentiments present in the all the downloaded posts.
Collecting big data with small screens: Group tests of children’s cognition with touchscreen tablets are reliable and valid
Creators: name: Bignardi, Giacomo
name: Dalmaijer, Edwin S.
name: Anwyl-Irvine, Alexander
name: Astle, Duncan E.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article
Cognition
Reliability
Validity
Childhood
Tablet
Group testing

description: Funder: University of Cambridge
description: Abstract: Collecting experimental cognitive data with young children usually requires undertaking one-on-one assessments, which can be both expensive and time-consuming. In addition, there is increasing acknowledgement of the importance of collecting larger samples for improving statistical power Button et al. (Nature Reviews Neuroscience 14(5), 365–376, 2013), and reproducing exploratory findings Open Science Collaboration (Science, 349(6251), aac4716–aac4716 2015). One way both of these goals can be achieved more easily, even with a small team of researchers, is to utilize group testing. In this paper, we evaluate the results from a novel tablet application developed for the Resilience in Education and Development (RED) Study. The RED-app includes 12 cognitive tasks designed for groups of children aged 7 to 13 to independently complete during a 1-h school lesson. The quality of the data collected was high despite the lack of one-on-one engagement with participants. Most outcomes from the tablet showed moderate or high reliability, estimated using internal consistency metrics. Tablet-measured cognitive abilities also explained more than 50% of variance in teacher-rated academic achievement. Overall, the results suggest that tablet-based, group cognitive assessments of children are an efficient, reliable, and valid method of collecting the large datasets that modern psychology requires. We have open-sourced the scripts and materials used to make the application, so that they can be adapted and used by others.
Development of continuous, protein-specific predictors of the impact of protein sequence variants
Creators: name: Ozkan, Selen
name: Natàlia Padilla
name: De La Cruz, Xavier
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2022

description: Up to date, computational models developed for predicting the effect of protein sequence variants have mostly focused on predicting the binary version effect (benign/pathogenic). However, the need to advance in line with the requirements of Personalized Medicine has created an increasing interest in producing less simplified estimates of variant impact. New research efforts are made in producing continuous estimates comparable to functional assays. Here, we present our approach to this problem following the protein-specific method. We collected deep mutational scanning experiments data available in the literature for individual proteins. We trained specific predictors for each protein in our dataset with a set of sequence- and structure (AlphaFold)-based input features to build a family of predictors of functional impact of variants. Our model performances from a stringent leave-one-position-out cross-validation method display a statistically significant predictive ability. The success rates of the protein-specific tools are comparable or better than those obtained with other tools in the literature. We also investigated whether a given protein-specific predictor can serve for several proteins. Our preliminary results show that cross-predictions may have an accuracy comparable to that of auto-predictions, opening the possibility to extend the use of protein-specific to other proteins in the clinical genome.
Integrative radiogenomics for virtual biopsy and treatment monitoring in ovarian cancer
Creators: name: Martin-Gonzalez, Paula
name: Crispin-Ortuzar, Mireia
name: Rundo, Leonardo
name: Delgado-Ortet, Maria
name: Reinius, Marika
name: Beer, Lucian
name: Woitek, Ramona
name: Ursprung, Stephan
name: Addley, Helen
name: Brenton, James D.
name: Markowetz, Florian
name: Sala, Evis
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Critical Review
Radiomics
Radiogenomics
Ovarian cancer
Tumour habitats
Virtual biopsies

description: Abstract: Background: Ovarian cancer survival rates have not changed in the last 20 years. The majority of cases are High-grade serous ovarian carcinomas (HGSOCs), which are typically diagnosed at an advanced stage with multiple metastatic lesions. Taking biopsies of all sites of disease is infeasible, which challenges the implementation of stratification tools based on molecular profiling. Main body: In this review, we describe how these challenges might be overcome by integrating quantitative features extracted from medical imaging with the analysis of paired genomic profiles, a combined approach called radiogenomics, to generate virtual biopsies. Radiomic studies have been used to model different imaging phenotypes, and some radiomic signatures have been associated with paired molecular profiles to monitor spatiotemporal changes in the heterogeneity of tumours. We describe different strategies to integrate radiogenomic information in a global and local manner, the latter by targeted sampling of tumour habitats, defined as regions with distinct radiomic phenotypes. Conclusion: Linking radiomics and biological correlates in a targeted manner could potentially improve the clinical management of ovarian cancer. Radiogenomic signatures could be used to monitor tumours during the course of therapy, offering additional information for clinical decision making. In summary, radiogenomics may pave the way to virtual biopsies and treatment monitoring tools for integrative tumour analysis.
Some $\mathbf{Z}_2$-invariant Variables: Constructed of the Scalars Dilaton and Axion
Creators: name: Kamani, Davoud
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the dilaton scalar and axion pseudoscalar fields we construct a number of scalars and differential forms which are symmetric under the $\mathbf{Z}_2$-subgroup of the group $SL(2, \mathbf{R})$. These invariants enable us to establish various 10-dimensional invariant actions. Other invariants which are not independent from the previous ones will be detached.
description: 11 pages, Latex, No figure. In the revised version some interpretations have been improved
title: Developing an innovative approach to identify novel talin-binding ligands in the brain
Creators: name: Albanese, Valentina
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: Cell adhesion, a process underlying the maintenance and development of multicellularity, is fundamentally dependent on the activity of talin as a mechanosensitive signalling nexus. Talin couples integrin-mediated cell-to-matrix adhesions to the actin cytoskeleton, facilitating the formation of integrin adhesion complexes, which act as sophisticated information processing centres. Variation of talin rod domain conformation, following adhesion, promotes different talin-mediated recruitment and signalling outputs, enabling the modification of a cell's internal programming. The recently published MeshCODE theory describes how information in the brain may be stored binarily via the mechanicalistic alteration of talin rod binary switches, highly enriched at every synapse. To validate this theory and discover a connection between neuronal activity and talin-mediated mechanical signalling, an innovative method, termed the talin 'fishing' rod experiment, was developed to identify novel talin-binding ligands in murine neuronal extract. Many proteins were identified as promising neuronal talin-binding ligands, including dynamin-1, synaptojanin-1, and myosin-Va, all of which exhibit particular significance to many aspects of synaptic transmission, particularly in the regulation of synaptic vesicle endo- and exocytosis. A bioinformatics pipeline and subsequent scoring system was also developed to accompany this experimental approach, enabling the identification of probable talin-binding sites in known synaptic vesicle proteins through I/LD motif evaluation. Whilst only weak binding was demonstrated between several talin rod domains and the proteins selected through bioinformatics analysis, it implies that both the bioinformatics pipeline and scoring system is effective in identifying promising talin-binding I/LD motifs. The identification of adhesome proteins, prior to this project, was restricted to cell lines and fibroblasts, limiting our knowledge of talin-binding ligands outside of these cell types. However, the talin 'fishing' rod experiment, developed in this project, can be utilised to help fill this current knowledge gap. Validation of the promising interactors, identified in this study, will support the concepts presented in the MeshCODE theory, potentially enabling the scientific community to achieve understanding regarding the enigma of memory storage at long last.
Additional file 5 of Aβ42 oligomer-specific antibody ALZ-201 reduces the neurotoxicity of Alzheimer’s disease brain extracts
Creators: name: Sandberg, Anders
name: Berenjeno-Correa, Ernesto
name: Rodriguez, Rosa Crespo
name: Axenhus, Michael
name: Weiss, Sophia Schedin
name: Batenburg, Kevin
name: Hoozemans, Jeroen J. M.
name: Tjernberg, Lars O.
name: Scheper, Wiep
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 5: Figure 5. SEC-MALS of Aβ42CC at different oligomeric states.
Adaptive Music Scores for Interactive Media
Creators: name: PATRICK EDWARD HUTCHINGS
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 190406 Music Composition
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80305 Multimedia Programming
subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics

description: This thesis introduces a framework for adaptively scoring interactive media based on principles of cognitive science, media studies, musicology and artificial intelligence. The framework consists of three core, interconnected foundations: a novel approach to modelling user emotion for interactive media and music, cognitive models of knowledge organisation for representing virtual worlds and approaches to music composition based on processes of adaptation and improvisation. The framework is used to produce a working adaptive music system for interactive media. A user study of game players shows that the system increased feelings of immersion, correlation of music with events and consistency of mood compared to the official soundtrack in two tested games, supporting the effectiveness of the framework in scoring interactive media products.
Degree Distribution in Quantum Walks on Complex Networks
Creators: name: Faccin, Mauro
name: Johnson, Tomi
name: Biamonte, Jacob
name: Kais, Sabre
name: Migdał, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this theoretical study, we analyze quantum walks on complex networks, which model network-based processes ranging from quantum computing to biology and even sociology. Specifically, we analytically relate the average long time probability distribution for the location of a unitary quantum walker to that of a corresponding classical walker. The distribution of the classical walker is proportional to the distribution of degrees, which measures the connectivity of the network nodes and underlies many methods for analyzing classical networks including website ranking. The quantum distribution becomes exactly equal to the classical distribution when the walk has zero energy and at higher energies the difference, the so-called quantumness, is bounded by the energy of the initial state. We give an example for which the quantumness equals a Renyi entropy of the normalized weighted degrees, guiding us to regimes for which the classical degree-dependent result is recovered and others for which quantum effects dominate.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures; improved description and new examples; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. X
Zur Geschichte Galliens im dritten Viertel des 3. Jahrhunderts
Creators: name: Koethe, Harald
Publisher: name: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission, Bd. 32 (1942): Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
Kunsia Hershkovitz 1966
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Kunsia

description: Kunsia Hershkovitz, 1966. Z. Saugetierk., 31(2):1 12. REVIEWED BY: A. Langguth (AL). COMMENT: Formerly included in Scapteromys; see revision by Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31:1 -149. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 421, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031
Formal Model of Exploit-Resistant Systems
Creators: name: SEPEHR MINAGAR
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80303 Computer System Security
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Computer systems are part of our daily lives and security of these systems whether as part of our personal devices or services provided by a trusted third party is of utmost importance. In this thesis methods to enhance the security of computer systems are proposed and formally proven to be correct. The proposed model will prevent an adversary from executing malicious code on a target system.
College Sports Wagering: A Case Study about Gambling on College Athletics and the Motivations and Consequences Surrounding Legislation Wanting to Ban Wagering on College Sports
Creators: name: Huffey, Neil H.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2001

description: Sports wagering is the largest form of gambling in the world. In the United States, the practice is largely illegal. Nonetheless, it has sustained incredible growth both legally and illegally throughout the twentieth century. Current legislation in Congress would revise a 1992 federal law that banned legal sports wagering in this country with the exemption of four particular states, Nevada included. The state of Nevada is the only place in which wagering on college sports is legally practiced. The State of Oregon runs a small sports betting game out if its lottery. Proponents of the legislation suggest that passage is necessary in order to protect student-athletes and to remove the "unseemly influence" sports wagering has on amateur athletes and the games they play. Conversely, opponents of the legislation declare the problem of college and other youth gambling stems from illegal betting on campuses and elsewhere, not from legal wagering in Nevada, which is closely regulated, policed, and taxed. They argue that there is no compelling evidence that illegal betting will be reduced by banning wagering on legal sports betting, particularly when 98 to 99 percent of all sports wagering is already illegal. The purpose of this case study is to examine the issue of college sports wagering in the context of the existing legislation wanting to ban it.
Abriß der Trichterbecherkultur
Creators: name: Knöll, Heinz
Publisher: name: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission, Bd. 34 (1951-1953): Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
A Study of issues related to privatization of workers' compensation in Nevada
Creators: name: Mack, Kathryn A.
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 1999

description: The key purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate current legislative initiatives for reform of workers' compensation in Nevada. The examination will focus on issues relating to open competitive markets, market pricing, privatization of a state fund, and cost controls that have affected workers' compensation in the state. The methods used in this paper include an in-depth examination of legislative statutes that have been enacted to control spending. Also, included is a review of literature that relates to privatization of state funds, and issues that are inherent in the transition from a state agency to private enterprise. Key findings of this study indicate that workers' compensation is an issue that most states are addressing in their respective legislatures. Use of managed care, changes in claims processing, fraud detection, and reductions in benefits are some of the methods being used to control spending. For Nevada, $2.2 billion in unfunded liability prompted immediate legislative action. Consequently, the once monopolistic workers' compensation program was opened to competition in July, 1999. Ultimately, the state fund will become a private enterprise on January 1, 2000. Privatization of workers' compensation in Nevada is important because it sets a precedent for future privatization of other state agencies. Many factors are considered in this type of transition, including employee resistance, acceptance by the unions, withdraw from the state personnel act, and change of culture from a state monopolistic agency to a customer service oriented business. Finally, a strong financial base is necessary to compete in the private sector. While appropriate steps have been taken to address the issues, there are many variables that will come into play as the transition progresses. Apparently, the company is on its way to success during this change. However, the researcher recommends that the issue be re-evaluated in the future to determine if subsequent issues have been resolved and if the state fund can survive in the competitive market.
title: Centennial Hills Active Adult Center business plan
Creators: name: Brekken, K. C.
name: Buchanan, Jeff
name: Gordon, David
name: Guild, Doug
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2010

description: The economic indicators for the state of Nevada indicate a bleak financial future. The foreclosure rate of the Las Vegas Valley is five times the national average and the highest rate in the country (Hoak, 2010). Sales tax revenues continue spiraling down and fell by 6.6 percent in December 2009 from December 2008 (Garcia, 2010). State politicians face an estimated budget deficit of $3.5 billion. Local conditions are equally dire. The City of Las Vegas faces a budget shortfall of nearly $69 million for this fiscal year (Choate, 2010). City administrators struggle to find creative solutions to fill financial gaps and must make difficult decisions to reduce, consolidate or eliminate services and programs. The city's Department of Leisure Services is no exception and administrators are examining ways to make fiscal cuts to the unit's budget and increase efficiency. The department, which strives to bolster residents' quality of life, provides services to all Las Vegans and has programs specifically targeting youth, seniors, and low-income families. The department has historically operated under what staff members describe as a social model, making decisions that maximize access without looking at data or efficiency. In light of current fiscal concerns, they hope to make the switch to a business enterprise model of operations that will maximize efficiency and allow for a focus on cost recovery that does not price out Las Vegans from utilizing services. To assist with city administrators' aspirations to increase cost recovery throughout the department, this paper examines the fiscal and operational challenges at one of six Las Vegas senior centers in an effort to gauge the price elasticity of demand for services. Based on qualitative and quantitative data, the authors crafted seven recommendations to help the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center (CHAAC) create a business plan that allows for the cost recovery of at least 15% of its operational expenses. Those recommendations consist of the following: a change in pricing; increased emphasis on data collection and marketing; more efficient scheduling; an emphasis on seeking alternative funding; the development of a strategic plan for the center to include specific goals, objectives and performance measurements; a review of the center's relationship to the YMCA; and increased transportation to and from the center. These recommendations will ensure the seniors of Las Vegas have an opportunity for a continuing relationship with the leisure services department. The authors hope this research may assist city officials in the months to come as they deliberate difficult decisions that will impact thousands of Las Vegas seniors and help administrators protect vital services.
A context aware higher frequency data collection approach to studying chronic pain
Creators: name: Goh, Tian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 111711 Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance)
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 80702 Health Informatics
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: This thesis used advances in online and mobile technology to address the limitations in existing clinical data collection approaches for studying chronic pain. The thesis used a participatory design science research methodology and proposed a novel higher frequency data collection approach. This approach incorporates the patient's context in addition to self reported pain data. The findings have contributed towards a better understanding of chronic pain, which could have an impact on the accuracy of current data collection approaches, and can lead to better treatment for chronic pain.
Additional file 6 of Aβ42 oligomer-specific antibody ALZ-201 reduces the neurotoxicity of Alzheimer’s disease brain extracts
Creators: name: Sandberg, Anders
name: Berenjeno-Correa, Ernesto
name: Rodriguez, Rosa Crespo
name: Axenhus, Michael
name: Weiss, Sophia Schedin
name: Batenburg, Kevin
name: Hoozemans, Jeroen J. M.
name: Tjernberg, Lars O.
name: Scheper, Wiep
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 6: Figure 6. Standard curve for ELISA quantification of ALZ-201-reactive Aβ42 oligomers.
Nanosuspension Rheology Measurement using Drop Impact onto a Hard Sphere
Creators: name: Abboud, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Droplet Impact
nanosuspensions
viscosity
rheology

description: A comprehensive understanding of the rheological and fluid mechanics properties of nanosuspensions is crucial for optimizing their formulation and processing, improving their stability and performance, and ensuring their safety and efficacy in various applications. Traditional characterization methods require a large amount of sample and are infeasible when sufficient amounts are unattainable. Therefore, there is often a need to develop new characterization methods that require no more than a single droplet. When a liquid drop impacts onto a solid substrate it generates a radially spreading flow in a thin lamella. The lamella is bounded by a rim, formed by surface tension. If the Reynolds number of an impact is much larger than the unity, the flow in the lamella is governed by the inertial effects. The viscosity becomes dominant only in an expanding viscous boundary layer. The flow quickly slows down when the thickness of the boundary layer is equal to the thickness of the lamella. Finally, the impact leads to the formation of a residual liquid film whose thickness is determined exclusively by the liquid viscosity and drop impact parameters. In this work, we perform droplet impact experiments of various Newtonian liquid drops and nanosuspensions on hard spherical targets. The impact is observed using high-speed imaging from two perpendicular angles, and the results are analyzed using digital image processing. The convex shape of the target opens the side view on the lamella, which is blocked by the rim in the case of a flat substrate. The residual film thickness is measured and the viscosity of the liquid is determined. Finally, a theoretical model has been developed to enable the measurements of viscoelastic parameters, such as the complex modulus profile and yield strength of non-Newtonian liquids. The capacity to evaluate properties using minimal sample quantities and at a wide range of strain rates is a major advantage of the method used in this study. This approach is particularly useful in industries such as medicine, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and cosmetics, where viscosity plays a key role in determining product quality and performance.
Choosing variant interpretation tools for clinical applications: context matters
Creators: name: Natàlia Padilla
name: Gomez, Josu Aguirre
name: Özkan, Selen
name: Riera, Casandra
name: De La Cruz, Xavier
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2022

description: Our inability to solve the variant interpretation problem has become a bottleneck in the biomedical/ clinical application of Next-Generation Sequencing. This situation has favoured the development and use of in silico tools for the VIP. However, choosing the optimal tool for our purposes is difficult because of a fact usually ignored: the high variability of clinical context/scenarios across and within countries, and over time. We present a computational procedure, based on the use of cost models, that allows the simultaneous comparison of an arbitrary number of tools across all possible clinical scenarios. We apply our approach to a set of pathogenicity predictors for missense variants, showing how differences in clinical context translate to differences in tool ranking.
The Effect of Phantom Stimulation and Pseudomonophasic Pulse Shapes on Pitch Perception by Cochlear Implant Listeners
Creators: name: Lamping, Wiebke
name: Deeks, John M.
name: Marozeau, Jeremy
name: Carlyon, Robert P.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Research Article
cochlear implants
pitch perception
phantom stimulation
asymmetric pulses

description: Funder: Oticon Centre of Excellence for Hearing and Speech Sciences (CHeSS)
description: Abstract: It has been suggested that a specialized high-temporal-acuity brainstem pathway can be activated by stimulating more apically in the cochlea than is achieved by cochlear implants (CIs) when programmed with contemporary clinical settings. We performed multiple experiments to test the effect on pitch perception of phantom stimulation and asymmetric current pulses, both supposedly stimulating beyond the most apical electrode of a CI. The two stimulus types were generated using a bipolar electrode pair, composed of the most apical electrode of the array and a neighboring, more basal electrode. Experiment 1 used a pitch-ranking procedure where neural excitation was shifted apically or basally using so-called phantom stimulation. No benefit of apical phantom stimulation was found on the highest rate up to which pitch ranks increased (upper limit), nor on the slopes of the pitch-ranking function above 300 pulses per second (pps). Experiment 2 used the same procedure to study the effects of apical pseudomonophasic pulses, where the locus of excitation was manipulated by changing stimulus polarity. A benefit of apical stimulation was obtained for the slopes above 300 pps. Experiment 3 used an adaptive rate discrimination procedure and found a small but significant benefit of both types of apical stimulation. Overall, the results show some benefit for apical stimulation on temporal pitch processing at high pulse rates but reveal that the effect is smaller and more variable across listeners than suggested by previous research. The results also provide some indication that the benefit of apical stimulation may decline over time since implantation.
Majorana solutions to the two-electron problem
Creators: name: Esposito, S.
name: Naddeo, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A review of the known different methods and results devised to study the two-electron atom problem, appeared in the early years of quantum mechanics, is given, with particular reference to the calculations of the ground state energy of helium. This is supplemented by several, unpublished results obtained around the same years by Ettore Majorana, which results did not convey in his published papers on the argument, and thus remained unknown until now. Particularly interesting, even for current research in atomic and nuclear physics, is a general variant of the variational method, developed by Majorana in order to take directly into account, already in the trial wavefunction, the action of the full Hamiltonian operator of a given quantum system. Moreover, notable calculations specialized to the study of the two-electron problem show the introduction of the remarkable concept of an effective nuclear charge different for the two electrons (thus generalizing previous known results), and an application of the perturbative method, where the atomic number Z was treated effectively as a continuous variable, contributions to the ground state energy of an atom with given Z coming also from any other Z. Instead, contributions relevant mainly for pedagogical reasons count simple broad range estimates of the helium ionization potential, obtained by suitable choices for the wavefunction, as well as a simple alternative to Hylleraas' method, which led Majorana to first order calculations comparable in accuracy with well-known order 11 results derived, in turn, by Hylleraas.
description: amsart, 20 pages, no figures
Schaftlochäxte aus Kupfer in den Sammlungen serbischer Museen
Creators: name: Garašanin, Milutin V.
Publisher: name: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission, Bd. 34 (1951-1953): Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission