cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Safety and Efficacy of Low Dose versus Standard Dose of Alteplase for Stroke Thrombolysis in Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ)
Creators: name: ISHAK Mahfuzah
name: SHAFIE Nur Aizahakiki
name: PHUA Ee Ying
name: MAHMOOD Wajihah
name: SIDEK Norsima Nazifah
name: ABDUL AZIZ Zariah
name: IBRAHIM Khairul Azmi
name: HUSIN Mazlina
name: CHIN Yen Theng
name: KHALID Asmalia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Low Dose
Standard Dose
Alteplase
Stroke
Malaysia
Thrombolysis
Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah

description: Introduction There is an uncertainty if lower dose (LD) Alteplase produces similar clinical benefit and safety for stroke thrombolysis compared to standard dose (SD). Thus, efficacy and safety outcomes in patients receiving LD (0.6mg/kg) and SD (0.9mg/kg) of Alteplase for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) were compared. Methodology AIS patients treated with LD or SD Alteplase from January 2014 until December 2020 were retrospectively analysed. Data were retrieved using Hospital Information System (HIS). National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score at baseline and post 24-hour, modified Ranking Scale (mRS) score post 90-day onset and occurrence of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) post Alteplase initiation were recorded. Results Of 107, 73.8% (n=79) patients received SD. Comparing between groups, mean baseline NIHSS score was not significantly different (LD; 11.25±5.77 vs. SD; 13.96±6.61, p= 0.057). Mean NIHSS score after 24 hours was reduced from baseline, but did not differ significantly (2.04±6.04 vs. 4.84±7.48, respectively, p= 0.078). Mean mRS score had no significant difference (3.07±1.98 vs 2.71±1.81, respectively, p= 0.375). The occurrence of sICH was lower in LD group (7.1% vs. 11%, p= 0.719). Multiple logistic regression demonstrated male and diabetic patients were 3-fold (p= 0.029) and 5-fold risk (p= 0.008), respectively to get poor functional outcome (mRS score 2-6). Increment of baseline NIHSS score by 1 increased the risk of poor functional outcome by 11% (p= 0.012). Conclusion LD and SD Alteplase have comparable efficacy and safety outcome in treating AIS patients. Functional outcomes were related to gender, diabetes mellitus and baseline NIHSS score. [Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster]
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/ This poster is also shortlisted for 14th Dr Wu Lien-Teh Youth Investigator Awards. Following are the links for the presentation slides on Zenodo Repository and Slideshare: Zenodo Repository : https://zenodo.org/record/5348496 Slideshare : https://www.slideshare.net/ICRInstituteForClini/safety-and-efficacy-of-low-dose-versus-standard-dose-of-alteplase-for-stroke-thrombolysis-in-hospital-sultanah-nur-zahirah-hsnz
Relating chaos to deterministic diffusion of a molecule adsorbed on a surface
Creators: name: de Wijn, Astrid S.
name: Fasolino, Annalisa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Chaotic internal degrees of freedom of a molecule can act as noise and affect the diffusion of the molecule on a substrate. A separation of time scales between the fast internal dynamics and the slow motion of the centre of mass on the substrate makes it possible to directly link chaos to diffusion. We discuss the conditions under which this is possible, and show that in simple atomistic models with pair-wise harmonic potentials, strong chaos can arise through the geometry. Using molecular-dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that a realistic model of benzene is indeed chaotic, and that the internal chaos affects the diffusion on a graphite substrate.
The earnings implications of pension expense: a stochastic analysis of ten Canadian companies
Creators: name: Joss, Paul Nathan
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 47-53
description: Recent challenges to the actuarial pension model and a movement to harmonize international accounting standards both suggest that the current Canadian standards for pension accounting, CICA 3461, may see substantial revision during upcoming years. To understand better the implications of these possible accounting changes, this paper presents the results of a stochastic analysis that quantify how the volatility of pension expense for a sample of ten Canadian companies sponsoring defined benefit plans will be increased by the adoption of immediate recognition accounting. For certain companies this increase is significant and is shown to have a material earnings impact. The implications of this earnings volatility for the future of defined benefit pension plans are also explored.
Overview of the CKM Matrix
Creators: name: Gershon, Tim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The current status of the determination of the elements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix is reviewed. Tensions in the global fits are highlighted. Particular attention is paid to progress in, and prospects for, measurements of CP violation effects.
description: Proceedings of the Lepton Photon 2011 Conference, to appear in "Pramana - journal of physics", 17 pages, 13 figures
Afrogamasellus luberoensis subsp. luberoensis luberoensis Loots 1968
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus luberoensis
Afrogamasellus luberoensis luberoensis loots, 1968

description: 42. Afrogamasellus luberoensis luberoensis Loots, 1968
 Afrogamasellus luberoensis luberoensis Loots, 1968: 366.
 Afrogamasellus luberoensis luberoensis.— Antony, 1986: 147.
 Afrogamasellus luberoensis.— Lee, 1970: 34; Hurlbutt, 1974: 569 (part).
TYPE DEPOSITORY: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: [Democratic Republic of the Congo], near Kakolwe River, Lubero, Kivu Province, 21 December 1953, in soil.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 28
Lighter footprints: quality of life correlates, mindfulness and the sustainability movement
Creators: name: Jovic, Emily V.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 130-137
description: Perspectives from popular and academic literature on social movements, sustainability, voluntary simplicity and quality of life are integrated to form the foundations for a story of more sustainable living in three North American communities: Calgary, Alberta, Nelson, British Columbia, and Ithaca, New York. These ideas are explored through secondary data analysis on 134 structured interviews gathered from community currency participants in the Urban Nature/Sustainable Cities Survey 2002-2003. A voluntary simplicity framework and the concept of mindfulness are applied as means of linking sustainability initiatives and well-being. Descriptive accounts are provided for a range of interview responses tapping sustainability issues, including local economy, food and diet, recycling, transportation, and activism among others. Bivariate correlations and multiple regression analysis are then used to further investigate potential relationships between biographical, sustainability, mindfulness and subjective well-being measures. Findings suggest that biographical factors may not represent significant barriers to sustainable behaviour, and further highlight the fact that mindfulness is a key influencing factor for subjective well-being in this sample.
Medication Management Problems and Associated Factors among Psychiatric Patients under Pharmacy Home Care Services (PHCS) at Government Hospitals in West Malaysia
Creators: name: Ling, Christine Lau Li
name: Yen, Hor Cheah
name: Ong Siew Ting
name: Roslan, Muhammad Fadhlullah
name: Beh Xin Yi
name: Dashnilatha Permal
name: Shamini Rama
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medication Management
Psychiatric
Malaysia
Pharmacy Home Care Services
PHCS
Home Care
Patients

description: Introduction Proper home medication management is important in improving medication adherence, preserving drug efficacy and ensuring safe medication practices, which is crucial to establish positive treatment outcomes. However, no published studies are available on home medication management among psychiatric patients. Therefore this study aimed to identify home medication management problems and factors influencing these problems among psychiatric patients. Methodology This was a multicentre cross-sectional study conducted among psychiatric patients under Pharmacy Home Care Services (PHCS) in six government hospitals. Data was extracted from the PHCS form used for each visit as per protocol published by the Pharmaceutical Services Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia. A minimum sample size of 169 was needed. Proportional random sampling was applied. Results A total of 205 home visits were conducted with 229 home medication management problems identified; inappropriate medication storage and lack of medication administration schedule topped the list. Inappropriate medication storage was significantly associated with low income [AOR=4.34 (95%CI 1.17:15.98), p=0.027], alcohol consumption [AOR=14.26 (95%CI 1.82:111.38), p=0.011], poor insight [AOR=2.34 (95%CI 1.08:5.06), p=0.030] and part-time HCPS [AOR=2.60 (95%CI 1.20:5.67), p=0.016]. Lack of administration schedule was significantly associated with low income [AOR=6.90 (95%CI 1.46:32.48), p=0.014], smoking [AOR=2.43 (95%CI 1.20:4.92), p=0.013], poor insight [AOR=5.32 (95%CI 2.45:11.56), p<0.05] and part-time HCPS [AOR=2.96 (95%CI 1.42:6.15), p=0.004]. Conclusion In conclusion, inappropriate medication storage and lack of medication administration schedule is common among psychiatric patients. This study also highlighted the need to fully utilise PHCS to improve disease insight and home medication management among psychiatric patients. [Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster]
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Optical lattice quantum simulator for QED in strong external fields: spontaneous pair creation and the Sauter-Schwinger effect
Creators: name: Szpak, Nikodem
name: Schützhold, Ralf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spontaneous creation of electron-positron pairs out of the vacuum due to a strong electric field is a spectacular manifestation of the relativistic energy-momentum relation for the Dirac fermions. This fundamental prediction of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) has not yet been confirmed experimentally as the generation of a sufficiently strong electric field extending over a large enough space-time volume still presents a challenge. Surprisingly, distant areas of physics may help us to circumvent this difficulty. In condensed matter and solid state physics (areas commonly considered as low energy physics), one usually deals with quasi-particles instead of real electrons and positrons. Since their mass gap can often be freely tuned, it is much easier to create these light quasi-particles by an analogue of the Sauter-Schwinger effect. This motivates our proposal of a quantum simulator in which excitations of ultra-cold atoms moving in a bichromatic optical lattice represent particles and antiparticles (holes) satisfying a discretized version of the Dirac equation together with fermionic anti-commutation relations. Using the language of second quantization, we are able to construct an analogue of the spontaneous pair creation which can be realized in an (almost) table-top experiment.
description: 21 pages, 10 figures
Supplementary Table S2: Metadata for Orthoptera material used to study the evolution of cave wēta with links to photos from Fossil calibrated phylogenies of Southern cave wētā show dispersal and extinction confound biogeographic signal
Creators: name: Dowle, Eddy J.
name: Trewick, Steven A.
name: Morgan-Richards, Mary
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: Orthoptera material used to study the evolution of the New Zealand cave wēta. For each specimen the year and collector is provided with species authority and link to photo of specimen via iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/). CW codes refer to MPN collection at Massey University. DNA sequence data for each specimen is available on GenBank (details provided in table 1 of Fossil calibrated phylogenies of Southern cave wētā show dispersal and extinction confound biogeographic signal, authored by Dowle, Trewick & Morgan-Richards)
Carnivalizing conservatism: a Bakhtinian analysis of Hanif Kureishi, Pat Barker and Zadie Smith in the context of the post-Thatcher era
Creators: name: Joyce, Heather Ann
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 136-144
description: Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith and Pat Barker engage with the changing shape of late twentieth-century Britain through their simultaneous engagement with conservative and magic realist discourses. Recognizing the pervasiveness of Margaret Thatcher's legacies in the post-Thatcher era, the three authors challenge conservative discourses through magic realist narrative strands that expose the homogenizing effects of Thatcherite nationalism. Homi K. Bhabha's discursive engagement with nation in conjunction with his conception of a hybrid third space, extended in my modem reading of M. M. Bakhtin, is extremely relevant to a critical reading of their texts. While Kureishi, Barker and Smith emphasize the denaturalizing effects of magic realist or carnivalesque moments, their texts also stress discursive overlap and in doing so recall Bakhtin's recognition of the inter­relatedness of time and space. The interplay between alternate and official discourses, if read in the context of chronotopic layering, suggests a reevaluation of the concept of 'nation.' By acknowledging the interpenetration of alternative and conservative discourses, Kureishi, Barker and Smith re-form "Britishness."
Martin G. Maier, Der herausgeforderte Konservatismus. Von 1968 bis zur Berliner Republik, Marburg (BdWi-Verlag) 2019
Creators: name: Wolff, Robert
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Martin G. Maier, Der herausgeforderte Konservatismus. Von 1968 bis zur Berliner Republik, Marburg (BdWi-Verlag) 2019, 802 S. (Reihe Hochschule, 12), ISBN 978-3-939864-26-4, EUR 34,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/2
Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Better Healthcare Decision
Creators: name: Ahmed, Sk Tanvir
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Information security management
Business information systems
Information systems education

description: In the present time and with the development of advanced internet technologies, data mining is known as one of the most motivating areas of research and it is become gaining popularity in healthcare organization day by day. The aim of data mining is to uncover new trends in healthcare organizations which are helpful to all parties associated with this field. In addition, data mining is based on several techniques such as classification, clustering, association, and regression in the health domain. Using these techniques helps the medical researcher and technologist to make the right decision. While data mining has several advantages but also has disadvantages. On the other hand, a healthcare organization is an organization whose aim is to give service to the public hence, most organizations are run by federal funds. However, there are several facts healthcare organizations all time want to make more evidence-based decisions by using less accessible decisions. However, it is true that many organizations firstly did not take BI seriously due to the research gap. Consequently, healthcare organizations later find out that they face several facts like lack of decision support capabilities, what is the organization targeted goal on how to make the service more demandable than other organizations. To solve these root problems healthcare organizations, need to do expand research on BI to make their organization more demandable to the public. This research-based finding helps any healthcare organization to make the decision that helps the organization to become more popular and demandable in any area however, their disadvantages can be seen due to using the BI.
Completing NLO QCD Corrections for Tree Level Non-Leptonic Delta F = 1 Decays Beyond the Standard Model
Creators: name: Buras, Andrzej J.
name: Girrbach, Jennifer
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In various extensions of the Standard Model (SM) tree level non-leptonic decays of hadrons receive contributions from new heavy gauge bosons and scalars. Prominent examples are the right-handed W' bosons in left-right symmetric models and charged Higgs (H^\pm) particles in models with extended scalar sector like two Higgs doublet models and supersymmetric models. Even in the case of decays with four different quark flavours involved, to which penguin operators cannot contribute, twenty linearly independent operators, instead of two in the SM, have to be considered. Anticipating the important role of such decays at the LHCb, KEKB and Super-B in Rome and having in mind future improved lattice computations, we complete the existing NLO QCD formulae for these processes by calculating O(alpha_s) corrections to matching conditions for the Wilson coefficients of all contributing operators in the NDR-\bar{MS} scheme. This allows to reduce certain unphysical scale and renormalization scheme dependences in the existing NLO calculations. Our results can also be applied to models with tree-level heavy neutral gauge boson and scalar exchanges in Delta F = 1 transitions and constitute an important part of NLO analyses of those non-leptonic decays to which also penguin operators contribute.
description: 24 pages, 6 figures
Codes and spreadsheets - Guidelines and limits for the quantification of U/Th series radionuclides with the Radium Delayed Coincidence Counter (RaDeCC)
Creators: name: Diego-Feliu, Marc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: RaDeCC
Ra isotopes
Quantification
U/Th series
Submarine groundwater discharge

description: The codes and spreadsheets from this repository were developed in the frame of the study by Diego-Feliu et al. (2020) (Guidelines and limits for the quantification of U/Th series radionuclides with the Radium Delayed Coincidence Counter (RaDeCC)). The files 'Creating_lists.py' and 'Gates.py' are codes developed in python programming language for the simulations used in Diego-Feliu et al. (2020). A detailed explanation of the principals of the simulations can be found in Section 3 of Diego-Feliu et al. (2020). The spreadsheets 'Template223Ra224Ra.xlsx' and 'Template226Ravia222Rn.xlsx' allow the quantification of 223Ra, 224Ra, 227Ac, 228Th, 224Raex, and 223Raex and 226Ra via 222Rn buildup, respectively, following the limits and guidelines provided in Diego-Feliu et al. (2020).
An improved lower bound for (1,<=2)-identifying codes in the king grid
Creators: name: Foucaud, Florent
name: Laihonen, Tero
name: Parreau, Aline
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We call a subset $C$ of vertices of a graph $G$ a $(1,\leq \ell)$-identifying code if for all subsets $X$ of vertices with size at most $\ell$, the sets $\{c\in C |\exists u \in X, d(u,c)\leq 1\}$ are distinct. The concept of identifying codes was introduced in 1998 by Karpovsky, Chakrabarty and Levitin. Identifying codes have been studied in various grids. In particular, it has been shown that there exists a $(1,\leq 2)$-identifying code in the king grid with density 3/7 and that there are no such identifying codes with density smaller than 5/12. Using a suitable frame and a discharging procedure, we improve the lower bound by showing that any $(1,\leq 2)$-identifying code of the king grid has density at least 47/111.
Travel: a written accompaniment to the thesis exhibition
Creators: name: Jung, Hye-Seung
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 45
description: Some pages are in colour.
description: This paper accompaniment to my Thesis Exhibition explores my recent personal experience in life as well as the aesthetical issues I consider in creating my artwork. My work deals with the relationship between individual and the environment, and the impact of physical and psychological familiarity with a particular space and culture. In the journey of everyday life, I share experiences with other people by making art. My response to the events that happen around me is conveyed through the work. The specific ways I express my ideas are presented as a whole and influence the viewer's response to my work. Because of this approach, I consider several issues in the production of my work: the choice of material, art as experience, my art's ambiguity with regard to the viewer's interpretation, and ephemeral nature of the work. I consider my work as a process in the flow of time and the journey of life; it provides a space for intensifying the experience of the viewer and myself.
Afrogamasellus lyamunguensis Hurlbutt 1974
Creators: name: Castilho, Raphael C.
name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Halliday, Bruce
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Rhodacaridae
Afrogamasellus
Afrogamasellus lyamunguensis

description: 43. Afrogamasellus lyamunguensis Hurlbutt, 1974
 Afrogamasellus lyamunguensis Hurlbutt, 1974: 581.
TYPE DEPOSITORY: unknown.
TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Tanzania, Lyamungu Research and Training Centre, Lyamungu, [Hai, Kilimanjaro Region], alt. 1300 m, 9 June 1972, fine fragments of leaves and twigs in forest.
description: Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 3471 on page 28
Laser cooling and optical detection of excitations in a LC electrical circuit
Creators: name: Taylor, J. M.
name: Sørensen, A. S.
name: Marcus, C. M.
name: Polzik, E. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore a method for laser cooling and optical detection of excitations in a LC electrical circuit. Our approach uses a nanomechanical oscillator as a transducer between optical and electronic excitations. An experimentally feasible system with the oscillator capacitively coupled to the LC and at the same time interacting with light via an optomechanical force is shown to provide strong electro-mechanical coupling. Conditions for improved sensitivity and quantum limited readout of electrical signals with such an "optical loud speaker" are outlined.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Supplementary Table S1: Rhaphidophoridae diversity from New Zealand sampled, named and estimated from Fossil calibrated phylogenies of Southern cave wētā show dispersal and extinction confound biogeographic signal
Creators: name: Dowle, Eddy J.
name: Trewick, Steven A.
name: Morgan-Richards, Mary
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: In Aotearoa-New Zealand 63 species of Rhaphidophoridae are recognised and another dozen or more await formal description. The currently recognised genera from New Zealand are listed with number of species described and estimate of real species diversity
Thermodynamic phase diagram and phase competition in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 studied by thermal expansion
Creators: name: Böhmer, A. E.
name: Burger, P.
name: Hardy, F.
name: Wolf, T.
name: Schweiss, P.
name: Fromknecht, R.
name: Löhneysen, H. v.
name: Meingast, C.
name: Mak, H. K.
name: Lortz, R.
name: Kasahara, S.
name: Terashima, T.
name: Shibauchi, T.
name: Matsuda, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-resolution thermal-expansion and specific-heat measurements were performed on single crystalline BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 (0 < x < 0.33, x = 1). The observation of clear anomalies allows to establish the thermodynamic phase diagram which features a small coexistence region of SDW and superconductivity with a steep rise of Tc on the underdoped side. Samples that undergo the tetragonal-orthorhombic structural transition are detwinned in situ, and the response of the sample length to the magneto-structural and superconducting transitions is studied for all three crystallographic directions. It is shown that a reduction of the magnetic order by superconductivity is reflected in all lattice parameters. On the overdoped side, superconductivity affects the lattice parameters in much the same way as the SDW on the underdoped side, suggesting an intimate relation between the two types of order. Moreover, the uniaxial pressure derivatives of Tc are calculated using the Ehrenfest relation and are found to be large and anisotropic. A correspondence between substitution and uniaxial pressure is established, i.e., uniaxial pressure along the b-axis (c-axis) corresponds to a decrease (increase) of the P content. By studying the electronic contribution to the thermal expansion we find evidence for a maximum of the electronic density of states at optimal doping.
Modified gravity. Problems and observational manifestations
Creators: name: Arbuzova, E. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some models of modified gravity and their observational manifestations are considered. It is shown, that gravitating systems with mass density rising with time evolve to a singular state with infinite curvature scalar. The universe evolution during the radiation dominated epoch is studied in $R^2$-extended gravity theory. Particle production rate by the oscillating curvature is calculated. Possible implications of the model for cosmological creation of non-thermal dark matter are discussed.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, talk presented at Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste, 26 February - 3 March, 2012
Suicide Among Malaysian Elderly: A 25-Years Retrospective Study
Creators: name: Hafizal, Ismail Masrol
name: Zainuddin Nur Azmiah
name: Salwana, Abu Bakar
name: Hafiz, Ismail Muhd Zulfadli
name: Seman Zamtira
name: Syamimi, Ismail Nik Noor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Suicide
Malaysia
Retrospective
Study

description: Introduction WHO estimates that approximately 1.53 million people or nearly 3% of all world deaths would be due to suicide in 2020. The latest suicide rate in Malaysia was recorded in 2009, which accounted for 7.1% of total deaths. No recent data was available to examine the suicide rate among elderly since then. Objective: The aim of the present study is to determine suicide rate and describe characteristics of suicide among Malaysian elderly (60 years and above). Methods Mortality data was obtained from the National Registration Department (NRD) from 1995 to 2020. The pattern of suicide among elderly was described based on their sociodemographic characteristics including gender, ethnic group, religion and region. Suicide rate was calculated by dividing the completed suicide number to the total population number. Results A total of 1,600 cases reported among elderly in Malaysia over 25 years. From 1995 to 2020 the average suicide rate was 3.0%. The highest in 1995, amounting to 5.5%. The average age of elderly committing suicide was 70.7 years old. The highest suicide rate found to be among male (75.8%), Chinese (71.8%), Buddhist (63.4%) and in northern region (40.2%). Hanging (94.8%) was the most common method of suicide. Majority (87.7%) of the deaths were medically certified. Conclusion The findings suggest considerable gender and ethnic heterogeneity in suicide and highlight the need for more research on suicidal behaviour among post-retirement age, as well as culturally tailored prevention efforts. This also shows the need for a practical approach on improving education, research and awareness on suicidal behaviour. [Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster]
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Spiky Strings on I-brane
Creators: name: Biswas, Sagar
name: Panigrahi, Kamal L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study rigidly rotating strings in the near horizon geometry of the 1+1 dimensional intersection of two orthogonal stacks of NS5-branes, the so called I-brane background. We solve the equations of motion of the fundamental string action in the presence of two form NS-NS fluxes that the I-brane background supports and write down general form of conserved quantities. We further find out two limiting cases corresponding to giant magnon and single spike like strings in various parameter space of solutions.
description: 17 pages, major restructuring of text, added a reference
Inversion of Tsallis' q-Fourier Transform and the complex-plane generalization
Creators: name: Plastino, A.
name: Rocca, M. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a complex q-Fourier transform as a generalization of the (real) one analyzed in [Milan J. Math. {\bf 76} (2008) 307]. By recourse to tempered ultradistributions we show that this complex plane-generalization overcomes all troubles that afflict its real counterpart.
description: 23 pages, no figures
Ausstellungskalender
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 11 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Tafeln
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 11 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Coordination of cat hindlimb muscles during voluntary movements
Creators: name: Kaya, Motoshi
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 181-195
description: In order to gain insight into the mechanisms of the force-sharing between cat medial gastrocnemius (MG) and soleus (SOL), direct measurements of MG and SOL tendon forces were performed for a variety of movement tasks, while simul­taneously recording the kinematics and kinetics of the target movements. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate changes in MG and SOL forces for a variety of unrestrained movements, such as different speeds and intensities of walking, jumping, and paw shaking, and to develop a theoretical framework to gain insight into the control of MG and SOL forces, specifically, and voluntary movements in general. MG activities systematically increased with increasing mechanical requirements for all movement tasks. SOL activation during locomotion appeared to be regulated so that decreases in force potential, associated with changes in the contractile conditions, were offset to maintain SOL forces ap­proximately constant. During jumping, SOL was deactivated prematurely, and the corresponding forces fell to zero prior to the end of the take off phase. SOL shortening speed during jumping reached and exceeded the maximal speed of shortening, and it appears that the muscle was deactivated so as to preserve en­ergy in a situation where it could not contribute effectively to force production. Deactivation always occurred at or near the instant when SOL speed reached its maximal shortening value, therefore it seems that deactivation might have been triggered by a speed sensitive mechanism. Finally, a theoretical model was de­veloped to quantify the proximity of the component of the ground reaction force (GRF) produced by an individual muscle to the resultant GRF produced by the entire system. MG forces were tightly related to proximity, suggesting that MG might be preferentially activated to control the direction of the GRF. This result is in agreement with a conceptual model of muscle control proposed by the group of van lngen Schenau several years ago, but it provides first validation of these ideas through the newly developed theoretical model of the cat hindlimb, and the corresponding direct muscle force measurements.
The Frequency of Hot Jupiters Orbiting Nearby Solar-Type Stars
Creators: name: Wright, J. T.
name: Marcy, G. W.
name: Howard, A. W.
name: Johnson, John Asher
name: Morton, T.
name: Fischer, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We determine the fraction of F, G, and K dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood hosting hot jupiters as measured by the California Planet Survey from the Lick and Keck planet searches. We find the rate to be 1.2\pm0.38%, which is consistent with the rate reported by Mayor et al. (2011) from the HARPS and CORALIE radial velocity surveys. These numbers are more than double the rate reported by Howard et al. (2011) for Kepler stars and the rate of Gould et al. (2006) from the OGLE-III transit search, however due to small number statistics these differences are of only marginal statistical significance. We explore some of the difficulties in estimating this rate from the existing radial velocity data sets and comparing radial velocity rates to rates from other techniques.
description: 6pp emulateapj, 2 tables, ApJ accepted
Hans Dietrich Gronau †
Creators: name: Pevsner, Nikolaus
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 5 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
X-ray Diagnostics of Giant Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center Region and Past Activity of Sgr A*
Creators: name: Odaka, Hirokazu
name: Aharonian, Felix
name: Watanabe, Shin
name: Tanaka, Yasuyuki
name: Khangulyan, Dmitry
name: Takahashi, Tadayuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strong iron fluorescence at 6.4 keV and hard-X-ray emissions from giant molecular clouds in the Galactic center region have been interpreted as reflections of a past outburst of the Sgr A* supermassive black hole. Careful treatment of multiple interactions of photons in a complicated geometry is essential to modeling the reprocessed emissions from the dense clouds. We develop a new calculation framework of X-ray reflection from molecular clouds based on Monte Carlo simulations for accurate interpretation of high-quality observational data. By utilizing this simulation framework, we present the first calculations of morphologies and spectra of the reflected X-ray emission for several realistic models of Sgr B2, which is the most massive molecular cloud in our Galaxy. The morphology of scattered hard X-rays above 20 keV is significantly different from that of iron fluorescence due to their large penetrating power into dense regions of the cloud, probing the structure of the cloud. High-resolution spectra provide quantitative evaluation of the iron line including its Compton shoulder to constrain the mass and the chemical composition of the cloud as well as the luminosity of the illuminating source. These predictions can be checked in the near future with future X-ray missions such as NuStar (hard X-rays) and ASTRO-H (both iron lines and hard X-rays).
description: 28 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publications in ApJ
From Abstractions To Models: Models For Distributed And Extremely Large-Scale Science
Creators: name: Jha, Shantenu
name: Katz, Daniel S
name: Turilli, Matteo
name: Weissman, Jon S
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: distributed computing, models and advanced resource management

description: A White Paper Submitted to ASCR in DOE Office of Science.
Inhalt
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 6 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
A thermodynamically consistent and conservative diffuse-interface model for gas-liquid-solid multiphase flows
Creators: name: Zhan, Chengjie
name: Liu, Xi
name: Chai, Zhenhua
name: Shi, Baochang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, a thermodynamically consistent and conservative diffuse-interface model for gas-liquid-solid multiphase flows is proposed. In this model, a novel free energy for the gas-liquid-solid multiphase flows is established according to a ternary phase-field model, and it not only contains the standard bulk and interface free energies for two-phase flows, but also includes some additional terms to reflect the penalty in the solid phase and the wettability on the solid surface. Furthermore, a smooth indicator function of the solid phase is also introduced in the consistent Navier-Stokes equations to achieve a high viscosity in the solid phase and preserve the velocity boundary conditions on the solid surface. Based on the proposed diffuse-interface model, the fluid interface dynamics, the fluid-structure interaction, and the wetting property of the solid surface can be described simply and efficiently. Additionally, the total energy is also proved to be dissipative for the two-phase flows in the stationary geometries. To test the present diffuse-interface model, we develop a consistent and conservative lattice Boltzmann method and conduct some simulations. The numerical results also confirm the energy dissipation and good capability of the proposed diffuse-interface model in the study of two-phase flows in complex geometries and gas-liquid-particle multiphase flows.
description: 27 pages, 23 figures
Neue Ausgrabungen zur mittelalterlichen Baugeschichte
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 6 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Zur Wiedereröffnung der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Creators: name: Lauts, Jan
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 8 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Supplementary Table S3: Length and position of each gene in the mitochondrial genome of representative NZ Rhaphidophoridae from Fossil calibrated phylogenies of Southern cave wētā show dispersal and extinction confound biogeographic signal
Creators: name: Dowle, Eddy J.
name: Trewick, Steven A.
name: Morgan-Richards, Mary
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: Gene annotation table for mitochondrial geneome of the cave wētā Macropathus sp. from New Zealand (specimen code: CW109).
Axel M. Romdahl †
Creators: name: Paatz, Walter
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 8 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Predicting The Outcome of The National Covid-19 Immunization Program: A Modeling Study
Creators: name: Boon, Law Kian
name: Mohd Aizuddin Bin Abdul Rahman
name: Pathmanathan, Mohan Dass
name: Xuan, Kuan Pei
name: Ci, Wong Xin
name: Peariasamy, Kalaiarasu M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Outcome
Predicting
COVID-19
Modelling
Immunization Program

description: Introduction Malaysia rolled out the national COVID-19 immunization program in March 2021 aiming to eliminate the COVID-19 pandemic with 70% population immunity. The study aims to investigate the outcome of the immunization program at different vaccination rates and vaccine efficacy (VE). Methodology A two-dose compartmental vaccine model with herd effect was developed, calibrated, and parameterized using actual COVID-19 cases from 7 April to 31 May 2021. The model generated a baseline scenario prior to the third movement control order (MCO 3.0) with 70% and 90% VE for the first and second dose of vaccine, a vaccination rate of 24000 first dose per day (FDPD), and 6- and 12-month immunity coverage for both natural and vaccine immunity. The impact of different VE combinations at different vaccination rates was investigated. Results The surge of COVID-19 cases prior to the MCO 3.0 was characterized by a basic reproduction number of 1.51. Daily and active infections were expected to peak at 34971 cases per day and 424189 cases without the lockdown, respectively. To achieve total control by the end of 2021, the vaccination rate needs to be maintained above 100 000 FDPD. The new and active infections can be suppressed by 51.1% to 65.4% and 54.4% to 68.0% at 100 000 FDPD, and by 60.9% to 69.7% and 64.7% to 72.7% at 150 000 FDPD, respectively. Conclusion The MCO 3.0 accelerates the elimination of the pandemic. With the high vaccination rate, the COVID-19 pandemic can be significantly contained by the end of 2021. [Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster]
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Wolfbernhard Hoffmann: Hirsau und die „Hirsauer Bauschule“
Creators: name: Verbeek, Albert
Publisher: name: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Year: 2020

description: Rezension zu: Wolfbernhard Hoffmann: Hirsau und die „Hirsauer Bauschule“. 160 S., 32 Abb., 25 Tf. München 1950: Verlag Schnell & Steiner.
description: Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege, Bd. 4 Nr. 8 (1951): Kunstchronik. Monatsschrift für Kunstwissenschaft, Museumswesen und Denkmalpflege
Down Sterling Road: a novel
Creators: name: Kelly, Adrian Michael
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2004

description: Bibliography: p. 478
description: "Down Sterling Road" is a novel that both underwrites and interrogates the conventions of the Künstlerroman, or novel of the artist's formation and development. Set in Southeastern Ontario during the International Year of the Child, 1979, the novel focuses on the means by which Jacob McKnight, a boy of twelve, and his father, John, attempt to resolve the grief and guilt caused by the accidental death of Jacob's twin, Cailan, and the resulting separation of Jacob's mother and father. Those means include long distance running, and, for Jacob, visual art and anatomical study. If, by the novel's conclusion, Jacob considers becoming (among other things) a visual artist, drawing is--for him-­primarily a vehicle through which he revisits memories of his brother and mother. Drawing, in other words, is a means by which Jacob begins to effect healing of himself, and of his troubled father. In contrast, the traditional Künstlerroman often depicts a Byronic artist-hero who, by virtue of his inborn genius, is divorced from normative society. He struggles, often at the expense of family and others, to realize his vocation and to enter the secular priesthood of Art. As the critical Preface to "Down Sterling Road" suggests, twentieth century fiction writers and critics have, with anachronistic exceptions, been critical of the Romantic and androcentric ideologies that underlie the traditional Künstlerroman. Nevertheless, the Preface argues, writers from Virginia Woolf to John Fowles betray a marked ambivalence about abandoning Romantic models of art and the artist. “Down Sterling Road” shares that ambivalence, despite its author’s critically informed self-consciousness. While the novel certainly troubles tropological hallmarks of the artist-novel, it negotiates a middle passage, ultimately, between Romantic aesthetics and contemporary cultural materialism.
Freezing of parallel hard cubes with rounded edges
Creators: name: Marechal, Matthieu
name: Zimmermann, Urs
name: Löwen, Hartmut
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The freezing transition in a classical three-dimensional system of parallel hard cubes with rounded edges is studied by computer simulation and fundamental-measure density functional theory. By switching the rounding parameter s from zero to one, one can smoothly interpolate between cubes with sharp edges and hard spheres. The equilibrium phase diagram of rounded parallel hard cubes is computed as a function of their volume fraction and the rounding parameter s. The second order freezing transition known for oriented cubes at s = 0 is found to be persistent up to s = 0.65. The fluid freezes into a simple-cubic crystal which exhibits a large vacancy concentration. Upon a further increase of s, the continuous freezing is replaced by a first-order transition into either a sheared simple cubic lattice or a deformed face-centered cubic lattice with two possible unit cells: body-centered orthorhombic or base-centered monoclinic. In principle, a system of parallel cubes could be realized in experiments on colloids using advanced synthesis techniques and a combination of external fields.
description: Submitted to JCP