cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Warm Debris Disks Produced by Giant Impacts During Terrestrial Planet Formation
Creators: name: Genda, H.
name: Kobayashi, H.
name: Kokubo, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In our solar system, Mars-sized protoplanets frequently collided with each other during the last stage of terrestrial planet formation called the giant impact stage. Giant impacts eject a large amount of material from the colliding protoplanets into the terrestrial planet region, which may form debris disks with observable infrared excesses. Indeed, tens of warm debris disks around young solar-type stars have been observed. Here, we quantitatively estimate the total mass of ejected materials during the giant impact stages. We found that $\sim$0.4 times the Earth's mass is ejected in total throughout the giant impact stage. Ejected materials are ground down by collisional cascade until micron-sized grains are blown out by radiation pressure. The depletion timescale of these ejected materials is determined primarily by the mass of the largest body among them. We conducted high-resolution simulations of giant impacts to accurately obtain the mass of the largest ejected body. We then calculated the evolution of the debris disks produced by a series of giant impacts and depleted by collisional cascades to obtain the infrared excess evolution of the debris disks. We found that the infrared excess is almost always higher than the stellar infrared flux throughout the giant impact stage ($\sim$100 Myr) and is sometimes $\sim$10 times higher immediately after a giant impact. Therefore, giant impact stages would explain the infrared excess from most observed warm debris disks. The observed fraction of stars with warm debris disks indicates that the formation probability of our solar system-like terrestrial planets is approximately 10%.
description: Accepted to ApJ
Abstinence-Only vs Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Parental Opinion about Sexuality Education in Public Schools in North Carolina
Creators: name: Hundal, Poonamjeet
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: OBJECTIVE: To describe the views of parents regarding school-based sexuality education programs, and examine how these views differ across demographic groups. METHODS: Parents with children in public schools across North Carolina were surveyed telephonically (N = 1201; 52% participation) to assess their beliefs regarding comprehensive sexuality education in public schools. RESULTS: A majority of respondents held supportive views about comprehensive sexuality education programs. Strongest support centered on statements about teenagers needing information about transmission and prevention of STDs (99.6%) and effectiveness of birth control methods including condoms (97.1%). 91.8% parents agreed that sexuality education should be taught in the schools. 93.5% parents believed that content of sexuality education should be determined by Public Health Professionals. CONCLUSIONS: Public discourse regarding school-based sexuality education should include the viewpoints of parents of school-aged children as key stakeholders. Parents' perspectives provide unique and critical insights that school administrators and educators should consider as they develop educational curriculums.
Do alcohol, cannabis, or tobacco use patterns differ from pre- to post-COVID19 depending on recreational cannabis legalization?
Creators: name: Ross, J. Megan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Substance Abuse and Addiction
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health

description: Aims and Hypothesis. Aim 1. Did substance use increase from pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19? Hypothesis 1A. Alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco frequency increased from pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19. Hypothesis 1B. Average and maximum number of drinks increased from pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19. Hypothesis 1C. Co-use of substances and consequences from alcohol and cannabis increased from pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19. Aim 2. Do participants living in recreational cannabis legalized (RCL) states differ in changes from pre-COVID-19 to post-COVID-19 in substance use, co-using substances, and consequences from substance use compared to adults living in non-RCL states? Hypothesis 2A. More individuals will endorse increasing their cannabis use from pre- to post-covid-19 in RCL states compared to those in non-RCL states. Hypothesis 2B. Negative consequences from cannabis use will increase at similar levels between individuals in RCL versus non-RCL states. Hypothesis 2C. More individuals will endorse increasing their alcohol use as well as consequences alcohol use from pre- to post-covid-19 in non-RCL states compared to those in RCL states. Hypothesis 2D. There will be no differences between groups (RCL vs. non-RCL) in changes of tobacco use from pre- to post-covid-19. Hypothesis 2E. Increases in frequency of co-using substances occurred at similar levels between individuals in RCL versus non-RCL states.
Jeffrey C. Anderson, The Creation of the Illustrated Octateuch
Creators: name: Horn, Martina
Publisher: name: The Byzantine Review
Year: 2023
Subjects: Byzantine book illumination; Oktateuch

description: Jeffrey C. Anderson, The Creation of the Illustrated Octateuch (Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz; Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven 52). Wiesbaden: Reichert 2022. 128 S., 174 Abb. 44 Taf. – ISBN 978-3-75200616-2 (€ 110.00)
description: The Byzantine Review, Vol. 5 (2023)
Rainer Warland, Allegorese in Byzanz. Die Weisheit Salomons und die Anfänge der biblisch-allegorischen Bildkunst in Konstantinopel.
Creators: name: Poeschel, Hildegard
Publisher: name: The Byzantine Review
Year: 2022
Subjects: allegory; Byzantine art; object history

description: Rainer Warland, Allegorese in Byzanz. Die Weisheit Salomons und die Anfänge der biblisch-allegorischen Bildkunst in Konstantinopel. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner Verlag GmbH 2021. 223 S., 157 Abb. – ISBN 978-3-7954-3617-9 (€ 50.00)
description: The Byzantine Review, Vol. 4 (2022)
Fast magnetic field annihilation in the relativistic collisionless regime driven by two ultra-short high-intensity laser pulses
Creators: name: Gu, Y. J.
name: Klimo, O.
name: Kumar, D.
name: Liu, Y.
name: Singh, S. K.
name: Esirkepov, T. Zh.
name: Bulanov, S. V.
name: Weber, S.
name: Korn, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetic quadrupole structure formation during the interaction of two ultra-short high power laser pulses with a collisionless plasma is demonstrated with 2.5-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. The subsequent expansion of the quadrupole is accompanied by magnetic field annihilation in the ultrarelativistic regime, when the magnetic field can not be sustained by the plasma current. This results in a dominant contribution of the displacement current exciting a strong large scale electric field. This field leads to the conversion of magnetic energy into kinetic energy of accelerated electrons inside the thin current sheet.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Impact of Covid 19 on Mental Health
Creators: name: Subbarayalu, Arun
name: Abumalloh, Rabab
name: Almuhanna, Norah
name: Almuhanna, Fahed
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health

description: SRL of COVID 19 on the Mental Health
A palimpsest-image: place, space and film geographies
Creators: name: Machado, Luis
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2016

description: This thesis argues that landscape, place and the material image can be an emotional and narrative catalyst in the context of essay/documentary/art house films. It proposes the notion of the palimpsest-image as an orbit around three gravitational vectors: the relationship between place and space in film, the association of different art forms in the creation and interpretation of an image, and the simultaneity of discourses involving complex combinations of memory, history and imagination. Not necessarily present all the time, these three vectors interact, whether in the interpretation and organization of the theoretical discourse, or in the consideration of the practical work in its artistic and conceptual dimensions. The core research addresses the possibility of forming film geographies through the arrangement of film space and its interpretation of place. The theoretical framework draws on history, geography, art history, film studies and the work of contemporary filmmakers, photographers and painters. This framework is related to the practical research centred on a film made with images recorded in the seven capital cities of countries from the former Yugoslavia. These cities are a platform for two objective ideas: first, to discuss questions of identity, memory, history and place in the context of an imaginary city, Novi (2012-2015), portrayed as a spectral topography between past and present, symbolism and triviality; and second, to delineate a cinematic place that proposes the notion of film geography as a concept that surpasses the mere identification of geographic realism in films.
The Association between Women's Empowerment and Modern Contraceptive Use in Egypt
Creators: name: Rouhani, Shahrzad
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: The purpose of this study is to determine if women's empowerment is associated with an increase in the likelihood of modern contraceptive use among married women in Egypt. The study uses nationally representative data from the 2014 Egypt Demographic Health Survey (EDHS). Our final study sample includes 18,180 women ages 15-49. Empowerment is measured through employment, household decision making power, and justification of wife beating. Multivariate logistic regression is used to estimate the association between women's empowerment and modern contraceptive use controlling for age, education, socioeconomic status (wealth index), place of residence and parity. The prevalence of modern contraceptive use among women in the sample is 46% and 10% of women are classified as being highly empowered. After adjusting for covariates of interest, the odds of modern contraceptive use for women with high empowerment are 1.35 (95% CI: 1.18, 1.53) times the odds for women with low empowerment. This study suggests that programs aimed at increasing modern contraceptive use among women in Egypt must work to address women's empowerment as an integral part of improving reproductive health.
Is dry needling safe in stroke patients? A Scoping review protocol.
Creators: name: Malfait, Iris
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: dry needling
subject: spasticity
subject: stroke

description: Spasticity is a common problem in stroke patients, 17-43% of stroke survivals are affected (2). Spasticity has a major impact on pain, functionality and QoL (Quality of live). Current therapies often have side effects or are insufficiently effective. There is an ongoing search for new, additional therapeutic options. In this regard, dry needling is also investigated as a potential treatment for post-stroke spasticity. However, can dry needling be safely applied in a population such as stroke patients who are frequently taking anticoagulants ?
Multiphoton inner-shell ionization of the carbon atom
Creators: name: Rey, H. F.
name: van der Hart, H. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply time-dependent R-matrix theory to study inner-shell ionization of C atoms in ultra-short high-frequency light fields with a photon energy between 170 and 245 eV. At an intensity of 10$^{17}$ W/cm$^2$, ionization is dominated by single-photon emission of a $2\ell$ electron, with two-photon emission of a 1s electron accounting for about 2-3\% of all emission processes, and two-photon emission of $2\ell$ contributing about 0.5-1\%. Three-photon emission of a 1s electron is estimated to contribute about 0.01-0.03\%. Around a photon energy of 225 eV, two-photon emission of a 1s electron, leaving C$^+$ in either 1s2s2p$^3$ or 1s2p$^4$ is resonantly enhanced by intermediate 1s2s$^2$2p$^3$ states. The results demonstrate the capability of time-dependent R-matrix theory to describe inner-shell ionization processes including rearrangement of the outer electrons.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables
Ceraunocochlis tenuis Yoo 1994, n.sp.
Creators: name: Yoo, E. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1994
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Acteoninidae
Ceraunocochlis

description: Ceraunocochlis tenuis n.sp. PI. l7 figs 11-13 Description. Shell very small, high-spired with many whorls, thin, anomphalous. Protoconch of about 1Y2 smooth whorls, flattened top with strongly arched whorl profile; the transition from protoconch to teleoconch sharp and gently sinuated. Teleoconch of 7Y2 smooth whorls, whorl profile arched, suture moderately deep, deeper in neanic stage; length of whorl gradually increased with growth. Aperture D-shaped; inner lip almost straight, broad anterior notch, columellar fold obscured, parietal inductura thin; outer lip straight, strong prosocline; base pointed. Dimensions. Holotype (F78494): H 2.3 mm, W 0.5 mm, NW 9. Types. Holotype (F78494) and 1 paratype (broken). Type locality. 150 m west of 'Marohn' homestead, on the Scone-Gundy roadside, 4 km south-west of Gundy, NSW (Locality 28). Stratigraphic position. In bioclastic limestone, upper part of the Dangarfield Formation. Geographic distribution. Type locality only. Geological age. Late Tournaisian. Etymology. Derived from the Latin tenuis meaning thin, slender; referring to its slender shell shape.
description: Published as part of Yoo, E. K., 1994, Early Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 63-120 in Records of the Australian Museum 46 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18, http://zenodo.org/record/4654599
title: Nothingness; An Exploration of Anamnesis Through Materiality
Creators: name: Diaz Jirash, Jimena
Publisher: name: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sculpture
subject: Anamnesis

description: This thesis is a reflection on my artistic practice before and after the MFA program. While I initially thought it was about nothing, I later came to realize it was actually about "nothingness". I explored anamnesis, involuntary memory and the female body through an experiential approach using materials such as concrete, textiles and beeswax. Each work I created, raised new questions leading me to recognize alternative motives that were initially hidden but present in my body. It is a meditation on my artistic research and the richness that comes from embracing the unknown, uncertainty and wonder through my specific perspective as a female from Mexico.
Making: Archives/Making: Impact - The Creative use of Archives within Textile Design Education and Practice
Creators: name: Maughan, Hannah
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2023
Subjects: Textile and fashion design

description: This paper reports on Making: Archives, a 2nd year Falmouth University Textile Design project co-created by Senior Lecturer Hannah Maughan and Senior Archivist Sarah.C.Jane. The project is designed to encourage students to reconnect with primary research materials and physical artefacts to counteract the over-reliance on digital resources, whilst showcasing the potential of archive collections as conceptual and creative stimulus for textile design development and innovation. Falmouth’s Penryn campus houses University of Exeter in Cornwall, creating a unique shared archival service and eclectic range of collections. The project seeks to challenge the perceived notions of archives, and to promote the Universities often underused archival resources to new audiences (Jane and Maughan 2020).
 Expanding on its case study as an exemplar of pedagogic good practice in The National Archives and History UK’s Guide to Collaboration for Archives and Higher Education, (McNauty and O’Rourke 2018) the paper disseminates and reflects on extensive research and data drawn from student participants of the Making:Archives project during its 7 years period, illustrating the breadth of experience, engagement and response, whilst examining in particular the value of using non discipline specific archives and curriculum embedded archival pedagogy.
 With the COVID pandemic disrupting the 19/20 cycle mid project, shutting down access to archive and studio workshops, the paper considers the reaction to the specific challenges faced and the emerging opportunities, which subsequently shifts the project’s focus, adapting to an evolved, more inclusive, and diverse iteration. The paper shares perspectives on archive working strategies in the context of education, industry, and archive sectors.
Bioactive properties of honeys from stingless bees and Apis mellifera bees in the food industry
Creators: name: Ramírez-Miranda, Ina
name: Moguel-Ordoñez, Yolanda
name: Betancur-Ancona, David
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The "medicinal" benefits of honey have been known for thousands of years, being used as an antiseptic, fortifier, soother, healer, laxative, among others. But in addition to its use as a therapeutic, there is evidence that since ancient Rome honey has been used as a food preservative. Currently, the food industry faces several challenges, among which are maintaining the quality and safety characteristics of their products with the minimum addition of artificial ingredients and additives due to the worldwide increase in demand for natural products and functional properties, as well as helping to reduce food loss and thus its ecological footprint. Currently, honey produced by stingless bees has been the subject of research, due to its nutritional value and its bioactive properties of great utility, both in the pharmaceutical industry and in food production. Therefore, a review of published articles describing the potential uses of the bioactive properties of honey, mainly that produced by stingless bees, in the food industry was carried out.
Double Ionisation in R-Matrix Theory Using a 2-electron Outer Region
Creators: name: Wragg, Jack
name: Parker, J. S.
name: van der Hart, H. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have developed a two-electron outer region for use within R-matrix theory to describe double ionisation processes. The capability of this method is demonstrated for single-photon double ionisation of He in the photon energy region between 80 eV to 180 eV. The cross sections are in agreement with established data. The extended RMT method also provides information on higher-order processes, as demonstrated by the identification of signatures for sequential double ionisation processes involving an intermediate He$^{+}$ state with $n=2$.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
Biopsychosocial Needs of HIV-positive African American Women Participating in a Nurse-Guided Patient Navigation Program
Creators: name: Schultz, Katherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Objectives: To examine the biopsychosocial needs of HIV-positive African American women in a nurse-guided patient navigation program and make recommendations for future programs. Methods: Twenty-one in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of women from the Guide to Healing (G2H) patient navigation program. The biopsychosocial model and intersectionality paradigm were used as analytical frameworks. Qualitative narrative analysis was used to analyze key patterns and themes. Results: Women expressed high levels of psychological and subsistence needs, but showed optimism when considering their future. The Nurse Guide was highly regarded and provided emotional support, ultimately encouraging retention in care. Conclusions: Patient navigation programs using qualified nurses as guides are a promising intervention for HIV-positive women of color. Recommendations for future programs include offering more opportunities for mental health care, providing assistance with basic needs, and creating patient navigation programs based on the biopsychosocial model and intersectionality paradigm. Further research on how stress from caretaking affects women's health is recommended.
Textile Supply Chain Transparency: examining the organisational mindset for digital transformation
Creators: name: Heim, Hilde
name: Chrimes, Courtney
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2023
Subjects: Textile and fashion design

description: Amidst the recent proliferation of digital solutions for supply chain transparency, the UNECE Toolbox shows significant promise, considering the substantial contribution from over 250 experts in 56 countries (UNECE, 2020). The UNECE blockchain enabled system is designed to create an inter-linked and immutable record of fibre provenance, guaranteeing data confidentiality in compliance with applicable regulations, while offering visibility to all stakeholders along the supply chain. Pilots have been launched to test the system’s approach to the identification and coding of key information at critical data points along the value chain. However, few fashion industry stakeholders have implemented the system into their operations beyond pilot schemes (Agrawal et al., 2021). Through a qualitative approach, including industry data analysis and data gathered from stakeholder focus groups, including brands, manufacturers and technology providers, this study identifies the challenges still facing fashion enterprises, and so seeks clarification on adoption hesitancy. It finds that the investment in training, operational upheaval, and the lack of ‘digital mindset’ are some of the challenges yet to be overcome by firms. Importantly, the true globalisation of supply chain transparency is set to have a feasible future with digital applications such as the UNECE toolbox – but perhaps more practical application user interfaces as well as a digital mindset on the part of the firms are also required.
Le politiche per un'utilizzazione «contenuta» delle risorse naturali rinnovabili: l'esigenza di speciali tecnoclogie di profitto compensate da sistemi di economia ecologico-comunitari (valutazione e limiti del possibile)
Creators: name: Cozzo, D.
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: Aestimum, Aestimum 25/26 (1992)
Alien Sex Club: Educating audiences about continuing rates of HIV transmission using art and design
Creators: name: Walter, John
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2016

description: Alien Sex Club is a practice based PhD that addresses current modes of representation of HIV in art, which grows out of the minimalist aesthetic developed during the earlier part of the AIDS crisis by artists such as Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Today however, it is acknowledged that HIV is an interconnected web of problems that should be represented in a holistic way. Rates of HIV transmission are increasing among gay men in the West. HIV is no longer a life threatening illness due to the availability of highly effective antiretroviral drugs. A resulting decrease in the perception of risk, leading to condom fatigue, unprotected sex and recreational drug use may be some of a number of factors that are contributing to the increase in transmissions. Despite changes in the cultural, social and scientific context of HIV, artistic representations of the subject have remained the same as those originated before effective treatment was available. In this PhD, I use art and architecture and draw from contemporary scientific and political approaches in ways that differ from previous modes of representation, to raise new questions about HIV. Alien Sex Club seeks to re-politicise art as an arena for addressing HIV by mobilising a range of visual and aesthetic genres in a curated installation. This take the form of a cruise maze that addresses the complexity of contemporary HIV problems in an academic context. It makes use of spatial design and a maximalist aesthetic to update the representation of HIV. It transposes knowledge about HIV from science, sociology and philosophy into a visual art practice. It uses live art in the form of hospitality and fortune telling in order to question the existing conventions of the art gallery and engage audiences to consider HIV in new ways. It uses autoethnography, a qualitative research method drawn from the social sciences to theorise the methodology of its making. The installation is used as a test site for gathering data of audience responses, which are subjected to textual analysis. In these ways, Alien Sex Club operates as a counter discourse to the prevailing minimalist representations of HIV. The PhD generates knowledge about how to educate audiences on continuing rates of HIV transmission and extends understandings of the nature of the artist as activist.
Nilpotent group C*-algebras as compact quantum metric spaces
Creators: name: Christ, Michael
name: Rieffel, Marc A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46L87

description: Let $L$ be a length function on a group $G$, and let $M_L$ denote the operator of pointwise multiplication by $L$ on $\ell^2(G)$. Following Connes, $M_L$ can be used as a "Dirac" operator for the reduced group C*-algebra $C_r^*(G)$. It defines a Lipschitz seminorm on $C_r^*(G)$, which defines a metric on the state space of $C_r^*(G)$. We show that for any length function of a strong form of polynomial growth on a discrete group, the topology from this metric coincides with the weak-$*$ topology (a key property for the definition of a "compact quantum metric space"). In particular, this holds for all word-length functions on finitely generated nilpotent-by-finite groups.
Atti della Tavola rotonda su «Le conseguenze della pedonalizzazione nei centri urbani: aspetti economico-estimativi, tecnici, urbanistici e sociali»: L'impatto della motorizzazione sulle strutture delle aree urbane dal 1950 ad oggi
Creators: name: Bartoli, Lando
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: Aestimum, Aestimum 23/24 (1990)
RELIGIOUS LEADER INFLUENCE ON CONTRACEPTIVE DECISION-MAKING IN URBAN SENEGAL
Creators: name: Grimes, Kathryn EL
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Objective: Data from Senegal's baseline evaluation in 2010 from the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation Project (MLE) was used to determine if religious leaders influence contraceptive decision-making among urban Senegalese women. Methods: Data was collected from a probability sample of 5,523 households. Exclusion criteria for analysis comprised of women who had never heard of any contraceptive method, were pregnant or sterile at time of interview, and women who had never had sex (n=5930). Reported exposure to a religious/community leader the 12 months prior to interview was the primary predictor variable, and current contraceptive use was the outcome variable. Seven multivariate logistic regression models examined this relationship, adjusting for both sociodemographic characteristics and religious social norms. Results: Reported exposure to a religious or community leader speaking about family planning (FP) in the 12 months prior to interview was significantly associated with contraceptive use at the time of interview. Women who heard a religious/community leader speak positively about FP (OR: 1.60; p<0.001) and women who heard a religious/community leader speak negatively about FP (OR: 1.26; p<0.05) both had increased odds of using contraception. These findings were not sensitive to adjustment for potential sociodemographic confounders and religious social norms. Conclusion: Greater religious and community leader involvement in FP programs could contribute to a better informed, engaged community where urban Senegalese women will be able to make reproductive decisions that are in accordance with their desired fertility. These findings contribute to research on the relationship between culture and health that are crucial for determining culturally competent, evidence-based interventions that will affect the health and well-being of underserved populations worldwide.
Impact of urban form on concentration of air pollutants within street canyons at pedestrian level
Creators: name: Ebadi Borna, Mehrdad
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2022

description: Recent estimates published by WHO reported that in 2018 air pollution caused eight million premature deaths worldwide. The same report highlighted that outdoor air pollution was responsible for 4.2 million deaths. This implies that further efforts and mitigations are needed to reduce individuals’ exposure to harmful air pollutants. In this respect, governments around the world developed and published a number of air quality plans and frameworks. However, they either ignored or paid less attention to microclimate and urban form attributes and their impact on air pollution concentrations or dispersion in urban spaces, particularly within urban street canyons. Considering the above, this study postulates that there is a correlation between urban form and air quality. Therefore, the core focus of this thesis is to investigate this relationship in greater depth and to propose a set of recommendations that can create a desirable microclimate within various urban street canyons capable of mitigating air pollution concentrations and thereby reducing its negative impact on human health. This thesis employs a variety of methods, including fieldwork, computational modelling, and correlation analysis, to measure the influence of various street canyon configurations on the concentration of air pollution. The findings of this study confirmed several correlations between air pollution concentrations and urban form within street canyons. This study generated new knowledge on air pollution and microclimate behaviour within various street canyons. It provided recommendations for 30 distinct urban street canyon configurations in order to increase dispersion and protect pedestrians from harmful levels of air pollution. It also offered much needed knowledge and recommendations for urban designers and planners to consider to make informed design decisions to encourage greater dispersion of air pollution within various urban street canyons, particularly in areas with high pedestrian traffic to reduce and limit public exposure to harmful air pollution.
Rapport d'activité 2022 - Direction des Bibliothèques, de l'Information et de la Science Ouverte
Creators: name: DiBISO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: rapport d'activité

description: Rapport d'activité 2022 de la Direction des Bibliothèques, de l'Information et de la Science Ouverte de l'Université Paris-Saclay
opendf - an implementation of the dual fermion method for strongly correlated systems
Creators: name: Antipov, Andrey E.
name: LeBlanc, James P. F.
name: Gull, Emanuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dual fermion method is a multiscale approach for solving lattice problems of interacting strongly correlated systems. In this paper, we present the \texttt{opendf} code, an open-source implementation of the dual fermion method applicable to fermionic single-orbital lattice models in dimensions $D=1,2,3$ and $4$. The method is built on a dynamical mean field starting point, which neglects all local correlations, and perturbatively adds spatial correlations. Our code is distributed as an open-source package under the GNU public license version 2.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, 28th Annual CSP Workshop proceedings
Dynamical description of the fission process using the TD-BCS theory
Creators: name: Scamps, Guillaume
name: Simenel, Cédric
name: Lacroix, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The description of fission remains a challenge for nuclear microscopic theories. The time-dependent Hartree-Fock approach with BCS pairing is applied to study the last stage of the fission process. A good agreement is found for the one-body observables: the total kinetic energy and the average mass asymmetry. The non-physical dependence of two-body observables with the initial shape is discussed.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, Submitted as AIP Conference Proceeings for NSD2015, Portoroz, Slovenia
Atti della Tavola rotonda su «Le conseguenze della pedonalizzazione nei centri urbani: aspetti economico-estimativi, tecnici, urbanistici e sociali»: Intervento
Creators: name: Orsini, Renato Domenico
Publisher: name: Aestimum
Year: 2009

description: Aestimum, Aestimum 23/24 (1990)
Understanding reactions to results of a self-sampling HPV test among White and Black women infrequently screened for cervical cancer in North Carolina
Creators: name: Gupta, Lavanya
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Background: Over 4,000 women die from cervical cancer every year in the United States. Over half are due to lack of routine screening, which disproportionally affects racial/ethnic minority women. Home-based HPV self-testing may increase screening among hard to reach women. Little is known regarding women's reactions to receiving HPV self-test results on the phone, an important consideration in determining the feasibility of self-testing. This study's objective is to determine women's reactions to their HPV self-test results, and the delivery method, stratified by race/ethnicity. Methods: Under-screened, low-income North Carolina women from 10 counties were recruited. A total of 202 women (78 White; 124 Black) collected and returned their self-test sample, and completed an acceptability questionnaire. Analyses examined reactions based on HPV self-test results at baseline and follow-up, and predictors of feeling afraid of what the HPV self-tests would say about their health. Results: White women reported being more worried about getting cervical cancer compared to Black women. Women who received positive HPV self-test results self-reported being more likely to feel embarrassed, worried, depressed, and liking help understanding their results, than those HPV self-test negative. Women underestimated the need for help with interpreting their results. Women were more likely to report being afraid of what the self-test results would say about their health if they had lower educational attainment; were divorced, widowed, and separated; and self-reported history of genital warts. Conclusions: These findings can inform cervical cancer messaging and education that emphasizes underserved populations' understanding of their heightened risk and the importance of screening.
Smartphone Global Positioning System–Based System to Assess Mobility in Health Research: Development, Accuracy, and Usability Study
Creators: name: Spang, Robert P.
name: Haeger, Christine
name: Mümken, Sandra A.
name: Brauer, Max
name: Voigt-Antons, Jan-Niklas
name: Gellert, Paul
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::000 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme::005 Computerprogrammierung, Programme, Daten
subject: geographic information system
subject: rehabilitation
subject: prevention medicine
subject: geoinformatics
subject: out-of-home mobility

description: Background: As global positioning system (GPS) measurement is getting more precise and affordable, health researchers can now objectively measure mobility using GPS sensors. Available systems, however, often lack data security and means of adaptation and often rely on a permanent internet connection. Objective: To overcome these issues, we aimed to develop and test an easy-to-use, easy-to-adapt, and offline working app using smartphone sensors (GPS and accelerometry) for the quantification of mobility parameters. Methods: An Android app, a server backend, and a specialized analysis pipeline have been developed (development substudy). Parameters of mobility by the study team members were extracted from the recorded GPS data using existing and newly developed algorithms. Test measurements were performed with participants to complete accuracy and reliability tests (accuracy substudy). Usability was examined by interviewing community-dwelling older adults after 1 week of device use, followed by an iterative app design process (usability substudy). Results: The study protocol and the software toolchain worked reliably and accurately, even under suboptimal conditions, such as narrow streets and rural areas. The developed algorithms had high accuracy (97.4% correctness, F1-score=0.975) in distinguishing dwelling periods from moving intervals. The accuracy of the stop/trip classification is fundamental to second-order analyses such as the time out of home, as they rely on a precise discrimination between the 2 classes. The usability of the app and the study protocol was piloted with older adults, which showed low barriers and easy implementation into daily routines. Conclusions: Based on accuracy analyses and users’ experience with the proposed system for GPS assessments, the developed algorithm showed great potential for app-based estimation of mobility in diverse health research contexts, including mobility patterns of community-dwelling older adults living in rural areas. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): RR2-10.1186/s12877-021-02739-0
Structural explanations of suicide
Creators: name: Korman, Joanna
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: We are interested in whether structural explanations for a person's suicide can mitigate blame while also mitigating other measures of stigma better than biogenetic internalist explanations. We expect that internalist explanations that cite biological explanations, even if they mitigate blame relative to non-biological internalist explanations, they may still lead to high judgments of dangerousness/unpredictability, as well as the belief that a suicide was not preventable. By contrast, we predict that structural explanations may mitigate blame while also leading to judgments of lower dangerousness and unpredictability, and higher preventability.
Non-extensive distributions for a relativistic Fermi Gas
Creators: name: Rożynek, Jacek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently the non-extensive approach has been used in a variety of ways to describe dense nuclear matter. They differ in the methods of introducing the appropriate non-extensive single particle distributions inside a relativistic many-body system, in particular when one has to deal both with particles and antiparticles, as in the case of quark matter exemplified in the NJL approach. I present and discuss in detail the physical consequences of the methods used so far, which should be recognized before any physical conclusions can be reached from the results presented.
description: Revision (the interchange) in formula (19) and (20)
Double Drift Reset Limits
Creators: name: 't Hart, Bernard
name: Henriques, Denise
name: Cavanagh, Patrick
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Life Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: curveball
subject: double drift
subject: illusion
subject: manual tracking
subject: motion
subject: position
subject: reset

description: Data and code for a project investigating the double-drift illusion with hand trajectories. In particular, resets of the illusion are investigated as they may reveal how perceived motion is used in the perception of the position of moving objects.
Patients’ preferences in dental care: A discrete-choice experiment and an analysis of willingness-to-pay
Creators: name: Felgner, Susanne
name: Henschke, Cornelia
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
subject: dental care
subject: dental diseases
subject: statutory health insurance
subject: patients’ treatment choice
subject: dental crown treatment
subject: Germany

description: Introduction: Dental diseases are a major problem worldwide. Costs are a burden on healthcare systems and patients. Missed treatments can have health and financial consequences. Compared to other health services, dental treatments are only covered in parts by statutory health insurance (SHI). Using the example of dental crowns for a cost-intensive treatment, our study aims to investigate whether (1) certain treatment attributes determine patients’ treatment choice, and (2) out-of-pocket payments represent a barrier to access dental care. Methods: We conducted a discrete-choice-experiment by mailing questionnaires to 10,752 people in Germany. In presented scenarios the participants could choose between treatment options (A, B, or none) composed of treatment attribute levels (e.g., color of teeth) for posterior (PT) and anterior teeth (AT). Considering interaction effects, we used a D-efficient fractional factorial design. Choice analysis was performed using different models. Furthermore, we analyzed willingness-to-pay (WTP), preference of choosing no and SHI standard care treatment, and influence of socioeconomic characteristics on individual WTP. Results: Out of n = 762 returned questionnaires (response rate of r = 7.1), n = 380 were included in the analysis. Most of the participants are in age group "50 to 59 years" (n = 103, 27.1%) and female (n = 249, 65.5%). The participants’ benefit allocations varied across treatment attributes. Aesthetics and durability of dental crowns play most important roles in decision-making. WTP regarding natural color teeth is higher than standard SHI out-of-pocket payment. Estimations for AT dominate. For both tooth areas, "no treatment" was a frequent choice (PT: 25.7%, AT: 37.2%). Especially for AT, treatment beyond SHI standard care was often chosen (49.8%, PT: 31.3%). Age, gender, and incentive measures (bonus booklet) influenced WTP per participant. Conclusion: This study provides important insights into patient preferences for dental crown treatment in Germany. For our participants, aesthetic for AT and PT as well as out-of-pocket payments for PT play an important role in decision-making. Overall, they are willing to pay more than the current out-of-pockt payments for what they consider to be better crown treatments. Findings may be valuable for policy makers in developing measures that better match patient preferences.
Assessment of ordinary consumer representation in liberalised mobile telecommunications markets: a case study of Nigeria
Creators: name: Onyeajuwa, Martha
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2016
Subjects: Communications; Telecommunications; Mobile telephony; Consumer; New institutional economics; Ordinary consumer representation; Enforcement; Nigeria

description: This study on the assessment of ordinary consumer representation in the liberalised mobile telecommunications market in Nigeria is situated within the broader perspective of the public interest and in the context of policy and institutional failure (what happens after policies are adopted?). It focuses on aspects of compliance monitoring and enforcement; areas that do not receive adequate attention in policy literature. The study is conducted using the New Institutional Economics framework and its analytical tools: transaction costs, property rights and agency. It adapts and extends the Saleth and Dinar (1999) institution decomposition model to deconstruct the mobile institution into four main components: policy, law, administration and enforcement for analytical purposes. Using document analysis and semi-structured interviews as main methods, this study provides insights into how the regulatory framework relegates the protection of ordinary consumer interest and how this has implications for the delivery of the stated policy objectives. The main findings reveal that: 1) due to inconsistency in the procedural definition of consumer interest and weak institutional structures, such as enforcement mechanisms, the regulator and mobile service providers do not hold ordinary consumers’ interest at levels consistent with policy and law; 2) there is need for legal provisions for independent statutory consumer bodies to ensure ordinary mobile consumers’ influential participation in the regulatory-decision-process and facilitate their capacity to harness the legal provisions in their interest; 3) there is need to make the arbitration process focused on the ordinary consumer, as currently it involves substantial resources-funding, time and expertise- beyond the capacity of ordinary consumer. Telecommunications policy and the institutional framework in place have so far benefitted mobile companies in Nigeria rather than ordinary consumers. The existing policy failure, as discussed in this case study, can provide inspiration for rethinking the place of the ordinary consumer. The study’s focus on mobile is important given the growing significance of this sector throughout Africa and globally too.
How do Health Professionals Identify and Respond to Perpetrators of Domestic and Family Violence within a Hospital Setting? A Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Schalk, Danielle
name: Fernandes, Christina
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Women's Health
subject: Clinical and Medical Social Work
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This review will map literature which examines how health professionals identify and respond to perpetrators of domestic and family violence within a hospital setting. It will identify gaps in the current literature and suggest areas for future research.