cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Excess Secretion of Gel-Forming Mucins and Associated Innate Defense Proteins with Defective Mucin Un-Packaging Underpin Gallbladder Mucocele Formation in Dogs
Creators: name: Gookin, Jody L.
name: Radicioni, Giorgia
name: Mathews, Kyle G.
name: Seiler, Gabriela
name: Kesimer, Mehmet
name: Cao, Rui
name: Cullen, John
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Mucosal protection of the gallbladder is vital yet we know very little about the mechanisms involved. In domestic dogs, an emergent syndrome referred to as gallbladder mucocele formation is characterized by excessive secretion of abnormal mucus that results in obstruction and rupture of the gallbladder. The cause of gallbladder mucocele formation is unknown. In these first mechanistic studies of this disease, we investigated normal and mucocele-forming dog gallbladders to determine the source, identity, biophysical properties, and protein associates of the culprit mucins with aim to identify causes for abnormal mucus behavior. We established that mucocele formation involves an adoptive excess secretion of gel forming mucins with abnormal properties by the gallbladder epithelium. The mucus is characterized by a disproportionally significant increase in Muc5ac relative to Muc5b, defective mucin un-packaging, and mucin-interacting innate defense proteins that are capable of dramatically altering the physical and functional properties of mucus. These findings provide an explanation for abnormal mucus behavior and based on similarity to mucus observed in the airways of people with cystic fibrosis, suggest that abnormal mechanisms for maintenance of gallbladder epithelial hydration may be an instigating factor for mucocele formation in dogs.
Exploring Metrics to Express Energy Expenditure of Physical Activity in Youth
Creators: name: McMurray, Robert G.
name: Berrigan, David
name: Pfeiffer, Karin A.
name: Butte, Nancy F.
name: Bassett, David R.
name: Fulton, Janet E.
name: Watson, Kathleen B.
name: Puyau, Maurice R.
name: Trost, Stewart G.
name: Crouter, Scott E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundSeveral approaches have been used to express energy expenditure in youth, but no consensus exists as to which best normalizes data for the wide range of ages and body sizes across a range of physical activities. This study examined several common metrics for expressing energy expenditure to determine whether one metric can be used for all healthy children. Such a metric could improve our ability to further advance the Compendium of Physical Activities for Youth.MethodsA secondary analysis of oxygen uptake (VO2) data obtained from five sites was completed, that included 947 children ages 5 to 18 years, who engaged in 14 different activities. Resting metabolic rate (RMR) was computed based on Schofield Equations [Hum Nutr Clin Nut. 39(Suppl 1), 1985]. Absolute oxygen uptake (ml.min-1), oxygen uptake per kilogram body mass (VO2 in ml.kg-1.min-1), net oxygen uptake (VO2 – resting metabolic rate), allometric scaled oxygen uptake (VO2 in ml.kg-0.75.min-1) and YOUTH-MET (VO2.[resting VO2] -1) were calculated. These metrics were regressed with age, sex, height, and body mass.ResultsNet and allometric-scaled VO2, and YOUTH-MET were least associated with age, sex and physical characteristics. For moderate-to-vigorous intensity activities, allometric scaling was least related to age and sex. For sedentary and low-intensity activities, YOUTH-MET was least related to age and sex.ConclusionsNo energy expenditure metric completely eliminated the influence of age, physical characteristics, and sex. The Adult MET consistently overestimated EE. YOUTH-MET was better for expressing energy expenditure for sedentary and light activities, whereas allometric scaling was better for moderate and vigorous intensity activities. From a practical perspective, The YOUTH-MET may be the more feasible metric for improving of the Compendium of Physical Activities for Youth.
Changes in EEC Imports of Commodities Affected by the Variable Levy System
Creators: name: Goolsby, O. Halbert
name: Goolsby, O. Halbert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1968
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Crop Production/Industries
International Relations/Trade
Livestock Production/Industries
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Excerpts from the report: Within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the European Economic Community (EEC) instituted its variable levy system on July 30, 1962. The commodities covered were grains, eggs, poultry, and pork. In the fall of 1964, the variable levy system was extended to cover rice, beef and veal, and dairy products. In general, the system stimulates internal production by establishing a high level of support prices and nullifies any price advantage non-EEC exporters might have through a reliance on minimum import prices. This has created anxiety in the United States and in other countries supplying agricultural commodities to the EEC. This report is basically a time series analysis of market shares. The time series utilized throughout were derived from data obtained from the United Nations publication, Commodity Trade Statistics. Thus an analysis is made of changes in the U.S. position based upon data reported by the Common Market countries. Market shares for the United States, other non-EEC nations, and intra-EEC trade were computed using quantity data when commodities were fairly homogeneous within a group and value data when they were not. For these three geographic areas, share statistics for each commodity or commodity group were then rearranged into time series for analysis.
title: Alles Gold was glänzt?
title: Entwicklung wissenschaftlicher Publikationen Berliner Wissenschaftseinrichtungen hinsichtlich ihrer Zugänglichkeit und Nachnutzbarkeit
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Petersen, Wiebke
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Bronze Open-Access
subject: Open-Access Monitoring
subject: Publikationsanalyse
subject: Berlin
subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften

description: Diese Veröffentlichung geht zurück auf eine Masterarbeit im weiterbildenden Masterstudiengang im Fernstudium Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft (Library and Information Science, M. A. (LIS)) an der Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.
description: Artikel, die offen über die Verlagswebseiten zugänglich sind, jedoch keine (offene) Lizenz aufweisen, werden der Kategorie Bronze zugeordnet. Zur besseren Einordnung in die Open-Access-Landschaft untersucht die vorliegende Studie Artikel der Bronze-Kategorie hinsichtlich ihrer nachhaltigen Zugänglichkeit und der Nachnutzbarkeit. Dazu werden Daten der Berliner Open-Access-Berichte nachgenutzt, die über die 2016-2020 das Publikationsaufkommen und den Open-Access-Anteil der neun publikationsstärksten Einrichtungen des Landes Berlins ermittelt haben. Zusätzlich wurde eine Neuerhebung des Open-Access-Status durchgeführt. In der Analyse der erhobenen Daten wird die quantitative Entwicklung der Bronze-Artikel über den Zeitverlauf nachvollzogen und die nachhaltige Zugänglichkeit zu den Artikeln überprüft. Außerdem wird die Verteilung der Bronze-Artikel auf Verlage untersucht. Ebenso wird auf die Angabe von Lizenzen und offenen Metadaten eingegangen.
Exploring Unprotected Anal Intercourse among Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: An Ethnographic Study
Creators: name: Lau, Joseph
name: Holroyd, Eleanor
name: Li, Haochu
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundUnprotected anal intercourse (UAI) is a major pathway towards secondary HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). We explored the socio-cultural environment and individual beliefs and experiences conducive to UAI in the context of Southern China.MethodsWe employed an ethnographic approach utilizing a socio-ecological framework to conduct repeated in-depth interviews with thirty one newly diagnosed HIV positive MSM as well as participant observations in Shenzhen based healthcare settings, MSM venues and NGO offices.ResultsSome men (6/31) reported continuing to practice UAI after an initial diagnosis of being HIV positive. For MSM who had existing lovers or stable partners, the fear of losing partners in a context of non-serostatus disclosure was testified to be a major concern. MSM with casual partners reported that anonymous sexual encounters and moral judgments played a significant role in their sexual risk behaviors. Simultaneously, self-reported negative emotional and psychological status, perception and idiosyncratic risk interpretation, as well as substance abuse informed the intrapersonal context for UAI.ConclusionUAI among these HIV positive MSM was embedded in an intrapersonal context, related to partner type, shaped by anonymous sexual encounters, psychological status, and moral judgments. It is important that prevention and intervention for secondary HIV transmission among newly diagnosed HIV positive MSM in China take into account these contextual factors.
Electron Beam Weld Shape Prediction Based on Electron Beam Probing Technology
Creators: name: Yin, Yi
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2022
Subjects: electron beam welding
computational fluid dynamics
electron beam probing
artificial neural network
penetration depth prediction
numerical modelling

description: Electron beam welding (EBW) is a joining process that has been widely applied in many modern industrial sectors. However, in order to achieve a satisfactory welding quality for a given material and configuration, a trial-and-error approach is usually adopted before moving to the final production. This procedure is often wasteful, time consuming and expensive when the raw material is at high cost, and greatly relies on the operators’ personal experience. To enable a ‘smarter’ welding process and reduce the inconsistent human factor, this PhD study is to develop a novel method based on statistic modelling, numerical modelling and artificial neural networks to predict the weld profile, which is the main criterion for assessing the welding quality. The models are set up with electron beam characteristics collected through a 4-slits technology to determine the actual focal spot size and power density, therefore the uncertainty caused by beam variation can be reduced. Multi-influences caused by electron beam, machine parameters and process environment are considered, and the predictions cover a wide range of linear beam power ranging from 86 J/mm to 324 J/mm. Finally, a novel simulation tool for predicting electron beam weld shape has been developed with assistance of a 4-slits beam probing technology to reduce the amount of manual work traditionally needed to achieve high-efficiency and high-quality welding joints. Validated by experimental results, the model is able to predict the weld profile with high accuracy and reliability for both partially and fully penetrated welding situations. By combining the numerical model and artificial intelligence, a weld-profile prediction system is to be integrated in current EB welding machines to allow a less-experienced operator to achieve high welding quality.
Generating Pedestrian Trajectories Consistent with the Fundamental Diagram Based on Physiological and Psychological Factors
Creators: name: Manocha, Dinesh
name: Curtis, Sean
name: Best, Andrew
name: Narang, Sahil
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Pedestrian crowds often have been modeled as many-particle system including microscopic multi-agent simulators. One of the key challenges is to unearth governing principles that can model pedestrian movement, and use them to reproduce paths and behaviors that are frequently observed in human crowds. To that effect, we present a novel crowd simulation algorithm that generates pedestrian trajectories that exhibit the speed-density relationships expressed by the Fundamental Diagram. Our approach is based on biomechanical principles and psychological factors. The overall formulation results in better utilization of free space by the pedestrians and can be easily combined with well-known multi-agent simulation techniques with little computational overhead. We are able to generate human-like dense crowd behaviors in large indoor and outdoor environments and validate the results with captured real-world crowd trajectories.
Surface acoustic wave driven ferromagnetic resonance in (Ga,Mn)(As,P) epilayers
Creators: name: Thevenard, Laura
name: Gourdon, Catherine
name: Prieur, Jean-Yves
name: von Bardeleben, Hans Jürgen
name: Vincent, Serge
name: Becerra, Loic
name: Largeau, Ludovic
name: Duquesne, Jean-Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interdigitated transducers were used to generate and detect surface acoustic waves on a thin layer of (Ga,Mn)(As,P). The out-of-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy of this dilute magnetic semiconductor is very sensitive to the strain of the layer, making it an ideal test material for the dynamic control of magnetization via magneto-striction. The time-domain measurement of the amplitude and phase of the transmitted SAW during magnetic field sweeps indicated a clear resonant behavior at a field close to the one calculated to give a precession frequency equal to the SAW frequency. A resonance was observed from 5K to 85K, just below the Curie temperature of the layer. A full analytical treatment of the coupled magnetization/acoustic dynamics showed that the magneto-strictive coupling modifies the elastic constants of the material and accordingly the wave-vector solution to the elastic wave equation. The shape and position of the resonance were well reproduced by the calculations, in particular the fact that velocity (phase) variations resonated at lower fields than the acoustic attenuation variations.
Additional file 1 of Determination of temporal reproducibility and variability of cancer biomarkers in serum and EDTA plasma samples using a proximity extension assay
Creators: name: Christensen, Troels D.
name: Maag, Emil
name: Madsen, Kasper
name: Lindgaard, Sidsel Christy
name: Nielsen, Dorte L.
name: Johansen, Julia S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Hematology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Cardiology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1: Boxplot of median serum and plasma concentration. Figure S2: Serum-to-plasma ratio according to median serum concentration. Figure S3: Correlation diagram and Passing-Bablok regression of serum vs. plasma value for all proteins for all 92 proteins. Figure S4: Bland-Altman plots of serum-to-plasma ratios. Figure S5: Bland–Altman plot comparing BX0144 with all other studies, and BX0182 with BX0188, BX0202, BX0214, BX0223, and BX0263.
Genetic Determinants of Pelvic Organ Prolapse among African American and Hispanic Women in the Women’s Health Initiative
Creators: name: Edwards, Todd L.
name: Bareh, Gihan
name: Wallace, Robert B.
name: Park, Amy J.
name: O'Sullivan, Mary J.
name: Hartmann, Katherine E.
name: Velez Edwards, Digna R.
name: Wu, Jennifer M.
name: North, Kari E.
name: Giri, Ayush
name: Qi, Lihong
name: Reiner, Alexander P.
name: Graff, Mariaelisa
name: Ward, Renee M.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Current evidence suggests a multifactorial etiology to pelvic organ prolapse (POP), including genetic predisposition. We conducted a genome-wide association study of POP in African American (AA) and Hispanic (HP) women from the Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Therapy study. Cases were defined as any POP (grades 1–3) or moderate/severe POP (grades 2–3), while controls had grade 0 POP. We performed race-specific multiple logistic regression analyses between SNPs imputed to 1000 genomes in relation to POP (grade 0 vs 1–3; grade 0 vs 2–3) adjusting for age at diagnosis, body mass index, parity, and genetic ancestry. There were 1274 controls and 1427 cases of any POP and 317 cases of moderate/severe POP. Although none of the analyses reached genome-wide significance (p<5x10-8), we noted variants in several loci that met p<10−6. In race-specific analysis of grade 0 vs 2–3, intronic SNPs in the CPE gene (rs28573326, OR:2.14; 95% CI 1.62–2.83; p = 1.0x10-7) were associated with POP in AAs, and SNPs in the gene AL132709.5 (rs1950626, OR:2.96; 95% CI 1.96–4.48, p = 2.6x10-7) were associated with POP in HPs. Inverse variance fixed-effect meta-analysis of the race-specific results showed suggestive signals for SNPs in the DPP6 gene (rs11243354, OR:1.36; p = 4.2x10-7) in the grade 0 vs 1–3 analyses and for SNPs around PGBD5 (rs740494, OR:2.17; p = 8.6x10-7) and SHC3 (rs2209875, OR:0.60; p = 9.3x10-7) in the grade 0 vs 2–3 analyses. While we did not identify genome-wide significant findings, we document several SNPs reaching suggestive statistical significance. Further interrogation of POP in larger minority samples is warranted.
Digestive and metabolic efficiency of energy and nitrogen throughout lactation and the dry period in dairy cows
Creators: name: Daniel, Jean-Baptiste
name: Sanz-Fernandez, M. Victoria
name: Nichols, Kelly
name: Doelman, John
name: Martín-Tereso, Javier
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 70204 Animal Nutrition
subject: FOS: Animal and dairy science

description: SUPPLEMENTAL FILE S1. Information of cows enrolled in the study
 SUPPLEMENTAL FILE S2. Set-up for total collection of urine and feces.
 SUPPLEMENTAL FILE S3. Measured body fat and body protein along the lactation.
High Accuracy of Common HIV-Related Oral Disease Diagnoses by Non-Oral Health Specialists in the AIDS Clinical Trial Group
Creators: name: Shiboski, Caroline H.
name: Sévère, Patrice
name: Lee, Anthony
name: Bernard, Daphné
name: Secours, Rode
name: Reznik, David
name: Evans, Scott
name: Webster-Cyriaque, Jennifer
name: Ghannoum, Mahmoud
name: Aberg, Judith A.
name: Chen, Huichao
name: Hosey, Lara
name: Dittmer, Dirk P.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Many studies include oral HIV-related endpoints that may be diagnosed by non-oral-health specialists (non-OHS) like nurses or physicians. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of clinical diagnoses of HIV-related oral lesions made by non-OHS compared to diagnoses made by OHS.
Additional file 2 of Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas
Creators: name: Barnes, Tanner M.
name: Karlin, Melissa
name: vonHoldt, Bridgett M.
name: Adams, Jennifer R.
name: Waits, Lisette P.
name: Hinton, Joseph W.
name: Henderson, Josh
name: Brzeski, Kristin E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Fig S1. Mitochondrial DNA haplotype gene tree of the cytochrome B region of the mitochondrial control region. Accession numbers are from NCBI GenBank; accession numbers that match sequences from this study are labeled with their detection location. Species code Vv represents the outgroup red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Clu is gray wolf (Canis lupus), Cll is eastern wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), Cla is coyote (Canis latrans), and Cru red is red wolf (Canis rufus). Fig S2. Systematic sample design on Galveston Island, Texas. We noninvasively collected scat samples across 25 transects during three field seasons. Fig S3. Probability of Identity for locus combinations. Fig S4. Distribution by state of the coyote reference samples used in this study. Fig S5. STRUCTURE output including every reference samples. Fig S6. PCA with all reference samples. Table S1. STRUCTURE q percentage and credible interval of all samples using 15 microsatellites.
Computations and generation of elements on the Hopf algebra of Feynman graphs
Creators: name: Borinsky, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two programs, feyngen and feyncop, were developed. feyngen is designed to generate high loop order Feynman graphs for Yang-Mills, QED and $ϕ^k$ theories. feyncop can compute the coproduct of these graphs on the underlying Hopf algebra of Feynman graphs. The programs can be validated by exploiting zero dimensional field theory combinatorics and identities on the Hopf algebra which follow from the renormalizability of the theories. A benchmark for both programs was made.
description: Part of ACAT 2014 proceedings
Efficiency of Fish Propulsion
Creators: name: Maertens, A. P.
name: Triantafyllou, M. S.
name: Yue, D. K. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the system efficiency of a self-propelled flexible body is ill-defined unless one considers the concept of quasi-propulsive efficiency, defined as the ratio of the power needed to tow a body in rigid-straight condition over the power it needs for self-propulsion, both measured for the same speed. Through examples we show that the quasi-propulsive efficiency is the only rational non-dimensional metric of the propulsive fitness of fish and fish-like mechanisms. Using two-dimensional viscous simulations and the concept of quasi-propulsive efficiency, we discuss the efficiency two-dimensional undulating foils. We show that low efficiencies, due to adverse body-propulsor hydrodynamic interactions, cannot be accounted for by the increase in friction drag.
title: Translanguaging within an Early Years setting in England: the use of languages by young Polish bilingual learners
Creators: name: Pilcher, Madeleine
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2022

description: This research study investigates how three four-year-old Polish bilingual learners, use translanguaging whilst acquiring English during their first year of schooling. It is argued that if practitioners support translanguaging in the classroom then children’s bilingualism is seen to be valued (Cheatham, Jiminez-Siva and Park, 2015). There are, however, only a small number of research studies that have investigated how translanguaging is used in an Early Years setting to scaffold language learning (Kirsch, 2018; Kirsch and Seele, 2020; Lewis, Jones and Baker, 2012) and little research of this kind has been carried out in England to date. This thesis, therefore, seeks in part to address this gap and demonstrates how the children make use of translanguaging in different ways to communicate and how translanguaging scaffolds their language learning. The research was conducted during one academic year in an Early Years setting within a primary school in England. Data were collected through audio-recordings, supplemented by field notes of the three children participating in a wide range of activities. Interviews were also carried out with their class teacher, Teaching Assistant, head teacher and their parents. A case study approach was adopted and thematic analysis used to categorise the data according to recurring themes that had arisen during the research. Findings indicate that the children respond appropriately in either English or Polish to meet the contextual need and communicate through translanguaging, to mediate understandings, co-construct meanings, include and exclude others and demonstrate knowledge. Findings also show how the children’s translanguaging practices over the year act as a scaffold for both of their languages and thus for language learning, enabling the children to communicate confidently in both English and Polish with peers and adults. Recommendations for Early Years teachers are presented to suggest ways in making use of first languages to scaffold the children’s language learning in the classroom. Finally, implications are discussed for Early Years policy and implementations.
HPTN 062: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring the Effect of a Motivational-Interviewing Intervention on Sexual Behavior among Individuals with Acute HIV Infection in Lilongwe, Malawi
Creators: name: Golin, Carol
name: McKenna, Kevin
name: Rosenberg, Nora E.
name: Yu, Xuesong
name: Massa, Cecilia
name: Lynn, Diana
name: Hoffman, Irving
name: Pettifor, Audrey
name: Tharaldson, Jenae
name: Corneli, Amy
name: Wiyo, Patricia
name: Ou, San-San
name: Kamanga, Gift
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: ObjectiveWe pilot tested a Motivational Interviewing (MI) –based counseling intervention for individuals with Acute HIV Infection (AHI) to reduce risky sexual behavior in Lilongwe, Malawi.MethodsTwenty-eight individuals diagnosed with AHI were randomized to receive either brief education alone, or the brief education plus the MI-based intervention, called Uphungu Wanga. Participants in Uphungu Wanga received four sessions delivered on the day of diagnosis, three days later and at weeks 1 and 2 with a booster session at week 8; participants were followed for 24 weeks from diagnosis. An interviewer administered quantitative questionnaire was conducted at baseline and at weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24. Semi-structured qualitative interviews (SSI) were conducted at weeks 2, 8, 12, and 24.ResultsThe majority of participants in both arms reported rapid and sustained behavior change following diagnosis with AHI. Very few participants reported having sex without a condom after diagnosis. Participants reported a trend towards fewer sex partners and abstaining from sex during study follow-up. Participants in the MI-based arm provided concrete examples of risk reduction strategies in the SSIs while those in the brief education arm primarily described reducing risk behavior, suggesting that the MI-based group may have acquired more risk reduction skills.ConclusionsIndividuals in both study arms reduced risky sexual behaviors after diagnosis with AHI. We found few major differences between study arms during the 6-month follow up period in self-reported sexual behaviors therefore a MI-based intervention may not be needed to trigger behavior change following AHI. However, comparing the MI-based intervention to repeated brief education sessions made it difficult to assess the potential benefit of an MI-based intervention in a setting where standard counseling often consists of one post-test session. Nevertheless, provision of counseling immediately following diagnosis with HIV to support behavior change should remain a priority.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01197027
FIRE5: a C++ implementation of Feynman Integral REduction
Creators: name: Smirnov, Alexander V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper the C++ version of FIRE is presented - a powerful program performing Feynman integral reduction to master integrals. All previous versions used only Wolfram Mathematica, the current version mostly uses Wolfram Mathematica as a front-end. However, the most complicated part, the reduction itself can now be done by C++, which significantly improves the performance and allows one to reduce Feynman integrals in previously impossible situations.
description: SFB/CPP-14-60
title: Denmark Report. Sustainable Governance Indicators 2022
Creators: name: Klemmensen, Robert
name: Andersen, Torben M.
name: Jahn, Detlef
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Year: 2022
Subjects: Governance
Democracy
Regierungshandeln
Demokratie

description: Democracy functions well, and governance is credible and transparent in Denmark. Public trust in government and public administration is high. Comparatively, Denmark stands out for its ability to combine strong economic performance (as measured by per capita income) with a relatively equal distribution of income and low poverty rates.
Additional file 11 of Epigenome-wide analysis of T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia identifies BCL11B as a potential biomarker
Creators: name: Johansson, Patricia
name: Laguna, Teresa
name: Ossowski, Julio
name: Pancaldi, Vera
name: Brauser, Martina
name: Dührsen, Ulrich
name: Keuneke, Lara
name: Queiros, Ana
name: Richter, Julia
name: Martín-Subero, José I.
name: Siebert, Reiner
name: Schlegelberger, Brigitte
name: Küppers, Ralf
name: Dürig, Jan
name: Murga Penas, Eva M.
name: Carillo-de Santa Pau, Enrique
name: Bergmann, Anke K.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 11: Material and Methods.
Conservation of Baryon and Lepton Number is an Effect of Electric and Magnetic Charges
Creators: name: Kühne, Rainer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: isospin
hypercharge
baryon number
lepton number
magnetic monopoles
dyons

description: The conservation of baryon number and lepton number has not yet been explained. Here I present a new nomenclature where I redefine isospin and hypercharge. By doing so I explain baryon and lepton number conservation as an effect of the electric-magnetic duality and the U(1) x U(1) gauge symmetry of quantum electromagnetodynamics. By using this method I predict the quantum numbers of an octet of magnetic monopoles. Another surprising result is that both leptons and quarks have nonzero magnetic isospin, a new quantum number.
Open Science in research assessment. An overview of quantitative and qualitative approaches
Creators: name: EUTOPIA-TRAIN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: research assessment
research evaluation
metrics
narrative CV
qualitative assessment
Open Science
European Research Area
European universities

description: Research assessment reform is an urgent priority of European research policy. While initially closely tied to the advancement of Open Science practices, this objective has grown into a larger movement that addresses many different shortcomings of dominant evaluation practices. European University Alliances are directly concerned by this policy objective and are seen as possible testbeds for reform. EUTOPIA has also committed to implement a framework policy for research assessment and Open Science through the EUTOPIA-TRAIN project. With this paper, we aim to present practical methods and indicators addressing Open Science that are being discussed and piloted at research performing organisations across Europe. We hope to stimulate the institutional transformation of our own alliance and otter universities through the provision of the practical ideas covered in this report. The report builds on an earlier background note of EUTOPIA in which we have explored the political momentum in the area of research assessment and its implications for European Universities. This report includes sections covering an overview of initiatives and declarations which seek to reform research assessment, including DORA, the Leiden Manifesto and others. Our summary focuses on the role of quantitative and qualitative assessment in these initiatives and declarations. quantitative indicators and metrics that could be used to measure Open Science activities and outputs. Our overview is based on existing source documents from various national and international frameworks. We also provide a summary of the commonalities of these frameworks- as well as challenges when implementing quantitative approaches. qualitative methods for assessment. Our overview is largely based on the emerging experience with narrative CVs, but other measures taken, for instance contextualising achievements and outputs, as well as contravening biases in qualitative assessment are addressed, too. the underlying infrastructure and (open) information systems for assessment that have been discussed and proposed elsewhere to provide an comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible evidence base for assessments. We also summarise briefly the obstacles one encounters when assessing the FAIRness of research data.
Identification of Aortic Arch-Specific Quantitative Trait Loci for Atherosclerosis by an Intercross of DBA/2J and 129S6 Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice
Creators: name: Matsuki, Kota
name: Tomita, Hirofumi
name: Makhanova, Natalia A.
name: Kayashima, Yukako
name: Bennett, Brian J.
name: Maeda, Nobuyo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: The genetic background of apolipoprotein E (apoE) deficient mice influences atherosclerotic plaque development. We previously reported three quantitative trait loci (QTL), Aath1–Aath3, that affect aortic arch atherosclerosis independently of those in the aortic root in a cross between C57BL6 apoEKO mice (B6-apoE) and 129S6 apoEKO mice (129-apoE). To gain further insight into genetic factors that influence atherosclerosis at different vascular locations, we analyzed 335 F2 mice from an intercross between 129-apoE and apoEKO mice on a DBA/2J genetic background (DBA-apoE). The extent of atherosclerosis in the aortic arch was very similar in the two parental strains. Nevertheless, a genome-wide scan identified two significant QTL for plaque size in the aortic arch: Aath4 on Chromosome (Chr) 2 at 137 Mb and Aath5 on Chr 10 at 51 Mb. The DBA alleles of Aath4 and Aath5 respectively confer susceptibility and resistance to aortic arch atherosclerosis over 129 alleles. Both QTL are also independent of those affecting plaque size at the aortic root. Genome analysis suggests that athero-susceptibility of Aath4 in DBA may be contributed by multiple genes, including Mertk and Cd93, that play roles in phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and modulate inflammation. A candidate gene for Aath5 is Stab2, the DBA allele of which is associated with 10 times higher plasma hyaluronan than the 129 allele. Overall, our identification of two new QTL that affect atherosclerosis in an aortic arch-specific manner further supports the involvement of distinct pathological processes at different vascular locations.
Motion of discrete interfaces in periodic media
Creators: name: Braides, A.
name: Scilla, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35B27(Primary), 74Q10, 53C44, 49M25(Secondary)

description: We study the motion of discrete interfaces driven by ferromagnetic interactions in a two-dimensional periodic environment by coupling the minimizing movements approach by Almgren, Taylor and Wang and a discrete-to-continuous analysis. The case of a homogeneous environment has been recently treated by Braides, Gelli and Novaga, showing that the effective continuous motion is a flat motion related to the crystalline perimeter obtained by $Γ$-convergence from the ferromagnetic energies, with an additional discontinuous dependence on the curvature, giving in particular a pinning threshold. In this paper we give an example showing that in general the motion does not depend only on the $Γ$-limit, but also on geometrical features that are not detected in the static description. In particular we show how the pinning threshold is influenced by the microstructure and that the effective motion is described by a new homogenized velocity.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1407.6947
Full Reduplication in Persian Language: A Corpus Based Study
Publisher: name: Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management
Year: 2015

description: Reduplication is one of the productive morphological processes which have been studied inclusively in different languages and in the frame of different linguistic theories (Generative Grammar, Optimality Theory and Minimalist Program). Now with the emergence and growth of corpus linguistics and corpus based studies, morphological processes of this kind could be studied and conducted more accurately. Most of the morphological studies and morphologists have referred to reduplication process in their studies and it’s considered as one of the universals of world’s languages which represent different semantic or syntactic properties in most of the languages (Stolz 2008). Reduplication has been studied in two kinds: Full and partial reduplication ( Shaghaghi 1389, Haspelmath 2002, Bauer 2003). Full reduplication is to repeat a base known as reduplicated element fully and partial reduplication is to add an element to the beginning or end of the one of the bases. In this paper we have studied the full reduplication in Persian so that we can get the dominant forms, meanings and the semantic properties of the reduplicated base. In order to achieve such results we needed to choose a perfect and acceptable corpus in the Persian language, so the authors chose Dehkhoda Medium Persian Dictionary. First of all the entire corpus was searched for the full reduplicated forms and then all of these forms were recorded along with their meanings and parts of speech. On the whole 299 reduplicated forms were extracted and categorized according to their meaning, form and the semantic properties of the reduplicated element. After investigating the extracted words, interesting results were seen. The results show that except the sounds which are among the common forms of the reduplicated structures, the dominant form in these structures are adverbs and in terms of the meaning, the dominant meaning is paucity and most of the structures are formed out of meaningful elements. Another point is that even the meaningless elements have been used in forming full reduplications and in some cases the produced meaning is irrelevant and new. The number of sounds is one third of the whole extracted forms, sounds which some of them are also meaningful. The results of this study could be helpful in teaching Persian language, building bilingual corpuses as well as facilitating Machine translation and lifting the problems on its way. A major use of the built corpus in this study, the corpus of full reduplications in Persian would be very useful in enhancing the current Persian net words.
Increased Transcript Complexity in Genes Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Creators: name: Lackey, Lela
name: McArthur, Evonne
name: Laederach, Alain
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Genome-wide association studies aim to correlate genotype with phenotype. Many common diseases including Type II diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are complex genetic traits with hundreds of different loci that are associated with varied disease risk. Identifying common features in the genes associated with each disease remains a challenge. Furthermore, the role of post-transcriptional regulation, and in particular alternative splicing, is still poorly understood in most multigenic diseases. We therefore compiled comprehensive lists of genes associated with Type II diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and COPD in an attempt to identify common features of their corresponding mRNA transcripts within each gene set. The SERPINA1 gene is a well-recognized genetic risk factor of COPD and it produces 11 transcript variants, which is exceptional for a human gene. This led us to hypothesize that other genes associated with COPD, and complex disorders in general, are highly transcriptionally diverse. We found that COPD-associated genes have a statistically significant enrichment in transcript complexity stemming from a disproportionately high level of alternative splicing, however, Type II Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease genes were not significantly enriched. We also identified a subset of transcriptionally complex COPD-associated genes (~40%) that are differentially expressed between mild, moderate and severe COPD. Although the genes associated with other lung diseases are not extensively documented, we found preliminary data that idiopathic pulmonary disease genes, but not cystic fibrosis modulators, are also more transcriptionally complex. Interestingly, complex COPD transcripts are more often the product of alternative acceptor site usage. To verify the biological importance of these alternative transcripts, we used RNA-sequencing analyses to determine that COPD-associated genes are frequently expressed in lung and liver tissues and are regulated in a tissue-specific manner. Additionally, many complex COPD-associated genes are spliced differently between COPD and non-COPD patients. Our analysis therefore suggests that post-transcriptional regulation, particularly alternative splicing, is an important feature specific to COPD disease etiology that warrants further investigation.
Evaluating the Iran's Governmental Websites: Information, Interaction and Transaction
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2015

description: Presenting a model for evaluating governmental website (Information, Interaction and Transaction), the article has compared Iranian governmental websites in two time periods (February 2006 and February and March 2011). The research has applied longitudinal study to observe the development process of the Iran's electronic government. In the research, websites has been considered as representation of the electronic government for Iranian citizens in the cyberspace. The three-stage evolutionary model in the research has inspired from the UNESCO electron government analysis. In the research model, electronic government has been defined as "applying information and communication technologies (IC TS) in the government and created changes in the government structure, nature and performance". 16 criterias and 61 sub-criterias have been used to evaluate 51 governmental websites in the first period and 41 websites in the second period. Based on the research results, the Iranian governmental websites especially in the research first evaluation has been in the primary stage of the E-Gov. Few evidences have been observed to show a development toward stages beyond the information publication in the websites. Based on the quantitative data, after more than five years no dramatic changes have been observed in the Iran's electronic government. Then as before, few websites in the second evaluation has applied interactive capabilities of the ICTS
Presenting Knowledge Management Implementation Model with Fuzzy Approach in Information Technology Industry
Publisher: name: Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)
Year: 2015

description: With the progress of modern sciences and more competitive becoming environment in the technology era, knowledge management is being counted as one of the most important stable competitive advantages of technology oriented organizations. This matter is of higher importance in high technology organizations, especially those active in information technology field due to their unique identity. This way, knowledge management has been already shifted to one of the most important priorities of such organizations that in case of not identifying, applying, recording and creating that knowledge, the organization is inevitable to pay fortunesto revive the knowledge gone. The purpose of this research is presenting a comprehensive knowledge management implementation model in information technology industry. Therefore, the measures of the suggested research’s model were identified by studying identical researches and projects done in knowledge management and information technology sector and also through consultation with the experts. This way, a questionnaire was designed in two parts and distributed among experts in the understudied organizations. The research’s data were analyzed through T Test and Binomial Test through fuzzy approach due to the constraints presented by the Lickert scale. The research findings demonstrate that the stages of knowledge management implementation model in information technology sector include knowledge evaluation, knowledge leverage, knowledge planning, knowledge culture, knowledge strategies, knowledge management processes, suitable knowledge infrastructures, knowledge organization and knowledge presentation. There also exist actions in each stage that effect successful implementation of the mentioned stages.
The Effect of Technological and Organizational Factors on Knowledge Sharing in National Library and Archives of I.R of Iran
Publisher: name: Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management
Year: 2015

description: The effect of technological and organizational factors on knowledge sharing in National Library and Archives of I.R of Iran have been studied in the current study. It is considered as "applied" and "descriptive-survey" study based on its objects and data collection method accordingly.The research population consists of the educated librarians of National Library and Archives including four sectors of collecting, organizing, informing and R&D. After the data collection via questionnaire, structural equations have been used to test the research hypothesis. The Results indicated that the organizational climate, and structure, information and communication support have positive and meaningful effects on the knowledge sharing. The Results gained on testing the secondary hypothesis indicated that centralization, manager’s attitude, information and communication usage, reward system, organizational learning have positive and meaningful effects on the knowledge sharing
Organizational information assets classification model and security architecture methodology
Publisher: name: Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management
Year: 2015

description: Today's, Organizations are exposed with huge and diversity of information and information assets that are produced in different systems shuch as KMS, financial and accounting systems, official and industrial automation sysytems and so on and protection of these information is necessary. Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released.several benefits of this model cuses that organization has a great trend to implementing Cloud computing. Maintaining and management of information security is the main challenges in developing and accepting of this model. In this paper, at first, according to "design science research methodology" and compatible with "design process at information systems research", a complete categorization of organizational assets, including 355 different types of information assets in 7 groups and 3 level, is presented to managers be able to plan corresponding security controls according to importance of each groups. Then, for directing of organization to architect it’s information security in cloud computing environment, appropriate methodology is presented. Presented cloud computing security architecture , resulted proposed methodology, and presented classification model according to Delphi method and expers comments discussed and verified.