cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Costs of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Creators: name: Boucher, Paul
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
subject: Health Economics
subject: Health Sciences

description: The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory condition of the lungs and is a common condition in adult intensive care units (ICU). The resources required and costs of care for patients with ARDS are substantial due to the severity of illness, resource intensity and extended lengths of stay. There are two parts to this thesis: to systematically review the costing literature in ARDS and to perform a costing study of a cohort of patients with ARDS. The systematic review searched the literature through to April 29, 2021 for articles relevant to ARDS and costs. 4633 publications were found of which 110 were included for full-text review. A total of 22 publications met inclusion criteria and were kept for the final analysis. The assessment was done independently by two reviewers and the systematic review followed PRISMA guidelines. Quality assessment was done using a modified version of the Quality of Health Economic Studies Instrument. This review helped contextualize the results of the costing study. The aim of the costing study was to calculate both hospital inpatient costs and post discharge costs for the three years that followed for patients with ARDS. Clinical factors associated with costs during both the time periods were examined. The costing study was done on a cohort of 585 patients with ARDS who were prospectively identified using a standardized screening protocol in the 4 adults ICUs in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The post discharge costs were calculated on 364 patients who survived their initial hospital stay and had a traceable, valid Alberta postal codes at the end of the three year follow-up period.
Quiver Invariants from Intrinsic Higgs States
Creators: name: Lee, Seung-Joo
name: Wang, Zhao-Long
name: Yi, Piljin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In study of four-dimensional BPS states, quiver quantum mechanics plays a central role. The Coulomb phases capture the multi-centered nature of such states, and are well understood in the context of wall-crossing. The Higgs phases are given typically by F-term-induced complete intersections in the ambient D-term-induced toric varieties, and the ground states can be far more numerous than the Coulomb phase counterparts. We observe that the Higgs phase BPS states are naturally and geometrically grouped into two parts, with one part given by the pulled-back cohomology from the D-term-induced ambient space. We propose that these pulled-back states are in one-to-one correspondence with the Coulomb phase states. This also leads us to conjecture that the index associated with the rest, intrinsic to the Higgs phase,is a fundamental invariant of quivers, independent of branches. For simple circular quivers, these intrinsic Higgs states belong to the middle cohomology and thus are all angular momentum singlets, supporting the single-center black hole interpretation.
description: 23 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables; references corrected, a new paragraph in section 4 to make angular momentum more explicit
Exploring How Empathy Contributes To Team Processes In First-Year Engineering Design Teams
Creators: name: Carrillo Fernandez, Aristides Pablo
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 401002
subject: Engineering education

description: In this research, I study the role of empathy in first-year engineering design teams. Engineering programs provide students with opportunities to practice and develop teamwork skills to help them become more effective team members. Thus, it is essential to understand factors that contribute to effective teaming experiences for engineering students. One key factor for promoting effective teaming experiences is empathy.
Performance of a lean-burn natural gas engine using a double-pulse partially-stratified charge ignition system
Creators: name: Chicka, Arminta S.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: To extend the load range over which a natural gas lean-burn spark-ignited engine can operate, a method that uses a partially-stratified charge (PSC) has been proven to be useful. The PSC is produced by injecting a small amount of fuel (less than 5% of the total fuel mass) directly into the engine combustion chamber near the spark plug. This creates a comparatively rich air-fuel ratio near the spark plug which is easily ignited creating a strong flame front that moves through the rest of the homogenous lean air-fuel mixture. To extend the load range even further, a method of PSC that uses two direct injections, one before spark and one after, has been tested and is described in this thesis. The most effective single-pulse injection (SPI) conditions (pressure, injection size and timing) were used for the injection occurring before the spark then a secondary injection was added after the spark using the same injection pressure. The results showed no improvement in engine performance using the double-pulse injection (DPI) method over the SPI method. Engine performance was similar for the SPI case and the DPI cases where the secondary injection was small and there was a decrease in engine performance for the DPI cases with larger secondary injections. Although no improvement in overall engine performance was seen using the DPI method employed, there were improvements in IMEP for engine cycles where ignition was successful. If the best primary and secondary-injection conditions could be determined, there would likely be improvements in overall engine performance compared to the single-injection case. More testing is required to determine whether the DPI method can be successful at improving overall engine performance.
Additional file 1 of Independent role of caspases and Bik in augmenting influenza A virus replication in airway epithelial cells and mice
Creators: name: Soni, Sourabh
name: Walton-Filipczak, Stephanie
name: Nho, Richard S.
name: Tesfaigzi, Yohannes
name: Mebratu, Yohannes A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Supplementary Material 1
О РОЛИ АББАТА АЛКУИНА (735–804) В КАРОЛИНГСКОМ РЕНЕССАНСЕ: ОТ РЕФОРМЫ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ К РЕФОРМЕ БОГОСЛУЖЕНИЯ
Creators: name: Сергей Валерьевич Киселев
Publisher: name: Христианское чтение
Year: 2019
Subjects: Алкуин
Каролингский ренессанс
литургическая реформа
свт. Бонифаций
Пипин
св. Хродеганг Мецский
Карл Великий
«книжная латынь»
cantus romanus
формуляр мессы
скрипторий
аббатство св. Мартина в Туре
Artes Liberales
тривиум
квадривиум
сакраментарий
вотивные мессы
св. Бенедикт Аннианский.

description: В статье обзорно рассматривается предыстория Каролингского ренессанса в области литургической жизни Церкви, образовательная деятельность аббата Алкуина как основа для богослужебных реформ в период правления Карла Великого, а также основные направления деятельности аббата Алкуина как педагога и литургиста. Отмечается тот факт, что литургическая реформа являлась инструментом для созидания единого культурного пространства империи и была частью политики государства, осмысляющего себя с позиции христианских норм. Особое внимание уделено вопросу «чистоты латыни» как условию исправления ошибок в богослужебных формулярах и текстах Священного Писания. Представлены основные труды аббата Алкуина в области литургической и педагогической деятельности: учебные пособия дисциплин тривиума, сакраментарии и отдельные молитвенные последования периода настоятельства в обители св. Мартина в Туре. Отмечена базовая роль образовательной деятельности аббата Алкуина в литургической реформе эпохи Каролингов.
Proceedings Sixth International Workshop on Logical Frameworks and Meta-languages: Theory and Practice
Creators: name: Geuvers, Herman
name: Nadathur, Gopalan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This volume constitutes the proceedings of LFMTP 2011, the Sixth International Workshop on Logical Frameworks and Meta-languages: Theory and Practice. The LFMTP workshop series brings together designers, implementors, and practitioners to discuss varied aspects of the structure of logical frameworks and meta-languages that impinge on their use in representing, implementing, and reasoning about a wide variety of deductive systems of interest in logic and computer science. LFMTP 2011 was held on August 26, 2011 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, as a workshop associated with ITP 2011, the Second International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving. Its program consisted of contributed and invited presentations and was integrated with that of MLPA 11, the Third Workshop on Modules and Libraries for Proof Assistants. This proceedings contains only the contributed papers that were accepted for presentation at the workshop. Each of these papers was accepted based on the reviews of three members of the program committee. Authors were subsequently given the opportunity to revise their submissions based on the comments provided by the reviewers and the feedback obtained during their presentations at the workshop.
Additional file 1 of Transcriptome profiling of a synergistic volumetric muscle loss repair strategy
Creators: name: Roberts, Kevin
name: Kim, John Taehwan
name: Huynh, Tai
name: Schluns, Jacob
name: Dunlap, Grady
name: Hestekin, Jamie
name: Wolchok, Jeffrey C
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
An Exploration of Cell Death and Lysis in an Alkaliphilic Cyanobacterial Consortium using Multi-'Omics Approaches
Creators: name: Khot, Varada Milind
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Biogeochemistry
subject: Virology

description: Cyanobacteria are important primary producers in many ecosystems, converting light into chemical energy. Their death plays a vital role in releasing organic carbon and nitrogen into the environment, supporting the life of other, heterotrophic organisms, and facilitating carbon sequestration in sediments. With warming aquatic systems, algal blooms are becoming more frequent, persistent, and larger in size, highlighting the need to understand the mechanisms of their death. Cyanobacterial death, whether via viral predation or other mechanisms such as programmed cell death, remains an underexplored topic in non-marine aquatic ecosystems. In this thesis, cell lysis and death of an alkaliphilic Cyanobacterium, Candidatus Sodalinema alkaliphilum, is explored primarily from the perspective of viral infections. Ca. Sodalinema alkaliphilum was enriched, along with its associated heterotrophic microbial community, from alkaline soda lakes on Cariboo Plateau in British Columbia, Canada. This robust cyanobacterial consortium has also been the focus of biotechnological research aimed at producing sustainable bioproducts. Robustness of this consortium can be defined as its capacity to maintain phototrophic function in spite of (a)biotic disturbances. First, bioinformatic techniques to investigate the viral ecology and dynamics of microbial communities in silico were reviewed in Chapter 2. These included identifying viral sequences, classifying their taxonomy, performing phylogenomic analyses, and predicting their hosts. Methods from Chapter 2 were subsequently applied to characterize viral populations in the alkaliphilic cyanobacterial consortium and to investigate viral dynamics by comparing bacterial defence mechanisms across multiple years. This study was the first metagenomic survey of viruses in an alkaliphilic phototrophic consortium and provided valuable insight into the viral ecology of a phototrophic enrichment culture. Finally, based on findings from Chapter 3, the same cyanobacterial consortium was challenged with threats from its natural environment, the alkaline soda lakes. In Chapter 4, the trigger and mechanism of a sudden and rapid cell lysis of the Ca. Sodalinema alkaliphilum was explored using metagenomic, metatranscriptomics analysis, and transmission electron microscopy. This work enhanced our understanding of viral dynamics within an alkaliphilic phototrophic microbial community and highlighted the complexity of cell death in the natural environment.
Validation of a novel imaging modality for knee joint space and lower limb alignment in acute knee injuries
Creators: name: Vandergaag, Isabella Derij
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Bi-planar radiography
subject: joint space width
subject: Osteoarthritis
subject: Radiation
subject: Knee
subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: Radiology

description: The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee is one of the most frequently injured ligaments among young, athletic individuals. Previous research suggests that various anatomical factors contribute to both ACL tear incidence and predict changes in joint space width (JSW). However, investigation of simultaneous JSW with other anatomical measures tends to increase the imaging load required. Furthermore, each modality can include limitations such as small scanning region, high radiation dose, and weight-bearing tradeoffs. A recent addition to this field is bi-planar radiology (EOS Imaging) which offers simultaneous weight-bearing lateral and anterior views with novel low radiation exposure. The purpose of this study is to identify whether JSW measured by bi-planar imaging results in accurate and precise measurements of JSW. Our validation cohort of uninjured individuals (N=30, 26.7  5.1 years) underwent scanning to determine the short-term precision of the technique, involving two repeated scans per bi-planar radiograph and conventional tunnel view knee radiograph (4 scans total). The minimum apparent JSW was collected for each leg side and compartment. When the root mean square coefficient of variation (RMSCV) and least significant change (LSC) were measured, the bi-planar scans (RMSCV= 6.46%, LSC=1.07 mm) had improved or similar within scanner precision on average compared to conventional X-rays (RMSCV=7.66%, LSC=1.15 mm). When assessing the JSW accuracy by participants, there was a bias for higher JSW by bi-planar imaging than X-ray (p<0.01). Furthermore, the bi-planar standing position, performed with the left leg semi-weight-bearing, resulted in a significantly higher JSW measurement (p<0.01) in the left leg. This study emphasizes that while JSW measurements remain highly susceptible to variability, bi-planar scanners are highly reproducible. While radiography remains accessible clinically, accurate and precise JSW by bi-planar scanners is feasible provided knee position and alignment controlled.
One-dimensional Continuum Electronic Structure with the Density Matrix Renormalization Group and Its Implications For Density Functional Theory
Creators: name: Stoudenmire, E. M.
name: Wagner, Lucas O.
name: White, Steven R.
name: Burke, Kieron
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the density matrix renormalization group to compute exact ground states of continuum many-electron systems in one dimension with long-range interactions. We find the exact ground state of a chain of 100 strongly correlated artificial hydrogen atoms. The method can be used to simulate 1d cold atom systems and to study density functional theory in an exact setting. To illustrate, we find an interacting, extended system which is an insulator but whose Kohn-Sham system is metallic.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures. Published version, including new section on exact Kohn-Sham gap of a Mott insulator
Additional file 1 of Glycemic control and neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated using glyburide, metformin, or insulin: a pairwise and network meta-analysis
Creators: name: Yu, Dan-Qing
name: Xu, Guan-Xin
name: Teng, Xin-Yuan
name: Xu, Jing-Wei
name: Tang, Liang-Fang
name: Feng, Chun
name: Rao, Jin-Peng
name: Jin, Min
name: Wang, Li-Quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochemistry
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Study and patient characteristics of included trials. TTN: transient tachypnea of newborn.
Additional file 1 of Altered expression of anti-apoptotic protein Api5 affects breast tumorigenesis
Creators: name: Kuttanamkuzhi, Abhijith
name: Panda, Debiprasad
name: Malaviya, Radhika
name: Gaidhani, Gautami
name: Lahiri, Mayurika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Faculty Members’ Authentic Self-Leadership: Exploratory Mixed Methods Research of Alberta Comprehensive Community Colleges
Creators: name: Doiron, Natascha
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: college teaching faculty
subject: leadership theory
subject: self-leadership
subject: authentic self-leadership
subject: authentic leadership
subject: education ecosystem
subject: organizational culture
subject: organizational change
subject: mixed methods
subject: Education
subject: Education--Administration
subject: Education--Community College
subject: Education--Teacher Training

description: This research focused on the perception of self-leadership characteristics and competencies, empowerment, and effectiveness of full-time faculty members in five Alberta-based comprehensive community colleges. The reviewed literature demonstrated that self-leadership is complex and multi-dimensional which transcends individual characteristics to include formal leader-follower relationships and the impact of the environmental context. The research used the responses of 80 full-time faculty members to a 65-item online questionnaire and 35 semi-structured follow-up interviews in an exploratory mixed methods analysis. The exploratory mixed methods analysis included the identification of emergent themes and subthemes and led to four main research findings. First, the research found faculty members exhibited a range of self-leadership characteristics and competencies, perceived themselves as self-leaders, and coalesced authentic leadership with self-leadership. Second, the research found faculty members’ authentic self-leadership can be shaped by their formal leaders. Third, the research found faculty members thrived in a workplace environment that supported their self-leadership, empowerment, and professional effectiveness. Finally, the research found faculty authentic self-leadership to be negatively influenced by continuous organizational change. The research concluded that authentic self-leadership is dynamic and evolving, and faculty members need to be supported by authentic formal leaders. Faculty members are integral stakeholders within an education ecosystem. To illustrate this approach, the Faculty Members’ Authentic Self-Leadership Ecosystem Model was developed from the research findings. A series of recommendations and future research suggestions were provided to guide post-secondary faculty members, formal and senior leaders, faculty associations, and education policy makers.
The Magnetised Bellows of Betelgeuse
Creators: name: Thirumalai, Anand
name: Heyl, Jeremy S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present calculations for a magnetised hybrid wind model for Betelegeuse ($α- $Orionis). The model is a direct application of our previously derived theory, combining a canonical Weber-Davis (WD) stellar wind with dust grains in the envelope of an AGB star \citep[see][]{Thirumalai2010}. The resulting hybrid picture provides a mechanism for solving the problem of lifting stellar material up from the photosphere \citep[e.g.][] {Harper2009,Guandalini2006,Jura1984} and into the circumstellar envelope. It also predicts wind velocities in agreement with current estimates. Our approach reveals that magnetic fields in supergiant stars like Betelgeuse \citep[see][]{Auriere2010}, may play a vital role in determining the nature of the stellar outflow and consequently, opens a new avenue of investigation in the field of hybrid stellar winds.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures
An investigation of the cross-mode comparability of a paper and computer-based multiple-choice cloze reading assessment for ESL learners
Creators: name: Odo, Dennis Murphy
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: This study was designed to determine whether a computer-based version of a standardized cloze reading test for second language learners is comparable to its traditional paper-based counterpart and to identify how test takers’ computer familiarity and perceptions of paper and computer-based tests related to their performance across testing modes. Previous comparability research for second language speakers revealed that some studies found that the two forms are comparable while others found they are not. Findings on the connection between computer attitudes and computer test performance were also mixed. One hundred and twenty high school ELL students were recruited for the study. The research instruments included both paper and computer-based versions of a locally developed reading assessment. The two tests are the same in terms of content, questions,pagination and layout. The design was a Latin squares so that two groups of learners took the tests in the opposite order and their scores were compared. Participants were also asked to complete questionnaires about their familiarity with computers and their perceptions of each of the two testing modes. Results indicate that the paper and computer-based versions of the test are comparable. A regression analysis showed that there is a relationship between computer familiarity and computer-based LOMERA performance. Mode preference survey data pointed to differences in preferences depending on each unique test feature. These results help validate the cross-mode comparability of assessments outside of the traditional discrete point multiple choice tests which tends to predominate in current research.
The role of intestinal fungi on microbiome ecology, host immune development, and susceptibility to airway inflammation
Creators: name: Van Tilburg Bernardes, Erik
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiome
subject: Mycobiome
subject: Host immunity
subject: Fungal microbiome
subject: Antibiotics
subject: Airway Inflammation
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Early-life microbiome alterations can lead to immune dysregulation and increase susceptibility to asthma. Bacterial changes often precede asthma development in humans and have been causally linked to heightened airway inflammation in mice. Prospective infant studies have also identified fungal microbiome (mycobiome) alterations associated with asthma risk. However, it remains unknown if fungi contribute to the pathogenesis of atopy and asthma. My Ph.D. thesis project aimed to determine the causal role of early-life fungal colonization in immune development and susceptibility to allergic airway inflammation. We determined the role of intestinal fungi on microbiome structure, function, and host immune development in gnotobiotic mice colonized with defined communities of 12 bacteria and/or five fungi. Gut fungi exerted significant ecological pressures to the coexisting bacterial microbiome, and vice versa. Early-life fungal colonization also induced robust host systemic immune changes and influenced the immune phenotype of lung’s inflammatory response to ovalbumin allergen. Antibiotic use also impacts the gut microbiome, leading to an increased risk of asthma. However, the impact of antibiotics on the infant mycobiome is unknown. To investigate mycobiome changes associated with antibiotic treatment we conducted an observational, prospective clinical study of 47 infants (under 6 months of age) who received antibiotics. Antibiotic use decreased bacterial and increased fecal fungal DNA and induced the expansion of Malassezia spp. in infants. To evaluate the effect of colonization with Malassezia spp. on immune development and airway inflammation, we assessed early-life immune readouts and susceptibility to a house-dust mite (HDM) model in mice colonized with or without Malassezia restricta. M. restricta colonization increased intestinal immune responses deemed critical in atopy development, and elevated airway inflammation in HDM-challenged mice. Further evaluation in eosinophil-deficient mice revealed that the observed immune response is partially dependent on this cell type. This translational work demonstrates that fungi are integral components of the intestinal microbiome, causally implicated in host immune development and susceptibility to airway inflammation. Fungal overgrowth and expansion of Malassezia spp. are previously overlooked collateral effects of infant antibiotic use, which may offer a potential strategy to prevent or mitigate pediatric asthma and related conditions.
Anharmonic Josephson current in junctions with an interface pair breaking
Creators: name: Barash, Yu. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planar superconducting junctions with a large effective Josephson coupling constant and a pronounced interface pair breaking are shown to represent weak links with small critical currents and strongly anharmonic current-phase relations. The supercurrent near Tc is described taking into account the interface pair breaking as well as the current depairing and the Josephson coupling-induced pair breaking of arbitrary strengths. A new analytical expression for the anharmonic supercurrent, which is in excellent agreement with the numerical data presented, is obtained. In junctions with a large effective Josephson coupling constant and a pronounced interface pair breaking, the current-induced depairing is substantially enhanced in the vicinity of the interface thus having a crucial influence on the current-phase relation despite a small depairing in the bulk.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, published version
Additional file 2 of Altered expression of anti-apoptotic protein Api5 affects breast tumorigenesis
Creators: name: Kuttanamkuzhi, Abhijith
name: Panda, Debiprasad
name: Malaviya, Radhika
name: Gaidhani, Gautami
name: Lahiri, Mayurika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2.
Reduced-MHD Simulations of Toroidally and Poloidally Localized ELMs
Creators: name: Hoelzl, Matthias
name: Guenter, Sibylle
name: Wenninger, Ronald P.
name: Mueller, Wolf-Christian
name: Huysmans, Guido T. A.
name: Lackner, Karl
name: Krebs, Isabel
name: Team, the ASDEX Upgrade
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the non-linear reduced-MHD code JOREK to study ELMs in the geometry of the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak. Toroidal mode numbers, poloidal filament sizes, and radial propagation speeds of filaments into the scrape-off layer are in good agreement with observations for type-I ELMs in ASDEX Upgrade. The observed instabilities exhibit a localization of perturbations which is compatible with the "solitary magnetic perturbations" recently discovered in ASDEX Upgrade [R.Wenninger et.al., Solitary Magnetic Perturbations at the ELM Onset, Nucl.Fusion, submitted]. This localization can only be described in numerical simulations with high toroidal resolution.
description: accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas
The $a$-theorem and the Asymptotics of 4D Quantum Field Theory
Creators: name: Luty, Markus A.
name: Polchinski, Joseph
name: Rattazzi, Riccardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the possible IR and UV asymptotics of 4D Lorentz invariant unitary quantum field theory. Our main tool is a generalization of the Komargodski-Schwimmer proof for the $a$-theorem. We use this to rule out a large class of renormalization group flows that do not asymptote to conformal field theories in the UV and IR. We show that if the IR (UV) asymptotics is described by perturbation theory, all beta functions must vanish faster than $(1/|\lnμ|)^{1/2}$ as $μ\to 0$ ($μ\to \infty$). This implies that the only possible asymptotics within perturbation theory is conformal field theory. In particular, it rules out perturbative theories with scale but not conformal invariance, which are equivalent to theories with renormalization group pseudocycles. Our arguments hold even for theories with gravitational anomalies. We also give a non-perturbative argument that excludes theories with scale but not conformal invariance. This argument holds for theories in which the stress-energy tensor is sufficiently nontrivial in a technical sense that we make precise.
description: 41 pages, 2 figures. v2: Arguments clarified, some side comments corrected, connection to previous work by Jack and Osborn described, conclusions unaffected
What are the experiences of Black transracial adoptees who are raised by White parents in North America?
Creators: name: Roberts, Kyla Michelle
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: adoption
subject: transracial
subject: family
subject: Black adoptee(s)
subject: White parent(s)
subject: race
subject: culture
subject: Educational Psychology

description: Transracial adoption can be defined as the legal placement of children into the care of families from a different racial background. While some transracial adoptees have reported feeling grateful for opportunities to learn about different cultures and to explore the benefits of belonging to multiple cultural groups, this practice has also been heavily scrutinized because it has the potential to erase an adoptee’s birth culture and history when the child is assimilated into their adoptive family. The extant literature suggests that Black adoptees who are raised by White parents have distinct needs and experience unique challenges with regards to racial and cultural development. The purpose of the present study is to address three gaps that have been identified in the literature: the lack of research about transracial adoptee perspectives, absence of research about Black adoptees who are raised by White parents in North America, and missed opportunities to use critical race theory to understand the experiences of transracial adoptees. This study was developed to answer the following research questions: 1) What are the experiences of Black adoptees who are raised by White parents (or a parent) in North America?, and 2) If Black adoptees have encountered discrimination and/or racism, how do they perceive that their adoptive parent(s) responded to these experiences? Constructivist grounded theory was used to develop a theory to conceptualize the experiences of a sample of Black adoptees who were raised by White parents, and to understand their interactional dynamics. The data collection and analysis phases occurred simultaneously and included theoretical sampling, data coding, memo-writing, the constant comparative method, and theory development. Critical race theory was used to critique the extant literature, identify key themes that could be further investigated during the data collection process, and offer a comparative perspective to the new theory that is grounded in the data. The present study included seven Black transracial adoptees between the ages of 20 and 57 years old who participated in semi-structured interviews. The novel theory that was grounded in the data highlighted that transracial adoptees experience a lifelong process of reconciling conflicting emotional and racial-cultural experiences, and healing from adversity by developing a sense of self-worth, identity, and belonging through education, self-awareness, and relationships. This developmental and non-linear learning process involves an evolution of thoughts and emotions as adoptees heal from adversity and develop their self-worth, sense of belonging, and cultural and racial identities through social interactions and internal mechanisms.
Clubiona fanjingshan Wang, Chen & Zhang ZS 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Luyu
name: Chen, Huiming
name: Wu, Panlong
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Zhang, Zhisheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Clubionidae
Clubiona
Clubiona fanjingshan

description: Clubiona fanjingshan Wang, Chen & Zhang ZS, sp. nov. (Figs 4A–B, 5A–C) Material examined. Holotype ♂, China, Guizhou, Fanjing Mountain Reserve, between Jinding and Huixiangping, 1.VIII.2001, J.X. Zhang & Z.S. Zhang leg. Paratype. 1♂, Mianxuling 27°54.54′N, 108°39.83′E; elev. 1974 m), 13.X.2014, C. Jin & Z.Z. Gao leg. Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality (Mt. Fanjing is read as Fanjingshan in Chinese); noun. Diagnosis. Male of the new species is similar to that of C. subapplanata Wang, Chen & Zhang ZS, sp. nov. (Figs 14A– B, 15A, C–D), but can be distinguished by the wider than long RTA, the absence of VTA, the wide and arc-shaped conductor, and the slightly curved embolus (Figs 4A–B, 5B–C) (as long as wide RTA, narrow apex of conductor and strongly curved embolus in C. subapplanata Wang, Chen & Zhang ZS, sp. nov.). Description. Male (Fig. 5A). Holotype total length 6.13. Carapace 2.67 long, 1.93 wide; abdomen 3.45 long, 1.68 wide. Carapace yellowish brown. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.14, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.16, ALE–PLE 0.08. MOA 0.38 long, front width 0.35, back width 0.49. Clypeus height 0.09. Chelicerae yellow brown, with 4 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth. Pairs of ventral spines: Tibia I 3; Metatarsus I 1; Tibia II 3; Metatarsus II 1. Leg measurements: I 7.43 (2.13, 2.90, 1.50, 0.90); II 7.86 (2.20, 3.03, 1.77, 0.86); III 6.71 (1.93, 2.20, 1.73, 0.85); IV 8.99 (2.50, 3.01, 2.63, 0.85). Leg formula 4213. Abdomen yellowish brown. Male pedipalp (Figs 4A–B, 5B–C). Femur without apophysis. Tibia with 2 apophyses, RTA wide and short, LTA small, close to the base of tibia, proximad. Conductor wide, transversal, arc or band-shaped, prolaterad, tip distad. Embolus located distally, with sharply pointed, ventrad tip. Sperm duct long, forming a circular loop in proximal half, gradually tapering toward the base of embolus. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Guizhou, China. Comment. The new species belongs to the C. corticalis -group.
description: Published as part of Wang, Luyu, Chen, Huiming, Wu, Panlong, Zhang, Feng & Zhang, Zhisheng, 2018, Spider diversity in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, II: Clubionidae (Araneae), pp. 317-333 in Zoological Systematics 43 (3) on pages 320-322, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201827, http://zenodo.org/record/5366468
Higgs mass and muon anomalous magnetic moment in the U(1) extended MSSM
Creators: name: Endo, Motoi
name: Hamaguchi, Koichi
name: Iwamoto, Sho
name: Nakayama, Kazunori
name: Yokozaki, Norimi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study phenomenological aspects of the MSSM with extra U(1) gauge symmetry. We find that the lightest Higgs boson mass can be increased up to 125 GeV, without introducing a large SUSY scale or large A-terms, in the frameworks of the CMSSM and gauge mediated SUSY breaking (GMSB) models. This scenario can simultaneously explain the discrepancy of the muon anomalous magnetic moment (muon g-2) at the 1 sigma level, in both of the frameworks, U(1)-extended CMSSM/GMSB models. In the CMSSM case, the dark matter abundance can also be explained.
description: 19 pages, 3 figures; submitted version
Additional file 3 of Altered expression of anti-apoptotic protein Api5 affects breast tumorigenesis
Creators: name: Kuttanamkuzhi, Abhijith
name: Panda, Debiprasad
name: Malaviya, Radhika
name: Gaidhani, Gautami
name: Lahiri, Mayurika
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 3.
Spin-stretching modes in anisotropic magnets: spin-wave excitations in the multiferroic Ba2CoGe2O7
Creators: name: Penc, K.
name: Romhányi, J.
name: Rõõm, T.
name: Nagel, U.
name: Antal, Á.
name: Fehér, T.
name: Jánossy, A.
name: Engelkamp, H.
name: Murakawa, H.
name: Tokura, Y.
name: Szaller, D.
name: Bordács, S.
name: Kézsmárki, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We studied spin excitations of the multiferroic Ba2CoGe2O7 in high magnetic fields up to 33 T. In the electron spin resonance and far infrared absorption spectra we found several spin excitations beyond the two conventional magnon modes expected for such a two-sublattice antiferromagnet. We show that a multi-boson spin-wave theory can capture these unconventional modes, that include spin-stretching modes associated with an oscillating magnetic dipole (or only quadrupole) moment. The lack of the inversion symmetry allows these modes to become electric dipole active. We expect that the spin-stretching modes can be generally observed in inelastic neutron scattering and light absorption experiments in a broad class of ordered S > 1/2 spin systems with strong single-ion anisotropy and/or non-centrosymmetric lattice structure.
description: 5+4 pages, 3 figures, supplement added, manuscript revised
Longevity of mucosal and systemic SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in South African vs Dutch children with respiratory tract infections
Creators: name: van Weelden, Geert
name: Dewandel, Isabelle
name: de Jonge, Marien I.
name: Redfern, Andrew
name: Bekker, Carien
name: Lochan, Harsha
name: van der Gaast, Christa
name: Van Niekerk, Margaret
name: Mentor, Marilyn
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Respiratory tract infections
Children
Mucosal and systemic serology

description: Background:
Children represent a small fraction of global COVID-19 cases, but data from low- and middle-income countries suggest that children in these regions may face high morbidity and mortality rates.
Objectives:
To assess the longitudinal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children presenting with respiratory tract infections (RTIs), compare antibody responses between South African and Dutch pediatric cohorts, and investigate the correlation between mucosal and systemic antibody levels.
Methods:
Between June 2020 and September 2022, 124 children hospitalised with RTIs at Tygerberg Hospital (Cape Town, South Africa) were enrolled. Serum and saliva for Luminex multiplex immunoassay was collected at baseline, and 3, 12, 18, and 24 months thereafter. A Dutch cohort of 16 children with asymptomatic/mild COVID-19 infection not requiring admission was included in March-April 2020. Statistical analyses included Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and Spearman correlations.
Results:Of the 124 South African children (median age 7.31 months, IQR 2.9-31.7), 67 (54%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Positive cases had higher serum anti-Spike IgA and IgG at inclusion and T=3 months (p<0.01 and p=0.021 respectively), but this difference became non-significant after 12 months. Antibody levels remained stable between 12 and 24 months in both groups. Mucosal antibody responses followed a similar pattern. The correlation between anti-N and anti-S IgG mucosal and serum levels was strong (0.61-0.76, p<0.01), while IgA only showed moderate correlations (0.28-0.64, p-value <0.01).
In Dutch children, one month post-infection, higher levels of serum anti-S (p=0.018) and anti-N (p<0.01) IgG were observed compared to South African age-matched counterparts at T=3 months. 
Conclusion:
Hospitalised South African children exhibit a diminished SARS-CoV-2 antibody response compared to Dutch children with mild infections, possibly linking reduced antibodies to more severe disease. Sustained antibody levels in South African children suggest widespread exposure, while mucosal-systemic antibody correlations underscore differences in antibody production between respiratory tract and systemic secretions.
Majorana edge modes of topological exciton condensate with superconductors
Creators: name: Seradjeh, Babak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I study the edge states of the topological exciton condensate formed by Coulomb interaction between two parallel surfaces of a strong topological insulator. When the condensate is contacted by superconductors with a π phase shift across the two surfaces, a pair of counter-propagating Majorana modes close the gap at the boundary. I propose a nano-structured system of topological insulators and superconductors to realize unpaired Majorana fermions. The Majorana signal can be used to detect the formation of the topological exciton condensate. The relevant experimental signatures as well as implications for related systems are discussed.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures; (v2) Eq. 7 and Fig. 4 and various typos corrected. All conclusions remain the same
A Note on the PageRank of Undirected Graphs
Creators: name: Grolmusz, Vince
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The PageRank is a widely used scoring function of networks in general and of the World Wide Web graph in particular. The PageRank is defined for directed graphs, but in some special cases applications for undirected graphs occur. In the literature it is widely noted that the PageRank for undirected graphs are proportional to the degrees of the vertices of the graph. We prove that statement for a particular personalization vector in the definition of the PageRank, and we also show that in general, the PageRank of an undirected graph is not exactly proportional to the degree distribution of the graph: our main theorem gives an upper and a lower bound to the L_1 norm of the difference of the PageRank and the degree distribution vectors.
A voxel-level approach to brain age prediction: A quantitative method to assess regional brain aging
Creators: name: Gianchandani, Neha
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: machine learning, brain aging, regional brain aging
subject: Engineering--Biomedical

description: Global brain age has been used as an effective biomarker to study the correlation between brain aging and neurological disorders. However, brain aging is a regional phenomenon, a facet that remains relatively under-explored within the realm of brain age prediction research using machine learning methods. Voxel-level predictions can provide localized brain age estimates that can provide granular insights into the regional aging processes. This is essential to understand the differences in aging trajectories in healthy versus diseased subjects. In this work, a deep learning- based multitask model is proposed for voxel-level brain age prediction. The proposed model outperforms the model existing in the literature and yields valuable clinical insights when applied to both healthy and diseased populations. Most findings from the analysis align with existing studies on aging, whereas other findings are intriguing and could be potential biomarkers of early-stage neurodegeneration detection. Regional analysis is performed on the voxel-level brain age predictions to understand aging trajectories of known anatomical regions in the brain and show that there exist disparities in regional aging trajectories of healthy subjects compared to ones with underlying neurological disorders such as dementia and more specifically, Alzheimer’s disease. A comparative analysis with traditional deep learning interpretability methods showed that the proposed voxel-level approach to brain age prediction is an effective way to understand regional aging trajectories while being quantitative in nature. The source code is publicly available at https://github.com/nehagianchandani/Voxel-level-brain-age-prediction.
Anomalous Isotope Effect in Rattling-Induced Superconductor
Creators: name: Oshiba, Kunihiro
name: Hotta, Takashi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to clarify that the Cooper pair in $β$-pyrochlore oxides is mediated by anharmonic oscillation of guest atom, i.e., rattling, we propose an experiment to detect anomalous isotope effect. In the formula of $T_{\rm c} \propto M^{-η}$, where $T_{\rm c}$ is superconducting transition temperature and $M$ denotes mass of the oscillator, it is found that the exponent $η$ is increased with the increase of anharmonicity of a potential for the guest atom. We predict that $η$ becomes larger than 1/2 in rattling-induced superconductor, in sharp contrast to $η=1/2$ for weak-coupling superconductivity due to harmonic phonons and $η<1/2$ for strong-coupling superconductivity with the inclusion of the effect of Coulomb interaction.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn