cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Cancer du sein
title: L'accompagnement des jeunes femmes dans l'acceptation d'une nouvelle image corporelle
titleType: Subtitle
title: Cancer du sein
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Jeanneret, Céline Myriam
name: Lüthi, Valentine
name: Wong, Maïa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: cancer du sein
subject: jeunes femmes
subject: image corporelle
subject: interventions infirmières

description: Contexte : Le cancer du sein est une maladie chronique dont l’incidence touche de plus en plus les femmes jeunes. Ces dernières sont confrontées à une perturbation de leur image corporelle qui doit être prise en considération dans la dimension holistique de l'accompagnement infirmier. Objectif : L’objectif de cette revue de littérature est de mettre en avant les besoins particuliers des jeunes femmes quant à la perturbation de leur image corporelle, durant leur parcours de soins et les interventions infirmières qui en découlent. Méthode : La population sélectionnée comprend les femmes de 50 ans ou moins diagnostiquées d’un cancer du sein sans métastase. Une recherche dans les bases de données PubMED et CINHAL a permis de sélectionner huit articles pour documenter ce travail. Les résultats ont été extraits sous forme tabulaire et ont été analysés à l’aide du cadre théorique infirmiers de l’Omniprésence du cancer de Shaha. Résultats : Le manque d’information, d’auto-compassion et de soutien social, ainsi qu’une plus grande importance accordée à l'apparence influencent la perturbation de l’image corporelle chez les jeunes femmes. A contrario, le choix de la chirurgie, le sens donné à l’expérience, le soutien social et infirmier sont des facteurs favorisant l’acceptation d’une nouvelle image corporelle. Discussion : Prendre en compte les facteurs bio-psycho-socio-spirituels est primordiale dans la prise en soins des femmes et de leur famille. L’accompagnement infirmier, pour être efficace, devrait être individualisé et commencer dès l’annonce du diagnostic.
Generalized and Transferable Patient Language Representation for Phenotyping with Limited Data
Creators: name: Si, Yuqi
name: Bernstam, Elmer V
name: Roberts, Kirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The paradigm of representation learning through transfer learning has the potential to greatly enhance clinical natural language processing. In this work, we propose a multi-task pre-training and fine-tuning approach for learning generalized and transferable patient representations from medical language. The model is first pre-trained with different but related high-prevalence phenotypes and further fine-tuned on downstream target tasks. Our main contribution focuses on the impact this technique can have on low-prevalence phenotypes, a challenging task due to the dearth of data. We validate the representation from pre-training, and fine-tune the multi-task pre-trained models on low-prevalence phenotypes including 38 circulatory diseases, 23 respiratory diseases, and 17 genitourinary diseases. We find multi-task pre-training increases learning efficiency and achieves consistently high performance across the majority of phenotypes. Most important, the multi-task pre-training is almost always either the best-performing model or performs tolerably close to the best-performing model, a property we refer to as robust. All these results lead us to conclude that this multi-task transfer learning architecture is a robust approach for developing generalized and transferable patient language representations for numerous phenotypes.
description: Journal of Biomedical Informatics (in press)
Global Intergrid for Sustainable Energy Abundance-Slides
Creators: Dushan Boroyevich
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2023

PELS Webinar Slides
Abstract: One day every human being will be able to have as much energy as they need for enjoyable work and happy life, without harming the planet Earth that sustains us. The renewable technologies developed over the last fifty years can be sustainably and economically scaled-up to generate sufficient energy for all future human needs. Missing are the technologies to transport and distribute the free energy coming continuously from the Sun to the ten billion humans of tomorrow. This presentation will outline a possible power electronics solution for achieving sustainable energy abundance by transporting the energy from renewable electricity generation through a global network of undersea and underground electrical HVDC lines connected by electronic energy routers. The new electronic power grid, the Intergrid, could collect energy from wherever the sun is shining and the wind is blowing and deliver it instantly, at the speed of light, to customers anywhere around the world. Just as we are now using the Internet (electronic data grid) to talk and look at each other anywhere around the world.
Neutron-proton mass difference in isospin asymmetric nuclear matter
Creators: name: Meißner, Ulf-G.
name: Rakhimov, A. M.
name: Wirzba, A.
name: Yakhshiev, U. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Isospin-breaking effects in the baryonic sector are studied in the framework of a medium-modified Skyrme model. The neutron-proton mass difference in infinite, asymmetric nuclear matter is discussed. In order to describe the influence of the nuclear environment on the skyrmions, we include energy-dependent charged and neutral pion optical potentials in the s- and p-wave channels. The present approach predicts that the neutron-proton mass difference is mainly dictated by its strong part and that it strongly decreases in neutron matter.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures; some new references added
Model Studies on the Quantum Jarzynski Relation
Creators: name: Teifel, Jens
name: Mahler, Günter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the quantum Jarzynski relation for driven quantum models embedded in various environments. We do so by generalizing a proof presented by Mukamel [Phys. Rev. Lett 90, 170604 (2003)] for closed quantum systems. In this way, we are able to prove that the Jarzynski relation also holds for a bipartite system with microcanonical coupling. Furthermore, we show that, under the assumption that the interaction energy remains constant during the whole process, the relation is valid even for canonical coupling. The same follows for open quantum systems at high initial temperatures up to third order of the inverse temperature. Our analytical study is complemented by a numerical investigation of a special model system.
description: 7 figures
title: Les besoins de l'adolescent atteinte d'une cardiopathie congénitale lui permettant d'acquérir son autonomie, lors de la transition des soins pédiatriques aux soins adultes
title: Les besoins de l'adolescent atteinte d'une cardiopathie congénitale lui permettant d'acquérir son autonomie, lors de la transition des soins pédiatriques aux soins adultes
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Nadarajah, Sharaniya
name: Neeser, Sabine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: adolescents
subject: cardiopathie congénitale
subject: transition

description: Contexte : Une cardiopathie congénitale nécessite au patient un suivi au long terme en raison de la chronicité de la pathologie et des risques de complications. L’adolescent va ainsi devoir passer des soins de cardiologie pédiatriques à ceux d’adultes nécessitant un accompagnement par toute l’équipe médicaux-infirmiers, qui permet de répondre à des besoins de l’adolescent. Objectif : identifier l’impact d’un programme de transition au regard des besoins de l’adolescent pour qu’il devienne autonome. Méthode : six articles ont été analysés à l’aide des grilles de Fortin. Pour la sélection des études, deux bases de données ont été utilisées : « CINHAL » et « PubMed ». Les résultats de ces articles ont été organisés sous forme de tableaux. Une synthèse des résultats a été entreprise, mettant en évidence les thèmes communs. Résultats : Les besoins de l’adolescent ont été mis en évidence pour permettre la mise en place d’un programme de transition individualisé. Ce dernier permet de pallier au manque de connaissance et ainsi d’augmenter l’autonomie de la prise en charge de la santé de l’adolescent. Conclusion : un programme de transition permet à l’adolescent de prendre ses responsabilités quant à sa cardiopathie. Ainsi, il évitera une rupture des soins, diminuant les risques de complications et d’hospitalisation. Pour ce faire, le rôle de l’infirmière est primordial dans l’accompagnement de l’adolescent.
INTERVENIR LOS TIEMPOS:  DURACIÓN Y LITERALIDAD EN  JUAN CÁRDENAS Y CARLOS CASTRO.
Creators: name: Henao, Simón
name: Delgado, Alba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Literatura colombiana
Colombian literature
Colombian art
Arte colombiano
Siglo XXI
XXI Century
Duración
Duration
Literalidad
Literality

description: En este artículo, usando el montaje como metodología crítica, se argumenta que lo que hace legible de manera transversal la obra literaria de Juan Cárdenas y la obra artística de Carlos Castro es la puesta en cuestión de la máquina realista. Más que contrastar las dos especificidades de la materialidad con que la literatura y el arte contemporáneo colombiano configuran sus obras, lo que esta indagación busca es encontrar instancias de semejanza entre ellas. Mediante la identificación de una serie de procedimientos vinculados a la deformación de las estrategias realistas de representación y a la desestabilización de elementos temporales nuestra hipótesis señala que la literalidad y la duración son efectos de una intervención de los tiempos.
CBS News Poll: September 2017
Creators: name: CBS News
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: President Donald Trump approval (6); country right direction/wrong track (1); economic conditions (1); Trump effect on United States image in the world (1); Trump cares about people like you (1); tax or healthcare policy as priority for President and Congress (1); Trump cooperation with Congressional Democrats (3); Congressional Republicans helping Trump (1); immigrants brought to country illegally as children (1); criminal justice system racial bias (1); Graham-Cassidy Republican healthcare plan (3); Affordable Care Act (1); insurance companies required to provide insurance to people with pre-existing conditions (1); Russian interference into 2016 election (1); North Korea (2); OJ Simpson (4); registered to vote (1); voted in 2016 election (1).
eWaterCycle II: an online environment for explorative computational hydrology
Creators: name: Dzigan
name: Hut
name: Drost
name: Giesen, Van De
name: Werkhoven, Van
name: Aerts
name: Pelupessy
name: Weel
name: Verhoeven
name: Oord, Van Den
name: Haren, Van
name: Zwaan, Van Der
name: Meersbergen, Van
name: Vos, De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Hydrology, eScience, FAIR

description: Whether you study compound hazards that require models from different fields of geoscience, or you just want to compare the river discharge predictions from your model to the predictions from another research groups model: running each others (hydrological) models is often a painstaking process. Recognizing the need for hydrologist to not only have access to the software code of each others models, but also to be able to run these models without the tech-support of the researcher that made the model, we have build the eWaterCycle II platform The goals for the eWaterCycle II project is to provide the hydrological community with tools that: Allow the use of a wide variety of models, written in different programming languages, without having to learn those languages. Run models needing large amounts of memory and CPUs. Have access to all the relevant datasets from the community (forcing, observations) Allow advanced use cases such as data assimilation and model coupling studies. Allow the sharing of models with the entire community, both for citing (DOIs) and re-use. Ultimately providing hydrologists with a toolset that allows them to run each other models, but also adept, couple, and in general tinker with models without the headache of having to delve into each others detailed code. Currently one year into this three year project, at the General Assembly we will demonstrate, and make accessible to fellow hydrologist the first version of our system where scientists can: Get started with modelling without installing a single piece of software. Run any of the available models within minutes. Add their own model with minimal effort. Compare output of their model, as well as that of colleagues to standard observations like discharge from the Global River Data Centre. Develop code quickly in a notebook environment. We will demonstrate (and make available to the community) the system we have built during the presentation.
Accurate long-range coefficients for two excited like isotope He atoms: He($2 ^1P$)--He($2 ^1P$), He($2 ^1P$)--He($2 ^3P$), and He($2 ^3P$)--He($2 ^3P$)
Creators: name: Zhang, J. -Y.
name: Yan, Z. -C.
name: Vrinceanu, D.
name: Babb, J. F.
name: Sadeghpour, H. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A general formalism is used to express the long-range potential energies in inverse powers of the separation distance between two like atomic or molecular systems with $P$ symmetries. The long-range molecular interaction coefficients are calculated for the molecular symmetries $Δ$, $Π$, and $Σ$, arising from the following interactions: He($2 ^1P$)--He($2 ^1P$), He($2 ^1P$)--He($2 ^3P$), and He($2 ^3P$)--He($2 ^3P$). The electric quadrupole-quadrupole term, $C_{5}$, the van der Waals (dispersion) term $C_{6}$, and higher-order terms, $C_{8}$, and $C_{10}$, are calculated \textit{ab initio} using accurate variational wave functions in Hylleraas coordinates with finite nuclear mass effects. A comparison is made with previously published results where available.
High Density Building Stock Retrofit through Solar Strategies and Hybrid Ventilation Systems
Creators: name: Barbolini, Fausto
name: Guardigli, Luca
name: Cappellacci, Paolo
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2014
Subjects: ICAR/10 Architettura tecnica
ICAR/12 Tecnologia dell'architettura

description: The very actual theme of building stock retrofit includes wide ranges of possible actions, especially in social housing. Multi-criteria assessments should be lead to evaluate the proper operational approach (considering social, structural, maintenance, thermal and economic parameters). The lower-impact actions typically involve improvements on the building skin, such as insulation and window re-placement, while the higher-impact solutions lead to demolition and re-building. Overall, building retrofit through solar technologies represents a relevant strategy to achieve significant energy saving. In this context two comparative solutions have been proposed for an early ‘80s social building in Modena. The former consists in the ap-plication of passive systems to optimise solar gains and active tech-nologies to generate energy. The latter is based on demolition and re-building of a newly designed block according to best practice princi-ples. The performance of solar strategies efficiency has been evaluated through parametric markers, while multizone thermodynamic and CFD analysis have been used to estimate the effects of passive cooling technologies.
Competition among Coalitions in a Cournot Industry: A Validation of the Porter Hypothesis
Creators: name: Lambertini, Luca
name: Pignataro, Giuseppe
name: Tampieri, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: SECS-P/01 Economia politica

description: We determine the emergence of the Porter Hypothesis in a large oligopoly setting where the industry-wide adoption of green technologies is endogenously determined as a result of competition among coalitions. We examine a setting where the initial technology is polluting, firms decide whether to be brown or green and compete in quantities. We find that the Porter hypothesis may emerge as a market configuration with all green firms spurred by environmental regulation, even if consumers are not environmentally concerned. Finally, we single out the necessary and sufficient conditions under which the green grand coalition is socially optimal and therefore yields a win-win outcome.
Transport properties of double-walled carbon nanotube quantum dots
Creators: name: Wang, Shidong
name: Grifoni, Milena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transport properties of quantum dot (QD) systems based on double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) are investigated. The interplay between microscopic structure and strong Coulomb interaction is treated within a bosonization framework. The linear and nonlinear G-V-V_g characteristics of the QD system is calculated by starting from the Liouville equation for the reduced density matrix. Depending on the intershell couplings, an 8-electron periodicity of the Coulomb blockade peak spacing in the case of commensurate DWCNT QDs and a 4-electron periodicity in the incommensurate case are predicted. The contribution of excited states of DWCNTs to the nonlinear transport is investigated as well.
description: 18 pages, 7 figures
Model of Genetic Variation in Human Social Networks
Creators: name: Fowler, James H.
name: Dawes, Christopher T.
name: Christakis, Nicholas A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Social networks exhibit strikingly systematic patterns across a wide range of human contexts. While genetic variation accounts for a significant portion of the variation in many complex social behaviors, the heritability of egocentric social network attributes is unknown. Here we show that three of these attributes (in-degree, transitivity, and centrality) are heritable. We then develop a "mirror network" method to test extant network models and show that none accounts for observed genetic variation in human social networks. We propose an alternative "Attract and Introduce" model with two simple forms of heterogeneity that generates significant heritability as well as other important network features. We show that the model is well suited to real social networks in humans. These results suggest that natural selection may have played a role in the evolution of social networks. They also suggest that modeling intrinsic variation in network attributes may be important for understanding the way genes affect human behaviors and the way these behaviors spread from person to person.
description: Additional materials related to the paper are available at http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu
Thermal Properties and Instability of a $U(1)$ Spin Liquid on the Triangular Lattice
Creators: name: Zhao, Qi-Rong
name: Liu, Zheng-Xin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction on the triangular lattice $U(1)$ quantum spin liquid (QSL) which is stabilized by ring-exchange interactions. A weak DM interaction introduces a staggered flux to the $U(1)$ QSL state and changes the density of states at the spinon fermi surface. If the DM vector contains in-plane components, then the spinons gain nonzero Berry phase. The resultant thermal conductances $κ_{xx}$ and $κ_{xy}$ qualitatively agree with the experimental results on the material EtMe$_3$Sb[Pd(dmit)$_2]_2$. Furthermore, owing to perfect nesting of the fermi surface, a spin density wave state is triggered by larger DM interactions. On the other hand, when the ring-exchange interaction decreases, another anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) phase with $120^\circ$ order shows up which is proximate to a $U(1)$ Dirac QSL. We discuss the difference of the two AFM phases from their static structure factors and excitation spectra.
Discovery of two candidate pulsar wind nebulae in very-high-energy gamma rays
Creators: name: Collaboration, H. E. S. S.
name: :
name: Aharonian, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the discovery of two very-high-energy gamma-ray sources in an ongoing systematic search for emission above 100 GeV from pulsar wind nebulae in survey data from the H.E.S.S. telescope array. Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes are ideal tools for searching for extended emission from pulsar wind nebulae in the very-high-energy regime. H.E.S.S., with its large field of view of 5 degrees and high sensitivity, gives new prospects for the search for these objects. An ongoing systematic search for very-high-energy emission from energetic pulsars over the region of the Galactic plane between -60 degrees < l < 30 degrees, -2 degrees < b < 2 degrees is performed. For the resulting candidates, the standard H.E.S.S. analysis was applied and a search for multi-wavelength counterparts was performed. We present the discovery of two new candidate gamma-ray pulsar wind nebulae, HESS J1718-385 and HESS J1809-193. H.E.S.S. has proven to be a suitable instrument for pulsar wind nebula searches.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, to appear in A&A
title: Gestion de la douleur par des moyens non pharmacologiques chez l'enfant atteint de cancer
title: Gestion de la douleur par des moyens non pharmacologiques chez l'enfant atteint de cancer
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Charlotte
name: Lokamba, Younna
name: Risch, Mélissa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: douleur
subject: cancer
subject: enfant
subject: moyens non-pharmacologiques
subject: interventions infirmières

description: Contexte : Chez les enfants hospitalisés atteints de cancer, la douleur représente un symptôme prioritaire et il est nécessaire de la traiter. En dépit des traitements antalgiques usuels, la douleur persiste et la qualité de vie de l’enfant et de son entourage est affecté par ce symptôme. Afin de favoriser le confort de l’enfant, il est essentiel de compléter les traitements pharmacologiques par des méthodes alternatives. Objectif : Déterminer quelles sont les interventions infirmières efficaces dans la gestion de la douleur, incluant des moyens non pharmacologiques applicables en milieu hospitalier chez des enfants d’âge préscolaire atteints de cancer. Méthode : Des équations de recherche dans les bases de données ont permis de faire ressortir six articles scientifiques pouvant répondre à la problématique. Ces articles ont ensuite été résumés sous forme de tableaux, et les résultats principaux en ont été ressortis. Le cadre théorique de la gestion des symptômes a été utilisé pour exposer les résultats. Résultats : Les thérapies non pharmacologiques étudiées ont toutes démontré une atténuation des symptômes lors de leur application chez les enfants atteints de cancer. Les principales thérapies qui ont pu diminuer la sensation de douleur par les enfants sont le massage, les arts créatifs, ainsi que la méditation. Conclusion : Les thérapies non-pharmacologiques sont efficaces dans la gestion de la douleur chez les enfants atteints de cancer et elles doivent soutenir le traitement pharmacologique de base. Elles sont facilement applicables par les infirmières pour toutes les personnes exprimant de la douleur, indifféremment de leur âge ou de leur pathologie.
title: Les stratégies infirmières pour soutenir le patient dans la prise de décision partagée dans un milieu oncologique adulte
title: Les stratégies infirmières pour soutenir le patient dans la prise de décision partagée dans un milieu oncologique adulte
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Fazendeiro Maria, Inès
name: Fishman, Léa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: shared-decision making
subject: SDM
subject: cancer
subject: oncology
subject: oncology patients
subject: adult patients
subject: nurse
subject: nursing intervention
subject: nursing position statement

description: Le cancer est un problème de santé publique engendrant de nombreuses conséquences tant au niveau personnel qu’économique (Arndt, 2016). La prise en charge de ses patients nécessite une approche de soins centrés sur le patient et une prise de décision partagée en interprofessionnalité. Objectif : rechercher les stratégies que l’infirmière peut mettre en place afin de soutenir la participation du patient adulte en oncologie dans la prise de décision partagée. Méthodologie : les bases de données CINHAL et PUBMED ont été consultées selon les mots-clés appropriés. Les dates de publication furent limitées de 2002 à 2018. Six articles ont été retenus afin de rédiger la synthèse des résultats. Le cadre théorique qui a guidé le travail est le « Person-centred Nursing » de McCormack et McCance (2017). Résultats : l’infirmière peut mettre cinq stratégies en place : se former de façon continue et développer des compétences, créer une relation de partenariat avec le patient et définir ses besoins, transmettre les informations adéquates, travailler en interdisciplinarité et inclure la famille et les proches dans le processus de décision. Discussion : la transférabilité des résultats doit faire preuve de prudence au vu des échantillons et de l’hétérogénéité des études. Conclusion : l’infirmière, qui soutient l’inclusion du patient dans la PDP, améliore sa santé psychique voire physique. De plus, elle peut participer à la diminution des coûts de la santé.
Field angle-dependent thermal conductivity in nodal superconuctors
Creators: name: Alrub, T. R. Abu
name: Curnoe, S. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply a semi-classical method to the problem of field angle-dependent oscillations of the density of states and thermal conductivity for nodal superconductors and apply our results to the superconductor PrOs$_4$Sb$_{12}$. The oscillatory contributions to the thermal conductivity for all possible point node configurations for a superconductor with $T_h$ symmetry are calculated. It is found that experimental results are best accounted for by nodes in the off-axis directions $[\pm \sinϕ_0, 0, \pm\cosϕ_0]$, which are associated with the time-reversal breaking, triplet paired phase $D_2(E)$.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accepted in Phys. Rev. B
Bovine Rabies – an Overview
Creators: name: Keerthika Senthil, Lavanya Kalyan
Publisher: name: Bio Vet Innovator Magazine
Year: 2024

description: Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease affecting cattle and other warm-blooded animals which is fatal in most species. Rabies virus is an enveloped, bullet-shaped RNA virus which belongs to the genus Lyssavirus in the family Rhabdoviridae. Cattle typically contract rabies from the bite of an infected animal, most frequently a wild animal such as a fox, raccoon, skunk, or a bat. The virus usually attacks the nervous system resulting in fatal neurological signs. Although rabies in cattle is uncommon, there is still a significant concern because of the disease’s capacity to spread throughout the herd and potential risk to humans.
The larger pattern : formal and thematic links between selected novels and shorter fictions by Joseph Conrad
Creators: name: Fraser, Caroline Gail
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The formal and thematic links between Conrad's short fiction and his novels provide a useful context in which one can study individual works. Thus, one of Conrad's earliest short stories, "An Outpost of Progress," anticipates some of the ironic techniques that control the reader's responses in The Secret Agent and the later fiction in general. Similarly, in "The Lagoon" and "Karain" Conrad experiments with the "teller and listener" device, which he then develops and refines in more complex works such as "Heart of Darkness" and Lord Jim. In contrast to the ironic mode, this type of narration reflects man's attempts to integrate personal experiences with the social order and to affirm certain moral values or "saving illusions." The coexistence of these two modes in Conrad's earliest short fictions points to his search for appropriate techniques to express a conflict that was deeply rooted in his outlook. A close study of "Youth" brings into relief Conrad's use of a dramatized narrator to mediate between contrasting views of the world and to direct our interpretation of moral issues. Because Conrad developed these and other aspects of the short fiction in Lord Jim and "Heart of Darkness," the analysis of "Youth" attempts to shed light on the longer works as well. Similarly, in "Amy Foster" Conrad presents another variation on the told-tale device in a way that reveals larger, formal patterns in his writing as a whole. While the most significant links between these five short fictions and Conrad's novels are formal rather than thematic, in the case of "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer" there are important thematic ties with Lord Jim and Under Western Eyes. By adapting certain basic situations and motifs from one work to the other Conrad explores different aspects of a central idea or theme. Thus, in "Heart of Darkness" and Lord Jim he treats Kurtz and Jim as complementary portraits of idealistic egoists, while in "The Secret Sharer" and Under Western Eyes he depicts contrasting responses to a plea for understanding and assistance. The dialectical approach reflects the complex structure of his creative imagination. Therefore, a study of the connecting links yields a more comprehensive understanding of Conrad's meaning than analyzing the works separately.
$\rm 4-8~GHz$ Spectro-temporal Emission from the Galactic Center Magnetar $\rm PSR~J1745-2900$
Creators: name: Suresh, Akshay
name: Cordes, James M.
name: Chatterjee, Shami
name: Gajjar, Vishal
name: Perez, Karen I.
name: Siemion, Andrew P. V.
name: Price, Danny C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radio magnetars are exotic sources noted for their diverse spectro-temporal phenomenology and pulse profile variations over weeks to months. Unusual for radio magnetars, the Galactic Center (GC) magnetar $\rm PSR~J1745-2900$ has been continually active since its discovery in 2013. We monitored the GC magnetar at $\rm 4-8~GHz$ for 6 hours in August$-$September 2019 using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. During our observations, the GC magnetar emitted a flat fluence spectrum over $\rm 5-8~GHz$ to within $2σ$ uncertainty. From our data, we estimate a $\rm 6.4~GHz$ period-averaged flux density, $\overline{S}_{6.4} \approx (240 \pm 5)~μ$Jy. Tracking the temporal evolution of $\overline{S}_{6.4}$, we infer a gradual weakening of GC magnetar activity during $2016-2019$ relative to that between $2013-2015.5$. Typical single pulses detected in our study reveal marginally resolved sub-pulses with opposing spectral indices, a feature characteristic of radio magnetars but unseen in rotation-powered pulsars. However, unlike in fast radio bursts, these sub-pulses exhibit no perceptible radio frequency drifts. Throughout our observing span, $\rm \simeq 5~ms$ scattered pulses significantly jitter within two stable emission components of widths, $\rm 220~ms$ and $\rm 140~ms$, respectively, in the average pulse profile.
description: 20 pages, 13 figures, published in ApJ
title: Expériences des proches d'un patient ayant recours au suicide assisté
title: Expériences des proches d'un patient ayant recours au suicide assisté
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Herminjard, Sarah
name: Keller, Marine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 0
Subjects: subject: assistance au suicide
subject: proches
subject: décisions de fin de vie
subject: accompagnement
subject: systémique

description: Contexte: L’assistance au suicide implique de s’engager dans un processus décisionnel complexe. Bien que les proches soient reconnus comme faisant partie intégrante de ce processus, la recherche démontre que le soutien à leur égard demeure insatisfaisant. Objectif: Les auteurs ont exploré l’expérience des proches durant le processus complet du suicide assisté et son impact sur la dynamique familiale. Méthode: Basée sur une revue de littérature, ce travail de Bachelor a interrogé PubMed et CINHAL. Les sept articles scientifiques sélectionnés ont été analysés à partir de la Grille de Fortin. Les résultats traitant du vécu des proches dans les situations de fin de vie et d’assistance au suicide ont été extraits et analysés à partir du cadre conceptuel de Calgary. Résultats: Les proches assument un accompagnement parfois particulier dans les décisions de fins de vie. Chaque membre de la famille peut percevoir la situation différemment. Une remise en question est nécessaire pour comprendre la décision prise et ajuster son rôle parmi les personnes qui gravitent autour du patient. Discussion: L’assistance au suicide force les personnes impliquées à se questionner sur « la bonne mort ». Légitimer la décision et la faire accepter initie le processus de deuil. Cependant, elle met au défi le proche de laisser mourir celui qu’il aime, voire même à l’aider à s’en aller trop tôt. L’accompagnement des proches dans ce contexte est un enjeu majeur des soins de fin de vie, parce qu’il sort de tous les cadres connus.
La conservazione dei centri storici minori abbandonati: il caso della Campania
Creators: name: Coletta, Tiziana
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2006

description: Nella ricerca è stata analizzata la problematica della conservazione dei centri storici minori abbandonati, con particolare attenzione al caso campano.
In primo luogo è stato identificato, con un approccio deduttivo, l’oggetto di studio: partendo da un’analisi a carattere generale sui centri storici si è gradualmente ristretto il campo di indagine, andando a definire quelli “minori” e poi, tra questi, gli “abbandonati”.
Parallelamente all’operazione di identificazione dell’oggetto di studio si è provveduto ad approfondire la conoscenza della legislazione nazionale e regionale mettendone in luce positività e carenze. Una particolare attenzione è stata riservata alla legge della Regione Campania n. 26 del 18/10/2002 in quanto essa, sebbene non pienamente pertinente, è stata oggetto di sperimentazione applicativa in alcuni centri abbandonati campani.
Il complesso tema dell’abbandono è stato approfondito nei suoi caratteri generali, operando confronti metodologici e procedurali tra realtà regionali, nazionali ed internazionali e non tralasciando valutazioni di tipo economico e sociologico inerenti la possibile rinascita dei centri.
Queste premesse hanno guidato lo studio del caso campano, argomento centrale del lavoro.
Il censimento dei centri abbandonati è stato condotto con l’ausilio di fonti statistiche, bibliografiche e cartografiche, facendo ricorso ad interviste telefoniche indirizzate ai responsabili degli uffici tecnici e verificando le informazioni attraverso numerosi sopralluoghi.
I trenta nuclei individuati, localizzati nelle province di Caserta, Benevento, Avellino e Salerno, sono stati classificati in categorie di studio derivate dai caratteri eterogenei riscontrati.
Le caratteristiche di ciascun nucleo sono state brevemente illustrate in schede monografiche nelle quali una particolare attenzione è stata indirizzata ai materiali ed alle tecniche impiegate, alle vicende costruttive, alle opere di consolidamento ed allo stato di degrado in cui attualmente versano.
Tra i nuclei censiti sono stati scelti per un’analisi più approfondita i comuni di Pietravairano (CE), Castelpoto (BN), Senerchia (AV) e Romagnano al Monte (SA).
La tesi si conclude con la proposizione di alcune linee guida per la conservazione dei centri storici minori abbandonati per la cui redazione ci si è avvalsi anche del contributo di autorevoli docenti di sociologia urbana e di estimo con l’obiettivo di elaborare considerazioni propositive che, volte alla conservazione architettonica del bene, non escludessero un’ idea più ampia di preservazione, tenente conto degli inscindibili legami delle architetture con la natura, con il territorio storicizzato, con i suoi abitanti e con le loro tradizioni culturali.
D2.2 PID Metadata Provenance
Creators: name: Fenner, Martin
name: Wass, Joe
name: Demeranville, Tom
name: Wimalaratne, Sarala
name: Hallett, Richard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: PID
PID resolution
PID infrastructure
FREYA
EOSC
PID network

description: The main focus of this document is describing the implementations of provenance tracking by the persistent identifier (PID) providers Crossref, ORCID, Identifiers.org (EMBL-EBI), and DataCite in the FREYA project. We describe the implementations by Crossref and ORCID done previously, the DataCite implementation done as main output for this deliverable, and the conceptual work by identifiers.org.

The FREYA project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 777523
Development and application of time dependent and time independent models for the study of spectroscopic properties in compounds of biological interest
Creators: name: Bloino, Julien
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2008

description: In this thesis, we propose a general and effective approach to compute vibrationally-resolved electronic spectra from first principles.
This method is integrated in a versatile quantum chemical computational package and offers a complete "in silico" procedure starting from the geometry optimization to the generation of the spectrum.

The theoretical background and methods to evaluate the overlap integrals are presented, along with a discussion of strategies for an efficient evaluation of spectra of large systems, which features a huge number of possible vibronic transitions.
The presented procedure relies on the general-purpose method to select "a priori" the transitions that should be calculated by estimating their probability.
The implemented method uses a partition of the transitions by groups called "classes", which permits the usage of several computational schemes to speed up the calculations.
The details of the procedure and the possibilities of fine-tuning of the calculations are presented, as well as an insight into its internal workout.

The integrated approach to compute vibrationally resolved optical spectra can be applied to a large variety of systems ranging from small molecules in the gas phase to macrosystems in condensed phases, whenever nonadiabatic couplings are negligible and the harmonic approximation is reliable.
The given examples of  absorption spectrum of S1  S0 phosphorescence spectrum  of chlorophyll \c2, UV spectrum of acrolein in the gas phase and aqueous solution, a photoelectron spectrum of adenine adsorbed on the Si(100) surface, and porphyrin are chosen to illustrate the possibilities of the procedure and some of its characteristics.

It is shown that despite the fact that our computational scheme has been tailored for large systems, it can be utilized as well to generate high quality spectra for small systems.
Moreover, good quality spectra can be effectively computed even for large systems with hundreds of normal modes, paving the route to spectroscopic studies of systems of direct biological and/or technological interest.
Technological change and mining labour : copper mining and milling operations at the Britannia mines, British Columbia, 1898-1937
Creators: name: Hovis, Logan W.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Most recent studies of the relationship between technological change and mining labour in the western metal-mining regions of North America have concentrated on the impact of the mechanization of the industry that took place during the second half of the nineteenth century. The distinct impression is left that the increased use of machinery — especially the machine drill — was the chief factor in reducing the skill levels associated with mining as a craft tradition. Preoccupation with machinery has led to the assumption that by the beginning of the twentieth century the transformation to modern forms of mining was essentially complete and the traditional miner an anachronism. Mining as practiced prior to 1900 differed qualitatively and quantitatively from the subsequent period of "modern mining;" but the introduction of machinery per se was less important to the reorganization of the patterns of work in the mines than the redesigning of the engineering systems in which workers and machines were employed — a process which gained its full momentum in the decades after 1900. This transformation involved the gradual abandonment of low-volume, high-value, selective mining methods in favour of higher volume, non-selective methods which emphasised the quantity rather than the quality of the ore mined. The change redefined the nature of work in and around the mines, putting an end to a tradition of mining practice that was at least as old as the methods described in Agricola's De Re Metalica, something the initial mechanization of mining had never been intended to accomplish. Under selective mining practices, machinery was used to assist the skilled miner in his traditional task. Under non-selective or mass mining techniques, a new generation of engineers trained in the applied sciences redefined the miner's work as solutions were sought to the problems of an increasingly complex geology in a climate of rapid economic expansion, chronic over-production, generally declining metal prices, and ever increasing production costs. The efforts and successes of these engineers were amply demonstrated in the fields of mining, metallurgical, and human engineering. The impact of the change is evident in varying degrees throughout the metal-mining community; but by focusing on copper mining — the technological leader from 1900 to 1930 — the full impact of the industrial sciences on mine labour is evident.
Identification of genes involved in osteoblast differentiation with an shRNA-based approach
Creators: name: Cozzolino, Carmine
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2009

description: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from bone marrow and they can differentiate in a variety of cell types, including osteoblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes, myoblasts, hepatocytes, and neural cells. For this reason they provide a promising role for developing cell-based therapy for degenerative diseases. Understanding the mechanisms behind MSC cell fate determination is not easy, because the molecular processes that drive differentiation are complex and poorly understood. So, also if in the last years many improvements have been done, some problems still remain. We planned to investigate on differentiation of MSC and in particular we wanted to focus our activities towards osteoblast differentiation; at this aim, we silenced specific mRNAs using a mouse shRNA library present in our institute, composed of at least two silencing constructs for each transcript, in a 96-well-plates-based screening strategy. In the first part of this study we set up the components and the experimental conditions to perform the screening. After, we proceeded with the screening and we were able to screen a part of the library. With this methodology we identified genes that are possible candidates to have a role in osteoblast differentiation. First of all, we made a Gene Ontology classification of these candidates using bioinfomatic tools and we identified genes involved in different processes and having different functions. Among the candidate genes, a big part is represented by genes whose function is still unknown, some of which represent putative novel transcription factors that we named ObI- (Osteoblast inducer-). In this study we focused our experiments on the first of these genes that we identified, ObI-1. We also considered genes whose function is known and that are involved in different processes but with a non described role in osteogenic differentiation. Among these genes we focused our attention on Serine racemase, which role in osteogenic differentiation was already suggested, but not largely demonstrated. For both the candidates that we treated in this study we carried out experiments to confirm the impairment in osteogenic differentiation as effects of their silencing and we made expression analyses in tissues and in our cells. Furthermore, as regards ObI-1 candidate, we performed a more deeply analysis due to characterization of his function.
Microscale swimming: The molecular dynamics approach
Creators: name: Rapaport, D. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The self-propelled motion of microscopic bodies immersed in a fluid medium is studied using molecular dynamics simulation. The advantage of the atomistic approach is that the detailed level of description allows complete freedom in specifying the swimmer design and its coupling with the surrounding fluid. A series of two-dimensional swimming bodies employing a variety of propulsion mechanisms -- motivated by biological and microrobotic designs -- is investigated, including the use of moving limbs, changing body shapes and fluid jets. The swimming efficiency and the nature of the induced, time-dependent flow fields are found to differ widely among body designs and propulsion mechanisms.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures (minor changes to text)
Entropy Identity and Material-Independent Equilibrium Conditions in Relativistic Thermodynamics
Creators: name: Muschik, W.
name: Borzeszkowski, H. -H. v.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: On the basis of the balance equations for energy-momentum, spin, particle and entropy density, an approach is considered which represents a comparatively general framework for special- and general-relativistic continuum thermodynamics. In the first part of the paper, a general entropy density 4-vector, containing particle, energy-momentum, and spin density contributions, is introduced which makes it possible, firstly, to judge special assumptions for the entropy density 4-vector made by other authors with respect to their generality and validity and, secondly, to determine entropy supply and entropy production. Using this entropy density 4-vector, in the second part, material-independent equilibrium conditions are discussed. While in literature, at least if one works in the theory of irreversible thermodynamics assuming a Riemann space-time structure, generally thermodynamic equilibrium is determined by introducing a variety of conditions by hand, the present approach proceeds as follows: For a comparatively wide class of space-time geometries the necessary equilibrium conditions of vanishing entropy supply and entropy production are exploited and, afterwards, supplementary conditions are assumed which are motivated by the requirement that thermodynamic equilibrium quantities have to be determined uniquely.
description: Research Paper, 30 pages