cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Robust Model-free Approach for Rare Variants Association Studies Incorporating Gene-Gene and Gene-Environmental Interactions
Creators: name: Fan, Ruixue
name: Lo, Shaw-Hwa
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Genotype-environment interaction
subject: Allelomorphism
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Recently more and more evidence suggest that rare variants with much lower minor allele frequencies play significant roles in disease etiology. Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies will lead to many more rare variants association studies. Several statistical methods have been proposed to assess the effect of rare variants by aggregating information from multiple loci across a genetic region and testing the association between the phenotype and aggregated genotype. One limitation of existing methods is that they only look into the marginal effects of rare variants but do not systematically take into account effects due to interactions among rare variants and between rare variants and environmental factors. In this article, we propose the summation of partition approach (SPA), a robust model-free method that is designed specifically for detecting both marginal effects and effects due to gene-gene (G×G) and gene-environmental (G×E) interactions for rare variants association studies. SPA has three advantages. First, it accounts for the interaction information and gains considerable power in the presence of unknown and complicated G×G or G×E interactions. Secondly, it does not sacrifice the marginal detection power; in the situation when rare variants only have marginal effects it is comparable with the most competitive method in current literature. Thirdly, it is easy to extend and can incorporate more complex interactions; other practitioners and scientists can tailor the procedure to fit their own study friendly. Our simulation studies show that SPA is considerably more powerful than many existing methods in the presence of G×G and G×E interactions.
PEACEBUILDING IN DIVERSE SOCIETIES: STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE HARMONY
Creators: name: Ikenna, Chukwudi Eze
Publisher: name: kEITH jOURNAL
Year: 2025
Subjects: Peacebuilding, Multicultural Societies, Diversity Management, Inclusive Policies, Dialogue, Reconciliation, Education, Conflict Resolution, Economic Empowerment

description: This article examines the concept of peacebuilding in multicultural societies and underscores the significance of managing diversity for sustainable peace. Multiculturalism, characterized by the coexistence of diverse ethnicities, religions, languages, and cultures, enriches societies but also poses challenges to peace and harmony. The paper delineates key strategies for managing diversity effectively, including the promotion of inclusive policies, dialogue and reconciliation, education and awareness, conflict resolution mechanisms, and economic empowerment. Drawing upon examples from diverse contexts such as Canada, South Africa, Norway, Malaysia, and Rwanda, the article underscores the importance of a comprehensive approach to peacebuilding that addresses the complexities of multiculturalism. By managing diversity adeptly, societies can foster sustainable peace, social cohesion, and inclusive development
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Creators: name: Women's Occupational Health Resource Center
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1979
Subjects: Pregnant women--Employment
Public health
Medicine, Industrial

description: Fact sheet on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act produced by the Women’s Occupational Health Resource Center (WOHRC). The WOHRC (1979-1987) was a research and training program devoted to identifying and better understanding hazards faced by women workers. WOHRC was housed in Columbia’s School of Public Health and directed by Professor Jeanne Mager Stellman. WOHRC was a designated OSHA New Directions Training program, and also received support from other federal and private agencies. As a New Directions project, WOHRC trained thousands of workers and professionals in hazard recognition and accident and illness prevention for women workers. In order to carry out its public health programs, WOHRC developed and disseminated original educational materials. The materials were designed to be authoritative while at the same time accessible to non-professional users (e.g. the workers). WOHRC published a monthly newsletter that contained a “fact sheet” focusing on a particular job or a particular hazard. The fact sheets were also made available individually or collected into “fact packs” of related materials.
Allactaga sibirica
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Allactaga
Allactaga sibirica

description: Allactaga sibirica (Forster, 1778). Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 39: 112. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., S. E. Transbaikalia, Chitinsk. Obi., near Tarei-Nur Lake. DISTRIBUTION: From Ural River and Caspian Sea to N.E. and N.C. China. COMMENT: Includes saltator; see Corbet, 1978:154. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016002008001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
Almost étale extensions of Fontaine rings and log-crystalline cohomology in the semi-stable reduction case
Creators: name: Lodh, Rémi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14F30

description: Let $K$ be a field of characteristic zero complete for a discrete valuation, with perfect residue field of characteristic $p>0$, and let $K^+$ be the valuation ring of $K$. We relate the log-crystalline cohomology of the special fibre of certain affine $K^+$-schemes $X=\text{Spec}(R)$ with semi-stable reduction to the Galois cohomology of the fundamental group of the geometric generic fibre $π_1(X_{\bar{K}})$ with coefficients in a Fontaine ring constructed from $R$. This is based on Faltings' theory of almost étale extensions.
description: 49 pages
On Certain Lagrangian Submanifolds of $S^2\times S^2$ and $C P^n$
Creators: name: Oakley, Joel
name: Usher, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53D12

description: We consider various constructions of monotone Lagrangian submanifolds of $C P^n, S^2\times S^2$, and quadric hypersurfaces of $C P^n$. In $S^2\times S^2$ and $C P^2$ we show that several different known constructions of exotic monotone tori yield results that are Hamiltonian isotopic to each other, in particular answering a question of Wu by showing that the monotone fiber of a toric degeneration model of $C P^2$ is Hamiltonian isotopic to the Chekanov torus. Generalizing our constructions to higher dimensions leads us to consider monotone Lagrangian submanifolds (typically not tori) of quadrics and of $C P^n$ which can be understood either in terms of the geodesic flow on $T^*S^n$ or in terms of the Biran circle bundle construction. Unlike previously-known monotone Lagrangian submanifolds of closed simply connected symplectic manifolds, many of our higher-dimensional Lagrangian submanifolds are provably displaceable.
description: 40 pages
Adatom engineering magnetic order in superconductors: Applications to altermagnetic superconductivity
Creators: name: Pupim, Lucas V.
name: Scheurer, Mathias S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study theoretically how superlattices based on adatoms on surfaces of unconventional superconductors can be used to engineer novel pairing states that break time-reversal symmetry and exhibit non-trivial magnetic point symmetries. We illustrate this using a square-lattice Hubbard model with $d$-wave superconductivity and a subleading $s$-wave state as an example. An adatom superlattice with square-lattice symmetries is shown to stabilize an "orbital-altermagnetic superconductor'', a state that exhibits loop current patterns and associated orbital magnetic moments, which preserve superlattice translations but are odd under four-fold rotations. This state is further characterized by a non-zero Berry curvature quadrupole moment and, upon including spin-orbit coupling, by an altermagnetic spin splitting of the bands and non-trivial spin textures in the superlattice unit cell, with zero net spin moment.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
CD4 Cell Levels during Treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopian Adults and Clinical Markers Associated with CD4 Lymphocytopenia
Creators: name: Skogmar, Sten
name: Schön, Thomas
name: Balcha, Taye Tolera
name: Jemal, Zelalem Habtamu
name: Tibesso, Gudeta
name: Björk, Jonas
name: Björkman, Per
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: HIV infections
subject: CD4 antigen
subject: Tuberculosis--Patients
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background

The clinical correlations and significance of subnormal CD4 levels in HIV-negative patients with TB are unclear. We have determined CD4 cell levels longitudinally during anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in patients, with and without HIV co-infection, and their associations with clinical variables.

Method

Adults diagnosed with TB (maximum duration of ATT for 2 weeks, and with no history of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-positive subjects) were included consecutively in eight out-patient clinics in Ethiopia. Healthy individuals were recruited for comparison at one of the study health centers. Data on patient characteristics and physical findings were collected by trained nurses following a structured questionnaire at inclusion and on follow-up visits at 2 and 6 months. In parallel, peripheral blood CD4 cell levels were determined. The evolution of CD4 cell levels during ATT was assessed, and the association between clinical characteristics and low CD4 cell levels at baseline was investigated using regression analysis.

Results

In total, 1116 TB patients were included (307 HIV-infected). Among 809 HIV-negative patients, 200 (25%) had subnormal CD4 cell counts (<500 cells/mm3), with <350 cells/mm3 in 82 (10%) individuals. CD4 cell levels increased significantly during the course of ATT in both HIV+ and HIV- TB-patients, but did not reach the levels in healthy subjects (median 896 cells/mm3). Sputum smear status, signs of wasting (low mid upper arm circumference (MUAC)), and bedridden state were significantly associated with low CD4 cell counts.

Conclusion

A high proportion of Ethiopian TB patients have subnormal CD4 cell counts before starting treatment. Low CD4 cell levels are associated with smear positive disease and signs of wasting. The continuous increase of CD4 cell counts during the course of ATT suggest a reversible impact of active TB on CD4 cell homeostasis, which may be considered in interpretation of CD4 cell counts in HIV/TB co-infected subjects.
Проєктний менеджмент: управління наукомісткими проєктами та портфелями проєктів у наукомістких галузях : монографія
Creators: name: Olena, Danchenko
name: Savina, Oksana
name: Bedrii, Dmytro
name: Oksana, Haidaienko
name: Melenchuk, Viktor
name: Bedrii, Dmytro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Project Management
Project Portfolio Management
Scientific Projects
Portfolios of Knowledge-Intensive Projects

description: Розглянуто теоретико-методичні засади управління науковими та наукомісткими проєктами, а також портфелями наукомістких проєктів, зокрема: ціннісно-орієнтоване управління, управління ризиками, управління конфліктами, використання інструментів поведінкової та циркулярної економіки, управління проблемами в таких проєктах. Представлена методологія ціннісно-орієнтованого протиризикового управління портфелями наукомістких проєктів підприємств. Наведено механізми прийняття рішень в проєктах в умовах нестабільності, невизначеності та динамічності зовнішнього оточення.

Для науковців, студентів технічних і економічних спеціальностей, зокрема 122 Комп’ютерні науки, 124 Системний аналіз, 126 Інформаційні системи і технології, 073 Менеджмент, а також керівників проєктів і програм у різних галузях.
Performance of a Limiting-Antigen Avidity Enzyme Immunoassay for Cross-Sectional Estimation of HIV Incidence in the United States
Creators: name: Konikoff, Jacob
name: Brookmeyer, Ron
name: Longosz, Andrew F.
name: Cousins, Matthew M.
name: Celum, Connie
name: Buchbinder, Susan P.
name: Seage III, George R.
name: Kirk, Gregory D.
name: Moore, Richard D.
name: Mehta, Shruti H.
name: Margolick, Joseph B.
name: Brown, Joelle
name: Mayer, Kenneth H.
name: Koblin, Beryl A.
name: Justman, Jessica E.
name: Hodder, Sally L.
name: Quinn, Thomas C.
name: Eshleman, Susan H.
name: Laeyendecker, Oliver
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Confidence intervals
subject: Epidemiology
subject: HIV infections
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Background

A limiting antigen avidity enzyme immunoassay (HIV-1 LAg-Avidity assay) was recently developed for cross-sectional HIV incidence estimation. We evaluated the performance of the LAg-Avidity assay alone and in multi-assay algorithms (MAAs) that included other biomarkers.

Methods and Findings

Performance of testing algorithms was evaluated using 2,282 samples from individuals in the United States collected 1 month to >8 years after HIV seroconversion. The capacity of selected testing algorithms to accurately estimate incidence was evaluated in three longitudinal cohorts. When used in a single-assay format, the LAg-Avidity assay classified some individuals infected >5 years as assay positive and failed to provide reliable incidence estimates in cohorts that included individuals with long-term infections. We evaluated >500,000 testing algorithms, that included the LAg-Avidity assay alone and MAAs with other biomarkers (BED capture immunoassay [BED-CEIA], BioRad-Avidity assay, HIV viral load, CD4 cell count), varying the assays and assay cutoffs. We identified an optimized 2-assay MAA that included the LAg-Avidity and BioRad-Avidity assays, and an optimized 4-assay MAA that included those assays, as well as HIV viral load and CD4 cell count. The two optimized MAAs classified all 845 samples from individuals infected >5 years as MAA negative and estimated incidence within a year of sample collection. These two MAAs produced incidence estimates that were consistent with those from longitudinal follow-up of cohorts. A comparison of the laboratory assay costs of the MAAs was also performed, and we found that the costs associated with the optimal two assay MAA were substantially less than with the four assay MAA.

Conclusions

The LAg-Avidity assay did not perform well in a single-assay format, regardless of the assay cutoff. MAAs that include the LAg-Avidity and BioRad-Avidity assays, with or without viral load and CD4 cell count, provide accurate incidence estimates.
Allactaga tetradactyla
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Allactaga
Allactaga tetradactyla

description: Allactaga tetradactyla (Lichtenstein, 1823). Verz. Doublet. Zool. Mus. Univ. Berlin, p. 2. TYPE LOCALITY: Libyan Desert between Siwa and Alexandria. DISTRIBUTION: Coastal gravel plains of Egypt and Libya, from near Alexandria to the Gulf of Sidra. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016002009001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
Non-thermal Dark Matter in String Compactifications
Creators: name: Allahverdi, Rouzbeh
name: Cicoli, Michele
name: Dutta, Bhaskar
name: Sinha, Kuver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-thermal cosmological histories are capable of greatly increasing the available parameter space of different particle physics dark matter (DM) models and are well-motivated by the ubiquity of late-decaying gravitationally coupled scalars in UV theories like string theory. A non-thermal DM model is presented in the context of LARGE Volume Scenarios in type IIB string theory. The model is capable of addressing both the moduli-induced gravitino problem as well as the problem of overproduction of axionic dark radiation and/or DM. We show that the right abundance of neutralino DM can be obtained in both thermal under and overproduction cases for DM masses between O(GeV) to O(TeV). In the latter case the contribution of the QCD axion to the relic density is totally negligible, while in the former case it can be comparable to that of the neutralino thus resulting in a multi-component DM scenario.
description: 7 pages
Midwives and Pregnant Women of Color: Why We Need to Understand Intersectional Changes in Midwifery to Reclaim Home Birth
Creators: name: Thompson, Danielle
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Childbirth at home
subject: Discrimination in medical care
subject: Midwifery
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The vast majority of births occur in hospitals attended by physicians. However, this has not always been the case. Prior to the turn of the twentieth century, home births held the majority and were primarily attended by midwives, the majority of whom were women of color and immigrant women. The move toward hospital birth is rarely discussed today and midwifery and home birth, though now both experiencing a small comeback, are often viewed with skepticism and fear. This Note discusses the raced and gendered history of this change in American birth norms and argues that the racist and sexist motivations and phenomena that prompted the move into hospitals and away from midwives is relevant to understanding current birth trends and statistics. The Note begins with an overview and discussion of the raced and gendered history of American midwifery. Next, the Note explains the history of the Medicalization of pregnancy and birth–here, exerting excessive medical rhetoric into and oversight over reproduction, and especially women of color’s reproduction, in order to control it. Finally the Note considers current home birth and midwifery trends and statistics and their connection to the race and gender discrimination of twentieth century birth and midwifery. The Note concludes that the racist and sexist underpinnings of the change from home to hospital birth still operate in our current birthing systems to keep women of color in hospitals and out of the midwifery profession.
Health Benefits of Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in High Risk Populations of California: Results from the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Policy Model
Creators: name: Mekonnen, Tekeshe A.
name: Odden, Michelle C.
name: Coxson, Pamela G.
name: Guzman, David
name: Lightwood, James
name: Wang, Y. Claire
name: Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Beverages
Cardiovascular system--Diseases
Diabetes
Public health

description: Background

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) has risen over the past two decades, with over 10 million Californians drinking one or more SSB per day. High SSB intake is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and coronary heart disease (CHD). Reduction of SSB intake and the potential impact on health outcomes in California and among racial, ethnic, and low-income sub-groups has not been quantified.

Methods

We projected the impact of reduced SSB consumption on health outcomes among all Californians and California subpopulations from 2013 to 2022. We used the CVD Policy Model – CA, an established computer simulation of diabetes and heart disease adapted to California. We modeled a reduction in SSB intake by 10–20% as has been projected to result from proposed penny-per-ounce excise tax on SSB and modeled varying effects of this reduction on health parameters including body mass index, blood pressure, and diabetes risk. We projected avoided cases of diabetes and CHD, and associated health care cost savings in 2012 US dollars.

Results

Over the next decade, a 10–20% SSB consumption reduction is projected to result in a 1.8–3.4% decline in the new cases of diabetes and an additional drop of 0.5–1% in incident CHD cases and 0.5–0.9% in total myocardial infarctions. The greatest reductions are expected in African Americans, Mexican Americans, and those with limited income regardless of race and ethnicity. This reduction in SSB consumption is projected to yield $320–620 million in medical cost savings associated with diabetes cases averted and an additional savings of $14–27 million in diabetes-related CHD costs avoided.

Conclusions

A reduction of SSB consumption could yield substantial population health benefits and cost savings for California. In particular, racial, ethnic, and low-income subgroups of California could reap the greatest health benefits.
Mapping PhysicalInstance and DCAT
Creators: name: Dzikowski, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INSEE, the French national statistical office, has launched an overhaul of its dissemination processes in order to improve efficiency and services to producers. Part of this project involves developing a data dissemination platform where data can be discovered and consistency between data and metadata verified. In terms of metadata, this boils down to describing the structure of the data and creating a catalogue to document the data.  In practice, and in the context of INSEE's RMéS metadata repository, this means using different standards and different parts of the repository. On the one hand, we need to describe the micro-data with DDI L, in particular with PhysicalInstance objects, and on the other hand, we need to use the DCAT RDF model which is convenient for publishing data semantically on the web.  The questions of this project are therefore the correspondence between the PhysicalInstance DDI-L objects and the DCAT standard. We will present the extent to which these two standards can be used together, and we will highlight the issues and difficulties of this mapping which are linked to the limited possibility of defining the data structure at the level of the RepresentedVariables in DDI-L.  Practical considerations will be presented regarding the management and requirements of this type of multi-repository metadata description, and recommandations could be made to streamline the relation between these standards.
Validity and Reliability of Using a Self-Lavaging Device for Cytology and HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening: Findings from a Pilot Study
Creators: name: Jones, Heidi E.
name: Mansukhani, Mahesh M.
name: Tong, Guo-Xia
name: Westhoff, Carolyn Louise
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Cervix uteri--Cancer
Communicable diseases--U.S. states--Testing
Papillomaviruses
Biology

description: Self-sampling could increase cervical cancer screening uptake. While methods have been identified for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, to date, self-sampling has not provided adequate specimens for cytology. We piloted the validity and reliability of using a self-lavaging device for cervical cytology and HPV testing. We enrolled 198 women in New York City in 2008–2009 from three ambulatory clinics where they received cervical cancer screening. All were asked to use the Delphi Screener™ to self-lavage 1–3 months after clinician-collected index cytological smear (100 normal; 98 abnormal). Women with abnormal cytology results from either specimen underwent colposcopy; 10 women with normal results from both specimens also underwent colposcopy. We calculated sensitivity of self-collected cytology to detect histologically confirmed high grade lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, CIN, 2+); specificity for histology-negative (CIN 1 or lower), paired cytology negative, or a third cytology negative; and kappa for paired results. One hundred and ninety-seven (99.5%) women self-collected a lavage. Seventy-five percent had moderate to excellent cellularity, two specimens were unsatisfactory for cytology. Seven of 167 (4%) women with definitive results had CIN2+; one had normal and six abnormal cytology results with the self-lavage (sensitivity = 86%, 95% Confidence Interval, CI: 42, 100). The kappa for paired cytology was low (0.36; 95% CI: 0.25, 0.47) primarily due to clinician specimens with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) coded as normal using Screener specimens. However, three cases of HSIL were coded as ASC-US and one as normal using Screener specimens. Seventy-three women had paired high-risk HPV tests with a kappa of 0.66 (95% CI: 0.49, 0.84). Based on these preliminary findings, a larger study to estimate the performance of the Screener for co-testing cytology and HPV or for HPV testing with cytology triage is warranted.
Cardiocranius Satunin 1903
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Cardiocranius

description: Cardiocranius Satunin, 1903. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 7:582. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016008000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
Relativistic corrections to the pair double heavy diquark production in e^+e^- annihilation
Creators: name: Martynenko, A. P.
name: Trunin, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: On the basis of perturbative QCD and relativistic quark model we calculate relativistic and bound state corrections in the production processes of a pair of double heavy diquarks. Relativistic factors in the production amplitude connected with the relative motion of heavy quarks and the transformation law of the bound state wave function to the reference frame of the moving diquark S-wave bound states are taken into account. For the gluon and quark propagators entering the production vertex function we use a truncated expansion in the ratio of the relative quark momenta to the center-of-mass energy s up to the second order. Relativistic corrections to the quark-quark bound state wave functions in the rest frame are considered by means of the Breit-like potential. It turns out that examined effects change essentially nonrelativistic results of the cross sections. The estimate of the yield of pairs of double heavy baryons (ccq) at the B-factory is presented.
description: 19 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1106.2741
Altered Antibody Profiles against Common Infectious Agents in Chronic Disease
Creators: name: Burbelo, Peter D.
name: Ching, Kathryn H.
name: Morse, Caryn G.
name: Alevizos, Ilias
name: Bayat, Ahmad
name: Cohen, Jeffrey I.
name: Ali, Mir A.
name: Kapoor, Amit
name: Browne, Sarah K.
name: Holland, Steven M.
name: Kovacs, Joseph A.
name: Iadarola, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: HIV infections
subject: Opportunistic infections
subject: Antigen-antibody reactions
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Despite the important diagnostic value of evaluating antibody responses to individual human pathogens, antibody profiles against multiple infectious agents have not been used to explore health and disease mainly for technical reasons.  We hypothesized that the interplay between infection and chronic disease might be revealed by profiling antibodies against multiple agents. Here, the levels of antibodies against a panel of 13 common infectious agents were evaluated with the quantitative Luciferase Immunoprecipitation Systems (LIPS) in patients from three disease cohorts including those with pathogenic anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies (IFN-γ AAB), HIV and Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS) to determine if their antibody profiles differed from control subjects.  The IFN-γ AAB patients compared to controls demonstrated statistically higher levels of antibodies against VZV (p=0.0003), EBV (p=0.002), CMV (p=0.003), and C. albicans (p=0.03), but lower antibody levels against poliovirus (p=0.04). Comparison of HIV patients with blood donor controls revealed that the patients had higher levels of antibodies against CMV (p=0.0008), HSV-2 (p=0.0008), EBV (p=0.001), and C. albicans (p=0.01), but showed decreased levels of antibodies against coxsackievirus B4 (p=0.0008), poliovirus (p=0.0005),   and HHV-6B (p=0.002). Lastly, SjS patients had higher levels of anti-EBV antibodies (p=0.03), but lower antibody levels against several enteroviruses including a newly identified picornavirus, HCoSV-A (p=0.004), coxsackievirus B4 (p=0.04), and poliovirus (p=0.02). For the IFN-γ AAB and HIV cohorts, principal component analysis revealed unique antibody clusters that showed the potential to discriminate patients from controls.  The results suggest that antibody profiles against these and likely other common infectious agents may yield insight into the interplay between exposure to infectious agents, dysbiosis, adaptive immunity and disease activity.
Bars to Education: The Use of Criminal History Information in College Admissions
Creators: name: Ramaswamy, Rebecca R.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Minorities in higher education
subject: Criminals--Education
subject: Barriers to entry (Postsecondary education)
subject: Universities and colleges--Admission
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education, Higher

description: One in four Americans has a record reflecting some form of involvement with the criminal justice system, and the law currently does very little to protect an individual from discriminatory treatment on the basis of that record. In 2010, the Center for Community Alternatives published a report that revealed a widespread practice among colleges and universities of obtaining and relying upon criminal history information in admissions proceedings. This Note asks whether, if this practice results in a racially disproportionate adverse impact on admissions decisions, there exists disparate impact liability that could be challenged by the Department of Education under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The Note begins by focusing on the well-documented overrepresentation of people of color in the criminal justice system and some of the post-incarceration social harms that affect this population. Next, the Note explores challenges to the use of criminal history information in the employment context—which has received much more attention than higher education—and how disparate impact frameworks in education cases have been used to challenge other practices that create disproportionate adverse effects. Finally, the Note describes the application of the disparate impact test to the practice at issue and concludes that if a prima facie case can be made, the purported educational necessity behind this practice can be achieved through less discriminatory means.
Cherokee Freedmen and the Color of Belonging
Creators: name: Inniss, Lolita Buckner
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cherokee Indians
subject: African Americans--Relations with Indians
subject: Ex-slaves of Indian tribes
subject: Human skin color--Social aspects
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Indians
subject: Indians of North America

description: This Article addresses the Cherokee Nation and its historic conflict with the descendants of its former black slaves, designated Cherokee Freedmen. This Article specifically addresses how historic discussions of black, red, and white skin colors, designating the African-ancestored, aboriginal (Native American), and European ancestored people of the United States, have helped to shape the contours of color-based national belonging among the Cherokee. The Cherokee past practice of black slavery and the past and continuing use of skin color-coded belonging not only undermines the coherence of Cherokee sovereignty, identity, and belonging but also problematizes the notion of an explicitly aboriginal way of life by bridging red and white cultural difference over a point of legal and ethical contention: black inequality.
2D Quantum Gravity at One Loop with Liouville and Mabuchi Actions
Creators: name: Bilal, Adel
name: Ferrari, Frank
name: Klevtsov, Semyon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a new two-dimensional quantum gravity theory, based on a gravitational action containing both the familiar Liouville term and the Mabuchi functional, which has been shown to be related to the coupling of non-conformal matter to gravity. We compute the one-loop string susceptibility from a first-principle, path integral approach in the Kahler parameterization of the metrics and discuss the particularities that arise in the case of the pure Mabuchi theory. While we mainly use the most convenient spectral cutoff regularization to perform our calculations, we also discuss the interesting subtleties associated with the multiplicative anomaly in the familiar zeta-function scheme, which turns out to have a genuine physical effect for our calculations. In particular, we derive and use a general multiplicative anomaly formula for Laplace-type operators on arbitrary compact Riemann surfaces.
description: 27 pages, minor changes in the abstract and introduction
Cardiocranius paradoxus Satunin 1903
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Cardiocranius
Cardiocranius paradoxus

description: Cardiocranius paradoxus Satunin, 1903. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 7:584. TYPE LOCALITY: China, N.W. Kansu, Nan Shan, Shargol-Dzhin. DISTRIBUTION: N.W. and N.C. China; Mongolia and adjacent U.S. S.R.; north of Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan, U.S. S.R.). COMMENT: Gromov and Baranova, 1981: 114, suggested that the Kazakstan population may be a separate species. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016008001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
description: {"references": ["Gromov, I. M., and G. I. Baranova (eds.). 1981. Katalog mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Catalog of mammals of the USSR]. Nauka, Leningrad, 456 pp. (in Russian)."]}
Inner functions in weak Besov spaces
Creators: name: Gröhn, Janne
name: Nicolau, Artur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 30J05, 30J10, Secondary 30H10

description: It is shown that inner functions in weak Besov spaces are precisely the exponential Blaschke products.
description: 12 pages
A Critique of the Motivations Behind Negative Action Against Asian Americans in U.S. Universities: The Model Victims
Creators: name: Ho, Shawn
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Affirmative action programs in education
subject: Asian American college students
subject: Multiculturalism
subject: Discrimination in higher education
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law
subject: Education, Higher

description: To deal effectively with negative action against Asian Americans, it is crucial to first understand the motivations behind negative action. This Article posits that these motivations are complex—they are an intricate tapestry of racism and benevolence interwoven with both conscious and unintentional aspects. In theorizing about and critiquing these motivations by unpacking a 4-quadrant matrix, it seeks a deeper understanding of how to deal with negative action against the “Model Victims.” This Article further suggests that the tensions arising from negative action flow from the Supreme Court’s adoption of a pure diversity rationale for affirmative action; it is necessary to have a more nuanced conception of college diversity that remains true to the spirit of remediation for America’s legacy of racial injustice while simultaneously seeking to dismantle stereotypes and racism. Finally, it discusses the possible ways for Asian Americans to deal with negative action going forward. Only by seriously grappling with its own history and the cultural scripts that disadvantage Asian Americans—and all groups of color—can America hope to effectuate its ideals of true meritocracy.
Dipus Zimmermann 1780
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Dipus

description: Dipus Zimmermann, 1780. Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 354. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016003000000.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
On the spectral gap of the kac walk and other binary collision processes on $d$-dimensional lattice
Creators: name: Sasada, Makiko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: primary 60K35, secondary 82C31

description: We give a lower bound on the spectral gap for a class of binary collision processes. In 2008, Caputo showed that, for a class of binary collision processes given by simple averages on the complete graph, the analysis of the spectral gap of an $N$-component system is reduced to that of the same system for N=3 In this paper, we give a comparison technique to reduce the analysis of the spectral gap of binary collision processes given by simple averages on $d$-dimensional lattice to that on the complete graph. We also give a comparison technique to reduce the analysis of the spectral gap of binary collision processes which are not given by simple averages to that given by simple averages. Combining them with Caputo's result, we give a new and elementary method to obtain spectral gap estimates. The method applies to a number of binary collision processes on the complete graph and also on d-dimensional lattice, including a class of energy exchange models which was recently introduced in by Grigo et al., and zero-range processes.
description: 17 pages
title: Wie soll man Philosophie auf Akademien studiren?; 1788
title: eine Vorrede zu meinen Wintervorlesungen nebst einer Anzeige derselben
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Dorsch, Anton J.
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2016

description: Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: Mainz in der Kurfürstl. privileg. Universitätsbuchhandlung 1788
REVISITING THE POLICEMAN THEORY OF AUDITING: A REVIEW OF ITS HISTORICAL AND MODERN APPLICATIONS
Creators: name: Olumide, Chike Adebayo
Publisher: name: kEITH jOURNAL
Year: 2025
Subjects: Policeman Theory, Auditing, Past, Contemporary, Statutory Duties of Auditors

description: Over the years, Policeman Theory has undergone dynamic transformations, responding to the ever-changing complexities of business environments, regulatory landscapes, and societal expectations. As auditors play a crucial role in ensuring transparency, accountability, and the reliability of financial information, understanding the nuances of the Policeman Theory becomes imperative for both scholars and practitioners. This study embarks on a comprehensive review of the past and present dimensions of the Policeman Theory, shedding light on its origins, evolution, and contemporary relevance. This study utilized an exploratory research design, and data were collected from secondary sources through a thorough review of relevant existing literature. The findings underscore the relevance of the Policeman Theory, emphasizing auditors' role as vigilant overseers in detecting and deterring financial irregularities and fraud. The study reinforces the importance of auditors acting as proactive guardians against financial improprieties, resonating with the call for innovative approaches such as the integration of forensic accounting practices. Independence, highlighted as a cornerstone, aligns with the principles of the Policeman Theory, emphasizing the role of auditors as independent evaluators safeguarding against financial misconduct. Based on the findings, it is recommended that auditors embrace continuous learning and adaptation to stay abreast of technological advancements. The integration of forensic accounting practices should be explored as a proactive strategy to address the inadequacies of traditional audit reports and enhance fraud detection capabilities
Women and Chemicals at Work
Creators: name: Women's Occupational Health Resource Center
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1988
Subjects: Industrial safety
Chemical workers
Industrial hygiene
Public health
Medicine, Industrial

description: Information packet on women and chemicals at work produced by the Women’s Occupational Health Resource Center (WOHRC). The WOHRC (1979-1987) was a research and training program devoted to identifying and better understanding hazards faced by women workers. WOHRC was housed in Columbia’s School of Public Health and directed by Professor Jeanne Mager Stellman. WOHRC was a designated OSHA New Directions Training program, and also received support from other federal and private agencies. As a New Directions project, WOHRC trained thousands of workers and professionals in hazard recognition and accident and illness prevention for women workers. In order to carry out its public health programs, WOHRC developed and disseminated original educational materials. The materials were designed to be authoritative while at the same time accessible to non-professional users (e.g. the workers). WOHRC published a monthly newsletter that contained a “fact sheet” focusing on a particular job or a particular hazard. The fact sheets were also made available individually or collected into “fact packs” of related materials.
Dipus sagitta
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Dipus
Dipus sagitta

description: Dipus sagitta (Pallas, 1773). Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2:706. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., N. Kazakhstan, Pavlodarsk. Obi., right bank of Irtysh River near Yamyshevskaya at Podpusknoi. DISTRIBUTION: Desert, steppe and dry woodland from Don River and N.W. coast of Caspian Sea to Shensi and N. E. China. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016003001001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 566, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
Limits on Alpha Particle Temperature Anisotropy and Differential Flow from Kinetic Instabilities: Solar Wind Observations
Creators: name: Bourouaine, Sofiane
name: Verscharen, Daniel
name: Chandran, Benjamin D. G.
name: Maruca, Bennett A.
name: Kasper, Justin C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Previous studies have shown that the observed temperature anisotropies of protons and alpha particles in the solar wind are constrained by theoretical thresholds for pressure-anisotropy-driven instabilities such as the Alfvén/ion-cyclotron (A/IC) and fast-magnetosonic/whistler (FM/W) instabilities. In this letter, we use a long period of in-situ measurements provided by the {\em Wind} spacecraft's Faraday cups to investigate the combined constraint on the alpha-proton differential flow velocity and the alpha-particle temperature anisotropy due to A/IC and FM/W instabilities. We show that the majority of the data are constrained to lie within the region of parameter space in which A/IC and FM/W waves are either stable or have extremely low growth rates. In the minority of observed cases in which the growth rate of the A/IC (FM/W) instability is comparatively large, we find relatively higher values of $T_{\perpα}/T_{\perp p}$ ($T_{\parallelα}/T_{\parallel p}$) when alpha-proton differential flow velocity is small, where $T_{\perpα}$ and $T_{\perp p}$ ($T_{\parallelα}$ and $T_{\parallel p}$) are the perpendicular (parallel) temperatures of alpha particles and protons. We conjecture that this observed feature might arise from preferential alpha-particle heating which can drive the alpha particles beyond the instability thresholds.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Can Consumers Make Affordable Care Affordable? The Value of Choice Architecture
Creators: name: Johnson, Eric J.
name: Hassin, Ran
name: Baker, Tom
name: Bajger, Allison T.
name: Treuer, Galen
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Health insurance--Finance
Decision making
Health services administration
Medical care

description: Tens of millions of people are currently choosing health coverage on a state or federal health insurance exchange as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We examine how well people make these choices, how well they think they do, and what can be done to improve these choices. We conducted 6 experiments asking people to choose the most cost-effective policy using websites modeled on current exchanges. Our results suggest there is significant room for improvement. Without interventions, respondents perform at near chance levels and show a significant bias, overweighting out-of-pocket expenses and deductibles. Financial incentives do not improve performance, and decision-makers do not realize that they are performing poorly. However, performance can be improved quite markedly by providing calculation aids, and by choosing a “smart” default. Implementing these psychologically based principles could save purchasers of policies and taxpayers approximately 10 billion dollars every year.