cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spin Relaxation in Quantum Wires
Creators: name: Wenk, Paul
name: Kettemann, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spin dynamics and spin relaxation of itinerant electrons in quantum wires with spin-orbit coupling is reviewed. We give an introduction to spin dynamics, and review spin-orbit coupling mechanisms in semiconductors. The spin diffusion equation with spin-orbit coupling is derived, using only intuitive, classical random walk arguments. We give an overview of all spin relaxation mechanisms, with particular emphasis on the motional narrowing mechanism in disordered conductors, the D'yakonov-Perel'-Spin relaxation. Here, we discuss in particular, the existence of persistent spin helix solutions of the spin diffusion equation, with vanishing spin relaxation rates. We then, derive solutions of the spin diffusion equation in quantum wires, and show that there is an effective alignment of the spin-orbit field in wires whose width is smaller than the spin precession length $L_{\rm SO}$. We show that the resulting reduction in the spin relaxation rate results in a change in the sign of the quantum corrections to the conductivity. Finally, we present recent experimental results which confirm the decrease of the spin relaxation rate in wires whose width is smaller than $L_{\rm SO}$: the direct optical measurement of the spin relaxation rate, as well as transport measurements, which show a dimensional crossover from weak antilocalization to weak localization as the wire width is reduced. Open problems remain, in particular in narrower, ballistic wires, were optical and transport measurements seem to find opposite behavior of the spin relaxation rate: enhancement, suppression, respectively. We conclude with a review of these and other open problems which still challenge the theoretical understanding and modeling of the experimental results.
description: 24 pages, 13 figures
Magnetic properties and energy absorption of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia
Creators: name: Torres, T. E.
name: Roca, A. G.
name: Morales, M. P.
name: Ibarra, A.
name: Marquina, C.
name: Ibarra, M. R.
name: Goya, G. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the magnetic and power absorption properties of three samples of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with sizes from 5 to 12 nm prepared by thermal decomposition of Fe (acac)3 and Co(acac)2 at high temperatures. The blocking temperatures TB estimated from magnetization M(T) curves spanned the range 180 < TB < 320 K, reflecting the large magnetocrystalline anisotropy of these nanoparticles. Accordingly, high coercive fields HC \approx 1.4 - 1.7 T were observed at low temperatures. Specific Power Absorption (SPA) experiments carried out in ac magnetic fields indicated that, besides particle volume, the effective magnetic anisotropy is a key parameter determining the absorption efficiency. SPA values as high as 98 W/g were obtained for nanoparticles with average size of \approx12 nm.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
FONSECA, Jorge – Os hospitais de Montemor-o-Novo entre os séculos XIII e XVI. Apresentação de José Claudino Tregeira; Prefácio de Vítor Melícias. Montemor-o-Novo: Santa Casa da Misericórdia, 2004. 126 p.
Creators: name: Gomes, Saul António
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2005

description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 17 (2005): Clérigos e Religiosos na Sociedade Medieval
Electrically Conductive Carbon-Ceramic Composite as Electrode on Indirect Electrochemical Oxidation Reactor for Remazol Black B Degradation
Creators: name: I Dewa Ketut Sastrawidana
name: I Nyoman Sukarta
name: I Wayan Karyasa
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Carbon-ceramic composite electrode
Electrical conductivity
Indirect electrochemical oxidation
Color removal effi ciency
Remazol black B textile dye

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 50-61
Sustainable home environments : proactively addressing sickness-related damp and moldy environments to reduce the impact on the BC health care system
Creators: name: Hostland, Craig Rodney
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: In developed countries nearly half of a person’s life is spend in their home environment. Worldwide, up to 30% of new and remodelled buildings may have indoor air quality issues with the quality of housing in general playing a decisive role in occupant health. Upwards of 50% of homes in North America contain damp or moldy environments with microbial debris being a key element in indoor air pollution. Asthma prevalence has been deemed a by-product of unhealthy home environments, exacerbated by exposure to high levels of mold and dampness. Asthma impacts 28 million people in North America and accounts for over $62 billion in health care costs and economic impact from lost productivity, lost work days, and early death. This thesis presents literature that demonstrates the link and extent of impact among damp and moldy indoor environments and respiratory disease using asthma as a case study. To quantify the effects, a reliable empirical tool that ranks residential indoor environment condition and predicts associated respiratory health-effect risk in homes has been developed and validated. To support the delivery of potentially significant health benefits and public health care system cost savings, this thesis considers a method, based on economics and risk analysis, to reduce respiratory health impact and validates the basis for a proactive sustainable health care prevention program based on residential mold and dampness remediation. The financial assessment conducted in this thesis utilizing social cost-benefit risk analysis suggests the direct economic burden on the public health care system (PHCS) from high-use (severe and persistent) mold and dampness-affected asthmatics is $5.4 billion annually in North America with an estimated $2.8 billion in savings from a prevention program available for reallocation purposes and the freeing of system capacity for the over-burdened health care system. A patient-centric component costing analysis was conducted to supplement and support literature data. A proposed prevention program implementation strategy consists of identifying the mold and dampness affected high-use asthmatics, treating their environment, administering the prevention program, monitoring progress, and maintaining an ongoing record of the continuing reduction in cost impact to the public health care system to ensure program sustainability.
title: Gavrinis_blocCairn
Creators: name: Grimaud, Valentin
name: LARA - Laboratoire de Recherche en Archéologie et Architectures
Publisher: name: Archeovision
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: art pariétal

description: Bloc orné
description: 1 fichier 3D (ply), 1 fichier image (jpg), 1 fichier unknown (txt)
Equivalence of Viscosity and Weak Solutions for the $p(x)$-Laplacian
Creators: name: Juutinen, Petri
name: Lukkari, Teemu
name: Parviainen, Mikko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 35J92, Secondary 35D40, 31C45, 35B60

description: We consider different notions of solutions to the $p(x)$-Laplace equation $-÷(\abs{Du(x)}^{p(x)-2}Du(x))=0$ with $ 1
title: Gavrinis_P1
Creators: name: Grimaud, Valentin
name: LARA - Laboratoire de Recherche en Archéologie et Architectures
Publisher: name: Archeovision
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Architecture funéraire monumentale
subject: dalle de couverture

description: Dalle de couverture de la tombe à couloir
description: 1 fichier 3D (ply), 253 fichiers image (jpg)
KHOURY, Yara Aun, coord. – Guia dos Arquivos das Santas Casas de Misericórdia do Brasil (fundadas entre 1500 e 1900). São Paulo: Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, 2004. 2 vols.
Creators: name: Paiva, José Pedro
Publisher: name: Lusitania Sacra
Year: 2005

description: Lusitania Sacra, n. 17 (2005): Clérigos e Religiosos na Sociedade Medieval
DOES THE HOME LITERACY ENVIRONMENT AFFECT CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS? SURVEY ON STUDENTS IN RURAL, URBAN, AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS
Creators: name: Imam Sudarmaji
name: Ifan Iskandar
name: Romdani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Critical Thinking Skill; Home Literacy Environment; Survey.

description: Abstract
As one of the 21st century skills, critical thinking skill should be mastered by the students. Home as the first learning service for children is very important to support learning achievement. The current study aimed to investigate the level of students' critical thinking skill (CTS) and their home literacy environment (HLE). In addition, this study also was to find out whether there is any effect of students' HLE towards their CTS. A questionnaire was used for collecting the data of students' HLE, and Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT) was adopted for piling up students' CTS. The instruments were distributed to 591 senior high school students whom were used as the sample. A comparative study and regression analysis were used to analyse the data. The results of this study showed that the students' level of CTS was categorized at a low level, and the students' HLE was categorized at medium level. Moreover, the level of students' CTS in the rural, urban and industrial areas were not different. The last result of this study showed that students' CTS was not significantly affected by their HLE.
Characterization of yttria stabilized zirconia and carbon nanotube doped : YSZ ceramic composites fabricated by spark plasma sintering
Creators: name: Karanam, Abhinav
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Zirconium oxide doped with Yttria has been recognized as a candidate material for thermal barrier coatings (TBC) due to its high thermal stability, inertness and corrosion resistance. Literature suggests that addition of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) to technical ceramics (e.g., Alumina) may significantly enhance the mechanical properties of the ceramic composite. However, the agglomeration of CNTs in the ceramic matrix during the fabrication process generally has a detrimental effect on the ceramic composite’s mechanical properties. It was seen that during conventional sintering processes, CNTs may disintegrate when exposed to sintering temperatures for a long time, thus creating a need to identify a novel technique for successfully fabricating CNT-ceramic composites. Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) is a novel method for fabricating ceramic composites, which are difficult to fabricate using traditional methods. In this work, 8mol% YSZ was fabricated via SPS process, and the effect of varying sintering parameters was investigated. Also, the effect of adding Single-Wall CNTs (SWCNTs) and Multi-Wall CNTs (MWCNTs) on the densification behavior, mechanical and thermal properties of the CNT-YSZ composites were studied. The results suggest that MWCNTs did not have a very pronounced effect on the densification of YSZ and no appreciable improvement in the hardness was observed. This was likely the result of MWCNT agglomeration in the ceramic matrix. In contrast, the SWCNTs had a significant effect on the hardness of the ceramic composite with ~ 71% increase in hardness from 0 to 1wt% SWCNT addition. However, SWCNTs were also seen to hinder densification. The thermal conductivity of the SWCNT – YSZ ceramic composites was seen to be a function of the concentration of the SWCNTs in the composite.
Additional file 1 of The enhancement of microbial fuel cell performance by anodic bacterial community adaptation and cathodic mixed nickel–copper oxides on a graphene electrocatalyst
Creators: name: Khater, Dena Z.
name: Amin, R. S.
name: Zhran, M. O.
name: Abd El-Aziz, Zeinab K.
name: Mahmoud, Mohamed
name: Hassan, Helmy M.
name: El-Khatib, K. M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Illustrating the synthesis of NiO-CuO/G electrocatalysts by precipitation of metal salts precursors and its techniques for the ORR in neutral PBS and its application in MFCs. Figure S2. MFC configuration. Figure S3. SEM images of 30 wt % NiO-CuO/G composite: (a) high-magnification image and (b) low-magnification image. Figure S4. Open circuit potential for a) Pt/C- and b) NiO-CuO/G-based MFCs. Figure S5. SEM images of (a) bare carbon felt anode and (b) carbon felt anode after 90 days operation. Table S1. Weight and Atomic percentages of elements forming NiO-CuO/G electrocatalyst.
A Combinatorial Framework for Designing (Pseudoknotted) RNA Algorithms
Creators: name: Ponty, Yann
name: Saule, Cédric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We extend an hypergraph representation, introduced by Finkelstein and Roytberg, to unify dynamic programming algorithms in the context of RNA folding with pseudoknots. Classic applications of RNA dynamic programming energy minimization, partition function, base-pair probabilities...) are reformulated within this framework, giving rise to very simple algorithms. This reformulation allows one to conceptually detach the conformation space/energy model -- captured by the hypergraph model -- from the specific application, assuming unambiguity of the decomposition. To ensure the latter property, we propose a new combinatorial methodology based on generating functions. We extend the set of generic applications by proposing an exact algorithm for extracting generalized moments in weighted distribution, generalizing a prior contribution by Miklos and al. Finally, we illustrate our full-fledged programme on three exemplary conformation spaces (secondary structures, Akutsu's simple type pseudoknots and kissing hairpins). This readily gives sets of algorithms that are either novel or have complexity comparable to classic implementations for minimization and Boltzmann ensemble applications of dynamic programming.
Evaluation of design, environmental, and sustainability attributes affecting urban fisheries restoration habitat in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Creators: name: Slogan, James Randolph
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: This thesis examines how structural complexity and environmental variability affects biodiversity and species assemblages on an engineered intertidal habitat named the Habitat Skirt, and develops a rapid assessment tool (RESTORE) to evaluate the long-term sustainability of restoration areas based on ecological, social and economic indicators to inform adaptive management. First, I tested how species diversity and assemblages on the Habitat Skirt compares with riprap; and if differences can be explained by environmental factors. Diversity at the Habitat Skirt and rip-rap were similar; however, species assemblages were not (P = 0.021). Species assemblages on the Habitat Skirt were dominated by Mytilus trossulus, while riprap had greater diversity of macroalgae. Both light intensity and water motion accounted for significant variation among species assemblages (P = 0.008; P = 0.019). Light intensity was positively correlated with macroalgal cover (P = 0.014); and both were lower at the Habitat Skirt (P = 0.001) then riprap. When constructing shoreline infrastructure with limited buffers to reduce shading, habitat managers need to determine whether potential differences in species composition meet regional coastal management objectives. Second, I examine intertidal assemblages and diversity among four microhabitats on the Habitat Skirt. Species richness was greatest within tidepools from two to four metres above chart datum (m CD) and vertical habitats at zero and one m CD. Richness decreased with increasing tidal elevation, except in tidepools where richness remained similar irrespective of tidal elevation. Species composition of many microhabitats varied with tidal height, these did not change significantly during the last two years. These results show that the relative effectiveness of microhabitats vary with tidal height. Lastly, I develop a tool, RESTORE, for assessing the sustainability of restoration areas using 25 ecological, social and economic attributes. I use RESTORE in a case study to examine differences in sustainability among marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems. Sustainability was significantly higher in marine than estuarine restoration areas (P = 0.029) with no significant relation of area on sustainability after controlling for ecosystem. RESTORE was successful in comparing a 25 attributes to assess the long-term sustainability of restoration areas to inform future adaptive management.
Costbenefit Analysis of PM2.5 Policy in Korea
Creators: name: Suhyoung, Kim
name: Chng, Loi Kok
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Particulate matter
Air quality policy
Costbenefi t analysis
Benefit mapping and analysis program

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 62-70
Additional file 1 of Iam hiQ—a novel pair of accuracy indices for imputed genotypes
Creators: name: Rosenberger, Albert
name: Tozzi, Viola
name: Bickeböller, Heike
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1. A macro for SAS® 9.4 to calculate the measures IamHWE, Iamchance and hiQ for autosomal markers based on the dosagefile. Finally, tables and figures are given with markers and regions of low accuracy.
Resource allocation with multi-cell coordination in wireless networks
Creators: name: Niu, Binglai
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: To meet the growing demand of mobile data service with limited radio resources, the cellular architecture has evolved from single-cell networks towards multi-cell networks. In multi-cell networks, the spectrum is reused by multiple adjacent cells to increase the spectral efficiency. As a trade-off, interference is introduced among the cells, which limits the achievable data rates for users who experience significant inter-cell interference. In this thesis, multi-cell coordination is applied to mitigate interference, and several resource allocation mechanisms are proposed to improve the system performance for various multi-cell networks. First, a downlink scheduling mechanism is proposed for a multi-cell multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network. This mechanism dynamically selects the users to be scheduled and the corresponding MIMO transmission strategy to optimize a utility function. Both centralized and distributed algorithms are developed, and an efficient rate adjustment method is proposed to improve the system throughput when the channel state information (CSI) is imperfect. Next, a network configuration mechanism is developed for two-tier macro-femto networks. In this mechanism, coordination is applied for different network configuration processes such that access control, spectrum allocation and power management are performed sequentially at the base stations and users, respectively. This mechanism is modeled as a multi-stage decision making process and the desired decisions are obtained using a multi-level optimization approach. Finally, coordination among multiple service providers for resource sharing is studied in cloud-based radio access networks (C-RANs). A multi-timescale resource sharing mechanism is designed. This mechanism employs a threshold-based policy to control the inter-cell interference, and defines a new metric for providing resource sharing guarantee for each service provider. It consists of resource allocation processes that are performed at different time scales to deal with traffic demand variation. The proposed mechanism addresses the issue of user mobility by employing a mobility prediction method when optimizing the resource sharing decisions. The performance of the mechanisms proposed in this thesis are evaluated via computer simulations. It is shown that these mechanisms substantially improve the performance for the corresponding multi-cell networks.
Circuit-QED analogue of a single-atom injection maser: Lasing, trapping states and multistability
Creators: name: Marthaler, M.
name: Leppäkangas, J.
name: Cole, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a superconducting single-electron transistor (SSET) which is coupled to a LC-oscillator via the phase difference across one of the Josephson junctions. This leads to a strongly anharmonic coupling between the SSET and the oscillator. The coupling can oscillate with the number of photons which makes this system very similar to the single-atom injection maser. However, the advantage of a design based on superconducting circuits is the strong coupling and existence of standard methods to measure the radiation field in the oscillator. This makes it possible to study many effects that have been predicted for the single-atom injection maser in a circuit quantum electrodynamics setup.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 2 of Iam hiQ—a novel pair of accuracy indices for imputed genotypes
Creators: name: Rosenberger, Albert
name: Tozzi, Viola
name: Bickeböller, Heike
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. Other members (not co-authors) of the International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO).
Improving the feasibility of energy disaggregation in very high- and low-rate sampling scenarios
Creators: name: Clark, Michelle Susan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Given the world's urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the most disastrous effects of climate change, efforts must be made to reduce these emissions in every way possible. A large share of these emissions come from the energy consumption in buildings and there are significant opportunities to reduce this consumption through energy saving measures. Energy disaggregation or non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) is a useful tool that infers the energy consumption of individual appliances or equipment within a building from detailed measurements of the building's total energy consumption. This method is very attractive for providing a detailed breakdown of building energy consumption because it is less expensive and more convenient than measuring the energy use of each appliance individually. A wide variety of NILM methods have been proposed and in this thesis we focus on improving the feasibility of two different classes of NILM methods. We first explore the use of random filtering and random demodulation, two methods closely related to the new and developing field of compressed sensing (CS), to acquire and manage very-high-rate electrical measurements used for NILM. We show that these methods allow us to reduce the required sampling rate and volume of data collected while retaining valuable signal information required for NILM. Second, we switch to the analysis of very-low-rate data for NILM and develop a method to detect interesting patterns in the very-low-rate aggregate consumption signal. These patterns are shown to be responsible for a significant share of the total energy consumption in some buildings and are also related to the outdoor air temperature in some cases. Taken together, the two parts of this thesis allow us to contribute to the field of NILM by improving its feasibility and helping to facilitate its widespread use.
Mass discrepancy in galaxy clusters as a result of the offset between dark matter and baryon distributions
Creators: name: Shan, HuanYuan
name: Qin, Bo
name: Zhao, HongSheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent studies of lensing clusters reveal that it might be fairly common for a galaxy cluster that the X-ray center has an obvious offset from its gravitational center which is measured by strong lensing. We argue that if these offsets exist, then X-rays and lensing are indeed measuring different regions of a cluster, and may thus naturally result in a discrepancy in the measured gravitational masses by the two different methods. Here we investigate theoretically the dynamical effects of such lensing-X-ray offsets, and compare with observational data. We find that for typical values, the offset alone can give rise to a factor of two difference between the lensing and X-ray determined masses for the core regions of a cluster, suggesting that such "offset effect" may play an important role and should not be ignored in our dynamical measurements of clusters.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Estimation of PM2.5 Concentrations in Northern Thailand Using the Gappy Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Method
Creators: name: Kuntalee Chaisee
name: Suttida Wongkaew
name: Ekkachai Thawinan
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Missing data
Proper orthogonal decomposition
Gappy proper orthogonal decomposition
Air pollution
PM2.5

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 71-79
Trade-offs in data representations for learner models in interactive simulations
Creators: name: Fratamico, Lauren
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Interactive simulations can foster student driven, exploratory learning. However, students may not always learn effectively in these unstructured environments. Due to this, it would be advantageous to provide adaptive support to those that are not effectively using the learning environment. To achieve this, it is helpful to build a user-model that can estimate the learner’s trajectories and need for help during interaction. However, this is challenging because it is hard to know a priori which behaviors are conducive to learning. It is particularly challenging in complex Exploratory Learning Environments (like in PhET’s DC Circuit Construction Kit which is used in this work) because of the large variety of ways to interact. To address this problem, we evaluate multiple representations of student interactions with the simulation that capture different amounts of granularity and feature engineering. We then apply the student modeling framework proposed in [1] to mine the student behaviors and classify learners. Our results indicate that the proposed framework is able to extend to a more complex environment in that we are able to successfully classify students and identify behaviors intuitively associated with high and low learning. We also discuss the trade-offs between the differing levels of granularity and feature engineering in the tested interaction representations in terms of their ability to evaluate learning and inform feedback. [1] Samad Kardan and Cristina Conati. 2011. A Framework for Capturing Distinguishing User Interaction Behaviours in Novel Interfaces. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 159–168.
Social Restriction Effects on Air Pollution: How the PM2.5 Concentration Changed with Lockdown Management of COVID-19 Pandemic Control in Bangkok Thailand
Creators: name: Thae Thae Han Htwe
name: Sarawut Thepanondh
name: Suphaphat Kwonpongsagoon
name: Chutarat Chompunth
name: Kanisorn Jindamanee
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: PM2.5
CBPF
COVID-19
Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR)
Thailand

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 80-90
An Artificial Neural Network Prediction Model of Respiratory Illness Among Medical Students during Gross Anatomy
Creators: name: Arroon Ketsakorn
name: Saowanee Norkaew
name: Kanjana Changkaew
name: Chalermchai Chaikittiporn
name: Vanusaya Su-Angkavatin
name: Pannathorn Thammabut
name: Ratchapong Chaiyadej
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Respiratory illness
Indoor air quality
Artificial neural network model
Gross anatomy dissection

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 91-101
Understanding industry and lay perspectives on dairy cattle welfare
Creators: name: Ventura, Beth Ann
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The welfare of dairy cattle is of rising concern in North America. This thesis explores how stakeholders relevant to dairy production—including those working within but also those external to the industry—interpret issues around dairy cattle welfare, with the aim to unearth the root of disagreements and identify common values between diverse groups. Chapter 1 begins by exploring the relevant literature and identifies important gaps. Chapters 2 and 3 describe multi-cohort focus groups of farmers, veterinarians, and other industry stakeholders. Chapter 2 investigates their interpretations of the priority welfare issues facing the dairy industry and demonstrates that these stakeholders hold a broad conception of animal welfare with the potential to link to values in broader society. Chapter 3 explores how these stakeholders perceive challenges to welfare and their desired solutions for change; it shows consensus for education, particularly in the form of peer-led extension strategies, to address low welfare knowledge among farmers and veterinarians. Chapter 4 describes a survey of non-farming citizens before and after touring a dairy farm and demonstrates that, as with industry stakeholders, citizens’ animal welfare values are diverse. Chapter 4 also shows that citizens respond differently to learning more about dairy farming, with some becoming more concerned and others less so. Chapter 5 then describes the use of an online engagement tool to explore in greater depth what appears to be one of the most contentious practices in dairy production—that of early separation of the dairy calf from the cow. It illustrates that support of this practice varies markedly among stakeholder groups, but that people are often concerned with the same issues regardless of their stance, providing paths for compromise on practice and policy. Chapter 6 concludes with a summary of findings and recommendations, including: 1) farmers should engage with veterinarians and researchers to help them adopt practices in better alignment with societal values (such as pain mitigation), 2) industry decision makers should commit to transparency but also be prepared to listen and adapt to informed critiques, and 3) researchers should explore engagement strategies to aid in conflict resolution between industry and lay citizens.
Additional file 1 of Bronchiolitis, epidemiological changes during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Creators: name: Guitart, Carmina
name: Bobillo-Perez, Sara
name: Alejandre, Carme
name: Armero, Georgina
name: Launes, Cristian
name: Cambra, Francisco Jose
name: Balaguer, Monica
name: Jordan, Iolanda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Data of the acute severe RSV-related bronchiolitis admitted to the PICUs in Catalonia and Europe.
Pattern-recalling processes in quantum Hopfield networks far from saturation
Creators: name: Inoue, Jun-ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As a mathematical model of associative memories, the Hopfield model was now well-established and a lot of studies to reveal the pattern-recalling process have been done from various different approaches. As well-known, a single neuron is itself an uncertain, noisy unit with a finite unnegligible error in the input-output relation. To model the situation artificially, a kind of 'heat bath' that surrounds neurons is introduced. The heat bath, which is a source of noise, is specified by the 'temperature'. Several studies concerning the pattern-recalling processes of the Hopfield model governed by the Glauber-dynamics at finite temperature were already reported. However, we might extend the 'thermal noise' to the quantum-mechanical variant. In this paper, in terms of the stochastic process of quantum-mechanical Markov chain Monte Carlo method (the quantum MCMC), we analytically derive macroscopically deterministic equations of order parameters such as 'overlap' in a quantum-mechanical variant of the Hopfield neural networks (let us call "quantum Hopfield model" or "quantum Hopfield networks"). For the case in which non-extensive number $p$ of patterns are embedded via asymmetric Hebbian connections, namely, $p/N \to 0$ for the number of neuron $N \to \infty$ ('far from saturation'), we evaluate the recalling processes for one of the built-in patterns under the influence of quantum-mechanical noise.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, using jpconf.cls, Proc. of Statphys-Kolkata VII
Cancer Risk Assessment Around Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators
Creators: name: Patsiri Srivieng
name: Pensri Watchalayann
name: Warawut Suadee
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Municipal solid waste incinerators
Air-quality modeling
Heavy metals
Dioxins
Health risk assessment
Cancer risk

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 102-116
Evaluation of Potential Genotoxic Effects Induced by Chlorothalonil in Human Lymphocytes in Vitro
Creators: name: Algarni, Awad A
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Chlorothalonil
Genotoxicity
Chromosome aberrations
Mitotic index
Sister chromatid exchange
Human peripheral lymphocytes

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 117-123
Additional file 2 of Bronchiolitis, epidemiological changes during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Creators: name: Guitart, Carmina
name: Bobillo-Perez, Sara
name: Alejandre, Carme
name: Armero, Georgina
name: Launes, Cristian
name: Cambra, Francisco Jose
name: Balaguer, Monica
name: Jordan, Iolanda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 2. The incidence and the peak of RSV-attributed bronchiolitis: Temporal comparison.
Life Cycle Assessment of High Pressure-Cooked Smoked Milkfish Production: A Case Study in Semarang, Indonesia
Creators: name: Novie Susanto
name: Heru Prastawa
name: Sembiring, Nora V.
name: M. Mujiya Ulkhaq
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2021
Subjects: Eco-efficiency index
Life cycle assessment
Water scarcity
High pressure-cooked smoked milkfish

description: EnvironmentAsia, 14, 3, 124-135
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTISCALE, MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATION OF PROTEIN STABILITY UNDER HYDRODYNAMIC STRESS
Creators: name: Umoru, Peace Oghenefejiro
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 321405
subject: Pharmaceutical sciences
classificationCode: 401211
subject: Multiphysics flows (incl. multiphase and reacting flows)
classificationCode: 340407
subject: Proteins and peptides
classificationCode: 460207
subject: Modelling and simulation
classificationCode: 401207
subject: Fundamental and theoretical fluid dynamics

description: Monoclonal antibodies have presented a unique opportunity for drugs to be designed according to biological processes and functions. Along with this comes the unique challenge of designing stable protein therapeutics outside the bounds of their native environment. The most consequential misstep during formulation or manufacture that leads to instability is an adverse immunological effect on patients. Efforts during the formulation and manufacture of biotherapeutics therefore lie predominantly on improving stability and retaining drug efficiency, by studying pathways and environments that influence protein stability. Advancements in computational methods for studying proteins in chemical environments have informed and refined previous assumptions about some of the convoluted pathways of protein interactions and dynamics. However, the task remains daunting due to the precarious nature/structure of proteins which is also tied to their function. Through a multiscale-multiphysics modeling approach, this project seeks to expand the current understanding of modeling hydrodynamic-induced stress on protein structure/function and advance the ongoing efforts to unravel the intricate makings of proteins, especially as therapeutics. This modeling framework accounts for the macroscopic quantities that underscore destabilizing events in protein-fluid environments and describes these events at the microscopic level using mesoscopic simulations as a bridge. The refining qualities of each simulation scale provide sufficient descriptors of stress and protein dynamics at the onset of instability.
The MiMeS Project: Overview and Current Status
Creators: name: Wade, G. A.
name: Alecian, E.
name: Bohlender, D. A.
name: Bouret, J. -C.
name: Cohen, D.
name: Duez, V.
name: Gagné, M.
name: Grunhut, J.
name: Henrichs, H. F.
name: Hill, N.
name: Kochukhov, O.
name: Mathis, S.
name: Neiner, C.
name: Oksala, M.
name: Owocki, S.
name: Petit, V.
name: Shultz, M.
name: Rivinius, T.
name: Townsend, R.
name: Vink, J. S.
name: Collaboration, the MiMeS
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) Project is a consensus collaboration among many of the foremost international researchers of the physics of hot, massive stars, with the basic aim of understanding the origin, evolution and impact of magnetic fields in these objects. At the time of writing, MiMeS Large Programs have acquired over 950 high-resolution polarised spectra of about 150 individual stars with spectral types from B5-O4, discovering new magnetic fields in a dozen hot, massive stars. The quality of this spectral and magnetic matériel is very high, and the Collaboration is keen to connect with colleagues capable of exploiting the data in new or unforeseen ways. In this paper we review the structure of the MiMeS observing programs and report the status of observations, data modeling and development of related theory.
description: Proceedings of IAUS272: Active OB stars
Fundamental study on tin recovery in acidic aqueous systems
Creators: name: Hong, Tao
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Tin is widely used in solder, tin plating and tin alloys. The current recovery rate of tin metal is low and insufficient with just over 300,000 tonnes annually. The grade of tin concentrates in traditional smelting methods needs to be at least 60%. Otherwise, iron, the chief impurity in tin concentrates can form tin-iron alloys and result in inefficient recovery of tin. Therefore, a hydrometallurgical technology to treat lower grade tin concentrates is proposed to solve the problem and close the demand gap for tin. The electrochemical reduction of chromium(III) solutions was conducted with a graphite felt cathode in acidic aqueous systems (chloride, sulfate and MSA). The parameters of acid concentration, current density, graphite felt thickness, graphite felt surface condition and graphite felt usage frequency were investigated. It was found that acid concentration has a significant influence on chromium(III) reduction in the sulfate and MSA system, while slight effect in the chloride system. In addition, the lifetime of the graphite felt in the sulfate and MSA system was shorter than that in the chloride system. These electrochemical differences may result from the pathway difference in electron transfer between the electrode and the chromium(III) ions. In general, chromium(III) ions in the chloride system showed the best electrochemical reduction activity. The chromium(II) ions synthesized from electrochemical reduction of chromium(III) ions were then used to effect the reduction of SnO₂ powder. The effect of temperature on the recovery test in the chloride, sulfate and MSA system was investigated. It was found that under the conditions of this thesis, the predominant recovery product of SnO₂ is Sn metal, rather than Sn(II). Generally, the recovery kinetics and total conversion were low in the sulfate and MSA system; however, the chloride system showed significantly better recovery results. This may be attributed to the catalysis effect of the chloride ions on the recovery process.
On the simultaneous generation of high energy emission and submillimeter/infrared radiation from active galactic nuclei
Creators: name: Osmanov, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For active galactic nuclei (AGNs) we study the role of the mechanism of quasi-linear diffusion (QLD) in producing the high energy emission in the MeV-GeV domains strongly connected with the submillimeter/infrared radiation. Considering the kinetic equation governing the stationary regime of the QLD we investigate the feedback of the diffusion on electrons. We show that this process leads to the distribution of particles by the pitch angles, implying that the synchrotron mechanism is no longer prevented by energy losses. Examining a reasonable interval of physical parameters, we show that it is possible to produce MeV-GeV gamma-rays, strongly correlated with submillimeter/infrared bands.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 3 of Ontogeny of RORγt+ cells in the intestine of newborns and its role in the development of experimental necrotizing enterocolitis
Creators: name: Zhao, Xiuhao
name: Liang, Wenhua
name: Wang, Yonghui
name: Yi, Ruirong
name: Luo, Lingjie
name: Wang, Weifang
name: Sun, Nannan
name: Yu, Mingcheng
name: Xu, Weijue
name: Sheng, Qingfeng
name: Lu, Li
name: Pang, Jianfeng
name: Lv, Zhibao
name: Wang, Feng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 3: Figure S3. Effect of GSK805 on intestinal barrier. a. Serum concentrations of FD4 in NEC mice treated with GSK805 or not. b. Representative images of tight junction proteins in small intestinal epithelial cells. FD4, FITC-dextran 4 kDa.
Observation of collective atomic recoil motion in a momentum-squeezed, ultra-cold, degenerate fermion gas
Creators: name: Wang, Pengjun
name: Deng, L.
name: Hagley, E. W.
name: Fu, Zhengkun
name: Chai, Shijie
name: Zhang, Jing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate clear collective atomic recoil motion in a dilute, momentum-squeezed, ultra-cold degenerate fermion gas by circumventing the effects of Pauli blocking. Although gain from bosonic stimulation is necessarily absent because the quantum gas obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics, collective atomic recoil motion from the underlying wave-mixing process is clearly visible. With a single pump pulse of the proper polarization, we observe two mutually-perpendicular wave-mixing processes occurring simultaneously. Our experiments also indicate that the red-blue pump detuning asymmetry observed with Bose-Einstein condensates does not occur with fermions.
An exploration of the role of the diversity advisor within educational teams that support students with visual impairments who are culturally and linguistically diverse
Creators: name: Gee, Stephanie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The use of language interpreters is one method for providing information to parents who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) during meetings in schools. However, straight translation is often not enough. Diversity advisors are unique positions created to take on the role of becoming cultural brokers between the school and family as well as providing interpreting services. The purpose of this research was to explore the role of the diversity advisor within the context of an educational team that supports a student with a visual impairment who is also CLD. A focus group method was used to gather data from three groups on the learning team who had experience working with students with a visual impairment who are CLD: diversity advisors, classroom teachers and teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs). Similar questions were asked of each group around perceptions of their role, interactions with other learning team members, and interactions with CLD families who have a child with a visual impairment. The transcribed data was analyzed using the thematic analysis approach to discover emerging themes, as well as areas for growth. Among the findings, common themes between the groups included a need for better role clarification, a desire for cultural understanding around visual impairment, continued communication and relationship building among team members, and the need to address concepts and terms that lose their original meaning when translated from one language to another. Potential solutions to improve interactions with other learning team members and professional development opportunities for diversity advisors in their work with families who are CLD with a child who has a visual impairment are discussed.
General linear hypothesis testing in functional response model
Creators: name: Smaga, Łukasz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, the general linear hypothesis testing and variable selection problems in functional response model are considered. The globalizing pointwise F test and the Fmax-test as well as the variable selection methods based on multiple hypothesis testing are adapted to this model. The asymptotic null distributions and consistency under local alternatives of test statistics are established under some standard regularity conditions. Based on these results and nonparametric bootstrap approach, different methods are proposed to approximate the null distribution of test statistics. The performance of the new testing and variable selection procedures is compared with that of the known methods in numerical experiments based on real data set. The results suggest that the new methods often outperform the known ones in terms of size control, power and ability to detect significant variables.