cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
D4.2 - Assessing the implementation risks of NDCs: Lessons from 20 cases
Creators: name: Peterson, Lauri
name: van Asselt, Harro
name: Benvegnù, Francesco
name: Beuermann, Christiane
name: Boer, Rizaldi
name: Ersoy, Sibel Raquel
name: Garg, Amit
name: Hall, Catherine
name: Häntzschel, Maximilian
name: José Sanz, Maria
name: Kreibich, Nico
name: Obergassel, Wolfgang
name: Olsen, Tara
name: Otto, Simon
name: Perez-Catala, Anna
name: Raabe, Madeleine
name: Raskina, Serafima
name: Rose, Siobhán
name: Rossita, Annuri
name: Schojan, Fabio
name: Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Saritha
name: Sunkar, Arzyana
name: Terrapon-Pfaff, Julia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The deliverable identifies several key results. We establish seven criteria for the assessment of NDC implementation risks, which among our cases include track record, interest groups, resources dedicated to implementation, policy output, embeddedness in legislation, institutional output, and monitoring and enforcement. Based on the criteria, we find that a few of the cases are at higher risk to fail to implement their NDC pledges than others, such as Saudi Arabia, which is categorised as “high risk” for six different criteria. A few countries can be considered “low risk” in terms of implementation risks. For instance, the EU and Norway are the most likely to successfully implement their NDC goals. However, most countries can be considered “low risk” for some criteria and “high risk” for other criteria. Two main conclusions can be drawn from the results of the assessment. First, in line with studies indicating an “implementation gap”, it is highly unlikely that NDCs will be fully implemented. Our selected cases exhibit implementation risks for various criteria, calling into question the likelihood of achieving the 1.5°C goal. Second, although NDCs have been gradually updated, they still are lacking in many crucial regards, such as access to information on government budgeting for climate action. This makes it more to assess and compare countries’ financial investments in climate action. Thus, there is a need for more research that captures funding for the implementation.
Spin 3/2 Baryons and Form Factors in AdS/QCD
Creators: name: Ahn, Hyo Chul
name: Hong, Deog Ki
name: Park, Cheonsoo
name: Siwach, Sanjay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the 5D Rarita-Schwinger fields to describe spin 3/2 baryons in AdS/QCD. We calculate the spectrum of spin 3/2 baryons (Delta resonances) and their form factors, together with meson-baryon couplings from AdS/QCD. The transition form-factors between Delta and nucleon are evaluated. Both pion and rho meson couplings have the same origin in the bulk and hence unified. The numerical values for the meson-baryon transition couplings are consistent with the values obtained from other methods. We also predict the numerical values of some new couplings associated with Delta resonances.
description: 29 pages, 6 figures
Rawls’s idea of political liberalism and the ‘animal question’
Creators: name: Passoni, Andrea
Publisher: name: Annali del Dipartimento di Filosofia
Year: 2011
Subjects: Rawls; animals; public reason; political liberalism

description: Several decades have elapsed since the ‘animal question’ came to be at the centre of the interests of moral and political philosophy. In order to discuss this issue, in this essay I tackle the problem of political personality in terms of the Rawls’s idea of public reason.
description: Annali del Dipartimento di Filosofia, XVI (2010)
MPEC 2023-K172 : 2023 KX3
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KX3

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
D4.3 - Transformation Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Options - Cover report
Creators: name: Obergassel, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This deliverable analyses transformation opportunities, barriers and policy options in about 10 countries for each of the four sectors energy-intensive industries, transport, buildings, and agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU). The analysis shows that while there generally is the potential to achieve sufficient emission reductions to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement, mobilisation of this potential is impeded by strong barriers across all sectors. In addition, existing policies are nowhere nearly strong enough to overcome these barriers and mobilise mitigation opportunities. The sector reports contain options to strengthen policies for each target country as well as cross-country comparisons of results.
The tame automorphism group in two variables over basic Artinian rings
Creators: name: Berson, Joost
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14R10 (primary) 13B25 (secondary)

description: In a recent paper it has been established that over an Artinian ring R all two-dimensional polynomial automorphisms having Jacobian determinant one are tame if R is a Q-algebra. This is a generalization of the famous Jung-Van der Kulk Theorem, which deals with the case that R is a field (of any characteristic). Here we will show that for tameness over an Artinian ring, the Q-algebra assumption is really needed: we will give, for local Artinian rings with square-zero principal maximal ideal, a complete description of the tame automorphism subgroup. This will lead to an example of a non-tame automorphism, for any characteristic p>0.
description: 10 pages
Additional file 1 of Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review
Creators: name: Nash, Simone
name: Arora, Amit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. PRISMA checklist.
ATROF-MUHIT IFLOSLANISHINING OLDINI OLISH CHORALARI
Creators: name: Tursunova, Nigora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Muhtaram yurtboshimiz Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev biz – yoshlar – uchun madaniyatni yuksaltirish va O’zbekistonda turli xil atrof-muhit ifloslanishining oldini olish choralari borasida keng targ’ibot ishlarini yo’lga qo’yish maqsadida shijoatli faoliyat olib bormoqdalar. Ular o’z nutqlarida so’z olib borganlaridek, kelajak biz – yoshlar – qo’lidadir. Hozirgi vaqtda biz – yoshlarga – har qanday soha yo’lida o’z hissamizni qo’shishga keng imkoniyat yo’llari ochib berilmoqda.
Clinical factors associated with the use of dexamethasone for asthma in the pediatric emergency department
Creators: name: DeLaroche, Amy M.
name: Mowbray, Fabrice
name: Parker, Sarah J.
name: Ravichandran, Yagnaram
name: Jones, Aaron
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Dexamethasone is efficacious for the treatment of pediatric asthma exacerbations but is not specifically recommended by current national guidelines. To describe the factors associated with prescribed dexamethasone in a pediatric emergency department (PED) and upon patient discharge. Retrospective chart review of patients aged 2 to 18 years discharged home from a PED with a diagnostic code for asthma (J45x). Descriptive statistics are reported and binary logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used to examine the demographic and clinical factors associated with dexamethasone use in the PED and upon discharge. 594 children contributed 690 visits for asthma. Two-thirds of patients received prednisone in the PED (n = 430; 62%). Among 260 children who received dexamethasone, 76% (n = 198) were prescribed a second dose for post-discharge administration. Multivariable models showed that patients triaged as most urgent had a 50% reduction in the odds of receiving dexamethasone in the PED (OR = 0.5; 95% CI = 0.28–0.87). Patients seen by a pediatrician (OR 4.2; 95%CI 2.1–8.3) and those triaged as urgent (OR 2.9; 95% CI = 1.8–7.8) were more likely to receive a single dose of dexamethasone. Dexamethasone is less commonly used in the PED for asthmatic patients triaged as most urgent. Triage acuity and level of training were associated with single-dose treatment of asthma in those receiving dexamethasone. Further studies are needed to clarify the use of dexamethasone across the spectrum of asthma severity.
Remnant CdSe paper
Creators: name: Liu, Xiaolei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400910
subject: Photovoltaic devices (solar cells)

description: Thin film CdTe-based photovoltaic devices have achieved high efficiency above 22%. The recent improvement in efficiency is due to Se alloying in the CdTe absorbers to form a CdSeTe/CdTe structure. The subsequent band gap grading increases the short circuit current density. The Se can be introduced by depositing a precursor thin film of either CdSe or a CdSeTe alloy and then diffusing the Se into the CdTe during the high temperature cadmium chloride activation process. Using CdSe is preferred because it is easier to control the Se concentration. However, during fabrication of the CdSeTe/CdTe devices, the CdSe thickness needs to be precisely controlled to prevent the retention of a CdSe remnant layer after the activation treatment. Retention of a remnant CdSe layer causes a dramatic reduction in device efficiency. In this work, we show that the reduction in efficiency is caused by a number of factors. The remnant CdSe layer is n-type which moves the position of the p-n junction. Also, it is widely thought that the CdSe remnants are photo-inactive. In this work, we clarify that the individual CdSe grains are actually highly photo-active. However, the grain sizes in the CdSe remnant and the adjacent CdSeTe layer are very small resulting in a high grain boundary area. Although the grain boundaries are passivated with chlorine, cathodoluminescence imaging and electrical measurements show that this is only partially effective. Also, EQE measurements show that the remnant CdSe causes parasitic absorption. Overall, the remnant CdSe layer causes a reduction in short circuit current density and device efficiency. The thickness of the CdSe precursor layer and the cadmium chloride activation process conditions must be precisely optimised to ensure that all the CdSe is consumed and inter-diffused to form the CdSeTe alloy for highest efficiency devices.
Breathing mode for systems of interacting particles
Creators: name: Olivetti, A.
name: Barré, J.
name: Marcos, B.
name: Bouchet, F.
name: Kaiser, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the breathing mode in systems of trapped interacting particles. Our approach, based on a dynamical ansatz in the first equation of the Bogolyubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon (BBGKY) hierarchy allows us to tackle at once a wide range of power law interactions and interaction strengths, at linear and non linear levels. This both puts in a common framework various results scattered in the literature, and by widely generalizing these, emphasizes universal characters of this breathing mode. Our findings are supported by direct numerical simulations.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Integrated Approach for Mosquito Control
Creators: name: Manaswini Dehuri
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2024

description: Mosquito is an important vector in tropical and subtropical areas of the world that transmit numerous diseases affecting human beings as well as animals. The most common being malaria, Chikungunya, Dengue, Filariasis, encephalitis, and Zika virus in human beings. In animals they transmit dog heart worm, bird malaria, Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile encephalitis. The most prevalent mosquito species are Plasmodium vivax, Anopheles culicifacies, Plasmodium falciparum, Anopheles stephensi, P. malariae , Aedes ageypti, P. ovale and P. knowlesi.
Infinitary Modal Logic and Generalized Kripke Semantics
Creators: name: Minari, Pierluigi
Publisher: name: Annali del Dipartimento di Filosofia
Year: 2012
Subjects: modal logic; infinitary logic; Kripke semantics; sequent-style calculi; cut-elimination

description: This paper deals with the infinitary modal propositional logic Kω1, featuring countable disjunctions and conjunc- tions. It is known that the natural infinitary extension LK􏰀ω1 (here presented as a Tait-style calculus, TK♯ω1 ) of the standard sequent calculus LK􏰀p for the propositional modal logic K is incomplete w.r. to Kripke semantics. It is also known that in order to axiomatize Kω1 one has to add to LK􏰀ω1 new initial sequents corresponding to the infinitary propositional counterpart BFω1 of the Barcan- formula. We introduce a generalization of Kripke seman- tics, and prove that TK♯ω1 is sound and complete w.r. to this generalized semantics. By the same proof strategy, we show that the stronger system TKω1 , allowing countably infinite sequents, axiomatizes Kω1, although it provably doesn’t admit cut-elimination.
description: Annali del Dipartimento di Filosofia, XVII (2011)
Alternatives to dark matter: Modified gravity as an alternative to dark matter
Creators: name: Bekenstein, Jacob D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The premier alternative to the dark matter paradigm is modified gravity. Following an introduction to the relevant phenomenology of galaxies, I review the MOND paradigm, an effective summary of the observations which any theory must reproduce. A simple nonlinear modified gravity theory does justice to MOND at the nonrelativistic level, but cannot be elevated to the relativistic level in a unique way. I go in detail into the covariant tensor-vector-theory (TeVeS) which not only recovers MOND but can also deal in detail with gravitational lensing and cosmology. Problems with MOND and TeVeS at the level of clusters of galaxies are given attention. I also summarize the status of TeVeS cosmology.
description: 20 pages, 4 figures
Additional file 2 of Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review
Creators: name: Nash, Simone
name: Arora, Amit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Search Strategy (Embase OVID).
La contraddizione come senso nelle Ricerche logiche di Husserl
Creators: name: Pesaresi, Davide
Publisher: name: Annali del Dipartimento di Filosofia
Year: 2013
Subjects: Husserl; contradiction; noetic sense

description: In Husserl’s Logische Untersuchungen, contradiction is characterized as sense, that is to say it’s an expression, and not a nonsensical formulation. This fact is shown by Husserl’s characterization of noetic sense, which can be entirely found within the intentional essence of the act: this means that comprehensibility is what is required for a formulation to be noetically sensical, even if it’s somehow morphologically ‘incomplete’ or if it doesn’t admit (as just in the case of contradiction) any possible fulfilment.
description: Annali del Dipartimento di Filosofia, XVIII (2012)
Prolactin and freshwater osmoregulation of juvenile chum Oncorhynchus keta and sockeye O. nerka salmon
Creators: name: Neuman, H. R.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The possible role of prolactin in the freshwater osmoregulation of laboratory reared juvenile chum (Oncorhynchus keta) and sockeye (0. nerka) salmon was investigated. Pituitary cytology indicated that prolactin cells of both species develop gradually during freshwater residence and downstream migration. During this time the prolactin cells increase slightly in size; the number of prolactin cell follicles also increases. Simultaneously, the intensity of cytoplasmic staining with erythrosin increases. Alternate day injections of 5 or 15 μg/g body wt prolactin (ovine) did not affect survival of chum fry in deionized water. Thirty micrograms per gram slightly increased survival while 60 μg/g decreased survival in deionized water. Prolactin injections prolonged, to a small extent, the survival of sockeye smolts in deionized water. Sockeye fry suffered only slight mortality after transfer from fresh water to deionized water. A prolactin dose of 5 μg/g did not alter this survival; however, doses of 15 μg/g or higher resulted in 40 to 70% mortality after 10 days in deionized water. Alternate day injections of 10 μg/g prolactin had no effect on plasma sodium concentrations of chum fry, sockeye fry, or sockeye smolts after transfer from sea water to either fresh water or deionized water. It is concluded, from histological and physiological evidence, that prolactin does not play an obvious role in the freshwater osmoregulation of juvenile chum and sockeye salmon. The possible role of prolactin in the spawning migration of adults is discussed.
Estimating the impact of self-management education, influenza vaccines, nebulizers, and spacers on health utilization and expenditures for Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma
Creators: name: Yildirim, Melike
name: Griffin, Paul
name: Keskinocak, Pinar
name: O’Connor, Jean C.
name: Swann, Julie L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: We quantify the effect of a set of interventions including asthma self-management education, influenza vaccination, spacers, and nebulizers on healthcare utilization and expenditures for Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma in New York and Michigan. We obtained patients’ data from Medicaid Analytic eXtract files and evaluated patients with persistent asthma in 2010 and 2011. We used difference-in-difference regression to quantify the effect of the intervention on the probability of asthma-related healthcare utilization, asthma medication, and utilization costs. We estimated the average change in outcome measures from pre-intervention/intervention (2010) to post-intervention (2011) periods for the intervention group by comparing this with the average change in the control group over the same time horizon. All of the interventions reduced both utilization and asthma medication costs. Asthma self-management education, nebulizer, and spacer interventions reduced the probability of emergency department (20.8–1.5%, 95%CI 19.7–21.9% vs. 0.5–2.5%, respectively) and inpatient (3.5–0.8%, 95%CI 2.1–4.9% vs. 0.4–1.2%, respectively) utilizations. Influenza vaccine decreased the probability of primary care physician (6–3.5%, 95%CI 4.4–7.6% vs. 1.5–5.5%, respectively) visit. The reductions varied by state and intervention. Promoting asthma self-management education, influenza vaccinations, nebulizers, and spacers can decrease the frequency of healthcare utilization and asthma-related expenditures while improving medication adherence.
Additional file 3 of Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review
Creators: name: Nash, Simone
name: Arora, Amit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. Reasons for exclusion of studies.
Localized Spins on Graphene
Creators: name: Cornaglia, P. S.
name: Usaj, Gonzalo
name: Balseiro, C. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The problem of a magnetic impurity, atomic or molecular, absorbed on top of a carbon atom in otherwise clean graphene is studied using the numerical renormalization group. The spectral, thermodynamic, and scattering properties of the impurity are described in detail. In the presence of a small magnetic field, the low energy electronic features of graphene make possible to inject spin polarized currents through the impurity using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Furthermore, the impurity scattering becomes strongly spin dependent and for a finite impurity concentration it leads to spin polarized bulk currents and a large magnetoresistance. In gated graphene the impurity spin is Kondo screened at low temperatures. However, at temperatures larger than the Kondo temperature, the anomalous magnetotransport properties are recovered.
description: 4+ pages, 4 figures. Added references
How D-type HII region expansion depends on numerical resolution
Creators: name: Pittard, J. M.
name: Kupilas, M. M.
name: Wareing, C. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the resolution dependence of HII regions expanding past their Strömgren spheres. We find that their structure and size, and the radial momentum that they attain at a given time, is in good agreement with analytical expectations if the Strömgren radius is resolved with $dr \leq 0.3\,R_{\rm st}$. If this is not satisfied, the radial momentum may be over- or under-estimated by factors up to 10 or more. Our work has significance for the amount of radial momentum that a HII region can impart to the ambient medium in numerical simulations, and thus on the relative importance of ionizing feedback from massive stars.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Electric Dipole Polarizabilities of Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes
Creators: name: Stetcu, I.
name: Quaglioni, S.
name: Friar, J. L.
name: Hayes, A. C.
name: Navrátil, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The electric dipole polarizabilities of $^3$H, $^3$He, and $^4$He are calculated directly using the Schrödinger equation with the latest generation of two- and three-nucleon interactions. These polarizabilities are necessary in order to obtain accurate nuclear-polarization corrections for transitions involving S-waves in one- and two-electron atoms. Our results are compared to previous results, and it is shown that direct calculations of the electric polarizability of $^4$He using modern nuclear potentials are smaller than published values calculated using experimental photoabsorption data. The status of this topic is assessed in the context of precise measurements of transitions in one- and two-electron atoms.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 4 of Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review
Creators: name: Nash, Simone
name: Arora, Amit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Randomised Control Trials.
MPEC 2023-K173 : 2023 KY3
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KY3

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Additional file 5 of Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: a systematic review
Creators: name: Nash, Simone
name: Arora, Amit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5. JBI Checklist for Quasi-Experimental Studies.
Ephemeral Fabrication: Exploring a Ubiquitous Fabrication Scenario of Low-Effort, In-Situ Creation of Short-Lived Physical Artifacts
Creators: name: Stemasov, Evgeny
name: Botner, Alexander
name: Rukzio, Enrico
name: Gugenheimer, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.5.m

description: Personal fabrication empowers users to create objects increasingly easier and faster. This continuous decrease in effort evokes a speculative scenario of Ephemeral Fabrication (EF), enabled and amplified by emerging paradigms of mobile, wearable, or even body-integrated fabrication. EF yields fast, temporary, in-situ solutions for everyday problems (e.g., creating a protective skin, affixing a phone). Users solely create those, since the required effort is negligible. We present and critically reflect on the EF scenario, by exploring current trends in research and building a body-worn fabrication device. EF is a plausible extrapolation of current developments, entailing both positive (e.g., accessibility) and negative implications (e.g., unsustainability). Using speculative design methodology to question the trajectory of personal fabrication, we argue that to avert the aftermath of such futures, topics like sustainability can not remain an afterthought, but rather be situated in interactions themselves: through embedded constraints, conscious material choice, and constructive embedding of ephemerality.
description: 21.5 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, to appear in Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI '22)
Gas circulation and galaxy evolution
Creators: name: Fraternali, Filippo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Galaxies must form and evolve via the acquisition of gas from the intergalactic environment, however the way this gas accretion takes place is still poorly understood. Star-forming galaxies are surrounded by multiphase halos that appear to be mostly produced by internal processes, e.g., galactic fountains. However, a small fraction of the halo gas shows features that point to an external origin. Estimates of the halo-gas accretion rate in the local Universe consistently give values much lower than what would be required to sustain star formation at the observed rate. Thus, most of the gas accretion must be "hidden" and not seen directly. I discuss possible mechanisms that can cause the intergalactic gas to cool and join the star-forming galactic disks. A possibility is that gas accretion is driven by the galactic-fountain process via turbulent mixing of the fountain gas with the coronal low-metallicity gas.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures. Invited review at the conference "Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation", Malta, 19-23 Oct. 2009. Eds. V.P. Debattista and C.C. Popescu, AIP Conf. Ser
Estimating the Impact of Self-Management Education, Influenza Vaccines, Nebulizers, and Spacers on Health Utilization and Expenditures for Medicaid-Enrolled Children with Asthma
Creators: name: Yildirim, Melike
name: Griffin, Paul
name: Keskinocak, Pinar
name: O’Connor, Jean C.
name: Swann, Julie L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Introduction: We quantify the effect of a set of interventions including asthma self-management education, influenza vaccination, spacers, and nebulizers on healthcare utilization and expenditures for Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma in New York and Michigan. Methods: We obtained patients’ data from Medicaid Analytic eXtract files and evaluated patients with persistent asthma in 2010 and 2011. We used difference-in-difference regression to quantify the effect of the intervention on the probability of asthma-related healthcare utilization, asthma medication, and utilization costs. We estimated the average change in outcome measures from pre-intervention/intervention (2010) to post-intervention (2011) periods for the intervention group by comparing this with the average change in the control group over the same time horizon. Results: All of the interventions reduced both utilization and asthma medication costs. Asthma self-management education, nebulizer, and spacer interventions reduced the probability of emergency department (20.8-1.5%, 95%CI 19.7-21.9% vs. 0.5-2.5% respectively) and inpatient (3.5-0.8%, 95%CI 2.1-4.9% vs. 0.4-1.2%, respectively) utilizations. Influenza vaccine decreased the probability of primary care physician (6-3.5%, 95%CI 4.4-7.6% vs. 1.5-5.5%, respectively) visit. The reductions varied by state and intervention. Conclusions: Promoting asthma self-management education, influenza vaccinations, nebulizers, and spacers can decrease the frequency of healthcare utilization and asthma-related expenditures while improving medication adherence.
Clinical factors associated with the use of dexamethasone for asthma in the pediatric emergency department
Creators: name: DeLaroche, Amy M.
name: Mowbray, Fabrice
name: Parker, Sarah J.
name: Ravichandran, Yagnaram
name: Jones, Aaron
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Dexamethasone is efficacious for the treatment of pediatric asthma exacerbations but is not specifically recommended by current national guidelines. To describe the factors associated with prescribed dexamethasone in a pediatric emergency department (PED) and upon patient discharge. Retrospective chart review of patients aged 2 to 18 years discharged home from a PED with a diagnostic code for asthma (J45x). Descriptive statistics are reported and binary logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used to examine the demographic and clinical factors associated with dexamethasone use in the PED and upon discharge. 594 children contributed 690 visits for asthma. Two-thirds of patients received prednisone in the PED (n = 430; 62%). Among 260 children who received dexamethasone, 76% (n = 198) were prescribed a second dose for post-discharge administration. Multivariable models showed that patients triaged as most urgent had a 50% reduction in the odds of receiving dexamethasone in the PED (OR = 0.5; 95% CI = 0.28–0.87). Patients seen by a pediatrician (OR 4.2; 95%CI 2.1–8.3) and those triaged as urgent (OR 2.9; 95% CI = 1.8–7.8) were more likely to receive a single dose of dexamethasone. Dexamethasone is less commonly used in the PED for asthmatic patients triaged as most urgent. Triage acuity and level of training were associated with single-dose treatment of asthma in those receiving dexamethasone. Further studies are needed to clarify the use of dexamethasone across the spectrum of asthma severity.
Pediatric sleep questionnaire predicts more severe sleep apnea in children with uncontrolled asthma
Creators: name: Dooley, Amy A.
name: Jackson, J. Hunter
name: Gatti, Meagan L.
name: Fanous, Hani
name: Martinez, Claudia
name: Prue, Dominique C.
name: Phull, Gurpreet
name: Richmond, Miller
name: Weinstein, Noa A.
name: Chorvinsky, Elizabeth
name: Shukla, Prateek J.
name: Pillai, Dinesh K.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: While up to 35% of children with asthma have evidence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB), it is unclear if nocturnal symptoms stem from asthma itself or SDB. The Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) is a validated tool for identifying SDB in childhood asthma. We hypothesize children with asthma and abnormal PSQ demonstrate decreased asthma control and are at higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We performed a retrospective, chart review of children and young adults referred to our tertiary children’s hospital severe asthma clinic. Data collection included age, gender, BMI percentile, spirometry, PSQ, asthma control questionnaires, asthma severity, control, and impairment. These data were evaluated in the context of polysomnography, when available. 205 inner-city children were included; 37.2% female, median age 6.4 y, and mean BMI of 71.3%ile. Rhinitis (p = 0.028), eczema (p = 0.002), and reflux (p = 0.046) were associated with abnormal PSQ; however, overweight/obese status, spirometry, asthma severity, and serologic markers were not. After correcting for comorbidities, abnormal PSQ score was associated with poor asthma control based on validated measures (p p = 0.027). In pediatric asthma, positive PSQ was associated with significantly decreased asthma control. Additionally, children with normal PSQ demonstrated mild OSA, while children with abnormal PSQ had increased severity of OSA. This demonstrates that PSQ can be used to screen children for more severe sleep apnea.
Galactic magnetic X fields
Creators: name: Henriksen, R N
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our aim in this note is to compare a recent explanation of the galactic X pattern in Faraday Rotation (XRM), to that produced by the advection part of the classical dynamo.We find that the characteristic X magnetic field polarization in the plane of the sky, found in edge-on spiral galaxies, can develop magnetohydromagnetically from an initial disc magnetic field combined with wind and rotation. The Rotation Measure develops a corresponding X distribution in sign, but this distribution is not a `universal' behaviour because it depends primarily on the velocity field. We use Cauchy evolution of an initial magnetic field to find the field at some later time and place. A `battery' mechanism that requires current to always flow out of a galaxy has been recently suggested, which contrasts with the conclusions of this paper. Either explanation has significant consequences for the structure of a spiral galaxy. If the battery mechanism applies then we have a new method of producing magnetic field independent of the traditional dynamo. If however the flow mechanism applies; then constraints concerning the presence and nature of a galactic wind, together with the signature of the mean radial magnetic field, can be inferred.
description: 6 pages four figures; accepted December 9,2021
Cross-Sections of Large-Angle Hadron Production in Proton- and Pion-Nucleus Interactions I: Beryllium Nuclei and Beam Momenta of +8.9 Gev/c and -8.0 Gev/c
Creators: name: CDP Group
name: Bolshakova, A.
name: Boyko, I.
name: Chelkov, G.
name: Dedovitch, D.
name: Elagin, A.
name: Gostkin, M.
name: Grishin, S.
name: Guskov, A.
name: Kroumchtein, Z.
name: Nefedov, Yu.
name: Nikolaev, K.
name: Zhemchugov, A.
name: Dydak, F.
name: De Min, J. Wotschack A.
name: Ammosov, V.
name: Gapienko, V.
name: Koreshev, V.
name: Semak, A.
name: Sviridov, Yu.
name: Usenko, E.
name: Zaets, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on double-differential inclusive cross-sections of the production of secondary protons, deuterons, and charged pions and kaons, in the interactions with a 5% nuclear interaction length thick stationary beryllium target, of a +8.9 GeV/c proton and pion beam, and a -8.0 GeV/c pion beam. Results are given for secondary particles with production angles between 20 and 125 degrees.
description: 36 pages, 18 figures, corrections in v2: added 'HARP -CDP group' to author name
Supplemental Information from Optothermal grid activation of microflow with magnetic nanoparticle thermophoresis for microfluidics
Creators: name: Zablotsky, D. Y.
name: Mezulis, A.
name: Blums, E.
name: Maiorov, M. M.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 20599 Optical Physics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 91504 Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies
subject: 30399 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30699 Physical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 100799 Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: We report focused light-induced activation of intense magnetic microconvection mediated by suspended magnetic nanoparticles in microscale 2D optothermal grids. Fully anisotropic control of microflow and mass transport fluxes is achieved by engaging the magnetic field along one or the other preferred directions. The effect is based on the recently described thermal diffusion-magnetomechanical coupling in synthetic magnetic nanofluids. We expect that the new phenomenon can be applied as an efficient all-optical mixing strategy in integrated microfluidic devices.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Transport phenomena in complex systems (Part 2)’.
MPEC 2023-K174 : 2023 KZ3
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KZ3

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
The Evolutionary State of the Massive Interacting Binary BD+36 4063
Creators: name: Williams, S. J.
name: Gies, D. R.
name: Matson, R. A.
name: Huang, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a spectroscopic and photometric analysis of the remarkable massive binary system, BD +36 4063. We argue that the visible ON star is undergoing a rapid mass transfer episode that results in a thick and opaque disk that surrounds and renders invisible its massive companion. A comparison of the projected rotational velocity and the orbital semiamplitude of the visible star indicates a mass ratio near unity. Models for conservative mass transfer show that the equal mass state occurs at the point of minimum separation, and we argue that BD +36 4063 may represent the first system identified at this rapid and rare stage of massive binary evolution.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures, accepted to ApJ Letters
NATIONAL SPIRIT IN THE WORK OF UTKIR KHASHIMOV INTERPRETATION OF VALUES
Creators: name: Duysenbayev, Olimjon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article discusses the universal essence of oriental mytho-poetics and belief in the work of the writer Otkir Hoshimov, the rediscovery of the creative nature in episodic scenes, legends and legends selected by the author. Also, a number of issues such as the interpretation of national traditions in the work of the writer, its methodological tasks, especially the completeness and perfection of character, death and its artistic interpretation, national traditions and values, and the human psyche in it are analyzed using the example of the writer's story "Uzbeklar".
It was hard to find the words: Using an Autoethnographic Diary Study to Understand the Difficulties of Smart Home Cyber Security Practices
Creators: name: Turner, Sarah
name: Nurse, Jason R. C.
name: Li, Shujun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This study considers how well an autoethnographic diary study helps as a method to explore why families might struggle in the application of strong and cohesive cyber security measures within the smart home. Combining two human-computer interaction (HCI) research methods - the relatively unstructured process of autoethnography and the more structured diary study - allowed the first author to reflect on the differences between researchers or experts, and everyday users. Having a physical set of structured diary prompts allowed for a period of 'thinking as writing', enabling reflection upon how having expert knowledge may or may not translate into useful knowledge when dealing with everyday life. This is particularly beneficial in the context of home cyber security use, where first-person narratives have not made up part of the research corpus to date, despite a consistent recognition that users struggle to apply strong cyber security methods in personal contexts. The framing of the autoethnographic diary study contributes a very simple, but extremely powerful, tool for anyone with more knowledge than the average user of any technology, enabling the expert to reflect upon how they themselves have fared when using, understanding and discussing the technology in daily life.
description: 2022 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
MPEC 2023-K175 : 2023 KA4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KA4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
High mass star formation in normal late-type galaxies: observational constraints to the IMF
Creators: name: Boselli, A.
name: Boissier, S.
name: Cortese, L.
name: Buat, V.
name: Hughes, T. M.
name: Gavazzi, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use Halpha and FUV GALEX data for a large sample of nearby objects to study the high mass star formation activity of normal late-type galaxies. The data are corrected for dust attenuation using the most accurate techniques at present available, namely the Balmer decrement and the total far-infrared to FUV flux ratio. The sample shows a highly dispersed distribution in the Halpha to FUV flux ratio indicating that two of the most commonly used star formation tracers give star formation rates with uncertainties up to a factor of 2-3. The high dispersion is due to the presence of AGN, where the UV and the Halpha emission can be contaminated by nuclear activity, highly inclined galaxies, for which the applied extinction corrections are probably inaccurate, or starburst galaxies, where the stationarity in the star formation history required for transforming Halpha and UV luminosities into star formation rates is not satisfied. Excluding these objects we reach an uncertainty of ~50% on the SFR. The Halpha to FUV flux ratio increases with their total stellar mass. If limited to normal star forming galaxies, however, this relationship reduces to a weak trend that might be totally removed using different extinction correction recipes. In these objects the Halpha to FUV flux ratio seems also barely related with the FUV-H colour, the H band effective surface brightness, the total star formation activity and the gas fraction. The data are consistent with a Kroupa and Salpeter initial mass function in the high mass stellar range and imply, for a Salpeter IMF, that the variations of the slope cannot exceed 0.25, from g=2.35 for massive galaxies to g=2.60 in low luminosity systems. We show however that these observed trends, if real, can be due to the different micro history of star formation in massive galaxies with respect to dwarf.
description: Accepted for publication on ApJ
Impact of Forage Sources on Ruminal Bacteriome and Carcass Traits in Hanwoo Steers During the Late Fattening Stages
Creators: name: Kang, Ryukseok
name: Park, Tansol
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This study examined the effects of different forage sources on the ruminal bacteriome, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of Hanwoo steers during the fattening stage. In Korea, where high-concentrate feeding is common, selecting suitable forage is crucial for sustainable beef production. Fifteen 23-month-old Hanwoo steers, weighing an average of 679.27 ± 43.60 kg, were fed the following five different forage sources: oat hay (OAT), rye silage (RYE), Italian ryegrass (IRS), barley forage (BAR), and rice straw silage (RSS), alongside 1.5 kg of dry matter concentrate daily for five months. Carcass traits were evaluated post-slaughter, and rumen fluid samples were analyzed using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing to determine the bacteriome composition. The forage source significantly affected the alpha-diversity indices and bacteriome biomarkers linked to the feed efficiency and ruminal fermentation. Differences in the backfat thickness and meat yield index were noted, with alpha-diversity indices correlating with carcass traits. The phylum Planctomycetota, especially the family Thermoguttaceae, was linked to nitrogen fixation in high-protein diets like IRS, while the genus Limimorpha emerged as a biomarker for the meat yield. These findings highlight the importance of forage selection during late fattening to optimize beef production, considering diet and bacteriome shifts.

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