cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spontaneous Edge Current in Higher Chirality Superconductors
Creators: name: Wang, Xin
name: Wang, Zhiqiang
name: Kallin, Catherine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effects of finite temperature, Meissner screening and surface roughness on the spontaneous edge current for higher chirality quasi-two dimensional superconductors are studied in the continuum limit using the quasiclassical Eilenberger equations. We find that the total spontaneous current is non-zero at finite temperature $T$ and maximized near $T=T_c/2$, where $T_c$ is the transition temperature, although it vanishes at $T=0$. In the presence of surface roughness, we observe a surface current inversion in the chiral $d$-wave case that can be understood in terms of a disorder induced $s$-wave pairing component in the rough surface regime. This conclusion is supported by a Ginzburg-Landau analysis. However, this current inversion is non-universal beyond the continuum limit as demonstrated by self-consistent lattice Bogoliubov-de Gennes calculations.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures; published version with partially rewritten Section III and minor corrections
A Simulation of Ly-alpha Absorption Forests in Linear Approximation in Cold and Cold+Hot Dark Matter Models
Creators: name: BI, Hongguang
name: GE, Jian
name: FANG, Li-Zhi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our goal in this paper is to test some popular dark matter models by Ly-alpha forest in QSO spectra. Recent observations of the size and velocity of Ly-alpha forest clouds have indicated that the Ly-alpha absorption is probably not given by collapsed objects, but pre-collapsed regions in the baryonic density field. Therefore, a linear approximation description would be able to provide valuable information. We developed a technique to simulate Ly-alpha forest as the absorption of such pre-collapsed regions under linear approximation regime. The simulated Ly-alpha forests in models of the standard cold dark matter (SCDM), the cold plus hot dark matter (CHDM), and the low-density flat cold dark matter (LCDM) have been confronted with observational features, including 1) the number density of Ly-alpha lines and its dependencies on redshift and equivalent width; 2) the distribution of equivalent widths and its redshift dependence; 3) clustering; and 4) the Gunn-Peterson effect. The "standard" CHDM model, i.e. 60% cold and 30% hot dark matters and 10\% baryons, is found to be difficult to pass the Ly-alpha forest test, probably because it produces structures too late and favors to form structures on large scales instead of small scale objects like Ly-alpha clouds. Within a reasonable range of J_nu, the UV background radiation at high redshift, and delta_th, the threshold of the onset of gravitational collapse of the baryonic matter, the LCDM model is consistent with observational data in all above-mentioned four aspects. The model of SCDM can also fit with observation, but it requires a smaller J_nu and a higher delta_th. This suggests that whether a significant part of the Ly-alpha forest lines is located in the halos of collapsed objects would be crucial to the success of SCDM.
description: 23 pages plus 14 figures in the PostScript format, tar-ed, compressed and then uudecoded. All these PS files and the original .LaTeX paper can be ftped from ftp://universe.physics.arizona.edu/incoming The paper is accepted for publication in ApJ
Calophanes D.Don 1833
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Acanthaceae
Calophanes

description: Ruellia biflora Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 635. 1753.
"Habitat in Carolina." RCN: 4613.
Type not designated.
Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 804.10? (LINN).
Current name: Calophanes sp. (Acanthaceae).
Note: The application of this name appears to be uncertain.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), pp. 785-805 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 802, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Democratic Political Efficacy in Europe: Individual and Cross-Cultural Differences
Creators: name: Morkevičius, Vaidas
name: Rauleckas, Rimantas
name: Žvaliauskas, Giedrius
name: Butkevičienė, Eglė
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: political efficacy
democratic political efficacy
values of democracy
Europe
International Social Survey Programme

description: Paper presented at the ECPR Virtual General Conference 2020, August 27, 2020, Open Section, Panel: P474 “Democracy, Democratic Backsliding, and Hybrid Regimes”.
Sensitivity and background estimates for phase-II of the COMET experiment
Creators: name: Krikler, Benjamin Edward
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: Conservation of Lepton Flavour in the Standard Model (SM) requires that neutrino emission accompanies muon decay. COMET is one experiment looking for Charged Lepton Flavour Violation. It searches for COherent Muon to Electron Transitions, where a muon converts to a 105 MeV electron in the presence of an atomic nucleus, without emitting neutrinos. The current limit on this process is $7\times10^{-13}$ at 90% C.L., which COMET intends to improve by four orders of magnitude. To realise such an improvement, COMET will use several novel techniques to produce a very intense, low-energy muon beam, with very high signal acceptance and strong background suppression. Given the challenge this presents, COMET will run in a staged approach. Phase-I is currently under construction with first data-taking due in JFY 2018, and the goal of measuring $\mu$-e conversion with a Single-Event Sensitivity (SES) of $3\times10^{-15}$. Phase-II should follow at the start of the next decade and achieve a SES of $3\times10^{-17}$. This thesis provides an overview of CLFV, $\mu$-e conversion, and the COMET experiment itself. It sets out the software and simulation that has been developed to help understand and analyse the experiment, and then uses this to perform a comprehensive optimisation of the Phase-II set-up, providing a new baseline configuration. The expected performance of this baseline is assessed, with studies on the signal sensitivity demonstrating that an SES of $2.6\times10^{-17}$ can be achieved in $1.57\times10^{7}$ s of beam. Background rates are also estimated and, although subject to large uncertainties, predict 0.662 background events can be expected during Phase-II. Suggestions for future performance studies and experiment improvements are also discussed, with a possible improvement in the SES of a factor of 2.5 likely achievable.
Objective assessment of laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery
Creators: name: Foster, Jake
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: Background There is growing evidence to support the benefits of laparoscopic rectal cancer resection surgery. Outcomes following rectal cancer resection are dependent upon the technical performance of the surgery and vary between surgeons. Valid and reliable assessment tools are needed to enhance training and ensure safe dissemination of laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery. The aim of this thesis was to develop an assessment tool for objective measurement of technical performance in laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery. Methods The work reported in this thesis was carried out between 2012 and 2014. A systematic review of published literature was performed to identify a quality assurance role for objective assessment in randomised controlled trials investigating surgical procedures. Objective Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA) was used to produce a quantitative description of procedural errors enacted in a series of rectal cancer resections. A blinded assessor utilised OCHRA to explore the impact of the interval between chemoradiotherapy and surgery upon complexity of surgery within a randomised controlled trial. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to develop a bespoke assessment tool for laparoscopic rectal surgery. Results A structured framework was developed for the integration of objective assessment into quality assurance mechanisms of randomised controlled trials investigating surgical procedures. Error frequencies identified by OCHRA during laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery were found to correlate with other indicators of technical performance and had good test-retest reliability. The interval between chemoradiotherapy and surgery did not significantly impact upon the complexity of surgery. A bespoke assessment tool was developed for expert evaluation of performance, and an exploratory experiment has tested its reliability. Conclusions Objective assessment of laparoscopic rectal cancer resection is feasible but complex. Both OCHRA and the assessment tool described in this thesis could be used for such assessment; however larger-scale studies are indicated to further validate these tools.
A Comparative Study of the Parker Instability under Three Models of the Galactic Gravity
Creators: name: Kim, Jongsoo
name: Hong, S. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To examine how non-uniform nature of the Galactic gravity might affect length and time scales of the Parker instability, we took three models of gravity, uniform, linear and realistic ones. To make comparisons of the three gravity models on a common basis, we first fixed the ratio of magnetic pressure to gas pressure at $α$ = 0.25, that of cosmic-ray pressure at $β$ = 0.4, and the rms velocity of interstellar clouds at $a_s$ = 6.4 km s$^{-1}$, and then adjusted parameters of the gravity models in such a way that the resulting density scale heights for the three models may all have the same value of 160 pc. Performing linear stability analyses onto equilibrium states under the three models with the typical ISM conditions, we calculate the maximum growth rate and corresponding length scale for each of the gravity models. Under the uniform gravity the Parker instability has the growth time of 1.2$\times10^{8}$ years and the length scale of 1.6 kpc for symmetric mode. Under the realistic gravity it grows in 1.8$\times10^{7}$ years for both symmetric and antisymmetric modes, and develops density condensations at intervals of 400 pc for the symmetric mode and 200 pc for the antisymmetric one. A simple change of the gravity model has thus reduced the growth time by almost an order of magnitude and its length scale by factors of four to eight. These results suggest that an onset of the Parker instability in the ISM may not necessarily be confined to the regions of high $α$ and $β$.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ, using aaspp4.sty, 18 text pages with 9 figures
title: ADCO, Cart. 186 (11 H 71), f. 0444r
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CBMA/CG21/F.PETOT/2012
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, t. II (XVe siècle), tome II, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, C
art. 186 (11 H 71). Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, t. II (XVe siècle), tome II, Archives départementales de la
 Côte-d'Or, Cart. 186 (11 H 71), f. 0444r, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-
project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
Multifractal dimensions for projections of measures
Creators: name: Selmi, Bilel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 28A78, 28A80

description: In this paper, we study the multifractal Hausdorff and packing dimensions of Borel probability measures and study their behaviors under orthogonal projections. In particular, we try through these results to improve the main result of M. Dai in \cite{D} about the multifractal analysis of a measure of multifractal exact dimension.
The Sixties Panel: Past! Present. Future? From 68 to 86 and Now Where? 1986
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021

description: The Sixties Panel: Past! Present. Future? From 68 to 86 and Now Where? addresses student activism in the 1960s and 1980s. Participants are Heather Booth, Matthew Countryman, Todd Gitlin, Jeff Jones, Paul Kuman, Maura J. McNulty, Karen Moulding, Martha P. Norman, and Ralph C. Walsh
Glycomic studies of parasitic nematodes
Creators: name: Sutov, Grigorij
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2015

description: Haemonchus contortus and Dictyocaulus viviparus are parasitic nematodes which infect small ruminants and cattle, respectively worldwide causing huge economic losses. The current major control method is the usage of anthelmintic drugs. However, increasingly this strategy is failing due to an increase in parasite drug resistance. New control methods are therefore urgently needed and an attractive potential choice would be vaccination. However, all the attempts to create recombinant vaccines to date have failed therefore a potentially novel approach would be the development of carbohydrate-based vaccines. One of the major bottlenecks in this approach is the lack of structurally characterized parasitic nematode glycans. In this thesis mass-spectrometry-based structural glycomic characterization of protein linked N- and O-glycans from Haemonchus contortus and Dictyocaulus viviparus adult and L3 stage parasites has been performed. The adult Haemonchus contortus glycomic analysis revealed previously unseen Gal-Fuc structures present in both N- and O-glycans. None of these structures were detected in L3 stage N- and O-glycan analysis. In comparison phosphorylated Galβ1-3(Galβ1-6)-GalNAc Core O-glycans were observed. The O-glycan analysis of L3 stage Dictyocaulus viviparus revealed the presence of Galβ1-3(Galβ1-6)-GalNAc Core glycans which can be further modified with fucose and α/β-galactoses. In contrast to L3 stage, the adult O-glycan analysis reveals mainly Core-2 based structures with the highest molecular weight structure forming the Lewisx antenna which is also abundantly observed in adult N-glycans.
Additional file 1: of The supportive care needs of women experiencing gynaecological cancer: a Western Australian cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Williams, Natalie
name: Griffin, Georgia
name: Farrell, Victoria
name: Alethea Rea
name: Murray, Kevin
name: Hauck, Yvonne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Cell Biology
Science Policy

description: Table S1. Univariate results from a linear regression analysis of perceived need. (DOCX 20 kb)
Phase-Transition Theory of Instabilities. II. Fourth-Harmonic Bifurcations and Lambda-Transitions
Creators: name: Christodoulou, D. M.
name: Kazanas, D.
name: Shlosman, I.
name: Tohline, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use a free-energy minimization approach to describe the secular and dynamical instabilities as well as the bifurcations along equilibrium sequences of rotating, self-gravitating fluid systems. Our approach is fully nonlinear and stems from the Ginzburg-Landau theory of phase transitions. In this paper, we examine fourth-harmonic axisymmetric disturbances in Maclaurin spheroids and fourth-harmonic nonaxisymmetric disturbances in Jacobi ellipsoids. These two cases are very similar in the framework of phase transitions. Irrespective of whether a nonlinear first-order phase transition occurs between the critical point and the higher turning point or an apparent second-order phase transition occurs beyond the higher turning point, the result is fission (i.e. ``spontaneous breaking'' of the topology) of the original object on a secular time scale: the Maclaurin spheroid becomes a uniformly rotating axisymmetric torus and the Jacobi ellipsoid becomes a binary. The presence of viscosity is crucial since angular momentum needs to be redistributed for uniform rotation to be maintained. The phase transitions of the dynamical systems are briefly discussed in relation to previous numerical simulations of the formation and evolution of protostellar systems.
description: 34 pages, postscript, compressed,uuencoded. 7 figures available in postscript, compressed form by anonymous ftp from asta.pa.uky.edu (cd /shlosman/paper2 mget *.ps.Z). To appear in ApJ
Two-flavor adjoint QCD
Creators: name: Anber, Mohamed M.
name: Poppitz, Erich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study four dimensional $SU(2)$ Yang-Mills theory with two massless adjoint Weyl fermions. When compactified on a spatial circle of size $L$ much smaller than the strong-coupling scale, this theory can be solved by weak-coupling nonperturbative semiclassical methods. We study the possible realizations of symmetries in the $\mathbb R^4$ limit and find that all continuous and discrete $0$-form and $1$-form 't Hooft anomaly matching conditions are saturated by a symmetry realization and massless spectrum identical to that found in the small-$L$ limit, with only a single massless flavor-doublet fermion in the infrared. This observation raises the possibility that the class of theories which undergo no phase transition between the analytically-solvable small-size circle and strongly-coupled infinite-size circle is larger than previously thought, and offers new challenges for lattice studies.
description: 5 pages, comments and references added, matches the published version in PRD
Which radius for the Sun?
Creators: name: Castellani, V.
name: Degl'Innocenti, S.
name: Fiorentini, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The high accuracy reached by solar limb observations, by helioseismic measurements and by Standard Solar Models (SSMs) calculations suggests that general relativity corrections are included when discussing the solar radius. The Allen value (R$_{\odot}$ = 695.99 $\pm$ 0.07 Mm) has to be reduced by 1.5 Km. This correction, which is small as compared with present accuracy, should be kept in mind for future more precise measurements and/or calculations.
description: Latex, 3 pages
Determination of Distance from Time Dilation of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts
Creators: name: Fenimore, Ed E.
name: Bloom, Joshua S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The isotropic distribution of gamma-ray bursts as observed with the Burst and Transient Experiment (BATSE) strongly suggests that the bursts are at cosmological distances. At such distances, the expansion of the universe should redshift the spectra and stretch the temporal structure. We relate the observed peak intensities, spectral shapes, and time dilation to distance. We include the uncertainties in our knowledge of the intrinsic spectrum and correct for the coupling between the spectral shape and the temporal structure. The reported time dilation between the dimmest BATSE bursts and the bright BATSE bursts (a factor of 2) requires a redshift of about 6 for the BATSE dimmest bursts rather than a redshift of 1 or 2 as previously reported. The large luminosity and distance determined from the time dilation is inconsistent with the observed Log N-Log P distribution. unless there is very strong evolution. The implied distance for the dimmest bursts is beyond where galaxies are thought to form. If true, the gamma-ray bursts would be orphans: no known objects would have the same distance scale. We conclude that either a large fraction (65%) of the observed time dilation between the BATSE bright and dimmest bursts is intrinsic to the bursts or that there are strong evolutionary effects in the Log N-Log P distribution and that it is only a coincidence that Log N-Log P shows a -3/2 power law at high intensities.
description: 41 pages including figures, uuencoded compressed Postscript. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. The preprint can also be found in Postscript form at http://sstcx1.lanl.gov/~jsbloom/ or at ftp://sstcx1.lanl.gov/pub/grb/time_dilation.ps
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d'Aloxe (XVe siècle), Cart. 182 (11 H 233), 105 folios, f. 0172
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2017
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d'Aloxe (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 182 (11 H 233), 105 folios, f. 0172, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de Cîteaux pour les possessions d'Aloxe (XVe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 182 (11 H 233), 105 folios, f. 0172, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
Circumnuclear Keplerian Disks in Galaxies
Creators: name: Bertola, F.
name: Cappellari, M.
name: Funes, J. G.
name: Corsini, E. M.
name: Pizzella, A.
name: Beltran, J. C. Vega
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we demonstrate the possibility of inferring the presence of Keplerian gaseous disks using optical ground-based telescopes properly equipped. We have modeled the peculiar bidimensional shape of the emission lines in a sample of five S0-Sa galaxies as due to the motion of a gaseous disk rotating in the combined potential of a central point-like mass and of an extended stellar disk. The value of the central mass concentration estimated for four galaxies of the sample (NGC 2179, NGC 4343, NGC 4435 and NGC 4459) is ~10^9 Msolar. For the remaining galaxy NGC 5064 an upper limit of 5*10^7 Msolar is estimated.
description: 11 pages, LaTeX, with 3 PostScript figures, Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Multiple ways to bend the curve of biodiversity loss : an analytical framework to support transformative change
Creators: name: Mehring, Marion
name: Brietzke, Anna S.
name: Kleemann, Janina
name: Knauß, Stefan
name: Poßer, Christian
name: Schreiner, Vera
name: Wittmer, Heidi
name: Albert, Christian
name: Fürst, Christine
name: Grunewald, Karsten
name: Kolkmann, Michael
name: Lettenmaier, Ludwig
name: Sanders, Tanja
name: Schleyer, Christian
name: Settele, Josef
name: Straka, Tanja M.
name: Hauck, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 570

description: Humans are significantly impacting ecosystems worldwide. Scientists of the IPBES Global Assessment are therefore calling for a transformative change that includes all aspects of society in order to address drivers of biodiversity loss. However, these calls are rather abstract, and thus it remains unclear how this goal can be achieved. With this conceptual contribution, we present an analytical framework for evaluating existing processes of societal change which are enhancing biodiversity, and we illustrate its application using three case studies in Germany. We argue that an empirical analysis provides insights into the causal mechanisms that initiate or promote change processes. In doing so, we can draw recommendations for future transformative change processes with regard to biodiversity conservation. In our analysis, we are dealing with questions concerning the following three areas: the drivers and context of societal change processes, the change processes themselves and finally their impacts. Subsequently, we generate recommendations on how to enhance and support the process of future societal transformation that aims at biodiversity conservation: (a) Retaining co-benefits for biodiversity with goals that are primarily focussing on other objectives; (b) harmonising biodiversity use and conservation by turning conflicts into drivers of transformation; (c) prioritising biodiversity conservation by taking advantage of windows of opportunity. With our conceptual framework, we provide an analytical tool to learn from existing processes of societal change how to support future transformative change. This is an important step that contributes to the generation of relevant knowledge of promoting transformative change for nature and people.
Prediction and associated factors of hypothyroidism in systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study based on multiple machine learning algorithms
Creators: name: Huang, Ting
name: Liu, Siyang
name: Huang, Jian
name: Li, Jiarong
name: Liu, Guixiong
name: Zhang, Weiru
name: Wang, Xuan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: The prevalence of hypothyroidism in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is significantly higher than that in the common public. While SLE itself can affect multiple organs, abnormal thyroid function may exacerbate organ damage in patients with SLE. We aimed to predict abnormal thyroid function and to examine the associated factors with multiple machine learning approaches. In a cross-sectional study, 255 patients diagnosed with SLE at the rheumatology department in Xiangya Hospital between June 2012 and December 2016 were investigated. Feature engineering was used for filtering out principle clinical parameters, and five different machine learning methods were used to build prediction models for SLE with hypothyroidism. Feature engineering selected 11 variables with which to build machine learning models. Among them, random forest modelling obtained the best prediction performance, with an accuracy rate of 88.37 and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.772. The weights of anti-SSB antibody and anti-dsDNA antibody were 1.421 and 1.011, respectively, indicating a strong association with hypothyroidism in SLE. Random Forest model performed best and is recommended for selecting vital indices and assessing clinical complications of SLE, it indicated that anti-SSB and anti-dsDNA antibodies may play principal roles in the development of hypothyroidism in SLE patients. It’s feasible to build an accurate machine learning model for early diagnosis or risk factors assessment in SLE using clinical parameters, which would provide a reference for the research work of SLE in China.
The Determination of the `Diffusion Coefficients' and the Stellar Wind Velocities for X-Ray Binaries
Creators: name: Lipunov, V. M.
name: Popov, S. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The distribution of neutron stars (NS's) is determined by stationary solution of the Fokker-Planck equation. In this work using the observed period changes for four systems: Vela X-1, GX 301-2, Her X-1 and Cen X-3 we determined D, the 'diffusion coefficient',-parameter from the Fokker-Planck equation. Using strong dependence of D on the velocity for Vela X-1 and GX 301-2, systems accreting from a stellar wind, we determined the stellar wind velocity. For different assumptions for a turbulent velocity we obtained $V=(660-1440) km s ^{-1}$. It is in good agreement with the stellar wind velocity determined by other methods. We also determined the specific characteristic time scales for the 'diffusion processes' in X-ray pulsars. It is of order of 200 sec for wind-fed pulsars and 1000-10000 sec for the disk accreting systems.
description: 8 pages, Latex, no figures, accepted for publication to Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions (1995). Admin note 20Feb2000: original (broken) version now paper.tex.orig in source; fixed version with two bad equations set in verbatim used for PS, paper.tex in source
Effective Participation in Political and Peace Negotiations
Creators: name: Institute for Integrated Transitions
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: participation
peace negotiations
peacebuilding
peace deals
conflict
fragile states
society
inclusivity
impactful participation
negotiation
transition
Colombia
FARC
inclusive public narrative
peace initiatives

description: The advent of any negotiation aimed at reaching formal political settlements or peace deals (eg, between government and opposition, or between armed belligerents) naturally encompasses expectations about who belongs in the negotiating room. But while the possibility of incorporating diverse voices into a negotiation is a highly desirable goal, the nature and number of actors that can do so must be balanced with the many intrinsic limitations of the process itself. 

This new IFIT discussion paper offers original analysis on participation options inside as well as outside the negotiation room, and proposes practical criteria for ensuring that participation inside any negotiation is simultaneously effective and inclusive. The paper underscores that participation is best understood as a means rather than an end, requiring a strategy geared above all at making political settlements and peace accords more likely to materialise, not less.
Additional file 3: of Minimally invasive anterior muscle-sparing versus a transgluteal approach for hemiarthroplasty in femoral neck fractures-a prospective randomised controlled trial including 190 elderly patients
Creators: name: Saxer, Franziska
name: Studer, Patrick
name: Jakob, Marcel
name: Suhm, Norbert
name: Rosenthal, Rachel
name: Dell-Kuster, Salome
name: Vach, Werner
name: Bless, Nicolas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Figure S1. The distribution of the duration of TUG performance (DTP) at 3Â weeks in the two treatment arms with and without a logarithmic transformation. Comparing the upper and lower part, we can observe that the logarithmic transformation implies a less skewed distribution of the primary outcome in both arms of the study. (DOCX 20 kb)
Regulatory control of integron-mediated antibacterial resistance
Creators: name: McAlister, Erin Victoria
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: Bacterial infections rendered almost untreatable by resistance to last-line antibiotics such as carbapenems are now a common occurrence worldwide. Genes conferring carbapenem resistance are commonly associated with structures called integrons, but little is known about their regulation, particularly in species of clinical importance. Integron gene expression is regulated by two divergently orientated promoters (Pc and Pint) that co-ordinate the expression of the resistance gene cassettes and the integron integrase, respectively. This PhD aimed to use a rational high-throughput approach to identify novel regulators of clinical integrons in the pathogenic species Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We hypothesised that the opposing physiological roles of integrase and cassette expression would result in mutually exclusive expression from the two promoters. To explore regulation of integron promoter activity, a carbapenemase-containing integron from a clinical source was identified, sourced, and modified to allow investigation of integron promoter activities in P. aeruginosa through transcriptional reporters of Pc and Pint activity. A functional analysis of carbapenem susceptibility was also performed through assessment of carbapenemase expression from Pc. From these examinations, we report the first evidence of carbon source dependent regulation of mobile integrons, via the Pseudomonas catabolite regulatory control system, crc and cbrAB, demonstrating that there is a clear need for further study before the full nature of integron regulation in response to pressures from the ambient environment is understood. Furthermore, we have validated the use of a compendium approach to simultaneously examine large numbers of potential regulatory targets, by identifying at least one further effector of regulatory control of integron promoters: PA14_31900, which encodes the MuxC component of the MuxABC-OpmB RND-type efflux pump. A PA14_31900 loss of function mutant exhibits decreased in vitro transcription from Pint, increased in vitro transcription from Pc, and increased resistance to carbapenems in vitro and in vivo, in a murine model of gastrointestinal colonisation.
Understanding innate lymphoid cells in allergic inflammation and respiratory viral infection
Creators: name: Dhariwal, Jaideep
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: Innate Lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a novel group of effector cells of the innate immune system whose functions mirror those of known T-helper cell subsets. Animal models have shown type 2 ILCs (ILC2s) to be a critical early source of type 2 cytokines in response to both allergen and respiratory virus infection. Type 1 ILCs (ILC1s) are less well characterised but have been shown to produce IFN-γ. Analogous populations of ILC2s and ILC1s have been identified in man, however, it remains unclear what role these cells might play in orchestrating the early immune responses in asthma following both allergen and viral challenge. Moderate asthmatics and healthy controls underwent nasal allergen challenge (NAC) with grass pollen. A novel technique using flow cytometric analysis of nasal curettage samples was developed to enumerate immune cells in the nasal mucosa. Moderate asthmatics and healthy subjects were also experimentally infected with rhinovirus-16. Pulmonary ILC responses were assessed in the lower airway at baseline and at 2 time-points post infection. Asthmatics showed increased upper airway ILC2s at baseline with induction following NAC, correlating with clinical features of type 2 disease. Asthmatic patients also demonstrated increased ILC2s at baseline compared to healthy controls, further upregulated post-infection. In the lower airway, the relative balance of ILC2:ILC1s dictated exacerbation severity following rhinovirus infection. This is the first study to have identified the presence of ILC2s in the nasal mucosa of asthmatics which increases significantly after allergen challenge. Furthermore, this is the first study to analyse pulmonary ILCs from moderate-severe asthmatics during the course of an experimental rhinovirus infection and demonstrate distinct ILC profiles associated with severity of disease. The data herein applies new understanding of a population of cells of emerging importance to strengthen our knowledge of the underlying pathophysiology of asthma exacerbations.
Identification of the causative agent of Kawasaki Disease through isolation and characterization of antigens within immune complexes
Creators: name: Menikou, Stephanie
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2016

description: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an inflammatory disease in children that is the most common cause of paediatric acquired heart disease in developed countries. The cause of KD is unknown but epidemiological data implicate an infectious agent. The presence of immune complexes (ICs) in the serum of children with KD suggests that immunological processes are important in KD pathogenesis. This study investigated the hypothesis that the causative agent of KD could be identified by IC recovery and sequencing of antigens within the ICs in sera from children with KD. After reviewing the methods available for IC recovery, the first approach used was the well-established method for IC detection and recovery, Polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation. Although PEG precipitation is a simple method, and has the advantage of not denaturing proteins, newer protein recovery and separation approaches were considered in order to recover ICs from larger volumes of serum. A novel approach to recover and identify ICs was developed using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and affinity chromatography on immunoglobulin binding columns (HiTrap Protein G). The purification process was monitored by 1D SDS-PAGE, protein staining, Western blotting and, finally, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS/MS) was used to identify the recovered antigens. This approach was first applied to serum with artificially created vaccine antigen (influenza)-antibody complexes, which led to recovery and identification of influenza peptides within the recovered IC’s. Subsequently, a pilot study was undertaken using a pool of KD serum samples (n=19) and healthy controls (n=4). LC MS/MS results suggested that it was possible to capture immunoglobulins and possibly any antigen(s) in complex with the IgG. In a validation study of 10 KD patients, single peptides from proteins of candidate bacteria were identified, e.g. from Rhizobium species, but are of uncertain significance at present. In conclusion, it is possible to recover and analyse ICs using this new pipeline although further substantive study using new samples and optimised methodology is now required.
title: In-Vitro Mechanical Characterization of Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration Obtained by Stereolithography
Creators: name: Jeffery, Madeline
name: Venkatesh, Isha
Publisher: name: University of Michigan
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Bone tissue engineering
subject: bone graft
subject: stereolithography
subject: bone regeneration
subject: Engineering

description: The medical standard for skeletal fracture treatment has historically been through the use of autografts and allografts. Limitations involving donor availability and increased risks of infection, however, have caused the field of orthopedics to investigate alternatives such as biocompatible scaffolding produced through stereolithography. This study's objective was to characterize the mechanical properties of a biocompatible resin, BioMed Clear, for future use in scaffolding for patients with bone damage. Two samples of BioMed were printed: a porous sample set and a bulk sample set. The porous samples had intricate microstructures similar to those of cancellous bones whereas the bulk samples had compact, solid microstructures which imitate cortical bones. Each sample set underwent aging in a Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) for up to thirty days. This process mimics the aging that BioMed will experience after long periods of time within the body. One of four tests was then performed on the specimen�a bending, single-edged notched bending (SENB), compression, or Charpy impact test. Each test served to simulate the conditions of the human body at different times and at different points of stress. This study found that after longer periods of aging, the elastic properties of BioMed decreased while the energy density slightly increased; this was true for both sample types. These trends signify that, over time, BioMed will likely deteriorate within the body. Research on BioMed is ongoing with additional experiments being conducted on samples aged for thirty to ninety days to better understand the material's behavior over extended periods of time.
Tom on Tom - Male Bodies
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Stripteasers
Gay culture
Gay community
Drag shows
Female impersonators

description: Iorio films a dancer performing a striptease, followed by drag performers singing and lip-syncing. Iorio later interviews performers about the meaning of drag and the shows they host. The video ends with Iorio walking around a nightclub documenting the interiors
Blechum pyramidatum Urb.
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Acanthaceae
Blechum
Blechum pyramidatum

description: Ruellia blechum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1120. 1759.
["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 885 (1763). RCN: 4606.
Lectotype (Wasshausen in Jansen-Jacobs, Fl. Guianas, ser. A, 23: 20. 2006): [icon] " Prunella elatior flore albo" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: 173, t. 109, f. 1. 1707. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 3: 56 (BM-SL).
Current name: Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb. (Acanthaceae).
Note: Daniel (in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48: 255. 1995) discussed the typification of this name, concluding that only one or the other of the cited Sloane and Plumier illustrations would be a logical choice as lectotype.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part R), pp. 785-805 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 802, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Additional file 1: of A double blind randomised control trial investigating the efficacy of platelet rich plasma versus placebo for the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (the HIPPO trial): a protocol for a randomised clinical trial
Creators: name: Eshan Oderuth
name: Ali, Mohammed
name: Atchia, Ismael
name: Malviya, Ajay
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Medicine
Science Policy

description: Standard protocol items: recommendation for interventional trials (SPIRIT) 2013 checklist. Recommended items to address in a clinical trial protocol and related documents. (DOC 121 kb)
Quantitative transport measurements of fractional quantum Hall energy gaps in edgeless graphene devices
Creators: name: Polshyn, Hryhoriy
name: Zhou, Haoxin
name: Spanton, Eric. M.
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Young, Andrea F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Owing to their wide tunability, spin- and valley internal degrees of freedom, and low disorder, graphene heterostructures are emerging as a promising experimental platform for fractional quantum Hall (FQH) studies. Surprisingly, however, transport measurements reveal many fewer FQH states than bulk capacitive probes. Here, we report the fabrication of dual graphite-gated monolayer graphene devices in an edgeless Corbino-type geometry that showing deep FQH sequences. Thermal activation gaps reveal a tunable crossover between single- and multi-component FQH states in the zero energy Landau level, while the first Landau level is found to host an unexpected valley-ordered state at $ν=-4$.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures
Additional file 2: of Minimally invasive anterior muscle-sparing versus a transgluteal approach for hemiarthroplasty in femoral neck fractures-a prospective randomised controlled trial including 190 elderly patients
Creators: name: Saxer, Franziska
name: Studer, Patrick
name: Jakob, Marcel
name: Suhm, Norbert
name: Rosenthal, Rachel
name: Dell-Kuster, Salome
name: Vach, Werner
name: Bless, Nicolas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Statistical approach for analysing the primary outcome. Description of the analytical approach for the statistical analysis of the primary outcome with display of the primary outcome with and without a logarithmic transformation in Additional file 3: Figure S1. (DOCX 13 kb)
Detecting tissue optical and mechanical properties with an ultrasound-modulated optical imaging system
Creators: name: Cheng, Yi
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2014

description: Tissue optical and mechanical properties are related to tissue pathological changes. The ability to measure both tissue elasticity and its optical properties using the same hardware offers a significant advantage over existing techniques in, e.g. imaging of cancer. Therefore this thesis aims to develop a dual mode imaging system capable of noninvasively sensing local optical and mechanical properties at centimetre depths in samples. The proposed method is based on the detection of photons modulated by ultrasound and shear waves with a modified acoustic radiation force assisted ultrasound modulated optical tomography (ARF-UOT) system. Firstly the detection of the shear wave and ultrasound modulation with UOT was demonstrated at the surface of tissue mimicking phantoms. The ultrasound field or shear wave wavefront could be imaged by a single CCD exposure and analysis of local laser speckle contrast. Secondly, within tissue mimicking phantoms, while the shear waves cannot be imaged directly due to optical scattering, the propagation of a transient shear wave was tracked with global laser speckle contrast analysis. A differential method was developed to measure the local shear wave speed and quantify the elasticity of the tissue mimicking phantoms at ~cm depths. The method (SW-LASCA) was based on a modified ARF-UOT system. By generating continuous shear waves at different frequencies, the dispersion of shear wave speed was also investigated. The feasibility of the viscosity measurement was demonstrated by fitting the measured attenuation dispersion using the Voigt model. Finally, the dual mode system was explored by combining the SW-LASCA and ARF-UOT. The system was demonstrated in an optical reflection detection geometry and the scanning results of heterogeneous phantoms demonstrated the potential of the system to distinguish optical contrast, mechanical contrast and optical/mechanical contrast in a reflection detection geometry.