cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lasing from complete set of topological states in two dimensional photonic crystal structure
Creators: name: Han, Changhyun
name: Kang, Minsu
name: Jeon, Heonsu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, topologically engineered photonic structures have garnered significant attention as their eigenstates may offer a new insight on photon manipulation and an unconventional route for nanophotonic devices with unprecedented functionalities and robustness. Herein, we present lasing actions at all hierarchical eigenstates that can exist in a topologically designed single two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PhC) platform: 2D bulk, one-dimensional edge, and zero-dimensional corner states. In particular, multiple topological eigenstates are generated in a hierarchical manner with no bulk multipole moment. The unit cell of the topological PhC structure is a tetramer composed of four identical air holes perforated into an InGaAsP multiple-quantum-well epilayer slab. A square area of a topologically nontrivial PhC structure is surrounded by a topologically trivial counterpart, resulting in multidimensional eigenstates of one bulk, four side edges, and four corners within and at the boundaries. Spatially resolved optical excitation spontaneously results in lasing actions at all nine hierarchical topological states. Our experimental findings may provide insight into the development of sophisticated next-generation nanophotonic devices and robust integration platforms.
STRUKTURA A SMEROVANIE FARIEM RASTLINNEJ VYROBY V CLENSKYCH STATOCH EUROPSKEJ UNIE
FARM STRUCTURE AND A ROUTE OF CROP PRODUCTION IN MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Creators: name: HUDAK, Jozef
name: ROVNY, Patrik
name: HUDAK, Jozef
name: ROVNY, Patrik
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: farms
subject: European Union
subject: structure
subject: crop production
subject: specialization

description: There are currently two dominant trends observed in agriculture of the European Union. The first trend is intensification, concentration and specialization in chosen regions while the second one is marginalization and large-scale abandonment of the production in other regions. Agriculture in the EU is characterised by different types of farms. In 1997, there were almost 7 million agricultural holdings in the EU, with an average size of 18 hectares. However, their number is gradually decreasing due to growing specialization and intensive agriculture. From 1975 to 1995 the quantity of farms declined by over 1.4 million, which is about 20%. In Slovakia, a number of individual farms (physical persons) fell by 30.19% and at the same time, the average agricultural land area increased by 66.48% between 1994 and 2001. In the case of legal persons there was a 33 per cent increase in a number of entities and reduction of 32% in the average agricultural land area.
MOZNOSTI NEKTERYCH KVANTITATIVNICH METOD PRI HLEDANI TRZNICH STRUKTUR
POSSIBILITIES OF SOME QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES IN EXPLORING THE MARKET STRUCTURES
Creators: name: ROST, Michael
name: CERMAKOVA, Anna
name: ROST, Michael
name: CERMAKOVA, Anna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: fuzzy clustering
subject: silhouette plot
subject: clusplot
subject: principal components
subject: market

description: In order to arrive at objective conclusions from a market survey, many quantitative methods can be used to advantage. If the market structures are searched for, traditional methods of cluster analysis are usually used. Among these traditional methods is crisp partitioning, i.e. statistical groups are classified into non-overlapping clusters. Fuzzy clustering provides a bit different approach. For classification purposes six variables were utilised, representing certain the so-called transplanted solid organs. The result from fuzzy clustering analysis "fanny" was illustrated in a clusplot. In the biplot and clusplot the data are presented through first two principal components. These graphical outputs were achieved using programming in S-Plus language.
POSTAVENIE PRODUKTOV VYBRANYCH SLOVENSKYCH MLIEKARNI V KONKURENCNOM PROSTREDI
THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT STATUS OF THE PRODUCTS FROM SELECTED MILK PROCESSING ENTITIES IN
Creators: name: UBREZIOVA, Iveta
name: HORSKA, Elena
name: UBREZIOVA, Iveta
name: HORSKA, Elena
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Financial Economics
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: competitiveness
subject: competition
subject: competitive environment
subject: milk products
subject: strategy
subject: competitive advantages

description: A decision-making process of top managers from the viewpoint of business strategy is affected by competitive environment. The aim of the work is to evaluate the status of selected milk products in competitive environment, based on the given information, data and results. The theoretical and practical aspects of competitiveness are analysed, and a comparison of competitive advantages with the European Union, CEFTA countries and the Czech Republic over 1999-2001 is presented using an RCA indicator According to the results achieved, some measures are recommended to improve the business acivity of chosen entities.
ANALYZA EKONOMICKEHO PRINOSU A FINANCNYCH NAKLADOV INFORMACNYCH SYSTEMOV PODNIKATEL'SKYCH SUBJEKTOV
ECONOMIC GAIN AND FINANCIAL COST ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF COMPANIES
Creators: name: KUCERA, Milan
name: KUCERA, Milan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Financial Economics
subject: information system
subject: financial cost
subject: economic gain
subject: software
subject: hardware

description: The question of investing a lot of money by business entities in the development and operation of information systems in comparison with their economic gains is a long-term problem, depending on several factors. The problem is being solved by many authors as well as company's experts in information technologies. From analysis of heavy expenses of the information systems in the agriculture sector, conclusions can be drawn about financial gain from these systems used in different conditions of agricultural production, among which are cost amount, quantification of economic gain and assessment of risks that may cause the information system collapse. Using the coefficient of economic efficiency of an information system, it is possible to determine in particular companies what sort of quantified effects can be attained (a plan) or have been attained (reality) per Slovak koruna of expanded one-time investment. A number of years that this investment needs repaying can be calculated by the indicator of a period of return on investment in the company's information system.
What About Us? Inclusivity, Community, and the Future of Sustainability in African-American Museums
Creators: name: Jenkins, Jerelle S.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This paper is intended as a contribution to a contemporary analysis of African-American museums as sustainable institutions of black cultural capital. Its purpose is to answer the central question: “How are African American museums achieving sustainability as cultural entities today and for future generations?” While operating in a white-European-infused arts sector, African-American institutions have had to navigate the museum field quite laboriously in order to keep their doors open and lights on. Built from the desire to connect with their estranged and displaced history, I argue that these institutions of black cultural capital are key producers of social capital that contribute greatly to the health of African-American communities, arts and cultural economies, and the well-being of each American. Due to the lack of federal and private funding awarded to them, African-American museums maintain sustainability through several foundational aspects, which are ingrained in their institutions. This thesis substantiates the social significance of these institutions through qualitative interviews and compact case studies to uncover new tools and resources for museum management professionals to implement. Finally, it supports the claim that African-American museums are integral and active producers of social capital for the country and can be sustainable for these reasons.
VPLYV ROZSIRENIA EU NA STRUKTURALIZACIU AGRO-POTRAVINARSKYCH DOVOZOV KRAJIN V4
IMPACT OF THE EU'S ENLARGEMENT ON THE AGRI-FOOD IMPORT STRUCTURE OF VISSEGRAD COUNTRIES GROUP
Creators: name: PODOLAK, Alojz
name: SERENCES, Roman
name: PODOLAK, Alojz
name: SERENCES, Roman
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: agri-food import
subject: Customs Union
subject: integration
subject: protection

description: The work analyses changes in agri-food trade flows of the Vissegrad Four Countries (V-4), i.e. Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, caused by the future enlargement of the EU Customs Union. The enlargement will result in the removal of trade barriers between old members and new members of the European Union but the latter shall adopt the EU's Common External Tariff. In 1998, about 78% of V-4 agri-food imports were carried out under preferential regimes. The adoption by V-4 of the Common External Tariff will reduce by 4% the tariff protection against agri-food imports from third countries, as compared to 1998. However, changes in this protection will vary due to the heterogeneity of V-4 trade policies. In the Slovak Republic, European integration will lead to an increased level of protection for cereals, fruits, vegetables and dairy products, i.e. sectors that are currently very liberalized.
Implicit Solutions of PDE's
Creators: name: Fairlie, David B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 53C26

description: Further investigations of implicit solutions to non-linear partial differential equations are pursued. Of particular interest are the equations which are Lorentz invariant. The question of which differential equations of second order for a single unknown $ϕ$ are solved by the imposition of an inhomogeneous quadratic relationship among the independent variables, whose coefficients are functions of $ϕ$ is discussed, and it is shown that if the discriminant of the quadratic vanishes, then an implicit solution of the so-called Universal Field Equation is obtained. The relation to the general solution is discussed.
description: 11 pages LaTeX2e
Edge State Wave Functions from Momentum-Conserving Tunneling Spectroscopy
Creators: name: Patlatiuk, T.
name: Scheller, C. P.
name: Hill, D.
name: Tserkovnyak, Y.
name: Egues, J. C.
name: Barak, G.
name: Yacoby, A.
name: Pfeiffer, L. N.
name: West, K. W.
name: Zumbühl, D. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform momentum-conserving tunneling spectroscopy using a GaAs cleaved-edge overgrowth quantum wire to investigate adjacent quantum Hall edge states. We use the lowest five wire modes with their distinct wave functions to probe each edge state and apply magnetic fields to modify the wave functions and their overlap. This reveals an intricate and rich tunneling conductance fan structure which is succinctly different for each of the wire modes. We self-consistently solve the Poisson-Schrödinger equations to simulate the spectroscopy, reproducing the striking fans in great detail, thus confirming the calculations. Further, the model predicts hybridization between wire states and Landau levels, which is also confirmed experimentally. This establishes momentum-conserving tunneling spectroscopy as a powerful technique to probe edge state wave functions.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
title: Genetic diversity of predominant nosocomial meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages in the United Kingdom
Creators: name: Desai, Darshana
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2014

description: Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major human pathogens and is a common cause of hospital-associated infection in immunocompromised patients and individuals with open wounds. However, infections affecting the healthy and young have increased in the past few decades and are a rising clinical concern. Understanding the genetic diversity of S.aureus can therefore result in a better understanding of the pathogenesis, spread and evolution of S.aureus, which in turn can lead to the development of effective infection control measures. In the present study, molecular methods were utilised to investigate differences in the distribution and variability of bacterial genes present between successful and unsuccessful lineages of MRSA. Lineages were assigned based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST) clonal complexes and successful lineages were defined as those lineages that have given rise to multiple epidemic MRSA done. In addition to well-established molecular methods such as MLST and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing, a novel fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism assay was developed to identify regions of genetic heterogeneity between and within lineages. These differences were attributed to lineage-specific sequence variation and differences in the distribution of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) between lineages. These genetic differences were investigated in relation to functional differences within the bacterium, to explore the,role of cell functions encoded by these regions in the emergence and prevalence (or spread) of dominant genetic lineages. This study indicates a combination of factors play a role in the success of major MRSA lineages. The genetic diversity amongst core regions and MGEs appear to alter antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors that are vital to their success, as they enable the rapid adaption of lineages to their environment.
A Physical Model for the Co-evolution of QSOs and of their Spheroidal Hosts
Creators: name: Granato, Gian Luigi
name: De Zotti, Gianfranco
name: Silva, Laura
name: Bressan, Alessandro
name: Danese, Luigi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a physically motivated model for the early co-evolution of massive spheroidal galaxies and active nuclei at their centers. Within dark matter halos, forming at the rate predicted by the canonical hierarchical clustering scenario, the gas evolution is controlled by gravity, radiative cooling, and heating by feedback from supernovae and from the growing active nucleus. Supernova heating is increasingly effective with decreasing binding energy in slowing down the star formation and in driving gas outflows. The more massive proto-galaxies virializing at earlier times are thus the sites of the faster star-formation. The correspondingly higher radiation drag fastens the angular momentum loss by the gas, resulting in a larger accretion rate onto the central black-hole. In turn, the kinetic energy carried by outflows driven by active nuclei can unbind the residual gas, thus halting both the star formation and the black-hole growth, in a time again shorter for larger halos. For the most massive galaxies the gas unbinding time is short enough for the bulk of the star-formation to be completed before type Ia supernovae can substantially increase the $Fe$ abundance of the interstellar medium, thus accounting for the $α$-enhancement seen in the largest galaxies. The feedback from supernovae and from the active nucleus also determines the relationship between the black-hole mass and the mass, or the velocity dispersion, of the host galaxy, as well as the black-hole mass function. These and other model predictions are in excellent agreement with observations for a number of observables which proved to be extremely challenging for all the current semi-analytic models, including the sub-mm counts and the corresponding redshift distributions, and the epoch-dependent K-band luminosity function of spheroidal galaxies.
description: 23 pages, 15 figures, revised after ApJ referee report
Additional file 3 of Characteristics, service use and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study
Creators: name: Yajing Zhu
name: Edwards, Duncan
name: Mant, Jonathan
name: Payne, Rupert A.
name: Kiddle, Steven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3. STROBE checklist
What About Us? Inclusivity, Community, and the Future of Sustainability in African-American Museums
Creators: name: Jenkins, Jerelle S.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4302
subject: Heritage, archive and museum studies

description: This paper is intended as a contribution to a contemporary analysis of African-American museums as sustainable institutions of black cultural capital. Its purpose is to answer the central question: “How are African American museums achieving sustainability as cultural entities today and for future generations?” While operating in a white-European-infused arts sector, African-American institutions have had to navigate the museum field quite laboriously in order to keep their doors open and lights on. Built from the desire to connect with their estranged and displaced history, I argue that these institutions of black cultural capital are key producers of social capital that contribute greatly to the health of African-American communities, arts and cultural economies, and the well-being of each American. Due to the lack of federal and private funding awarded to them, African-American museums maintain sustainability through several foundational aspects, which are ingrained in their institutions. This thesis substantiates the social significance of these institutions through qualitative interviews and compact case studies to uncover new tools and resources for museum management professionals to implement. Finally, it supports the claim that African-American museums are integral and active producers of social capital for the country and can be sustainable for these reasons.
Behavioral Study of an Ex-Situ Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatus) Flock: Introducing New Flock Members and Sound Analysis
Creators: name: Hill, Stacy
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The red siskin (Spinus cucullatus) is a small passerine bird from Venezuela that is endangered after a century of illegal pet trade to breed red-factor canaries (Serinus canaria domestica). This study focused on dominance and hierarchy structures within an ex-situ flock, and the effects on the established order when new flock members were added to the existing flock. It is important to assess the receptivity of red siskins to new individuals, since captive breeding programs will require regular transfers of birds between facilities to maintain genetic diversity. This study also looked at the occurrence of wing-fluttering behavior in aggressive interactions among male red siskins. Lastly, it presents research on the possible effects of learned song behavior in the captive red siskin flock from domestic canaries. These topics were selected to help further conservation research of the red siskin. Applicable recommendations to husbandry best practices in captivity and further research questions are proposed to aid ongoing conservation planning.
Behavioral Study of an Ex-Situ Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatus) Flock: Introducing New Flock Members and Sound Analysis
Creators: name: Hill, Stacy
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 41
subject: Environmental sciences

description: The red siskin (Spinus cucullatus) is a small passerine bird from Venezuela that is endangered after a century of illegal pet trade to breed red-factor canaries (Serinus canaria domestica). This study focused on dominance and hierarchy structures within an ex-situ flock, and the effects on the established order when new flock members were added to the existing flock. It is important to assess the receptivity of red siskins to new individuals, since captive breeding programs will require regular transfers of birds between facilities to maintain genetic diversity. This study also looked at the occurrence of wing-fluttering behavior in aggressive interactions among male red siskins. Lastly, it presents research on the possible effects of learned song behavior in the captive red siskin flock from domestic canaries. These topics were selected to help further conservation research of the red siskin. Applicable recommendations to husbandry best practices in captivity and further research questions are proposed to aid ongoing conservation planning.
title: The VEGFC/VEGFR3 pathway in the malignancy of ovarian carcinoma
Creators: name: Decio, Alessandra Agnese
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2013

description: Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGFC) promotes tumor progression in several tumor types, mainly through the stimulation of lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis. The expression and biological significance of the VEGFCNEGFR3 pathway in ovarian cancer growth and dissemination has been investigated in this thesis using ovarian carcinoma cell lines and tumor animal models.

 In patient-derived ovarian carcinoma xenografts (HOC), high levels of soluble VEGFC in ascites and serum were detected, in association with disease progression and tumor burden. Peak VEGFC expression preceded para-aortic lymph node infiltration by HOCS neoplastic cells. Histological detection of tumor cells in blood and lymphatic vessels indicated both hematogenous and lymphatic dissemination.

 VEGFC was over-expressed in the VEGFR3-positive and luciferase-expressing 1A9 and IGROV1 ovarian cancer cells. In vitro, VEGFC released by the expressing turnor cells stimulated turnor cell migration in an autocrine manner. In vivo, over-expression of VEGFC promoted . IGROVl dissemination after orthotopic intraovarian transplantation in nude mice. VEGFC released in serum of mice correlated with tumor burden and metastasis.

 Cediranib, a small molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of VEGFR1-3 and c-Kit, inhibited in vivo metastasis of VEGFC-overexpressing [GROVI and in vitro autocrine effects on turnor cell migration; cediranib improved the survival of mice bearing the four HOC xenografts analyzed. The therapeutic benefit was proportional to soluble VEGFC levels in serum and ascites and to VEGFR3 expression by tumor cells.

 Different schedules of cediranib were tested on HOC8 xenograft, The survival benefit of cediranib in maintenance regimen (14 weeks) was superior to 3-weeks treatment. A significant prolongation of mice survival was observed in mice treated with advanced tumor. Treatment benefits were improved combining cediranib with chemotherapy (paclitaxel plus cisplatin).

 These findings suggest that the VEGFC/VEGFR3 pathway acts as an enhancer of ovarian cancer progression through autocrine and paracrine mechanisms, hence offering a potential target for therapy.
Icteranthidium grohmanni Body
Creators: name: Niu, Zeqing
name: Yuan, Feng
name: Zhu, Chaodong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Icteranthidium
Icteranthidium grohmanni

description: Icteranthidium grohmanni (Spinola, 1838) (Figs 16–25)
 Anthidium grohmanni Spinola, 1838: 524, ♀, ♂. Type locality: Italy.
 Anthidium numida Lepeletier, 1841: 392, ♀, ♂. Type locality: Algeria.
 Anthidium latreillei Lepeletier, 1841: 393, ♀, ♂. Type locality: France.
 Anthidium provinciale Lepeletier, 1841: 395, ♀, ♂. Type locality: Spain.
 Anthidium rubiginosum Lepeletier, 1841: 396, ♀, ♂. Type locality: Spain.
 Anthidium comptum Lepeletier, 1841: 398, ♀. Type locality: Algeria.
 Anthidium lepeletieri Fonscolombe, 1846: 43, ♀, ♂. Type locality: France.
 Anthidium coronatum Smith, 1854: 204, ♀. Type locality: Albania (homonym, non Dufour, 1853).
 Anthidium latreillei var. obscurum Dusmet, 1908: 108. Type locality: Spain.
 Icteranthidium tergale Pasteels, 1969: 414, ♀, ♂. Type locality: Greece; Synonymized by Warncke (1980: 171).
 Anthidium grohmanni Spinola, 1838: Warncke, 1980: 127, ♀ (key), 142, ♂ (key), 171.
 Icteranthidium latreillei (Lepeletier, 1841): Wu, 2006: 137, ♀ (key), ♂ (key), 139, ♀, ♂, redescription, fig. 68.
 Icteranthidium grohmanni (Spinola, 1838): Özbek & Zanden, 1993: 201; Rasmont et al., 1995: 55; Ornosa et al., 2008: 71; Nadimi et al., 2014: 421; Güler et al., 2014: 261.
Diagnosis. The female has the paraocular area yellow, with the maculation not reaching the top of eye; the frons without yellow maculation or with a very little maculation under middle ocellus; the mesepisternum black, without yellow maculation; the posterior margin of T2 truncate; the T1 laterally with dense punctation, interstices not reach puncture diameters. The male has the mesepisternum black, without yellow maculation; the punctation on T1 same as female; the T7 rectangulary rounded.
Material examined. China, Xinjiang: Altay Shi, Talat (47º53′N, 87º55′E), 930 m, 2♂ 5♀, 14.VIII.1960, leg. Shuyong Wang.
 Flower association. Eryngium campestre L. var. virens Link (Apiaceae) (Güler et al., 2014).
Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia (South of European part, North Caucasus), Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Armenia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan.
description: Published as part of Niu, Zeqing, Yuan, Feng & Zhu, Chaodong, 2020, Review of the bee genus Icteranthidium Michener, 1948 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China, pp. 206-218 in Zoological Systematics 45 (3) on pages 212-213, DOI: 10.11865/zs.202024, http://zenodo.org/record/4617930
Pentecostalism and Nigeria’s English Usage A Pragmatic Analysis of Select Expressions.pdf
Creators: name: Uwen, God'sgift Ogban
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200101 Communication Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications
subject: 200322 Comparative Language Studies
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: 200524 Comparative Literature Studies

description: The paper attempts to investigate the pragmatic choices interactants make in the use of the selected expressions: it is well, (we) thank God, glory be to God, it is not my portion, by the grace of God, I am rich, I am strong, my case is different, may God go (be) with you and the devil is a liar spoken by Nigerian English users, especially among the Pentecostal adherents in their daily communicative activities. Specifically, the study aims to analyse the semantico-pragmatic peculiarities in terms of the contextual usage of the constructions. The theories considered relevant to the study are van Dijk’s Context Models and Mey’s theory of Pragmatic Acts. The theories are relevant because they account for the situational appropriateness of language use where meaning is contextually-determined by participants with shared situation knowledge and linguistic and sociocultural backgrounds. Data for the study were generated by means of participant observation by the researcher who is also a Pentecostal Christian and speaker of Nigerian English in informal and formal domains. The findings indicate that the creations are aspects of contextual (mis)appropriation of biblical incidences into Nigerian English usage in specific interactive situations to pragmatically function as: interruptive marker, expression of empathy and religiosity, pragmatic presupposition, advance rejection of tragedy, exercise of faith and escapist stance, among others. The study is expected to enhance the desired comprehension during interactions involving Nigerian English users of different religious affiliations, and foreign speakers of English. Key Words: Pentecostalism, Nigerian English, Pragmatic
Essential Value of Drug and Alternative Reinforcers in Opioid Agonist Treatment Patients
Creators: name: Schwartz, Lindsay P.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The behavioral economics of substance abuse has been increasingly recognized as a method of determining the value of abused substances for individual users. It has been hypothesized that such analyses could serve as a clinical tool, and that demand functions can be targeted predictors for the level of intervention necessary. In the present study, demand for seven drugs and a control was assessed for patients in a medication assisted treatment program (methadone maintenance) who had used opioids in the last two months. These demand functions were compared with those from patients in the same treatment program who had not used opioids in at least eighteen months. Participants maintaining long-term abstinence had significantly decreased demand for all drugs except for methadone, and toilet paper. The dose of methadone prescribed was also significantly correlated with decreased heroin value and demand intensities for multiple other substances. These outcomes are likely due to a combination of pharmacological and behavioral substance-abuse treatments. These findings support the hypothesis that behavioral-economic measures have clinical utility as a marker of treatment progress or a target for treatment.
Essential Value of Drug and Alternative Reinforcers in Opioid Agonist Treatment Patients
Creators: name: Schwartz, Lindsay P.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The behavioral economics of substance abuse has been increasingly recognized as a method of determining the value of abused substances for individual users. It has been hypothesized that such analyses could serve as a clinical tool, and that demand functions can be targeted predictors for the level of intervention necessary. In the present study, demand for seven drugs and a control was assessed for patients in a medication assisted treatment program (methadone maintenance) who had used opioids in the last two months. These demand functions were compared with those from patients in the same treatment program who had not used opioids in at least eighteen months. Participants maintaining long-term abstinence had significantly decreased demand for all drugs except for methadone, and toilet paper. The dose of methadone prescribed was also significantly correlated with decreased heroin value and demand intensities for multiple other substances. These outcomes are likely due to a combination of pharmacological and behavioral substance-abuse treatments. These findings support the hypothesis that behavioral-economic measures have clinical utility as a marker of treatment progress or a target for treatment.
Perceived Severity Mediated Stigmatization of Anorexia Nervosa Among College Students
Creators: name: Cunning, Allison
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The mental illness stigmatization literature has largely excluded factors specific to eating disorders (ED). Studies on ED stigmatization have identified the themes of personal responsibility, weakness, and attention-seeking as the most prevalent attitudes, in addition to the belief that EDs are relatively easily resolvable (Mond, Robertson-Smith, & Vetere, 2014; Stewart, Keel, & Schiavo, 2006). Adverse outcomes of stigmatization include increased prevalence of ED symptoms, a longer illness duration, and increased levels of self-stigma (Griffiths et al., 2014). Other Specified Eating or Feeding Disorder (OSEFD) is the most common DSM-5 diagnosis among individuals with ED symptomology (Fairburn & Bohn, 2005). Since these individuals do not present as a prototypical model of anorexia, their illness is perceived as less severe, although psychopathology severity and extent of psychosocial impairment experienced by these individuals are not significantly different than those who receive an Anorexia Nervosa (AN) diagnosis (eg., Ricca et al., 2001). In the present study, one hundred participants were randomly assigned to two groups: “clinical vignette” and “sub-clinical vignette”. Both groups describe a character with the psychological and behavioral symptoms of AN. In the clinical vignette, the character has diagnosable AN due to her low weight, but the character in the sub-clinical vignette has average weight and therefore cannot be diagnosed with AN. Participants then completed measures of controllability (AQ 30), trivialization, blame, weakness, selfishness/vanity (EDSS, 2010), and willingness to help. Mediation analyses revealed significant findings to suggest trivialization mediates weight-based stigmatization. Specifically, trivialization mediates the relationship between experimental condition on assignments of controllability and weakness, but does not mediate the relationship between experimental condition and blame, selfishness/vanity, or willingness to help. Additionally, a univariate ANOVA analyses show that participants in the average weight group assigned significantly greater levels of overall stigma than did the participants who read the vignette describing the clinically underweight character. Our findings stress the importance of the implications of OSEFD and AN diagnoses in both research and clinical settings, as well as the perceptions of eating disordered individuals by peers and the public. These data suggest individuals of sub-clinical weight with behavioral and psychological symptoms of AN may be assigned higher levels of controllability, and viewed as weak. Future research should focus on average weight individuals with AN symptomology, the psychosocial and clinical implications of assigning an OSEFD diagnosis, and improving psychoeducation about EDs.
Three-body interactions involving clusters and films
Creators: name: Gatica, Silvina M.
name: Calbi, M. Mercedes
name: Cole, Milton W.
name: Velegol, Darrell
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The three body (triple dipole) interaction of Axilrod, Teller and Muto (ATM) contributes 5 to 10 % of the total energy of condensed phases of inert elements. It is shown in this paper for clusters and films that a much larger or smaller ATM contribution can arise for other geometries or other atomic species. The ratio R of the three body interaction energy to the two body energy is evaluated for a wide variety of configurations. This ratio varies considerably with the geometry. For highly polarizable atoms in certain geometries, the magnitude of the three body energy is comparable to that of the two body energy and can be either attractive or repulsive. Systematic trends are established and explained.
description: Changed format to include figures in same file
What are the perceptions of UBC customers regarding the price of food at UBC?
Creators: name: Armstrong, Elisa
name: Man, Choy Yi
name: Hussein, Laila
name: Leah, Kathryn
name: Massara, Loretta
name: Sempowich, Meghan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: 2004 is the third year of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Food System Collaborative Project on Sustainability (UBCFSP). Our team, group four, has been assigned the task of researching Scenario 8: What are the perceptions of UBC customers regarding the price of food at UBC? Before initiating this task, we will first clarify our problem definition, define the concept of sustainability, and articulate our vision of a sustainable UBC food system based on our assessment of group three’s model of sustainability from the 2003 UBCFSP. Based on our value assumptions that combine both eco-centrism and weak-anthropocentrism, our group further defines sustainable food products in terms of six aspects of food production: production, packaging, advertising, transportation, distribution, and disposal. Furthermore, by incorporating a community-based approach, a research agenda is developed to identify the perceptions of UBC customers regarding the price of food at UBC and practices to establish full costs and benefits. The research instruments include qualitative methods, such as surveys, open-ended questionnaires and cost-benefit analysis, and quantitative methods, such as statistical measurements of food mileage and accessibility of food and methods of payment. A timeline is also provided to help guide future research in 2005 and 2006. Finally, in order to help validate our research, we identify those stakeholders who stand to benefit from our research into assessing the perceptions of UBC consumers with regards to food pricing at UBC. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Additional file 2 of Characteristics, service use and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study
Creators: name: Yajing Zhu
name: Edwards, Duncan
name: Mant, Jonathan
name: Payne, Rupert A.
name: Kiddle, Steven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Supplementary
Observation of electronic and atomic shell effects in gold nanowires
Creators: name: Mares, A. I.
name: Otte, A. F.
name: Soukiassian, L. G.
name: Smit, R. H. M.
name: van Ruitenbeek, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of gold nanowires in vacuum at room temperature reveals a periodic spectrum of exceptionally stable diameters. This is identified as shell structure similar to that which was recently discovered for alkali metals at low temperatures. The gold nanowires present two competing `magic' series of stable diameters, one governed by electronic structure and the other by the atomic packing.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Quantum Implication Algebras
Creators: name: Megill, Norman D.
name: Pavicic, Mladen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum implication algebras without complementation are formulated with the same axioms for all five quantum implications. Previous formulations of orthoimplication, orthomodular implication, and quasi-implication algebras are analysed and put in perspective to each other and our results.
description: 19 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables; To be published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 42, No. 12 (2003); Web page: http://m3k.grad.hr/pavicic
Perceived Severity Mediated Stigmatization of Anorexia Nervosa Among College Students
Creators: name: Cunning, Allison
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The mental illness stigmatization literature has largely excluded factors specific to eating disorders (ED). Studies on ED stigmatization have identified the themes of personal responsibility, weakness, and attention-seeking as the most prevalent attitudes, in addition to the belief that EDs are relatively easily resolvable (Mond, Robertson-Smith, & Vetere, 2014; Stewart, Keel, & Schiavo, 2006). Adverse outcomes of stigmatization include increased prevalence of ED symptoms, a longer illness duration, and increased levels of self-stigma (Griffiths et al., 2014). Other Specified Eating or Feeding Disorder (OSEFD) is the most common DSM-5 diagnosis among individuals with ED symptomology (Fairburn & Bohn, 2005). Since these individuals do not present as a prototypical model of anorexia, their illness is perceived as less severe, although psychopathology severity and extent of psychosocial impairment experienced by these individuals are not significantly different than those who receive an Anorexia Nervosa (AN) diagnosis (eg., Ricca et al., 2001). In the present study, one hundred participants were randomly assigned to two groups: “clinical vignette” and “sub-clinical vignette”. Both groups describe a character with the psychological and behavioral symptoms of AN. In the clinical vignette, the character has diagnosable AN due to her low weight, but the character in the sub-clinical vignette has average weight and therefore cannot be diagnosed with AN. Participants then completed measures of controllability (AQ 30), trivialization, blame, weakness, selfishness/vanity (EDSS, 2010), and willingness to help. Mediation analyses revealed significant findings to suggest trivialization mediates weight-based stigmatization. Specifically, trivialization mediates the relationship between experimental condition on assignments of controllability and weakness, but does not mediate the relationship between experimental condition and blame, selfishness/vanity, or willingness to help. Additionally, a univariate ANOVA analyses show that participants in the average weight group assigned significantly greater levels of overall stigma than did the participants who read the vignette describing the clinically underweight character. Our findings stress the importance of the implications of OSEFD and AN diagnoses in both research and clinical settings, as well as the perceptions of eating disordered individuals by peers and the public. These data suggest individuals of sub-clinical weight with behavioral and psychological symptoms of AN may be assigned higher levels of controllability, and viewed as weak. Future research should focus on average weight individuals with AN symptomology, the psychosocial and clinical implications of assigning an OSEFD diagnosis, and improving psychoeducation about EDs.
The Effects of Viewing Thinspiration and Fitspiration
Creators: name: Stoneking, Faith R.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Past research on thinspiration, a social media trend found within pro-eating disorder communities promoting the thin ideal for women’s bodies, has shown viewing thinspiration images is correlated with negative body image, high levels of body dissatisfaction, and an increased engagement in disordered eating behaviors (Boepple & Thompson, 2016; Rouleau & von Ranson, 2010; Bardone-Cone & Cass, 2007). Similar to thinspiration is the newer trend of fitspiration. Fitspiration is typically found within more mainstream social media communities and is viewed as a motivational tool for living a healthier lifestyle. Even so, the images used on fitspiration sites have been found to have similar content to thinspiration websites, and more recent research illustrates the negative effects of viewing fitspiration (Boepple et al., 2016; Boepple & Thompson, 2016; Tiggemann & Zaccardo, 2015).The present study sought to expand upon previous findings comparing the content of thinspiration and fitspiration by directly comparing their effects on body image and other outcomes. Participants viewed control, thinspiration, or fitspiration images. Body image, positive and negative affect, and inspiration effects were measured. Significant differences in body image change were found between the control and thinspiration groups, but not between the control and fitspiration groups. Significant differences were also not found in body image change between the thinspiration and fitspiration groups. Significant effects on positive and negative affect were found after viewing both thinspiration and fitspiration images.
Local excitations in mean field spin glasses
Creators: name: Krzakala, F.
name: Parisi, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the question of geometrical as well as energetic properties of local excitations in mean field Ising spin glasses. We study analytically the Random Energy Model and numerically a dilute mean field model, first on tree-like graphs, equivalent to a replica symmetric computation, and then directly on finite connectivity random lattices. In the first model, characterized by a discontinuous replica symmetry breaking, we found that the energy of finite volume excitation is infinite whereas in the dilute mean field model, described by a continuous replica symmetry breaking, it slowly decreases with sizes and saturates at a finite value, in contrast with what would be naively expected. The geometrical properties of these excitations are similar to those of lattice animals or branched polymers. We discuss the meaning of these results in terms of replica symmetry breaking and also possible relevance in finite dimensional systems.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication
Additional file 1 of Characteristics, service use and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study
Creators: name: Yajing Zhu
name: Edwards, Duncan
name: Mant, Jonathan
name: Payne, Rupert A.
name: Kiddle, Steven
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. ISAC protocol (16_057RA2)
Photoemission studies of the annealing induced modifications of (Ga,Mn)As
Creators: name: Adell, M.
name: Ilver, L.
name: Kanski, J.
name: Sadowski, J.
name: Mathieu, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using angle resolved photoemission we have investigated annealing-induced changes in Ga(1-x)Mn(x)As with x = 0.05. We find that the position of the Fermi energy is a function of annealing time and temperature. It is also established that the Curie temperature is strongly correlated to the separation between the Fermi level and the valence band maximum. Valence band photoemission shows that the Mn3d spectrum is modified by the annealing treatments
description: 4 pages, 5 figures