cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Adaptive Wave And Path Generation In Tower Denfense Games
Creators: name: Shahid, Sadnan Ibn
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Game theory
subject: Video games
subject: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Graphic design
subject: Algorithm

description: This research explores the implementation of adaptive wave and path generation in Tower Defense (TD) games, focusing on the depth-first search (DFS) algorithm for map generation and a weight-based wave generation system. The objective is to create engaging and dynamic gameplay that adapts to players' strategies and performance. By incorporating elements such as secondary path generation and adaptive difficulty, this work aims to address common challenges in game design, such as unpredictability and scalability, thereby enhancing player experience and strategic depth.
title: Tandem Mass Spectrometry Of Polyketide Natural Products
Creators: name: Kearney, Gordon Christopher
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2003

description: The polyketides form a group of natural products, related biochemically to both fatty acids and non-ribosomal peptides, that contains many important antibiotic drugs.

The macrolide polyketide drugs, such as erythromycin, are biosynthesised on giant, modular enzymes. These may be manipulated genetically, leading to the production of novel analogues of the original compound. These analogues must be structurally characterised.

Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) can provide a spectrum of characteristic fragment ions. The collision induced dissociation (CID) of protonated erythromycin A and sec- butylerythromycin B was investigated using MS/MS on an ion-trap mass spectrometer. In order to investigate the nature of the fragmentation processes that occurred the experiments were repeated, after substitution of exchangeable hydrogens for deuterium.

 MS/MS experiments were also carried out on a quadrupole/time of flight (Q-ToQ mass spectrometer. Accurate-mass Q-Tof spectra allowed the assignment of elemental compositions to fragment ions. 18O labelling of the C-9 carbonyl group gave insight into the first elimination of water from the parent ion.

In order to probe further the mechanisms of unimolecular dissociation for this class of molecule MS/MS experiments were carried out on roxithromycin and oleandomycin, two compounds similar to erythromycin. The C-9 oxime group of roxithromycin is eliminated in an analogous way to the C-9 carbonyl group of erythromycin A. Also, since oleandomycin has no C-6 hydroxyl group, macrolide ring opening reactions do not occur.

A scheme is tentatively proposed for the CID fragmentation reactions of erythromycin A.
PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE: THE HR FUNCTION AT NONPROFIT REGIONAL THEATRES
Creators: name: Deutchman, Stephanie L.
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3505
subject: Human resources and industrial relations
classificationCode: 3604
subject: Performing arts

description: This capstone studies nonprofit regional theatres and their human resources (HR) departments, or people functions. Nonprofits traditionally have not mirrored for-profit enterprises when it comes to organizational structure and people management. This study explores the challenges theatres encounter and nuances that exist as a nonprofit organization. The research also analyzes the contribution of the HR leader and/or department to the success of the entire organization. Up until now, no study has been uncovered regarding how the HR function is structured in regional nonprofit theatres. Research on human resources in arts organizations is often overlooked or nonexistent. Since the literature was not specific enough to show how HR departments are structured in nonprofit theatres, interviews were conducted with Directors of HR and theatre leaders, and with outside experts in the field. Sixteen interviews were conducted, which included staff and leadership from nine regional theatres in the Washington, DC area. Suggestions are made surrounding what theatres can do if they do not have a dedicated HR staff person. Armed with research from this project, theatre leadership will have the tools to make decisions regarding staffing at their theatres.
Bayesian Semiparametric Regression: An Exposition and Application to Print Advertising Data
Creators: name: Smith, Michael
name: Mathur, Sharat K.
name: Kohn, Robert
name: Smith, Michael
name: Mathur, Sharat K.
name: Kohn, Robert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Bayesian analysis
subject: Gibbs sampler
subject: Nonparametric regression
subject: Starch print advertising data
subject: Bayesian Variable Selection
subject: Subset Selection

description: A new regression based approach is proposed for modeling marketing databases. The approach is Bayesian and provides a number of significant improvements over current methods. Independent variables can enter into the model in either a parametric or nonparametric manner, significant variables can be identified from a large number of potential regressors and an appropriate transformation of the dependent variable can be automatically selected from a discrete set of pre-specified candidate transformations. All these features are estimated simultaneously and automatically using a Bayesian hierarchical model coupled with a Gibbs sampling scheme. Being Bayesian, it is straightforward to introduce subjective information about the relative importance of each variable, or with regard to a suitable data transformation. The methodology is applied to print advertising Starch data collected from thirteen issues of an Australian women's monthly magazine. The empirical results highlight the complex and detailed relationships that can be uncovered using the methodology.
Bayesian Approaches to Segmenting a Simple Time Series
Creators: name: Oliver, Jonathan J.
name: Forbes, Catherine S.
name: Oliver, Jonathan J.
name: Forbes, Catherine S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: Segmentation
subject: Minimum Message Length
subject: MML
subject: Bayes Factors
subject: Evidence
subject: TimeSeries

description: The segmentation problem arises in many applications in data mining, A.I. and statistics. In this paper, we consider segmenting simple time series. We develop two Bayesian approaches for segmenting a time series, namely the Bayes Factor approach, and the Minimum Message Length (MML) approach. We perform simulations comparing these Bayesian approaches, and then perform a comparison with other classical approaches, namely AIC, MDL and BIC. We conclude that the MML criterion is the preferred criterion. We then apply the segmentation method to financial time series data.
Assessment of Intended Electric Vehicle Usage and Travel Behaviour during Wildfire Evacuations
Creators: Babaei, Mohammad Hossein
Wong, Stephen D.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2025

The rise in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) presents a unique challenge for disaster planning. Their reliance upon the grid for fuel requires capable and resilient electricity infrastructure to withstand the surge in demand during evacuation scenarios. This grid resilience is crucial for safe and resilient evacuations by those living in areas highly vulnerable to wildfires. On the other hand, EVs present a novel opportunity to act as power sources that fulfill the electricity needs of communities that would otherwise lose power. Underpinning both challenges and opportunities is how EV drivers will behave, especially related to charging. However, research on this behaviour in the context of disasters remains sparse.

To address the behavioural gap, this study developed a series of discrete choice models to understand the factors that impact EV charging behaviour in a future wildfire. Through a non-probability panel from the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia of people living in high/medium fire risk, we distributed a survey (n=1371) to collect intended choices for a nearby wildfire, assuming a 400 km range EV. Results indicate diverse EV charging patterns, both spatially and temporarily, which could limit some peaks in electricity demand and congestion. Across all models, we found that EV ownership, a preference to reduce risk to property and family, intended evacuation choices, and past hazard experience influenced charging behaviour. Results indicate that targeted improvements in grid capacity and charging stations may be sufficient to meet future demand from EV drivers in evacuations.
Electroweak production of hybrid mesons in a Flux-Tube simulation of Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Close, F. E.
name: Dudek, J. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We make the first calculation of the electroweak couplings of hybrid mesons to conventional mesons appropriate to photoproduction and to the decays of $B$ or $D$ mesons. $E1$ amplitudes are found to be large and may contribute in charge exchange $γp \to n H^+$ allowing production of (amongst others) the charged $1^{-+}$ exotic hybrid off $a_2$ exchange. Axial hybrid meson photoproduction is predicted to be large courtesy of $π$ exchange, and its strange hybrid counterpart is predicted in $B \to ψK_H(1^+)$ with $b.r. \sim 10^{-4}$. Higher multipoles, and some implications for hybrid charmonium are briefly discussed.
description: 4 pages
Additional file 5 of Moving from “let’s fix them” to “actually listen”: the development of a primary care intervention for mental-physical multimorbidity
Creators: name: McKenzie, Kylie J.
name: Fletcher, Susan L.
name: Pierce, David
name: Gunn, Jane M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 5: Supplementary material. The Motivational Interviewing (MI) Pocket Guide resource to support skill development in MI-informed collaborative care; Side 1.
PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE: THE HR FUNCTION AT NONPROFIT REGIONAL THEATRES
Creators: name: Deutchman, Stephanie L.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This capstone studies nonprofit regional theatres and their human resources (HR) departments, or people functions. Nonprofits traditionally have not mirrored for-profit enterprises when it comes to organizational structure and people management. This study explores the challenges theatres encounter and nuances that exist as a nonprofit organization. The research also analyzes the contribution of the HR leader and/or department to the success of the entire organization. Up until now, no study has been uncovered regarding how the HR function is structured in regional nonprofit theatres. Research on human resources in arts organizations is often overlooked or nonexistent. Since the literature was not specific enough to show how HR departments are structured in nonprofit theatres, interviews were conducted with Directors of HR and theatre leaders, and with outside experts in the field. Sixteen interviews were conducted, which included staff and leadership from nine regional theatres in the Washington, DC area. Suggestions are made surrounding what theatres can do if they do not have a dedicated HR staff person. Armed with research from this project, theatre leadership will have the tools to make decisions regarding staffing at their theatres.
Pre-thermalization in a classical phonon field: slow relaxation of the number of phonons
Creators: name: Huveneers, François
name: Lukkarinen, Jani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the emergence of an astonishingly long pre-thermal plateau in a classical phonon field, here a harmonic chain with on-site pinning. Integrability is broken by a weak anharmonic on-site potential with strength $λ$. In the small $λ$ limit, the approach to equilibrium of a translation invariant initial state is described by kinetic theory. However, when the phonon band becomes narrow, we find that the (non-conserved) number of phonons relaxes on much longer time scales than kinetic. We establish rigorous bounds on the relaxation time, and develop a theory that yields exact predictions for the dissipation rate in the limit $λ\to 0$. We compare the theoretical predictions with data from molecular dynamics simulations and find good agreement. Our work shows how classical systems may exhibit phenomena which at the first glance appear to require quantization.
description: 6 + 12 pages
The impact of treatment expectations on exposure process and treatment outcome in childhood anxiety disorders
Creators: name: Wu, Monica S.
name: Caporino, Nicole E.
name: Peris, Tara S.
name: Pérez, Jocelyn
name: Thamrin, Hardian
name: Albano, Anne Marie
name: Kendall, Philip C.
name: Walkup, John T.
name: Birmaher, Boris
name: Compton, Scott N.
name: Piacentini, John
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study examined the relationship between caregivers’ and youths’ treatment expectations and characteristics of exposure tasks (quantity, mastery, compliance) in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety. Additionally, compliance with exposure tasks was tested as a mediator of the relationship between treatment expectations and symptom improvement. Data were from youth (N = 279; 7–17 years old) enrolled in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS) and randomized to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or the combination of CBT and sertraline for the treatment of separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social phobia. Caregivers and youth independently reported treatment expectations prior to randomization, anxiety was assessed pre- and post-treatment by independent evaluators blind to treatment condition, and exposure characteristics were recorded by the cognitive-behavioral therapists following each session. For both caregivers and youths, more positive expectations that anxiety would improve with treatment were associated with greater compliance with exposure tasks, and compliance mediated the relationship between treatment expectations and change in anxiety symptoms following treatment. Additionally, more positive parent treatment expectations were related to a greater number and percentage of sessions with exposure. More positive youth treatment expectations were associated with greater mastery during sessions focused on exposure. Findings underscore the importance of addressing parents’ and youths’ treatment expectations at the outset of therapy to facilitate engagement in exposure and maximize therapeutic gains.
Additional file 4 of MicroRNA-210 regulates the metabolic and inflammatory status of primary human astrocytes
Creators: name: Kieran, Nicholas W.
name: Suresh, Rahul
name: Dorion, Marie-France
name: MacDonald, Adam
name: Blain, Manon
name: Wen, Dingke
name: Fuh, Shih-Chieh
name: Ryan, Fari
name: Diaz, Roberto J.
name: Stratton, Jo Anne
name: Ludwin, Samuel K.
name: Sonnen, Joshua A.
name: Antel, Jack
name: Healy, Luke M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4: Figure S3. microRNAs are differentially expressed in primary human astrocytes undergoing different stresses. (A) Primary human astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia were separately cultured and analyzed for expression of canonically expressed genes of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), myelin basic protein (MBP) and ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1 (IBA1) by RT-qPCR. n = 3–4. (B) Primary human fetal astrocytes were immunostained with anti-GFAP, anti-O4, and anti-PU.1 antibodies. A CX7 automated microscope was used to quantify the percent positive astrocytes for each marker, n = 4. (C) Primary human astrocytes were treated in inflammatory (“I”) metabolic (“M”) or hypoxic (“H”) stress conditions induced by IL1b, glucose-free media, or a 1% oxygen chamber for 24 h compared to untreated control. RT-qPCR assessment of CXCL10, HMOX1, and MCT4 expression was measured to confirm the astrocytic response to inflammatory, metabolic, and hypoxic stress conditions, respectively, n = 4–6. (D) HeLa cells were left in normoxic (“N”) conditions for 48 h or were treated in 1% O2 (hypoxia, H) for the noted time period. After 2–48 h, the cells were removed and were immediately lysed with RIPA buffer for subsequent Western blot. n = 3.
Description of pp-interactions with very higf multiplicity at 70 GeV/c
Creators: name: Kokoulina, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The collective behavior of secondary particles in pp - interactions at 70 GeV/c is studied. A Two Stage Gluon Model is offered to describe proceses with very high multiplicity. An active role of gluons is shown in multiparticle dynamics. The analysis of multiplicity distributions has revealed a possibility of a thermodynamic interpretation of these interactions. A mechanism of the soft photon production as a signature of the quark-gluon system is proposed.
description: Presented at the XXXIII Int.Symp.Multiparticle Dynamics, Krakow, Poland, 5-11 September, 2003. 6 pages, 6 figures
Distribution of the spacing between two adjacent avoided crossings
Creators: name: Machida, Manabu
name: Saito, Keiji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the frequency at which avoided crossings appear in an energy level structure when an external field is applied to a quantum chaotic system. The distribution of the spacing in the parameter between two adjacent avoided crossings is investigated. Using a random matrix model, we find that the distribution of these spacings is well fitted by a power-law distribution for small spacings. The powers are 2 and 3 for the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble and Gaussian unitary ensemble, respectively. We also find that the distributions decay exponentially for large spacings. The distributions in concrete quantum chaotic systems agree with those of the random matrix model.
description: 11 pages
The impact of treatment expectations on exposure process and treatment outcome in childhood anxiety disorders
Creators: name: Wu, Monica S.
name: Caporino, Nicole E.
name: Peris, Tara S.
name: Pérez, Jocelyn
name: Thamrin, Hardian
name: Albano, Anne Marie
name: Kendall, Philip C.
name: Walkup, John T.
name: Birmaher, Boris
name: Compton, Scott N.
name: Piacentini, John
Publisher: name: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
classificationCode: 5201
subject: Applied and developmental psychology

description: This study examined the relationship between caregivers’ and youths’ treatment expectations and characteristics of exposure tasks (quantity, mastery, compliance) in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety. Additionally, compliance with exposure tasks was tested as a mediator of the relationship between treatment expectations and symptom improvement. Data were from youth (N = 279; 7–17 years old) enrolled in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS) and randomized to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or the combination of CBT and sertraline for the treatment of separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social phobia. Caregivers and youth independently reported treatment expectations prior to randomization, anxiety was assessed pre- and post-treatment by independent evaluators blind to treatment condition, and exposure characteristics were recorded by the cognitive-behavioral therapists following each session. For both caregivers and youths, more positive expectations that anxiety would improve with treatment were associated with greater compliance with exposure tasks, and compliance mediated the relationship between treatment expectations and change in anxiety symptoms following treatment. Additionally, more positive parent treatment expectations were related to a greater number and percentage of sessions with exposure. More positive youth treatment expectations were associated with greater mastery during sessions focused on exposure. Findings underscore the importance of addressing parents’ and youths’ treatment expectations at the outset of therapy to facilitate engagement in exposure and maximize therapeutic gains.
Spin properties of top quark pairs produced at hadron colliders
Creators: name: Bernreuther, W.
name: Brandenburg, A.
name: Si, Z. G.
name: Uwer, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the spin properties of top quark pairs produced at hadron colliders at next-to-leading order in the coupling constant alpha_s of the strong interaction. Specifically we present, for some decay channels, results for differential angular distributions that are sensitive to t tbar spin correlations.
description: Invited talk given by A. Brandenburg at the Cracow epiphany conference on heavy flavours, 3 - 6 January 2003, Cracow, Poland
Hole-phonon interactions in quantum dots: Effects of phonon confinement and encapsulation materials on spin-orbit qubits
Creators: name: Li, Jing
name: Venitucci, Benjamin
name: Niquet, Yann-Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spin-phonon interactions are one of the mechanisms limiting the lifetime of spin qubits made in semiconductor quantum dots. At variance with other mechanisms such as charge noise, phonons are intrinsic to the device and can hardly be mitigated. They set, therefore fundamental limits to the relaxation time of the qubits. Here we introduce a general framework for the calculation of the spin (and charge) transition rates induced by bulk (3D) and strongly confined 1D or 2D phonons. We discuss the particular case of hole spin-orbit qubits described by the 6 bands kp model. We next apply this theory to a hole qubit in a silicon-on-insulator device. We show that spin relaxation in this device is dominated by a band mixing term that couples the holes to transverse acoustic phonons through the valence band deformation potential d, and optimize the bias point and magnetic field orientation to maximize the number of Rabi oscillations Q that can be achieved within on relaxation time T1. Despite the strong spin-orbit coupling in the valence band, the phonon-limited Q can reach a few tens of thousands. We next explore the effects of phonon confinement in 1D and 2D structures, and the impact of the encapsulation materials on the relaxation rates. We show that the spin lifetimes can depend on the structure of the device over micrometer-long length scales and that they improve when the materials around the qubit get harder. Phonon engineering in semiconductor qubits may therefore become relevant once the extrinsic sources of relaxation have been reduced.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures + 10 pages supplementary information
Home in One Piece
Creators: name: Butler, David
Publisher: name: The University of Adelaide
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: Resources to print and play the mathematical game Home in One Piece, which is a game of tactics involving play dough. Includes the modular board, the dice, and rules and instructions.
Additional file 5 of MicroRNA-210 regulates the metabolic and inflammatory status of primary human astrocytes
Creators: name: Kieran, Nicholas W.
name: Suresh, Rahul
name: Dorion, Marie-France
name: MacDonald, Adam
name: Blain, Manon
name: Wen, Dingke
name: Fuh, Shih-Chieh
name: Ryan, Fari
name: Diaz, Roberto J.
name: Stratton, Jo Anne
name: Ludwin, Samuel K.
name: Sonnen, Joshua A.
name: Antel, Jack
name: Healy, Luke M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 5: Figure S4. Astrocytic Metabolism and MCT4 Protein Expression is unchanged after 24- and 48-h 210M transfection, respectively. (A) Oxygen Consumption Rate (OCR) was measured in primary human astrocytes 24-h after transfection of 210S or 210M. n = 4 with 10 technical replicates for OCR experiments. (B) Extracellular Acidification Rate (ECAR) was measured in primary human astrocytes 24-h after transfection of 210S or 210M. n = 4 with 20 technical replicates for ECAR experiments. (C) Protein expression of MCT4 and Beta Tubulin (Beta-Tub) were measured by western blot in six separate human samples. Data is graphed as the fold change of MCT4 expression normalized to Beta-Tubulin expression and relative to the expression of 210S. For (C), each dot represents a separate human sample. (D) RT-qPCR assessment of LDHA in 210M-transfected cells relative to 210S-transfected cells 48 h after transfection. Mean ± SEM of 6 donors. Two-way ANOVA with Sidak’s correction was performed for Seahorse experiments, whereas t-test was used for MCT4 and LDHA expression. *p
Results from a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention to prevent HIV and intimate partner violence among social networks of Tanzanian men
Creators: name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Mulawa, Marta I.
name: Balvanz, Peter
name: McNaughton Reyes, H. Luz
name: Kilonzo, Mrema Noel
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: Singh, Basant
name: Kajula, Lusajo J.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Despite calls to engage men in HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention efforts, effective approaches to reach and engage men in low-resource, high-HIV prevalence settings are limited. We identified and engaged social networks of mostly young men in a study designed to evaluate the efficacy of a combined microfinance and peer health leadership intervention to prevent HIV and IPV. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial among 60 social networks locally referred to as “camps” within Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Camps were randomly assigned (1:1) to a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention or a control condition that received a brief delayed intervention after the study’s conclusion. Allocation was not masked to participants or researchers. Behavioral assessments were conducted at baseline and 30-months post-intervention launch, with biological samples drawn at 30-months to test for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). Primary outcomes included prevalence of STIs and past-year IPV perpetration. Secondary outcomes included STI sexual risk behaviors and past-year HIV testing. Proximal intervention targets included inequitable gender norm attitudes and hope. A modified Poisson regression approach was used to estimate intention-to-treat intervention effects on outcomes assessed at the 30-month follow-up. We enrolled 1,258 men within 60 camps. Of these men, 1,029 (81.8%) completed the 30-month follow-up. There were no differences by condition in STI prevalence, IPV perpetration, or sexual risk behaviors at the 30-month follow-up. Intervention participants reported greater levels of past-year HIV testing, controlling for baseline testing (aRR 1.13 95% CI 1.005–1.28). They also reported significantly lower levels of inequitable gender norm attitudes (adjusted effect -0.11, 95% CI -0.21–0.003). We successfully engaged and retained social networks of men in this multilevel intervention study. While we did not see an effect on the primary outcomes, our intervention successfully improved HIV testing and reduced inequitable gender norm attitudes.
Emergent electric field control of phase transformation in oxide superlattices
Creators: name: Yi, Di
name: Wang, Yujia
name: Erve, Olaf M. J. van 't
name: Xu, Liubin
name: Yuan, Hongtao
name: Veit, Michael J.
name: Balakrishnan, Purnima P.
name: Choi, Yongseong
name: N'Diaye, Alpha T.
name: Shafer, Padraic
name: Arenholz, Elke
name: Grutter, Alexander
name: Xu, Haixuan
name: Yu, Pu
name: Jonker, Berend T.
name: Suzuki, Yuri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Electric fields can transform materials with respect to their structure and properties, enabling various applications ranging from batteries to spintronics. Recently electrolytic gating, which can generate large electric fields and voltage-driven ion transfer, has been identified as a powerful means to achieve electric-field-controlled phase transformations. The class of transition metal oxides (TMOs) provide many potential candidates that present a strong response under electrolytic gating. However, very few show a reversible structural transformation at room-temperature. Here, we report the realization of a digitally synthesized TMO that shows a reversible, electric-field-controlled transformation between distinct crystalline phases at room-temperature. In superlattices comprised of alternating one-unit-cell of SrIrO3 and La0.2Sr0.8MnO3, we find a reversible phase transformation with a 7% lattice change and dramatic modulation in chemical, electronic, magnetic and optical properties, mediated by the reversible transfer of oxygen and hydrogen ions. Strikingly, this phase transformation is absent in the constituent oxides, solid solutions and larger period superlattices. Our findings open up a new class of materials for voltage-controlled functionality.
Thermal pion masses in the second phase: $|μ_{I}| >m_π$
Creators: name: Loewe, M.
name: Villavicencio, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Density and thermal corrections to the mass of the pions are studied in the framework of the SU(2) low energy effective chiral lagrangian, in terms of the isospin chemical potential $μ_\tin{I}$. We concentrate the discussion in the region where the isospin chemical potential (absolute value) becomes bigger than the pion mass at zero temperature and density, i.e. in the phase where the condensed $π^-$ phase appears (for negative chemical potential). We are able to calculate the thermal and density evolution of masses in the limits where $|μ_{I}|\gg m$ and where $|μ_{I}| \gtrsim m$. We also identified the phase transition curve.
description: 12 pages, 13 figures. Published in Physical Review D70
title: Spousal Violence Levels Among Substance-Abusing Couples After Behavioral Couples Therapy Versus Individual-Based Treatment
Creators: name: Arehart, Shannon O'Neill
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2000

description: Domestic violence and substance abuse are two of the most prevalent and detrimental social ills plaguing American society today. Additionally, domestic violence and substance abuse are inter-related, and are often found within the same family or relationship. Understanding the relationship between these two problems is essential, especially in the context of therapy or treatment.

Previous studies have shown that behavioral couples therapy (BCT), a treatment for substance abuse problems in which couples participate in conjoint therapy sessions, can be effective in reducing the levels of spousal violence in alcoholic couples (O'Farrell & Murphy, 1995). Additionally, BCT has been effective in the treatment of substance abusers in terms of relationship functioning (Fals-Stewart, Birchler, &, O'Farrell, 1996). Fals-Stewart, Birchler, and O'Farrell (1996) found that in the year following BCT, couples reported less marital distress and more positive dyadic adjustment. The present investigation examined the effectiveness of BCT in reducing spousal violence levels among couples whose male partner is undergoing substance abuse treatment. It was found that BCT is more effective than individual-based treatment in reducing posttreatment spousal violence among the couples.
Additional file 6 of MicroRNA-210 regulates the metabolic and inflammatory status of primary human astrocytes
Creators: name: Kieran, Nicholas W.
name: Suresh, Rahul
name: Dorion, Marie-France
name: MacDonald, Adam
name: Blain, Manon
name: Wen, Dingke
name: Fuh, Shih-Chieh
name: Ryan, Fari
name: Diaz, Roberto J.
name: Stratton, Jo Anne
name: Ludwin, Samuel K.
name: Sonnen, Joshua A.
name: Antel, Jack
name: Healy, Luke M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 6: Figure S5. 210M does not affect astrocytic expression of select pro- or anti-inflammatory genes. Select genes that have previously been identified to promote or antagonize inflammation in astrocytes were measured by RT-qPCR in primary human fetal astrocytes. Cells were transfected with 210S or 210M and left otherwise untreated or treated with hypoxia (H) and inflammation (I) using 1% oxygen and IL1b, respectively. n = 3–4, data is graphed as mean ± SEM and was analyzed using one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparison test.
Average Angular Velocity
Creators: name: Essen, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper addresses the problem of the separation of rotational and internal motion. It introduces the concept of average angular velocity as the moment of inertia weighted average of particle angular velocities. It extends and elucidates the concept of Jellinek and Li (1989) of separation of the energy of overall rotation in an arbitrary (non-linear) $N$-particle system. It generalizes the so called Koenig's theorem on the two parts of the kinetic energy (center of mass plus internal) to three parts: center of mass, rotational, plus the remaining internal energy relative to an optimally translating and rotating frame.
description: 11 pages
Results from a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention to prevent HIV and intimate partner violence among social networks of Tanzanian men
Creators: name: Maman, Suzanne
name: Mulawa, Marta I.
name: Balvanz, Peter
name: McNaughton Reyes, H. Luz
name: Kilonzo, Mrema Noel
name: Yamanis, Thespina
name: Singh, Basant
name: Kajula, Lusajo J.
Publisher: name: Public Library of Science
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Despite calls to engage men in HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention efforts, effective approaches to reach and engage men in low-resource, high-HIV prevalence settings are limited. We identified and engaged social networks of mostly young men in a study designed to evaluate the efficacy of a combined microfinance and peer health leadership intervention to prevent HIV and IPV. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial among 60 social networks locally referred to as “camps” within Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Camps were randomly assigned (1:1) to a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention or a control condition that received a brief delayed intervention after the study’s conclusion. Allocation was not masked to participants or researchers. Behavioral assessments were conducted at baseline and 30-months post-intervention launch, with biological samples drawn at 30-months to test for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). Primary outcomes included prevalence of STIs and past-year IPV perpetration. Secondary outcomes included STI sexual risk behaviors and past-year HIV testing. Proximal intervention targets included inequitable gender norm attitudes and hope. A modified Poisson regression approach was used to estimate intention-to-treat intervention effects on outcomes assessed at the 30-month follow-up. We enrolled 1,258 men within 60 camps. Of these men, 1,029 (81.8%) completed the 30-month follow-up. There were no differences by condition in STI prevalence, IPV perpetration, or sexual risk behaviors at the 30-month follow-up. Intervention participants reported greater levels of past-year HIV testing, controlling for baseline testing (aRR 1.13 95% CI 1.005–1.28). They also reported significantly lower levels of inequitable gender norm attitudes (adjusted effect -0.11, 95% CI -0.21–0.003). We successfully engaged and retained social networks of men in this multilevel intervention study. While we did not see an effect on the primary outcomes, our intervention successfully improved HIV testing and reduced inequitable gender norm attitudes.
Clustering, advection and patterns in a model of population dynamics with neighborhood-dependent rates
Creators: name: Hernandez-Garcia, Emilio
name: Lopez, Cristobal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We introduce a simple model of population dynamics which considers birth and death rates for every individual that depend on the number of particles in its neighborhood. The model shows an inhomogeneous quasistationary pattern with many different clusters of particles. We derive the equation for the macroscopic density of particles, perform a linear stability analysis on it, and show that there is a finite-wavelength instability leading to pattern formation. This is the responsible for the approximate periodicity with which the clusters of particles arrange in the microscopic model. In addition, we consider the population when immersed in a fluid medium and analyze the influence of advection on global properties of the model.
description: Some typos and some problems with the figures corrected
Population Dynamics in Hostile Neighborhoods
Creators: name: Amann, Herbert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35K59, 35K65, 35K57

description: A new class of quasilinear reaction-diffusion equations is introduced for which the mass flow never reaches the boundary. It is proved that the initial value problem is well-posed in an appropriate weighted Sobolev space setting.
Connecting web event forecasting with anomaly detection : A case study on enterprise web applications using self-supervised neural networks
Creators: name: Yuan, Xiaoyong
name: Ding, Lei
name: Salem, Malek Ben
name: Li, Xiaolin
name: Wu, Dapeng
Publisher: name: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences

description: Recently web applications have been widely used in enterprises to assist employees in providing effective and efficient business processes. Forecasting upcoming web events in enterprise web applications can be beneficial in many ways, such as efficient caching and recommendation. In this paper, we present a web event forecasting approach, DeepEvent, in enterprise web applications for better anomaly detection. DeepEvent includes three key features: web-specific neural networks to take into account the characteristics of sequential web events, self-supervised learning techniques to overcome the scarcity of labeled data, and sequence embedding techniques to integrate contextual events and capture dependencies among web events. We evaluate DeepEvent on web events collected from six real-world enterprise web applications. Our experimental results demonstrate that DeepEvent is effective in forecasting sequential web events and detecting web based anomalies. DeepEvent provides a context-based system for researchers and practitioners to better forecast web events with situational awareness.
Gender and the effectiveness of leadership training : results from a field experiment
Creators: name: An, Seung-Ho
name: Meier, Kenneth
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study examines gender differences in leadership behaviors and whether leadership training would have different effects on leadership behaviors by gender. Using data from several hundred managers of welfare and financial agencies in Denmark, we first investigate whether leadership behaviors differ between female and male leaders. After that, we conducted a year-long field experiment with managers to examine how female and male leaders respond to leadership training interventions. In general, female managers improve more from leadership training even though leadership scores for female leaders were higher before training.
title: Concept Development In Relation To The Biology Of Reproduction In Secondary Science : A Vygotskyan Perspective
Creators: name: McAnulty, John
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2003

description: The study of concept development in biology comes from a professional concern that arose in my classroom teaching - an inability, after many years practice of the techniques of ‘discovery science’, to accept the theoretical base of the individual secondary school pupil constructing science concepts mainly through experiment. From this concern arose my research question - the extent to which a developmental space could be defined in which the development of science concepts could take place. The instance for examining such a space would be science concepts of reproduction. To develop a model for such a space I looked at the work of Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky and a number of other theorists concerned with the issue of innate learning mechanisms and of constructivism and social constructivism. I adopted Vygotsky’s dialectical materialist approach in assessing the concepts involved. To test the emerging model I decided on a case study approach, defined in terms of both the case as instance and the case as issue - instance in that the focus would be a year 8 (Britain year 7) science class, with interviews across the year group The study would involve the case as issue in that I intended to walk through the process of concept formation in plant and human reproduction with the pupils. I applied a mixture of semi-structured interview and classroom observation, linked through the development of ‘structured situations’ in which models and materials were made available in specific social settings in the expectation that the pupils would construct meaning. The outcome of the investigation did not support the initial model, but it did suggest in outline a new model of a developmental space. This suggested that the different goals of teacher and pupils expressed themselves as implicit and explicit elements of the situation, often resolved by the pupils completing tasks without thought. This indicated that a common outcome of schooling was ‘encapsulation’, formal mental constructs lacking meaning. Elements of a new model would be the role of emotion and of the goal of activity.
Additional file 1 of Personal identification with artificial intelligence under COVID-19 crisis: a scoping review
Creators: name: Matsuda, Shinpei
name: Yoshimura, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Additional file 1. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) Checklist.
Sigma-DeltaModEmu - hardware emulation of a Sigma-Delta Modulador
Creators: name: Dessbesell, Gustavo
name: Edinei Santin
name: Joao Baptista Dos Santos Martins
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90604 Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is one of the most powerful technologies currently available, employed to develop applications for a broad range of fields. However, as implied by the name of the technology itself, data to be processed must be in a digital format. Since most of the signals in nature are available in analog form, Analog-To-Digital Conversion (ADC) is required.The goal of this work is to provide a way to validate an FPGA-based digital decimation filter block of a given Sigma-Delta AD converter, without having the modulator available. This goal is achieved by developing a hardware block which emulates the behaviour of the real Sigma-Delta AD converter.By using the same platform to implement both the digital filter block and the bitstream emulator block, we avoided the need of extra external circuits to the prototyping board, thus simplifying the design
Deflected Wake Interaction of Tandem Flapping Foils
Creators: name: Lagopoulos, N. S.
name: Weymouth, G. D.
name: Ganapathisubramani, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Symmetric flapping foils are known to produce deflected jets at high frequency-amplitude combinations even at a zero mean angle of attack. This reduces the frequency range of useful propulsive configurations without side force. In this study, we numerically analyse the interaction of these deflected jets for tandem flapping foils undergoing coupled heave to pitch motion in a two dimensional domain. The impact of the flapping Strouhal number, foil spacing and phasing on wake interaction is investigated. Our primary finding is that the back foil is capable of cancelling the wake deflection and mean side force of the front foil, even when located up to 5 chord lengths downstream. This is achieved by attracting the incoming dipoles and disturbing their cohesion within the limits of the back foil's range of flapping motion. We also show that the impact on cycle averaged thrust varies from high augmentation to drag generation depending on the wake patterns downstream of the back foil. These findings provide new insights towards the design of biomimetic tandem propulsors, as they expand their working envelope and ability to rapidly increase or decrease the forward speed by manipulating the size of the shed vortices.
Gender and the effectiveness of leadership training : results from a field experiment
Creators: name: An, Seung-Ho
name: Meier, Kenneth
Publisher: name: Review of Public Personnel Administration
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3507
subject: Strategy, management and organisational behaviour

description: This study examines gender differences in leadership behaviors and whether leadership training would have different effects on leadership behaviors by gender. Using data from several hundred managers of welfare and financial agencies in Denmark, we first investigate whether leadership behaviors differ between female and male leaders. After that, we conducted a year-long field experiment with managers to examine how female and male leaders respond to leadership training interventions. In general, female managers improve more from leadership training even though leadership scores for female leaders were higher before training.