cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Life Goal Development and Occupational Creativity
Creators: name: Sutu, Andreea
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Summary: This registration document contains the analysis plan for existing longitudinal data as part of a project assessing longitudinal changes in life goals and their relationships with occupational creativity. This project will use data from two existing datasets. The project has two primary goals: (1) to examine how life goals develop and change during adolescence and young adulthood and (2) to examine whether changes in goals (over and above initial levels) predict occupational creativity. We follow 2 steps in preregistering this project. At step 1, we registered our analysis plan for factor analyses to determine the structure of the life goals measure employed in the study. At step 2 (current document), we register hypotheses and research questions for the main study. Both registration documents follow the preregistration template, “Preregistration of secondary data analysis: A template and tutorial” (den Akker et al., 2019).
Shear Forces and Heat Conductance in Nanoscale Junctions
Creators: name: Robinson, B. J.
name: Pumarol, M. E.
name: Kolosov, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanoscale solid-solid contacts define a wealth of material behaviours from the electrical and thermal conductivity in modern electronic devices to friction and losses in micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems. For modern ultra-high integration processor chips, power electronic devices and thermoelectrics one of the most essential, but thus far most challenging, aspects is the assessment of the heat transport at the nanoscale sized interfaces between their components. While this can be effectively addressed by a scanning thermal microscopy, or SThM, which demonstrates the highest spatial resolution to thermal transport to date, SThM quantitative capability is undermined by the poorly defined nature of the nanoscale contact between the probe tip and the sample. Here we show that simultaneous measurements of the shear force and the heat flow in the probe-sample junction shows distinct correlation between thermal conductance and maximal shear force in the junction for multiple probe-material combinations. Quantitative analysis of this correlation confirmed the intrinsic ballistic nature of the heat transport in the tip-surface nanoscale contact suggesting that they are, ultimately, composed of near-atomic sized regions. Furthermore, in analogy to the Wiedemann-Franz law, which links electrical and thermal conductivity in metals, we suggest and experimentally confirm a general relation that links shear strength and thermal conductance in nanoscale contacts via the fundamental material properties of heat capacity and heat carrier group velocity, thus opening new avenues for quantitative exploration of thermal transport on the nanoscale.
Perilaku Petani Dalam Pengendalian Hama Terpadu Pada Budidaya Padi
Creators: name: darmawan, doni
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Life Sciences
subject: Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Pengendalian hama terpadu merupakan salah satu metode yang digunakan untuk mengatasi dan mengendalikan serangan hama. Untuk mengubah perilaku petani dapat dilakukan perubahan yang mengarahkan pada pengetahuan, sikap dan keterampilan petani tentang PHT pada budidaya padi. Sehingga penulis akan mengangkat judul “ Perilaku Petani Dalam Pengendalian Hama Terpadu (PHT) pada Budidaya Padi (Oryza sativa) di Kecamatan Cikedung Kabupaten Indramayu”. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan perilaku petani dalam pengendalian hama terpadu pada budidaya padi, menganalisis pengaruh perilaku petani dalam pengendalian hama terpadu pada budidaya padi dan merumuskan strategi untuk meningkatkan perilaku petani dalam pengendalian hama terpadu pada budidaya padi. Penelitian ini dilakukan dari bulan 9 Maret 2020 sampai dengan 30 Juni 2020 yang berlokasi di Desa Jambak Kecamatan Cikedung. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan metode observasi, penyebaran dan pengisian kuesioner dengan jumlah responden 100 petani. Setelah dilakukan penelitian didapatkan bahwa perilaku petani terhadap pengendalian hama terpadu pada budidaya padi di Kecamatan Cikedung tergolong kedalam kategori sedang. Dari hasil analisis regresi linear berganda didapatkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh antara variabel karakteristik responden 0,003, variabel prinsip PHT 0,000 dan faktor eksternal 0,000. Kata Kunci: PHT, Perilaku, Karakteristik, Faktor Eksternal
The orbital period evolution of the supersoft X-ray source CAL 87
Creators: name: Ablimit, Iminhaji
name: Li, Xiang-Dong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: CAL 87 is one of the best known supersoft X-ray sources. However, the measured masses, orbital period and orbital period evolution of CAL 87 cannot be addressed by the standard thermal-timescale mass-transfer model for supersoft X-ray sources. In this work we explore the orbital evolution of CAL 87 with both analytic and numerical methods. We demonstrate that the characteristics mentioned above can be naturally accounted for by the excited-wind-driven mass-transfer model.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures, accepted by ApJ
EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS AT INCREASING HPV VACCINE INITIATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RECENT LITERATURE
Creators: name: Qi, Peter
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: While HPV vaccination is effective at reducing disease burden, vaccine uptake has been lackluster since initial introduction in 2006. Previous studies have not been able to conclusively identify effective interventions aimed at increasing vaccine uptake or initiation. The goal of this paper was to review recent literature (published 2014-2019) on this topic in an attempt to identify new effective strategies at increasing HPV vaccine initiation. 
	We found that multi-level interventions using combination strategies, such as patient education+reminders+improving vaccine access, were effective at significantly increasing vaccine initiation in populations with varied vaccination status (range +10.2% to 17.1% from baseline within intervention groups). The 4 Pillars Toolkit is a specific multi-level intervention that shows promise for application in current clinic settings. In contrast, single level interventions such as education or reminders alone exhibited little effectiveness at increasing vaccine initiation.
	There is still a paucity of quality data reporting on the efficacy of interventions at increasing HPV vaccine initiation rates in special populations such as racial minorities and low-income patients. Future reviews on this topic should ideally address these gaps in knowledge and also potentially provide confirmatory evidence on the effectiveness of multi-component interventions on other vaccination outcomes such as HPV series completion.
Floquet engineering with quasienergy bands of periodically driven optical lattices
Creators: name: Holthaus, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A primer on the Floquet theory of periodically time-dependent quantum systems is provided, and it is shown how to apply this framework for computing the quasienergy band structure governing the dynamics of ultracold atoms in driven optical cosine lattices. Such systems are viewed here as spatially and temporally periodic structures living in an extended Hilbert space, giving rise to spatio-temporal Bloch waves whose dispersion relations can be manipulated at will by exploiting ac-Stark shifts and multiphoton resonances. The elements required for numerical calculations are introduced in a tutorial manner, and some example calculations are discussed in detail, thereby illustrating future prospects of Floquet engineering.
description: Tutorial article: 28 pages, 25 figures
title: Blind image quality assessment: from heuristic-based to learning-based
Creators: name: Cai, Hao
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2022

description: Image quality assessment (IQA) plays an important role in numerous digital image processing applications, including image compression, image transmission, and image restoration, etc. The goal of objective IQA is to develop computational models that can predict image quality in a way being consistent with human perception. Compared with subjective quality evaluations such as psycho-visual tests, objective IQA metrics have the advantages of predicting image quality automatically and effectively in a timely manner. This thesis focuses on a particular type of objective IQA – blind IQA (BIQA), where the developed methods not only achieve objective IQA, but also are able to assess the perceptual quality of digital images without access to their pristine reference counterparts. Firstly, a novel blind image sharpness evaluator is introduced in Chapter 3, which leverages the discrepancy measures of structural degradation. Secondly, a “completely blind” quality assessment metric for gamut-mapped images is designed in Chapter 4, which does not need subjective quality scores during the model training. Thirdly, a general-purpose BIQA method is presented in Chapter 5, which can evaluate the quality of digital images without prior knowledge on the types of distortions. Finally, in Chapter 6, a deep neural network-based general-purpose BIQA method is proposed, which is fully data driven and trained in an end-to-end manner. In summary, four BIQA methods are introduced in this thesis, where the first three are heuristic-based and the last one is learning-based. Unlike heuristics-based ones, the learning-based method does not involves manually engineered feature designs.
Overtime: Long-Term Trajectories of Play among Highly-Involved and Less-Involved Online Sports Bettors
Creators: name: Nelson, Sarah
name: Louderback, Eric
name: Edson, Timothy
name: Tom, Matthew
name: LaPlante, Debi
name: McAuliffe, William
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Substance Abuse and Addiction
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health
subject: gambling
subject: online gambling
subject: online sports betting
subject: sports betting

description: This is a pre-registration for the study "Overtime: Long-Term Trajectories of Play among Highly-Involved and Less-Involved Online Sports Bettors". The attached pre-registration provides detailed information about the data set, sample, design, and analytic plans for this study. The study is a data analysis of an existing set of records. The authors are in receipt of these records, but have not yet analyzed the data from these files. This pre-registration is a companion study to our prior pre-registration: https://osf.io/2356v
Außertheologische Poesie auf Epitaphien
Creators: name: Bensmann, Luise
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Fromme Sprüche
Weltliche Inhalte auf Epitaphien
Bibelzitate
Poesie
St. Marienkirche Berlin
Barock
Epitaphe

description: Das Poster setzt sich mit der Frage auseinander, wodurch sich funerale Gedichte auf Epitaphien unterscheiden.
description: Posterpräsentation der X-Student Research Group "Berliner Inschriften als Quelle für die historische Registerforschung" (Gohar Schnelle, Dina Serova, finanziert durch die Berlin University Alliance) am 03.04.2023.
A sub-Riemannian Santaló formula with applications to isoperimetric inequalities and first Dirichlet eigenvalue of hypoelliptic operators
Creators: name: Prandi, Dario
name: Rizzi, Luca
name: Seri, Marcello
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C17, 53C65, 35P15, 57R30, 35R03, 53C65

description: In this paper we prove a sub-Riemannian version of the classical Santaló formula: a result in integral geometry that describes the intrinsic Liouville measure on the unit cotangent bundle in terms of the geodesic flow. Our construction works under quite general assumptions, satisfied by any sub-Riemannian structure associated with a Riemannian foliation with totally geodesic leaves (e.g. CR and QC manifolds with symmetries), any Carnot group, and some non-equiregular structures such as the Martinet one. A key ingredient is a "reduction procedure" that allows to consider only a simple subset of sub-Riemannian geodesics. As an application, we derive isoperimetric-type and (p-)Hardy-type inequalities for a compact domain $M$ with piecewise $C^{1,1}$ boundary, and a universal lower bound for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $λ_1(M)$ of the sub-Laplacian, \[ λ_1(M) \geq \frac{k π^2}{L^2}, \] in terms of the rank $k$ of the distribution and the length $L$ of the longest reduced sub-Riemannian geodesic contained in $M$. All our results are sharp for the sub-Riemannian structures on the hemispheres of the complex and quaternionic Hopf fibrations: \[ \mathbb{S}^1\hookrightarrow \mathbb{S}^{2d+1} \xrightarrow{p} \mathbb{CP}^d, \qquad \mathbb{S}^3\hookrightarrow \mathbb{S}^{4d+3} \xrightarrow{p} \mathbb{HP}^d, \qquad d \geq 1, \] where the sub-Laplacian is the standard hypoelliptic operator of CR and QC geometries, $L = π$ and $k=2d$ or $4d$, respectively.
description: 29 pages, 3 figures. Final version to appear on Journal of Differential Geometry
TARGETING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AMONG  UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL STUDENTS
Creators: name: da Silva Macarenco, Ana Carolina
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Currently, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has a no-smoking boundary of 100 feet from all its facilities. This ban also includes the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). National data on e-cigarettes use show that these devices have already become a common gateway to nicotine by young adults. When analyzing the occurrence and distribution of e-cigarette use among U.S. adults, “the prevalence of current e-cigarette use was highest among persons aged 18 to 24 years” which represents approximately 2.8 million users (Mirbolouk et al., 2018, p. 429). Further, 12.3 million Americans under the age of 25 were enrolled in a college or university (National Center for Education Statistics, 2018). 
The long-term effects of e-cigarette use is still unknown. However, new studies have indicated e-cigarette use as a potential threat to human health. These ill effects can be even more significant in young individuals. Considering that this younger population has the fastest increase in e-cigarette use and that the current tobacco-free policy on college campuses is not compelling enough to stop vaping (the activity of using e-cigarettes), a new strategy that incorporates the use of the social-ecological model is proposed.
Protocol: Digitally delivered CBT treatments in non-English languages: a scoping review
Creators: name: Espinola Coombs, Philip
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Cognitive behavioral therapy
subject: iCBT
subject: Scoping review

description: This is the registration of a protocol for a scoping review which seeks to answer the question: what are the guidelines and range of methodologies used in the development and implementation of digital CBT for non-English speakers?
Coherence and dimensionality of intense spatio-spectral twin beams
Creators: name: Perina, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spatio-spectral properties of twin beams at their transition from low to high intensities are analyzed in parametric and paraxial approximations using the decomposition into paired spatial and spectral modes. Intensity auto- and cross-correlation functions are determined and compared in the spectral and temporal domains as well as the transverse wave-vector and crystal output planes. Whereas the spectral, temporal and transverse wave-vector coherence increases with the increasing pump intensity, coherence in the crystal output plane is practically independent on the pump intensity owing to the mode structure in this plane. The corresponding auto- and cross-correlation functions approach each other for larger pump intensities. Entanglement dimensionality of a twin beam is determined comparing several approaches.
description: 14 pages, 25 figures
Co-creation process for innovative planning and governance able to facilitate the transition to a water circular economy
Creators: name: Fidélis, Teresa
name: Matos, Manuel Victor
name: Sousa, Maria Carolina
name: Miranda, Ana Catarina
name: Riazi, Fayaz
name: Teles, Filipe
name: Roebeling, Peter
name: Lopes, Myriam
name: Capela, Isabel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Project Ô
water circular economy
water resources
water reuse
co-creation
EU
funded
project

description: Water use is departing from linear to circular approaches in which wastewater is treated and reused for various purposes such as irrigation, industrial processes, or aquifers' recharge, reducing pressures on the planet's water reserves. The EU has been forging water reuse under its circular economy policy. The transition to a water circular economy (WCE) generates new risks and challenges by introducing new
 water loops, new communities of users, new responsibilities, different quality standards, and,
 consequently, new monitoring requirements. Using co-creation processes on the four demo-sites of Project Ô, where new technologies are being implemented for water reuse, this Deliverable assesses the perception of key stakeholders about institutional challenges for water reuse and explores their contributions to innovate policy, planning and institutional arrangements for water reuse. The co-creation process is based on workshops designed to guide stakeholders to identify actions, means, and priorities for implementing the new water loops keeping in mind the institutional set-ups and arrangements in place.
COMPARISON OF UNITED STATES FEDERAL AND STATE  LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC POLICIES FOR HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS
Creators: name: Elsa Sanabria
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Brucellosis is a rare and relatively unfamiliar zoonotic disease in the United States which must be reported by law and is caused by Gram-negative bacteria in the genus Brucella. Quickly and accurately identifying exposure to a potential bioterrorism select agent, such as Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, or B. suis, is crucial for patient health and public safety. About 80-120 known cases occur in the United States annually, usually as a result of foreign travel, consumption of unpasteurized milk products, hunting of feral swine, or occupational exposures. To investigate current and historic federal and state laboratory diagnostic policies for human brucellosis cases, a literature search was conducted. A risk-benefit analysis was also carried out to determine the feasibility of testing in-house (at the state level) versus sending assays out to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (federal level). Results revealed that multiple laboratory diagnostic tests are available, including culture, real-time PCR, and serological antibody agglutination tests. Whole genome sequencing and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) are used occasionally but are not currently included in the CDC’s criteria for diagnosis. The most commonly used test is the Brucella Microagglutination Test (BMAT), which detects antibodies to smooth-strains of Brucella bacteria. However, the BMAT standard operating protocol is only available to members of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). State public health laboratories must consider the proposed policy’s health impact, cost-effectiveness, time value, biosecurity risk, limitations, and political and legal feasibility before onboarding BMAT. Leadership will be required to overcome hindrances to improving and transferring laboratory testing to the state level. A One Health approach which utilizes collaborations between public and animal health authorities is needed.
Justice of costs distribution during an epidemic
Creators: name: Kalinin, Raman
name: Deviatko, Inna
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: distribution of costs
subject: distributive justice
subject: epidemic
subject: justice preferences

description: It is a preregistration protocol for the experimental study of normative judgments about the justice of costs distribution during an epidemic
Tensors Masquerading as Matchgates: Relaxing Planarity Restrictions on Pfaffian Circuits
Creators: name: Turner, Jacob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Holographic algorithms, alternatively known as Pfaffian circuits, have received a great deal of attention for giving polynomial-time algorithms of $\#\mathsf{P}$-hard problems. Much work has been done to determine the extent of what this machinery can do and the expressiveness of these circuits. One aspect of interest is the fact that these circuits must be planar. Work has been done to try and relax the planarity conditions and extend these algorithms further. We show that an approach based on orbit closures does not work, but give a different technique for allowing the SWAP gate to be used in a Pfaffian circuit given a suitable basis and restricted type of graph. This is done by exploiting the fact that the set of Pfaffian (co)gates always lies in a hyperplane. We then give a variety of bases that can be chosen such that the SWAP gate acts like a Pfaffian cogate and discuss how many SWAP gates can be implemented in a Pfaffian circuit.
Effect of plant spacing and cutting intensity on the morphology andproductivity of forage cactus [Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.]
Creators: name: Ferreira, Claudia Maciel
name: Cunha, Marcio Vieira
name: dos Santos, Mércia Virginia Ferreira
name: de Mello, Alexandre Carneiro Leão
name: dos Santos, Djalma Cordeiro
name: da Conceição Silva, Maria
name: Coelho, Janerson José
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The forage cactus cultivar Mexican elephant ear (MEE) [Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw.] has been widely used in the semi-arid of Brazil because of its resistance to carmine mealybug. Therefore, it is necessary to establish planting and harvesting management strategies for this cultivar. This study evaluated the effect of cutting intensity (preservation mother cladode, and mother + primary cladodes) and different planting densities (55 555; 27 777; 13 888 and 6 944 plants ha−1) on the morphology and productivity of the forage cactus cv. MEE, in 10-year-old cultivation under rainfed conditions. A split-plot design was used where planting density was allocated to the main plots and harvesting intensity to the sub-plots. Each treatment combination was replicated four times. The data were submitted to ANOVA, Tukey’s test, and principal component analysis at 5% (p < 0.05). Post-harvesting preservation of the primary cladodes promoted greater dry matter production (9.2 t ha−1 year−1), crop water accumulation (86.6 t ha−1 year−1), and rainwater use efficiency (11.4 kg of DM mm−1) (p < 0.01). Primary cladodes preservation positively influenced the productive characteristics of the forage cactus, and the planting density of 13 888 plants ha−1 (0.72 m2) favoured the productivity of this cultivar. These findings can guide planting and harvesting strategies for cultivating MEE cactus.
Exploring the association between dietary variety and weight
Creators: name: Embling, Rochelle
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This project will further investigate the relationship between dietary variety and weight at a population level, using secondary data from the UK Biobank. Specifically, this project aims to; 1) Understand the relationship between dietary diversity scores (derived from 24-hr recall questionnaire) and weight (BMI/body fatness) at a population level, considering the role of energy density as a moderator (see H4 for details on moderation). H1: Higher dietary diversity scores will be associated with a higher BMI/body fatness at a population level, and this will be moderated by energy density (directional) 2) Understand the relationship between the perception of dietary variety (the individual's rating of variety in their diet) and weight (BMI/body fatness) at a population level, considering the role of energy density as a moderator (see H4 for details on moderation). H2: Higher subjective ratings of dietary variety will be associated with having a higher BMI/body fatness at a population level, and this will be moderated by energy density (directional) 3) Examine the role of portion size selection as a potential mediator in the relationship between dietary variety and weight, considering the role of energy density as a moderator (specific portion size items from survey data will be used to indicate a tendency to choose smaller/larger portions across the diet) (see H4 for details on moderation). H3: Portion size selection will mediate the relationship between dietary variety and weight, as it is moderated by energy density; higher dietary diversity scores will be associated with having a higher BMI/body fatness when individuals report a tendency to choose larger portions, when energy density is high. This constitutes a moderated mediation. (directional) 4) Examine the role of energy density as a potential moderator in the relationship between dietary variety and weight (energy density of foods consumed will be derived from 24-hr recall dietary questionnaire data) H4: Energy density will moderate the relationship between dietary variety and weight; higher dietary diversity scores will be associated with having a higher BMI/body fatness when individuals report a tendency to consume high energy dense foods. Likewise, higher dietary diversity scores will be associated with having a lower BMI/body fatness when individuals report a tendency to consume low energy dense foods. (directional) For a full outline of the project, see the supplementary materials.
Institutional arrangements of water supply, distribution and uses within and across case studies - identifying the barriers and drivers in place
Creators: name: Fidélis, Teresa
name: Riazi, Fayaz
name: Teles, Filipe
name: Matos, Manuel Victor
name: Sousa, Maria Carolina
name: Miranda, Ana Catarina
name: Roebeling, Peter
name: Capela, Isabel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Project Ô
water circular economy
water resources
water reuse
drivers
barriers
EU
funded
project

description: To move away from linear into circular models of production and consumption, there is a need for suitable
 institutional arrangements, i.e., clear sets of norms and rules regarding the distribution of responsibilities
 of relevant stakeholders involved in the implementation of water circular economy (WCE). This deliverable analyses the institutional arrangements associated to the water reuse management
 within and across case studies on the demosites of Project Ô. It aims to assess their preparedness for the
 implementation of the new water loops as those foreseen with use of Project Ô new technologies. It
 addresses the potential barriers and challenges to be faced in local contexts, including by the stakeholders
 and new water users, considering the current water related institutional arrangements and regulations. The analysis is based on existing institutional arrangements and regulations and on structured
 questionnaires made to local project partners and to selected stakeholders in each demosite. An effort
 was made to ensure a mixture of experts to provide a fair representation of the perspectives on the
 arrangements being analysed. Out of the collected data the major drivers and barriers for implementation
 of water loop were identified.
Kinetic theory of phonons in weakly anharmonic particle chains
Creators: name: Lukkarinen, Jani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aim of this review is to develop the kinetic theory of phonons in classical particle chains to a point which allows comparing the kinetic theory of normally conducting chains, with an anharmonic pinning potential, to the kinetic theory of the anomalously conducting FPU chains. In addition to reviewing existing results from the literature, we present a streamlined derivation of the phonon Boltzmann collision operators using Wick polynomials, as well as details about the estimates which are needed to study the effect of the collision operator. This includes explicit solutions of the collisional constraints, both with and without harmonic pinning. We also recall in detail the derivation of the Green-Kubo formula for thermal conductivity in these systems, and the relation between entropy and the Boltzmann H-theorem for the phonon Boltzmann equations. The focus is in systems which are spatially translation invariant perturbations of thermal equilibrium states. We apply the results to obtain detailed predictions from kinetic theory for the Green-Kubo correlation functions, and hence the thermal conductivities, of the chain with a quartic pinning potential as well as the standard FPU-beta chain.
description: 47 pages, 2 figures. v2: additional references, corrected misprints, and fixed problems with the layout. v3: to appear in the Springer Lecture Notes in Physics volume "Thermal transport in low dimensions: from statistical physics to nanoscale heat transfer" (S. Lepri ed.) v4: added support details into Acknowledgments
A Program and Evaluation Plan for a Free, Student-Run, Gender-Affirming Care Clinic
Creators: name: Faulk, Margo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: The transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) community faces many health disparities, including high rates of suicide, HIV infection, and violent victimization, and the healthcare system is ill-prepared to care for this population.1,2  This paper will first review the literature on metrics to assess health professional learning about transgender (trans) health, and then will present a program and evaluation plan for a new, student-run, gender-affirming care clinic. 

For the literature review, a PubMed strategy was implemented to identify and critique current published articles evaluating trans health educational programs for health professionals. Only articles which measured objective change in knowledge were included. Ultimately, ten articles are analyzed for their strengths and weaknesses, and a cohesive analysis of the limitations of the literature on trans health education for professionals is explored.

The paper then describes the program plan for a free, student-run, gender-affirming care clinic that aims to address the lack of access to affordable, gender-affirming care in the Triangle region of North Carolina. The clinic will provide low-income transgender patients with medical and social services while also creating educational opportunities for health professions students to gain experience in serving this vulnerable population.  Educational outcomes, patient-centered outcomes, and healthcare utilization data will be evaluated to assess the program’s effect and continually improve services. We hope that the implications of this new program will reach beyond the individual patients served and students educated, and help to galvanize further interest and investment in trans health within the broader UNC health system. We envision the clinic as a small step towards the creation of a more culturally competent, affordable, and accessible healthcare system capable of meeting the needs of gender diverse populations.
Policy and planning settings for the transition to Water Circular Economy - barriers and drivers in place
Creators: name: Fidélis, Teresa
name: Abrantes, João
name: Cardoso, Andreia
name: Miranda, Ana Catarina
name: Riazi, Fayaz
name: Teles, Filipe
name: Roebeling, Peter
name: Lopes, Miriam
name: Capela, Isabel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Project Ô
water circular economy
water resources
water reuse
drivers
barriers
EU
funded
project
analytical framework
policy

description: This Deliverable is inserted in the Work Package 3 of Project Ô dedicated to ‘Integrated water management, planning and circular economy’. It studies the main features of the policy and planning set-up in place of the four demo sites of Project Ô. For this purpose, it develops an analysis primarily focused on the circular economy policies, water resources planning and spatial planning contexts. It seeks to understand how the current set-up, as established by policy and planning documents, are prepared to accommodate innovative water loops to foster water circular economy (WCE). In the end, it aims to contribute to the identification of major drivers and barriers for the transition to WCE in the perspective of water reuse. The water-land-use nexus approach for WCE requires integrative resource approaches, enabled by policy and decision-making instruments and processes. Alternative water systems, when altering outer water loops, water producers and users, may challenge policy and planning decision making and related tools. Are these concepts on the way to becoming institutionalised in the national policies for circular economy (CE) and in the water resources and spatial planning documents? This Deliverable explores this research question.
Defining ‘Fundamentalism’ And ‘Fundamentalist Belief’ - A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Kindermann, Nora
name: Peels, Rik
name: Liefbroer, Anke
name: Schoonmade, Linda
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Arts and Humanities

description: This scoping review aims to provide (1) an overview of different kinds of definitions of the notion of ‘fundamentalism,’ in relation to the notions of ‘terrorism,’ ‘radicalization,’ and ‘extremism;’ and (2) an overview of different kinds of definitions of the notion of ‘fundamentalist belief,’ as well as insights into its conceptual relations with the notions of ‘extremism/extreme belief’ ‘radicalism/radical belief’ and ‘terrorism/terrorist ideology.’ This review is part of the project EXTREME (Extreme Beliefs: The Epistemology and Ethics of Fundamentalism), which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant agreement No. 851613) and from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ολοκληρωμένο περιβάλλον προσομοίωσης πειραμάτων ομοσπονδιακής μηχανικής μάθησης
Creators: name: Μαυρογιώργος, Κωνσταντίνος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ομοσπονδιακή μάθηση
subject: Μηχανική μάθηση
subject: Ανάλυση δεδομένων
subject: Αλγόριθμοι

description: Η ραγδαία εξέλιξη του Διαδικτύου των Πραγμάτων (Internet of Things – IoT) έχει οδηγήσει στην εξαιρετικά αυξημένη παραγωγή δεδομένων. Οι ποσότητες των δεδομένων που παράγονται είναι γιγαντιαίες και ο ρυθμός με τον οποίο παράγονται αυξάνεται εκθετικά, οδηγώντας στην εποχή των Μεγάλων Δεδομένων. Πλέον, υπάρχει πληθώρα συσκευών οι οποίες παράγουν τα δικά τους δεδομένα και τα οποία, δυνητικά, μπορούν να αξιοποιηθούν για την εξόρυξη χρήσιμης πληροφορίας και γνώσης. Ωστόσο, ο όγκος των δεδομένων, σε συνδυασμό με άλλους περιορισμούς που πρέπει να λαμβάνονται υπόψη, κυριότερος εξ αυτών είναι η διασφάλιση της ιδιωτικότητας στα δεδομένα, έχουν οδηγήσει στην εύρεση εναλλακτικών μεθόδων για την ανάλυση των δεδομένων και γενικά, για την εφαρμογή τεχνικών Μηχανικής Μάθησης σε αυτά. Η πιο πρόσφατη προσέγγιση που έχει προταθεί για να αντιμετωπίσει τις προαναφερθείσες προκλήσεις είναι η Ομοσπονδιακή Μάθηση. Η Ομοσπονδιακή Μάθηση βασίζεται στην ιδέα της κατανεμημένης επεξεργασίας και ανάλυσης δεδομένων και την δημιουργία μοντέλων Μηχανικής Μάθησης τοπικά στην εκάστοτε συσκευή παραγωγής δεδομένων. Τα προαναφερθέντα επιμέρους μοντέλα, εν συνεχεία, συνδυάζονται σε ένα ενιαίο μοντέλο, χωρίς τη μεταφορά των δεδομένων από τα οποία προέκυψαν τα αντίστοιχα μοντέλα. Με αυτό τον τρόπο η Ομοσπονδιακή Μάθηση διασφαλίζει την ασφάλεια και την αξιοπιστία των δεδομένων, χωρίς να επηρεάζει αρνητικά την αποδοτικότητα και την αποτελεσματικότητα τον αλγορίθμων Μηχανικής Μάθησης, συγκριτικά με αντίστοιχες συμβατικές μεθόδους. Φυσικά, η επιλογή της Ομοσπονδιακής Μάθησης έναντι μιας συμβατικής μεθόδου, θα πρέπει να πραγματοποιείται βάσει διαφορετικών παραγόντων, όπως του εκάστοτε σεναρίου χρήσης και των διαθέσιμων δεδομένων και υπολογιστικών πόρων. Προς αυτή τη κατεύθυνση, η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία παρέχει, αρχικά, μία αναλυτική ανασκόπηση βιβλιογραφίας αναφορικά με την Ομοσπονδιακή Μάθηση. Εν συνεχεία, προτείνει ένα ολοκληρωμένο περιβάλλον, το οποίο παρέχει στους χρήστες την δυνατότητα εκτέλεσης πειραμάτων με τους αλγορίθμους, τις παραμέτρους και τα σύνολα δεδομένων της αρεσκείας τους και το οποίο οπτικοποιεί τα αποτελέσματα των αντίστοιχων πειραμάτων με κατανοητό τρόπο. Στόχος του συγκεκριμένου περιβάλλοντος είναι, όχι μόνο να λειτουργήσει ως οδηγός για την υιοθέτηση του ομοσπονδιακού τρόπου μάθησης, αλλά και για να συνδράμει στην επιλογή των πιο αποδοτικών αλγορίθμων και των παραμέτρων τους ανάλογα με τα σενάρια χρήσης που ενδιαφέρουν τους εκάστοτε χρήστες.
Performance metrics in a hybrid MPI-OpenMP based molecular dynamics simulation with short-range interactions
Creators: name: Pal, Anirban
name: Agarwala, Abhishek
name: Raha, Soumyendu
name: Bhattacharya, Baidurya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We discuss the computational bottlenecks in molecular dynamics (MD) and describe the challenges in parallelizing the computation intensive tasks. We present a hybrid algorithm using MPI (Message Passing Interface) with OpenMP threads for parallelizing a generalized MD computation scheme for systems with short range interatomic interactions. The algorithm is discussed in the context of nanoindentation of Chromium films with carbon indenters using the Embedded Atom Method potential for Cr Cr interaction and the Morse potential for Cr C interactions. We study the performance of our algorithm for a range of MPIthread combinations and find the performance to depend strongly on the computational task and load sharing in the multicore processor. The algorithm scaled poorly with MPI and our hybrid schemes were observed to outperform the pure message passing scheme, despite utilizing the same number of processors or cores in the cluster. Speed-up achieved by our algorithm compared favourably with that achieved by standard MD packages.
Prevalence of Pulmonary Edema in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Durant, Brandon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Importance: Accurate and reliable assessment of pulmonary congestion is important for describing baseline characteristics and estimating acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patient risk in population studies.

Objective: This systematic review aims to determine prevalence and methods of assessing pulmonary edema in studies enrolling ADHF patients.

Methods: PubMed and Embase were searched from January 2009 to April 2019 to identify studies based on large heart failure registries. Prevalence of ADHF and methods of determining pulmonary edema were abstracted and summarized. The NIH Quality Assessment Tool was used for assessing risk of bias.

Findings: Eight prospective, inpatient, large (N≥1000) heart failure registries were included; all were set in Europe or the US. Although most studies reported using either physical exam or chest radiography for assessment, specific criteria were not generally reported. The prevalence of pulmonary congestion among ADHF patients was imprecise and ranged from 3% to 74%.

Conclusions and Relevance: Large ADHF registries are not consistent at measuring and reporting pulmonary congestion. Use of standardized methods could better estimate the prevalence of pulmonary edema among ADHF populations.
The Extremal Index and the Maximum of a Dependent Stationary Pulse Load Process Observed above a High Threshold
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Baidurya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Observing a load process above high thresholds, modeling it as a pulse process with random occurrence times and magnitudes, and extrapolating life-time maximum or design loads from the data is a common task in structural reliability analyses. In this paper, we consider a stationary live load sequence that arrive according to a dependent point process and allow for a weakened mixing-type dependence in the load pulse magnitudes that asymptotically decreases to zero with increasing separation in the sequence. Inclusion of dependence in the model eliminates the unnecessary conservatism introduced by the i.i.d. (independent and identically distributed) assumption often made in determining maximum live load distribution. The scale of fluctuation of the loading process is used to identify clusters of exceedances above high thresholds which in turn is used to estimate the extremal index of the process. A Bayesian updating of the empirical distribution function, derived from the distribution of order statistics in a dependent stationary series, is performed. The pulse arrival instants are modeled as a Cox process goverened by a stationary lognormal intensity. An illustrative example utilizes in-service peak strain data from ambient traffic collected on a high volume highway bridge, and analyzes the asymptotic behavior of the maximum load.
Access to Obstetric Care and Perinatal Outcomes in the Rural United States: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Myrick, Katie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Background: Women and infants who live in rural areas of the US experience higher rates of morbidity and mortality compared to their peers living urban areas. Limited availability of maternity care in non-metropolitan regions may contribute to this disparity. The present systematic review examined the relationship between access to care and maternal and infant outcomes in rural parts of the United States.
Methods: A thorough search of PUBMED was conducted to identify articles addressing the association between access to obstetric care and outcomes in rural areas of the US. Study selection, data extraction, risk of bias assessment, and quality assessment were performed by a single reviewer.
Results: Fourteen observational studies met inclusion criteria. Eleven of the studies reported an adverse relationship between poor access to care and perinatal outcomes in rural areas. Two studies reported no significant association. One study reported that a decline in locally available services was associated with better outcomes. Studies used heterogeneous measures for access to care and category of rural residence, and many studies had methodological limitations, such as inadequately addressing known confounders. As a result, conclusions about the true effects of access to care on outcomes were limited.
Conclusion: The evidence from this review suggests that shortages or declines in obstetric care in the rural US are associated with poorer outcomes. While one article addressed this trend on the national level, further studies of such magnitude are needed to strengthen the evidence base.
Report conclusivo: Agricoltura sociale, One Welfare e economia civile. Nuovi modelli gestionali improntati sulla sostenibilità economica, sociale e ambientale per fattorie sociali che erogano interventi assistiti con gli animali
Creators: name: Galardi, Morgana
name: Contalbrigo, Laura
name: Mutinelli, Franco
name: Filugelli, Lorena
name: Granai, Giulia
name: Moruzzo, Roberta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Agricoltura Sociale, Interventi assistiti con gli animali, One Welfare, Economia civile, Green Care, Scenario Workshop

description: Report riassuntivo dei risultati emersi dallo Scenario Workshop realizzato presso l'Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie in data 11 Gennaio 2023 a cui hanno partecipato stakeholder della Regione Veneto. L'attività è stata svolta nell'ambito del progetto di dottorato elaborato dal Centro di Referenza Nazionale per gli Interventi assistiti con gli animali in collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie dell'Università di Pisa.
Structured programs for outpatient’s self-management of substance addiction consequences: Scoping Review Protocol
Creators: name: Seabra, Paulo
name: Sequeira, Carlos
name: Sequeira, Rui
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: addiction Nursing
subject: Structured Programs
subject: substance related disorders

description: We intend to scope What strutured programs for adults outpatient`s self-management for substance addiction consequences, exist in the literature?
Policy design for the transition to circular economy - assessing the inclusion of water and territory in national action plans
Creators: name: Fidélis, Teresa
name: Cardoso, Andreia Saavedra
name: Riazi, Fayaz
name: Teles, Filipe
name: Miranda, Ana Catarina
name: Roebeling, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Project Ô
circular water economy
water resources
water reuse
EU
funded
project
policy review paper

description: This policy paper is part of Project Ô − Demonstration of planning and technology tools for a circular, integrated, and symbiotic use of water, and of WP3 dedicated to the Integrated water management, planning and circular economy (CE). It assesses the integration of water and land related issues in national CE action plans of a set of European Union (EU) member states.
 Water policies need to tackle the impact of water use by forging new objectives of sustainability and resilience. These objectives, heightened by increasing problems of water scarcity, converge with the CE concept that urges to go beyond linear “take-make-dispose” models and favours closed loops of resources such as materials or other environmental resources, like water. Water reuse has been pursued by several policy approaches, including a sectorial approach by means of water policy, or, expectedly, an integrated approach, by means of a CE policy. Both should be intrinsically related to spatial planning, because the implementation of a water reuse system, with new water loops, is influenced by the territorial allocation of different economic activities and may be conditioned by spatial planning regulations and the related decision-making processes.