cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cluster analysis identifies unmet healthcare needs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Mars, N
name: Kerola, AM
name: Kauppi, MJ
name: Pirinen, M
name: Elonheimo, O
name: Sokka-Isler, T
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: To identify the patterns of healthcare resource utilization and unmet needs of persistent disease activity, pain, and physical disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by cluster analysis. Patients attending the Jyväskylä Central Hospital rheumatology unit, Finland, were, from 2007, prospectively enrolled in a clinical database. We identified all RA patients in 2010–2014 and combined their individual-level data with well-recorded administrative data on all public healthcare contacts in fiscal year 2014. We ran agglomerative hierarchical clustering (Ward’s method), with 28-joint Disease Activity Score with three variables, Health Assessment Questionnaire index, pain (visual analogue scale 0–100), and total annual health service-related direct costs (€) as clustering variables. Complete-case analysis of 939 patients derived four clusters. Cluster C1 (remission and low costs, 550 patients) comprised relatively young patients with low costs, low disease activity, and minimal disability. C2 (chronic pain, disability, and fatigue, 269 patients) included those with the highest pain and fatigue levels, and disability was fairly common. C3 (inflammation, 97 patients) had rather high mean costs and the highest average disease activity, but lower average levels of pain and less disability than C2, highlighting the impact of effective treatment. C4 (comorbidities and high costs, 23 patients) was characterized by exceptionally high costs incurred by comorbidities. The majority of RA patients had favourable outcomes and low costs. However, a large group of patients was distinguished by chronic pain, disability, and fatigue not unambiguously linked to disease activity. The highest healthcare costs were linked to high disease activity or comorbidities.
General-relativistic monopole magnetosphere of neutron stars: a pseudo-spectral discontinuous Galerkin approach
Creators: name: Pétri, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The close vicinity of neutron stars remains poorly constrained by observations. Although plenty of data are available for the peculiar class of pulsars we are still unable to deduce the underlying plasma distribution in their magnetosphere. In the present paper, we try to unravel the magnetospheric structure starting from basic physics principles and reasonable assumptions about the magnetosphere. Beginning with the monopole force-free case, we compute accurate general-relativistic solutions for the electromagnetic field around a slowly rotating magnetized neutron star. Moreover, here we address this problem by including the important effect of plasma screening. This is achieved by solving the time-dependent Maxwell equations in a curved space-time following the 3+1~formalism. We improved our previous numerical code based on pseudo-spectral methods in order to allow for possible discontinuities in the solution. Our algorithm based on a multi-domain decomposition of the simulation box belongs to the discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods. We performed several sets of simulations to look for the general-relativistic force-free monopole and split monopole solutions. Results show that our code is extremely powerful in handling extended domains of hundredth of light-cylinder radii~$\rlight$. The code has been validated against known exact analytical monopole solutions in flat space-time. We also present semi-analytical calculations for the general-relativistic vacuum monopole.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Multisensor CPHD filter
Creators: name: Nannuru, Santosh
name: Blouin, Stephane
name: Coates, Mark
name: Rabbat, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The single sensor probability hypothesis density (PHD) and cardinalized probability hypothesis density (CPHD) filters have been developed in the literature using the random finite set framework. The existing multisensor extensions of these filters have limitations such as sensor order dependence, numerical instability or high computational requirements. In this paper we derive update equations for the multisensor CPHD filter. The multisensor PHD filter is derived as a special case. Exact implementation of the multisensor CPHD involves sums over all partitions of the measurements from different sensors and is thus intractable. We propose a computationally tractable approximation which combines a greedy measurement partitioning algorithm with the Gaussian mixture representation of the PHD. Our greedy approximation method allows the user to control the tradeoff between computational overhead and approximation accuracy.
Co-designing a shared book reading environment at a community hub
Creators: name: Smith, Helen
name: Dunstan, Kym
name: Melvin, Katelyn
name: Armstrong, Rebecca
name: Frazer-Ryan, Skye
name: Scarinci, Nerina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 69999
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 80699
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Community hubs often provide support to families in areas of high vulnerability and can provide unique opportunities for delivering early literacy programs. This study used a co-design process to engage families, staff, and community partners within a community hub to design an environment that supported shared book reading. Co-design was enacted in four phases: 1) interviews to understand user experiences relating to shared book reading; 2) focus groups to refine ideas into actions to support shared book reading and prioritise these actions; 3) implementation of changes; and 4) understanding of participants’ experiences of involvement. Participant identified changes were implemented within four categories: 1) changing how books are organised, 2) showing families how to share books, 3) giving families information about how books can be borrowed, and 4) running more activities about books. Participants indicated they enjoyed being a part of a co-design process to affect change at the community hub. Co-design enabled the development of collaborative changes to support book reading that were valued and owned by families, staff, and community partners. Community hubs can provide unique opportunities to engage with families in areas of vulnerability to support the development of early language and literacy skills.
Additional file 1 of Microglial diversity along the hippocampal longitudinal axis impacts synaptic plasticity in adult male mice under homeostatic conditions
Creators: name: De Felice, E.
name: Gonçalves de Andrade, E.
name: Golia, M. T.
name: González Ibáñez, F.
name: Khakpour, M.
name: Di Castro, M. A.
name: Garofalo, S.
name: Di Pietro, E.
name: Benatti, C.
name: Brunello, N.
name: Tascedda, F.
name: Kaminska, B.
name: Limatola, C.
name: Ragozzino, D.
name: Tremblay, M. E.
name: Alboni, S.
name: Maggi, L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primers sequence for real-time polymerase chain reaction experiments. Table S2. Mean of the CT values for target and housekeeping genes obtained in total mRNA extracted from the whole DH and VH, in CD11b+ cells, and CD11b− cells for CD11b+, CD11b− by real-time polymerase chain reaction experiments. Table S3. Density and distribution parameters of IBA1+ cells in the dorsal versus ventral hippocampus CA1 stratum radiatum. Table S4. Light microscopy parameters of IBA1+ cells in the dorsal versus ventral hippocampus CA1 stratum radiatum. Table S5. Electron microscopy parameters of IBA1+ cells in the dorsal versus ventral hippocampus CA1 stratum radiatum.
C1q/TNF-related protein-9 suppresses inflammation in synovial cells from patients with osteoarthritis
Creators: name: Dong, F
name: Jiang, M
name: Zhang, Z
name: Li, F
name: Lian, Y
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Synovial inﬂammation contributes to cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis (OA) development. Targeting the inflammation process may provide a promising strategy for OA treatment. It has been demonstrated that C1q/tumour necrosis factor-related protein-9 (CTRP9) has immunosuppression capabilities. Thus, we conducted this study to investigate the role of CTRP9 in OA and its therapeutic potential. The expression level of CTRP9 was quantified in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), serum, and synovial cells (SCs) isolated from OA patients by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The relationship between the expression level of CTRP9 and the disease activity of OA was determined. The inflammation-suppressing effects of CTRP9 were assessed in vitro. The expression level of CTRP9 was increased in the PBMCs and serum of OA compared to healthy controls. The serum level of CTRP9 was found to be positively correlated with erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and visual analogue scale score. In addition, CTRP9 protein suppressed the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1β, in PBMCs and SCs in vitro. CTRP9 was increased in OA patients and positively correlated with the disease activity. The recombinant CTRP9 had inflammation-suppressing activities in vitro. CTRP9 may have therapeutic potential for treating OA. Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized as cartilage destruction resulting from synovial inﬂammation (1–6). According to the clinical symptoms and levels of inflammation, OA has been divided into primary generalized osteoarthritis (PGOA) and erosive inflammatory osteoarthritis (EIOA) (7). The only available treatment for OA is joint replacement. Thus, it is necessary to develop novel and effective therapeutic strategies to treat OA. Because synovial inﬂammation contributes to OA development, targeting the inflammation process may provide a promising strategy for OA treatment. Previous investigations showed that pro-inflammatory factors promoted OA development (8–10), while anti-inflammatory factors suppressed it (11–14). Thus, we conducted the present study to investigate the role of C1q/tumour necrosis factor-related protein-9 (CTRP9), an anti-inflammatory factor (15), in OA, and its therapeutic potential.
ALMA and VLA measurements of frequency-dependent time lags in Sagittarius A*: evidence for a relativistic outflow
Creators: name: Brinkerink, Christiaan D.
name: Falcke, Heino
name: Law, Casey J.
name: Barkats, Denis
name: Bower, Geoffrey C.
name: Brunthaler, Andreas
name: Gammie, Charles
name: Impellizzeri, C. M. Violette
name: Markoff, Sera
name: Menten, Karl M.
name: Moscibrodzka, Monika
name: Peck, Alison
name: Rushton, Anthony P.
name: Schaaf, Reinhold
name: Wright, Melvyn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radio and mm-wavelength observations of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the radio source associated with the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy, show that it behaves as a partially self-absorbed synchrotron-emitting source. The measured size of Sgr A* shows that the mm-wavelength emission comes from a small region and consists of the inner accretion flow and a possible collimated outflow. Existing observations of Sgr A* have revealed a time lag between light curves at 43 GHz and 22 GHz, which is consistent with a rapidly expanding plasma flow and supports the presence of a collimated outflow from the environment of an accreting black hole. Here we wish to measure simultaneous frequency-dependent time lags in the light curves of Sgr A* across a broad frequency range to constrain direction and speed of the radio-emitting plasma in the vicinity of the black hole. Light curves of Sgr A* were taken in May 2012 using ALMA at 100 GHz using the VLA at 48, 39, 37, 27, 25.5, and 19 GHz. As a result of elevation limits and the longitude difference between the stations, the usable overlap in the light curves is approximately four hours. Although Sgr A* was in a relatively quiet phase, the high sensitivity of ALMA and the VLA allowed us to detect and fit maxima of an observed minor flare where flux density varied by ~10%. The fitted times of flux density maxima at frequencies from 100 GHz to 19 GHz, as well as a cross-correlation analysis, reveal a simple frequency-dependent time lag relation where maxima at higher frequencies lead those at lower frequencies. Taking the observed size-frequency relation of Sgr A* into account, these time lags suggest a moderately relativistic (lower estimates: 0.5c for two-sided, 0.77c for one-sided) collimated outflow.
description: 10 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A. Updated acknowledgements
Building and Navigating Maps Of Road Scenes Using An Active Sensor
Creators: name: Hebert, Martial
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The author presents algorithms for building maps of road scenes using an active range and reflectance sensor and for using the maps to traverse a portion of the world already explored. He describes some advantages of an active sensor, namely, that it is independent of the illumination conditions, does not require complex calibration in order to transform observed features to the vehicle's reflectance frame, and provides 3-D terrain models as well as road models. Using this map built from sensor data facilitates navigation in two respects: the vehicle may navigate faster, since less perception processing is necessary, and the vehicle may follow a more accurate path, since the navigation system does not rely entirely on inaccurate visual data. The author presents a complete system that includes road-following, map-building, and map-based navigation using the ERIM laser rangefinder. Experimental results are presented
Public purse, private service: The perceptions of public funding models of Australian independent speech-language pathologists
Creators: name: Nickless, Tristan
name: Gold, Lisa
name: Dowell, Richard
name: Davidson, Bronwyn
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Health funding provisions supported by governments are pivotal for families accessing independent speech-language pathology services in Australia. Little is known of the facilitators and barriers that exist for accessing public funding for speech-language pathology services through independent providers. This study aimed to investigate and describe the perceptions of speech-language pathologists in accessing public funding models (PFMs) for children and young persons with communication and swallowing needs within Australian independent practice. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with twenty independent speech-language pathologists who had experience of PFMs in Australia. Digitally recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to thematic analysis. Data analysis revealed five superordinate and eighteen subordinate themes. The five superordinate themes were: (a) accessibility in securing funding provisions; (b) time as a commodity; (c) incongruence between funding provisions and speech-language pathology evidence; (d) trust as a multifaceted quality; and (e) consequences of PFMs. This original and timely research offers perceptive descriptions of the multifaceted facilitators and barriers for families seeking to access public funding for independent speech-language pathology services in Australia. Research findings illuminate challenges for the speech-language pathology profession. Accessibility to funding was identified as a major issue. Research findings suggest that current funding provisions do not align with the dosage required for evidence-based speech-language pathology management. Further, this research has highlighted the need for funding to be equitable, acceptable to stakeholders, and for services to be delivered in an efficient and sustainable manner. Future research is recommended to understand which Australian PFMs: (a) facilitate consumer access to speech-language pathology services; (b) enrich consumer experiences; and (c) align with scientific evidence to promote optimal outcomes.
Camera Parameters Estimation from Hand-labelled Sun Sositions in Image Sequences
Creators: name: Jean-Francois  Lalonde
name: Narasimhan, Srinivasa G.
name: Efros, Alexei A
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present a novel technique to determine camera parameters when
the sun is visible in an image sequence. The technique requires a user
to label the position of the sun in a few images. We show that it can be
used to successfully recover the camera focal length, as well as its azimuth
and zenith angles. The method is thoroughly evaluated on synthetic data
under a wide range of operating conditions, and representative examples
are shown on real data. Ground truth parameters can be recovered with
less than 3% error in challenging cases.
ChargeCar Community Conversions: Practical, Electric Commuter Vehicles Now!
Creators: name: H. Benjamin Brown
name: Illah Nourbakhsh
name: Bartley, Chris
name: Cross, Jennifer
name: Dille, Paul
name: Schapiro, Joshua
name: Styler, Alexander
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The technology for practical, short-range electric commuter vehicles (EVs) is here now! The ChargeCar project at Carnegie Mellon University aims to exploit today’s technology to make efﬁcient, clean, quiet, commuter electric vehicles available to the public, while providing a basis for local economic development and increasing public awareness of EVs. We have developed a “kit” of modular components that can be used to convert a conventional gasoline-powered car to 100% electric power in a matter of a few days, utilizing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, along with existing manufacturing facilities and automotive garages. This kit has been installed and tested in two Honda Civics, and has performed well in over 3500 miles of driving. The prototype vehicles have a range of 40+ miles, top speed in excess of 70 mph, and charge overnight on any 120 VAC receptacle. Present efforts are toward commercializing the manufacturing and conversion process, while continuing related research in compound energy sytems—e.g. battery plus ultracapacitor—and pursuing educational efforts with the public and local schools.
Spherically Symmetric Thick Branes Cosmological Evolution
Creators: name: Bernardini, Alex E.
name: Cavalcanti, R. T.
name: da Rocha, Roldao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spherically symmetric time-dependent solutions for the 5D system of a scalar field canonically coupled to gravity are obtained and identified as an extension of recent results obtained by Ahmed, Grzadkowskia and Wudkab. The corresponding cosmology of models with regularized branes generated by such a 5D scalar field scenario is also investigated. It has been shown that the anisotropic evolution of the warp factor and consequently the Hubble like parameter are both driven by the radial coordinate on the brane, which leads to an emergent thick brane-world scenario with spherically symmetric time dependent warp factor. Meanwhile, the separability of variables depending on fifth dimension, y, which is exhibited by the equations of motion, allows one to recover the extra dimensional profiles obtained in the literature, namely the extra dimensional part of the scale (warp) factor and the scalar field dependence on y. Therefore, our results are mainly concerned with the time dependence of a spherically symmetric warp factor. Besides evincing possibilities for obtaining asymmetric stable brane-world scenarios, the extra dimensional profiles here obtained can also be reduced to those ones investigated in the literature.
description: 17 pages, Gen. Relat. Grav. (in press)
Actividades de aprendizajes mediadas por el uso de las TIC para el desarrollo de la coordinación Óculo-Pédica en el área de Educación Física a través de la herramienta digital Genially para los estudiantes de la sede Juan Pablo II de la Institución Educativa Nuestra Señora del Rosario del municipio de Ayapel - Córdoba.
Creators: name: Aviléz Camargo, Yurys Greys
name: Martínez Lora, Orson Javier
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Estrategias de aprendizaje - Tecnología educativa
subject: Educación física - Enseñanza - Metodología
subject: Educación física - Educación

description: Este trabajo tiene como objeto la coordinación óculo – pédica mediante la unidad didáctica basada en el desarrollo de las habilidades motrices ojo - pie como estrategia pedagógica dirigida a los estudiantes de los grados primero a quinto, mediante la creación de una herramienta tecnológica como es el sitio web Coordinación Óculo-Pédica . Esta propuesta se trabajó desde una metodología investigativa de enfoque cualitativa, que planteó una revisión de los antecedentes de la población muestra, la aplicación de encuestas y evaluaciones diagnósticas para la recolección de datos, se sistematizó los resultados, tanto en formatos físicos, hubo planificación de secuencias didácticas orientadas a solucionar los problemas de Coordinación Óculo-Pédica en los estudiantes de los grados primero a quinto de la sede Juan Pablo II de la institución educativa Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Closed-form Online Pose-chain SLAM
Creators: name: Dubbelman, Gijs
name: Browning, Brett
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A novel closed-form solution for pose-graph SLAM is presented. It optimizes pose-graphs of particular structure called pose-chains by employing an extended version of trajectory bending. Our solution is designed as a back-end optimizer to be used within systems whose front-end performs state-of-the-art visual odometry and appearance based loop detection. The optimality conditions of our closed-form method and that of state-of-the-art iterative methods are discussed. The practical relevance of their theoretical differences is investigated by extensive experiments using simulated and real data. It is shown using 49 kilometers of challenging binocular data that the accuracy obtained by our closed-form solution is comparable to that of state-of-the-art iterative solutions while the time it needs to compute its solution is a factor 50 to 200 times lower. This makes our approach relevant to a broad range of applications and computational platforms.
SUBTLEX-CY: A new word frequency database for Welsh
Creators: name: Payne, Joshua
name: Jones, Manon
name: Van Heuven, Walter
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Visual Word Recognition
subject: Word Frequency
subject: Welsh

description: Data, materials and code for the project "SUBTLEX-CY: A new word frequency database for Welsh". Registration contains SUBTLEX-CY database files and code to create the data for the tables and the figures reporting the analyses of SUBTLEX-CY. Furthermore, this registration contains the data and materials of the experiment, as well as code for the stimulus selection and data analysis.
Classifier Fusion for Outdoor Obstacle Detection
Creators: name: Dima, Cristian S.
name: Vandapel, Nicolas
name: Hebert, Martial
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This work describes an approach for using several levels of data fusion in the domain of autonomous off-road navigation. We are focusing on outdoor obstacle detection, and we present techniques that leverage on data fusion and machine learning for increasing the reliability of obstacle detection systems. We are combining color and infrared (IR) imagery with range information from a laser range finder. We show that in addition to fusing data at the pixel level, performing high level classifier fusion is beneficial in our domain. Our general approach is to use machine learning techniques for automatically deriving effective models of the classes of interest (obstacle and non-obstacle for example). We train classifiers on different subsets of the features we extract from our sensor suite and show how different classifier fusion schemes can be applied for obtaining a multiple classifier system that is more robust than any of the classifiers presented as input. We present experimental results we obtained on data collected with both the experimental unmanned vehicle (XUV) and a CMU developed robotic tractor.
Physical therapy in patients with systemic sclerosis: physical therapists’ perspectives on current delivery and educational needs
Creators: name: Liem, SIE
name: van Leeuwen, NM
name: Vlieland, TPM Vliet
name: Boerrigter, GMW
name: van den Ende, CHM
name: de Pundert, LAJ
name: Schriemer, MR
name: Spierings, J
name: Vonk, MC
name: de Vries-Bouwstra, JK
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To assess the perspectives of physical therapists treating patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) on their current practice and educational needs. In July 2019, 405 SSc patients attending a multidisciplinary SSc programme received a survey on physical therapy. Patients who indicated having received physical therapy in the past 2 years were asked to invite their treating physical therapist to complete a questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, referral process, content of treatment, perceived knowledge and skills, and educational needs (mostly yes/no answers). Forty-eight of 80 possibly eligible physical therapists treating SSc patients returned the questionnaire [median age 44 years (interquartile range 35–58); 52% female; median number of SSc patients currently treated: 1 (range 1–4)]. Eighty-one per cent (n = 39) of physical therapists had received a referral, with 69% (n = 27/39) judging its content as insufficient. The most often provided types of exercises were range of motion (96%), muscle-strengthening (85%), and aerobic (71%) exercises, followed by hand (42%) and mouth (10%) exercises. Concerning manual treatment, 65% performed either massage or passive mobilization. Regarding competences, 65% indicated feeling capable of treating SSc patients. Nevertheless, 85% expressed the need for an information website on physical therapy in SSc, and 77% for postgraduate education on SSc. Primary care physical therapists treating patients with SSc used a wide range of treatment modalities. Although most stated that they treated very few patients, the majority felt capable of treating SSc patients. Nevertheless, the large majority expressed a need for additional information and educational activities concerning SSc.
Closing the Loop in Scene Interpretation
Creators: name: Hoiem, Derek
name: Efros, Alexei
name: Hebert, Martial
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Image understanding involves analyzing many different
aspects of the scene. In this paper, we are concerned with
how these tasks can be combined in a way that improves
the performance of each of them. Inspired by Barrow and
Tenenbaum, we present a flexible framework for interfacing
scene analysis processes using intrinsic images. Each
intrinsic image is a registered map describing one characteristic
of the scene. We apply this framework to develop an
integrated 3D scene understanding system with estimates of
surface orientations, occlusion boundaries, objects, camera
viewpoint, and relative depth. Our experiments on a set of
300 outdoor images demonstrate that these tasks reinforce
each other, and we illustrate a coherent scene understanding
with automatically reconstructed 3D models.
Involutive automorphisms of $N_\circ^\circ$ groups of finite Morley rank
Creators: name: Deloro, Adrien
name: Jaligot, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F11

description: We classify a large class of small groups of finite Morley rank: $N_\circ^\circ$-groups which are the infinite analogues of Thompson's $N$-groups. More precisely, we constrain the $2$-structure of groups of finite Morley rank containing a definable, normal, non-soluble, $N_\circ^\circ$-subgroup.
Additional file 2 of The genomic basis of copper tolerance in Drosophila is shaped by a complex interplay of regulatory and environmental factors
Creators: name: Green, Llewellyn
name: Coronado-Zamora, Marta
name: Radío, Santiago
name: Rech, Gabriel E.
name: Salces-Ortiz, Judit
name: González, Josefa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Copper tolerance phenotypes across all populations.
From Paper to Film: Historical and Cultural Implications of Italian Illustrated Editions of Little Women (1908-1945)
Creators: name: Abbatelli, Valentina
Publisher: name: Between
Year: 2023

description: This article analyses Italian illustrated editions of Little Women published between 1908 and 1945. After an overview of the publishing history of the novel in Italy, the paper will examine Italian illustrations as hermeneutic tools in order to examine their ideological function in the representation of gender. The belated reception of Alcott’s novel in Italy, caused by its representation of a nonconformist educational model for girls, is mirrored in the tension between the nationalistic drive and the influence of foreign models that can be pinpointed in the illustrated editions. By analyzing adaptations of American illustrations, original Italian creations, and omissions of iconic illustrations, this paper will unveil how much the visual element is embedded in the Italian historical and cultural context, as the choice (or omission) of particular images impacted the interpretation of the book. By examining the Italian editions of Little Women published in this time frame, we will also be able to retrace the links with the American illustrated history of the book and bear testimony to the powerful impact of the 1934 film version on printed editions.
description: Between, V. 13 N. 25 (2023): La narrativa illustrata fra Ottocento e Novecento
Combining Local Appearance and Motion Cues for Occlusion Boundary Detection
Creators: name: Stein, Andrew
name: Hebert, Martial
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Building on recent advances in the detection of appearance edges from
multiple local cues, we present an approach for detecting occlusion boundaries
which also incorporates local motion information. We argue that these
boundaries have physical significance which makes them important for many
high-level vision tasks and that motion offers a unique, often critical source
of additional information for detecting them. We provide a new dataset of
natural image sequences with labeled occlusion boundaries, on which we
learn a classifier that leverages appearance cues along with motion estimates
from either side of an edge. We demonstrate improved performance for pixelwise
differentiation of occlusion boundaries from non-occluding edges by
combining these weak local cues, as compared to using them separately. The
results are suitable as improved input to subsequent mid- or high-level reasoning
methods.
Integral Points and Relative Sizes of Coordinates of Orbits in P^N
Creators: name: Yasufuku, Yu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37P55, 11J97, 37P15

description: We give a generalization to higher dimensions of Silverman's result on finiteness of integer points in orbits. Assuming Vojta's conjecture, we prove a sufficient condition for morphisms on P^N so that (S,D)-integral points in each orbit are Zariski-non-dense. This condition is geometric, and for dimension 1 it corresponds precisely to Silverman's hypothesis that the second iterate of the map is not a polynomial. In fact, we will prove a more precise formulation comparing local heights outside S to the global height. For hyperplanes, this amounts to comparing logarithmic sizes of the coordinates, generalizing Silverman's precise version in dimension 1. We also discuss a variant where we can conclude that integral points in orbits are finite, rather than just Zariski-non-dense. Further, we show unconditional results and examples, using Schmidt's subspace theorem and known cases of Lang--Vojta conjecture. We end with some extensions to the case of rational maps and to the case when the arithmetic of the orbit under one map is controlled by the geometric properties of another. We include many explicit examples to illustrate different behaviors of integral points in orbits in higher dimensions.
description: 22 pages, to appear in Mathematische Zeitschrift
title: Estudio del comportamiento mecánico, la porosidad y la densidad del concreto reciclado con adición de fibras de tereftalato de polietileno (pet)
title: Iván Andrés
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Calderón Angulo
name: Buelvas Mendoza, María Alexandra
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Concreto
subject: Agregados (Materiales de construcción)
subject: Pet reciclado
subject: Hormigón - Mezclas

description: La presente monografía estudia el comportamiento mecánico, porosidad y densidad del concreto reciclado con adición de fibras de tereftalato de polietileno (PET), que busca implementar una nueva forma de sustentabilidad que se enfoque en la construcción, a razón de los incrementos de residuos RCD y PET que abundan actualmente en la ciudad de Cartagena provocando problemas medioambientales. El principal objetivo de este proyecto es analizar la viabilidad técnica del uso del concreto reciclado con adición de fibras PET como reforzamiento para material de construcción estructural, no estructural o en pavimento de bajo tránsito, para incrementar su utilización y así disminuir el impacto ambiental provocado por los residuos plásticos y RCD, para ello se realizó un análisis comparativo bajo el método de investigación científica, a partir de la revisión bibliográfica de investigaciones nacionales e internacionales.
Real-time earthquake warning for astronomical observatories
Creators: name: Coughlin, Michael
name: Stubbs, Christopher
name: Barrientos, Sergio
name: Claver, Chuck
name: Harms, Jan
name: Smith, Christopher
name: Warner, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Early earthquake warning is a rapidly developing capability that has significant ramifications for many fields, including astronomical observatories. In this work, we describe the susceptibility of astronomical facilities to seismic events, including large telescopes as well as second-generation ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers. We describe the potential warning times for observatories from current seismic networks and propose locations for future seismometers to maximize warning times.
Determinación de puntos calientes susceptibles a incendios en el relleno sanitario "Parque Ambiental los Pocitos" de Barranquilla mediante el uso de sensores remotos a bordo de satélites
Creators: name: Escobar Pérez, Elsa Daniela
name: García Pérez, Gustavo José
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Relleno sanitario
subject: Medio ambiente
subject: Temperatura de la superficie terrestre

description: El presente estudio tiene por objeto determinar los puntos críticos de temperatura - puntos calientes - en el relleno sanitario “Parque Ambiental Los Pocitos” de la ciudad de Barranquilla (Colombia) mediante el procesamiento de información térmica obtenida a partir de los sensores OLI Y TIRS del satélite LandSat-8, con el propósito de proponer una herramienta de monitoreo adecuada para prever posibles incendios.
NIH Policy for Data Management & Sharing: What is expected of researchers and how can libraries help?
Creators: name: Wann, Ellen
name: Danielson, Cindy
name: Federer, Lisa
name: Smith, Cecilia
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
subject: Research data management
subject: Research data sharing
subject: Data management and sharing plan

description: The new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy aims to foster good practices of managing and sharing scientific data generated by NIH-funded research projects. In this Love Data Week virtual event, three NIH officers provided an overview of the policy and highlight what is important to grant applicants and awarded researchers. They also discussed resources and services that are available to support the research communities.
Cluster analysis identifies unmet healthcare needs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Creators: name: Mars, N
name: Kerola, AM
name: Kauppi, MJ
name: Pirinen, M
name: Elonheimo, O
name: Sokka-Isler, T
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: To identify the patterns of healthcare resource utilization and unmet needs of persistent disease activity, pain, and physical disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by cluster analysis. Method: Patients attending the Jyväskylä Central Hospital rheumatology unit, Finland, were, from 2007, prospectively enrolled in a clinical database. We identified all RA patients in 2010–2014 and combined their individual-level data with well-recorded administrative data on all public healthcare contacts in fiscal year 2014. We ran agglomerative hierarchical clustering (Ward’s method), with 28-joint Disease Activity Score with three variables, Health Assessment Questionnaire index, pain (visual analogue scale 0–100), and total annual health service-related direct costs (€) as clustering variables. Results: Complete-case analysis of 939 patients derived four clusters. Cluster C1 (remission and low costs, 550 patients) comprised relatively young patients with low costs, low disease activity, and minimal disability. C2 (chronic pain, disability, and fatigue, 269 patients) included those with the highest pain and fatigue levels, and disability was fairly common. C3 (inflammation, 97 patients) had rather high mean costs and the highest average disease activity, but lower average levels of pain and less disability than C2, highlighting the impact of effective treatment. C4 (comorbidities and high costs, 23 patients) was characterized by exceptionally high costs incurred by comorbidities. Conclusions: The majority of RA patients had favourable outcomes and low costs. However, a large group of patients was distinguished by chronic pain, disability, and fatigue not unambiguously linked to disease activity. The highest healthcare costs were linked to high disease activity or comorbidities.
Equiaffine geometry of level sets and ruled hypersurfaces with equiaffine mean curvature zero
Creators: name: Fox, Daniel J. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Basic aspects of the equiaffine geometry of level sets are developed systematically. As an application there are constructed families of $2n$-dimensional nondegenerate hypersurfaces ruled by $n$-planes, having equiaffine mean curvature zero, and solving the affine normal flow. Each carries a symplectic structure with respect to which the ruling is Lagrangian.
description: Corrected multiple typos in displayed equation (2.22) in Remark 2.7 (Remark 2.13 in the published version) and a sign error in the final line of the second paragraph of Example 2.9 (Example 2.17 in the published version). Neither correction is consequential, but the errors in the formulas could have made comparison with other sources confusing
Combining Regions and Patches for Object Class Localization
Creators: name: Pantofaru, Caroline
name: Dorko, Gyuri
name: Schmid, Cordelia
name: Hebert, Martial
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a method for object class detection and
localization which combines regions generated by image
segmentation with local patches. Region-based descriptors
can model and match regular textures reliably, but fail on
parts of the object which are textureless. They also cannot
repeatably identify interest points on their boundaries.
By incorporating information from patch-based descriptors
near the regions into a new feature, the Region-based Context
Feature (RCF), we can address these issues. We apply
Region-based Context Features in a semi-supervised
learning framework for object detection and localization.
This framework produces object-background segmentation
masks of deformable objects. Numerical results are presented
for pixel-level performance.
Compliant Control of a Hydraulic Humanoid Joint
Creators: name: Bentivegna, Darrin C.
name: Atkeson, Christopher G.
name: Kim, Jung Yup
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80101 Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents an analysis of a hydraulic joint
on a humanoid robot. Various controllers have been designed
that allow the limb to have a range of characteristics such as
being stiff or compliant.
Additional file 6 of The genomic basis of copper tolerance in Drosophila is shaped by a complex interplay of regulatory and environmental factors
Creators: name: Green, Llewellyn
name: Coronado-Zamora, Marta
name: Radío, Santiago
name: Rech, Gabriel E.
name: Salces-Ortiz, Judit
name: González, Josefa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Figure S2. DGET expression analysis for gut subsections.
Large density expansion of a hydrodynamic theory for self-propelled particles
Creators: name: Ihle, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, an Enskog-type kinetic theory for Vicsek-type models for self-propelled particles has been proposed [T. Ihle, Phys. Rev. E 83, 030901 (2011)]. This theory is based on an exact equation for a Markov chain in phase space and is not limited to small density. Previously, the hydrodynamic equations were derived from this theory and its transport coefficients were given in terms of infinite series. Here, I show that the transport coefficients take a simple form in the large density limit. This allows me to analytically evaluate the well-known density instability of the polarly ordered phase near the flocking threshold at moderate and large densities. The growth rate of a longitudinal perturbation is calculated and several scaling regimes, including three different power laws, are identified. It is shown that at large densities, the restabilization of the ordered phase at smaller noise is analytically accessible within the range of validity of the hydrodynamic theory. Analytical predictions for the width of the unstable band, the maximum growth rate and for the wave number below which the instability occurs are given. In particular, the system size below which spatial perturbations of the homogeneous ordered state are stable is predicted to scale with $\sqrt{M}$ where $M$ is the average number of collision partners. The typical time scale until the instability becomes visible is calculated and is proportional to M.
Evaluación del proceso de estabilización de un suelo fino empleando residuo de piedra caliza
Creators: name: Estrada Luna, Daniela José
name: Román Martínez, Carlos Alberto
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Estabilización de suelos
subject: Mecánica de suelos

description: En la presente investigación se evaluaron las propiedades mecánicas y de rigidez de un suelo fino con residuo de piedra caliza (RPC) estabilizado con cemento hidráulico. Los parámetros estudiados fueron la resistencia a la compresión simple, la rigidez inicial a pequeñas deformaciones y el índice de porosidad, cemento.
Entangled quantum probes for dynamical environmental noise
Creators: name: Rossi, Matteo A. C.
name: Paris, Matteo G. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We address the use of entangled qubits as quantum probes to characterize the noise induced by complex environments. In particular, we show that a joint measurement on entangled probes can improve estimation of the correlation time for a broad class of environmental noises compared to any sequential strategy involving single qubit preparation. The enhancement appears when the noise is faster than a threshold value, a regime which may always be achieved by tuning the coupling between the quantum probe and the environment inducing the noise. Our scheme exploits time-dependent sensitivity of quantum systems to decoherence and does not require dynamical control on the probes. We derive the optimal interaction time and the optimal probe preparation, showing that it corresponds to multiqubit GHZ states when entanglement is useful. We also show robustness of the scheme against depolarization or dephasing of the probe, and discuss simple measurements approaching optimal precision.
description: 4 pages + appendix, accepted version