cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Preventative treatment of tuberous sclerosis complex with sirolimus: Phase I safety and efficacy results
Creators: name: Prada, Carlos M.
name: Franz, David Neal
name: Setchell, Kenneth D.R.
name: Currans, Kristn
name: Kent, Bridget
name: Bebin, E. Martina
name: Griffith, Molly
name: Krueger, Darcy A.
name: Vinks, Alexander A.
name: Capal, Jamie K.
name: Koenig, Mary Kay
name: Galandi, Stephanie L.
name: Ritter, David M.
name: Northrup, Hope
name: Horn, Paul S.
name: Holland‐Bouley, Katherine
name: Greiner, Hansel M.
name: Kremer, Kelly M.
name: Zhang, Wujuan
name: Mizuno, Tomoyuki
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2024

description: Objective Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) results from overactivity of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). Sirolimus and everolimus are mTOR inhibitors that treat most facets of TSC but are understudied in infants. We sought to understand the safety and potential efficacy of preventative sirolimus in infants with TSC.   Methods We conducted a phase 1 clinical trial of sirolimus, treating five patients until 12 months of age. Enrolled infants had to be younger than 6 months of age with no history of seizures and no clinical indication for sirolimus treatment. Adverse events (AEs), tolerability, and blood concentrations of sirolimus measured by tandem mass spectrometry were tracked through 12 months of age, and clinical outcomes (seizure characteristics and developmental profiles) were tracked through 24 months of age.   Results There were 92 AEs, with 34 possibly, probably, or definitely related to treatment. Of those, only two were grade 3 (both elevated lipids) and all AEs were resolved by the age of 24 months. During the trial, 94% of blood sirolimus trough levels were in the target range (5–15 ng/mL). Treatment was well tolerated, with less than 8% of doses held because of an AE (241 of 2941). Of the five patients, three developed seizures (but were well controlled on medications) at 24 months of age. Of the five patients, four had normal cognitive development for age. One was diagnosed with possible autism spectrum disorder.   Interpretation These results suggest that sirolimus is both safe and well tolerated by infants with TSC in the first year of life. Additionally, the preliminary work suggests a favorable efficacy profile compared with previous TSC cohorts not exposed to early sirolimus treatment. Results support sirolimus being studied as preventive treatment in TSC, which is now underway in a prospective phase 2 clinical trial (TSC‐STEPS).
Additional file 1 of Hypertension care cascade in Chile: a serial cross-sectional study of national health surveys 2003-2010-2017
Creators: name: Passi-Solar, Álvaro
name: Margozzini, Paula
name: Mindell, Jennifer S.
name: Ruiz, Milagros
name: Valencia-Hernandez, Carlos A.
name: Scholes, Shaun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control. Chile ENS2003–2010-2017. Table S2. Trends for hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control. Chile ENS2003–2010-2017. Table S3. Trends for hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control according to the definition of mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP). Chile ENS2003–2010-2017. Figure S1. Prevalence of hypertension (BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg or use of antihypertensive treatment) using to define treatment self-reported data (SR) or Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes from the medicine inventory. Table S4. Blood pressure trends according to treatment status. Chile ENS2003–2010-2017. Table S5. Prevalence, treatment and control of hypertension according to JNC 7 and 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines. Chile ENS2017.
Scheduling and Code Generation for Parallel Architectures
Creators: name: Yang, Tao
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1993

description: Automatic partitioning, scheduling and code generation are of major importance in the development of compilers for massively parallel architectures. In this thesis we consider these problems, propose efficient algorithms and analyze their performances for automatic scheduling and code generation. In the first part of this thesis, we consider compile-time static scheduling when communication overhead is not negligible. We provide a new quantitative analysis of granularity issues to identify the impact of partitioning on optimal scheduling. We propose a new algorithm for scheduling on an unbounded number of processors named DSC, which outperforms existing algorithms in both complexity and performance. Furthermore, we study algorithms for scheduling on a bounded number of processors based on a multistep approach. We use DSC to cluster tasks and then use a load balancing and physical mapping heuristic to map the clusters onto processors. Finally we introduce a new task ordering algorithm that tries to minimize parallel time and overlap communication with computation. What distinguishes our approach with that of others in the literature is the low complexity and very good performance. We present theoretical and experimental results to verify the performance of these algorithms. In the second part of the thesis, we consider the code generation problem for message passing architectures. We propose a new optimized method for code generation in executing a schedule of an arbitrary task graph based on an asynchronous communication model. We optimize the code by reducing communication overhead, eliminating redundant communication and improving memory utilization. We present a correctness analysis of the generated code to assure data coherence and deadlock-free communication. We also present a new multicasting algorithm for a hypercube that eliminates unnecessary routing processors. We have implemented a compiler tool system named PYRROS that integrates the above algorithms for scheduling and code generations. The input of this system is a C program with annotated dependence information and the output is optimized parallel C code for nCUBE-I, nCUBE-II and iPSC/860 machines. The experimental results show that the performance of automatically produced code is comparable with that of hand-written code
Coaching early career teachers in urban elementary schools: A mixed method study
Creators: name: Shernoff, Elisa S.
name: Jakobsons, Lara
name: Frazier, Stacy L.
name: Lakind, Davielle
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015

description: Coaching for urban early career teachers (ECTs) offers promise and aligns with features of effective professional development to support the implementation of evidence-based practices. However, the functional components and key elements of coaching and coach supervision are not well specified in the literature. The goal of the current study was to examine adherence and feasibility of a coaching intervention designed to provide urban ECTs with concentrated support in classroom management and engaging learners—two instructional domains that are robust predictors of attrition (Ingersoll and Strong in Rev Educ Res 81:201–233, 2011). Coaches (n = 6) worked with ECTs (n = 15) in three urban, high-poverty elementary schools during the 2-year intervention. A mixed-method design was employed, such that qualitative data (i.e., semi-structured interviews) and quantitative data (i.e., adherence measures) were collected concurrently, remained independent during analyses, and were integrated during interpretation (Creswell and Clark in Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Sage, Thousand Oaks, 2007). Findings revealed that ECTs generally received the intended frequency and duration of coaching but with fewer opportunities for post-conferences. Coach supervision, on average, was delivered with intended frequency, with variability across coaches. Thematic analyses highlighted coach provision of emotional and instrumental support, emphasized consistent coaching as critical, and that time was a significant barrier to ECT participation in coaching. Supervision promoted social support among coaches and provided opportunities to adapt the model to ECT needs.
Additional file 1 of Costing malaria interventions from pilots to elimination programmes
Creators: name: Galactionova, Katya
name: Velarde, Mar
name: Kafula Silumbe
name: Miller, John
name: McDonnell, Anthony
name: Aguas, Ricardo
name: Smith, Thomas A.
name: Penny, Melissa A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. A additional file containing additional figures and tables supporting interpretation of the analyses presented in the manuscript.
Quantitative risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in traditional Minas cheeses: the cases of artisanal semi-hard and fresh soft cheeses
Creators: name: Campagnollo, Fernanda Bovo
name: Gonzales-Barron, Ursula
name: Cadavez, Vasco Augusto Pilão
name: Sant’Ana, Anderson S.
name: Schaffner, Donald W.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Traditional foods
Risk analysis
Intervention strategies
Ready-to-eat foods
On-farm
Shelf-life
Natural antimicrobial
Protected designation of origin
Immunocompromised
Dairy Products
Food Safety
Public Health
Food Storage
Commercialization
Food Inspection

description: This study estimated the risk of listeriosis from Brazilian cheese consumption using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). Risks associated to consumption of two cheese types were assessed: artisanal ripened semi-hard cheese (produced with raw milk) and refrigerated fresh soft cheese (produced with pasteurized milk). The semi-hard cheese model predicted Listeria monocytogenes growth or decline during ripening, while the soft cheese model predicted pathogen growth during refrigerated storage. Semi-hard cheese modeling scenarios considered L. monocytogenes starting concentration from -2.4 to 6 log CFU/mL in raw milk and three ripening times (4, 22 and 60 days). Soft cheese modeling scenarios considered L. monocytogenes starting concentration from -2.4 to 4 log CFU/mL in milk. The inclusion of anti-listerial lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in cheeses was also examined. Risk of listeriosis due to consumption of soft cheese was 6,000 and 190 times greater than that of semi-hard cheese, for general and vulnerable populations, respectively. Aging semi-hard cheese reduced risk, and risk was influenced by L. monocytogenes starting concentration. Aging cheese with inhibitory LAB for 22 days reduced risk over 4 million-fold when L. monocytogenes was assumed to be 6 log CFU/mL in raw milk. The inclusion of inhibitory LAB also reduced risk of listeriosis due to soft cheese consumption, but not as much as for semi-hard cheese. QMRA results predicted that consumption of contaminated cheeses can carry a high risk of listeriosis, especially for vulnerable populations. Scenario analyses indicated that aging of semi-hard cheese and inclusion of antimicrobial LAB mix in semi-hard and soft cheeses are effective risk mitigation measures.
Invariance Theorems Concerning Reflection at Numerical Boundaries
Creators: name: Vichnevetsky, Robert
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1983

description: In the numerical approximation of hyperbolic equations, outflow boundaries are in general not transparent, and they create spurious reflection. A useful measure of this is given by the energy (or usual sum of squares) of the reflected solution in response to an arbitrary solution, which originates from within the computing domain. We prove, in that respect, a somewhat unexpected property: Namely that for those full discretization which are obtained by applying to a space- discretization of the problem an energy conservative discrete time-marching method, the energy reflected at the boundary is independent of which time-marching method is used, of the value Af, and is strictly equal to the reflected energy in the semi-discrete case. This is also verified by numerical experiments. Optimal boundary equations may be defined in the semi-discrete case of those which maximize the rate of convergence to zero of the reflected energy when. H -->O . A corollary of the preceding result is that those boundary equations remain optimal, in the same sense, when used in an energy conservative full.
Additional file 1 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Schematic illustration of the procedure to compute average PSD. (a) An example of a 20-minute segment of data. (b) The 1-min multitaper PSDbetween 4 and 5 minutes. (c) The average PSD multitaper among the 20 1-min multitaper PSD. The number of tapers we applied was 6. The number of points for the FFT algorithm was 4096,the upper power-of-2 length of the 1-min window. Thus, the number of frequency bins between 0.5 and 10 Hz is 974.
Advances and Perspectives in Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering of Cannabis
Creators: name: Hesami, Mohsen
name: Baiton, Austin
name: Alizadeh, Milad
name: Pepe, Marco
name: Torkamaneh, Davoud
name: Jones, Andrew Maxwell Phineas
name: Alizadeh, Milad
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: For a long time, Cannabis sativa has been used for therapeutic and industrial purposes. Due to its increasing demand in medicine, recreation, and industry, there is a dire need to apply new biotechnological tools to introduce new genotypes with desirable traits and enhanced secondary metabolite production. Micropropagation, conservation, cell suspension culture, hairy root culture, polyploidy manipulation, and Agrobacterium-mediated gene transformation have been studied and used in cannabis. However, some obstacles such as the low rate of transgenic plant regeneration and low efficiency of secondary metabolite production in hairy root culture and cell suspension culture have restricted the application of these approaches in cannabis. In the current review, in vitro culture and genetic engineering methods in cannabis along with other promising techniques such as morphogenic genes, new computational approaches, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), CRISPR/Cas9-equipped Agrobacterium-mediated genome editing, and hairy root culture, that can help improve gene transformation and plant regeneration, as well as enhance secondary metabolite production, have been highlighted and discussed.
Thermal-Hydrological-Chemical Modeling of a Covered Waste Rock Pile in a Permafrost Region
Creators: name: Yi, Xueying
name: Su, Danyang
name: Bussière, Bruno
name: Mayer, K. Ulrich
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: In order to reduce contaminant mass loadings, thermal cover systems may be incorporated in the design of waste rock piles located in regions of continuous permafrost. In this study, reactive transport modeling was used to improve the understanding of coupled thermo-hydrological and chemical processes controlling the evolution of a covered waste rock pile located in Northern Canada. Material properties from previous field and laboratory tests were incorporated into the model to constrain the simulations. Good agreement between simulated and observational temperature data indicates that the model is capable of capturing the coupled thermo-hydrological processes occurring within the pile. Simulations were also useful for forecasting the pile’s long-term evolution with an emphasis on water flow and heat transport mechanisms, but also including geochemical weathering processes and sulfate mass loadings as an indicator for the release of contaminated drainage. An uncertainty analysis was carried out to address different scenarios of the cover’s performance as a function of the applied infiltration rate, accounting for the impacts of evaporation, runoff, and snow ablation. The model results indicate that the cover performance is insensitive to the magnitude of recharge rates, except for limited changes of the flow regime in the shallow active layer. The model was expanded by performing an additional sensitivity analysis to assess the role of cover thicknesses. The simulated results reveal that a cover design with an appropriate thickness can effectively minimize mass loadings in drainage by maintaining the active layer completely within the cover.
How real-world data can facilitate the development of precision medicine treatment in psychiatry
Creators: name: Heimer, Hakon
name: Stefánsson, Hreinn
name: Van der Eycken, Erik
name: Lu, Yi
name: Schubert, Alexander
name: Sønderby, Ida
name: Babic, Aleksandar
name: Koch, Elise
name: Camacho Collados, José
name: Werge, Thomas
name: Walters, James T R
name: White, Nathan
name: Molden, Espen
name: Posthuma, Danielle
name: Stefánsson, Kári
name: O'Connell, Kevin S
name: Sullivan, Patrick F
name: Dale, Anders M
name: Milani, Lili
name: Marshall, Serena E
name: Angulo, Cecilia
name: O'Donovan, Michael C
name: Andreassen, Ole A
name: Pardiñas, Antonio F
name: Selvaggi, Pierluigi
name: Djurovic, Srdjan
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2024

description: Precision medicine has the ambition to improve treatment response and clinical outcomes through patient stratification and holds great potential for the treatment of mental disorders. However, several important factors are needed to transform current practice into a precision psychiatry framework. Most important are 1) the generation of accessible large real-world training and test data including genomic data integrated from multiple sources, 2) the development and validation of advanced analytical tools for stratification and prediction, and 3) the development of clinically useful management platforms for patient monitoring that can be integrated into health care systems in real-life settings. This narrative review summarizes strategies for obtaining the key elements-well-powered samples from large biobanks integrated with electronic health records and health registry data using novel artificial intelligence algorithms-to predict outcomes in severe mental disorders and translate these models into clinical management and treatment approaches. Key elements are massive mental health data and novel artificial intelligence algorithms. For the clinical translation of these strategies, we discuss a precision medicine platform for improved management of mental disorders. We use cases to illustrate how precision medicine interventions could be brought into psychiatry to improve the clinical outcomes of mental disorders.
title: Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
title: Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Izbicki, Thomas M.
Publisher: name: Boydell
Year: 2005
Subjects: Canon law
Clergy
Medieval clergy
Sumptuary laws
Colors--Religious aspects

description: Medieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.
Justifying medication decisions in mental health care: psychiatrists’ accounts for treatment recommendations
Creators: name: Angell, Beth
name: Bolden, Galina
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2015
Subjects: Assertive community treatment
Accounts
Conversation analysis
Medical recommendations
Shared decision-making
Psychiatry
Mental Health
United States

description: Psychiatric practitioners are currently encouraged to adopt a patient centered approach that emphasizes the sharing of decisions with their clients, yet recent research suggests that fully collaborative decision making is rarely actualized in practice. This paper uses the methodology of Conversation Analysis to examine how psychiatrists justify their psychiatric treatment recommendations to clients. The analysis is based on audio-recordings of interactions between clients with severe mental illnesses (such as, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, etc.) in a long-term, outpatient intensive community treatment program and their psychiatrist. Our focus is on how practitioners design their accounts (or rationales) for recommending for or against changes in medication type and dosage and the interactional deployment of these accounts. We find that psychiatrists use two different types of accounts: they tailor their recommendations to the clients' concerns and needs (client-attentive accounts) and ground their recommendations in their professional expertise (authority-based accounts). Even though psychiatrists have the institutional mandate to prescribe medications, we show how the use of accounts displays psychiatrists' orientation to building consensus with clients in achieving medical decisions by balancing medical authority with the sensitivity to the treatment relationship.
Implementing a Culture of Creativity: Engaging Events and Making in the Academic Library
Creators: name: Lotts, Megan
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Creativity
Making
Academic libraries

description: This paper explores the importance of engaging events within Academic Libraries that feature an interactive or making aspect. The author also discusses innovative programming happening in academic libraries as well as a brief look at Makerspaces. Five projects are presented, including Woodblock Woodstock, Holiday Card Maker Space, Edible Books, a Polynomiography event for Rutgers Day, and the Art Library Lego Playing Station. These projects look closely at cross-disciplinary collaboration as a means to help coordinate impactful library events and how to create low-cost making events. Readers will learn more about marketing, finding sponsors for incentives, and how to partner with those who have common interests. The author discusses making and critical thinking skills and how these can be applied when teaching patrons about the library and information literacy. This paper also looks at how to assess and evaluate ephemeral making events. Making events are educational, fun, and also bring a greater value to the creative culture within the library and overall campus.
An O(n log n) algorithm for finding dissimilar strings
Creators: name: Abbasi, Sarmad
name: Sengupta, Anirvan
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1996
Subjects: Algorithms
Analysis of algorithms
Combinatorial problems
Computational molecular biology
Probabilistic method
Lovasz local lemma

description: Let $Sigma$ be a finite alphabet and $x in Sigma^n$. A string $y in Sigma^m$ is said to be $k$-dissimilar to $x$, if no $k$ length substring of $x$ is equal to any $k$ length substring of $y$. We present an $O(n log n)$ algorithm which on input $x in Sigma^n$ and an integer $m leq n$ outputs an integer $k$ and $y in Sigma^m$ such that: - $y$ is $k$-dissimilar to $x$. - There does not exist a string $z$ of length $m$ which is $k-1$ dissimilar to $x$.
Explaining subsumption in description logics
Creators: name: McGuinness, Deborah L.
name: Borgida, Alex
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1994

description: Description Logic-based systems include extensive, complex reasoning components that may produce results that surprise users, yet these systems typically provide little or no explanation support. In this paper, we explore the explanation of subsumption reasoning in Description Logics from one perspective|explanation for knowledge engineers. We adopt a deductive framework for presenting the variety of inferences supported in these systems, and thereby achieve a simple, uniform specification of the notion of explanation. We then address the problem of overly-long and overly-detailed explanations by introducing the notions of atomic descriptions and atomic explanations. We also provide an implementation perspective by discussing the design space and presenting some desiderata for explanation modules. We have implemented our approach in the Classic knowledge representation system.
title: Taking the blinders off
title: defamiliarization as a persuasive tool in brief writing
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Bitterman, Amy
Publisher: name: Gonzaga Law Review Association
Year: 2021
Subjects: Analogy
Analysis
Art and literature
Briefs
Evidence, Expert
Habit breaking
Interpretation and construction
Laws, regulations and rules
Management
Methods
Persuasion (Rhetoric)
Usage
Cognitive Psychology

description: In his 1917 essay, “Art as Technique,” the Russian literary theorist and critic Viktor Shklovsky coined the term “defamiliarization.” Shklovsky argued that one purpose of art was to overcome the “deadening effects of habit” by presenting familiar aspects of existence, including social conventions like marriage and property ownership, in unfamiliar ways that would encourage readers to reexamine them. Analogy and displacement were among the methods he cited as a means of disrupting an entrenched perspective. Advocates for legal change often face the challenge of overcoming the judicial “habit” of deferring to prior decisions that favor the status quo. Given the heavy reliance of our legal system on immediate precedent as a basis for decision-making, it is worth considering techniques that artists have used to “shake up” similarly deep-rooted social conventions. This article considers how advocates can use the literary techniques outlined in Shklovsky’s article to shed light on conscious or unconscious biases in the law, or as a means of overcoming adverse precedent. Part I of the article summarizes Shklovsky’s “Art as Technique”; Part II notes some examples from art and literature that illustrate the use of defamiliarization techniques; Part III examines how these techniques have been used to address unfavorable precedent and/or judicial or societal biases in high-profile cases, such as Bowers v. Hardwick, Romer v. Evans, and Atwater v. City of Lago Vista.
Additional file 2 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Computing permutation entropy. This file contains a Text and Figure that gives an example of how permutation entropy works.
Additional file 4 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. Time evolution of reduced parameters. See the description of Figure 2 on the main text.
Cladal Divergence in Fungal Ophiognomonia (Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales) Shows Evidence of Climatic Niche Vicariance
Creators: name: Smouse, Peter E.
name: Reginato, Marcelo
name: Walker, Donald M.
name: Struwe, Lena
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Adaptation
Climate history
Evolutionary ecology
Niche evolution
Phylogeny
SEEVA
Sordariomycetes
Temperature
Precipitation

description: We used the globally widespread genus Ophiognomonia as a model system to investigate climatic niche patterns in fungi, characterizing the climatic profiles of 28 species with seven temperature and seven precipitation variables. Using a novel version of Spatial Evolutionary and Ecological Vicariance Analysis (SEEVA), designed to deal with continuous and correlated variables, we examined well-sampled phyletic splits of a multi-gene phylogeny. We evaluated the degree to which phyletic divergence has been associated with climatic niche divergence between sister lineages, permitting elucidation of climatic associations in evolutionary context. From the 14 inter-correlated climatic variables, we extracted four principal axes, accounting for 93.2% of the climatic variation, with axes broadly labeled as: polarity, tropicality, winter mildness, and aridity. We also analyzed the two single variables maximum monthly temperature and precipitation. We detected climatic associations that were compatible with both niche-conservatism and niche-divergence within the phylogeny, and different cladistic bifurcations associated with different climatic splits. As might have been anticipated, geographic separation (or lack thereof) of phylogenetic splits was correlated with climate niche divergence (or conservation). This elaborated SEEVA method provides a visual and statistically solid basis for characterizing climatic niche divergence that should prove useful for elucidation of many other taxonomic groups.
The Queer Contact Zone: Empire and Military Masculinity in the Memoirs of Hannah Snell and Mary Anne Talbot, 1750-1810
Creators: name: Ledoux, Ellen Malenas
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Queer
Imperialism
Female soldiers
Masculinity
Military memoir
Homonationalism
Snell, Hannah, 1723-1792
Talbot, Mary Ann, 1778-1808

description: The cross-dressed female soldier played a prominent role within Anglophone popular culture from the American Revolution through the Napoleonic Wars, appearing in ballads, comic operas, plays, and life writing. Feminist and queer analyses of these figures have largely been celebratory, framing historical military cross-dressers as working-class heroines or important examples of an emerging model of female masculinity. However, these interpretations have yet to acknowledge how these transgressive figures’ claims to subjectivity as representatives of the British military depend upon active participation in the imperial project. These female soldiers’ ability to perform masculinity is contingent upon a narrative and discursive investment in colonialism, violence, and racial hegemony. Using concepts from contemporary decolonial theory as a point of entry into eighteenth- and nineteenth-century popular culture, this article documents how the memoirs of two combat veterans--Hannah Snell and Mary Anne Talbot--serve as early examples of what Jasbir Puar and others describe as “homonationalism.” By repeatedly marking the difference between their own “queerness” and the strangeness of the cisgender women, slaves, and indigenous people they encounter, Snell and Talbot garner legitimacy within the dominant by aligning themselves with masculinity, patriotism, and imperialism. Re-examining these warriors’ self-proclaimed “surprising adventures” within their colonial context reveals an unsettling relationship between queer historicism and the history of imperialism.
Bipolar disorder, Type A behavior, and coronary disease
Creators: name: Contrada, Richard J.
name: Glass, David C.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Bipolar disorder
Depression
Manic-depressive illness
Type A behavior
Coronary heart disease

description: This paper describes a model for integrating two psychological constructs--bipolar disorder and the Type A behavior pattern--each of which has been associated with enhanced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). It highlights similarities between manic/hypomanic behaviors associated with bipolarity and the behaviors observed in Type A individuals. The proposed model conceptualizes Type A behavior as an alternating pattern of coping with challenging and stressful events. Thus, initial coping efforts are manifested as behavioral hyper-reactivity (including mania/hypomania), but this gives way to hypo-reactivity (including helplessness and depression) after repeated failure to assert control and/or attain relevant goals. This alternation of Type A coping patterns resembles the affective and behavioral transitions often seen in bipolar patients. Future research on psychological, epidemiological, and pathophysiological issues concerning CHD should document areas of commonality and independence between bipolarity and Type A behavior. Such studies would benefit from consideration of a model that identifies psychosocial dimensions common to Type A, mania/hypomania, and depression.
Crowdsourcing: What is it and how does it create value? An exploratory study
Creators: name: Wilson, Kathleen
name: Bhakoo, Vikram
name: Samson, Daniel
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This study seeks to examine the phenomenon and value creation potential of crowdsourcing in the light of recent strategic management literature. A theory building approach is used with seven case studies of crowdsourcing firms. Findings illustrate the phenomenon of crowdsourcing and how value is created. Findings indicate that three dimension are important. The first dimension is that businesses entirely based on crowdsourcing are new, unique and disruptive. The second dimension is that crowdsourcing businesses must attract clients and large crowds who willingly participate anytime and anywhere. The third dimension is crowdsourcing creates value for the firm providing tangible value benefits for clients and crowd. Crowdsourcing is conceived as an activity system with business model design elements. We articulate the contribution in terms of the degree to which sources of value in crowdsourcing are embedded (or not) in existing strategic management value creation frameworks and how it creates value.
Applicability of Phase-Function Normalization Techniques for Radiation Transfer Computation
Creators: name: Hunter, Brian
name: Guo, Zhixiong
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Radiation
Computation
Phase Function
Light Transport
Heat Transfer

description: The applicability of recently-developed four phase-function (PF) normalization techniques for modeling radiation transfer in strongly anisotropic scattering media is intensively examined using the discrete-ordinate method. The three simple techniques via normalization of only the forward- and/or backward-scattering directions were shown to reduce normalization complexity whilst retaining diffuse radiation computation accuracy for Henyey-Greenstein (HG) PFs. For Legendre PFs, however, such simple techniques are found to result in unphysical negative PF value at one or few correction direction in some cases. Additionally, negative PF values can occur for these simple techniques for ballistic radiation transfer for both HG and Legendre PF types. If negative-intensity correction is applied, however, radiative heat transfer calculation can still converge regardless of the appearance of negative PF values. The relatively complex Hunter and Guo 2012 technique, in which normalization is realized through a correction matrix covering all discrete directions, is shown to be applicable for diffuse and ballistic radiation for both PF types.
The Balanced Sorting Network
Creators: name: Dowd, M.
name: Saks, Michael
name: Rudolph, L.
name: Perl, Yehoshua
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1983

description: This paper introduces a new sorting network, called the balanced sorting Network, that sorts n items in 0 (f Ig 11]2) time using (021)(Ig n)~ comparators. Although these bounds are comparable to many existing sorting networks, the balanced sorting network possesses some distinct advantages. In particular, its structure is highly regular consisting of a sequence of identical balanced merging networks. We prove that Ig n identical merging networks are both necessary and sufficient to sort n items. We also present an explicit implementation of our network on the shuffle exchange interconnection model in which the directions of the comparitors are all identical and fixed.
A numerical method for the inverse steady state diffusion problem, part II
Creators: name: Richter, Gerard
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 1978

description: The steady state diffusion equation may be written: (1)Va-Vu+aAu=f for the case in which the diffusivity a varies spatially. In contrast to the "forward" problem, a second order elliptic partial differential equation for u, the "inverse" problem is a first order hyperbolic problem, in which one attempts to determine a from an observed solution u produced by a known f.A distinguishing feature of this hyperbolic problem is that its coefficients 7u and Au must be approximated numerically, since normally oRly u would be directly available from experimental data. In [2], we developed a numerical discretization for the inverse problem using a central difference approximation to Au and upwind approximations to Va and Vu, modified so as to produce an explicit scheme in the direction of increasing grid values of u. Implementation of the scheme begins with a sorting of these values, and the discrete solution is then obtained in a pattern determined by the characteristics of the hyperbolic problem for a. It was also shown that the scheme achieves its optimal O(h) convergence Tate in the case where a and u are sufficiently smooth, provided Au is positive throughout the domain. In this paper, we analyze the performance of the same scheme under the assumption that 17ul is bounded away from zero. This assumption guarantees that the characteristics of the inverse problem are everywhere well-defined and nonintersecting, so that the inverse problem is well-set, subject to specification of appropriate boundary values for a. Thus one would expect that the numerical scheme, a consistent discretization that violates no domain of dependence criteria, should perform optimally. However, we find it necessary to impose a condition restricting the number of sign variations in the components If Vu in order to insure that this is the case, the additional condition precludes the possibility of an infinitely meandering "discrete characteristic" as the grid size approaches zero. In our analysis, we use a maximum principle (2) approach similar to that suggested by Godunov and Ryabenki [1] for constant coefficient hyperbolic problems. For the case in which a is known only to be positive, we have no recipe for choosing a forcing function and boundary conditions so as to produce a solution to the forward problem for which Au>O or IVul>O over the entire domain. However, if f is positive, which is achievable in principle, then one may divide (3) the domain into sub domains in which one condition or the other is satisfied, using the positivity of a. Thus we anticipate that by a local patching together of the results in this paper and its predecessor, we shall obtain a continuous dependence result for the inverse problem and a proof of convergence for the numerical scheme in the case where f>O. We defer this to a subsequent paper.
Additional file 3 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. Permutation entropy test. Normalized permutation entropy for 48 hr of data using different values of n, τand window lengths ts in minutes. All figures were also normalized by their respective maximum value. In n = 7 plots, 1-minute window (red) is not considered since the minimum number of data samples to compute h is n!.
The Patron as Producer: Libraries, Web 2.0, and Participatory Culture
Creators: name: Deodato, Joseph
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Libraries
Web 2.0
Participatory culture
Social responsibility

description: Offers a theoretical framework for applying Web 2.0 technologies and design principles to the development of participatory cultures within libraries. A participatory culture is one that focuses on facilitating interaction and the creation of content by users rather than the consumption of content created or compiled by experts.
Disseminating outcomes: A technology-based approach to cost-effectively transitioning newly licensed nurses to practice
Creators: name: Roberts, Michele
name: Gallagher, Kelly
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Transition to Practice

description: In current times of high registered nurse (RN) turnover, many organizations use nurse residency programs (NRP) to support transition to practice for newly graduated nurses (NGNs). Nursing Solutions Inc.1 reported the current United States RN turnover at 22.5%. NRPs have been proven to reduce turnover and help sustain the nursing workforce. However, operationalizing an NRP can be costly considering RN non-productive/productive hours and staff salaries required to support their success. The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN), the state's nursing workforce center, created a statewide NRP as a cost-effective mechanism for assisting NGN transition to practice. The collaborative NRP provides standardized curriculum for NGNs and professional development opportunities for NRP leaders. After implementing this statewide initiative, a need to develop a concise technology-based tool, a dashboard, for visualizing and disseminating data at the organizational, state, and national levels was recognized. Key data points reflected in the dashboard include numbers of NGNs hired, organization and statewide retention rates, and NGN stress levels, and perceptions of support.
Buddhist Pilgrimage and the Ritual Ecology of Sacred Sites in the Indo-Gangetic Region
Creators: name: Geary, David, 1976-
name: Shinde, Kiran
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: In contemporary India and Nepal, Buddhist pilgrimage spaces constitute a ritual ecology. Not only is pilgrimage a form of ritual practice that is central to placemaking and the construction of a Buddhist sacred geography, but the actions of religious adherents at sacred centers also involve a rich and diverse set of ritual observances and performances. Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper examines how the material and corporeal aspects of Buddhist ritual contribute to the distinctive religious sense of place that reinforce the memory of the Buddha’s life and the historical ties to the Indian subcontinent. It is found that at most Buddhist sites, pilgrim groups mostly travel with their own monks, nuns, and guides from their respective countries who facilitate devotion and reside in the monasteries and guest houses affiliated with their national community. Despite the differences across national, cultural–linguistic, and sectarian lines, the ritual practices associated with pilgrimage speak to certain patterns of religious motivation and behavior that contribute to a sense of shared identity that plays an important role in how Buddhists imagine themselves as part of a translocal religion in a globalizing age.
Additional file 5 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5. Example of long-duration events. Seismogram and spectrogram of the vertical component of the record for each type of event. See Additional file 6 for details of these events.
Additional file 7 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Noise bursts occurrence and average wind speed comparison. Comparison between average energy of noise bursts and the average wind speed. The data, provided by the AIC, was recorded by a meteorological station 3.5 km NW from the seismic station.
Isolation and characterisation of cellulolytic microorganisms for oil palm (Elaeis Guineensis) waste management: Effective composting of empty fruit bunches for sustainable crop cultivation
Creators: name: Kho, Mertensia Kia Chen
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The purpose of this research was to identify local microbes from Sarawak soil capable of degrading oil palm waste that has become an environmental hazard, through composting. The compost produced can be implemented back into the oil palm plantation that in return, reduces usage of costly chemical fertiliser. Furthermore, chemical fertilizer used to cultivate these oil palms could be an environmental impact and may pollute the environment. The results from this research has shown that the local microbes found could potentially be used in composting oil palm waste into compost as an alternative fertilizer for use in oil palm cultivation.
Additional file 8 of On data reduction methods for volcanic tremor characterization: the 2012 eruption of Copahue volcano, Southern Andes
Creators: name: Melchor, Ivan
name: Almendros, Javier
name: Carniel, Roberto
name: Konstantinou, Kostas I.
name: Hantusch, Marcia
name: Caselli, Alberto
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 8. Comparison of the 52 long-duration events (detailed). Detailed comparison of the characteristics of the 52 long-duration events. The dashed line in the permutation entropy depicts its background level.