cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Particle decay branching ratios for states of astrophysical importance in 19Ne
Creators: name: Visser, D. W.
name: Caggiano, J. A.
name: Lewis, R.
name: Handler, W. B.
name: Parikh, A.
name: Parker, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have measured proton and alpha-particle branching ratios of excited states in 19Ne formed using the 19F(3He,t) reaction at a beam energy of 25 MeV. These ratios have a large impact on the astrophysical reaction rates of 15O(alpha,gamma), 18F(p,gamma) and 18F(p,alpha), which are of interest in understanding energy generation in x-ray bursts and in interpreting anticipated gamma-ray observations of novae. We detect decay protons and alpha-particles using a silicon detector array in coincidence with tritons measured in the focal plane detector of our Enge split-pole spectrograph. The silicon array consists of five strip detectors of the type used in the Louvain-Edinburgh Detector Array, subtending angles from 130 degrees to 165 degrees with approximately 14% lab efficiency. The correlation angular distributions give additional confidence in some prior spin-parity assignments that were based on gamma branchings. We measure Gamma_p/Gamma=0.387+-0.016 for the 665 keV proton resonance, which agrees well with the direct measurement of Bardayan et al.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables. Prepared using RevTex 4 and BibTex. Further minor revisions, incl. fig. 1 font size increase, 1 table removal, and minor changes to the text
INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AGENTS: FROM CLINICAL TRIAL TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Creators: name: Silva, Rufino Martins
name: Marques, João Pedro
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: Intravitreal delivery bypasses the blood-retinal barrier, leading to a higher intraocular drug concentration for a longer period of time, while lessening the systemic toxicity. A wide variety of intravitreal pharmacological agents has been used: anti-infective (antibiotic, antifungal, and antiviral), anti-inflammatory (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, steroids and immunomodulators), anticancer agents, gas, anti-vascular endothelium growth factor (VEGF), among others1. Over the last decade, intravitreal corticosteroids and/or anti-VEGF have become the therapeutic backbone of several retinal disorders, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinal vein occlusions (RVO) and myopic neovascularization. Industry supported clinical research has helped propelling several drugs with encouraging visual and anatomic outcomes. With numerous novel therapies currently being investigated in clinical trials, the number of available drugs will likely continue to rise. High-quality imaging and the application of pharmacogenomic principles are probably guiding future therapies that through a comprehensive approach will hopefully meet the patients’ needs and expectations. We should keep in mind that everyday clinical practice differs greatly from a clinical trial setting and this inevitably affects the treatment results. The dependence on the center’s resources (public or private) and agenda may delay the beginning of treatment, the interval between injections, between evaluations and injections (when performed separately), and even follow-up appointments. This usually leads to poorer than expected visual outcomes, patient dissatisfaction and physician frustration. Lack of patient motivation directly disturbs compliance and a vicious circle ensues. In order to provide the best possible treatment to our patients in a clinical setting, a balance between cost, effectiveness, compliance and agenda needs to be found. The purpose of this paper is (1) to review the available drugs for intravitreal use, (2) to explore their approved indications and off-label use in the management of retinal diseases and (3) to present the treatment protocols currently being used at the Retinal Department of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 2 (2015)
Phakic Intraocular lens- a review
Creators: name: Cruz, Francisco Miguel
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: Introduction: Intraocular refractive procedures with the implantation of a Phakic Intraocular lens have become a safe efficient and predictable alternative for treating high ametropias when the use of corneal photoablative procedures is not possible. The implantation of Phakic intraocular lens preservs the accomodative function,is a reversable refractive procedure, with minimal induction of higher order aberrations compaed with corneal photoablative procedures. Methods: An analytical review of phakic intraocular lens was performed. Results: Critical issues of phakic intraocular lens indications, ancillary tests, options regading models designs, ranging, sizing , safety matters and surgicak care was discussed. Conclusion: Severl studies have demonstraded that phakic intraocular lens have a good predictability, stability and long term safety
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 1 (2015)
Evading Invasives: How Eurasian Water-Milfoil Effects the Development of Lakefront Properties
Creators: name: Goodenberger, James
name: Klaiber, H. Allen
name: Goodenberger, James
name: Klaiber, H. Allen
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Invasive Species
subject: Housing supply
subject: Hazard model
subject: Milfoil
subject: Lakes

description: Eurasian water-milfoil is an aquatic invasive plant that has moved rapidly through lakes across the United States. Along with being a hazard to local ecosystems, water-milfoil is a nuisance to those who use lakes for recreation, and its presence even lowers the value of lakefront properties. Though its effects can cause great disutility to lake users, no empirical studies have emerged that investigate the impacts that Eurasian water-milfoil, or any other invasive species, have on human behavior. This study investigates the effects of Eurasian water-milfoil on the probability that undeveloped lakefront properties are developed into single-family housing units. Using a comprehensive dataset from the Twin Cities, Minnesota region, a proportional hazards duration model of land conversion is estimated with a number of covariates. It is found that undeveloped parcels of land on lakes invaded by Eurasian water-milfoil are 28% less likely to be developed than their counterparts on non-invaded lakes. These results are just the beginning of a new line of research aimed at the interaction of invasive species and human behavior.
Analysis of Rural Water Pollution Sources of Lushui Reservoir in Hubei Province
Creators: name: LI Lanjing
name: CHEN Mo
name: LI Lanjing
name: CHEN Mo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Water pollution, Environmental assessment, Rural areas, Lushui Reservoir

description: Pollution resulting from increased human activities is threatening the drinking water quality in China. Lushui Reservoir was selected as a typical example to represent polluted drinking water sources with rapid social economic development. This study analyzed the pollution load of Lushui Reservoir from rural areas by estimating the chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen and total phosphorus contributed by domestic sewage, agricultural activity, livestock breeding and aquaculture activity. Results show that the annual chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, total nitrogen and total phosphorus loads in Lushui Reservoir were 180.44, 22.99, 33.15, and 3.99 t, respectively. The highest contribution to pollution load in all four aspects is domestic sewage, which was 89%, 96%, 82%, and 79%, respectively. Therefore, policies for sustainable development in the region should be directed primarily towards a reduction of domestic pollution.
10 anos de experiência no tratamento de retinoblastoma
Creators: name: Santos, Cristina
name: Coutinho, Inês
name: Azevedo, Ana Rita
name: Constantino, Cláudia
name: Pereira, Filomena
name: Sousa, Ana Berta
name: Laranjeira, José
name: Cabral, João
name: Teixeira, Susana
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: Objectivo: Descrever a experiência do Serviço de Oftalmologia do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando da Fonseca no diagnóstico e tratamento de retinoblastoma entre Janeiro de 2004 e Dezembro de 2014. Métodos: Revisão retrospectiva dos processos clínicos e exames complementares de diagnóstico. Resultados: Foram tratados dezasseis doentes no período em estudo, sendo cinco casos bilaterais. O diagnóstico foi estabelecido em média aos 27 meses de idade e a forma de apresentação mais frequente foi leucocória. Dois casos apresentavam história familiar. O tempo médio de seguimento foi de 51,6 meses. Um dos doentes desenvolveu um pineoblastoma, tendo acabado por falecer de complicações relacionadas com a quimioterapia sistémica. De entre as 16 crianças, 11 realizaram quimioterapia sistémica. Nove olhos foram submetidos a enucleação, dois deles após falência da terapêutica conservadora. Os restantes doze olhos foram sujeitos a tratamento conservador, cinco dos quais exclusivamente em Portugal, recorrendo a quimioterapia sistémica, crioterapia e fotocoagulação com LASER. Oito doentes (nove olhos) foram encaminhados para o Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin na Suíça, para complementar a terapêutica realizada. Conclusões: O tratamento do retinoblastoma tem evoluído nos últimos anos. As novas opções para tratamento local, mais eficazes e seguras, têm tornado possível cada vez mais preservar a vida, o órgão e a função. No entanto, para o sucesso terapêutico é fundamental o diagnóstico precoce.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 2 (2015)
Non-Anticommutative Deformations of N=(1,1) Supersymmetric Theories
Creators: name: Ivanov, E. A.
name: Zupnik, B. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss chirality-preserving nilpotent deformations of four-dimensional N=(1,1) Euclidean harmonic superspace and their implications in N=(1,1) supersymmetric gauge and hypermultiplet theories, basically following [hep-th/0308012] and [hep-th/0405049]. For the SO(4) x SU(2) invariant deformation, we present non-anticommutative Euclidean analogs of the N=2 gauge multiplet and hypermultiplet off-shell actions. As a new result, we consider a specific non-anticommutative hypermultiplet model with N=(1,0) supersymmetry. It involves free scalar fields and interacting right-handed spinor fields.
description: Latex file, 15 pages, Submitted to Proceedings of the Seminar ``Classical and Quantum Integrable Systems'' (Dubna, Russia, January 26-29, 2004), v.2 with minor corrections
Retinal angiogenesis arrest in a full term infant with congenital toxoplasmosis
Creators: name: Santos, Cristina
name: Ramalho, Mário
name: Pedrosa, Catarina
name: Coutinho, Inês
name: Ferreira, Marta
name: Brito, Maria João
name: Teixeira, Susana
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: We report the finding of avascular retina in the vicinity of toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis lesions in a full term infant. We postulate that an antiangiogenic stimulus in utero might have interrupted normal retinal vessel growth.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 2 (2015)
A novel hybrid combination optimization algorithm based on search area segmentation and fast Fourier transform
Creators: name: Zhao, Fuqing
name: Yang, Guoqiang
name: Zhang, Yi
name: Lei, Wenchang
name: Ma, Weimin
name: Zhang, Chuck
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biophysics
Space Science
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: A novel hybrid optimization algorithm combining search area segmentation technique and the fast Fourier transform (HSAS/FFT) is presented to solve the numerical optimization problems. Firstly, the spectrum of each dimension of the objective function can be acquired by the FFT. The search space is segmented by using the spectrum to ensure that each subspace is unimodal. Secondly, the population of subspaces is produced and the optimal individual can be obtained by gradient descent algorithm. Finally, the local optimal solution in the optimal subspace is generated by the binary search algorithm. Make the optimal individual the new search space and repeat the process until meeting the termination condition. The proposed HSAS/FFT was tested on the CEC2017 benchmark, which evaluates the performance of the proposed algorithm on solving global optimization problems. Results obtained show that HSAS/FFT has an excellent performance and better convergence speed in comparison with some of the state-of-the-art algorithms.
Beilage
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
Year: 2024

description: Trierer Zeitschrift - Archäologie und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete, Bd. 57 (1994): Trierer Zeitschrift : für Geschichte und Kunst des Trierer Landes und seiner Nachbargebiete
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE FACTORS WHICH AFFECT IT
Creators: name: Noman Qauymi Ibn Abdul Rahman
Publisher: name: Academic research in educational sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: Afghanistan
Globalization Indices
Foreign Direct Investments (Fdi)
Investment
Exchange Rate

description: This research focus the factors affecting (FDI) or foreign direct investment in Afghanistan. In general,this study has focused on the factors affecting direct investments towards developing and underdeveloped countries. The primary goal of this research is to focus and find the factors affecting foreign direct investment inflow to Afghanistan. In this research we focus to the effects of the following factors; indices, gross domestic product, globalization export volume, import volume, and exchange rate of dollar to Afghani. The mentioned factors were determined according to a review of the literature. About the interaction across variables, 3 different regression models were analyzed to examine the effects of those factors on foreign direct investment inflows to Afghanistan. Ordinary Least Squares estimation was employed. According to the report or the analyzed of the integrated model globalization has a statistically key positive effect on foreign direct investment, whereas the GDP has a statistically significant negative effect on foreign direct investment. When we test the effect of gross domestic products andexchange rate (EXC) jointly on foreign direct investment, we find the statistically positive effect of mentioned variables on foreign direct investment. The final results of this research recommend the economy politicians in Afghanistan implement exchange rate policies that promote the foreign direct investment in order to increase the inflow of foreign direct investment to the country.
Two-dimensional antiferroelectric tunnel junction
Creators: name: Ding, Jun
name: Shao, Ding-Fu
name: Li, Ming
name: Wen, Li-Wei
name: Tsymbal, Evgeny Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs), which consist of two metal electrodes separated by a thin ferroelectric barrier, have recently aroused significant interest for technological applications as nanoscale resistive switching devices. So far, most of existing FTJs have been based on perovskite-oxide barrier layers. The recent discovery of the two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals ferroelectric materials opens a new route to realize tunnel junctions with new functionalities and nm-scale dimensions. Due to the weak coupling between the atomic layers in these materials, the relative dipole alignment between them can be controlled by applied voltage. This allows transitions between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric orderings, resulting in significant changes of the electronic structure. Here, we propose to realize 2D antiferroelectric tunnel junctions (AFTJs), which exploit this new functionality, based on bilayer In$_2$X$_3$ (X = S, Se, Te) barriers and different 2D electrodes. Using first-principles density functional theory calculations, we demonstrate that the In$_2$X$_3$ bilayers exhibit stable ferroelectric and antiferroelectric states separated by sizable energy barriers, thus supporting a non-volatile switching between these states. Using quantum-mechanical modeling of the electronic transport, we explore in-plane and out-of-plane tunneling across the In$_2$S$_3$ van der Waals bilayers, and predict giant tunneling electroresistance (TER) effects and multiple non-volatile resistance states driven by ferroelectric-antiferroelectric order transitions. Our proposal opens a new route to realize nanoscale memory devices with ultrahigh storage density using 2D AFTJs.
Surface behaviour of the pairing gap in a slab of nuclear matter
Creators: name: Baldo, M.
name: Farine, M.
name: Lombardo, U.
name: Saperstein, E. E.
name: Schuck, P.
name: Zverev, M. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The surface behaviour of the pairing gap previously studied for semi-infinite nuclear matter is analyzed in the slab geometry. The gap-shape function is calculated in two cases: (a) pairing with the Gogny force in a hard-wall potential and (b) pairing with the separable Paris interaction in a Saxon-Woods mean-field potential. It is shown that the surface features are preserved in the case of slab geometry, being almost independent of the width of the slab. It is also demonstrated that the surface enhancement is strengthened as the absolute value of chemical potential $|μ|$ decreases which simulates the approach to the nucleon drip line.
description: 12 pages, 2 figures
Internal limiting membrane inverted flap technique: a new paradigm in large macular holes surgery
Creators: name: Menezes, Carlos
name: Lemos, José Alberto
name: Carvalho, Rui
name: Serino, Josefina
name: Gonçalves, Rita
name: Vieira, Bruna Cardoso
name: Maio, Tiago
name: Tenedório, Paula
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) inverted flap technique (IFT) in large macular hole (MH) surgery. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of eyes of patients with large MHs who underwent vitrectomy with ILM IFT between January 2013 and December 2014, with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Myopic macular holes were excluded. We evaluated best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), hole closure documented by OCT and complications. We compared preoperative and postoperative values. The Wilcoxon test was used for comparing BCVA (p <0.05). Results: 17 eyes of 17 patients with a mean age of 63.24 years were studied. 76.5% of eyes had primary MHs, 11,8% post-vitrectomy and 11,8% post-traumatic. Mean minimum MH diameter was 578,5 ± 147μm and the mean MH duration was 35,9 months. According to lens status, 47,1% were phakic, 11,8% had cataract and 41,2% were pseudophakic. Concomitant cataract surgery was performed in 47,1% of cases. At the mean follow-up of 7,76 months, closure rate was 100%, with BCVA improving from 1,20 ± 0,48 to 0,68 ± 0,36 logMar units. All patients improved BCVA, with 64,7% gaining two or more Snellen lines of BCVA. Complication rate was 5.6%. Conclusions: ILM IFT is an effective and safe technique in MH surgery. In this study, with large MH, the anatomic success rate was 100% and BCVA improvement was significant.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 2 (2015)
Examining the Physical Conditions of a Warm Corona in Active Galactic Nuclei Accretion Discs
Creators: name: Ballantyne, D. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A warm corona at the surface of an accretion disc has been proposed as a potential location for producing the soft excess commonly observed in the X-ray spectra of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). In order to fit the observed data the gas must be at temperatures of $\sim 1$ keV and have an optical depth of $τ_{\mathrm{T}}\approx 10$--$20$. We present one-dimensional calculations of the physical conditions and emitted spectra of a $τ_{\mathrm{T}}=10$ or $20$ gas layer subject to illumination from an X-ray power-law (from above), a blackbody (from below) and a variable amount of internal heating. The models show that a warm corona with $kT \sim 1$ keV can develop, producing a strong Comptonized soft excess, but only if the internal heating flux is within a relatively narrow range. Similarly, if the gas density of the layer is too large then efficient cooling will stop a warm corona from forming. The radiation from the hard X-ray power-law is crucial in producing a warm corona, indicating that a warm and hot corona may co-exist in AGN accretion discs, and their combined effect leads to the observed soft excess. Intense heating of a warm corona leads to steep X-ray spectra with ionised Fe K$α$ lines, similar to those seen in some narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, accepted by MNRAS
Marinobacter lipolyticus from Red Sea for lipase production and modulation of silver nanomaterials for anti-candidal activities
Creators: name: Oves, M
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 100799 Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: 110303 Clinical Microbiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Microbiology

description: In this study, the bacterial strain CEES 33 was isolated from the coastal area of the Red Sea, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The bacterium isolate was identified and characterized by using biochemical and molecular methods. The isolate CEES 33 has been identified as Gram-negative rod shaped and cream pigmented spherical colonies. It also demonstrated a positive result for nitrate reduction, oxidase, catalase, citrate utilization, lipase and exopolysaccharide production. Strain CEES 33 was characterized at the molecular level by partial 16S rRNA sequencing and it has been identified as Marinobacter lipolyticus (EMBL|LN835275.1). The lipolytic activity of the isolate was also observed 2.105 nkatml−1. Furthermore, the bacterialaqueous extract was used for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), which was further confirmed by UV-visible spectra (430 nm), XRD and SEM analysis. Moreover, the biological functional group that involved in AgNPs synthesis was confirmed by FTIR spectra. The biological activities of AgNPs were also investigated, which showed a significant growth inhibition of Candida albicans with 16 ± 2 mm zone of inhibition at 10 μg dose/wells. Therefore, bacterium Marinobacter lipolyticus might be used in future for lipase production and nanoparticles fabrication for biomedical application, to control fungaldiseases caused by C. albicans.
Optimal birefringence distributions for star test polarimetry
Creators: name: Vella, Anthony
name: Alonso, Miguel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Star test polarimetry is an imaging polarimetry technique in which an element with spatially-varying birefringence is placed in the pupil plane to encode polarization information into the point-spread function (PSF) of an imaging system. In this work, a variational calculation is performed to find the optimal birefringence distribution that effectively encodes polarization information while producing the smallest possible PSF, thus maximizing the resolution for imaging polarimetry. This optimal solution is found to be nearly equivalent to the birefringence distribution that results from a glass window being subjected to three uniformly spaced stress points at its edges, which has been used in previous star test polarimetry setups.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures
ИККИТА ТОҚ ТУБ СОНЛАРНИНГ ЙИҒИНДИСИ КЎРИНИШИДА ИФОДАЛАШ МАСАЛАСИНИНГ МАХСУС ТЎПЛАМИ ҲАҚИДА
Creators: name: Ҳилола Одилжон Қизи Абдусаматова
Publisher: name: Academic research in educational sciences
Year: 2021
Subjects: сонлар
математика
тўплам
натурал сонлар
теорема.

description: Ушбу мақолада иккита тоқ туб сонларнинг йиғиндиси кўринишида ифодалаш масаласининг махсус тўплами ҳақидаги қарашлар қисқача таҳлил қилинади.
qkdSim: An experimenter's simulation toolkit for QKD with imperfections, and its performance analysis with a demonstration of the B92 protocol using heralded photon
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Rishab
name: Joarder, Kaushik
name: Chatterjee, Sourav
name: Sanders, Barry C
name: Sinha, Urbasi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is one of the most important aspects of quantum cryptography. Using laws of quantum mechanics as the basis for security, the key distribution process is made information theoretically secure in QKD. With the advancement and commercialization of QKD, an end-to-end QKD simulation software is required that can include experimental imperfections. Software of this kind will ensure that resources are invested only after prior performance analysis, and is faithful to experimental capacities and limitations. In this work, we introduce our QKD simulation toolkit qkdSim, which is ultimately aimed at being developed into such a software package that can precisely model and analyse any generic QKD protocol. We present the design, implementation and testing of a prototype of qkdSim that can accurately simulate our own experimental demonstration of the B92 protocol. The simulation results match well with experiment; a representative key rate and QBER from experiment is $51 \pm 0.5$ Kbits/sec and $4.79\% \pm 0.01\%$ respectively, wherein the simulation yields $52.83 \pm 0.36$ Kbits/sec and $4.79\% \pm 0.01\%$ respectively.
description: 29 pages
The highest-energy cosmic rays
Creators: name: Cronin, James W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper begins with a pedagogical discussion of the propagation of cosmic rays and the showers produced when a cosmic ray primary hits the upper atmosphere. The paper focusses cosmic rays, with energy > 10^19 eV. Emphasis is placed on the shower properties that are relevant to the detection of cosmic rays by surface arrays and fluorescence telescopes. The two major experiments, AGASA and HiRes are described in some detail. Then the experimental results are reviewed. It is no surprise that more data will be needed. But it is also true that improved analysis and further data from HiRes can make significant improvements in the experimental situation.
description: 43 pages, 38 figures, Taup 2003 proceedings
Marinobacter lipolyticus from Red Sea for lipase production and modulation of silver nanomaterials for anti-candidal activities
Creators: name: Oves, M
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 100799 Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: 110303 Clinical Microbiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Microbiology

description: In this study, the bacterial strain CEES 33 was isolated from the coastal area of the Red Sea, Jeddah, Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia. The bacterium isolate was identified and characterized by using biochemical and molecular methods. The isolateCEES 33 has been identified as Gram-negative rod shaped and cream pigmented spherical colonies. It also demonstrated apositive result for nitrate reduction, oxidase, catalase, citrate utilization, lipase and exopolysaccharide production. Strain CEES33 was characterized at the molecular level by partial 16S rRNA sequencing and it has been identified as Marinobacterlipolyticus (EMBL|LN835275.1). The lipolytic activity of the isolate was also observed 2.105 nkatml−1. Furthermore, the bacterialaqueous extract was used for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), which was further confirmed by UV-visiblespectra (430 nm), XRD and SEM analysis. Moreover, the biological functional group that involved in AgNPs synthesis wasconfirmed by FTIR spectra. The biological activities of AgNPs were also investigated, which showed a significant growthinhibition of Candida albicans with 16 ± 2 mm zone of inhibition at 10 μg dose/wells. Therefore, bacterium Marinobacterlipolyticus might be used in future for lipase production and nanoparticles fabrication for biomedical application, to control fungaldiseases caused by C. albicans.
Bolitophila nana
Creators: name: Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes
name: Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bolitophilidae
Bolitophila
Bolitophila nana

description: Bolitophila nana (Macquart, 1826)
 Macrocera nana Macquart, 1826: 54 (original description).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Northern France.
TYPE WITH LABELS. — (1) Handwritten on white paper: “160”; (2) handwritten on white paper: “ France | Nord | Macquart”; (3) printed on red paper: “ TYPE ”; (4) handwritten on white paper: “ Macrocera | nana”.
PRESERVATION. — Pinned exemplar, very damaged, with a wing and an undetermined leg glued on the paper rectangle. Missing parts: abdomen and one wing.
REMARKS
 As pointed out by Bechev & Chandler (2011), Bolitophila nana is a nomem dubium, as the type of Macrocera nana is an unidentifiable Bolitophila species. According with these authors, the type is likely to be in Macquart’s collection in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle de la ville de Lille (MHNL), Lille, France, but this has not been confirmed. The authors visited the MNHN collection and the type is allocated in this collection.
 Regarding to Bolitophilidae collection, the type of Bolitophila (Bolitophila) cinerea Meigen, 1818, should be allocated at MNHN. During the visit to the collection, the authors did not find the type so, as mentioned by Bechev & Chandler (2011), the type probably is lost. Moreover, there are specimens of B. (Bolitophila) austriaca (Mayer, 1950) and B. (Cliopisa) bispinosa Mayer, 1951 in the collection, but both the holotypes are deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna(NMW) (Bechev & Chandler 2011). The specimens from MNHN have red labels printed with the term “ allotype ”, determined by Matile (specifically for B. (Bolitophila) austriaca see Matile 1976). As additional namebearing type material can never be added after the original description and the term “ allotype ” just may be used to indicate a specimen of opposite sex to the holotype, no name-bearing function (ICZN 1999: 72A), these specimens were not considered here.
description: Published as part of Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes & Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, 2012, A catalogue of the types of Bolitophilidae and Ditomyiidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha) in the collection of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, pp. 521-524 in Zoosystema 34 (3) on page 522, DOI: 10.5252/z2012n3a2, http://zenodo.org/record/5165676
Orofacial Esthetic Scale and Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire: development and psychometric properties of the Finnish version
Creators: name: Campos, Lucas Arrais
name: Kämäräinen, Minna
name: Anna-Sofia Silvola
name: Marôco, João
name: Peltomäki, Timo
name: Campos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: To develop the Finnish version of the Orofacial Esthetic Scale (OES-Fi) and the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire (PIDAQ-Fi) and estimate the psychometric properties of these instruments applied to adult Finns. The English versions of the instruments were translated into Finnish and back-translated. Thereafter, OES-Fi and PIDAQ-Fi were established in a pilot study. The factorial validity was estimated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFI, TLI, SRMR) in independent samples (Test and Validation samples). The measurement invariance of the factorial models was tested using multigroup analysis (ΔCFI). Convergent validity [Average Variance Extracted (AVE)] and reliability [Composite Reliability (CR) and α] were estimated. A total of 3636 individuals [mean age = 32.0 (SD = 11.6) years, 75% women] participated in the study. After refinements, the factorial model of the instruments showed an adequate fit to the data (CFI ≥0.94, TLI ≥0.90, SRMR ≤0.07) and showed measurement invariance in two independent samples (|ΔCFI| <0.01). Convergent validity (AVE = 0.54–0.82) and reliability (α = 0.86–0.94) were adequate. The data obtained using OES-Fi and PIDAQ-Fi were valid and reliable. Thus, these instruments could be useful for evaluating individual satisfaction with orofacial appearance and the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics in a clinical or research setting.
Self focusing Hybrid Skyrmions in spatially varying canted ferromagnetic systems
Creators: name: Vakili, Hamed
name: Xie, Yunkun
name: Ghosh, Avik W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic skyrmions are quasiparticle configurations in a magnetic film that can act as information carrying bits for ultrasmall, all-electronic nonvolatile memory. The skyrmions can be nucleated and driven by spin-orbit torque from a current driven in a heavy metal underlayer. Along its gyrotropic path, a Magnus force can cause a skyrmion to be annihilated at the boundaries. By combining interfacial and bulk Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions (DMIs), for instance by using a B20 material on top of a heavy metal layer with high spin-orbit coupling, it is possible to engineer a hybrid skyrmion that will travel parallel to the racetrack with zero Magnus force. We show that by using a spatially varying interfacial DMI, a hybrid skyrmion will automatically self-focus onto such a track as its domain angle evolves along the path. Furthermore, using a gate driven voltage controlled magnetic anisotropy, we can control the trajectory of the hybrid skyrmion and its eventual convergence path and lane selection in a racetrack geometry.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Dynamic Stripes and Resonance in the Superconducting and Normal Phases of YBa2Cu3O6.5 Ortho-II Superconductor
Creators: name: Stock, C.
name: Buyers, W. J. L.
name: Liang, R.
name: Peets, D.
name: Tun, Z.
name: Bonn, D.
name: Hardy, W. N.
name: Birgeneau, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the relation between spin fluctuations and superconductivity in a highly-ordered sample of YBaCu3O6.5 using both polarized and unpolarized neutron inelastic scattering. The spin susceptibility in the superconducting phase exhibits one-dimensional incommensurate modulations at low-energies, consistent with hydrodynamic stripes. With increasing energy the susceptibility curves upward to a commensurate, intense, well-defined and asymmetric resonance at 33 meV with a precipitous high-energy cutoff. In the normal phase, which we show is gapless, the resonance remains surprisingly strong and persists clearly in Q scans and energy scans. Its similar asymmetric spectral form above Tc=59 K suggests that incoherent superconducting pairing fluctuations are present in the normal state. On cooling, the resonance and the stripe modulations grow in well above Tc below a temperature that is comparable to the pseudogap temperature where suppression occurs in local and low-momentum properties. The spectral weight that accrues to the resonance is largely acquired by transfer from suppressed low-energy fluctuations. We find the resonance to be isotropically polarized, consistent with a triplet carrying ~2.6% of the total spectral weight of the Cu spins in the planes.
description: 23 pages, 25 figures, submitted to PRB July 8, 2003, accepted October 24, 2003. Fig 24 (resonance integral v. Tc) changed and other updates
MIOPIA PATOLÓGICA – novos conceitos e achados OCT
Creators: name: Trincão, Francisco
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: A miopia patológica é uma causa importante de cegueira, com prevalência crescente nos países desenvolvidos e em idades progressivamente mais jovens. É-lhe tradicionalmente atribuída uma forte componente genética, reconhecendo-se hoje fatores ambientais que podem limitar a sua progressão. Embora em muitos casos o agravamento da acuidade visual fosse atribuído à presença de neovascularização coroideia, descolamento de retina ou desenvolvimento de buraco macular, noutros esta progressão permanece por explicar. Novas técnicas de tomografia por coerência óptica permitiram recentemente a descoberta de entidades patológicas relacionadas com a maculopatia miópica, que abrem portas ao avanço na compreensão fisiopatológica da doença e na sua abordagem terapêutica, particularmente cirúrgica. Salientam-se os fenómenos de foveosquisis miópica, cavitação intracoroideia, tração vítrea paravascular (com formação de quistos, micropregas e defeitos lamelares) e fenómenos de distorção macular que revemos neste trabalho.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 2 (2015)
Association between periodontal disease and inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Lorenzo-Pouso, Alejandro I.
name: Castelo-Baz, Pablo
name: Rodriguez-Zorrilla, Samuel
name: Pérez-Sayáns, Mario
name: Vega, Pablo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the association between periodontal disease (PD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and its two major forms Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). We searched articles in PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, and LILACS published until March 2020. Observational studies evaluating the coexistence of PD in IBD and reported values of clinical periodontal parameters, or radiographic bone loss; and IBD diagnosis established by clinical, radiological, endoscopic and histological criteria were deemed eligible. A total of 9 studies were included (33,216 individuals). Only one study reported longitudinal data on IBDs onset in patients with PD. Several case-control studies reported coexistence. Meta-analysis showed that the presence of PD was associated with IBD (2.78 [95%CI 1.36–5.69]). PD was strongly associated both with CD (3.41 [95%CI 1.36–8.56]) and UC (3.98 [95%CI 2.02–7.87]). This review presents clear evidence for an association between PD and IBDs. Future studies should avoid non-longitudinal designs and focus on addressing direction. PD screening may be included in the multidisciplinary management of IBD patients. The mere theoretical possibility that PD may predispose to IBDs may be of key significance due to the rising incidence of diseases.
Anomalous Phase Dynamics of Driven Graphene Josephson Junctions
Creators: name: Kalantre, S. S.
name: Yu, F.
name: Wei, M. T.
name: Watanabe, K.
name: Taniguchi, T.
name: Hernandez-Rivera, M.
name: Amet, F.
name: Williams, J. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Josephson junctions with weak-links of exotic materials allow the elucidation of the Josephson effect in previously unexplored regimes. Further, such devices offer a direct probe of novel material properties, for example in the search for Majorana fermions. In this work, we report on DC and AC Josephson effect of high-mobility, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) encapsulated graphene Josephson junctions. On the application of RF radiation, we measure phase-locked Shapiro steps. An unexpected bistability between $\pm 1$ steps is observed with switching times on the order of seconds. A critical scaling of a bistable state is measured directly from the switching time, allowing for direct comparison to numerical simulations. We show such intermittent chaotic behavior is a consequence of the nonlinear dynamics of the junction and has a sensitive dependence on the current-phase relation. This work draws connections between nonlinear phenomena in dynamical systems and their implications for ongoing condensed matter experiments exploring topology and exotic physics.
MOESM1 of Exploring patient experiences with and attitudes towards hypertension at a private hospital in Uganda: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Lynch, Hayley
name: Green, Aliza
name: Nanyonga, Rose Clarke
name: Gadikota-Klumpers, Darinka
name: Squires, Allison
name: Schwartz, Jeremy
name: Heller, David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplemental Material: Patient Interview Guide.
On the finite-size behavior of systems with asymptotically large critical shift
Creators: name: Dantchev, Daniel M.
name: Brankov, Jordan G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exact results of the finite-size behavior of the susceptibility in three-dimensional mean spherical model films under Dirichlet-Dirichlet, Dirichlet-Neumann and Neumann-Neumann boundary conditions are presented. The corresponding scaling functions are explicitly derived and their asymptotics close to, above and below the bulk critical temperature $T_c$ are obtained. The results can be incorporated in the framework of the finite-size scaling theory where the exponent $λ$ characterizing the shift of the finite-size critical temperature with respect to $T_c$ is smaller than $1/ν$, with $ν$ being the critical exponent of the bulk correlation length.
description: 24 pages, latex
Response Functions in Phase Ordering Kinetics
Creators: name: Mazenko, Gene F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the behavior of response functions in phase ordering kinetics within the perturbation theory approach developed earlier. At zeroth order the results agree with previous gaussian theory calculations. At second order the nonequilibrium exponents λand λ_{R} are changed but remain equal.
description: 29 pages
Nervijuncta evenhuisi Matile 1988
Creators: name: Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes
name: Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ditomyiidae
Nervijuncta
Nervijuncta evenhuisi

description: Nervijuncta evenhuisi Matile, 1988
 Nervijuncta evenhuisi Matile, 1988: 140 (original description), 138, fig. 3 (male terminalia).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Mont Koghi, New Caledonia.
 PARATYPE MALE WITH LABELS. — (1) printed on white paper: “ NEW CALEDONIA: | Mt. Koghi, 500 m | 2.XII.1963 ”; (2) printed on white paper: “ R. Straatman | Malaise trap | BISHOP [Bishop Museum]; (3) printed on red paper: “ PARATYPE ”; (4) printed with handwritten inscriptions on white paper: “ Nervijuncta | evenhuisi n. sp. | ♂ paratype | L. Matile det. 19 88 ”.
PRESERVATION. — Pinned exemplar.
description: Published as part of Falaschi, Rafaela Lopes & Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira, 2012, A catalogue of the types of Bolitophilidae and Ditomyiidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha) in the collection of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, pp. 521-524 in Zoosystema 34 (3) on page 523, DOI: 10.5252/z2012n3a2, http://zenodo.org/record/5165676
Applications of canonical quantum gravity to cosmology
Creators: name: Gerhardt, Claus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 83, 83C, 83C45

description: We apply quantum gravitational results to spatially unbounded Friedmann universes and try to answer some questions related to dark energy, dark matter, inflation and the missing antimatter.
description: 17 pages
TÉCNICA DE PELAGEM DA MEMBRANA LIMITANTE INTERNA COM FLAP INVERTIDO NOS BURACOS MACULARES - A NOSSA EXPERIÊNCIA
Creators: name: Dias, David
Publisher: name: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
Year: 2015

description: Objetivos: Análise dos resultados anatómicos e funcionais da técnica de pelagem da membrana limitante interna (MLI) com flap invertido nos buracos maculares. Material e métodos: Estudo retrospetivo não comparativo de 40 buracos maculares de 39 doentes submetidos a vitrectomia com a técnica de pelagem da MLI com flap invertido e tamponamento com gás, entre Julho 2009 e Julho de 2014, no serviço de Oftalmologia do Centro Hospitalar do Porto. Foram registados os seguintes parâmetros: dados epidemiológicos, estado fáquico, etiologia, duração dos sintomas, diâmetro mínimo dos buracos maculares, melhor acuidade visual corrigida (pré e pós-operatória), taxa de encerramento e complicações per e pós-operatórias. Resultados: Antes da cirurgia, 57.5% (23) dos olhos eram fáquicos sendo os restantes pseudofáquicos. Relativamente à etiologia: 75% (30) dos casos eram primários, 17.5% (7) ocorreram após vitrectomia prévia por descolamento de retina e 7.5% (3) estavam associados a alta miopia, tendo-se registado uma duração média da sintomatologia de 23 meses (entre 1 e 140 meses). A média do diâmetro mínimo dos buracos maculares analisados foi de 533 µm (entre 282 µm e 878 µm) e a melhor acuidade visual corrigida média pré-operatória foi de 0.088. A taxa de encerramento dos buracos maculares foi de 100%, com um caso de encerramento em flat-open. Observou-se uma melhoria da acuidade visual para 0.36. Conclusões: A técnica de pelagem da membrana limitante interna com flap invertido permite obter uma elevada taxa de encerramento dos buracos maculares com ganho significativo da acuidade visual, independentemente da longa duração e do tamanho.
description: Revista Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Vol. 39 N.º 3 (2015)