cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Description of the RHIC p_T-spectra in a thermal model with expansion
Creators: name: Broniowski, Wojciech
name: Florkowski, Wojciech
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The assumption of simultaneous chemical and thermal freeze-outs of the hadron gas leads to a surprisingly accurate, albeit entirely conventional, explanation of the recently-measured RHIC pT spectra. The original thermal spectra are supplied with secondaries from decays of all resonances, and subsequently folded with a suitably parameterized expansion involving longitudinal and transverse flow. The predictions of this thermal approach, with various parametrizations for the expansion, are in a striking quantitative agreement with the data in the whole available range of 0 < pT < 3.5GeV.
description: Published version, minor changes (revtex, 6 pages, 2 figures)
KaSI: a Ka-band and S-band Cross-track Interferometer
Creators: name: Ruiz Carregal, Gerard
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: A dual-frequency system is needed to better understand natural processes that constitute the environment and seasonal cycles of the Earth. A system working at two different wavelengths acquiring data simultaneously will give a valuable dataset since the conditions on the ground will be exactly the same. Hence, elements such as wind, soil moisture or any other changes on the ground will not interfere in the mea- surements. This thesis explains how an S-band radar was built and tested. Moreover, the experiments done with a Ka-band radar used as a scatterometer are explained as well as the data processing and analysis. Finally, the two systems are used to get dual-frequency measurements from an airborne platform. The dual-frequency data is explored, showing the differences in normalized radar cross-section between frequencies and discussing the interferometric measurements.
MOESM1 of Prospective trial examining safety and efficacy of microcurrent stimulation for the treatment of sinus pain and congestion
Creators: name: Goldsobel, Alan
name: Niveditha Prabhakar
name: Gurfein, Blake
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Daily microcurrent treatment reduces composite sinus pain score over 4 weeks. Numeric rating scale for pain was collected weekly including current pain and best, worst, and average pain over the previous week. A composite pain score was calculated by adding all four pain scales at each time point measured. Compared to before treatment, mean composite numeric rating scale for pain scores were significantly reduced at all time points measured (a). Mean difference in current pain score from before treatment peaked at − 10.1 points at week four (b). Data represented as mean ± SEM. ***p
cDNA SEQUENCES OF THE CAPRINE GAMMA DELTA T CELL HYBRID CO-RECEPTOR AND PATHOGEN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR WC1 MULTIGENE FAMILY
Creators: name: Solangi, Maria
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: Workshop cluster 1 (WC1) molecules are exclusively expressed on the surface of gamma delta T cells and act as co-receptors and bind pathogens thus also functioning as pattern recognition receptors. The aim was to obtain cDNA evidence to support the recent caprine genome annotation of the WC1 multigene family conducted by a colleague. To get cDNA sequences three strategies were used. Strategy 'I' was used to obtain three clones that corresponded to WC1 SRCR domain d9 through the intracytoplasmic tail sequence. Strategy 'II' was used to obtain 6 clones. A PCR was conducted using SRCR domain b7 through the intracytoplasmic tail sequence. A third strategy obtained full-length WC1 transcripts. The three sequences that extended from SRCR domain d9 to the intracytoplasmic tail matched closely with predicted goat Gene 1 or 14. Another 3 sequences that extended from the SRCR b7 domain through SRCR domain d11 or through the intracytoplasmic tail matched with the predicted Genes 1, 2 and 14, respectively. Two additional full-length cDNA clones CH-MA-03 and 41 were completely sequenced in stages which involved a PCR amplication of the internal domains to complete the sequencing. The a1 domain of CH-MA41 was 100% similar to the annotated and predicted Gene 4 while CH-MA03 also was closest to Gene 4 with a 99% similarity. However, the intracytoplasmic tail sequence of these two cDNA clones was a Type II tail while Gene 4 had a Type I tail. Because of this difference in tails these two cDNA clones had a greater overall similarity with Genes 7 and 15 which had Type II tails. These results suggest that the genome assembly may have errors.
Economic Models and Development Patterns in Latin America
Creators: name: Montenegro, Diego
name: Montenegro, Diego
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agribusiness
International Development
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: In this article, the author suggests that it is time for the countries to return to the drawing board to construct new paradigms with multidimensional approaches and the economic, political, social, educational and environmental practices required to ensure economic growth, especially in the developing nations. He points to the disconnect between the economic models currently employed in the hemisphere and the dominant development patterns in the Latin American countries, which in many cases are incongruous. He argues that the governments of the region and their institutions, specialized agencies and universities should continue to facilitate opportunities for the study and discussion of the need for the gradual transformation of the countries’ development patterns, adopting a creative and systematic approach. Agriculture has a key role to play in this process, not only by supplying more and better food, but also by generating a broader, more diversified base of production and employment and innovative rural initiatives, based on knowledge, technology and value-added
SUSY effects on the exclusive semi-leptonic decays $B \to πτ^+ τ^-$ and $B \to ρτ^+ τ^-$
Creators: name: Choudhury, S. Rai
name: Gaur, Naveen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the polarization asymmetries of the final state lepton in the radiative dileptonic decay of B meson (\bsllg) in the framework of Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) and various other unified models within the framework of MSSM e.g. mSUGRA, SUGRA (where condition of universality of scalar masses is relaxed) etc. Lepton polarization, in addition of having a longitudinal component (\pl), can have two other components, \pt and \pn, lying in and perpendicular to the decay plane, which are proportional to \ml and hence are significant for final state being $μ^+ ~ μ^-$ or $τ^+ \~τ^-$. We analyse the dependence of these polarization asymmetries on the parameters of the various models.
description: version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D. Few refrences and two tables added
The reliability of the low-latency estimation of binary neutron star chirp mass
Creators: name: Biscoveanu, Sylvia
name: Vitale, Salvatore
name: Haster, Carl-Johan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The LIGO and Virgo Collaborations currently conduct searches for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences in real-time. For promising candidate events, a sky map and distance estimation are released in low-latency, to facilitate their electromagnetic follow-up. Currently, no information is released about the masses of the compact objects. Recently, Margalit and Metzger (2019) have suggested that knowledge of the chirp mass of the detected binary neutron stars could be useful to prioritize the electromagnetic follow-up effort, and have urged the LIGO-Virgo collaboration to release chirp mass information in low-latency. One might worry that low-latency searches for compact binaries make simplifying assumptions that could introduce biases in the mass parameters: neutron stars are treated as point particles with dimensionless spins below $0.05$ and perfectly aligned with the orbital angular momentum. Furthermore, the template bank used to search for them has a finite resolution. In this paper we show that none of these limitations can introduce chirp mass biases larger than $\sim 10^{-3}~M_\odot$. Even the total mass is usually accurately estimated, with biases smaller than 6%. The mass ratio and effective inspiral spins, on the other hand, can suffer from more severe biases.
Indoor Navigation For The Blind And Visually Impaired: Validation And Training Methodology Using Virtual Reality
Creators: name: Wang, Sili
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: In this thesis we propose a navigation instruction validation tool and an user training tool for PERCEPT system.
The validation tool evaluates the navigation instructions using a virtual reality environment by ensuring that each path in the virtual environment can be traversed by following the navigation instructions. This validation tool will serve as a first automatic validation of navigation instructions prior to testing them with blind and visually impaired users.
The user-training tool enables the blind user to explore and get familiar with the real environment by using the virtual environment generated in the Unity3d based game. The user interacts with the game using PERCEPT Smartphone client just like the user would interact in the real environment. Motion in the game is emulated using the keyboard. Motion directions follow the navigation instructions obtained through the Smartphone. This user-training tool will improve the users experience in the real environment by enabling them to explore and learn the environment a-priori to their arrival in the physical space.
Effects of Terrain on Reconstructions of Mobility in Past Populations
Creators: name: Whittey, Erin M
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2016

description: Femoral and tibial diaphyseal geometry has frequently been used to evaluate mobility and other patterns of physical activity in past populations. The high antero-posterior (A-P) to medio-lateral (M-L) bending rigidity ratio (IX/IY) typical of many hunter-gatherer femora, for instance, may reflect mechanical loads associated with long distance travel. The possible confounding effect of physical terrain on lower limb diaphyseal morphology is rarely evaluated. This study investigated the possible effect of terrain on lower limb shape ratios (IX/IY) and bending and torsional strength (ZP) in adult skeletons from Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia, covering a time span from around 30,000 BP to the present. Midshaft femoral and tibial cross-sectional geometric properties for 3515 individuals were gathered from databases kindly provided by researchers. Geographic coordinates were found for each archaeological site. Local terrain for each site was quantified with ArcGIS 10 mapping software using USGS elevation data, and characterized as flat, hilly, or mountainous. Analysis of variance shows significant differences (pP) of both femoral and tibial midshaft among the three terrain categories, with more A-P oriented diaphyseal shapes and greater strength in hilly and mountainous groups, even after correcting for the effect of subsistence on these cross-sectional properties. These results suggest that terrain needs to be taken into account in analyses of lower limb diaphyseal structure and mobility. Latitude and coastal proximity were also investigated as possible biogeographic factors in the morphology of lower limb diaphyses.
Association of Circular RNAs levels in blood and Essential Hypertension with Carotid Plaque
Creators: name: Qian, Haiyan
name: Zhang, Zebo
name: Tao, Zhenbo
name: Xie, Yanqing
name: Yin, Yueqi
name: He, Wenming
name: Zhang, Lina
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: As one of the essential hypertension (EH)-mediated target organ damage, carotid plaque is a crucial subclinical precursor for cardiovascular events. Therefore, it is vital to identify the risk factors and pathogenesis for EH with carotid plaque. Based on our previous microarray analysis, we selected four circRNAs as the candidate circRNAs and detected their expression levels in blood of 192 subjects (64 healthy controls, 64 EH patients, and 64 EH patients with carotid plaque) by qRT-PCR analysis. The regulatory mechanism of circRNAs involved in carotid plaque was predicted by bioinformatics analysis. The level of hsa_circ_0124782 increased significantly and the levels of hsa_circ_0131618 and hsa_circ_0127342 decreased significantly in the EH group and EH with carotid plaque group compared with the control group (P < .05). Functional enrichment analysis showed that three circRNAs might be implicated in pathogenesis for carotid plaque. Our study revealed the relationship between three circRNAs and carotid plaque, suggesting that they may serve as potential biomarkers for EH with carotid plaque.
Tipps und Tricks für das Erstellen und Halten einer wissenschaftlichen Präsentation
Creators: name: Dr. Bernd Röhrig
name: Exner, Anne-Kathrin
name: Dr. Malte Klemmt
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: wissenschaftliche Präsentation
Erstellen eines Vortrages
Halten eines Vortrages
Bedienung Power Point
Tastenkombinationen

description: Die Publikation ,Tipps und Tricks für das Erstellen und Halten einer wissenschaftlichen Präsentation‘ gibt praktische Hinweise für die Gestaltung der Folien und das souveräne Halten eines Vortrages vor einem Fachpublikum.
New Realities, New paradigms: The New Agricultural Revolution
Creators: name: Barrera, Arturo
name: Barrera, Arturo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy

description: World agriculture is undergoing a transition to a new technological paradigm very different from that of the green revolution. The development of this new paradigm is being driven by the ongoing “bio”, “info” and “nano” revolutions, and the new demands of society and the markets. The agricultural revolution of the 21st century is deeper and more far-reaching than previous ones: it is an organizational revolution of knowledge management and of convergences between technologies. One of the effects of this new agricultural revolution is a notable increase in the sector’s potential to create wealth. This article is intended to contribute to the characterization of the new paradigm of agricultural technological development and the type of agriculture that is taking shape.
Supplementary document for Large microresonator-assisted optical-parametric amplification at ultra-low pump powers - 6301732.pdf
Creators: name: Zhao, Yun
name: Jang, Jae
name: Ji, Xingchen
name: Okawachi, Yoshitomo
name: Lipson, Michal
name: Gaeta, Alexander
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Section
Comparison of temperature and doping dependence of nematic susceptibility near a putative nematic quantum critical point
Creators: name: Palmstrom, J. C.
name: Walmsley, P.
name: Straquadine, J. A. W.
name: Sorensen, M. E.
name: Hannahs, S. T.
name: Burns, D. H.
name: Fisher, I. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strong electronic nematic fluctuations have been discovered near optimal doping for several families of Fe-based superconductors, motivating the search for a possible link between these fluctuations, nematic quantum criticality, and high temperature superconductivity. Here we probe a key prediction of quantum criticality, namely power law dependence of the associated nematic susceptibility as a function of composition and temperature approaching the compositionally-tuned putative quantum critical point. To probe the 'bare' quantum critical point requires suppression of the superconducting state, which we achieve by using large magnetic fields, up to 45 T, while performing elastoresistivity measurements to follow the nematic susceptibility. We performed these measurements for the prototypical electron-doped pnictide, Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$, over a dense comb of dopings. We find that close to the putative quantum critical point, the nematic susceptibility appears to obey power law behavior over almost a decade of variation in composition, consistent with basic notions of nematic quantum criticality. Paradoxically, however, we also find that the temperature dependence for compositions close to the critical value cannot be described by a single power law. This is surprising as power law scaling in both doping and temperature is expected close to a quantum critical point.
Investigating the Utilization of Mushrooms in Beef-Based Products for Improved Health
Creators: name: Wong, Kristin
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: This research investigated the use of mushrooms in beef-based products as a means to reduce overall sodium and fat for food service applications. Initial product development used physical characterization analysis (color, moisture, texture, yield, fat, and sodium) to determine initial threshold of mushroom inclusion with minimal differences against an all-meat control. Additional physical analysis then investigated a variety of other factors (mushroom type, blanching, mushroom particle size, salt level, and meat/fat blend) to determine if there were other attributing ingredient characteristics that would yield statistical similarity to the all-meat control. Taco filling formulations with optimized ingredients were then fielded in a hedonic sensory study to untrained consumers to evaluate attributes product (overall liking, aroma, color, flavor, juiciness, saltiness, and texture). Samples with liking scores that closely matched the control where then fielded in paired preference tests to determine acceptance using patrons from the UMass Dining Commons. Based on physical property assessments, an optimized taco filling formulation containing up to 45% un-blanched, white button mushrooms finely chopped (1 to 5 mm) maximized mushroom usage while minimizing differences from the all-meat control. Furthermore, consumers preferred a reduced sodium taco filling containing 45% mushroom over a full sodium taco filling also containing 45% mushroom in a food service fielded paired preference sensory test.
The second part of this research investigated the use of mushrooms in burger patties in direct comparison to textured soy protein, which is a well established and used meat extender in the industry, specifically in reduced sodium applications. Again, initial product development used physical characterization analysis to determine initial thresholds of meat extender inclusion with minimal differences against an all-meat control. Optimized patty formulations were then fielded in two hedonic sensory studies to identify favorable meat extenders and concentrations of supplementation in full and reduced sodium patties. Results from the hedonic study showed that reduced sodium meat products extended with mushroom can be equally liked to all-meat full sodium counterparts. The findings from this research showed how mushroom has the potential to be successfully incorporated into meat products to lower sodium and fat without compromising consumer expectation and altering acceptance.
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Wild Tomato Species during Fruit Development
Creators: name: Zhanayeva, Altynay
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2017

description: Fleshy fruits in different species can display large variation in color. A link between fruit color and seed dispersal success is suggested by previous studies showing that high intensity of fruit color increases the visitation rate in seed-dispersing birds. Wild tomato species (Solanum spp.) are excellent model organisms for research on genetic basis of differential fruit color development during the ripening process. Despite polymorphism in fruit color, all tomato species have yellow flowers due to accumulation of carotenoid pigments, which suggests that the carotenoid pathway is intact. Thus, regulatory changes controlling enzymes activity during fruit maturation are likely to have played a role in fruit color evolution. Our transcriptome analysis of wild tomato species revealed that differences in cyc-b and crtr-b2 expression could explain the diversity of fruit color. Additionally, co-expression analysis elucidated regulators of the carotenoid pathway. Combined with Sanger sequencing of carotenoid pathway genes, we identified genes that may underlie differences in fruit color during tomato evolution.
InSituNet: Deep Image Synthesis for Parameter Space Exploration of Ensemble Simulations
Creators: name: He, Wenbin
name: Wang, Junpeng
name: Guo, Hanqi
name: Wang, Ko-Chih
name: Shen, Han-Wei
name: Raj, Mukund
name: Nashed, Youssef S. G.
name: Peterka, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose InSituNet, a deep learning based surrogate model to support parameter space exploration for ensemble simulations that are visualized in situ. In situ visualization, generating visualizations at simulation time, is becoming prevalent in handling large-scale simulations because of the I/O and storage constraints. However, in situ visualization approaches limit the flexibility of post-hoc exploration because the raw simulation data are no longer available. Although multiple image-based approaches have been proposed to mitigate this limitation, those approaches lack the ability to explore the simulation parameters. Our approach allows flexible exploration of parameter space for large-scale ensemble simulations by taking advantage of the recent advances in deep learning. Specifically, we design InSituNet as a convolutional regression model to learn the mapping from the simulation and visualization parameters to the visualization results. With the trained model, users can generate new images for different simulation parameters under various visualization settings, which enables in-depth analysis of the underlying ensemble simulations. We demonstrate the effectiveness of InSituNet in combustion, cosmology, and ocean simulations through quantitative and qualitative evaluations.
Recent Results of the Majorana Demonstrator Experiment
Creators: name: López-Castaño, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge with two modular arrays of natural and $^{76}$Ge-enriched germanium detectors. It is located at the 4850 level of Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA, and its total mass of germanium detectors is 44.1 kg, of which 29.7 kg is enriched. The analysis of the first 26 kg-yr of data provides an unprecedented energy resolution of 0.13% in the region of interest at 2039 keV and a background level of 15.4 $\pm$ 2.0 counts/(FWHM t yr). It establishes the lower limit of the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay as 2.7 10$^{25}$ yr in 76Ge at 90% CL. This analysis will be summarized here with an emphasis on the energy determination.
description: MEDEX'19 proceedings. Since it was send to AIP, the last reference was published: S. I. Alvis et al. (Majorana Collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 100, 025501
On the category O for rational Cherednik algebras
Creators: name: Ginzburg, Victor
name: Guay, Nicolas
name: Opdam, Eric
name: Rouquier, Raphael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study the category O of representations of the rational Cherednik algebra A attached to a complex reflection group W. We construct an exact functor, called Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov functor, from O to the category of H-modules, where H is the (finite) Iwahori-Hecke algebra associated to W. We prove that the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov functor induces an equivalence between O/O_tor, the quotient of O by the subcategory of A-modules supported on the discriminant and the category of finite-dimensional H-modules. The standard A-modules go, under this equivalence, to certain modules arising in Kazhdan-Lusztig theory of ``cells'', provided W is a Weyl group and the Hecke algebra H has equal parameters. We prove that the category O is equivalent to the module category over a finite dimensional algebra, a generalized "q-Schur algebra" associated to W.
description: 28 pp., LaTeX, final version, to appear in Invent. Math
Agency and Identity in Everyday Literacy Practice of Three Indonesian University EFL Students
Creators: name: AHMAD BUDAIRI
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This project aims to investigate how three Indonesian university students engaged in everyday literacy practices outside of academic context..The data were collected using connective ethnography approach involving semi-structured interviews, reading pro forma, WhatsApp message services, auto recorded phone interviews and emails. The findings revealed that the students' literacy practice mostly occurred in online space such Twitter, Instagram, You tube channel and online gaming. The students' participation in a variety of culturally shaped literacy events was characterised by multiplicity of identities and the re-making of the self involving appropriation, conscious decisions and creativity as components of agency as well as emotions. The study concludes with a proposal for pedagogy of compassion which embraces learners as independent moral agent whose different voices and emotions need to be acknowledged and responded to with ethical responsibility
Multi-Scale Perturbation Theory I: Methodology and Leading-Order Bispectrum Corrections in the Matter-Dominated Era
Creators: name: Gallagher, Christopher
name: Clifton, Timothy
name: Clarkson, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-parameter perturbation theory is a scheme tailor-made to consistently include nonlinear density contrasts on small scales ($<100\; \mathrm{Mpc}$), whilst retaining a traditional approach to cosmological perturbations in the long-wavelength universe. In this paper we study the solutions that arise from this theory in a spatially-flat dust-filled cosmology, and what these imply for the bispectrum of matter. This is achieved by using Newtonian perturbation theory to model the gravitational fields of nonlinear structures in the quasi-linear regime, and then using the resulting solutions as source terms for the cosmological equations. We find that our approach results in the leading-order part of the cosmological gravitational potentials being identical to those that result from standard cosmological perturbation theory at second-order, while the dark matter bispectrum itself yields some differences on Hubble scales. This demonstrates that our approach is sufficient to capture most leading-order relativistic effects, but within a framework that is far easier to generalize. We expect this latter property to be particularly useful for calculating leading-order relativistic corrections to the matter power spectrum, as well as for deriving predictions for relativistic effects in alternative theories of gravity.
description: 51 pages, 14 figures
Higher and Higher? Drug and Alcohol Use and Misuse among HIV-Vulnerable Men, Trans Men, and Trans Women Who Have Sex with Men in the United States
Creators: name: Westmoreland, Drew A.
name: Carrico, Adam W.
name: Goodwin, Renee D.
name: Pantalone, David W.
name: Nash, Denis
name: Grov, Christian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Background: Substance use (SU) and misuse are disproportionately more common among sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals compared to their heterosexual peers. Yet, little is known about regional and demographic differences in use and misuse among SGM. In this study, we investigated regional and demographic differences in SU and misuse in a U.S. national, internet-based cohort (n = 6,280) of men and trans persons who have sex with men. Methods: Data collected included the WHO ASSIST (substance) and AUDIT (alcohol) SU scales to estimate recent (≤ 3 months) non-problematic use (≤ 3 ASSIST, ≤ 10 AUDIT) and misuse (≥4 ASSIST, ≥11 AUDIT). We used bivariate and multivariable logistic models to examine demographic and regional factors associated with SU and misuse. Results: Participants reported using alcohol (85.6%), cannabis (53.9%), and inhalants (39.1%) in the past three months. More than one-third self-reported misuse of cannabis, Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), inhalants, methamphetamines, and prescription sedatives. We observed regional differences in substance use for cannabis (Southeast aOR = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.63–0.93; West aOR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.02–1.59, ref. Northeast) and prescription Stimulants (Midwest aOR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.00–1.93), as well as for cannabis misuse (Southeast aOR = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.69–0.99). We also observed significant associations between socioeconomic factors with use and misuse. Conclusions: Findings suggest geographic differences in misuse of certain substances among men and trans persons who have sex with men in the US, and that socio-economic factors, also play a key role in indicating risk.
GenV Rapid Evidence Assessment Report: Large research-led partnerships
Creators: name: Gold, Judy
name: Davies, Sarah
name: Davenport, Lauren
name: Perera, Prescilla
name: Wake, Melissa
name: Goldfeld, Sharon
Publisher: name: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Health Sciences
subject: Social Science
subject: 20 Language, Communication and Culture

description: This rapid evidence assessment was undertaken to identify a diversity of enabling and inhibiting factors that can contribute to the success or otherwise of large research-led partnerships. The results of the assessment are relevant to inform the design and implementation of Generation Victoria (GenV) partnerships, aiming to optimise their functioning and likely impact.
Seroepidemiological study on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany:
Creators: name: Hoebel, Jens
name: Busch, Markus A.
name: Grabka, Markus M.
name: Zinn, Sabine
name: Allen, Jennifer
name: Gößwald, Antje
name: Wernitz, Jörg
name: Goebel, Jan
name: Steinhauer, Hans Walter
name: Siegers, Rainer
name: Schröder, Carsten
name: Kuttig, Tim
name: Butschalowsky, Hans
name: Schlaud, Martin
name: Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika
name: Brix, Jana
name: Rysina, Anna
name: Glemser, Axel
name: Neuhauser, Hannelore
name: Stahlberg, Silke
name: Kneuer, Antje
name: Hey, Isabell
name: Schaarschmidt, Jörg
name: Fiebig, Julia
name: Buttmann-Schweiger, Nina
name: Wilking, Hendrik
name: Michel, Janine
name: Nitsche, Andreas
name: Wieler, Lothar H.
name: Schaade, Lars
name: Ziese, Thomas
name: Liebig, Stefan
name: Lampert, Thomas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: COVID-19
subject: Seroepidemiological Study
subject: Cross-Sectional Study
subject: Study Protocol
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has spread rapidly across Germany. Infections are likely to be under-recorded in the notification data from local health authorities on laboratory-confirmed cases since SARS-CoV-2 infections can proceed with few symptoms and then often remain undetected. Seroepidemiological studies allow the estimation of the proportion in the population that has been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (seroprevalence) as well as the extent of undetected infections. The ‘CORONA-MONITORING bundesweit’ study (RKI-SOEP study) collects biospecimens and interview data in a nationwide population sample drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Participants are sent materials to self-collect a dry blood sample of capillary blood from their finger and a swab sample from their mouth and nose, as well as a questionnaire. The samples returned are tested for SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies and SARS-CoV-2 RNA to identify past or present infections. The methods applied enable the identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections, including those that previously went undetected. In addition, by linking the data collected with available SOEP data, the study has the potential to investigate social and health-related differences in infection status. Thus, the study contributes to an improved understanding of the extent of the epidemic in Germany, as well as identification of target groups for infection protection.
Agro-biotechnologies: Bio-logical Tools at the Service of Agriculture
Creators: name: Rocha, Pedro J.
name: Rocha, Pedro J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Agro-biotechnology is an effective technology in which numerous and varied techniques such as hybridization, in vitro cell and tissue cultivation, fermentation, biological control through microorganisms, and some other techniques that do not make use of living organisms are used. In this article, these techniques are described concisely and some concepts are presented to clarify the relationship between transgenesis, one of the multiple techniques, and agrobiotechnology. In addition, the position of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on biotechnology and its interrelationship with other areas is briefly explained.
Creating a New Model to Predict Cooling Tower Performance and Determining Energy Saving Opportunities through Economizer Operation
Creators: name: Yedatore Venkatesh, Pranav
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: Cooling towers form an important part of chilled water systems and perform the function of rejecting the heat to the atmosphere. These systems are often not operated optimally, and cooling towers being an integral part of the system present a significant area to study and determine possible energy saving measures. Operation of cooling towers in economizer mode in winter and variable frequency drives (VFDs) on cooling tower fans are measures that can provide considerable energy savings. The chilled water system analysis tool (CWSAT) software is developed as a primary screening tool for energy evaluation for chilled water systems and quantifies the energy usage of the various components and typical measures that can be applied to these systems to conserve energy, all while requiring minimum number of inputs to analyze component-wise energy consumption and incurred overall cost. A careful investigation of the current model in CWSAT indicates that the prediction capability of the model at lower wet bulb temperatures and at low fan power is not very accurate. A new model for accurate tower performance prediction is imperative, since economizer operation occurs at low temperatures and most cooling towers come equipped with VFDs. In this thesis, a new model to predict cooling tower performance is created to give a more accurate prediction of energy savings for a tower. Further the economic feasibility of having additional cooling tower capacity to allow for economizer cooling, in light of reduced tower capacity at lower temperatures is investigated.
Climate Change and Food Security: Cross-Cutting Axes of Agricultural Policies
Creators: name: Barahona, Alejandro
name: Barahona, Alejandro
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development

description: The present article examines the impact of climate change on food security, particularly from the point of view of agriculture, a relationship that must be borne in mind when public policies are being defined to improve food security. This implies promoting productive innovations that allow countries to face adverse climatic conditions in their effort to satisfy the demand for food of a growing population.
Population with an increased risk of severe COVID-19 in Germany.
Creators: name: Rommel, Alexander
name: Von Der Lippe, Elena
name: Treskova-Schwarzbach, Marina
name: Scholz, Stefan
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: SARS-CoV-2
subject: COVID-19
subject: Pre-Existing Conditions
subject: Secondary Diseases
subject: Risk Factors
subject: Hospitalisation
subject: Mortality
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Only a minority of people who test positive for COVID-19 develop a severe or critical form of the disease. Many of these have risk factors such as old age or pre-existing conditions and, therefore, are at the focus of protective measures. This article determines the number of people at risk in Germany and differentiates them according to age, sex, education, household type and federal state. The analyses presented here are based on data from the German Health Update (GEDA) 2019/2020-EHIS, which was carried out as a nationwide cross-sectional telephone-based survey between April 2019 and October 2020. The definition of being at increased risk of severe COVID-19 is primarily based on a respondent’s age and the presence of pre-existing conditions. Around 36.5 million people in Germany are at an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19. Of these, 21.6 million belong to the high-risk group. An above-average number of people at risk live alone. The prevalence of an increased risk is higher among middle-aged men than among women of the same age, and significantly higher among people with a low level of education than among people with a high level of education. The highest proportion of people with an increased risk live in Saarland and in the eastern German federal states. When fighting the pandemic, it is important to account for the fact that more than half of the population aged 15 or over is at increased risk of severe illness. Moreover, the regional differences in risk burden should be taken into account when planning interventions.
Probing Small Scale Primordial Power Spectrum with 21cm Line Global Signal
Creators: name: Yoshiura, Shintaro
name: Takahashi, Keitaro
name: Takahashi, Tomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that the global signal of neutral hydrogen 21cm line can be a powerful probe of primordial power spectrum on small scales. Since the amplitude of small scale primordial fluctuations is important to determine the early structure formation and the timing when the sources of Lyman $α$ photons are produced, they in turn affect the neutral hydrogen 21cm line signal. We show that the information of the position of the absorption trough can severely constrain the small scale amplitude of primordial fluctuations once astrophysical parameters relevant to the 21cm line signal are fixed. We also discuss how the uncertainties of astrophysical parameters affect the constraints.
description: 21 pages, 8 figures, one column, accepted for publication in PRD
Assessment of the Economic Impact of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease on Mexico's Citrus Chain
Creators: name: Salcedo, Diznarda
name: Mora, Gustavo
name: Covarrubias, Ignacio
name: Cintora, Carlos
name: Hinojosa, Raul
name: DePaolis, Fernando
name: Mora, Saturnino
name: Salcedo, Diznarda
name: Mora, Gustavo
name: Covarrubias, Ignacio
name: Cintora, Carlos
name: Hinojosa, Raul
name: DePaolis, Fernando
name: Mora, Saturnino
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2011
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
International Relations/Trade

description: In this article, the authors assess the economic impact that HLB could have on Mexico’s citrus chain, and compare the preventive and control measures that different countries have adopted. The assessment of economic impact was carried out at three levels: primary fruit production, agro-industrial operations and the economy as a whole. The results suggest that the volume and value of the production of citrus fruits and their byproducts would be affected, as would employment (on farms and in agro-industrial operations and related businesses) and the foreign exchange earned by exports of fresh and processed citrus fruits. Other factors highlighted by the study are the high risk of an epidemic and the potential economic impact in the states of Veracruz, Colima and Michoacán, in the Pacific coastal region and in the Yucatan Peninsula, as well as less serious effects on quality, the amount of raw material available and the turnover of packing and processing plants. The study indicates that the primary sector would be the hardest hit by direct losses, with a decline in the value of production, employment, wages, food products, beverages and tobacco. Mexico responded immediately to the outbreaks of HLB that occurred in July 2009 in the Yucatan Peninsula,instituting an emergency plan to mitigate the risk of the entry and spread of the disease.
An Empirical Study on Position of the Batch Normalization Layer in Convolutional Neural Networks
Creators: name: Hasani, Moein
name: Khotanlou, Hassan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we have studied how the training of the convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can be affected by changing the position of the batch normalization (BN) layer. Three different convolutional neural networks have been chosen for our experiments. These networks are AlexNet, VGG-16, and ResNet- 20. We show that the speed up in training provided by the BN algorithm can be improved by using other positions for the BN layer than the one suggested by its original paper. Also, we discuss how the BN layer in a certain position can aid the training of one network but not the other. Three different positions for the BN layer have been studied in this research. These positions are: the BN layer between the convolution layer and the non-linear activation function, the BN layer after the non-linear activation function and finally, the BN layer before each of the convolutional layers.
The Politics of Psychiatric Experience
Creators: name: Tamao, Shuko
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2014

description: This paper examines the correspondence, manuscripts, and speeches of ex-mental patient activists. I chronicle the activities of the emergent psychiatric survivors movement from its beginnings in the early 1970’s focusing on the work of the Boston based activist, Judi Chamberlin (1944-2010). This paper examines how mental patients in post-war America began to organize in order to have their voices included in the process of their own recovery. I present Chamberlin’s experience as a mental patient as being representative of the “rootlessness” that many post-war women experienced. Chamberlin’s work as an ex-patient activist presented one aspect of the overall struggle on the part of mental patients to claim their place in a wider society. I also pay attention to interdisciplinary scholarly analyses of madness to investigate how discussion of the subject influenced ex-patient activists, as well as whether or not the ex-patients’ narrative reciprocally influenced the scholarly discussion about madness. In the final chapters, I also look at how the successes of this social movement ironically led to the prevalence of today’s diagnostic models of treatment that rely heavily on pharmacological methods and highly regimented evidence-based psychotherapies while still excluding patients’ voices. The voices of mental patients both in the asylum era and today have been excluded from the treatment process.
Investigations of the pi N total cross sections at high energies using new FESR: log nu or (log nu)^2
Creators: name: Igi, Keiji
name: Ishida, Muneyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose to use rich informations on pi p total cross sections below N= 10 GeV in addition to high-energy data in order to discriminate whether these cross sections increase like log nu or (log nu)^2 at high energies, since it is difficult to discriminate between asymptotic log nu and (log nu)^2 fits from high-energy data alone. A finite-energy sum rule (FESR) which is derived in the spirit of the P' sum rule as well as the n=1 moment FESR have been required to constrain the high-energy parameters. We then searched for the best fit of pi p total cross sections above 70 GeV in terms of high-energy parameters constrained by these two FESR. We can show from this analysis that the (log nu)^2 behaviours is preferred to the log nu behaviours.
description: to be published in Phys. Rev. D 5 pages, 2 eps figures