cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trends in prevalence of substance use among Icelandic adolescents, 1995–2006
Creators: name: Sigfusdottir, Inga
name: Kristjansson, Alfgeir
name: Thorlindsson, Thorolfur
name: Allegrante, John P.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Public health
Toxicology
Social sciences--Research

description: Background: Adolescent substance use continues to be of great global public health concern in many countries with advanced economies. Previous research has shown that substance use among 15–16 year-old-youth has increased in many European countries in recent years. The aim of this study was to examine trends in prevalence of daily smoking, alcohol intoxication, and illicit substance use among Icelandic adolescents.
Methods: Repeated-measures, population-based cross-sectional surveys of between 3,100 and 3,900 10th-grade students who participated in the annual Youth of Iceland studies were analyzed, with response rates of between 80% and 90%.
Results: The prevalence of daily smoking, alcohol intoxication, and illicit substance use was at a peak in 1998, with almost 23% having reported daily smoking, 42% having reported becoming intoxicated at least once during the last 30 days, and over 17% having used hashish once or more often in their lifetime. By 2006, daily smoking had declined to 12%, having become intoxicated once or more often during the last 30 days to 25%, and having ever used hashish declined to 9%.
Conclusion: The prevalence of substance use among Icelandic 10th graders declined substantially from 1995 to 2006. Proportions of adolescents who smoke cigarettes, had become intoxicated during the last 30 days, as well as those admitting to hashish use all decreased to a great deal during the period under study. The decline in prevalence of adolescent substance use in Iceland is plausibly the result of local community collaboration where researchers, policy makers and practitioners who work with young people have combined their efforts.
Organizational simulation: issues for ergonomics and for teaching of ergonomics’ action
Creators: name: BARCELLINI, Flore
name: VAN BELLEGHEM, Laurent
Publisher: name: CPH Conference : 11th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management
Year: 2014

description: Activity-centered ergonomics has developed an approach to provide support for
design projects which incorporates ergonomics work analysis, participatory design and simulation of work. As the approach has been initially developed and used in relation to technical and industrial design, there is nowadays an ongoing interest to apply it specifically to organizational design. In this communication, we examine the requirements for participating to organizational design settings and consequently the issues regarding the methods to be developed by ergonomics to support effectively organizational design project.
The CD44+/CD24- phenotype is enriched in basal-like breast tumors
Creators: name: Honeth, Gabriella
name: Bendahl, Pär-Ola
name: Ringnér, Markus
name: Saal, Lao H.
name: Gruvberger-Saal, Sofia K.
name: Lövgren, Kristina
name: Grabau, Dorthe
name: Fernö, Mårten
name: Borg, Åke
name: Hegardt, Cecilia
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Breast--Cancer
subject: Breast--Cancer--Genetic aspects
subject: Breast--Tumors

description: Introduction: Human breast tumors are heterogeneous and consist of phenotypically diverse cells. Breast cancer cells with a CD44+/CD24- phenotype have been suggested to have tumor-initiating properties with stem cell-like and invasive features, although it is unclear whether their presence within a tumor has clinical implications. There is also a large heterogeneity between tumors, illustrated by reproducible stratification into various subtypes based on gene expression profiles or histopathological features. We have explored the prevalence of cells with different CD44/CD24 phenotypes within breast cancer subtypes.
Methods: Double-staining immunohistochemistry was used to quantify CD44 and CD24 expression in 240 human breast tumors for which information on other tumor markers and clinical characteristics was available. Gene expression data were also accessible for a cohort of the material.
Results: A considerable heterogeneity in CD44 and CD24 expression was seen both between and within tumors. A complete lack of both proteins was evident in 35% of the tumors, while 13% contained cells of more than one of the CD44+/CD24-, CD44-/CD24+ and CD44+/CD24+ phenotypes. CD44+/CD24- cells were detected in 31% of the tumors, ranging in proportion from only a few to close to 100% of tumor cells. The CD44+/CD24- phenotype was most common in the basal-like subgroup – characterized as negative for the estrogen and progesterone receptors as well as for HER2, and as positive for cytokeratin 5/14 and/or epidermal growth factor receptor, and particularly common in BRCA1 hereditary tumors, of which 94% contained CD44+/CD24- cells. The CD44+/CD24- phenotype was surprisingly scarce in HER2+ tumors, which had a predominantly CD24+ status. A CD44+/CD24- gene expression signature was generated, which included CD44 and α6-integrin (CD49f) among the top-ranked overexpressed genes.
Conclusion: We demonstrate an association between basal-like and particularly BRCA1 hereditary breast cancer and the presence of CD44+/CD24- cells. Not all basal-like tumors and very few HER2+ tumors, however, contain CD44+/CD24- cells, emphasizing that a putative tumorigenic ability may not be confined to cells of this phenotype and that other breast cancer stem cell markers remain to be identified.
Perception of the prosodic boundary markers in a left-headed language
Creators: name: Krepsz, Valéria
name: Huszár, Anna
Publisher: name: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Year: 2022

description: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Longitudinal association of body mass index with lung function: The CARDIA Study
Creators: name: Thyagarajan, Bharat
name: Jacobs, David R.
name: Apostol, George G.
name: Smith, Lewis J.
name: Jensen, Robert L.
name: Crapo, Robert O.
name: Barr, R. Graham
name: Lewis, Cora E.
name: Williams, O. Dale
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2008
Subjects: Obesity
Spirometry--Data processing
Health expectancy
Pulmonary function tests
Medicine
Medical sciences
Pathology

description: Background: Lung function at the end of life depends on its peak and subsequent decline. Because obesity is epidemic in young adulthood, we quantified age-related changes in lung function relative to body mass index (BMI).
Methods: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study in 1985–86 (year 0) recruited 5,115 black and white men and women, aged 18–30. Spirometry testing was conducted at years 0, 2, 5 and 10. We estimated 10 year change in FVC, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC according to baseline BMI and change in BMI within birth cohorts with initial average ages 20, 24, and 28 years, controlling for race, sex, smoking, asthma, physical activity, and alcohol consumption.
Measurements and Main Results: Participants with baseline BMI < 21.3 kg/m2 experienced 10 year increases of 71 ml in FVC and 60 ml in FEV1 and neither measure declined through age 38. In contrast, participants with baseline BMI ≥ 26.4 kg/m2 experienced 10 year decreases of 185 ml in FVC and 64 ml in FEV1. FEV1/FVC increased with increasing BMI. Weight gain was also associated with lung function. Those who gained the most weight over 10 years had the largest decrease in FVC, but FVC increased with weight gain in those initially thinnest. In contrast, FEV1 decreased with increasing weight gain in all participants, with maximum decline in obese individuals who gained the most weight during the study.
Conclusion: Among healthy young adults, increasing BMI in the initially thin participants was associated with increasing then stable lung function through age 38, but there were substantial lung function losses with higher and increasing fatness. These results suggest that the obesity epidemic threatens the lung health of the general population.
Akustische Eigenschaften von dog-directed speech unter Berücksichtigung der individuellen Empathiefähigkeit der Sprecher*innen
Creators: name: Nuscheler, Jasmin Devi
name: Zahner-Ritter, Katharina
name: Braun, Angelika
Publisher: name: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Year: 2022

description: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Individual variability and contrast in French anticipatory nasal coarticulation
Creators: name: Rodriquez, Francesco
name: Alderton, Roy
name: Pouplier, Marianne
name: Carignan, Christopher
name: Lo, Justin J. H.
name: Evans, Bronwen
name: Reinisch, Eva
Publisher: name: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Year: 2022

description: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Mind the gap: The discrepancy between simulation and reality drives interpretations of the Galactic Center Excess
Creators: name: Caron, Sascha
name: Eckner, Christopher
name: Hendriks, Luc
name: Jóhannesson, Guðlaugur
name: de Austri, Roberto Ruiz
name: Zaharijas, Gabrijela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Galactic Center Excess (GCE) in GeV gamma rays has been debated for over a decade, with the possibility that it might be due to dark matter annihilation or undetected point sources such as millisecond pulsars (MSPs). This study investigates how the gamma-ray emission model ($γ$EM) used in Galactic center analyses affects the interpretation of the GCE's nature. To address this issue, we construct an ultra-fast and powerful inference pipeline based on convolutional Deep Ensemble Networks. We explore the two main competing hypotheses for the GCE using a set of $γ$EMs with increasing parametric freedom. We calculate the fractional contribution ($f_{\mathrm{src}}$) of a dim population of MSPs to the total luminosity of the GCE and analyze its dependence on the complexity of the $γ$EM. For the simplest $γ$EM, we obtain $f_{\mathrm{src}} = 0.10 \pm 0.07$, while the most complex model yields $f_{\mathrm{src}} = 0.79 \pm 0.24.$ In conclusion, we find that the statement about the nature of the GCE (dark matter or not) strongly depends on the assumed $γ$EM. The quoted results for $f_{\mathrm{src}}$ do not account for the additional uncertainty arising from the fact that the observed gamma-ray sky is out-of-distribution concerning the investigated $γ$EM iterations. We quantify the reality gap between our $γ$EMs using deep-learning-based One-Class Deep Support Vector Data Description networks, revealing that all employed $γ$EMs have gaps to reality. Our study casts doubt on the validity of previous conclusions regarding the GCE and dark matter, and underscores the urgent need to account for the reality gap and consider previously overlooked ''out of domain'' uncertainties in future interpretations.
description: 56 pages, 25 figures; comments welcome! Accepted for submission to JCAP; text coincides with the published version
Unravelling the relationship between patient handling performance and safety climate: a mesoergonomic analysis
Creators: name: WATERSON, Patrick
name: FRAY, Mike
name: MUNRO, Colin
Publisher: name: CPH Conference : 11th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management
Year: 2014

description: In this paper we describe our use of the Karsh et al. (2014) mesoergonomics
framework in order to provide a clearer understanding of the relationship between patient safety climate and patient handling within a neurological rehabilitation setting. Six acute medical wards in a large UK teaching hospital took part. Data were collected using the TROPHI (Tool for Risk Outstanding in Patient Handling Interventions) and SCS (Safety Climate Survey). The results highlighted strengths and weakness in safety climate and patient handling performance. Correlations were achieved between TROPHI Safety Climate scores and SCS Overall Mean. The results suggest that the differences between scores across a variety of measures indicate that a wider range of data may be required to best represent the measure of safety climate in this occupational setting.
Phase transitions in Number Theory: from the Birthday Problem to Sidon Sets
Creators: name: Luque, Bartolo
name: Torre, Ivan G.
name: Lacasa, Lucas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we show how number theoretical problems can be fruitfully approached with the tools of statistical physics. We focus on g-Sidon sets, which describe sequences of integers whose pairwise sums are different, and propose a random decision problem which addresses the probability of a random set of k integers to be g-Sidon. First, we provide numerical evidence showing that there is a crossover between satisfiable and unsatisfiable phases which converts to an abrupt phase transition in a properly defined thermodynamic limit. Initially assuming independence, we then develop a mean field theory for the g-Sidon decision problem. We further improve the mean field theory, which is only qualitatively correct, by incorporating deviations from independence, yielding results in good quantitative agreement with the numerics for both finite systems and in the thermodynamic limit. Connections between the generalized birthday problem in probability theory, the number theory of Sidon sets and the properties of q-Potts models in condensed matter physics are briefly discussed.
description: Submitted for publication
Judicial Review of Discount Rates Used in Regulatory Cost-Benefit Analysis
Creators: name: Morrison, Edward R.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Cost effectiveness
subject: Discount
subject: Finance--Law and legislation
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: The discount rate is a critical element of cost-benefit analysis. The value of cost-benefit analysis in improving regulatory decisions depends, in large part, on the reasonableness of the discount rate. Small variations in the discount rate can significantly bias the analysis. Despite the importance of the discount rate, courts have failed to develop a standard of review for agency discount rate choices. this is particularly troubling in light of evidence that agency practice exhibits wide-ranging, and generally unexplained, variation in discount rates. Not only do different agencies employ different rates, but the same agency will sometimes apply different rates to different regulations without explanation.

This comment seeks to strengthen cost-benefit analysis by providing a framework for judicial review of agency discount rates. As a threshold matter, courts should find, as a matter of law, that an agency acts unreasonably if it fails to discount future costs and benefits, even if they accrue to future generations. Additionally, courts should take a "hard look" at agency discount rates and ask three basic questions: Is there a record for the agency's choice? Did the agency explain its choice between the alternative approaches to discounting, the SRTP and OCC? Did the agency consider the relevant factors in applying the chosen method? While these questions are standard fare in hard look review, they would represent a significant advance in judicial review of discount rates. More importantly, hard look review would provide strong incentives for agencies to adopt morally and economically sensible discount rates.
Do a Robot's Eyes Change a Human's Speech?
Creators: name: Offrede, Tom
name: Mishra, Chinmaya
name: Skantze, Gabriel
name: Fuchs, Susanne
name: Mooshammer, Christine
Publisher: name: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Year: 2022

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description: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Corner contribution to the entanglement entropy of an O(3) quantum critical point in 2+1 dimensions
Creators: name: Kallin, Ann B.
name: Stoudenmire, E. M.
name: Fendley, Paul
name: Singh, Rajiv R. P.
name: Melko, Roger G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The entanglement entropy for a quantum critical system across a boundary with a corner exhibits a sub-leading logarithmic scaling term with a scale-invariant coefficient. Using a Numerical Linked Cluster Expansion, we calculate this universal quantity for a square-lattice bilayer Heisenberg model at its quantum critical point. We find, for this 2+1 dimensional O(3) universality class, that it is thrice the value calculated previously for the Ising universality class. This relation gives substantial evidence that this coefficient provides a measure of the number of degrees of freedom of the theory, analogous to the central charge in a 1+1 dimensional conformal field theory.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures; minor correction in v2
title: Hohe Versammlung! Der Congreß deutscher Demokraten-Vereine zu Frankfurt fordert die Nationalversammlung auf, daß sie eine Achtungsbezeugung gegen den Willen des Volkes und als Zeichen des Zutrauens zu sich selber, den Abgeordneten Friedr. Hecker von Mannheim unverzüglich einlade, in ihrer Mitte Platz zu nehmen; [1848]
title: Frankfurt am Main, den 15. Juni 1848
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Fröbel, Julius
name: Kapp, Friedrich
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2018

description: Kopftitel
At What Point Do Schools Fail to Meet Adequate Yearly Progress and What Factors are Most Closely Associated with Their Failure? A Survival Analysis
Creators: name: Pruitt, Penny L.
name: Bowers, Alex J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2014
Subjects: Education--Administration
School management and organization
Educational evaluation
Education, Secondary

description: The purpose of this study is to examine the factors most associated with the probability of Texas high schools failing to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under NCLB, examining the entire population of all Texas public and charter high schools from 2003-2011, n=1721. While literature to date focuses on the different variables that may affect schools in meeting AYP as well as addressing the success and failure of charter schools, there is a lack of research on the specific variables that have the most impact on failing to meet AYP, considered here as a “hazard”. We used discrete time hazard modeling to estimate the probability of a school failing AYP for the first time in the time period. Our findings indicate that rural schools were the least likely to fail AYP, while schools with higher percentages of African American and Hispanic students and larger class sizes and enrollments failed AYP much more often. As a components of the AYP state determinations, school percent met standard in mathematics and attendance were significant in the model, while graduation rates were not. This study provides one of the first opportunities to examine the year-by-year hazard of failing AYP in Texas over the first decade of NCLB implementation. Key Words: attendance rate, Adequate Yearly Progress, adequacy, assessment, economically disadvantaged, graduation rate, hazard function, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) survival probability.
Astrometric observations of X-ray binaries using very long baseline interferometry
Creators: name: Miller-Jones, James C. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I review the astrophysical insights arising from high-precision astrometric observations of X-ray binary systems, focussing primarily (but not exclusively) on recent results with very long baseline interferometry. Accurate, model-independent distances from geometric parallax measurements can help determine physical parameters of the host binary system and constrain black hole spins via broadband X-ray spectral modelling. Long-term proper motion studies, combined with binary evolution calculations, can provide observational constraints on the formation mechanism of black holes. Finally, the astrometric residuals from parallax and proper motion fits can provide information on orbital sizes and jet physics. I end by discussing prospects for future progress in this field.
description: 17 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in PASA. v2 fixes inconsistencies by replacing Fig. 2. v3 updates references, and uses more accurate astrometric parameters for LS 5039
title: Collaborative water governance in Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador: challenges, successes, and opportunities
Creators: name: Kanyangarara, Rumbidzai Rufaro
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2023

description: Water—a finite natural resource—is complex, thus greater stakeholder representation is encouraged in decision-making. Collaborative governance processes, through which diverse actors pool resources and share responsibilities to effectively solve problems that they could not solve independently, have gained popularity as tools for effective water governance. In 2015, Burgeo lifted a long-term boil water advisory, and this was a shared effort between the Town of Burgeo and its staff, the residents of Burgeo, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Canada, and other actors. Despite achieving this milestone, Burgeo continues to face other water-related concerns, including water overuse and high concentrations of certain contaminants. These newer concerns indicate a need for further collaboration to achieve positive water-related outcomes for Burgeo’s water security. This study sought to explore collaborative water governance in Burgeo by examining the interactions, particularly communication and coordination, between the various actors who have been involved in attempting to provide clean, safe drinking water to the residents. An exploratory case study was developed, and data were collected from a range of sources including existing literature, secondary documents, and semi-structured interviews. A collaborative governance framework was developed to aid data collection and analysis. Drivers of collaborative governance in Burgeo included knowledge-power-resource asymmetries, prehistory of cooperation, and new water concerns. Knowledge-power-resource imbalances were also identified as challenges to successful collaboration, while facilitative leadership and conflict resolution strategies required improvement. The more resources and knowledge an actor/group possessed, the more power they had to influence decision-making in their favour. These power imbalances, in turn, impacted trust and the extent to which certain actors/groups felt that their contributions were valid and valued.
Intermediate Phenotypes of ATP1A3 Mutations: Phenotype–Genotype Correlations
Creators: name: Termsarasab, Pichet
name: Yang, Amy C.
name: Frucht, Steven J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Medicine
subject: Medical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Background: ATP1A3-related disorders include rapid-onset dystonia–parkinsonism (RDP or DYT12), alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), and CAPOS syndrome (Cerebellar ataxia, Areflexia, Pes cavus, Optic atrophy, and Sensorineural hearing loss).

Case Report: We report two cases with intermediate forms between RDP and AHC. Patient 1 initially presented with the AHC phenotype, but the RDP phenotype emerged at age 14 years. The second patient presented with levodopa-responsive paroxysmal oculogyria, a finding never before reported in ATP1A3-related disorders. Genetic testing confirmed heterozygous changes in the ATP1A3 gene in both patients, one of them novel.

Discussion: Intermediate phenotypes of RDP and AHC support the concept that these two disorders are part of a spectrum. We add our cases to the phenotype–genotype correlations of ATP1A3-related disorders.
Study on degradation of VUV-sensitivity of MPPC for liquid xenon scintillation detector by radiation damage in MEG II experiment
Creators: name: Ieki, K.
name: Iwamoto, T.
name: Kobayashi, S.
name: Mori, Toshinori
name: Ogawa, S.
name: Onda, R.
name: Ootani, W.
name: Shimada, K.
name: Toyoda, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the MEG II experiment, the liquid xenon gamma-ray detector uses Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPC) which are sensitive to vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light under a high-intensity muon beam environment. In the commissioning phase of the detector with the beam, a significant degradation in the photon detection efficiency (PDE) for VUV light was found, while the degradation in the PDE for visible light was much less significant. This implies that the radiation damage is localized to the surface of the MPPC where incoming VUV photons create electron-hole pairs. It was also found that the PDE can recover to the original level by thermal annealing.
description: 17 pages, 11 figures
Systems medicine, an approach in a framework to guide development of preventative, diagnostic and treatment methods for Covid-19 and other complex or novel diseases
Creators: name: Zeng, Xiao-Xue
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110899 Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The Covid-19 has plunged the world into a pandemic where there is no specific cure yet. Scientists around the world are researching and running trials to find highly effective prevention methods and cure. There are three major existing medical approaches which have developed systematic methods to diagnose ,prevent and treat diseases , the TCM, evidence based medicine and systems medicine which are practiced worldwide,.This paper aims to discuss how the approaches have contributed to developing therapeutics for Covid-19 so far, which could also guide the development of future preventative, diagnostic and treatment methods for Covid-19 and other diseases. Systems medicine is the relative novel research paradigm established on the basis of an entire system (individualized) to view the human body in an whole systemic picture, implementing the integrated approach of systems biology and synthetic Biology coupled models,whereas precision medicine is the clinical mode of systems medicine, also acting as the personalized and translational medicine research model. The systems medicine approach highlight on the analysis of the etiology of the patient's disease, stresses on analyzing the individual's psychosomatic relationship, physique, gene diversity, and focuses on the overall effect caused by the complex relations or molecular interactions between diseases, making use of advanced technologies including computational simulation ,virtual reality, 3D printing technology, cell engineering treatment method and tissue regeneration in prevention, making diagnoses and providing treatments for diseases.
Nuclear Symmetry Energy: constraints from Giant Quadrupole Resonances and Parity Violating Electron Scattering
Creators: name: Roca-Maza, X.
name: Agrawal, B. K.
name: Bortignon, P. F.
name: Brenna, M.
name: Cao, Li-Gang
name: Centelles, M.
name: Colò, G.
name: Paar, N.
name: Viñas, X.
name: Vretenar, D.
name: Warda, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Experimental and theoretical efforts are being devoted to the study of observables that can shed light on the properties of the nuclear symmetry energy. We present our new results on the excitation energy [X. Roca-Maza et al., Phys. Rev. C 87, 034301 (2013)] and polarizability of the Isovector Giant Quadrupole Resonance (IVGQR), which has been the object of new experimental investigation [S. S. Henshaw et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 222501 (2011)]. We also present our theoretical analysis on the parity violating asymmetry at the kinematics of the Lead Radius Experiment [S. Abrahamyan et al. (PREx Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 112502 (2012)] and highlight its relation with the density dependence of the symmetry energy [X. Roca-Maza et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 252501 (2011)].
description: Proceedings - International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC), Firenze 2 - 7 June 2013
Estimation of intrinsic volumes from digital grey-scale images
Creators: name: Svane, Anne Marie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 62H35

description: Local algorithms are common tools for estimating intrinsic volumes from black-and-white digital images. However, these algorithms are typically biased in the design based setting, even when the resolution tends to infinity. Moreover, images recorded in practice are most often blurred grey-scale images rather than black-and-white. In this paper, an extended definition of local algorithms, applying directly to grey-scale images without thresholding, is suggested. We investigate the asymptotics of these new algorithms when the resolution tends to infinity and apply this to construct estimators for surface area and integrated mean curvature that are asymptotically unbiased in certain natural settings.
description: 33 pages
Effects of Statins on Renal Outcome in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Sanguankeo, Anawin
name: Upala, Sikarin
name: Cheungpasitporn, Wisit
name: Ungprasert, Patompong
name: Knight, Eric L.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medicine
Pathology
Medical sciences

description: Background: HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are known to prevent cardiovascular disease and improve lipid profiles. However, the effects of statins on renal outcomes, including decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), are controversial. This meta-analysis evaluated the impact of statins on renal outcomes in patients with CKD. Materials and Methods: We comprehensively searched the databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Databases. The inclusion criteria were published RCT and cohort studies comparing statin therapy to placebo or active controls in patients with CKD (eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m²) not requiring dialysis. The primary outcome was the differences in the change of eGFR. We also examined change of protein concentration in urine as a secondary outcome. A meta-analysis comparing statin and its control groups and a subgroup analysis examining intensity of statin were performed. Results: From 142 full-text articles, 10 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Overall, there was a significant difference in rate of eGFR change per year favoring statin group (mean difference (MD) = 0.10 ml/min/1.73 m², 95% CI: 0.09 to 0.12). In our subgroup analysis, those who received high-intensity statins had a significant difference in eGFR with a MD of 3.35 (95% CI: 0.91 to 5.79) ml/min/1.73 m² compared to control. No significant change in eGFR was found with moderate- and low-intensity statin therapy. Compared with the control group, the statin group did not have a difference in reduction of proteinuria with MD in change of proteinuria of 0.19 gm/day (95% CI: -0.02 to 0.40). Conclusion: Overall, there was a difference in change of eGFR between the statin and control group. High-intensity statins were found to improve a decline in eGFR in population with CKD not requiring dialysis compared with control, but moderate- and low-intensity statins were not. Statins were not found to decrease proteinuria in patients with CKD.
Hypermetabolism of Olivary Nuclei in a Patient with Progressive Ataxia and Palatal Tremor
Creators: name: Korpela, Jaana
name: Joutsa, Juho
name: Rinne, Juha O.
name: Bergman, Jörgen
name: Kaasinen, Valtteri
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Medicine
subject: Medical sciences

description: Background: The pathophysiology of the movement disorder progressive ataxia with palatal tremor (PAPT) is unclear.

Case report: A 77-year-old male presented with dysarthria, ataxia, and 1–2 Hz palatal tremor. A diagnosis of probable sporadic PAPT was established. Brain magnetic resonance imaging was normal at the presymptomatic phase but later showed olivary hypertrophy. Brain [18F]-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) showed bilateral hypermetabolism in the olivary nuclei.

Discussion: This second reported patient with PAPT and FDG-PET shows that olivary hypertrophy is paralleled with hypermetabolism. The olivary nuclei pathology also appears to be temporally associated with symptom onset.
Neuroacanthocytosis: Observations, Theories and Perspectives on the Origin and Significance of Acanthocytes
Creators: name: Cluitmans, Judith C. A.
name: Adjobo-Hermans, Merel J. W.
name: Bosman, Giel J. C. G. M.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Medicine
subject: Medical sciences
subject: Biology

description: The presence of acanthocytes in the blood is characteristic of patients suffering from neuroacanthocytosis (NA). Recent studies have described abnormal phosphorylation of the proteins involved in connecting the membrane and cytoskeleton in patient-derived erythrocytes. The involvement of lipids in the underlying signaling pathways and recent reports on in vitro disease-associated lipid alterations support renewed research into lipid composition, signal transduction, and metabolism in patient erythrocytes. In addition to morphology, changes in membrane organization affect erythrocyte function and survival. Patient erythrocytes may have a decreased ability to deform, and this may contribute to accelerated erythrocyte removal and a decreased oxygen supply, especially in vulnerable brain regions. The presently available data indicate that acanthocytes are likely to originate in the bone marrow, making erythropoiesis an obvious new focus in NA research. Moreover, new, detailed morphological observations indicate that acanthocytes may be the tip of the iceberg with regard to misshapen erythrocytes in the circulation of patients with NA.

A systematic assessment of patient erythrocyte morphology, deformability, oxygen delivery, and metabolism will be instrumental in determining the putative contribution of erythrocyte function to NA clinical symptoms.
Vertonung eines Aussprachwörterbuchs - ein Erfahrungsbericht
Creators: name: Cimander, Luisa
name: Dai, Andy
name: Draxler, Christoph
name: Frank, Thorsten
name: Kleiner, Stefan
name: Knöbl, Ralf
name: Müller, Nora
name: Pescheck, Ilka
Publisher: name: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Year: 2022

description: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Constructing EYM amplitudes by inverse soft limit
Creators: name: Ma, Shiquan
name: Dong, Rongyu
name: Du, Yi-Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is well known that gravity amplitudes in four dimensions can be reconstructed by the inverse soft limit (ISL) method. According to ISL, a tree level $n$-graviton maximally-helicity-violating (MHV) amplitude is expressed in terms of deformed $(n-1)$-graviton amplitudes accompanied by soft graviton factors. On another hand, single- and double-trace tree-level Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) MHV amplitudes have been proven to satisfy spanning forest formulas, where each edge in a forest has the same form with a term in soft graviton factor. It is not transparent that the formulas satisfied by EYM amplitudes can be constructed with ISL. In this paper, we construct the single- and double-trace MHV amplitudes in EYM, by the ISL and show that the known formulas can be precisely reproduced. Interesting identities which are based on Schouten identity and characterized by graphs are also introduced.
description: 26 pages, 16 figures,reference added, minor revised version
IRAS 18357-0604 - an analogue of the galactic yellow hypergiant IRC +10420?
Creators: name: Clark, J. S.
name: Negueruela, I.
name: Gonzalez-Fernandez, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Yellow hypergiants represent a short-lived evolutionary episode experienced by massive stars as they transit to and from a red supergiant phase. As such, their properties provide a critical test of stellar evolutionary theory. The galactic yellow hypergiant IRC +10420 is a cornerstone system for understanding this phase, since it is the strongest post-RSG candidate known, has demonstrated real-time evolution across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and been subject to extensive mass loss. Here we report on the discovery of a twin of IRC +10420 - IRAS 18357-0604. Optical and near-IR spectroscopy are used to investigate the physical properties of IRAS 18357-0604, while IR photometry probes the nature of its circumstellar environment. Pronounced spectral similarities between IRAS 18357-0604 and IRC +10420 suggest comparable temperatures and wind geometries, while photometric data reveals a similarly dusty circumstellar environment, although historical mass loss appears to have been heavier in IRC +10420. The systemic velocity implies a distance compatible with the red supergiant dominated complex at the base of the Scutum Crux arm; the resultant luminosity determination is consistent with a physical association but suggests a lower initial mass than inferred for IRC +10420 (<20Msun versus ~40Msun). Evolutionary predictions for the physical properties of supernova progenitors derived from ~18-20Msun stars - or ~12-15Msun stars that have experienced enhanced mass loss as red supergiants - compare favourably with those of IRAS 18357-0604, which in turn appears to be similar to the the progenitor of SN2011dh; it may therefore provide an important insight into the nature of the apparently H-depleted yellow hypergiant progenitors of some type IIb SNe.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
ASSESSING CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT THE GARDEN OF NINFA (ITALY)
Creators: name: Lausi, L.
name: Amodio, M.
name: Sebastiani, A.
name: Fusaro, L.
name: Manes, F.
Publisher: name: Annali di Botanica
Year: 2022

description: Annali di Botanica, V. 12 (2022)
description: Green areas provide Cultural Ecosystem Services (CESs), that is, the ecosystem outputs that enable a range of experiential and intellectual activities. These include health promotion, recreation, enjoyment of the cultural heritage, and aesthetic experiences. The demand for CESs has grown during the first half of 2020, when most of the EU Member States had to face a stringent lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19, and people have undergone considerable psychophysical distress. In this framework, the Garden of Ninfa, one of the most visited Gardens of Italy, with its natural, historical, and architectural beauties delivers precious CESs, which have however been poorly studied. In this research, through a survey, we investigated the CESs delivered by the Garden of Ninfa in the immediate post-lockdown period, providing at the same time a monetary evaluation. The results show that people mostly visit the Garden of Ninfa for the aesthetic experience, followed by the resonance in terms of culture or heritage and health promotion; the combination of water bodies and fauna is highly effective in delivering CESs. The monetary evaluation, ranging between 1.0 and 2.7 Million EUR per year, may stimulate the replication of similar initiatives, especially in highly altered areas. The safety measures put in place by the governance of the Garden of Ninfa have safeguarded the tour experience from the Covid-19 fear of infection.
description: Annali di Botanica, V. 12 (2022)
Significant association between vitamin D deficiency and sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Upala, Sikarin
name: Sanguankeo, Anawin
name: Permpalung, Nitipong
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Medicine
Medical sciences

description: Background: A number of observational studies have found an association between low vitamin D levels and risk of sepsis. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the overall estimate of risk. Methods: This was a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by online searches (CENTRAL, PubMed/MEDLINE, and EMBASE) was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42014014767). Primary outcome was incidence, prevalence, relative risk or odds ratio of having sepsis or bloodstream infection between patients with vitamin D deficiency and controls. Results: The initial search yielded 647 articles. Twenty-one articles underwent full-length review and data were extracted from 10 observational studies. Pooled odds ratio of sepsis in participants with vitamin D deficiency was 1.78 (95 % confidence interval [CI] = 1.55 to 2.03, p
Orthostatic Tremor: A Spectrum of Fast and Slow Frequencies or Distinct Entities?
Creators: name: Rigby, Heather B.
name: Rigby, Matthew H.
name: Caviness, John N.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Medicine
subject: Medical sciences

description: Background: Orthostatic tremor (OT) is defined by the presence of a high-frequency (13–18 Hz) tremor of the legs upon standing associated with a feeling of unsteadiness. However, some patients have discharge frequencies of <13 Hz, so-called “slow OT”. The aim of this study was to characterize patients with unsteadiness upon standing found to have <13 Hz tremor discharges on neurophysiologic testing.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed on all subjects with a diagnosis of OT who were referred to the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, between 1999 and 2013 for confirmation using neurophysiology.

Results: Fourteen of 28 subjects (50%) had OT discharges of <13 Hz, of whom eight had frequencies of <10 Hz and six had frequencies of 10–13 Hz. Lower frequency discharges tended to have a broader spectral peak, greater variability in discharge duration, and lower inter-muscular coherence. Subjects with <13 Hz OT had shorter mean disease duration at time of neurophysiology testing (2.00 years in <10 Hz group, 7.96 years 10–13 Hz group, and 11.43 years >13 Hz; p = 0.002). The proportion of subjects who experienced gait unsteadiness (85.7% vs. 66.6% vs. 21.4%; p = 0.016), falls (37.5% vs. 50% vs. 0%; p = 0.010), and had abnormal gait on examination (71.4% vs. 66.0% vs. 14.3%; p = 0.017) was greater in those with low and intermediate frequencies.

Discussion: Slow tremor electromyography frequencies (<13 Hz) may characterize a substantial proportion of patients labeled as OT. These subjects may have greater gait involvement and higher likelihood of falls leading to earlier presentation to subspecialty care.
title: Wir Unterzeichnete vereinigen uns, gemeinschaftlich dafür zu wirken, daß die bei der ersten Lesung angenommenen Grundlagen und Consequenzen des deutschen Bundesstaates ...; [1848]
title: Diejenigen Mitglieder der Reichsversammlung, welche der vorstehend bezeichneten Vereinigung begetreten sind ... werden ersucht, sich im Saale des Weidenbusches einzufinden
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: (:Unav)
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2018

description: In Fraktur. - Ohne Titel
The Curious Case of an Effective Theory
Creators: name: Ilhan, Ibrahim Burak
name: Kovner, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe an effective theory of a scalar field, motivated by some features expected in the low energy theory of gluodynamics in 3+1 dimensions. The theory describes two propagating massless particles in a certain limit, which we identify with the Abelian QED limit, and has classical string solutions in the general case. The string solutions are somewhat unusual as they are multiply degenerate due to spontaneous breaking of diffeomorphism invariance. Nevertheless all solutions yield identical electric field and have the same string tension.
description: 12 pages
Notes on Cohomologies of Lie Triple Systems
Creators: name: Zhang, Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17A40, 17A30, 17B56

description: The cohomology theory of Lie triple systems in the sense of Yamaguti is studied by means of cohomology of Leibniz algebras in the sense of Loday. The notion of Nijenhuis operators for Lie triple system is introduced to describe trivial deformations. We also study the abelian extensions of Lie triple systems in details.
description: 17pages, typos and English are corrected. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1401.4656
Präfixe im Deutschen und das prosodische Wort
Creators: name: Bögel, Tina
name: Betzchi, Shanice
name: Hesch, Nils Henrik
name: Sentef, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
Year: 2022

description: Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum
The Essence of Gravitation and the Power of Cosmic expansion
Creators: name: han, runguang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022

description: Why all things attract each other, what is the essence of gravitation, why the universe constantly expands, what is the power of the expansion of the universe? These problems have been perplexing the scientific community. The explanation of gravity in general relativity is not perfect and the theory does not explain the physical meaning of the gravitational constant G. Scientists use dark energy to explain the expansion of the universe, but there is no clear answer to what dark energy is. Based on the scientific achievements of The Big Bang Theory, quark model and Parton model, this paper puts forward the theory of fluid gravity, deduces a new gravity formula, and reveals the essence of universal gravity and the driving force of cosmic expansion. The fluid gravity formula can be transformed into Newton's gravity formula. It is concluded that the gravity constant G is a slowly changing quantity, the gravity of celestial bodies is limited and may not form a real black hole, and the current total density of the universe is greater than the critical density. The theory predicts that gravity can be partially shielded.