cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Replication Package: A Systematic Mapping Study of Security Concepts for Configurable Data Storages
Creators: name: May, Richard
name: Biermann, Christian
name: Krüger, Jacob
name: Saake, Gunter
name: Leich Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Welcome to the public repository for the additional content of the paper "A Systematic Mapping Study of Security Concepts for Configurable Data Storages", accepted a the SPLC 2022. This repository provides additional information to the conducted mapping study, including the following files: fetchedPapers_SPLC2022.csv: sheet containing all papers fetched from IEEEXplore, Scopus, and the ACM Guide to Computing Literature mappingStudyConfigurableStorages_SPLC2022.csv: sheet containing information regarding the analysis results of 50 included papers based on the extraction criteria For successfully replicating the mapping study, follow the next steps we applied in our mapping study. We defined the following selection criteria: The paper is written in English. The paper has been published between 2013 and 2022. The paper is a peer-reviewed conference paper or journal article (e.g., excluding keynote summaries or posters). The paper is longer than three pages. The paper deals with security and configurable data storages in the context of SPLs. We searched in IEEEXplore (122 papers), Scopus (65 papers), and the ACM Guide to Computing Literature (351 papers) by applying the following search string on March 15, 2022: ("software as a service" OR "SaaS" OR "infrastructure as a service" OR "IaaS" OR "service-based" OR "service-oriented" OR "on-demand" OR "stor*" OR "cloud" OR "database" OR "blockchain" OR "edge" OR "fog") AND ("software product line" OR "product famil*" OR "system famil*" OR “software famil*” OR "variant*rich" OR "config* system") AND ("security" OR "secure") We removed 29 duplicates. After title (236 papers), abstract (76 papers), and full-text (44 papers) selection, we employed one iteration of backwards snowballing, resulting in 50 paper for full-text analysis. An analysis sheet was created (mappingStudyConfigurableStorages_SPLC2022.csv) containing all extraction criteria.
Mapping the prestellar core Ophiuchus D (L1696A) in ammonia
Creators: name: Ruoskanen, Jukka
name: Harju, Jorma
name: Juvela, Mika
name: Miettinen, Oskari
name: Liljeström, Anne
name: Väisälä, Miikka
name: Lunttila, Tuomas
name: Kontinen, Samu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The gas kinetic temperature in the centres of starless, high-density cores is predicted to fall as low as 5-6 K. The aim of this study was to determine the kinetic temperature distribution in the low-mass prestellar core Oph D where previous observations suggest a very low central temperature. The densest part of the Oph D core was mapped in the NH3(1,1) and (2,2) inversion lines using the Very Large Array (VLA). The physical quantities were derived from the observed spectra by fitting the hyperfine structure of the lines, and subsequently the temperature distribution of Oph D was calculated using the standard rotational temperature techniques. A physical model of the cores was constructed, and the simulated spectra after radiative transfer calculations with a 3D Monte Carlo code were compared with the observed spectra. Temperature, density, and ammonia abundance of the core model were tuned until a satisfactory match with the observation was obtained. The high resolution of the interferometric data reveals that the southern part of Oph D comprises of two small cores. The gas kinetic temperatures, as derived from ammonia towards the centres of the southern and northern core are 7.4 and 8.9 K, respectively. The observed masses of the cores are only 0.2 M_Sun. Their potential collapse could lead to formation of brown dwarfs or low-mass stars.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A; 10 pages, 9 figures
20th Workshop on Automotive Software Engineering (ASE’23)
Creators: name: Kugele, S.
name: Grunske, L.
name: Hebig, R.
name: Tichy, M.
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)
Year: 2023
Subjects: Automotive
Software Engineering
Workshop

description: Software-based systems play an increasingly important role and enable most innovations in modern cars. This workshop will address various topics related to automotive software development. The participants will discuss appropriate methods, techniques, and tools needed to address the most current challenges for researchers and practitioners.
Stochastic optimal feedforward-feedback control determines timing and variability of arm movements with or without vision
Creators: name: Burdet, Etienne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90399 Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Medical engineering

description: Human movements with or without vision exhibit timing (i.e. speed and duration) and variability characteristics which are not well captured by existing computational models. Here, we introduce a stochastic optimal feedforward-feedback control (SFFC) model that can predict the nominal timing and trial-by-trial variability of self-paced arm reaching movements carried out with or without online visual feedback of the hand. In SFFC, movement timing results from the minimization of the intrinsic factors of effort and variance due to constant and signal-dependent motor noise, and movement variability depends on the integration of visual feedback. Reaching arm movements data are used to examine the effect of online vision on movement timing and variability, and test the model. This modelling suggests that the central nervous system predicts the effects of sensorimotor noise to generate an optimal feedforward motor command, and triggers optimal feedback corrections to task-related errors based on the available limb state estimate.
title: Carbon taxation and greenflation: evidence from the European and Canadian experience
Creators: name: Konradt, Maximilian
name: Weder di Mauro, Beatrice
Publisher: name: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/007ygn379
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021

description: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Working Paper ; no. 17/2021
Axiomatic Analysis of Unsupervised Diversity on Large-Scale High-dimensional Data
Creators: name: Yan, Shiyan
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: axiomatic analysis
subject: metric design
subject: research diversity
subject: social network
subject: graph generation
subject: Computer Science
subject: Information and Library Science
subject: Engineering
subject: Social Sciences

description: Diversity is a concept widely used in every corner of our society. It represents the "breadth" of a set of objects, which needs to be promoted or reduced in different scenarios. Though many people have discussed it, how to define diversity in a reliable way is still a non-trivial task. In particular, when we are facing large-scale high-dimensional data, it is impossible to use pre-defined classifications to divide each object into categories and utilize diversity measurements in downstream tasks. An unsupervised methodology is necessary to handle this challenge. In this dissertation, I explore different methods to address the research question: how to measure diversity in an unsupervised manner based on large-scale high-dimensional data. I leverage representation learning algorithms to project objects into a discrete or continuous space and design several metrics to measure diversity in real-world applications. Furthermore, I introduce an axiomatic analysis method to help us choose and evaluate diversity metrics in both discrete and continuous settings. Following the guidelines derived from the axiomatic analysis, I define diversity in terms of metrics to map distributions of topics to real numbers in discrete space. I also find a simple and intuitive metric to measure diversity, which is defined in continuous space, that performs surprisingly well to satisfy different axioms. The sound and reliable metrics motivate me to focus on some controversial research topics in real applications. I explore the effect of research diversity i.e., how broad researchers' research interests are. I conduct several studies to figure out whether publishing papers with high diversity results in greater research impact. Furthermore, I track trajectories of researchers' careers and try to find the effects of research diversity at different stages. Another real-world application appears in online social networks. Structural diversity, the closeness of users' friends, has a substantial influence on users' behavior from many perspectives. I define users' structural diversity using the results of axiomatic analysis. I track the pattern within the variation in structural diversity in both static and dynamic networks and simulate it with an intuitive graph generation algorithm. An interesting pattern of structural diversity and user engagement in online social media is illustrated.
Carbon coated “zero-strain” Li2TiSiO5 nanowires for high-performance lithium storage
Creators: name: Gao, Shangfu
name: Li, Songjie
name: Gao, Jiazhe
name: Liu, Xuehua
name: Lin, Chunfu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Li2TiSiO5 is a ‘zero-strain’ anode material with a large theoretical capacity, appropriate operation potential, and good cyclability. However, its low electronic conductivity negatively affects its practical capacity and rate performance. Herein, we improve the electrochemical performance of Li2TiSiO5 by carbon-coating and nanosizing dual modifications, and further explore its lithium-storage and ‘zero-strain’ mechanisms by in-situ XRD. Within 0.2–3.0 V, the carbon-coated Li2TiSiO5 nanowires deliver a large reversible capacity of 257 mAh g−1, high rate performance with a 5000 mA g−1 vs. 50 mA g−1 capacity ratio of 71.6%, and excellent cyclability with 90.0% capacity retention at 5000 mA g−1 over 4000 cycles. The special crystal structure of Li2TiSiO5 with electrochemical active TiO6 octahedra surrounded by inactive SiO4 and LiO6 polyhedra can effectively strengthen the volume-buffering capability, resulting in the ‘zero-strain’ behaviour with a tiny lattice-volume change of only 0.41%. Therefore, this dual-modified Li2TiSiO5 material has great practicability for high-performance lithium storage.
Talking Back to the Web of Power: Women's Legal, Child Protection, and Antiviolence Intervention Entanglement and Resistance
Creators: name: Larance, Lisa
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: women's use of force
subject: intimate partner violence
subject: intersectionality
subject: social capital
subject: social work practice
subject: Social Work
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Social Sciences

description: This dissertation asks: how do women in the contemporary United States who have had contact with antiviolence intervention experience legal and child protection systems? This question is explored through ethnographic life story interviews, participant-observation, and go-along interviews with 33 cisgender women who had contact with antiviolence intervention programming often due to court or child protective service orders for having used or allegedly used force in their relationships. My qualitative analysis of the women’s interview transcripts, participant-observation notes, go-along interview notes, and research fieldnotes is grounded in Black feminist epistemology, intersectionality and standpoint theories, and informed by my social work antiviolence intervention practice experience. I argue that these women, most of whom also had domestic and sexual violence survivorship histories, experienced the legal and child welfare systems and antiviolence intervention programming as a web of power that disproportionately punished them for the harm they had caused or allegedly caused, while disregarding their survivorship histories. I detail how the web of power is comprised of 1) arrest, 2) experiences at court, 3) interactions with probation officers, 4) contact with child protective services caseworkers, and 5) enrollment in antiviolence intervention programming. The women experienced the web of power as an extension of the abuse they endured in their intimate relationships. Those intervening in and surveilling their lives could loosen or tighten web strands, one at a time or simultaneously, in a manner that facilitated women’s gradual disentanglement or further entrapment. With each entanglement the women’s voices were muted, disbelieved, or re-narrated, exacerbating their self-described “breakage.” The women accomplished their disentanglement through basic survival, reframing, accessing various stores of social and financial capital, and systems actors’ support. In addition, sharing their stories and listening to each other during formal antiviolence intervention groups provided women opportunities to talk back to the web of power; easing their feelings of breakage; contributing to their healing from the abuse; cultivating supportive, resource sharing networks; and creating their own informal, un-surveilled spaces. The final chapters detail implications for theory, research, practice, and policy.
Plan De Negocio Para El Relanzamiento De La Marca Kawasaki Del Grupo Crosland
Creators: name: Hart Soto, Jean Paul
name: Gálvez Guerrero, Tulio Enrique
name: Montoya Vera, Aida Gisela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: planificación del marketing
estrategias de marketing
planificación estratégica
evaluación económica
administración de empresas
industria automotriz

description: Kawasaki es una marca reconocida a nivel mundial con alto nivel de recordación, lo cual no está siendo explotado. Es un producto de calidad orientado a un segmento de usuarios exigente. El costo de ventas al cierre del 2014 ascendió al 80% de las ventas; la utilidad Neta y EBITDA fueron negativos, toso esto se revertirá incrementando las ventas a través de esfuerzos en publicidad y marketing, y una tienda propia para la marca Kawasaki. En esto se centra la propuesta de relanzamiento de la línea. Kawasaki se vende actualmente a través de la red de distribución de Bajaj, la principal marca del Grupo Crosland. Bajaj es una marca orientada a un segmento de motociclista del tipo utilitario, que busca una herramienta de trabajo a un precio competitivo. Tanto para Lima como para Provincias este modelo ha dado buenos resultados. No obstante, el consumidor de Kawasaki dista mucho en expectativas de compra de Bajaj por lo que su experiencia a través del canal de venta actual no es satisfactoria al tratarse de un cliente más exigente. Actualmente existe poco esfuerzo por incrementar el nivel de exposición de la marca por parte de Crosland y de los distribuidores autorizados. Por lo tanto, no se está explotando el nivel de recordación que esta tiene entre los usuarios de motocicletas. Asimismo, los espacios donde se venden las motos son inadecuados. Kawasaki ha sido mal gestionada, es una marca con mucho potencial que puede ser explotada de una manera más eficaz.

AUTOR :

Hart Soto, Jean Paul; Gálvez Guerrero, Tulio Enrique; Montoya Vera, Aida Gisela

ASESORES:

Dimitrijevic, Boris

EDITORIAL :

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)

FECHA DE PUBLICACIÓN :

ene-2016

URL :

http://hdl.handle.net/10757/616984
About disposition of energy levels
Creators: name: Liverts, Evgeny Z.
name: Dinur, Nir Nevo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The unique properties of central potential of the form $-βe^{-r}r^γ$ were studied using the recently developed critical parameter technique. The particular cases of $γ=0$ and $γ=-1$ yield, respectively, the exponential and Yukawa potentials widely used in the atomic, molecular and nuclear physics. We found different behavior of the energy levels of this potential for three different ranges of the value of $γ$. For $γ\geq0$ it was found that the energy of bound states with the same principal quantum number $N$ decreases with increasing angular momentum $\ell$. The Gaussian and Woods-Saxon potentials also show this behavior. On the contrary, for $-2\leqγ\leq-1$ increasing $\ell$ gives a higher energy, resembling the Hulthen potential. However, a potential with $-1
description: 10 pages, 3 tables
Thermoelectric transport properties of semiconductor film-based epitaxial monolayer graphene
Creators: name: Gao, Junhua
name: Zhao, Xiaofeng
name: Cheng, Zhengfu
name: Tian, Liangliang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plasma Physics

description: Epitaxial graphene on semiconductor films has potential for various applications due to its thermoelectric properties. We investigated factors affecting its thermo power using a solid-state physics approach, considering the interaction between the substrate and graphene, and exploring the effects of chemical potential, temperature, anharmonic vibrations of atoms, phonon-drag, and film thickness. Our results show that anharmonic effects significantly enhance the thermopower caused by electrons, especially at higher temperatures. Additionally, we observed an increase in total thermopower due to phonon-drag, although it has negligible effects at or above room temperature. We found that the thermopower on size-quantized semiconductor films is significantly higher than on metal conductor films and bulk semiconductor substrates. Decreasing the film thickness further increases the thermo power, providing an effective way to enhance the thermo electric properties of epitaxial graphene. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of the thermoelectric properties of epitaxial graphene on semiconductor films and offer valuable insights for future applications.
Construction of nanofibers from supramolecular self-assembly of Schiff-base macrocycles and metal salphen complexes
Creators: name: Hui, Joseph
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The work described in this thesis mainly covers the investigations of a series of conjugated Schiff-base macrocycles and metal salphen complexes. These compounds self-assemble into supramolecular structures through electrostatic or metal-ligand interactions, and their morphologies were studied by electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The Schiff-base macrocycles can bind alkali metal and ammonium cations into their crown-ether interior, leading to the formation of one-dimensional columns that can further organize into nanofibers with hierarchical organization. However, when macrocycles appended with long alkoxy chains were treated with the same conditions, lyotropic liquid crystallinity in organic solvents was observed under a polarized optical microscope. Among the metallosalphen complexes prepared, zinc(II)-containing salphen complexes were found to assemble into helical fibrous structures and exhibit gelation behavior in various solvents. Furthermore, modification of the peripheral substituents of the zinc(II) salphen complexes with carbohydrates further enhanced the helicity in the nanofibers. In addition, the surface texture and diameter of the nanofibers can be altered by the presence of ditopic 4,4′-bipyridine and the increase in hydrophobic effects during sample preparation.
Cosmological Phase transitions from Lattice Field Theory
Creators: name: Jansen, Karl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this proceedings contribution we discuss the fate of the electroweak and the quantum chromodynamics phase transitions relevant for the early stage of the universe at non-zero temperature. These phase transitions are related to the Higgs mechanism and the breaking of chiral symmetry, respectively. We will review that non-perturbative lattice field theory simulations show that these phase transitions actually do not occur in nature and that physical observables show a completely smooth behaviour as a function of the temperature.
description: Proceedings contribution to SMFNS2011, 7 pages
Uniqueness in Calderón Problem with Partial Data for Less Smooth Conductivities
Creators: name: Zhang, Guo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Inverse Problems

description: In this paper we study the inverse conductivity problem with partial data. Moreover, we show that, in dimension $n\geq 3$ the uniqueness of the Calderón problem holds for the $C^{1}\bigcap H^{3/2, 2}$ conductivities.
description: 21pages
Harmonic functions and the spectrum of the Laplacian on the Sierpinski carpet
Creators: name: Begue, Matthew
name: Kalloniatis, Tristan
name: Strichartz, Robert S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Kusuoka and Zhou have defined the Laplacian on the Sierpinski carpet using average values of functions on small cells and the graph structure of cell adjacency. We have implemented an algorithm that uses their method to approximate solutions to boundary value problems. As a result we have a wealth of data concerning harmonic functions with prescribed boundary values, and eigenfunctions of the Laplacian with either Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions. We will present some of this data and discuss some ideas for defining normal derivatives on the boundary of the carpet.
description: 56 pages, 47 figures
Effects of secondary carbide addition on the mechanical properties of (Ti1-xTMx)C-based 20Ni cermets (TM = V, Mo, and W): a study combining ab initio calculation and experimental results
Creators: name: Kim, Myungjae
name: Kim, Hyokyeong
name: Lee, Jinyong
name: Kim, Jiho
name: Kyung, Sooah
name: Kwak, Jongwook
name: Kim, Jiwoong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biophysics
Space Science
Medicine
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Hematology

description: In recent years, significant efforts have been devoted towards the development of high-performance cermets with superior hardness and fracture toughness for engineering applications. In this study, a (Ti1-xTMx)C solid solution of a Ni cermet was prepared based on a combination of ab initio calculation and experimental results. The structural stability, mechanical properties, and microstructure of the cermet were investigated. A screening process was conducted using ab initio calculations to determine the optimal composition of (Ti1-xTMx)C (TM = V, Mo, and W) (x = 0–0.3125). The enhancement of the mechanical properties was analysed by calculating the electronic properties of the (Ti1-xTMx)C solid solutions. Additionally, we evaluated the powder morphology, microstructure, and mechanical properties of (Ti1-xTMx)C–20Ni by using experimental methods. The (Ti0.7W0.3)C–20Ni cermet exhibited enhanced hardness and fracture toughness in relation to conventional TiC–Ni cermets. Computational and experimental results indicated that the addition of secondary carbides improved the overall material properties.
title: García Nieto: Another Restrictive Approach in the European Citizenship Case Law
Creators: name: Uría Gavilán, Elisa
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: CJEU
subject: EU citizenship
subject: social benefits
subject: short-term residence
subject: economically inactive
subject: family reunification

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(2), 763-764
description: The García-Nieto judgment concerns a Spanish family who moved to Germany and applied for subsistence benefits. As the father was economically inactive and had not lived in the host Member State for the minimum time required (three months), he was refused the allowance. The Court of Justice of the European Union was asked through a preliminary ruling to pronounce on the compatibility of this German rule with EU law - more precisely with Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States and Regulation (EC) 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems. The Court decided that the German regulation did not breach the latter, confirming the Dano-Alimanovic "restrictive" recent line of jurisprudence on EU citizenship.
Automated prediction of treatment effectiveness in ovarian cancer using histopathological Images
Creators: name: Ching-Wei Wang
name: Tai-Kuang Chao
name: Lin, Yi-Jia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ovarian Cancer
Precision Oncology
Computational Pathology
Bevacizumab
Targeting therapy
MICCAI Challenges

description: Ovarian cancer is the second most common cause of gynecologic cancer death in women around the world.
 Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) accounts for over 95% of ovarian malignancies. Most women with ovarian cancer
 are diagnosed in an advanced stage, which accounts for the high mortality rate. EOC is classified into at least five
 distinct histopathological subtypes, including high-grade serous, low-grade serous, clear cell, endometrioid, and
 mucinous ovarian cancer. High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is the most common histologic subtype,
 accounting for more than 70% of EOCs. Despite the progress made during the last two decades in the surgery and
 chemotherapy of ovarian cancer, more than 70 % of advanced patients are with recurrent cancer and disease.
 Bevacizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody, which blocks VEGF signaling in cancer, inhibits angiogenesis
 and causes tumor shrinkage, and has been recently approved by FDA as a monotherapy for advanced ovarian
 cancer in combination with chemotherapy. Considering the cost, potential toxicity, and finding that only a portion
 of patients will benefit from these drugs, the identification of new predictive methods for the treatment of EOC
 remains an urgent unmet medical need. Recent studies have shown that the challenge of applying digital whole
 slide image (WSI) to predict post-treatment response may be solved using deep learning (DL) technologies. Over
 the past few years, interest in the use of DL based approaches for drug discovery and development has increased.
 In this challenge, two datasets are constructed, including a whole section slide dataset and an independent TMA
 slide dataset. To assess the generalizability of the model, the whole section slide dataset will be used for training
 and the second independent TMA slide dataset will be used for testing the DL based approaches. This challenge
 aims to build an automatic precision oncology system for patient selection and guiding ovarian cancer treatment.
title: 'Clash of Titans' General Principles of EU Law: Balancing and Horizontal Direct Effect
Creators: name: Gualco, Elena
name: Lourenço, Luísa
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Directive 2000/78
subject: CJEU
subject: general principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age
subject: principles of legal certainty and legitimate expectations
subject: balancing
subject: direct effect

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(2), 643-652
description: European Forum Insight of 8 August 2016
description: I. The background of the case. - II. The Opinion of Advocate General Bot. - III. The judgment of the Court. - IV. Legal analysis: - IV.1. Horizontal direct effect of general principles: here we go again? - IV.2. The clash between general principles of EU law: one winning or all losing?
description: More than 10 years after the first ruling on the horizontal effect of the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age, in the Dansk Industri case the CJEU reiterates Mangold and Kücükdeveci. It has by now proclaimed a new form of horizontality, deriving from the combined application of two different sources of law, i.e. the directive and the general principle. According to the Court, neither the general principle of legal certainty, nor that of legitimate expectations, which can be jeopardised by the horizontal effect of non-discrimination on grounds of age, question the necessity to ensure its effectiveness. Protecting non-discrimination on grounds of age justifies not only a broader application of that principle, but also its hierarchical priority over other general principles of EU law. However, insofar as general principles equally protect other fundamental rights, some questions arise: can the judicial activism of the CJEU equally improve effectiveness and uniformity in the protection of fundamental rights within the EU? Or, as Dansk Industri suggests, does the former goal (i.e. effectiveness) necessarily affect the latter?
Electron-acoustic_solitary_structures_in_two-electron-temperature_plasma_with_superthermal_electrons
Creators: name: Chen, H.
name: Liu, S. Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The propagation of nonlinear electron- acoustic waves (EAWs) in an unmagnetized collision- less plasma system consisting of a cold electron fluid, superthermal hot electrons and stationary ions is investigated. A reductive perturbation method is employed to obtain a modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equa- tion for the first-order potential. The small amplitude electron-acoustic solitary wave, e.g., soliton and dou- ble layer (DL) solutions are presented, and the effects of superthermal electrons on the nature of the solitons are also discussed. But the results shows that the weak stationary EA DLs cannot be supported by the present model.
description: Accepted for publication in Astrophysics & Space Science
The Association between COVID-19 and Changes in Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Opioid-Related Overdoses: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Creators: name: Robins, Alexandra
name: Dimitriev, Alan
name: MacKay, Cameron
name: Wang, Hayden
name: Kearney, Abigail
name: Borschneck, Daniel P.
name: Simpson, Amber
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Developmental Biology
Science Policy

description: Recent data suggest that restrictions related to COVID-19 resulted in changes in the prescribing patterns of opioids. We sought to analyze Ontario health data for changes in frequencies among new and continuing users for the following opioid prescription characteristics: the type of opioid, the average daily dose, and the prescriber’s specialty. Utilizing data on the Ontario Health Data Platform, we defined two 149-day windows as “before” and “after” based on the initial COVID-19 provincial lockdown. A total of 882,268 individuals met our inclusion criteria and were classified as either “new” or “continuing” users. Chi-square tests and Fisher’s exact tests were applied for each level of our primary outcomes to determine whether there were significant changes in prescription proportions before and after the lockdown. A decline of 28% was observed for the number of new users after the lockdown. Statistically significant changes were observed for new users across almost all opioid prescription characteristics between the before and after windows. The proportion of new users who received at least one dispensing event from a pharmacist increased by 26.32%, whereas continuing users increased by 378.61%. There were no statistically significant shifts in opioid prescriptions among individuals with a reported toxicity event during the study period. In terms of opioid prescribing patterns, new users experienced greater change following the onset of the pandemic lockdown than continuing users. Our findings potentially showcase the unintended impacts that COVID-19-related restrictions had on non-COVID-19-related health services, which can inform future policy decisions.
Geomorphometric analysis indicates overlap in body shape between sexes of black sea bass (Centropristis striata)
Creators: name: Keigwin, Bradley
name: Wuenschel, Mark J.
Publisher: name: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Black sea bass--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Growth--Measurement.

description: As a protogynous hermaphrodite, black sea bass begins life as female but may switch to male either pre- or post- maturity (Lavenda 1949). In the male stage the phenotypic characteristics may differ if an individual takes on a role as a dominant male. Dominant males display aggressive behavior during spawning season and either control a group of females (a harem) or control a territory while fending off other males (a lek). The secondary sexual characteristics in black sea bass are dimorphic, with dominant males generally larger than females. Dominant males develop a nuchal hump, a prominent fat deposit on their nape that becomes iridescent blue during mating season, as well as white highlights on their fins and face. In contrast, other, perhaps secondary males, look very similar to females that lack the nuchal hump and bright coloration. Determining the sex of fishes is generally accomplished through internal examination of gonad tissue, unless there are definitive external characteristics unique to each sex (e.g., the blue nuchal hump in black sea bass). In this study, we analyzed the shape of males and females to quantitatively evaluate differences between sexes. By using shape analysis, sexes were compared to determine the reliability of sex determination from external features.
Signs and symptoms of pediatric complex regional pain syndrome - type 1: A retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Mesaroli, Giulia
name: McLennan, Logan
name: Friedrich, Yvonne
name: Stinson, Jennifer
name: Sethna, Navil
name: Logan, Deirdre
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) presents with an array of symptoms that can vary from child to child, making it difficult to diagnose and differentiate from other pain conditions such as chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. Thirteen symptoms and signs are outlined in the Budapest criteria for CRPS (developed and validated for adults) but have not been well described in pediatrics. The aim of this study was to describe the signs and symptoms of pediatric CRPS type 1 (CRPS 1) and determine whether a cluster of symptoms can differentiate CRPS 1 from chronic MSK pain. A retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients with CRPS 1 and MSK pain in a pediatric pain program was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used to report demographics and pain characteristics. The chi-square test was used to evaluate differences in signs and symptoms between patients with CRPS and MSK pain. A logistic regression model was used to evaluate whether a cluster of symptoms could predict a diagnosis of CRPS 1. The sample included 187 patients (99 with CRPS 1 and 88 with MSK pain); 81% were female with a mean age 14.1 years. The most prevalent CRPS symptoms were hyperalgesia (54%) and allodynia (52%). A cluster of symptoms (hyperalgesia, color changes, and range of motion) predicted the probability of a diagnosis of CRPS 1. A cluster of symptoms may be critical in differentiating pediatric CRPS 1 and MSK pain. Future research is needed to determine if this model is valid in external populations and to explore whether a similar model can differentiate CRPS 1 from other pain conditions (e.g., neuropathic pain).
Deskripsi Kegiatan Materi Transformasi Kelas 7
Creators: name: Prewitosari, Wahyu Murti
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: VidyaNusa
Deskripsi Kegiatan
RPP
Game Edukasi
Transformasi
Crayonpedia

description: Deskripsi Kegiatan Materi Transformasi Kelas 7
Evaluating the efficacy of oxytocin for pain management: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials and observational studies
Creators: name: Mekhael, Anastasia A.
name: Bent, Jennifer E.
name: Fawcett, Jonathan M.
name: Campbell, Tavis S.
name: Aguirre-Camacho, Aldo
name: Farrell, Alison
name: Rash, Joshua A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: There is a need for novel analgesics with favorable risk to benefit profiles. Oxytocin has recently gained attention for its potential analgesic properties. The aim of this study was to perform an updated systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the effect of oxytocin for pain management. Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Clinicaltrials.gov were searched for articles reporting on associations between oxytocin and chronic pain management from January 2012 to February 2022. Studies published before 2012 that were identified in our previous systematic review were also eligible. Risk of bias of included studies was assessed. Synthesis of results was performed using meta-analysis and narrative synthesis. Searches returned 2087 unique citations. In total, 14 articles were included that reported on 1504 people living with pain. Results from meta-analysis and narrative review were mixed. Meta-analysis of three studies indicated that exogenous oxytocin administration did not result in a significant reduction in pain intensity relative to placebo (N = 3; n = 95; g = 0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI] −0.10, 0.73). Narrative review provided encouraging evidence that exogenous oxytocin administration reduced pain sensitivity among individuals with back pain, abdominal pain, and migraines. Results suggested that individual difference factors (e.g., sex and chronic pain condition) may influence oxytocin-induced nociception, but the heterogeneity and limited number of studies identified precluded further investigation. There is equipoise for the benefit of oxytocin for pain management. Future studies are imperative and should undertake more precise exploration of potential confounds and mechanisms of analgesic action to clarify inconsistency in the literature.
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EFFICACY OF KETAMINE FOR CRANIOFACIAL PAIN
Creators: name: Hoydonckx, Yasmine
name: McKechnie, Tyler
name: Peer, Miki
name: Englesakis, Marina
name: Kumar, Pranab
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Craniofacial pain (CFP) poses a burden on patients and healthcare system. It is hypothesized that ketamine, a N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, can reverse central sensitization, associated with causation and propagation of CFP. This systematic review aims to assess the role of ketamine for CFP. Databases were searched for studies, published up to September 26 2022, investigating the efficacy of ketamine for adults with CFP. Primary outcome was the change in pain intensity at 60 minutes post-intervention. Two reviewers screened and extracted data. Registration with PROSPERO was performed. (CRD42020178649). Twenty papers (6 RCTs, 14 observational studies) including 670 patients were identified. Substantial heterogeneity in terms of study design, population, dose, route of administration, treatment duration and follow-up was noted. Bolus dose ranged from 0.2-0.3 mg/kg (intravenous) to 0.4 mg/kg (intramuscular) to 0.25-0.75mg/kg (intranasal). Ketamine infusions (0.1-1 mg/kg/h) were given over various durations. Follow-up was short in RCTs (from 60 min to 72h) but longer in observational studies (up to 18 months). Ketamine by bolus treatment failed to reduce migraine intensity but had an effect by reducing intensity of aura, cluster headache (CH) and trigeminal neuralgia. Prolonged ketamine infusions showed sustainable reduction of migraine intensity and frequency of CH attacks but the quality of the evidence is low. Current evidence remains conflicting on the efficacy of ketamine for CFP, due to low quality and heterogeneity across studies. Ketamine infusions suggest to provide sustained improvement, possibly due to prolonged duration and higher dosage of administration. RCTs should focus on the dose-response relationship of prolonged ketamine infusions on CFP.
Collaborating with a Youth Council to Improve Chronic Pain Resources
Creators: name: Wittmeier, Kristy
name: Brown, Cara
name: Diaz, Francis
name: Pylypjuk, Heidi
name: Restall, Gayle
name: Anang, Polina
name: Gerhold, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: There is a recognized need to involve people with lived experience of chronic pain when developing chronic pain resources. The aim of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate a short-term youth council focused on eliciting youths’ recommendations for key features of chronic pain informational resources. In this mixed methods instrumental case study, demographic data were collected via Survey Monkey®. Select Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® brief measures were used to provide context regarding pain impact within this group. Participants completed an initial interview, which informed youth council workshop delivery. Over two youth council workshops, participants reviewed select informational resources and identified key features of chronic pain resources. Participants evaluated their involvement experience during a second interview. Qualitative data were transcribed and analyzed using directed content analysis. Member-checking occurred during a third workshop, held virtually. Seven youth self-identifying as girl/woman or demi-girl participated. The youth were satisfied with the youth council experience, highlighting the importance of meeting others, a relaxed environment, and participating in valuable work. A list of youth-identified key features for informational resources was created through the workshops, which includes considerations for audience groups, content, and presentation. Participants’ input into youth council development and meeting others with lived experience contributed to a safe and supportive involvement experience. Youth council involvement supported the development of preliminary recommendations for chronic pain informational resources.
Operational Experience and First Results with a Highly Granular Tungsten Analog Hadron Calorimeter
Creators: name: Simon, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precision physics at future multi-TeV lepton colliders such as CLIC requires excellent jet energy resolution. The detectors need deep calorimeter systems to limit the energy leakage also for very highly energetic particles and jets. At the same time, compact physical dimensions are mandatory to permit the installation of the complete calorimeter system inside high-field solenoidal magnets. This requires very dense absorbers, making tungsten a natural choice for hadron calorimeters at such a future collider. To study the performance of such a calorimeter, a physics prototype with tungsten absorbers and scintillator tiles with SiPM readout as active elements has been constructed and has been tested in particle beams at CERN over a wide energy range from 1 GeV to 300 GeV. We report on the construction and on the operational experience obtained with muon, electron and hadron beams.
description: To appear in the conference record of the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Valencia, Spain, October 2011
A tumor and liver automatic segmentation challenge
Creators: name: Quinton, Félix
name: Leclerc, Sarah
name: Presles, Benoît
name: Meriaudeau, Fabrice
name: Boucher, Arnaud
name: Ginhac, Dominique
name: Huazhu Fu
name: Xinxing Xu
name: Jean-Louis Alberini
name: Romain Popoff,
name: Jean-Marc Vrigneaud
name: Chevalier, Olivier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: MRI, segmentation
liver
tumor
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
MICCAI Challenges

description: Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world but the second leading cause of cancer mortality in men. In the case of Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) treatment, a contrast-enhanced MRI exam is usually performed beforehand to visualize and delineate the tumor and the whole liver. In clinical practice, delineations are performed either manually or semi-automatically, but are time-consuming prone to intra- and interoperator variabilities. The objective of this challenge is to develop algorithms to automate the delineation of the liver and tumor volumes on contrast-enhanced MRI images. These fully automatic algorithms should improve SIRT treatment planning and therefore treatment delivery and ultimately patient response rate and survival time.
Rank One Phenomena in Convex Projective Geometry
Creators: name: Islam, Mitul
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Geometric structures on manifolds - Convex projective structures, Geometry of properly convex domains, Hilbert geometry, Hilbert metric
subject: Geometric group theory - Relatively hyperbolic groups, Acylindrically hyperbolic groups
subject: Non-positive curvature and CAT(0) geometry, Rank one properly convex domains, Rank one automorphisms, Rank one groups
subject: Properly convex domains with strongly isolated simplices, Relatively hyperbolic convex co-compact groups
subject: Convex co-compact groups and generalization of convex co-compact Kleinian groups
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Science

description: The Hilbert geometry of properly convex domains is a generalization of real hyperbolic geometry using the real projective space. In this dissertation, we study the Hilbert geometry of properly convex domains by developing analogies with various notions of non-positive curvature in geometry and geometric group theory. We use the resulting geometric tools to study convex co-compact groups, which are a generalization of convex co-compact Kleinian groups. In the first part, we introduce a notion of rank one properly convex domains and prove that rank one groups are either acylindrically hyperbolic or contain a finite index cyclic subgroup. This is analogous to rank one non-positively curved Riemannian manifolds. In the second part, we develop the notion of "properly convex domains with strongly isolated simplices" which is a 'finer' notion than rank one. We prove that this notion completely characterizes convex co-compact groups that are relatively hyperbolic with respect to Abelian subgroups of rank at least two. This answers a question of Danciger-Guéritaud-Kassel and provides a plausible direction for generalizing Anosov representations beyond Gromov hyperbolic groups. We also establish an analogue of the Flat Torus Theorem from CAT(0) geometry for studying Abelian subgroups of convex co-compact groups.