cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Innovations in Cooperative Finance: Proceedings of the December 1990 Conference
Creators: name: Castanias, Richard P.
name: Collins, Robert A.
name: Crispin, George
name: Howland, John M.
name: Shulak, Donald
name: Torgerson, Randall E.
name: Castanias, Richard P.
name: Collins, Robert A.
name: Crispin, George
name: Howland, John M.
name: Shulak, Donald
name: Torgerson, Randall E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1990
Subjects: Financial Economics
Industrial Organization

description: These papers were presented at a conference sponsored by the Center for Cooperatives in December 1990. In recent years there has been a number of cooperatives in the United States that have significantly modified their basic structure by either selling out to an investor owned fIrm (IOF),or organizing a subsidiary where the cooperative retains a majority share of the stock and sells the remaining stock to the general public. Professor Collin, following Schrader's initial work, lists three possible motives for these actions. First, the desire of the cooperative to increase its equity base in order to expand market share through asset expansion. Second, the liquidation motive where members of the cooperative nearing retirement wish to liquidate their share of the equity including the market value of the assets. The third motivation is a takeover bid from an IOF because it fIts into the expansion plan of a competing corporation. The fIrst paper in these proceedings is John How land's presentation of the "American Rice International Story." How land draws a picture of the environment in 1988 when the membership of ARI voted to form a new fIrm and sell out their equity share to an IOF while retaining 52 percent of the voting stock in the new corporation. The second paper in the series is Professor Collin's paper "An Economic Evaluation of Cooperative Restructuring" where he looks at the experience of several cooperatives that have recently gone through a restructuring. The third paper is by Professor Castanias, who reports on "Problems and Issues in Cooperative Financing." The fourth paper by Randall Torgerson, Administrator of the Agricultural Cooperative Service is a rebuttal of the trend towards privatization titled ''Why Cooperatives Should Stay Cooperatives". The last two papers are cases in point where cooperatives have attempted to satisfy the liquidity motive by creating secondary markets in either their base capital plan or transferable delivery rights.These two papers are by Don Schulak, CPO of Tri Valley Growers and by George Crispin, Vice President of Agripac.
Two-body hadronic weak decays of antitriplet charmed baryons
Creators: name: Zou, Jinqi
name: Xu, Fanrong
name: Meng, Guanbao
name: Cheng, Hai-Yang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study Cabibbo-favored (CF) and singly Cabibbo-suppressed (SCS) two-body hadronic weak decays of the antitriplet charmed baryons $Λ_c^+$, $Ξ_c^0$ and $Ξ_c^+$ with more focus on the last two. Both factorizable and nonfactorizable contributions are considered in the topologic diagram approach. The estimation of nonfactorizable contributions from $W$-exchange and inner $W$-emission diagrams relies on the pole model and current algebra. The non-perturbative parameters in both factorizable and nonfactorizable parts are calculated in the MIT bag model. Branching fractions and up-down decay asymmetries for all the CF and SCS decays of antitriplet charmed baryons are presented. The prediction of $\mathcal{B}(Ξ_c^+\to Ξ^0π^+ )$ agrees well with the measurements inferred from Belle and CLEO, while the calculated ${\cal B}(Ξ_c^0\to Ξ^-π^+)$ is too large compared to the recent Belle measurement. We conclude that these two $Ξ_c\toΞπ^+$ modes cannot be simultaneously explained within the current-algebra framework for $S$-wave amplitudes. This issue needs to be resolved in future study. The long-standing puzzle with the branching fraction and decay asymmetry of $Λ_c^+\toΞ^0 K^+$ is resolved by noting that only type-II $W$-exchange diagram will contribute to this mode. We find that not only the calculated rate agrees with experiment but also the predicted decay asymmetry is consistent with the SU(3)-flavor symmetry approach in sign and magnitude. Likewise, the CF mode $Ξ_c^0\to Σ^+K^-$ and the SCS decays $Ξ_c^0\to pK^-,Σ^+π^-$ proceed only through type-II $W$-exchange. They are predicted to have large and {\it positive} decay asymmetries. These features can be tested in the near future.
description: 38 pages, 1 figure, version accepted by PRD
Pedagogias Culturais: Flutuações entre o Aprender, o Jogar e o Empreender
Creators: name: da Conceição Pizolati, Audrei Rodrigo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Comunicação e Educação
Mídia e Educação
Pedagogias Culturais
Neoliberalismo

description: ResumoCircunscrito aos Estudos Culturais, este artigo problematiza os discursos e representações presentes entre três artefatos: os filmes AntZ e Bee Movie e o jogo eletrônico League of Legends. Percebe-se deslocamento e articulação para e com um discurso empresarial neoliberal. Assim, enquanto em AntZ há uma oposição ao antigo modelo de gestão social inspirado no fordismo, hierárquico e rígido, o empreender-se é celebrado em Bee Movie no prisma do imediatismo, da flexibilização e do inovar-se constantemente, o que igualmente se infere nas representações do League of Legends.Palavras chaveComunicação e Educação; Mídia e Educação; Pedagogias Culturais; Neoliberalismo.
TAK-242 improves sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in rats by inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway
Creators: name: Xia, Yan-mei
name: Guan, Yu-qian
name: Liang, Ji-fang
name: Wu, Wei-dong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Hematology

description: This study was designed to observe the effect of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) pathway activity on sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI), thereby providing new considerations for the prevention and treatment of SA-AKI. The rats were divided into Sham, cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), CLP + vehicle, and CLP + TAK-242 groups. Except the Sham group, a model of CLP-induced sepsis was established in other groups. After 24 h, the indicators related to kidney injury in blood samples were detected. The pathological changes in the kidneys were observed by hematoxylin-eosin staining, and tubular damage was scored. Oxidative stress-related factors, mitochondrial dysfunction-related indicators in each group were measured; the levels of inflammatory factors in serum and kidney tissue of rats were examined. Finally, the expression of proteins related to the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway was observed by western blot. Compared with the CLP + vehicle and CLP + TAK-242 groups, the CLP + TAK-242 group reduced blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), cystatin-C (Cys-C), reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), and inflammatory factors levels (p < 0.01), as well as increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of CLP rats (p < 0.01). Additionally, TAK-242 treatment improved the condition of CLP rats that had glomerular and tubular injuries and mitochondrial disorders (p < 0.01). Further mechanism research revealed that TAK-242 can inhibit the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway activated by CLP (p < 0.01). Above indicators after TAK-242 treatment were close to those of the Sham group. TAK-242 can improve oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and inflammatory response by inhibiting the activity of TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway, thereby preventing rats from SA-AKI.
Measurements of Scintillation Efficiency and Pulse-Shape for Low Energy Recoils in Liquid Xenon
Creators: name: Akimov, D.
name: Bewick, A.
name: Davidge, D.
name: Dawson, J.
name: Howard, A. S.
name: Ivaniouchenkov, I.
name: Jones, W. G.
name: Joshi, M.
name: Kudryavtsev, V. A.
name: Lawson, T. B.
name: Lebedenko, V.
name: Lehner, M. J.
name: Lightfoot, P. K.
name: Liubarsky, I.
name: Luscher, R.
name: McMillan, J. E.
name: Peak, C. D.
name: Quenby, J. J.
name: Spooner, N. J. C.
name: Sumner, T. J.
name: Tovey, D. R.
name: Ward, C. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Results of observations of low energy nuclear and electron recoil events in liquid xenon scintillator detectors are given. The relative scintillation efficiency for nuclear recoils is 0.22 +/- 0.01 in the recoil energy range 40 keV - 70 keV. Under the assumption of a single dominant decay component to the scintillation pulse-shape the log-normal mean parameter T0 of the maximum likelihood estimator of the decay time constant for 6 keV < Eee < 30 keV nuclear recoil events is equal to 21.0 ns +/- 0.5 ns. It is observed that for electron recoils T0 rises slowly with energy, having a value ~ 30 ns at Eee ~ 15 keV. Electron and nuclear recoil pulse-shapes are found to be well fitted by single exponential functions although some evidence is found for a double exponential form for the nuclear recoil pulse-shape.
description: 11 pages, including 5 encapsulated postscript figures
Risk factors and early prediction of cardiorenal syndrome type 3 among acute kidney injury patients: a cohort study
Creators: name: Lin, Hui
name: Guo, Xiaoyu
name: Wang, Mengzhu
name: Su, Xiaole
name: Qiao, Xi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Marine Biology
Science Policy

description: Type 3 cardiorenal syndrome (CRS type 3) triggers acute cardiac injury from acute kidney injury (AKI), raising mortality in AKI patients. We aimed to identify risk factors for CRS type 3 and develop a predictive nomogram. In this retrospective study, 805 AKI patients admitted at the Department of Nephrology, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from 1 January 2017, to 31 December 2021, were categorized into a study cohort (406 patients from 2017.1.1-2021.6.30, with 63 CRS type 3 cases) and a validation cohort (126 patients from 1 July 2021 to 31 Dec 2021, with 22 CRS type 3 cases). Risk factors for CRS type 3, identified by logistic regression, informed the construction of a predictive nomogram. Its performance and accuracy were evaluated by the area under the curve (AUC), calibration curve and decision curve analysis, with further validation through a validation cohort. The nomogram included 6 risk factors: age (OR = 1.03; 95%CI = 1.009–1.052; p = 0.006), cardiovascular disease (CVD) history (OR = 2.802; 95%CI = 1.193–6.582; p = 0.018), mean artery pressure (MAP) (OR = 1.033; 95%CI = 1.012–1.054; p = 0.002), hemoglobin (OR = 0.973; 95%CI = 0.96-–0.987; p < 0.001), homocysteine (OR = 1.05; 95%CI = 1.03–1.069; p < 0.001), AKI stage [(stage 1: reference), (stage 2: OR = 5.427; 95%CI = 1.781–16.534; p = 0.003), (stage 3: OR = 5.554; 95%CI = 2.234–13.805; p < 0.001)]. The nomogram exhibited excellent predictive performance with an AUC of 0.907 in the study cohort and 0.892 in the validation cohort. Calibration and decision curve analyses upheld its accuracy and clinical utility. We developed a nomogram predicting CRS type 3 in AKI patients, incorporating 6 risk factors: age, CVD history, MAP, hemoglobin, homocysteine, and AKI stage, enhancing early risk identification and patient management.
Picia Caldara 2008
Creators: name: Caldara, Roberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brachyceridae
Picia

description: Key to the species of Picia
 1. Integument of funicle and segment 1 of antennal club clearly visible as covered with almost transparent, sericeous, seta-like scales; funicle moderately longer and finer, with segment 2 2.4 times longer than wide and 3–7 about 1.2 times longer than wide; disc of pronotum with more or less numerous concave scales with metallic reflection; at least first elytral interstria partly covered with shining scales with metallic reflection to apex; apical portion of tergite 8 with broadly blunted lip (Fig. 10).... P. sinuatocollis (Faust)
- Integument of funicle and segment 1 of antennal club barely visible as covered with dense, opaque, greyish brown, seta-like scales; funicle with segments 1 and 2 twice longer than wide and 3–7 about as long as wide; disc of pronotum with sparse concave scales with metallic reflection; on elytra only area around scutellum partly covered with shining scales with metallic reflection; apical portion of tergite 8 with rounded narrow lip (Fig. 11)........................................................................................................................2
 2. Tarsi very elongate, with segment 5 at least 5.0 times longer than wide (Fig. 7); pronotum slightly wider than long, distinctly narrower than elytra at base; humeri slightly protruding outwards (Fig. 2)................. .......................................................................................................................... P. mesopotamica (Tournier)
 - Tarsi moderately elongate, with segment 5 only 3.5 times longer than wide (Fig. 8); pronotum moderately wider than long, moderately narrower than elytra at base; humeri distinct but not protruding outwards (Fig. 3) ............................................................................................................................ P. syriaca (Reitter)
description: Published as part of Caldara, Roberto, 2008, A taxonomic revision of the weevil genus Picia Tournier, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae), pp. 39-57 in Zootaxa 1959 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1959.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5241288
MODERN SURGICAL RESEARCH METHODS
Creators: name: Toirov Abduxamid Suvonqulovich 1st year Clinical resident of the Department of General Surgery Bahromova Iroda Ergash qizi Chorshanbiyeva Gulina Turdibek qizi Samarkand State Medical University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article explores contemporary surgical research methods, emphasizing their evolution, implementation, and impact on surgical practices. The integration of advanced technologies and innovative techniques has transformed the landscape of surgical research, enabling enhanced precision, safety, and outcomes. Key methodologies including randomized controlled trials (RCTs), meta-analyses, and observational studies are examined. The findings suggest that modern research methods significantly contribute to evidence-based surgical practices, ultimately improving patient care.

Keywords

Surgical research, randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis, observational studies, evidence-based medicine, surgical outcomes, technological advancements.
title: Transcription d'un entretien auprès d'une femme relatant son expérience de l'aillaitement, dans la ville de Cochabamba en Bolivie
Creators: name: Geffroy, Céline
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017

description: Source: T-4929
description: La jeune mère interrogée est originaire de la région de Santa Cruz (dans la plaine tropicale) et s'est récemment installée à Cochabamba. L’enquêtrice pose des questions sur le déroulement de la grossesse, l’accouchement, et la première tétée. A la question sur le colostrum, la mère explique quelle était sa couleur, sa texture, son odeur et décrit ses bienfaits. Elle donne des précisions sur la quantité de lait, quels soins elle a apportés à sa poitrine pour se préparer à l’allaitement et explique son mode alimentaire mais aussi ses croyances comme le fait de penser que les émotions négatives sont transmises par l’allaitement. L’enquêtrice demande également des renseignements sur la digestion du bébé et explique les effets du colostrum qui permet de mieux évacuer le méconium. L’enquêtrice termine l’entretien en demandant s'il existe des différences entre les sexes des bébés par rapport à l’allaitement et pose des questions relatives au père, à la sexualité, et au souci d’esthétique après l’allaitement.
Supplementary document for Polarization-independent 3D metasurface with complex amplitude modulation - 6033453.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Yuncheng
name: Gao, Hui
name: Fan, Xuhao
name: Wang, Xinger
name: Xu, Ke
name: Jiao, Binzhang
name: Hong, MingHui
name: Xiong, Wei
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Detailed parameter calculation method of unit structure and core flow of search algorithm
Additional file 2 of Strain engraftment competition and functional augmentation in a multi-donor fecal microbiota transplantation trial for obesity
Creators: name: Wilson, Brooke C.
name: Vatanen, Tommi
name: Thilini N. Jayasinghe
name: Leong, Karen S. W.
name: Derraik, José G. B.
name: Albert, Benjamin B.
name: Chiavaroli, Valentina
name: Svirskis, Darren M.
name: Beck, Kathryn L.
name: Conlon, Cathryn A.
name: Yannan Jiang
name: Schierding, William
name: Holland, David J.
name: Cutfield, Wayne S.
name: O’Sullivan, Justin M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Figures
Attachment and Positive Engagement Following Relationship Conflict
Creators: name: Lembke, Jana M
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: We investigated spouses’ ability to engage in a positive interaction following relationship conflict, a process that involves skills in recovering from distress and reconnecting with one’s partner. The quality of positive interactions was hypothesized to vary as a function of attachment and have implications for marital satisfaction. Newlywed couples discussed a conflict in their relationship followed by a discussion of positive aspects of their relationship. We hypothesized and found that greater attachment avoidance in husbands predicted less positive behavior in both partners during the positive interaction. Additionally, wives’ positive behavior predicted both partners’ relationship satisfaction, even above and beyond caregiving and careseeking behavior during the conflict. The findings point to the importance of examining not only how couples discuss conflicts, but also how they behave in the aftermath of those discussions.
Learning in Credence Good Markets: An Example of Vitamins
Creators: name: Demko, Iryna
name: Jaenicke, Edward
name: Demko, Iryna
name: Jaenicke, Edward
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: credence good
subject: vitamin
subject: learning
subject: speed of learning
subject: spillover effect

description: Unlike many studies of learning and pharmaceuticals, this paper considers credence goods such as vitamins and the role of consumer experience in resolving uncertainty when the user cannot observe the effects of the goods after consumption. The Homescan data justifies variations in the purchases: 45% of households choose different Universal Product Code (UPC) items during subsequent shopping trips than the ones they bought originally. My findings suggest that the probability of choosing Brand 1 increases after a positive experience with Brand 1 and declines after a positive experience with Brand 2. This is based on the assumption that the consumer has had a positive experience about the product if she bought it with a current purchase and three periods back. In a structural model I intend to relax this assumption and compare the endogenous speed of learning about vitamins with the speed of learning about drugs.
Tension of the $E_G$ statistic and RSD data with Planck/$Λ$CDM and implications for weakening gravity
Creators: name: Skara, F.
name: Perivolaropoulos, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $E_G$ statistic is a powerful probe for detecting deviations from GR by combining weak lensing (WL), real-space clustering and redshift space distortion (RSD) measurements thus probing both the lensing and the growth effective Newton constants ($G_L$ and $G_{eff}$). We construct an up to date compilation of $E_G$ statistic data including both redshift and scale dependence ($E_G(R,z)$). We combine this $E_G$ data compilation with an up to date compilation of $fσ_8$ data from RSD observations to identify the current level of tension between the Planck/$Λ$CDM standard model based on general relativity and a general model independent redshift evolution parametrization of $G_L$ and $G_{eff}$. Each $fσ_8$ datapoint considered has been published separately in the context of independent analyses of distinct galaxy samples. However, there are correlations among the datapoints considered due to overlap of the analyzed galaxy samples. Due to these correlations the derived levels of tension of the best fit parameters with Planck/$Λ$CDM are somewhat overestimated but this is the price to pay for maximizing the information encoded in the compilation considered. We find that the level of tension increases from about $3.5σ$ for the $fσ_8$ data compilation alone to about $6σ$ when the $E_G$ data are also included in the analysis. The direction of the tension is the same as implied by the $fσ_8$ RSD growth data alone (lower $Ω_m$ and/or weaker effective Newton constant at low redshifts for both the lensing and the growth effective Newton constants ($G_L$ and $G_{eff}$)). These results further amplify the hints for weakening modified gravity discussed in other recent analyses.
description: 24 pages, 10 Figures. Published extended version (3 additional figures, additional less correlated dataset analysed). The data and the Mathematica data analysis files may be downloaded from http://leandros.physics.uoi.gr/egfs8plots.zip
The B^+ B_d^0 Lifetime Difference Beyond Leading Logarithms
Creators: name: Beneke, M.
name: Buchalla, G.
name: Greub, C.
name: Lenz, A.
name: Nierste, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute perturbative QCD corrections to the lifetime splitting between the charged and neutral $B$ meson in the framework of the heavy quark expansion. These next-to-leading logarithmic corrections are necessary for a meaningful use of hadronic matrix elements of local operators from lattice gauge theory. We find the uncertainties associated with the choices of renormalization scale and scheme significantly reduced compared to the leading-order result. We include the full dependence on the charm-quark mass $m_c$ without any approximations. Using hadronic matrix elements estimated in the literature with lattice QCD we obtain $τ(B^+)/τ(B^0_d)=1.053\pm 0.027\pm 0.017$, where the effects of unquenching and $1/m_b$ corrections are not yet included. The lifetime difference of heavy baryons $Ξ^0_b$ and $Ξ^-_b$ is also briefly discussed.
description: 20 pages, LaTeX
Cathepsin G promotes arteriovenous fistula maturation by positively regulating the MMP2/MMP9 pathway
Creators: name: Hu, Lemei
name: Zheng, Changqing
name: Kong, Ying
name: Luo, Zhiqing
name: Huang, Fengzhang
name: Zhu, Zhigang
name: Li, Quhuan
name: Liang, Ming
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology

description: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is currently the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis patients. However, the low maturation rate of AVF severely affects its use in patients. A more comprehensive understanding and study of the mechanisms of AVF maturation is urgently needed. In this study, we downloaded the publicly available datasets (GSE119296 and GSE220796) from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and merged them for subsequent analysis. We screened 84 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and performed the functional enrichment analysis. Next, we integrated the results obtained from the degree algorithm provided by the Cytohubba plug-in, Molecular complex detection (MCODE) plug-in, weighted gene correlation network analysis (WGCNA), and Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) logistic regression. This integration allowed us to identify CTSG as a hub gene associated with AVF maturation. Through the literature search and Pearson’s correlation analysis, the genes matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) and MMP9 were identified as potential downstream effectors of CTSG. We then collected three immature clinical AVF vein samples and three mature samples and validated the expression of CTSG using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and double-immunofluorescence staining. The IHC results demonstrated a significant decrease in CTSG expression levels in the immature AVF vein samples compared to the mature samples. The results of double-immunofluorescence staining revealed that CTSG was expressed in both the intima and media of AVF veins. Moreover, the expression of CTSG in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) was significantly higher in the mature samples compared to the immature samples. The results of Masson’s trichrome and collagen I IHC staining demonstrated a higher extent of collagen deposition in the media of immature AVF veins compared to the mature. By constructing an in vitro CTSG overexpression model in VSMCs, we found that CTSG upregulated the expression of MMP2 and MMP9 while downregulating the expression of collagen I and collagen III. Furthermore, CTSG was found to inhibit VSMC migration. CTSG may promote AVF maturation by stimulating the secretion of MMP2 and MMP9 from VSMCs and reducing the extent of medial fibrosis in AVF veins by inhibiting the secretion of collagen I and collagen III.
Carbon, oxygen, and iron abundances in disk and halo stars. Implications of 3D non-LTE spectral line formation
Creators: name: Amarsi, A. M.
name: Nissen, P. E.
name: Skúladóttir, Á.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The abundances of carbon, oxygen, and iron in late-type stars are important parameters in exoplanetary and stellar physics, as well as key tracers of stellar populations and Galactic chemical evolution. We carried out three-dimensional (3D) non-LTE radiative transfer calculations for CI and OI, and 3D LTE radiative transfer calculations for FeII, across the STAGGER-grid of 3D hydrodynamic model atmospheres. The absolute 3D non-LTE versus 1D LTE abundance corrections can be as severe as $-0.3$ dex for CI lines in low-metallicity F dwarfs, and $-0.6$ dex for OI lines in high-metallicity F dwarfs. The 3D LTE versus 1D LTE abundance corrections for FeII lines are less severe, typically less than $+0.15$ dex. We used the corrections in a re-analysis of carbon, oxygen, and iron in $187$ F and G dwarfs in the Galactic disk and halo. Applying the differential 3D non-LTE corrections to 1D LTE abundances visibly reduces the scatter in the abundance plots. The thick disk and high-$α$ halo population rise in carbon and oxygen with decreasing metallicity, and reach a maximum of [C/Fe]$\approx0.2$ and a plateau of [O/Fe]$\approx0.6$ at [Fe/H]$\approx-1.0$. The low-$α$ halo population is qualitatively similar, albeit offset towards lower metallicities and with larger scatter. Nevertheless, these populations overlap in the [C/O] versus [O/H] plane, decreasing to a plateau of [C/O]$\approx-0.6$ below [O/H]$\approx-1.0$. In the thin-disk, stars having confirmed planet detections tend to have higher values of C/O at given [O/H]; this potential signature of planet formation is only apparent after applying the abundance corrections to the 1D LTE results. Our grids of line-by-line abundance corrections are publicly available and can be readily used to improve the accuracy of spectroscopic analyses of late-type stars.
description: 20 pages, 14 figures, 7 online tables; arXiv abstract abridged; published in Astronomy & Astrophysics
From the Antiworld to the "Other World:" A Translation and Critical Analysis of Kurahashi Yumiko's "The Passage of Dreams"
Creators: name: Levine, Emily F.
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: This thesis represents a complete translation of the sixth volume of the “Keiko-san Series,” Yume no kayoiji, translated here as The Passage of Dreams. Published in 1989 by Kurahashi Yumiko, The Passage of Dreams is composed of twenty-one short stories, each of which details a bizarre, often sexual incident. The “Keiko-san Series,” written after Kurahashi’s ten year lapse in activity, has been largely dismissed and neglected by Japanese literary scholars. Through a comparative analysis of this work and Kurahashi’s earliest stories “Partei” and “The End of Summer,” this thesis delineates a clear rupture in structure and theme between the two parts of the author’s career and asserts that both are of significance to Japanese literature. However, the portrayal of female focused sexuality in The Passage of Dreams makes it especially deserving of the attention it has yet to receive.
The translation portion of this thesis has undergone significant revisions since its submission.
Away-from-jet energy flow
Creators: name: Banfi, A.
name: Marchesini, G.
name: Smye, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider interjet observables in hard QCD processes given by the energy flow E_out in a region away from all hard jets. Here the QCD radiation is depleted (E_out << Q), and therefore these observables provide ideal means to study non-perturbative effects. We derive an evolution equation (in the large N_c limit) which resums, for large Q/E_out, all leading terms arising from large angle soft emission (double logarithms are absent). We discuss the analytical features of the result and identify universal and geometry-dependent contributions. Our analysis confirms features found using numerical methods by Dasgupta and Salam.
description: 29 pages, 2 figures, JHEP class included. Paper version
Continuous-wave coherent Raman spectroscopy for improving the accuracy of Raman shifts
Creators: name: Kerdoncuff, Hugo
name: Lassen, Mikael
name: Petersen, Jan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Raman spectroscopy is an appealing technique that probes molecular vibrations in a wide variety of materials with virtually no sample preparation. However, accurate and reliable Raman measurements are still a challenge and require more robust and practical calibration methods. We demonstrate the implementation of a simple low-cost continuous-wave stimulated Raman spectroscopy scheme for accurate and high-resolution spectroscopy. We perform shot noise limited continuous-wave stimulated Raman scattering (cwSRS) as well as continuous-wave coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (cwCARS) on polystyrene samples. Our method enables accurate determination of Raman shifts with an uncertainty below 0.1 cm$^{-1}$. The setup is used for the characterization of reference materials required for the calibration of Raman spectrometers. Compared with existing standards, we provide an order of magnitude improvement of the uncertainty of Raman energy shifts in a polystyrene reference material.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table
Thunder and Lightning: Using Neutron-Star Mergers as Simultaneous Standard Candles and Sirens to Measure Cosmological Parameters
Creators: name: Doctor, Zoheyr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: With the detection of gravitational wave (GW) GW170817 and its associated electromagnetic (EM) counterparts from a binary neutron star (NS) merger, the "standard siren" method for Hubble-constant measurements is expected to play a role in the Hubble-constant tension in the next few years. One intriguing proposal put forward in multiple studies is to use an NS merger's optical counterpart, known as a kilonova, as a standard candle, because its absolute magnitude can in principle be calculated from simulations. In this work, I detail the statistical framework for performing joint standard-candle and standard-siren measurements using GWs, EM follow-up data, and simulations of EM counterparts. I then perform an example analysis using GW170817 and its optical counterpart AT2017gfo to illustrate the method and the method's limitations. Crucially, the inferences using this method are only as robust as the EM counterpart models, so significant theoretical advances are needed before this method can be employed for precision cosmology.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
Dwelling in the Vision of Utopia: A Politico-Religious Reading of Tao Qian
Creators: name: LIAN, JIANI
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: The present work offers a critical analysis of Tao Qian’s political and religious thought from readings of his poetic works. Focused on Tao Qian’s writings about the “Way” and the crisis of the “Way”, I examine how he constructs his political utopia and religious utopia that stand out as his response to the multidimensional existential crisis. Chapter 1 provides a summary of Tao’s depictions of the “Way” and the crisis of the “Way”, which serves as the textual ground of this study. Chapter 2 introduces the interdisciplinary methods that I have adopted to read and understand Tao Qian. Basically this study is informed by ideas and insights from modern disciplines of political thought and religious studies. Chapter 3 focuses on Tao Qian’s political utopia and discloses the philosophical traditions and personal innovations of Tao's political thought. Chapter 4 introduces Tao Qian’s religious utopia, with focus on how he manifests the sacred world and how he proposes to get to the sacred.
A quantum-geometrical description of fracton statistics
Creators: name: da Cruz, Wellington
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the fractal characteristic of the quantum mechanical paths and we obtain for any universal class of fractons labeled by the Hausdorff dimension defined within the interval 1$ $$ < $$ $$h$$ $$
description: Typos corrected, latex, 8 pages, Talk given at the 2nd International Londrina Winter School: Mathematical Methods in Physics, August, 26-30 (2002), Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paran\'a, Brazil. Version to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. {\bf A}, (2003)
Statistical Physics for Cosmic Structures
Creators: name: Pietronero, Luciano
name: Gabrielli, Andrea
name: Labini, Francesco Sylos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ideas of Statistical Physics are very relevant for cosmic structures especially considering that the field is undergoing a period of exceptional development with many new data appearing on a monthly basis. In the past years we have focused mostly on galaxy distributions and their statistical properties. This led to an interesting debate which will be resolved by the next generation of data in a couple of years. In addition here we discuss the statistical properties of the fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background which are small in amplitude but complex in structure. We finally discuss the connection between these observations and the Harrison-Zeldovich spectrum and its further implications on the theories of structure formation and the and the cosmological $N$-body simulations.
description: 7 pages, latex, 2 postscript figures. To be published in the Proceedings of the Conference "StatsPhys21" held in Cancun (Mexico) July 15-21 2001
TWO-STAGE METHOD FOR FABRICATING COMPLETE REMOVABLE DENTURE PROSTHESES
Creators: name: Burxonova Zarafruz Qpobilovna Zikirova Hulkar Alisher qizi Samarkand State Medical University
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The two-stage method for fabricating complete removable denture prostheses has gained recognition for its efficiency and effectiveness in prosthodontics. This article discusses the methodology, materials used, and clinical outcomes associated with this technique. The study highlights the importance of each phase in achieving optimal denture fit, functionality, and patient satisfaction.

Keywords:

Complete removable dentures

Two-stage method

Prosthodontics

Clinical outcomes

Patient satisfaction
Function Verification of Combinational Arithmetic Circuits
Creators: name: Liu, Duo
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: Hardware design verification is the most challenging part in overall hardware design process. It is because design size and complexity are growing very fast while the requirement for performance is ever higher. Conventional simulation-based verification method cannot keep up with the rapid increase in the design size, since it is impossible to exhaustively test all input vectors of a complex design. An important part of hardware verification is combinational arithmetic circuit verification. It draws a lot of attention because flattening the design into bit-level, known as the bit-blasting problem, hinders the efficiency of many current formal techniques. The goal of this thesis is to introduce a robust and efficient formal verification method for combinational integer arithmetic circuit based on an in-depth analysis of recent advances in computer algebra. The method proposed here solves the verification problem at bit level, while avoiding bit-blasting problem. It also avoids the expensive Groebner basis computation, typically employed by symbolic computer algebra methods. The proposed method verifies the gate-level implementation of the design by representing the design components (logic gates and arithmetic modules) by polynomials in Z2n . It then transforms the polynomial representing the output bits (called “output signature”) into a unique polynomial in input signals (called “input signature”) using gate-level information of the design. The computed input signature is then compared with the reference input signature (golden model) to determine whether the circuit behaves as anticipated. If the reference input signature is not given, our method can be used to compute (or extract) the arithmetic function of the design by computing its input signature. Additional tools, based on canonical word-level design representations (such as TED or BMD) can be used to determine the function of the computed input signature represents. We demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method to arithmetic circuit verification on a large number of designs.
COVID-19 and renal allograft rejection: insight from controlled and non-controlled studies
Creators: name: Daoud, Ahmed
name: Soliman, Karim
name: Salas, Maria Aurora Posadas
name: Uehara, Genta
name: Vaishnav, Sakshi
name: Cheungpasitporn, Wisit
name: Casey, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), due to their immunosuppressed status, are potentially more susceptible to both the severe effects of COVID-19 and complications in their transplanted organ. The aim of this study is to investigate whether COVID-19 infection increases the risk of rejection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). This study involved a detailed literature review, conducted using PubMed, with the search being completed by September 7th, 2023. The search strategy incorporated a combination of relevant keywords: ‘COVID’, ‘Renal’, ‘Kidney’, ‘Transplant’, and ‘Rejection’. The results from controlled and uncontrolled studies were separately collated and analyzed. A total of 11 studies were identified, encompassing 1,179 patients. Among these, two controlled studies reported the incidence of rejection in KTRs infected with COVID-19. Pooling data from these studies revealed no significant statistical correlation between COVID-19 infection and biopsy-proven rejection (p = 0.26). In addition, nine non-controlled studies were found, with rejection incidences ranging from 0% to 66.7%. The majority of these studies (eight out of nine) had small sample sizes, ranging from 3 to 75 KTRs, while the largest included 372 KTRs. The combined rejection rate across these studies was calculated to be 11.8%. In conclusion, the limited number of published controlled studies revealed no statistically significant association between COVID-19 infection and biopsy-proven rejection among KTRs. However, the broader analysis of non-controlled studies showed a variable rejection incidence with a pooled rejection rate of 11.8%. There is insufficient high-quality data to explore the association of COVID-19 infection and rejection.
Contribution of starburst nuclei to the diffuse gamma-ray and neutrino flux
Creators: name: Peretti, Enrico
name: Blasi, Pasquale
name: Aharonian, Felix
name: Morlino, Giovanni
name: Cristofari, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In nuclei of starburst galaxies, the combination of an enhanced rate of supernova explosions and a high gas density suggests that cosmic rays can be efficiently produced, and that most of them lose their energy before escaping these regions, resulting in a large flux of secondary products, including neutrinos. Although the flux inferred from an individual starburst region is expected to be well below the sensitivity of current neutrino telescopes, such sources may provide a substantial contribution to the diffuse neutrino flux measured by IceCube. Here we compute the gamma-ray and neutrino flux due to starburst galaxies based on a physical model of cosmic ray transport in a starburst nucleus, and accounting for the redshift evolution of the number density of starburst sources as inferred from recent measurements of the star formation rate. The model accounts for gamma-ray absorption both inside the sources and in the intergalactic medium. The latter process is responsible for electromagnetic cascades, which also contribute to the diffuse gamma-ray background at lower energies. The conditions for acceleration of cosmic ray protons up to energies exceeding $ \sim 10 \, \rm PeV$ in starburst regions, necessary for the production of PeV neutrinos, are investigated in a critical way. We show that starburst nuclei can account for the diffuse neutrino flux above $\sim 200 \, \rm TeV$, thereby producing $\lesssim 40 \%$ of the extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray background. Below $\sim 200 \, \rm TeV$, the flux from starburst appears to be somewhat lower than the observed one, where both the Galactic contribution and the flux of atmospheric neutrinos may account for the difference.
description: Version accepted for publication in MNRAS, 13 pages, 5 figures
GREEN ECONOMY IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN: MODEL AND FORECASTS OF DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Rakhmatjanov, Lazizkhan
name: Aripova, Saidaxon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article analyzes international and national approaches to the concepts of “green economy" and “green development". The article describes the strategy of transition to a green economy in Uzbekistan, the country's promising indicators.
Predicted 25-hydroxyvitamin D Score and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis in U.S. Women
Creators: name: Purdue-Smithe, Alexandra
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive, autoimmune neurodegenerative disorder affecting nearly 350,000 people in the United States and resulting in significant disability. As an immunomodulator, vitamin D may play a role in the development of MS. Previous studies have observed an inverse association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and MS risk in younger populations; however, whether this relationship persists in older adults remains unclear. We prospectively investigated the association between predicted 25(OH)D level and incident MS in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) (n=121,701) and NHS II (n=116,430). 25(OH)D levels were predicted using validated regression models that include important determinants of vitamin D status, including race, UV-B flux (based on state of residence), physical activity, body mass index, dietary vitamin D intake, alcohol consumption and post-menopausal hormone use. Data on these factors were self-reported on NHS and NHS II questionnaires starting in 1986 and 1991, respectively, and updated every 2-4 years. MS diagnoses were ascertained by self-report and confirmed by medical records. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for age, ethnicity, latitude of residence at age 15, and BMI at age 18 were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR)s and 95% confidence intervals (CI)s in each cohort. During up to 18 years of follow-up, we documented 179 definite/probable cases of MS with first symptoms after baseline. Multivariable HRs comparing highest and lowest quintiles of predicted 25(OH)D were 1.09 (95% CI: 0.40-2.96) in the NHS and 0.52 (95% CI: 0.28-0.95) in the NHS II. Higher predicted plasma 25(OH)D may be modestly associated with lower risk of MS, primarily in younger women.
Additional file 3 of Strain engraftment competition and functional augmentation in a multi-donor fecal microbiota transplantation trial for obesity
Creators: name: Wilson, Brooke C.
name: Vatanen, Tommi
name: Thilini N. Jayasinghe
name: Leong, Karen S. W.
name: Derraik, José G. B.
name: Albert, Benjamin B.
name: Chiavaroli, Valentina
name: Svirskis, Darren M.
name: Beck, Kathryn L.
name: Conlon, Cathryn A.
name: Yannan Jiang
name: Schierding, William
name: Holland, David J.
name: Cutfield, Wayne S.
name: O’Sullivan, Justin M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Supplementary Table 1