cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Non-dominating sequences of vectors using only resets and increments
Creators: name: Czerwinski, Wojciech
name: Gogacz, Tomasz
name: Kopczynski, Eryk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider a variant of Dickson lemma, where each entry of a vector can be reseted or incremented by 1 in respect to the previous one. We give an example of non dominating sequence of length $2^{2^{θ(n)}}$. It perfectly match the previously known upperbound.
Understanding cognition in older patients with cancer
Creators: name: Lichtman, Stuart M.
name: Hurria, Arti
name: Dale, William
name: Hsu, Tina
name: Inouye, Sharon K.
name: Mohile, Supriya
name: Magnuson, Allison
name: Wong, Melisa L.
name: Holmes, Holly M.
name: Loh, Kah P.
name: Karuturi, Meghan
name: Janelsins, Michelle C.
name: Kimmick, Gretchen G.
name: Whitehead, Mary I.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Cancer and neurocognitive disorders, such as dementia and delirium, are common and serious diseases in the elderly that are accompanied by high degree of morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, evidence supports the under-diagnosis of both dementia and delirium in older adults. Complex questions exist regarding the interaction of dementia and delirium with cancer, beginning with guidelines on how best measure disease severity, the optimal screening test for either disorder, the appropriate level of intervention in the setting of abnormal findings, and strategies aimed at preventing the development or progression of either process. Ethical concerns emerge in the research setting, pertaining to the detection of cognitive dysfunction in participants, validity of consent, disclosure of abnormal results if screening is pursued, and recommended level of intervention by investigators. Furthermore, understanding the ways in which comorbid cognitive dysfunction and cancer impact both cancer and non-cancer-related outcomes is essential in guiding treatment decisions. In the following article, we will discuss what is presently known of the interactions of pre-existing cognitive impairment and delirium with cancer. We will also discuss identified deficits in our knowledge base, and propose ways in which innovative research may address these gaps.
Eunotia mugecuo Luo, You, Yu, Pang & Wang, 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Luo, Fen
name: You, Qingmin
name: Yu, Pan
name: Pang, Wanting
name: Wang, Quanxi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Bacillariophyta
Bacillariophyceae
Eunotiales
Eunotiaceae
Eunotia
Eunotia mugecuo

description: Eunotia mugecuo sp. nov.  (Figs 2–18; holotype = Fig. 6)
Valves arched, clavate, dorsal margin slightly curved or straight in the smaller specimens, ventral margin moderately concave to straight and almost parallel to the dorsal margin, ends broadly rounded, length 9–23 μm, and breadth 3–4 μm. Striae parallel at the center of the valve, becoming radial at the ends, 18–20/10 μm. Areolae indistinct under LM. In SEM, external raphe fissures at the junction between valve face and mantle and terminal raphe fissures extend slightly onto the valve face (Figs 14–15). Areolae rounded, ca. 50/10 μm (Figs 15–16). Internal valve view shows one sesile rimportula present at one apex, with a large opening (Figs 16–18).
 Locality: China. Sichuan Province: Mugecuo Scenic Area, 30º10′15″N, 101º52′24″E. This new species was found in Qisehai Lake, collected by Q-X. Wang, J-G. Cao, & Y. Cao et al. in August 2015.
 Holotype: SHTU! slide and material SC201508079, Biology Department Diatom Herbarium, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China, here illustrated as Fig. 6.
 Isotypes: COLO! material 628100, University of Colorado, Museum of Natural History Diatom Herbarium, Boulder, USA.
 Etymology: The species is named for its type locality within Mugecuo Scenic Area.
 Remarks: E. mugecuo sp. nov. is similar to E. faba (Ehrenberg) Grunow (Lange-Bertalot et al., 2011: 97) and E. botuliformis Wild, Nörpel & Lange-Bertalot (Lange-Bertalot, 1993: 29). E. mugecuo differs from E. faba mainly in the latter’s valve being longer and wider, as well as a notch on the ventral side, and it occasionally appears weakly broadly nose-like (Lange-Bertalot et al., 2011). The apices of E. mugecuo are obviously broader than E. botuliformis (Lange-Bertalot, 1993).
 Habitats: This species has been identified in two samples from Qisehai Lake (sample numbers: SC201508079 and SC201508081). The collected material was a mixture of floating viscous or flocculent substance and filamentous algae. This species was rare in our samples, as only 1–2 were observed in a slide.
 Distribution: China (This paper)
description: Published as part of Luo, Fen, You, Qingmin, Yu, Pan, Pang, Wanting & Wang, Quanxi, 2019, Eunotia (Bacillariophyta) biodiversity from high altitude, freshwater habitats in the Mugecuo Scenic Area, Sichuan Province, China, pp. 133-147 in Phytotaxa 394 (2) on pages 136-137, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.394.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13717670
Observation of photo-thermal feed-back in a stable dual-carrier optical spring
Creators: name: Kelley, David
name: Lough, James
name: Mangaña-Sandoval, Fabian
name: Perreca, Antonio
name: Ballmer, Stefan W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the observation of photo-thermal feed-back in a stable dual-carrier optical spring. The optical spring is realized in a 7 cm Fabry-Perot cavity comprised of a suspended 0.4 g small end mirror and a heavy input coupler, illuminated by two optical fields. The frequency, damping and stability of the optical spring resonance can be tuned by adjusting the power and detuning of the two optical fields, allowing for a precise measurement of the absorption-induced photo-thermal feedback. The magnitude and frequency dependence of the observed photo-thermal effect are consistent with predicted corrections due to transverse thermal diffusion and coating structure. While the observed photo-thermal feed-back tends to destabilize the optical spring, we also propose a small coating modification that would change the sign of the effect, making a single-carrier stable optical spring possible.
description: 8 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
Chemistry-Inspired Pattern Formation with Robotic Swarms
Creators: name: Rezeck, Paulo
name: Chaimowicz, Luiz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Self-organized emergent patterns can be widely seen in particle interactions producing complex structures such as chemical elements and molecules. Inspired by these interactions, this work presents a novel stochastic approach that allows a swarm of heterogeneous robots to create emergent patterns in a completely decentralized fashion and relying only on local information. Our approach consists of modeling the swarm configuration as a dynamic Gibbs Random Field (GRF) and setting constraints on the neighborhood system inspired by chemistry rules that dictate binding polarity between particles. Using the GRF model, we determine velocities for each robot, resulting in behaviors that lead to the creation of patterns or shapes. Simulated experiments show the versatility of the approach in producing a variety of patterns, and experiments with a group of physical robots show the feasibility in potential applications.
description: Submitted to IEEE RA-L/IROS 2022
Showing data citation and reuse in the PARSEC project
Creators: name: Edmunds, Rorie
name: Buys, Matthew
name: Cousijn, Helena
name: Stall, Shelley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: data
citation
reuse
researcher
profile
metrics

description: The PARSEC project (Building New Tools for Data Sharing and Re-use through a Transnational Investigation of the Socioeconomic Impacts of Protected Areas) has the twin goals of improving (a) research outcomes, data sharing, and data reuse, and (b) management and conservation of global biodiversity, by enabling a team of data scientists and a team of synthesis scientists to work together in real time. As part of the project aims, the Data Science Team was charged with developing both new practices and new tools to enhance data citation, attribution, credit, and reuse. DataCite, a global non-profit organization focused on connecting research through persistent identifiers, took on the task of developing two new services that show data citation and reuse: A Researcher Profile that enables researchers to discover the number of views, downloads, and citations of their openly published research datasets. A data metrics widget that can be implemented by both domain-specific and institutional repositories to show views, downloads, and citations of datasets. This presentation introduces the PARSEC project, showcases the two new services, and explains how research connections and reuse can be tracked in DataCite Commons.
Central frequency measurement of the HLS-II storage ring
Creators: name: Zheng, Jiajun
name: Yang, Yongliang
name: Sun, Baogen
name: Wu, Fangfang
name: Cheng, Chaocai
name: Tang, Kai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Central frequency is a key parameter of storage rings. This paper presents the measurement of central frequency of the HLS-II storage ring using the sextupole modulation method. Firstly, the basis of central frequency measurement of the electron storage ring is briefly introduced. Then, the error sources and the optimized measurement method for the HLS-II storage ring are discussed. The workflow of the self-compiled Matlab script used in central frequency measurement is also described. In the end, the results achieved by using two methods to cross-check each other are shown. The measured value of the central frequency demonstrates that the real circumference of the HLS-II storage ring agrees well with the designed value.
description: 5 pages, 8 figures, 2818 words
Need for nursing care support in cancer patients: Registry-linkage study in Germany
Creators: name: Spallek, Jacob
name: Breckenkamp, Jürgen
name: Kraywinkel, Klaus
name: Schwabe, Wolfgang
name: Krieg, Volker
name: Greiner, Wolfgang
name: Damm, Oliver
name: Razum, Oliver
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2018

description: Aim: In Germany, very little is known about the need for assistance and nursing care support among cancer patients after hospitalization. The aim of this study was to describe nursing care support for cancer patients and to analyse whether these patients need more care assistance than other persons in need for care. Methods: This was a registry linkage study conducted in 2011. Cases were identified from the population-based cancer registry for the Muenster District in north-western Germany and in factually anonymised form linked by a semi-automatic probabilistic procedure (the standard procedure of the cancer registry) with medical examination records of patients applying for assistance and nursing care support from the regional statutory health insurance. The application records of 4,029 patients with colon, breast and prostate cancer were compared to a reference group of 13,104 non-cancer patients. Results: In only 41.7% of colon, 45.8% of breast and 37.4% of prostate cancer patients was the malignancy the main underlying diagnostic cause for the application of assistance and nursing care. These patients were on average younger (mean age 71.1 vs. 76.8 years) than the non-cancer reference group, required higher levels of support (79.5 vs. 58.1% “considerable” or higher level care need) and their applications were less likely to be rejected (odds ratios [ORs] 0.26, 0.28, and 0.31, respectively). By contrast, the proportion of successful applications and the level of support granted did not differ between multimorbid cancer patients with other main diagnoses as compared to non-cancer applicants. Conclusion: Patients with colon, breast or prostate cancer do not need per se more nursing care than non-cancer patients. Only if cancer is the main underlying diagnosis for nursing care support, higher levels of support are needed.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XI, 2019
Does postnatal care have a role in improving newborn feeding? A study in 15 sub–Saharan African countries
Creators: name: Khan, Shane M.
name: Speizer, Ilene S.
name: Barker, Pierre
name: Singh, Kavita
name: Twum-Danso, Nana A.Y.
name: Angeles, Gustavo
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Breastfeeding is known as a key intervention to improve newborn health and survival while prelacteal feeds (liquids other than breastmilk within 3 days of birth) represents a departure from optimal feeding practices. Recent programmatic guidelines from the WHO and UNICEF outline the need to improve newborn feeding and points to postnatal care (PNC) as a potential mechanism to do so. This study examines if PNC and type of PNC provider are associated with key newborn feeding practices: breastfeeding within 1 day and prelacteal feeds.
Supersymmetry and Shape Invariance of exceptional orthogonal polynomials
Creators: name: Yadav, Satish
name: Khare, Avinash
name: Mandal, Bhabani Prasad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the exceptional Laguerre and the exceptional Jacobi orthogonal polynomials in the framework of the supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SUSYQM). We express the differential equations for the Jacobi and the Laguerre exceptional orthogonal polynomials (EOP) as the eigenvalue equations and make an analogy with the time independent Schrödinger equation to define "Hamiltonians" enables us to study the EOPs in the framework of the SUSYQM and to realize the underlying shape invariance associated with such systems. We show that the underlying shape invariance symmetry is responsible for the solubility of the differential equations associated with these polynomials.
description: Latex, 16 Pages
title:   RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in the Exotic Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus glabratus, and Insect-Fungal Interactions within the Laurel Wilt Complex
Creators: name: Knutsen, Morgan
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4
subject: FOS: Agricultural sciences

description: Laurel wilt disease (LWD) is a lethal vascular disease impacting lauraceous hosts caused by Harringtonia lauricola, the fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus Eichoff) (RAB) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). LWD has caused tree mortality throughout the southeastern United States and is continuing to spread into new regions. Current management methods have not been successful in preventing spread, warranting investigation into innovative techniques including RNA interference (RNAi).

Elongation factor-1 alpha (ef1a) and actin (act) were established as stably expressed reference genes after exposing beetles to different photoperiod, temperature, and dsRNA exposure. After RAB oral ingestion of double- stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) of three target genes (hsp, shi, and iap), mortality and changes in gene expression were assessed. Following exposure, significant mortality occurred in all three genes. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to investigate changes in gene expression at different timepoints with significant changes occurring in all three target genes.

Additionally, working in sassafras forests at the leading edge of the LWD range expansion, insects were evaluated for internal and phoretic presence of H. lauricola. Results show internal presence of H. lauricola in one hidden snout weevil and two granulate ambrosia beetles, demonstrating that other insects can potentially vector LWD.
description: © 2023 Morgan Christine Knutsen
Topological nature of nonlinear optical effects in solids
Creators: name: Morimoto, Takahiro
name: Nagaosa, Naoto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There are a variety of nonlinear optical effects including higher harmonic generations, photovoltaic effects, and nonlinear Kerr rotations. They are realized by the strong light irradiation to materials that results in nonlinear polarizations in the electric field. These are of great importance in studying the physics of excited states of the system as well as for applications to optical devices and solar cells. Nonlinear properties of materials are usually described by the nonlinear susceptibilities $χ$'s, which have complex expressions including many matrix elements and energy denominators. On the other hand, a nonequilibrium steady state under a electric field periodic in time has a concise description in terms of the Floquet bands of electrons dressed by photons. Here, we theoretically show by using the Floquet formalism that various nonlinear optical effects, such as the shift current in noncentrosymmetric materials, photovoltaic Hall response, and photo-induced change of order parameters under the continuous irradiation of monochromatic light, can be described in a unified fashion by topological quantities involving the Berry connection and Berry curvature. It is found that vector fields defined with the Berry connections in the space of momentum and/or parameters govern the nonlinear responses. This topological view offers a new route to design the nonlinear optical materials.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Norms in and between the philosophical ivory tower and public health practice: A heuristic model of translational ethics
Creators: name: Schröder-Bäck, Peter
name: Van Duin, Claire
name: Brall, Caroline
name: Scholtes, Beatrice
name: Tahzib, Farhang
name: Maeckelberghe, Els
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2019

description: This paper draws attention to the translation of ethical norms between the theoretical discourses of philosophers and practical discourses in public health. It is suggested that five levels can be identified describing categories of a transferral process of ethical norms – a process we will refer hereto as “translational ethics”. The aim of the described process is to generate understanding regarding how ethical norms come into public health policy documents and are eventually referred to in practice. Categorizing several levels can show how ethical-philosophical concepts such as norms are transforming in meaning and scope. By subdividing the model to five levels, it is suggested that ethical concepts reduce their “content thickness” and complexity and trade this in for practicability and potential consensus in public health discourses from level to level. The model presented here is illustrated by showing how the philosophical-ethical terms “autonomy”, “dignity”, and “justice” are used at different levels of the translation process, from Kant’s and Rawls’ theories (level 1) to, in this example, WHO reports and communications (levels 4 and 5). A central role is seen for what is called “applied ethics” (level 3).
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XI, 2019
Designing Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Digital Interventions: Pre-implementation Guidelines
Creators: name: Trella, Anna L.
name: Zhang, Kelly W.
name: Nahum-Shani, Inbal
name: Shetty, Vivek
name: Doshi-Velez, Finale
name: Murphy, Susan A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Online reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms are increasingly used to personalize digital interventions in the fields of mobile health and online education. Common challenges in designing and testing an RL algorithm in these settings include ensuring the RL algorithm can learn and run stably under real-time constraints, and accounting for the complexity of the environment, e.g., a lack of accurate mechanistic models for the user dynamics. To guide how one can tackle these challenges, we extend the PCS (Predictability, Computability, Stability) framework, a data science framework that incorporates best practices from machine learning and statistics in supervised learning (Yu and Kumbier, 2020), to the design of RL algorithms for the digital interventions setting. Further, we provide guidelines on how to design simulation environments, a crucial tool for evaluating RL candidate algorithms using the PCS framework. We illustrate the use of the PCS framework for designing an RL algorithm for Oralytics, a mobile health study aiming to improve users' tooth-brushing behaviors through the personalized delivery of intervention messages. Oralytics will go into the field in late 2022.
Leadership competencies among male health professionals in a Western Balkan country
Creators: name: Caushaj, Klevis
name: Czabanowska, Katarzyna
name: Roshi, Enver
name: Muja, Herion
name: Burazeri, Genc
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2019

description: Aim: Our objective was to assess the current and the required level of leadership competencies among male health professionals in Albania, a country which is characterized by an intensive process of emigration of the health workforce in the past few decades. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in Albania in June-November 2018 including a nationwide representative sample of 132 male health professionals working at different health institutions at both central and local level in Albania (mean age: 41.4±10.1 years; overall response rate: 88%). A structured 52-item questionnaire was administered to all male health professionals aiming at self-assessing the current level and the required (necessary) level of leadership competencies for their actual job positions. Answers for each item of the instrument ranged from 1 (“minimal competency level”) to 5 (“maximal competency level”). An overall summary score (range: 52-260) and a subscale summary score for each domain were calculated for both the current and the required leadership competency levels. Paired sample t-test was used to compare the overall mean scores and the subscale mean scores of the current level and the required level of leadership competencies among male health professionals. Results: Mean value of the overall summary score of the instrument was lower for the current leadership competency level compared with the required leadership competency level (137.6±8.7 vs. 140.7±21.2, respectively; P=0.02). Mean difference between the required and the current level of leadership competencies was higher for male health professionals working in top managerial positions and those working in urban areas of Albania. Conclusion: This study informs about the current and the required level of leadership competencies among male health professionals in Albania, a transitional country in the Western Balkans. Policymakers and decision-makers in Albania and other countries in the European region should be aware of the existing gap between the required and the current level of leadership competencies among health professionals operating at all levels. Conflicts of interest: None.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XI, 2019
Uniqueness of diffusion on domains with rough boundaries
Creators: name: Lehrbäck, Juha
name: Robinson, Derek W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47D07, 35J70, 35K65

description: Let $Ω$ be a domain in $\mathbf R^d$ and $h(φ)=\sum^d_{k,l=1}(\partial_kφ, c_{kl}\partial_lφ)$ a quadratic form on $L_2(Ω)$ with domain $C_c^\infty(Ω)$ where the $c_{kl}$ are real symmetric $L_\infty(Ω)$-functions with $C(x)=(c_{kl}(x))>0$ for almost all $x\in Ω$. Further assume there are $a, δ>0$ such that $a^{-1}d_Γ^δ\,I\le C\le a\,d_Γ^δ\,I$ for $d_Γ\le 1$ where $d_Γ$ is the Euclidean distance to the boundary $Γ$ of $Ω$. We assume that $Γ$ is Ahlfors $s$-regular and if $s$, the Hausdorff dimension of $Γ$, is larger or equal to $d-1$ we also assume a mild uniformity property for $Ω$ in the neighbourhood of one $z\inΓ$. Then we establish that $h$ is Markov unique, i.e. it has a unique Dirichlet form extension, if and only if $δ\ge 1+(s-(d-1))$. The result applies to forms on Lipschitz domains or on a wide class of domains with $Γ$ a self-similar fractal. In particular it applies to the interior or exterior of the von Koch snowflake curve in $\mathbf R^2$ or the complement of a uniformly disconnected set in $\mathbf R^d$.
description: 25 pages, 2 figures
Postnatal care for newborns in Bangladesh: The importance of health–related factors and location
Creators: name: Brodish, Paul
name: Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi
name: Moran, Allisyn
name: Kim, Eunsoo Timothy
name: Singh, Kavita
name: Godwin, Christine
name: Biswas, Taposh Kumar
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Bangladesh achieved Millennium Development Goal 4, a two thirds reduction in under–five mortality from 1990 to 2015. However neonatal mortality remains high, and neonatal deaths now account for 62% of under–five deaths in Bangladesh. The objective of this paper is to understand which newborns in Bangladesh are receiving postnatal care (PNC), a set of interventions with the potential to reduce neonatal mortality.
Healthcare access in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the light of European Union accession efforts
Creators: name: Jarke, Hannes
name: Džindo, Amra
name: Jakob, Lea
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2019

description: European Union (EU) member states are bound to ensure accessible, good quality healthcare for all of their citizens. In 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been named as a candidate for accession to EU membership as part of the “Strategy for the Western Balkans”. This scoping review identifies healthcare access issues in the country, aiming to inform policy-makers of challenges that may be faced in a possible membership application process and beyond. While the country has seemingly improved citizens’ healthcare access—as measured by the Healthcare Access and Quality Index—various specific problems remain unresolved. The main barrier to equal access appears to lie in the division of the healthcare system between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, and the Brcko District, which also influences medicine availability and pricing. Although not necessarily systematic, studies further report distance from healthcare providers, alleged widespread corruption, discrimination of minorities and vulnerable populations, as well as vaccination gaps as problems in healthcare access for specific groups. While certainly not easy to realise, this scoping review concludes that possible solutions could include efforts to unify the healthcare and pricing system, and the implementation of the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List, as well as investigating and tackling corruption and stigma issues.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XI, 2019
Vote DAAP/FIRE Slate for Central Student Government, March 27, 2019
Creators: name: Coalition To Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary.
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024

description: Call to action for the election of Defend Affirmative Action Party/Fighting for Immigrant Rights and Equality (DAAP/FIRE) candidates to the University of Michigan Central Student Government.
Gas Column Density Distribution of Molecular Clouds in the Third Quadrant of the Milky Way
Creators: name: Ma, Yuehui
name: Wang, Hongchi
name: Zhang, Miaomiao
name: Wang, Chen
name: Zhang, Shaobo
name: Liu, Yao
name: Li, Chong
name: Zheng, Yuqing
name: Yuan, Lixia
name: Yang, Ji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have obtained column density maps for an unbiased sample of 120 molecular clouds in the third quadrant of the Milky Way mid-plane (b$\le |5|^{\circ}$) within the galactic longitude range from 195$^{\circ}$ to 225$^{\circ}$, using the high sensitivity $^{12}$CO and $^{13}$CO ($J=1-0$) data from the Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting (MWISP) project. The probability density functions of the molecular hydrogen column density of the clouds, N-PDFs, are fitted with both log-normal (LN) function and log-normal plus power-law (LN+PL) function. The molecular clouds are classified into three categories according to their shapes of N-PDFs, i.e., LN, LN+PL, and UN (unclear), respectively. About 72\% of the molecular clouds fall into the LN category, while 18\% and 10\% into the LN+PL and UN categories, respectively. A power-law scaling relation, $σ_s\propto N_{H_2}^{0.44}$, exists between the width of the N-PDF, $σ_s$, and the average column density, $N_{H_2}$, of the molecular clouds. However, $σ_s$ shows no correlation with the mass of the clouds. A correlation is found between the dispersion of normalized column density, $σ_{N/\rm }$, and the sonic Mach number, $\mathcal{M}$, of molecular clouds. Overall, as predicted by numerical simulations, the N-PDFs of the molecular clouds with active star formation activity tend to have N-PDFs with power-law high-density tails.
Towards background field independence within the Gribov horizon
Creators: name: Justo, Igor F.
name: Pereira, Antonio D.
name: Sobreiro, Rodrigo F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a background gauge akin to the Landau-DeWitt gauge but deformed by the presence of a gauge parameter for the quantization of Euclidean Yang-Mills theories. In the limit where the background field vanishes, standard linear covariant gauges are recovered. This gauge allows for an explicit investigation of the effects of infinitesimal Gribov copies and their impact to background and gauge parameter dependence of physical correlators. Similarly to linear covariant gauges, the introduction of gauge-invariant dressed fields is essential to restore BRST symmetry. Hence, we construct a BRST symmetric action in linear covariant background gauges which eliminates regular infinitesimal Gribov copies in analogy to the recently introduced BRST invariant (refined) Gribov-Zwanziger action. The issue of background dependence and its relation to gauge parameter dependence is discussed in the light of non-perturbative effects driven by the elimination of Gribov copies.
description: 14 pages
Rheology of fractal networks
Creators: name: Patricio, Pedro
name: Leal, Catarina R.
name: Duarte, Jorge
name: Januario, Cristina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We model the cytoskeleton as a fractal network by identifying each segment with a simple Kelvin-Voigt element, with a well defined equilibrium length. The final structure retains the elastic characteristics of a solid or a gel, which may support stress, without relaxing. By considering a very simple regular self-similar structure of segments in series and in parallel, in 1, 2 or 3 dimensions, we are able to express the viscoelasticity of the network as an effective generalised Kelvin-Voigt model with a power law spectrum of retardation times, $\cal L\simτ^α$. We relate the parameter $α$ with the fractal dimension of the gel. In some regimes ($0
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Data gaps in adolescent fertility surveillance in middle-income countries in Latin America and South Eastern Europe: Barriers to evidence-based health promotion
Creators: name: Sentell, Tetine
name: Aires Da Câmara, Saionara Maria
name: Ylli, Alban
name: Velez, Maria P.
name: Domingues, Marlos R.
name: Bassani, Diego G.
name: Guo, Mary
name: Pirkle, Catherine M.
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2019

description: Adolescent health is a major global priority. Yet, as recently described by the World Health Organization (WHO), increased recognition of the importance of adolescent health rarely transforms into action. One challenge is lack of data, particularly on adolescent fertility. Adolescent pregnancy and childbirth are widespread and affect lifetime health and social outcomes of women, men, and families. Other important components of adolescent fertility include abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth. Access to reliable, consistently-collected data to understand the scope and complexity of adolescent fertility is critical for designing strong research, developing meaningful policies, building effective programs, and evaluating success in these domains. Vital surveillance data can be challenging to obtain in general, and particularly in low- and middle-income countries and other under-resourced settings (including rural and indigenous communities in high-income countries). Definitions also vary, making comparisons over time and across locations challenging. Informed by the Adolescence and Motherhood Research project in Brazil and considering relevance to the Southern Eastern European (SEE) context, this article focuses on challenges in surveillance data for adolescent fertility for middle-income countries. Specifically, we review the literature to: (1) discuss the importance of understanding adolescent fertility generally, and (2) highlight relevant challenges and complexity in collecting adolescent fertility data, then we (3) consider implications of data gaps on this topic for selected middle-income countries in Latin America and SEE, and (4) propose next steps to improve adolescent fertility data for evidence-based health promotion in the middle-income country context. Conflicts of interest: None.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XI, 2019
Enable FHIR service for GameBus
Creators: name: Geng, Cunliang
name: Smits, Djura
name: Ridder, Lars
name: Khanshan, Alireza
name: Van Gorp, Pieter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: FHIR
Healthcare data
GameBus

description: Poster about gamebus-fhir-layer of STRAP project for Health-RI Conference 2022.
The importance of skin–to–skin contact for early initiation of breastfeeding in Nigeria and Bangladesh
Creators: name: Carvajal-Aguirre, Liliana
name: Brodish, Paul
name: Khan, Shane M.
name: Amouzou, Agbessi
name: Moran, Allisyn
name: Singh, Kavita
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Skin–to–skin contact (SSC) between mother and newborn offers numerous protective effects, however it is an intervention that has been under–utilized. Our objectives are to understand which newborns in Bangladesh and Nigeria receive SSC and whether SSC is associated with the early initiation of breastfeeding.
Chern-Simons Supergravity in D=3 and Maxwell superalgebra
Creators: name: Concha, P. K.
name: Fierro, O.
name: Rodríguez, E. K.
name: Salgado, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the construction of the $D=3$ Chern-Simons supergravity action without cosmological constant from the minimal Maxwell superalgebra $s\mathcal{M}_{3}$. This superalgebra contains two Majorana fermionic charges and can be obtained from the $\mathfrak{osp}\left( 2|1\right) \otimes\mathfrak{sp}\left( 2\right) $ superalgebra using the abelian semigroup expansion procedure. The components of the Maxwell invariant tensor are explicitly derived.
description: v2, 14 pages, version accepted for publication in Physics Letters B
Characteristics of Kepler Eclipsing Binaries Displaying a Significant O'Connell Effect
Creators: name: Knote, Matthew F.
name: Caballero-Nieves, Saida M.
name: Gokhale, Vayujeet
name: Johnston, Kyle B.
name: Perlman, Eric S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The O'Connell effect - the presence of unequal maxima in eclipsing binaries - remains an unsolved riddle in the study of close binary systems. The Kepler space telescope produced high precision photometry of nearly 3,000 eclipsing binary systems, providing a unique opportunity to study the O'Connell effect in a large sample and in greater detail than in previous studies. We have characterized the observational properties - including temperature, luminosity, and eclipse depth - of a set of 212 systems (7.3% of Kepler eclipsing binaries) that display a maxima flux difference of at least 1%, representing the largest sample of O'Connell effect systems yet studied. We explored how these characteristics correlate with each other to help understand the O'Connell effect's underlying causes. We also describe some system classes with peculiar light curve features aside from the O'Connell effect (~30% of our sample), including temporal variation and asymmetric minima. We found that the O'Connell effect size's correlations with period and temperature are inconsistent with Kouzuma's starspot study. Up to 20% of systems display the parabolic eclipse timing variation signal expected for binaries undergoing mass transfer. Most systems displaying the O'Connell effect have the brighter maximum following the primary eclipse, suggesting a fundamental link between which maximum is brighter and the O'Connell effect's physical causes. Most importantly, we find that the O'Connell effect occurs exclusively in systems where the components are close enough to significantly affect each other, suggesting that the interaction between the components is ultimately responsible for causing the O'Connell effect.
description: 39 pages, 27 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Responsible leadership styles and promotion of stakeholders’ health
Creators: name: Macassa, Gloria
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2019

description: The aim of this short report is to stimulate a conversation on the potential role to be played by responsible leadership in promoting the health and well-being of stakeholders (employees and society at large). The report first describes responsible leadership styles and then briefly discusses the potential connection with health promotion within the lens of the wider determinants of health and intersectorial collaboration. Integrative responsible leadership and health promotion share a common vision: to alter the economic, environmental, and social contexts in which decisions relating to health and well-being are made, thus affecting health equity.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XI, 2019
Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age
Creators: name: Thomas, Courtney S.
name: Richardson, Liana J.
name: Hargrove, Taylor W.
name: Brown, Tyson H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: This study examines how the intersecting consequences of race-ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics status (SES), and age influence health inequality. We draw on multiple-hierarchy stratification and life course perspectives to address two main research questions. First, does racial-ethnic stratification of health vary by gender and/or SES? More specifically, are the joint health consequences of racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic stratification additive or multiplicative? Second, does this combined inequality in health decrease, remain stable, or increase between middle and late life? We use panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 12,976) to investigate between- and within-group differences in in self-rated health among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans. Findings indicate that the effects of racial-ethnic, gender, and SES stratification are interactive, resulting in the greatest racial-ethnic inequalities in health among women and those with higher levels of SES. Furthermore, racial-ethnic/gender/SES inequalities in health tend to decline with age. These results are broadly consistent with intersectionality and aging-as-leveler hypotheses.
Stability and distortion of fcc-LaH$_{10}$ with path-integral molecular dynamics
Creators: name: Ly, Kevin K.
name: Ceperley, David M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The synthesis of the high temperature superconductor LaH$_{10}$ requires pressures in excess of 100 GPa, wherein it adopts a face-centered cubic structure. Upon decompression, this structure undergoes a distortion which still supports superconductivity, but with a much lower critical temperature. Previous calculations have shown that quantum and anharmonic effects are necessary to stabilize the cubic structure, but have not resolved the low pressure distortion. Using large scale path-integral molecular dynamics enabled by a machine learned potential, we show that a rhombohedral distortion appears at sufficiently low pressures, even with quantum and anharmonic effects. We also highlight the importance of quantum zero point motion in stabilizing the cubic structure.
description: 26 pages, 14 figures
Enhancing thermal stability of oxide ceramic matrix composites via matrix doping
Creators: name: Saint Martin Almeida, Renato
name: Farhandi, Hedieh
name: Tushtev, Kamen
name: Rezwan, Kurosch
Publisher: name: Universität Bremen
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ceramic matrix composites
subject: Nextel 610
subject: Alumina
subject: Magnesia
subject: Grain growth
subject: 620

description: To overcome the main limitation of oxide ceramic matrix composites (Ox-CMCs) regarding thermal degradation, the use of matrix doping is analyzed. Minicomposites containing Nextel 610 fibers and alumina matrices with and without MgO doping were produced. The thermal stability of the minicomposites was evaluated considering their microstructure and mechanical behavior before and after thermal exposures to 1300 C and 1400 C for 2 h. Before heat treatment, both composite types showed very similar microstructure and tensile strength. After heat treatment, densification, grain growth and strength loss are observed. Furthermore, the MgO dopant from the matrix diffuses into the fibers. As a result, abnormal fiber grain growth is partially suppressed and MgO-doped composites show smaller fiber grains than non-doped composites. This more refined microstructure leads to higher strength retention after the heat treatments. In summary, doping the matrix can increase the overall thermal stability without impairing the room-temperature properties of Ox-CMCs.
Adsorption of Organic Dyes onto Commercial Activated Carbon by Using Non-linear Regression Method
Creators: name: Hadjer Zeghache
name: Hafsi, Said
name: Noureddine Gherraf
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2019
Subjects: Erythrosine
Brilliant green
Activated carbon
Isotherm
kinetic
Non-linear regression

description: EnvironmentAsia, 12, 1, 127-142
Acetylcholinesterase-Inhibiting Insecticide Residues in Commonly Consumed Fried Edible Insects
Creators: name: Thanatchaya Kanthawongwan
name: Wandee Wattanachaiyingcharoen
name: Pantip Hinhumpatch
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2019
Subjects: Organophosphate and carbamate
Insecticide
Commonly consumed insect
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

description: EnvironmentAsia, 12, 1, 68-73
Large anomalous unidirectional magnetoresistance in a single ferromagnetic layer
Creators: name: Lou, Kaihua
name: Zhao, Qianwen
name: Jiang, Baiqing
name: Bi, Chong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Unidirectional magnetoresistance (UMR) in a ferromagnetic bilayer due to the spin Hall effects (SHEs) provides a facile means of probing in-plane magnetization to avoid complex magnetic tunnel junctions. However, the UMR signal is very weak and usually requires a lock-in amplifier for detection even in the bilayer involving Ta or Pt with a large spin Hall angle (SHA). Here we report a type of UMR, termed as the anomalous UMR (AUMR), in a single CoFeB layer without any adjacent SHE layers, where the UMR signal is about 10 times larger than that in Ta/CoFeB structures and can be detected by using conventional dc multimeters in the absence of lock-in amplifiers. We further demonstrate that the extracted AUMR by excluding thermal contributions shows reversal signs for the CoFeB and NiFe single layers with opposite SHAs, indicating that the AUMR may originate from the self-generated spin accumulation interacting with magnetization through the giant magnetoresistance-like mechanism. These results suggest that the AUMR contributes UMR signals larger than the interfacial spin Hall UMR in the CoFeB-involved systems, providing a convenient and reliable approach to detect in-plane magnetization for the two-terminal spintronic devices.
description: 22 pages, 6 figures
Heavy Metal Residue and Potential Human Health Risk Factors of Celosia argentea (Lagos Spinach) Planted in a Soil Mixed with Landfill Leachate
Creators: name: Ogunyebi Amos Lanrewaju
name: Njoku Kelechi Longinus
name: Misbaudeen Quasim Olamilekan
name: Adesuyi Adeola Alex
name: Oludoye Oluseye Olalekan
name: Balogun Olanrewaju
Publisher: name: Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment
Year: 2019
Subjects: Celosia argente
Heavy metals
Risk Assessment
Landfill Leachate

description: EnvironmentAsia, 12, 1, 74-82
Do Medical Homes Offer Improved Diabetes Care for Medicaid Enrollees with Co-occurring Schizophrenia?
Creators: name: Beadles, Christopher A.
name: Ellis, Alan R.
name: Morrissey, Joseph P.
name: Olesiuk, William J.
name: DuBard, C. Annette
name: Domino, Marisa Elena
name: Jackson, Carlos T.
name: Farley, Joel F.
name: Lichstein, Jesse C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: To determine whether Medicaid recipients with co-occurring diabetes and schizophrenia that are medical-home-enrolled are more likely to receive guideline-concordant diabetes care than those who are not medical-home-enrolled, controlling for confounders.
Introduction of digital technologies in education - Concepts and experiences
Creators: name: Laaser, Wolfram
name: Exeni, Cecilia
Publisher: name: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)
Year: 2019

description: Abstract During the last decades technologies of information and communication technologies made a lot of progress, which increased the quantity and quality of distance education programs and the upcoming blended learning models. However, some basic difficulties in defining meaningful terms instead of buzzwords, often used in the present debate, will be discussed to raise consciousness of the rather vague terminology. The progress of digital technologies offered also a chance for better inclusion of disadvantaged parts of the population. The focus lies on the young generation of school attendants and how technology-oriented programs can provide better inclusion. We put a regional focus on development in Latin America. To highlight some of the issues discussed before, we will present a detailed case study about the Argentinean project “ConectarIgualdad”. We have also added a brief comparison with some other Latin American Initiatives. Summarizing we list considerations for a successful inclusive application of digital technologies in education. Conflicts of interest: None.
description: South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume XII, 2019