cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
USIA Poll # 1999-I99021: Brazil's Society, Economy and Environment
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Direction of the country (1); most serious problem facing the country (1); economic situation of the country (2); personal effects of the devaluation of the real (1); views on aid given to Brazil from other countries (2); Brazil's closest economic partner (2); views on economic integration (1); Mercosul free trade agreement (2); biggest problem with trade in the area (1); reducing poverty in Brazil (1); quality of environment (1); most serious environmental problem facing the country (1); protection of the environment (3); threat of foreign nations limiting Brazilian control/sovereignty over the Amazonian region (2); most important Amazonian resource for economic progress (1); illegal drug use (3); legalization of drugs (2); problem of drug trafficking through Brazil to other countries (1); illegal drug use in the U.S. (2); views on working with U.S. to combat drug trafficking (1); free trade vs. trade restrictions (3); agree/disagree with statements about Brazilian trade/business (3); genetically engineered food (3); opinion of the U.S. (1); U.S.-Brazilian relations (3); U.S.-Brazilian trade (2); agree/disagree with statement (3); cooperation between Brazil & U.S. (3); traits/qualities of Americans (1); descriptions of U.S. (10); English-speaking abilities of Brazilians (5); Other foreign language abilities (1); American popular culture (5); peace process in Columbia (1); confidence in the U.S. (2); views on U.S. treatment of Brazil (1); opinion of U.S. role in global affairs (1).
Gallup Poll # 1944-0317: Sacrifices for the War/Presidential Election/World War II
Creators: name: Gallup
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2004

description: Making sacrifices for the war (2); trips that Mrs. Roosevelt makes (1); who would like to see as next president (2); which party would like to see win presidential election this fall (1); think President Roosevelt will/will not run for a fourth term this year (1); Roosevelt vs. Dewey (2); approving peace treaties (2); U.S. should take active part in/stay out of world affairs after the war (1); government should take steps now/wait until after the war is won to set up a world organization with allies to maintain future peace of the world (1); national service act to draft people for war jobs (3); have/have not made plans to take a job in a war plant (1); beer (2); think there should/should not be an increase in everyone's income tax to help pay for cost of war (1); more/fewer farm workers should be drafted for military service this year (1); subsidy payments to farmers should/should not be continued (1); have/do not have any children going to senior high school now (1); which magazine would prefer to have high school boy or girl read (2); which magazine would serve best in training high school boys and girls to be better American citizens (1); U.S. should/should not keep all Japanese islands after the war which we conquer between Hawaii and the Philippines (1); 1942 Congressional election (2); 1940 presidential election (2); definition of isolationist (1); definition of internationalist (1); regard self as an isolationist/internationalist (1); military alliances (3); any relative in armed forces (2).
Gallup Poll # 1944-0319: Military Draft/Presidential Election/Employment/Labor Unions
Creators: name: Gallup
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2004

description: Agree/disagree that all navy men should be permitted to have beer on board navy ships (1); drafting some men between ages eighteen and forty-five (2); who would like to see as next president (2); which party would like to see win the presidential election this fall (1); Roosevelt vs. Dewey (3); Henry Wallace vs. Governor Warren (1); think there will be fewer strikes and labor problems if a Republican president is elected this fall (1); employed at a job that pays regularly (1); respondent is/is not working in a war plant (1); plan to keep on working after the war (1); will present job keep on after the war/will have to look for a new job (1); how hard will it be to find a new job (1); think will get same rate of pay as getting now/will probably have to take less after the war (1); would be more/less likely to vote for a candidate if the C.I.O. supported him (1); would be more/less likely to vote for a candidate if the National Association of Manufacturers supported him (1); "maintenance of membership" in connection with labor unions (2); think a person who joins a union should/should not have to continue to belong to it in order to hold his job (1); party platforms (2); 1942 Congressional election (2); 1940 presidential election (2); any relative in armed forces (2); how well has Roosevelt administration handled strikes and labor problems (1); think the Republicans could/could not do a better job of handling strikes and labor problems (1).
Evaluating Patient Knowledge and Understanding of HbA1c and Disease Duration in Adult Diabetics
Creators: name: Bittel, Matthew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Diabetes prevalence among adult Americans continues to rise on a yearly basis. Lifestyle, personal attitudes, knowledge, and choices profoundly affect the control of diabetes in individuals. HbA1c values and duration (in years) of the disease are two key benchmarks used in determining overall control of diabetes. In late 2012, we surveyed a sample of 21 adult, non-pregnant, diabetic subjects. Of those subjects, 61.9% of respondents did not know their HbA1c value and 28.6% did not know how long they had had abnormal blood sugar (within one year of accuracy). Other larger, studies have exhibited similar trends. Widespread lack of patient knowledge and understanding about key diabetes control benchmarks leads to reduced overall control of the disease. A credit card-sized wallet card to be carried by diabetics can help improve knowledge and control of diabetes. This card will contain: date of diagnosis, medications taken with dosages, and HbA1c logs over time (with dates for each HbA1c reading). The card will be reviewed and updated by providers in the diabetic’s care system including, but not limited to: primary care physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, eye doctors, dentists, podiatrists, pharmacists, dieticians, endocrinologists, and physician assistants. The diabetes care card would provide an inexpensive, straightforward way to monitor HbA1c and disease duration in diabetics, and to improve knowledge and understanding in diabetic patients, thereby increasing control of the disease.
Conceptualiser l’alliance thérapeutique chez l’enfant ayant consulté en psychologie : une étude de la portée
Creators: name: Côté, Cindy
name: J. Éric Dubé
name: Nadeau, Camille
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2022
Subjects: alliance thérapeutique
child psychotherapy
child therapeutic alliance
psychothérapie de l'enfant
scoping review
étude de la portée

description: Protocole du projet Conceptualiser l’alliance thérapeutique chez l’enfant ayant consulté en psychologie : une étude de la portée
Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll: 2004 Presidential Election/Iraq/CBS News
Creators: name: CNN
name: USA Today
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: How much thought given to upcoming election for president (1); do/do not know where people in neighborhood go to vote (1); ever voted in precinct or election district (1); how often vote (1); do/do not plan to vote in presidential election this November (2); John Kerry and John Edwards vs. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (2); John Kerry and John Edwards vs. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney vs. Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo (2); certain to vote for candidate/may change mind (1); already voted/plan to vote before Election Day/plan to vote on Election Day itself (1); George W. Bush job performance (7); candidates' stance on issues/leadership skills and vision will be most important in deciding vote (1); policies being proposed by presidential candidates would move country in right/wrong direction (2); most important issue in deciding vote for president (1); think John Kerry/George W. Bush would better handle certain issues (9); responsibilities of commander-in-chief of the military (3); U.S. should not attack another country unless that country has attacked U.S. first/should be able to attack any country it thinks might attack U.S. (1); likelihood of terrorist attacks against U.S. (1); Republican party has/has not attacked John Kerry unfairly (1); Democratic party has/has not attacked George W. Bush unfairly (1); campaign ads (1); Iraq (6); John Kerry's military service in Vietnam War (1); statements John Kerry made about Vietnam War after he returned from service there (1); George W. Bush's actions while in National Guard (1); presidential debates (3); how confident that CBS News reports its stories accurately (1); how confident that news organizations other than CBS report their stories accurately (1); how closely following news about CBS reports concerning George W. Bush's service in National Guard (1); CBS News's story critical of George W. Bush's service in National Guard based on documents that CBS could not prove to be authentic (1); CBS News should/should not fire Dan Rather (1); 2000 presidential election (1); respondent/any member of household ever served in U.S. military (1).
Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll: First Presidential Debate Reaction
Creators: name: CNN
name: USA Today
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Think John Kerry/George W. Bush did a better job in the debate tonight (1); opinion of John Kerry has/has not been affected by debate (1); opinion of George W. Bush has/has not been affected by debate (1); think John Kerry/George W. Bush would better handle situation in Iraq (1); trust John Kerry/George W. Bush more to handle responsibilities of commander-in-chief of the military (1); characteristics and qualities better described John Kerry/George W. Bush during tonight's debate (6); candidates' criticisms of each other in debate tonight were fair/unfair (2).
Stockfisch, Honig, Gänsefleisch und Safran
Creators: name: Kevrić, Julia
name: Weller, Verena
name: Korbach, Selma
Publisher: name: Mannheim Working Papers in Premodern Economic History
Year: 2023

description: Das Rechnungsbuch der Schaffnerin Barbara von Speyer listet Einnahmen und Ausgaben des Dominikanerinnenkonvents St. Johannes Baptista in Kirchheim unter Teck für die Jahre 1481 bis 1485 auf. Neben Auskünften über die verschiedenen Handelspartner der Klosterfrauen wie Bauern, Winzer oder Handwerker, informiert die Quelle auch über Details, wie z.B. die Kosten für ein neues Fenster im Refektorium oder über den Lohn eines klösterlichen Fuhrunternehmers. Die Quelle ermöglicht Einblicke in den Alltag und die Wirtschaftsführung einer mittelalterlichen Lebensgemeinschaft von Frauen. Im hier vorgelegten Beitrag konzentrieren wir uns auf die Ausgaben für Lebensmittel, besonders für Fisch, Früchte, Fleisch oder Gewürze (fol. 75r bis 86v) und damit auf Fragen zur Ernährung, zu den Lebenshaltungskosten und zum Lebensstandard in einem schwäbischen Frauenkloster.
description: Mannheim Working Papers in Premodern Economic History, Bd. 3 Nr. 2 (2023): Mannheim Student Working Papers on Premodern Economic History
Das Kirchheimer Rechnungsbuch der Barbara von Speyer (1478-1486)
Creators: name: Kehnel, Annette
name: Rückert, Maria Magdalena
name: Weller, Verena
name: Selma, Korbach
Publisher: name: Mannheim Working Papers in Premodern Economic History
Year: 2023

description: Das Rechnungsbuch der Schaffnerin Barbara von Speyer listet Einnahmen und Ausgaben des Dominikanerinnenkonvents St. Johannes Baptista in Kirchheim unter Teck für die Jahre 1481 bis 1485 auf. Neben Auskünften über die verschiedenen Handelspartner der Klosterfrauen wie Bauern, Winzer oder Handwerker, informiert die Quelle auch über Details, wie z.B. die Kosten für ein neues Fenster im Refektorium oder über den Lohn eines klösterlichen Fuhrunternehmers. Die Quelle ermöglicht Einblicke in den Alltag und die Wirtschaftsführung einer mittelalterlichen Lebensgemeinschaft von Frauen. Im hier vorgelegten Beitrag konzentrieren wir uns auf die Ausgaben für Lebensmittel, besonders für Fisch, Früchte, Fleisch oder Gewürze (fol. 75r bis 86v) und damit auf Fragen zur Ernährung, zu den Lebenshaltungskosten und zum Lebensstandard in einem schwäbischen Frauenkloster.
description: Mannheim Working Papers in Premodern Economic History, Bd. 3 Nr. 1 (2023): Mannheim Working Papers on Premodern Economic History / Das Kirchheimer Rechnungsbuch der Barbara von Speyer aus dem 15. Jahrhundert
Event-chain Monte Carlo: foundations, applications, and prospects
Creators: name: Krauth, Werner
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This review treats the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of non-reversible Markov chains in the context of event-chain Monte Carlo (ECMC), a continuous-time lifted Markov chain that employs the factorized Metropolis algorithm. It analyzes a number of model applications, and then reviews the formulation as well as the performance of ECMC in key models in statistical physics. Finally, the review reports on an ongoing initiative to apply the method to the sampling problem in molecular simulation, that is, to real-world models of peptides, proteins, and polymers in aqueous solution.
description: 35 pages, no figures
Limit on the production of a low-mass vector boson in $\mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-} \to \mathrm{U}γ$, $\mathrm{U} \to \mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-}$ with the KLOE experiment
Creators: name: Anastasi, A.
name: Babusci, D.
name: Bencivenni, G.
name: Berlowski, M.
name: Bloise, C.
name: Bossi, F.
name: Branchini, P.
name: Budano, A.
name: Balkeståhl, L. Caldeira
name: Cao, B.
name: Ceradini, F.
name: Ciambrone, P.
name: Curciarello, F.
name: Czerwiński, E.
name: D'Agostini, G.
name: Danè, E.
name: De Leo, V.
name: De Lucia, E.
name: De Santis, A.
name: De Simone, P.
name: Di Cicco, A.
name: Di Domenico, A.
name: Di Salvo, R.
name: Domenici, D.
name: D'Uffizi, A.
name: Fantini, A.
name: Felici, G.
name: Fiore, S.
name: Gajos, A.
name: Gauzzi, P.
name: Giardina, G.
name: Giovannella, S.
name: Graziani, E.
name: Happacher, F.
name: Heijkenskjöld, L.
name: Andersson, W. Ikegami
name: Johansson, T.
name: Kamińska, D.
name: Krzemien, W.
name: Kupsc, A.
name: Loffredo, S.
name: Mandaglio, G.
name: Martini, M.
name: Mascolo, M.
name: Messi, R.
name: Miscetti, S.
name: Morello, G.
name: Moricciani, D.
name: Moskal, P.
name: Palladino, A.
name: Papenbrock, M.
name: Passeri, A.
name: Patera, V.
name: del Rio, E. Perez
name: Ranieri, A.
name: Santangelo, P.
name: Sarra, I.
name: Schioppa, M.
name: Silarski, M.
name: Sirghi, F.
name: Tortora, L.
name: Venanzoni, G.
name: Wiślicki, W.
name: Wolke, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of a new force beyond the Standard Model is compelling because it could explain several striking astrophysical observations which fail standard interpretations. We searched for the light vector mediator of this dark force, the $\mathrm{U}$ boson, with the KLOE detector at the DA$Φ$NE $\mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-}$ collider. Using an integrated luminosity of 1.54 fb$^{-1}$, we studied the process $\mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-} \to \mathrm{U}γ$, with $\mathrm{U} \to \mathrm{e}^{+}\mathrm{e}^{-}$, using radiative-return to search for a resonant peak in the dielectron invariant-mass distribution. We did not find evidence for a signal, and set a 90\%~CL upper limit on the mixing strength between the Standard Model photon and the dark photon, $\varepsilon^2$, at $10^{-6}$--$10^{-4}$ in the 5--520~MeV/c$^2$ mass range.
Breastfeeding Among Latina Mothers, Acculturation, and the Role of Health Care Providers
Creators: name: McKenney, Kathryn
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Breastfeeding rates in the United States (U.S.) fall short of public health goals and expert recommendations. While similar demographic factors predict breastfeeding among Latinas as in the population of U.S. women at large, culture influences both breastfeeding success and breastfeeding difficulties. Because suboptimal breastfeeding generates substantial economic and health costs for mothers and infants, increasing breastfeeding rates in the U.S. should be considered an important population health goal. To this end, a number of breastfeeding promotion interventions have been studied. The first part of this paper is a systematic review of the effectiveness of health care provider-led breastfeeding promotion interventions in Latina mothers. Synthesis of the evidence suggests that these interventions moderately increase breastfeeding duration among Latina women. The original manuscript that follows the review assesses the relationship between acculturation and breastfeeding duration and difficulties in a small prospective birth cohort of Latina mothers. In this population, women with more Latina-oriented cultural identities breastfed longer and more exclusively and experienced a different pattern of breastfeeding difficulties than more acculturated women. This study is unique in its use of a formal, long-form acculturation scale. It is also the first study to our knowledge to describe the association between acculturation and breastfeeding difficulties.
Some Aspects of the Theory of Heavy Ion Collisions
Creators: name: Gelis, Francois
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the theoretical aspects relevant in the description of high energy heavy ion collisions, with an emphasis on the learnings about the underlying QCD phenomena that have emerged from these collisions.
description: 64 pages, invited review by Reports on Progress in Physics
Mathematical and Biophysical neuroscience.
Creators: name: Panchal, Ajay
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 320999
subject: Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

description: My research work is based on observational analysis on brain functioning. I have also developed my own Mathematical and Biophysical model on brain functioning, which define many noticeable aspects associated with brain functioning.
Boundary Conditions as Dynamical Fields
Creators: name: Karabali, Dimitra
name: Nair, V. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possibility of treating boundary conditions in terms of a bilocal dynamical field is formalized in terms of a boundary action. This allows for a simple path-integral perturbation theory approach to physical effects such as radiation from a time-dependent boundary. The nature of the action which governs the dynamics of the bilocal field is investigated for a limited case (which includes the Robin boundary conditions).
description: 15 pages
title: Regional geology: a key for answering questions in geoscience
Creators: name:  Meinhold, Guido
name:  lonka , Jan
name:  Kley , Jonas
name:  Röhling , Heinz-Gerd
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Regional geology is an essential cornerstone of geoscience, encompassing multiple geological disciplines to study important geological features of a region. The size and the borders of each region are usually defined by distinct geological boundaries and by the occurrence of a specific suite of geologic rock strata. Regional geology is used to solve a wide range of questions in geoscience and provides important information in the search for natural resources. This broad session offers the opportunity to explore the diversity of methods and approaches used to study regional geology and how information about regional geology is made available and transferred to the geoscience community in academia, industry, government, or the public. We welcome contributions on all aspects of geology that contribute to better understanding regional geology on Earth or other terrestrial planets.
The population of X-ray supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Maggi, P.
name: Haberl, F.
name: Kavanagh, P. J.
name: Sasaki, M.
name: Bozzetto, L. M.
name: Filipović, M. D.
name: Vasilopoulos, G.
name: Pietsch, W.
name: Points, S. D.
name: Chu, Y. -H.
name: Dickel, J.
name: Ehle, M.
name: Williams, R.
name: Greiner, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a comprehensive X-ray study of the population of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the LMC. Using primarily XMM-Newton, we conduct a systematic spectral analysis of LMC SNRs to gain new insights on their evolution and the interplay with their host galaxy. We combined all the archival XMM observations of the LMC with those of our Very Large Programme survey. We produced X-ray images and spectra of 51 SNRs, out of a list of 59. Using a careful modelling of the background, we consistently analysed all the X-ray spectra and measure temperatures, luminosities, and chemical compositions. We investigated the spatial distribution of SNRs in the LMC and the connection with their environment, characterised by various SFHs. We tentatively typed all LMC SNRs to constrain the ratio of core-collapse to type Ia SN rates in the LMC. We compared the X-ray-derived column densities to HI maps to probe the three-dimensional structure of the LMC. This work provides the first homogeneous catalogue of X-ray spectral properties of LMC SNRs. It offers a complete census of LMC SNRs exhibiting Fe K lines (13% of the sample), or revealing contribution from hot SN ejecta (39%). Abundances in the LMC ISM are found to be 0.2-0.5 solar, with a lower [$α$/Fe] than in the Milky Way. The ratio of CC/type Ia SN in the LMC is $N_{\mathrm{CC}}/N_{\mathrm{Ia}} = 1.35(_{-0.24}^{+0.11})$, lower than in local SN surveys and galaxy clusters. Comparison of X-ray luminosity functions of SNRs in Local Group galaxies reveals an intriguing excess of bright objects in the LMC. We confirm that 30 Doradus and the LMC Bar are offset from the main disc of the LMC, to the far and near sides, respectively. (abridged)
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 54 pages, 18 figures, 12 tables. The resolution of the figures has been reduced compared to the journal version; v2: New title, minor text edits; v3: Correct version 2
Dispersal-induced growth in a time-periodic environment
Creators: name: Katriel, Guy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 92D40, 34C11, 34E10

description: Dispersal-induced growth (DIG) occurs when two populations with time-varying growth rates, each of which, when isolated, would become extinct, are able to persist and grow exponentially when dispersal among the two populations is present. This work provides a mathematical exploration of this surprising phenomenon, in the context of a deterministic model with periodic variation of growth rates, and characterizes the factors which are important in generating the DIG effect and the corresponding conditions on the parameters involved.
Timely Access to Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Non-metropolitan Premature Infants at Risk
Creators: name: Gantt, Angela, MD
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: Introduction: Infants born at 34 weeks or less gestation are at increased risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are capable of effectively managing the sequelae of prematurity and improving outcomes. Our objective was to evaluate the proportion of Medicaidinsured infants who delivered in NICU hospitals and determine if maternal residence influenced the ability to access such facilities. Methods: We linked American Hospital Association annual survey data to an existing health services database that included birth certificate data, CMS State Medicaid Research Files of Georgia and Area Resource Files. Delivery in a NICU hospital was our primary outcome and maternal residence was our main exposure variable. Covariates were constructed to reflect the plethora of risk factors associated with preterm delivery or NICU access including maternal and fetal demographic characteristics, maternal medical conditions and antenatal care factors. We performed Chi-square and Students t tests when appropriate for bivariate comparisons between women living in metropolitan versus non-metropolitan areas. A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. We calculated risk ratios for delivering in a NICU hospital and each covariate. A multivariate logistic regression model was fit with significant covariates to determine the influence of maternal residence on delivery in a NICU hospital. Results: All Medicaid-insured women who delivered an infant at 34 weeks or less were included in our study (n=2065). Sixty-seven percent of our population lived in metropolitan areas and nearly 75% delivered in NICU hospitals. Even when adjusting for significant risk factors, non-metropolitan women had 3.16 (95% Confidence interval: 2.72, 3.67) times the risk of not delivering in a hospital without a NICU compared to women living in metropolitan areas. Discussion: Strengthening regionalized perinatal network systems are crucial to improving access to NICU hospitals for preterm infants born to non-metropolitan mothers. Tailoring current policies and outreach efforts to target this disparity should improve neonatal outcomes and help achieve Healthy People 2010 Goals.
CBS News Poll: Alabama Election Day Survey
Creators: name: CBS News
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2018

description: Vote for Governor/senator; issues that mattered most in voting for governor/Senator; blame for economic problems in state; Reagan economic program helped/hurt state; whether Reagan's program will eventually help/hurt economy; effect of Wallace's health on ability to govern Alabama; change in Wallace's position over 20 years.
Statistical physics of neural systems with non-additive dendritic coupling
Creators: name: Breuer, David
name: Timme, Marc
name: Memmesheimer, Raoul-Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: How neurons process their inputs crucially determines the dynamics of biological and artificial neural networks. In such neural and neural-like systems, synaptic input is typically considered to be merely transmitted linearly or sublinearly by the dendritic compartments. Yet, single-neuron experiments report pronounced supralinear dendritic summation of sufficiently synchronous and spatially close-by inputs. Here, we provide a statistical physics approach to study the impact of such non-additive dendritic processing on single neuron responses and the performance of associative memory tasks in artificial neural networks. First, we compute the effect of random input to a neuron incorporating nonlinear dendrites. This approach is independent of the details of the neuronal dynamics. Second, we use those results to study the impact of dendritic nonlinearities on the network dynamics in a paradigmatic model for associative memory, both numerically and analytically. We find that dendritic nonlinearities maintain network convergence and increase the robustness of memory performance against noise. Interestingly, an intermediate number of dendritic branches is optimal for memory functionality.
A bimodal correlation between host star chromospheric emission and the surface gravity of hot Jupiters
Creators: name: Fossati, L.
name: Ingrassia, S.
name: Lanza, A. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chromospheric activity index logR'HK of stars hosting transiting hot Jupiters appears to be correlated with the planets' surface gravity. One of the possible explanations is based on the presence of condensations of planetary evaporated material located in a circumstellar cloud that absorbs the CaII H&K and MgII h&k resonance line emission flux, used to measure chromospheric activity. A larger column density in the condensations, or equivalently a stronger absorption in the chromospheric lines, is obtained when the evaporation rate of the planet is larger, which occurs for a lower gravity of the planet. We analyze here a sample of stars hosting transiting hot Jupiters tuned in order to minimize systematic effects (e.g., interstellar medium absorption). Using a mixture model, we find that the data are best fit by a two-linear-regression model. We interpret this result in terms of the Vaughan-Preston gap. We use a Monte Carlo approach to best take into account the uncertainties, finding that the two intercepts fit the observed peaks of the distribution of logR'HK for main-sequence solar-like stars. We also find that the intercepts are correlated with the slopes, as predicted by the model based on the condensations of planetary evaporated material. Our findings bring further support to this model, although we cannot firmly exclude different explanations. A precise determination of the slopes of the two linear components would allow one to estimate the average effective stellar flux powering planetary evaporation, which can then be used for theoretical population and evolution studies of close-in planets.
description: 23 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJL
Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer and Breast Cancer Due to Screening
Creators: name: Littleton, Jeremy
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2007

description: Focused Clinical Question: Overall, overdiagnosis and overtreatment due to breast cancer and prostate cancer screening are undoubtedly present. The question is how much overdiagnosis and overtreatment actually occur. Estimates of the proportion of overdiagnosed cases due to screening have ranged widely, from 15.4% to 84% for prostate cancer and from 5% to 33% for breast cancer. Thus, the true magnitude of overdiagnosis of both prostate cancer and breast cancer is unknown. This review will attempt to answer the following questions: 1. To what extent does screening for prostate cancer with serum PSA and DRE lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment? 2. To what extent does screening for breast cancer with mammography and CBE lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment? 3. What conclusions can be drawn about the problems of overdiagnosis and overtreatment due to screening from a comparison of prostate cancer and breast cancer screening?
CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll: Various Issues
Creators: name: 60 Minutes
name: Vanity Fair
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Direction of country (1); legalizing marijuana (1); federal or state laws determining marijuana legality (1); strictness of gun control laws (2); voting for candidate with opposing gun control views (1); importance of presidential sense of humor (1); president with best sense of humor (1); United States-Mexico war (1); likelihood of cancer cure (1); level of difficulty being a mother (1); favorite season (1); seasonal effect on mood (1); bird watching (2); birth location preference (1); make-up spending (1); preferred national anthem (1); lowering drinking age (1); politicians wearing flag pin (1); president on new currency bill (1); least important constitutional freedom (1); identifying Thomas Paine (1); marrying someone for citizenship (1); wishing to be not American (1); importance of Pledge of Allegiance recitation (1); threatening to move to Canada (1).
New formulas for cup-$i$ products and fast computation of Steenrod squares
Creators: name: Medina-Mardones, Anibal M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 55-04, 18M60, Secondary 55S05, 18M70, 55N31

description: Operations on the cohomology of spaces are important tools enhancing the descriptive power of this computable invariant. For cohomology with mod 2 coefficients, Steenrod squares are the most significant of these operations. Their effective computation relies on formulas defining a cup-$i$ construction, a structure on (co)chains which is important in its own right, having connections to lattice field theory, convex geometry and higher category theory among others. In this article we present new formulas defining a cup-$i$ construction, and use them to introduce a fast algorithm for the computation of Steenrod squares on the cohomology of finite simplicial complexes. In forthcoming work we use these formulas to axiomatically characterize the cup-$i$ construction they define, showing additionally that all other formulas in the literature define the same cup-$i$ construction up to isomorphism.
description: Published in Comput. Geom
Central limit theorem and moderate deviation principle for stochastic scalar conservation laws
Creators: name: Wu, Zhengyan
name: Zhang, Rangrang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We establish a central limit theorem and prove a moderate deviation principle for stochastic scalar conservation laws. Due to the lack of viscous term, this is done in the framework of kinetic solution. The weak convergence method and doubling variables method play a key role.
description: Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2022.126445 in the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
CBS News Poll: Politics/Affordable Care Act/Ukraine and Russia/Pope Francis
Creators: name: CBS News
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2015

description: Barack Obama job performance (1); direction of country (1); most important problem (1); Obama handling various issues (7); Congress job performance (1); John Kerry job performance (1); Michelle Obama job performance (1); economic rating (2); United States more or less powerful than decade ago (1); attention toward 2014 election (1); voter participation (1); House of Representatives party preference (1); enthusiasm toward voting (1); congressional vote for or against Barack Obama (1); US taking leading world role (1); safety record of commercial airline travel (1); Obama leadership qualities (1); Obama affecting US image abroad (1); Obama handling international crises (1); approval of Affordable Care Act (1); health care exchange sign-ups (2); religious-affiliated organizations covering birth control (2); illegal immigrants (1); Russia as ally to US (1); Russia-Ukraine situation (1); US involvement in Russia-Ukraine conflict (2); sanctions against Russia (2); military aid to Ukraine (1); Russia-Ukraine conflict expanding (1); likelihood of future terrorist attacks (2); US prepared for terrorist attack (2); troop withdrawal (1); opinion of Pope Francis (2); Catholic Church out of touch (1); Pope Francis' effect on the church (2); Pope Francis job performance (4); rather meet Obama or Pope Francis (1); Pope John Paul the Second becoming a saint (1); religious services attendance (1); able to afford extras (1).
title: The fate of hydrogen: underground storage, nuclear waste repositories and natural hydrogen fluxes.
Creators: name:  Ostertag-Henning, Christian
name:  Schäfer , Thorsten
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Over the past years the interest in geochemical reactions forming or oxidizing molecular hydrogen has soared: In addition to the long-standing issue of possible hydrogen production in high-level nuclear waste repositories due to corrosion of canisters or radiolysis of water, the energy transition considering molecular hydrogen as energy carrier calls for a thorough understanding of possible reactions during subsurface storage of hydrogen. Recent findings of unusually hydrogen-rich soil gases have underlined the importance of elucidating the natural hydrogen cycle before advancing the large-scale usage of hydrogen as energy carrier. This session will combine contributions investigating the reactions, processes and kinetics of formation or oxidation of hydrogen e.g. on mineral surfaces or by microorganisms - from both experimentalists and modelers to foster the exchange. Additionally, it will integrate research on controls of hydrogen migration – as loss from subsurface storage, possible pressure-release mechanism during the long-term storage of high-level nuclear waste or in the context of natural hydrogen fluxes in marine (e.g. hydrothermal) and continental settings, prerequisite for possible accumulations of hydrogen in the geosphere.
Crossley Poll # 1944-FL: Crossley Presidential Election Poll, Florida
Creators: name: Crossley
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Literacy (1); vote in 1940 presidential election (1); will/will not vote in 1944 presidential election (1); 1944 presidential election (3); reason for voting for presidential candidate (1); own a telephone (1).
Reheating and Primordial Gravitational Waves in Generalized Galilean Genesis
Creators: name: Nishi, Sakine
name: Kobayashi, Tsutomu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Galilean genesis is an alternative to inflation, in which the universe starts expanding from Minkowski with the stable violation of the null energy condition. In this paper, we discuss how the early universe is reheated through the gravitational particle production at the trasition from the genesis phase to the subsequent phase where the kinetic energy of the scalar field is dominant. We then study the consequences of gravitational reheating after Galilean genesis on the spectrum of primordial gravitational waves. The resultant spectrum is strongly blue, and at high frequencies $Ω_{\rm gw}\propto f^3$ in terms of the energy density per unit logarithmic frequency. Though this cannot be detected in existing detctors, the amplitude can be as large as $Ω_{\rm gw}\sim 10^{-12}$ at $f\sim 100\,$MHz, providing a future test of the genesis scenario. The analysis is performed within the framework of generalized Galilean genesis based on the Horndeski theory, which enables us to derive generic formulas.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Full-Duplex meets Reconfigurable Surfaces: RIS-assisted SIC for Full-Duplex Radios
Creators: name: Tewes, Simon
name: Heinrichs, Markus
name: Staat, Paul
name: Kronberger, Rainer
name: Sezgin, Aydin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are a key enabler of various new applications in 6G smart radio environments. By utilizing an RIS prototype system, this paper aims to enhance self-interference (SI) cancellation for in-band full-duplex (FD) communication systems. SI suppression is a crucial requirement for FD communication as the SI severely limits the performance of a node by shadowing the received signal from a distant node with its own transmit signal. To this end, we propose to assist SI cancellation by exploiting an RIS to form a suitable cancellation signal in the analog domain. Building upon a 256-element RIS prototype, we present results of RIS-assisted SI cancellation from a practical testbed. Given an initial analog isolation of 44 dB provided by the antenna design, we are able to cancel the leaked signal by an additional 59 dB in the narrowband case, resulting in an overall SI suppression of 103 dB without additional digital cancellation. The presented case study shows promising performance to build an FD communication system on this foundation.
description: 6 pages, 9 figures, Accepted for publication in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2022
Health-related quality of life and childhood obesity
Creators: name: Waner, Emily
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: BACKGROUND: Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of obese children 5 through 13 years of age. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate HRQOL among obese (BMI 95th-99th percentile) and severely obese (BMI ≥99th percentile) children aged 5 through 13 years from the perspective of both affected children and their parents. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 47 obese and 75 severely obese children entering an obesity-intervention program. HRQOL was measured with the Sizing Me Up – Child Report and the Sizing Them Up – Parent-Proxy Version. RESULTS: For both child-report and parent-proxy measures severely obese children had clinically significant lower global HRQOL than obese children (65 vs. 73, p = 0.001 and 70 vs. 77, p=0.02). For child-report measures the severely obese children had lower scores on the subdomains related to emotional functioning (65 vs. 77, p=0.01), physical functioning (72 vs. 86, p<0.001), and teasing/marginalization (73 vs. 85, p=0.005). HRQOL scores for child-report and parent-proxy measures were highly correlated for all HRQOL domains (r ≥0.70) except for the positive social attributes domain (r = 0.37). Parent’s believed their child’s self-image was much better than the children viewed themselves. There was no association between HRQOL and age, sex, race/ethnicity, or insurance status. CONCLUSIONS: Compared to obese children, severely obese children 5 through 13 years of age had lower HRQOL. HRQOL may be a critical metric in the management of childhood obesity.
Crossley Poll # 1944-GA: Crossley Presidential Election Polls, Georgia
Creators: name: Crossley
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Literacy (1); vote in 1940 presidential election (1); will/will not vote in 1944 presidential election (1); 1944 presidential election (3); reason for voting for presidential candidate (1); own a telephone (1).
Cosmic-ray protons, nuclei, electrons, and antiparticles under a two-halo scenario of diffusive propagation
Creators: name: Tomassetti, Nicola
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report calculations of cosmic-ray proton, nuclei, antiproton, electron and positron energy spectra within a "two-halo model" of diffusive transport. The two halos represent a simple, physically consistent generalization of the standard diffusion models, which assume a unique type of diffusion for cosmic rays in the whole Galactic halo. We believe instead that cosmic rays may experience a smaller energy dependence of diffusion when they are in proximity of the Galactic disk. Our scenario is supported by recent observations of cosmic-ray protons, nuclei, anisotropy, and gamma-rays. We predict remarkably hard antiparticle spectra at high energy. In particular, at E>10 GeV, the antiproton/proton ratio is expected to flatten, while the positron fraction is found to increase with energy. We discuss the implications for cosmic-ray physics and dark matter searches via antimatter.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, matches version published in PRD - Rapid Communication
Crossley Poll # 1944-IA: Crossley Presidential Election Polls, Iowa
Creators: name: Crossley
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Literacy (1); vote in 1940 presidential election (1); will/will not vote in 1944 presidential election (1); 1944 presidential election (3); reason for voting for presidential candidate (1); own a telephone (1).
Crossley Poll # 1944-ID: Crossley Presidential Election Polls, Idaho
Creators: name: Crossley
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Literacy (1); vote in 1940 presidential election (1); will/will not vote in 1944 presidential election (1); 1944 presidential election (3); reason for voting for presidential candidate (1); own a telephone (1).
Innovation in European food SMEs: determinants and links between types
Creators: name: Minarelli, Francesca
name: Raggi, Meri
name: Viaggi, Davide
Publisher: name: Bio-based and Applied Economics
Year: 2015

description: The food sector has traditionally been considered one with the lowest research and development expenditure to value added ratio. In recent decades, however, the business environment has become more demanding in terms of technological inputs for reasons related to food safety, quality and also the globalisation of the food market. This provides a strong incentive to innovate, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) seeking to remain in business. Most businesses operating in the food sector belong to the SME category which, based on the literature, tends to have a low level of research capacity. This study seeks to identify determinants of the types of innovation adopted and associations between them by analysing a sample of European food SMEs. For this purpose a non-parametric analysis, namely the classification tree technique, is carried out. The main finding is that due to the technological factors inherent in the food industry, a tight linkage exists between product, process and market innovation. Moreover, the study shows that collaboration between competitors encourages SMEs to engage in market, process and business model innovation. Conversely, synergy with suppliers and customers supports product innovation.
description: Bio-based and Applied Economics, Vol 4 No 1 (2015)
Organisation as a key factor in Localised Agri-Food Systems (LAFS)
Creators: name: Giacomini, Corrado
name: Mancini, Maria Cecilia
Publisher: name: Bio-based and Applied Economics
Year: 2015

description: Most studies of Localised Agri-Food Systems (LAFS) focus on the localised concentration of members and firms, and pay less attention to organisational factors, particularly those of an exogenous nature. This paper focuses on the role of organisation in a LAFS, assessing the efficacy of EU organisational measures aimed at strengthening the concentration of supply from the recent CAP reform 2014-2020. The paper has three sections. Part One describes the evolution of the concept of LAFS. Part Two examines the leading role played by institutions in organising relationships between firms in a LAFS. The example provided is that of the measures affecting the organisation of supply introduced by the recent CAP reform, 2014-2020. It makes particular reference to the Distretto del pomodoro da industria – Nord Italia (‘Industrial Tomato District – Northern Italy’). Part Three describes how organisational factors can lead to the creation of a LAFS, while the criterion of proximity is necessary but not sufficient.
description: Bio-based and Applied Economics, Vol 4 No 1 (2015)
Crossley Poll # 1944-IL: Crossley Presidential Election Polls, Illinois
Creators: name: Crossley
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Literacy (1); vote in 1940 presidential election (1); will/will not vote in 1944 presidential election (1); 1944 presidential election (3); reason for voting for presidential candidate (1); own a telephone (1).