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Ecological Niche Comparison Among Closely Related Tree Species Of Lauraceae Using Climatic And Edaphic Data, Laura J. Giraldo-Kalil, Gonzalo E. Pinilla Buitrago, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Francisco Lorea-Hernández, Juan Núñez-Farfán

Publications and Research

ABSTRACT:

Edaphic specialization is considered to promote ecological differentiation among closely related species of Damburneya (Lauraceae) occurring in sympatry. However, little is known about the effects of soil and other key environmental factors like climate on the ecological niche and distribution of these tree species. Here, we assessed the role of climate and soil on niche divergence and potential distribution of four Damburneya species whose distributions span Central America and Mexico. We performed ecological niche modeling with MaxEnt using three sets of environmental data: climatic-only, edaphic-only, and a combination of both, to characterize species niches and suitable distribution areas. Niche …

The Routes Of Introspection, Adriana Renero

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In “What forms could introspective systems take? A research programme”, François Kammerer and Keith Frankish aim to map the space of “possible forms of introspection” while lending themselves to questions about how different kinds of minds represent themselves. This paper aligns with Kammerer and Frankish’s research programme in embracing other possible forms of introspection; it provides an outline of how, in representing its mental states, an introspective system could take a selective, cumulative, and/or predictive route while underscoring the importance of considering routes of introspection. Although this work only explores human minds, it contributes to Kammerer and Frankish’s research programme …

Trans* Bambalinas: Del Freak Show Al Videoarte En El Documental Disidente Chileno, Ignacio A. Pastén López

Publications and Research

Este ensayo reseña los siguientes documentales:

El viaje de Monalisa. Dir. Nicole Costa. Prod. Gregory Costa y Daniela Camino. Nueva York, 2019, 93 min. https://ondamedia.cl/show/el-viaje-de-monalisa-1626213821621.

Casa Roshell. Dir. Camila José Donoso. Prod. Garbiñe Ortega, Juan Pablo Bastarrachea, Maximiliano Cruz y Sandra Gómez. Chile, 2017, 71 min. https://ondamedia.cl/show/casa-roshell.

Naomi Campbel. Dir. Camila José Donoso y Nicolás Videla. Prod. Catalina Donoso y Rocío Romero. Chile, 2013, 83 minutos. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=236699154110418.

En tránsito. Dir. Constanza Gallardo. Prod. Constanza Gallardo y Felipe Garrido González. Chile, 2017, 65 min. https://www.cclm.cl/cineteca-online/en-transito/.

El gran circo pobre de Timoteo. Dir. Lorena Giachino Torréns. Prod. Paola …

Hamiltonian Structure Of 2d Fluid Dynamics With Broken Parity, Gustavo Machado Monteiro, Alexander G. Abanov, Sriram Ganeshan

Publications and Research

Isotropic fluids in two spatial dimensions can break parity symmetry and sustain transverse stresses which do not lead to dissipation. Corresponding transport coefficients include odd viscosity, odd torque, and odd pressure. We consider an isotropic Galilean invariant fluid dynamics in the adiabatic regime with momentum and particle density conservation. We find conditions on transport coefficients that correspond to dissipationless and separately to Hamiltonian fluid dynamics. The restriction on the transport coefficients will help identify what kind of hydrodynamics can be obtained by coarse-graining a microscopic Hamiltonian system. Interestingly, not all parity-breaking transport coefficients lead to energy conservation and, generally, the …

Inclusive Random Sampling In Graphs And Networks, Yitzchak Novick, Amotz Bar-Noy

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It is often of interest to sample vertices from a graph with a bias towards higher-degree vertices. One well-known method, which we call random neighbor or RN, involves taking a vertex at random and exchanging it for one of its neighbors. Loosely inspired by the friendship paradox, the method is predicated on the fact that the expected degree of the neighbor is greater than or equal to the expected degree of the initial vertex. Another method that is actually perfectly analogous to the friendship paradox is random edge, or RE, where an edge is sampled at random, and then one …

Logic As Applied Mathematics — With Particular Application To The Notion Of Logical Form, Graham Priest

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The word ‘logic’ has many senses. Here we will understand it as meaning an account of what follows from what and why. With contemporary methodology, logic in this sense – though it may not always have been thought of in this way – is a branch of applied mathematics. This has various implications for how one understands a number of issues concerning validity. In this paper I will explain this perspective of logic, and explore some of its consequences with respect to the notion of logical form.

Potential Anti-Alzheimer Properties Of Mogrosides In Vitamin B12-Deficient Caenorhabditis Elegans, Denia Cai Shi, Chunlin Long, Ella Vardeman, Edward J. Kennelly, Michael A. Lawton, Rong Di

Publications and Research

Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to oxidative stress, which is known to be involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Mogrosides are plant-derived triterpene glycosides that exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity in animal cell lines and mouse models. Since amyloid-β toxicity is known to cause oxidative stress and damage to brain cells, we hypothesized that mogrosides may have a protective effect against AD. In this study, we investigated the potential anti-AD effect of mogrosides in vitamin B12-deficient wild-type N2 and in transgenic CL2355 Caenorhabditis elegans expressing amyloid-β peptide. Our data indicated that mogrosides have a beneficial effect on …

Quantity Of Questing Black-Legged Ticks And Associated Micro-Scale Environmental Data Collected From Four Suburban Parks Near New York City, Shipeng Sun, Chong Di, Li Li, Brian Sulkow, Weigang Qiu

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During 2017 and 2018, we collected the quantity of questing black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, in 124 sampling sites of 5m by 5m in four state parks—Caumsett State Historic Park, Connetquot River State Park, Rockefeller State Park, and Fire Island National Seashore—around New York City. The black-legged tick is the primary vector for the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, the pathogen of Lyme disease, in Northeastern United States. Using the flagging method, we collected and counted the numbers of adult and nymphal black-legged ticks at each site. Along with these quantities, we also recorded the …

Automated Morphological Phenotyping Using Learned Shape Descriptors And Functional Maps: A Novel Approach To Geometric Morphometrics, Oshane O. Thomas, Hongyu Shen, Ryan L. Raaum, William E. H. Harcourt-Smith, John D. Polk, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson

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The methods of geometric morphometrics are commonly used to quantify morphology in a broad range of biological sciences. The application of these methods to large datasets is constrained by manual landmark placement limiting the number of landmarks and introducing observer bias. To move the field forward, we need to automate morphological phenotyping in ways that capture comprehensive representations of morphological variation with minimal observer bias. Here, we present Morphological Variation Quantifier (morphVQ), a shape analysis pipeline for quantifying, analyzing, and exploring shape variation in the functional domain. morphVQ uses descriptor learning to estimate the functional correspondence between whole triangular meshes …

People Are Curious About Immoral And Morally Ambiguous Others, Jordan Wylie, Ana Gantman

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Looking to the popularity of superheroes, true crime stories, and anti-heroic characters like Tony Soprano, we investigated whether moral extremity, especially moral badness, piques curiosity. Across five experiments (N = 2429), we examine moral curiosity, testing under what conditions the moral minds of others spark explanation-seeking behavior. In Experiment 1, we find that among the most widely watched Netflix shows in the US over a five-month period, the more immoral the protagonist, the more hours people spent watching. In Experiments 2a and 2b, we find that when given a choice to learn more about morally good, bad, ambiguous, or …

Aligning Retrograde Nuclear Cluster Orbits With An Active Galactic Nucleus Accretion Disc, Syeda S. Nasim, Gaia Fabj, Freddy Caban, Amy Secunda, K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry Mckernan, Jillian M. Bellovary, Nathan W. C. Leigh, Wladimir Lyra

Publications and Research

Stars and stellar remnants orbiting a supermassive black hole (SMBH) can interact with an active galactic nucleus (AGN) disc. Over time, prograde orbiters (inclination i < 90°) decrease inclination, as well as semimajor axis (a) and eccentricity (e) until orbital alignment with the gas disc (‘disc capture’). Captured stellar-origin black holes (sBH) add to the embedded AGN population that drives sBH–sBH mergers detectable in gravitational waves using LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA or sBH–SMBH mergers detectable with Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. Captured stars can be tidally disrupted by sBH or the SMBH or rapidly grow into massive ‘immortal’ stars. Here, we investigate the behaviour of polar and retrograde orbiters …

Feeling Analogue: Using Modular Synthesizers, Designing Synthesis Communities, Eliot Bates

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When Harald Bode nominally invented the modular synthesiser in 1960, it was not yet clear whether it was a musical instrument or a less-defined form of studio-sited audio technology (Subotnik 1970). Much of the technology, from the interface design to the specific parts, was shared with nonmusical test and measurement equipment. Sixty years later, hardware modular synthesis is used not just for musical creation but for noise, sound art and data sonification/visualization. Through an ethnographic study of the design and use of the Eurorack modular synthesis format, and of modular synthesis maker and user communities spread through North America, Europe …

Color Doppler Ultrasound Imaging In Varicoceles: Is The Difference In Venous Diameter Encountered During Valsalva Predictive Of Palpable Varicocele Grade?, Colleen Baca, Adithya Balasubramanian, Nannan Thirumavalavan, Jason M Scovell, Saneal Rajanahally, Matthew Pollard, Larry I Lipshultz

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

OBJECTIVE: The clinical grading system for varicoceles is subjective and dependent on clinician experience. Color Doppler ultrasound (US) has not been standardized in the diagnosis of varicoceles. We aimed to determine if US measurement of varicocele could be predictive of World Health Organization (WHO) varicocele grade.

METHODS: Men who presented for either scrotal pain or infertility to a tertiary men's health clinic underwent physical examination, and varicoceles were graded following WHO criteria (0=subclinical, 1, 2, 3). US was used to measure largest venous diameter in the pampiniform plexus bilaterally at rest and during Valsalva maneuver. Receiver operator characteristic curve analysis …

A Population-Based Assessment Of Metastatic Hepatoblastoma In Texas Reveals Ethnic Disparities, Sanjeev A Vasudevan, Philip J Lupo

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

BACKGROUND: Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common primary liver cancer in children with emerging evidence that incidence is increasing globally. While overall survival for low risk hepatoblastoma is >90%, children with metastatic disease have worse survival. As identifying factors associated with high-risk disease is critical for improving outcomes for these children, a need for a further understanding of the epidemiology of hepatoblastoma is warranted. Therefore, we conducted a population-based epidemiologic study of hepatoblastoma in Texas, a large state characterized by ethnic and geographic diversity.

METHODS: Information on children diagnosed with hepatoblastoma at 0-19 years of age for the period of …

Implementation And Outcomes Of A Comprehensive Emergency Care Curriculum At A Low-Resource Referral Hospital In Liberia: A Novel Approach To Application Of The Who Basic Emergency Care Toolkit, Alexander Mayah, Taylor Burkholder, Michael Jaung, Ahson Haider, Paul Wesseh, John Shakpeh, Corey Bills, Kayla Enriquez

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

BACKGROUND: Emergency care is vital in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) but many frontline healthcare workers in low-resource settings have no formal training in emergency care. To address this gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed Basic Emergency Care (BEC): Approach to the acutely ill and injured, a multi-day, open-source course for healthcare workers in low-resource settings. Building on the BEC foundation, this study uses an implementation science (IS) lens to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive emergency care curriculum in a single emergency facility in Liberia.

METHODS: A six-month emergency care curriculum consisting of BEC content, standardized WHO clinical …

Applying Qualitative Youth And Adult Perspectives To Investigate Quantitative Survey Components With A Novel “Crosswalk” Analysis, Isabella Fante, Colette Daiute

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This paper presents an innovative qualitative “crosswalk” analysis that extends sociocultural narrative theory and method to evaluate data obtained from survey measures in a mixed methods approach. This offers a unique method, centered within an activity-meaning system, to apply qualitative narrative analytic techniques to questions posed by quantitative survey measures, coding survey questions by using values that emerged from participants’ narratives of experience. In this way, this novel technique allows for interpretation of surveys via a lens that privileges participant-generated qualitative data. This research is situated in a broader study that sought to examine the intersection of social-emotional learning and …

Correlation Between Periodontal Disease And Covid-19: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Dhihram Tenrisau, Mondastri K. Sudaryo, Erni Marlina, Nur R. Hasanuddin, Syafarudin Nur

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

A Retrospective Institutional Study For Age Determination By The Root Length Of Mandibular Third Molar On Panoramic Radiograph In Deutero Malay Subject, Belly Sam, Ristaniah R. Effendy, Suhardjo Sitam, Ira Komara, Whildy A. Rifdah, Fahmi Oscandar

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Risk Prevalence Of The Temporomandibular Disorder In Undergraduate Students Of Medicine Faculty, Mulawarman University, Indonesia, Imran Irsal, Nanda Pratiwi, Masyudi, Elliana Martalina, Portuna P. Kambaya, Alhawaris, Aziz Mohpul, Acing H. Mude

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Hydrophobicity Of The Biofunctionalized Scaffolds For Bone Tissue Engineering Application In Dentistry, Ridhayani Hatta, Beatriz Jc. Monteiro, Ilida O. Asencio

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Local Anesthetic Lidocaine 2% With A Combination Of Adrenaline 1:80000 On Blood Sugar Levels Before And After Anesthesia Procedures At Department Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty Of Dentistry, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Ahyar Riza, Ismi Anugrah

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Inhibition Of Cocoa Peel (Theobroma Cacao L.) Extract Gel On Growth Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Yani C. Rahayu, Ayu M. Prihanti, Tania P. Salsabila

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Immersing The Heat-Cured Acrylic Resin Plates Into Kitchen Vinegar And Star Fruit (Averrhoa Bilimbi Linn) Solution To Surface Roughness Base, Lenni Indriani, Rini I. Sitanya, Amelia Fitri

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

A Rare Case Of Oral Pemphigus Vulgaris In Teenager Suspected Induced By Stress, Dewi Ki. Permatasari, Wahyu Hidayat

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

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Minimally Invasive Crown Lengthening With The Bone Reduction To Minimize Gingival Recession, Neira N. Sakinah, Shafira Kurnia

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Microbial Patterns In The Operating Room And Outpatient Room (Pedodontic Room) Dental And Oral Hospital Hasanuddin University, Abul Fauzi, Hilda R. Liemin

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Areca Nut Cultivators From Tamil Nadu: Is The Nut Their Friend Or Foe – A Questionnaire Study, Vasanthi Vinoth, Kavitha Sanjeev, Ramesh Kumar A, Rajkumar K, Bose Divya, K Gnanambigai

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Rankl And Mmp8 Levels In Gingival Crevicular Fluid (Gcf) As Oral Biomarker For Periodontal Condition, Ariyati R. Pratiwi, Novi K. Firani, Neny Roeswahjuni, Rahmavidy Priyanto, Malianawati Fauziah

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Prosthetics Management Of Odonto-Onycho-Dermal Dysplasia Pediatric Patient: A Case Report, Rifaat Nurrahma, Syakriani Syahrir, Muhammad Ikbal, Edy Machmud, Irfan Dammar, Acing H. Mude, Ike D. Habar, Ludfia Ulfa, Nurimah Wahyuni, Ainun Bazira

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Treatment Of Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Twin Block Oral Appliance, Seto Pramudita, Rasmi Rikmasari

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.