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83850691 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0924-y | We establish the existence of saddle points for a free boundary problem
describing the two-dimensional free surface of a ferrofluid which undergoes
normal field instability (also known as Rosensweig instability). The starting
point consists in the ferro-hydrostatic equations for the magnetic potentials
in the ferroflui... | A free boundary approach to the Rosensweig instability of ferrofluids | a free boundary approach to the rosensweig instability of ferrofluids | establish saddle describing ferrofluid undergoes instability rosensweig instability ferro hydrostatic potentials ferrofluid describing interface. former constitute euler lagrange convex concave functional. extend interfaces necessarily functions. saddle iterating calculus convex analysis. magnetization law. treat conve... | non_dup | [] |
86418951 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0926-9 | This paper concerns the dynamics of a layer of incompressible viscous fluid
lying above a rigid plane and with an upper boundary given by a free surface.
The fluid is subject to a constant external force with a horizontal component,
which arises in modeling the motion of such a fluid down an inclined plane,
after a coo... | Asymptotic stability of shear-flow solutions to incompressible viscous
free boundary problems with and without surface tension | asymptotic stability of shear-flow solutions to incompressible viscous free boundary problems with and without surface tension | concerns incompressible viscous lying rigid surface. arises inclined coordinate change. tension horizontally flows. thrust asymptotic equilibria regimes. sufficiently perturbations return exponentially tension exponentially tension. establish vanishing tension connects | non_dup | [] |
83839144 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0932-y | The theory of elastic magnets is formulated under possible diffusion and heat
flow governed by Fick's and Fourier's laws in the deformed (Eulerian)
configuration, respectively. The concepts of nonlocal nonsimple materials and
viscous Cahn-Hilliard equations are used. The formulation of the problem uses
Lagrangian (refe... | A thermodynamically consistent model of magneto-elastic materials under
diffusion at large strains and its analysis | a thermodynamically consistent model of magneto-elastic materials under diffusion at large strains and its analysis | elastic magnets formulated governed fick fourier laws deformed eulerian respectively. concepts nonlocal nonsimple viscous cahn hilliard used. formulation lagrangian pulled back. demagnetizing ignored selfpenetration considered. thermo careful regularization galerkin strategy. ignoring combining numerous ferro paramagne... | non_dup | [] |
42707455 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0933-x | Till date, the sequence of vortices present in the solid corners of steady
internal viscous incompressible flows, widely known as Moffatt vortices was
thought to be infinite. However, the already existing and most recent geometric
theories on incompressible viscous flows that express vortical structures in
terms of cri... | Moffatt vortices: Concerns and Finiteness | moffatt vortices: concerns and finiteness | till vortices corners steady viscous incompressible flows widely moffatt vortices thought infinite. geometric incompressible viscous flows express vortical opposition notion infiniteness. endeavor bridge opposing stream thoughts addressing gone wrong pinpoint shortcomings assumptions theorems moffatt vortices. proofs e... | non_dup | [] |
93943801 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0938-5 | We prove the existence of weak solutions in the space of energy for a class
of non-linear Schroedinger equations in the presence of a external rough
magnetic potential. Under our assumptions it is not possible to study the
problem by means of usual arguments like resolvent techniques or Fourier
integral operators, for ... | Global, finite energy, weak solutions for the NLS with rough,
time-dependent magnetic potentials | global, finite energy, weak solutions for the nls with rough, time-dependent magnetic potentials | schroedinger rough potential. assumptions usual arguments resolvent fourier example. parabolic regularization solve approximating cauchy problem. obtaining smoothing dissipative evolution. bounds extend globally time. infer compactness submitted zeitschrift angewandte mathematik physi | non_dup | [] |
86418237 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0948-3 | The convergence to equilibrium for renormalised solutions to nonlinear
reaction-diffusion systems is studied. The considered reaction-diffusion
systems arise from chemical reaction networks with mass action kinetics and
satisfy the complex balanced condition. By applying the so-called entropy
method, we show that if th... | Convergence to equilibrium of renormalised solutions to nonlinear
chemical reaction-diffusion systems | convergence to equilibrium of renormalised solutions to nonlinear chemical reaction-diffusion systems | renormalised studied. arise kinetics satisfy balanced condition. equilibria renormalised converges exponentially balanced explicitly inequality. inequality proven contradiction argument explicitly. reversible enzyme exploiting conservation laws. possessing equilibria. precisely equilibria establish inequality trajector... | non_dup | [] |
129355041 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0951-8 | We consider the complete Euler system describing the time evolution of a
general inviscid compressible fluid. We introduce a new concept of
measure-valued solution based on the total energy balance and entropy
inequality for the physical entropy without any renormalization. This class of
so-called dissipative measure-v... | Measure-valued solutions to the complete Euler system revisited | measure-valued solutions to the complete euler system revisited | euler describing inviscid compressible fluid. valued balance inequality renormalization. dissipative valued vanishing dissipation navier stokes fourier system. navier stokes fourier vanishing viscosity conductivity generates dissipative valued euler physically grounded constitutive relations. asymptotic h.brenner | non_dup | [] |
86420850 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0955-4 | Obtaining reliable numerical simulations of turbulent fluids is a challenging
problem in computational fluid mechanics. The Large Eddy Simulations (LES)
models are efficient tools to approximate turbulent fluids and an important
step in the validation of these models is the ability to reproduce relevant
properties of t... | On the convergence of a fully discrete scheme of LES type to physically
relevant solutions of the incompressible Navier-Stokes | on the convergence of a fully discrete scheme of les type to physically relevant solutions of the incompressible navier-stokes | obtaining reliable turbulent fluids challenging mechanics. eddy approximate turbulent fluids validation reproduce flow. navier stokes voigt implicit euler fourier galerkin incompressible navier stokes satisfying selecting physically | non_dup | [] |
93942696 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0957-2 | In this paper, we consider the quasi-neutral limit of a three dimensional
Euler-Poisson system of compressible fluids coupled to a magnetic field. We
prove that, as Debye length tends to zero, periodic initial-value problems of
the model have unique smooth solutions existing in the time interval where the
ideal incompr... | Quasi-neutral limit of Euler-Poisson system of compressible fluids
coupled to a magnetic field | quasi-neutral limit of euler-poisson system of compressible fluids coupled to a magnetic field | quasi neutral euler poisson compressible fluids field. debye tends ideal incompressible magnetohydrodynamic solution. meanwhile proved converge incompressible magnetohydrodynamic sharp quasi neutral | non_dup | [] |
84330052 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0961-6 | This paper presents a study of the asymptotic behavior of the solutions for
the history value problem of a viscoelastic wave equation which features a
fading memory term as well as a supercritical source term and a frictional
damping term: \begin{align*} \begin{cases} u_{tt}- k(0) \Delta u -
\int_0^{\infty} k'(s) \Delt... | Energy decay of a viscoelastic wave equation with supercritical
nonlinearities | energy decay of a viscoelastic wave equation with supercritical nonlinearities | presents asymptotic viscoelastic fading supercritical frictional damping begin align begin delta infty delta quad omega quad omega infty align omega mathbb dirichl value. notion justified well. relaxation kernel damping term. complements hadamard posedness singularity formulation system. worth stressing supercritical a... | non_dup | [] |
93944377 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0964-3 | Kinetic-transport equations that take into account the intra-cellular
pathways are now considered as the correct description of bacterial chemotaxis
by run and tumble. Recent mathematical studies have shown their interest and
their relations to more standard models. Macroscopic equations of Keller-Segel
type have been ... | The fractional diffusion limit of a kinetic model with biochemical
pathway | the fractional diffusion limit of a kinetic model with biochemical pathway | intra pathways bacterial chemotaxis tumble. mathematical models. macroscopic keller segel parabolic scaling. randomness methylation intra pathways affects tumbling rate. comes population. chemotaxis biochemical noises. proper tumbling fractional arise macroscopic equation. mathematical jumps bacteria | non_dup | [] |
129362591 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0968-z | We are concerned with the global existence and large time behavior of entropy
solutions to the one dimensional unipolar hydrodynamic model for semiconductors
in the form of Euler-Poisson equations in a bounded interval. In this paper, we
first prove the global existence of entropy solution by vanishing viscosity and
co... | Large time behavior of entropy solutions to one-dimensional unipolar
hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices | large time behavior of entropy solutions to one-dimensional unipolar hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices | concerned unipolar hydrodynamic semiconductors euler poisson interval. vanishing viscosity compensated compactness framework. uniformly introducing riemann invariants region. converges stationary exponentially time. smallness doping profile. novelty unform isentropic euler possion | non_dup | [] |
141533015 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0969-y | For a nonlinear system of coupled PDEs, that describes evolution of a viscous
thin liquid sheet and takes account of surface tension at the free surface, we
show exponential $(H^1,\,L^2)$ asymptotic decay to the flat profile of its
solutions considered with general initial data. Additionally, by transforming
the system... | Asymptotic decay and non-rupture of viscous sheets | asymptotic decay and non-rupture of viscous sheets | pdes describes viscous sheet tension exponential asymptotic data. additionally transforming lagrangian sheet stays times. proves conjecture formally viscous sheet rupture forcing. tension lagrangian exhibits exponential | non_dup | [] |
146475479 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0973-2 | In this paper, we present some analytical solutions for the stress fields of
nonlinear anisotropic solids with distributed line and point defects. In
particular, we determine the stress fields of i) a parallel
cylindrically-symmetric distribution of screw dislocations in infinite
orthotropic and monoclinic media, ii) a... | Line and Point Defects in Nonlinear Anisotropic Solids | line and point defects in nonlinear anisotropic solids | anisotropic solids defects. cylindrically screw dislocations infinite orthotropic monoclinic cylindrically wedge disclinations infinite orthotropic dislocations orthotropic spherically defects transversely isotropic spherical ball | non_dup | [] |
129348146 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0975-0 | We consider a nonlinear Choquard equation $$
-\Delta u+u= (V * |u|^p )|u|^{p-2}u \qquad \text{in }\mathbb{R}^N, $$ when
the self-interaction potential $V$ is unbounded from below. Under some
assumptions on $V$ and on $p$, covering $p =2$ and $V$ being the one- or
two-dimensional Newton kernel, we prove the existence ... | Groundstates of the Choquard equations with a sign-changing
self-interaction potential | groundstates of the choquard equations with a sign-changing self-interaction potential | choquard delta qquad mathbb unbounded below. assumptions covering newton kernel nontrivial groundstate mathbb setminus solving relaxed constrained minimization proving relaxed groundstate | non_dup | [] |
93946965 | 10.1007/s00033-018-0979-9 | The paper studies the physical-constraints-preserving (PCP) schemes for
multi-dimensional special relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with a general
equation of state (EOS) on more general meshes. It is an extension of the work
[Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 27:1871-1928, 2017] which focuses on the
ideal EOS and unifo... | On physical-constraints-preserving schemes for special relativistic
magnetohydrodynamics with a general equation of state | on physical-constraints-preserving schemes for special relativistic magnetohydrodynamics with a general equation of state | preserving schemes relativistic magnetohydrodynamics meshes. math. sci. focuses ideal cartesian meshes. poses difficulties discussing mathematical admissible pressure. rigorous discontinuous galerkin schemes friedrichs mesh intersecting polytopes. built splitting convex decomposition technique. closely divergence mesh ... | non_dup | [] |
78511830 | 10.1007/s00033-018-1018-6 | We prove local well-posedness for the Cauchy problem associated to
Korteweg-de Vries equation on a metric star graph with three semi-infinite
edges given by one negative half-line and two positives half-lines attached to
a common vertex, for two classes of boundary conditions. The results are
obtained in the low regula... | The Korteweg-de Vries equation on a metric star graph | the korteweg-de vries equation on a metric star graph | posedness cauchy korteweg vries infinite positives attached conditions. regularity duhamel forcing colliander kenig holmer cavalcante .comment pages figure. version. zeitschrift angewandte mathematik physi | non_dup | [] |
129362151 | 10.1007/s00033-018-1031-9 | The goal of this paper is to investigate the stability of the Helmholtz
equation in the high- frequency regime with non-smooth and rapidly oscillating
coefficients on bounded domains. Existence and uniqueness of the problem can be
proved using the unique continuation principle in Fredholm's alternative.
However, this a... | Stability estimate for the Helmholtz equation with rapidly jumping
coefficients | stability estimate for the helmholtz equation with rapidly jumping coefficients | goal helmholtz rapidly oscillating domains. uniqueness proved continuation fredholm alternative. estimate. discontinuities i.e. norm jumps. emphasize periodicity required. selecting resonant oscillatory configurations grows exponentially frequency. rewritten corrected typo | non_dup | [] |
8767686 | 10.1007/s00034-005-2408-5 | We have proposed a chaotic cryptographic scheme based on iterating the logistic map and updating the look-up table dynamically. However, it has been broken recently. In this paper, the weaknesses of the original dynamic look-up table scheme are analyzed and a more secure chaotic encryption scheme based on this dynamic ... | A More Secure Chaotic Cryptographic Scheme based on The Dynamic Look-up Table | a more secure chaotic cryptographic scheme based on the dynamic look-up table | chaotic cryptographic iterating logistic updating look dynamically. broken recently. weaknesses look secure chaotic encryption look proposed. resist attacks. encryption ciphertext | non_dup | [] |
10829346 | 10.1007/s00034-008-9036-9 | The problem of robust constrained model predictive control (MPC) of systems with polytopic uncertainties is considered in this paper. New sufficient conditions for the existence of parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions are proposed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which will reduce the conservativeness r... | Robust constrained model predictive control based on parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions | robust constrained model predictive control based on parameter-dependent lyapunov functions | robust constrained predictive polytopic paper. lyapunov inequalities lmis conservativeness lyapunov function. instant lyapunov worst minimized convex approach. instant controller guarantee robustly asymptotically stable. controller meet specifications admissible uncertainties. effectiveness | non_dup | [] |
10829662 | 10.1007/s00034-008-9081-4 | This paper is concerned with the problem of robust H∞ filtering for uncertain two-dimensional (2-D) systems with intermittent measurements. The parameter uncertainty is assumed to be of polytopic type, and the measurements transmission is assumed to be imperfect, which is modeled by a stochastic variable satisfying the... | Robust H-infinity filtering for 2-D systems with intermittent measurements | robust h-infinity filtering for 2-d systems with intermittent measurements | concerned robust filtering uncertain intermittent measurements. polytopic imperfect modeled stochastic satisfying bernoulli distribution. focused filter filtering stochastically preserves guaranteed performance. solved conservative quadratic approach. introducing slack definite eliminated greatly facilitates filter pro... | non_dup | [] |
11411793 | 10.1007/s00034-009-9101-z | A new fully-digital CMOS pulse generator for impulse-radio Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) systems is presented. First, the shape of the pulse which best fits the FCC regulation in the 3.1-5 GHz sub-band of the entire 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB bandwidth is derived and approximated using rectangular digital pulses. In particular, the numb... | A Fully Differential Digital CMOS Pulse UWB Generator | a fully differential digital cmos pulse uwb generator | digital cmos generator impulse ultra presented. fits bandwidth approximated rectangular digital pulses. pulses approximate ideal template methodology. digital cmos circuit synthesizes conceived functionality layout simulations. consumptio | non_dup | [] |
11080516 | 10.1007/s00034-010-9205-5 | A wide dynamic range and a high sensitivity are often incompatible with each other in analog circuits, such as signal converters or amplifiers. In this paper, we present a method of developing current-to-voltage converters featuring both. It comprises two current-to-voltage conversions. One is to convert the DC compone... | Wide-Dynamic-Range and High-Sensitivity Current-to-Voltage Converters | wide-dynamic-range and high-sensitivity current-to-voltage converters | incompatible analog circuits converters amplifiers. converters featuring both. comprises conversions. convert i.e. compression. conversion current. conversion rippling changed lower. adaptive i.e. getting stronger weaker vice versa. adaptability implemented adaptive converted drain resistances transistors. pass filter ... | non_dup | [] |
52800105 | 10.1007/s00034-012-9397-y | International audienceAbstract This paper deals with the problem of the Direction Of Arrival (DOA) estimation with nonuniform linear arrays. The proposed method is based on the Expectation Maximization method where ESPRIT is used in the maximization step. The key idea is to iteratively interpolate the data to a virtual... | Direction of Arrival Estimation using EM-ESPRIT with nonuniform arrays | direction of arrival estimation using em-esprit with nonuniform arrays | audienceabstract deals arrival nonuniform arrays. expectation maximization esprit maximization step. iteratively interpolate virtual array esprit doa. iterative interpolation doa. novelties lies dealing nonuniform array geometry. manifests advantages music iqml manifold technique. esprit robust additive noise. esprit e... | non_dup | [] |
19909231 | 10.1007/s00034-012-9460-8 | This paper describes the distributed information filtering where a set of sensor networks are required to simultaneously estimate input and state of a linear discrete-time system from collaborative manner. Our research purpose is to develop a consensus strategy in which sensor nodes communicate within the network throu... | Distributed information consensus filters for simultaneous input and state estimation | distributed information consensus filters for simultaneous input and state estimation | describes filtering sensor simultaneously collaborative manner. consensus sensor communicate kalman iterations diffusion. recursive filtering integrating weighted matrices. fusing filtering transmits consensus averaging penalizes disagreement manner. filtering gillijins–de moor’s | non_dup | [] |
11081300 | 10.1007/s00034-012-9479-x | A piecewise nonlinear approach to the nonlinear circuit design has been proposed in this paper. It is to approximate a target nonlinear transfer function by a particular combination of selected nonlinear pieces. The pieces can be produced by one or more analog blocks involving nonlinear devices. This approach can be ap... | Piecewise Nonlinear Approach to the Implementation of Nonlinear Current Transfer Functions | piecewise nonlinear approach to the implementation of nonlinear current transfer functions | piecewise circuit paper. approximate pieces. pieces analog blocks involving devices. circuits implement functions. controlling transistor mirror modulate radical fine tuning manner. mirror pieces range. automatically transistors manner transistors incorporated mirror. dependency placing places mirror transistors comple... | non_dup | [] |
52058573 | 10.1007/s00034-013-9610-7 | Published version of an article in the journal: Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00034-013-9610-7This paper is concerned with the problem of input-output finite-time stability (IO-FTS) for discrete impulsive switched systems with state delays. Su... | Input-output finite-time stability of discrete-time impulsive switched linear systems with state delays | input-output finite-time stability of discrete-time impulsive switched linear systems with state delays | circuits processing. publisher concerned impulsive switched delays. switching switching uncertain switching. formulated inequalities lmis illustrate effectiveness | non_dup | [] |
52113685 | 10.1007/s00034-013-9737-6 | Published version of an article in the journal: Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00034-013-9737-6This paper investigates the problem of L1 observer design for positive switched systems. Firstly, a new kind of positive L1 observer is proposed for ... | Positive L1 observer design for positive Switched systems | positive l1 observer design for positive switched systems | circuits processing. publisher investigates observer switched systems. firstly kind observer switched delay observable unobservable subsystems. dwell ensure observer. converges exponentially disturbance prescribed level. switched delays delays delay delay. feasibility | non_dup | [] |
61916201 | 10.1007/s00034-014-9767-8 | “The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/[10.1007/s00034-014-9767-8]”[Abstract] In current digital communication systems, channel information is typically
acquired by supervised approaches that use pilot symbols included in the transmit
frames. Given that pilot symbols do not convey user ... | Detection of channel variations to improve channel estimation methods | detection of channel variations to improve channel estimation methods | “the publication springer digital acquired supervised pilot symbols transmit frames. pilot symbols convey penalize throughput transmit system. unsupervised mitigate aforementioned drawbacks offered supervised ones. proposes slowly suffered changed channel. recover transmitted symbols. advantage criterion acquired synch... | non_dup | [] |
76524289 | 10.1007/s00034-014-9915-1 | ParallelLow-DensityParity-Checkandturbocodedecodingconsistsofiter- ative processes that rely on the exchange of messages among multiple processing ele- ments (PEs). They are characterized by complex communication patterns that require area expensive interconnect and memory management. Channel decoders based on Networks... | Reducing the dissipated energy in multi-standard turbo and LDPC decoders | reducing the dissipated energy in multi-standard turbo and ldpc decoders | parallellow densityparity checkandturbocodedecodingconsistsofiter ative rely messages ments expensive interconnect management. decoders chip nocs unmatched degreesofflexibility butyieldinghighareaoccupationandpowerconsumption.while save dedicated decoders large. proposes optimize traffic chan decoders architecture. exp... | non_dup | [] |
42411597 | 10.1007/s00034-015-0206-2 | This paper proposes using a previously well-trained deep neural network (DNN) to enhance the i-vector representation used for speaker diarization. In effect, we replace the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) typically used to train a Universal Background Model (UBM), with a DNN that has been trained using a different large s... | Improved i-vector representation for speaker diarization | improved i-vector representation for speaker diarization | proposes trained enhance speaker diarization. replace mixture train universal trained dataset. train supervised filterbank posterior mfcc train traditional unsupervised features. jointly mfcc zeroth baum welch extractor vector. nist speaker recognition telephone | non_dup | [] |
42593987 | 10.1007/s00034-015-0232-0 | By extending the least squares-based iterative (LSI) method, this paper presents a decomposition-based LSI (D-LSI) algorithm for identifying linear-in-parameters systems and an interval-varying D-LSI algorithm for handling the identification problems of missing-data systems. The basic idea is to apply the hierarchical ... | Least squares-based iterative identification methods for linear-in-parameters systems using the decomposition technique | least squares-based iterative identification methods for linear-in-parameters systems using the decomposition technique | extending squares iterative presents decomposition identifying handling missing systems. hierarchical decompose fictitious derive iterative system. decomposition iterative load. | non_dup | [] |
73440948 | 10.1007/s00034-015-0233-z | Due to its remarkable energy compaction properties, the discrete cosine
transform (DCT) is employed in a multitude of compression standards, such as
JPEG and H.265/HEVC. Several low-complexity integer approximations for the DCT
have been proposed for both 1-D and 2-D signal analysis. The increasing demand
for low-compl... | Energy-efficient 8-point DCT Approximations: Theory and Hardware
Architectures | energy-efficient 8-point dct approximations: theory and hardware architectures | remarkable compaction cosine transform multitude compression standards jpeg hevc. integer approximations analysis. costs. approximations arithmetic presented. transforms pruning approximations. arithmetic retention capability compression performance. combining proposed. extremely complexity. mapped systolic array digit... | non_dup | [] |
76989626 | 10.1007/s00034-017-0505-x | Blind deconvolution is an ill-posed problem. To solve such a prob- lem, prior information, such as, the sparseness of the source (i.e. input) signal or channel impulse responses, is usually adopted. In speech deconvolution, the source signal is not naturally sparse. However, the direct impulse and early reflections of ... | Sparse Blind Speech Deconvolution with Dynamic Range Regularization and Indicator Function | sparse blind speech deconvolution with dynamic range regularization and indicator function | blind deconvolution posed problem. solve prob sparseness i.e. impulse adopted. speech deconvolution naturally sparse. impulse reflections impulse acoustic sparse. exploit sparsity speech deconvolution convolutive speech information. impulse alternating regularized squares proximal operation. vides superior deconvolutio... | non_dup | [] |
42717796 | 10.1007/s00034-017-0719-y | The Carson and Fry (1937) introduced the concept of variable frequency as a
generalization of the constant frequency. The instantaneous frequency (IF) is
the time derivative of the instantaneous phase and it is well-defined only when
this derivative is positive. If this derivative is negative, the IF creates
problem be... | Breaking the Limits -- Redefining the Instantaneous Frequency | breaking the limits -- redefining the instantaneous frequency | carson generalization frequency. instantaneous instantaneous positive. creates significance. proposes mathematical eliminate redefining valid monocomponent multicomponent nonstationary nature. multivalued tangent function. efforts decomposition filtering fourier filter desired produces reveals signal. efficacy filter d... | non_dup | [] |
11248745 | 10.1007/s00035-007-0743-9 | The abandonment of management in Swiss fen meadows has reduced their plant species diversity and the fitness of some typical fen species. We examined whether the resumption of mowing can reverse these effects, and if so, which mechanisms are responsible for community change; we also tested whether restoration success d... | Restoration of montane fen meadows by mowing remains possible after 4 - 35 years of abandonment | restoration of montane fen meadows by mowing remains possible after 4 - 35 years of abandonment | abandonment swiss meadows diversity fitness species. resumption mowing reverse restoration success abandonment. mowing montane meadows switzerland abandoned years. mowing richness mown plots fallow plots approaching neighbouring continuously managed meadows. mowing indicator herbs woody seedlings saplings grass sedge r... | non_dup | [] |
77160471 | 10.1007/s00035-007-0797-8 | The ability of plants to disperse seeds may be critical for their survival under the current constraints of landscape fragmentation and climate change. Seed dispersal distance would therefore be an important variable to include in species distribution models. Unfortunately, data on dispersal distances are scarce, and s... | Seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits | seed dispersal distances: a typology based on dispersal modes and plant traits | disperse seeds landscape fragmentation change. seed dispersal models. unfortunately dispersal distances scarce seed dispersal modes. overcome propose seed dispersal distances flora. reviewed seed dispersal temperate compiled dispersal distances dispersal traits. seven dispersal dispersal distances. seeds disperse perce... | non_dup | [] |
77170003 | 10.1007/s00035-008-0861-z | For conservation management of endangered plants it is important to know which nutrient(s) control growth of the vegetation, because maintenance of low nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) or potassium (K) availability requires different management measures. The aim of this study was to determine the type of nutrient limitatio... | Biomass production of the last remaining fen with Saxifraga hirculus in Switzerland is controlled by nitrogen availability | biomass production of the last remaining fen with saxifraga hirculus in switzerland is controlled by nitrogen availability | conservation endangered nutrient vegetation maintenance nitrogen phosphorus potassium availability measures. nutrient limitation vegetation saxifraga hirculus switzerland nutrient aboveground vegetation indicator. vegetation relevees biomass vascular took plots site. biomass plots extractable moderate limitation. conse... | non_dup | [] |
18255656 | 10.1007/s00035-011-0087-3 | Subspecies are usually characterized by sets of morphological discontinuities. By means of common garden experiments, we investigated genetic differentiation in morphological and phenological traits in two geographically disjunct subspecies of Campanula thyrsoides L., i.e. subsp. thyrsoides (= C.* thyrsoides) occurring... | Differentiation in morphology and flowering phenology between two Campanula thyrsoides L. subspecies | differentiation in morphology and flowering phenology between two campanula thyrsoides l. subspecies | subspecies morphological discontinuities. garden morphological phenological traits geographically disjunct subspecies campanula thyrsoides i.e. subsp. thyrsoides thyrsoides occurring alps jura mountains subsp. carniolica carniolica occurring southeastern alps dinaric arc. nine traits thyrsoides carniolica. carniolica i... | non_dup | [] |
11290695 | 10.1007/s00035-012-0102-3 | It has been predicted that Northern Europe will experience a rise in temperature of 2.3–5.3°C from now until 2100. This increase in temperature may lead to vegetation change along altitudinal gradients. To test this prediction, we recorded plant-species composition in 1995 and 2005/06 in Swiss pre-alpine fen meadows (8... | Profiteers of environmental change in the Swiss Alps: increase of thermophilous and generalist plants in wetland ecosystems within the last 10 years | profiteers of environmental change in the swiss alps: increase of thermophilous and generalist plants in wetland ecosystems within the last 10 years | northern europe vegetation altitudinal gradients. swiss alpine meadows a.s.l. obvious fens richness cumulative plots period. thermophilous indicator shade indicator corresponded productivity shading vegetation layer. specialists declined numbers. strongest vegetation occurred colonization altitudes. vegetation altitudi... | non_dup | [] |
33625618 | 10.1007/s00035-015-0152-4 | The altitudinal gradient involves changes of the partial pressures of atmospheric gases such as CO2. This omnipresent phenomenon likely represents an evolutionary selective agent. We asked whether high altitude plant species had evolved specific response strategies to cope with high altitude pressure conditions. Plants... | Arabis alpina and Arabidopsis thaliana have different stomatal development strategies in response to high altitude pressure conditions | arabis alpina and arabidopsis thaliana have different stomatal development strategies in response to high altitude pressure conditions | altitudinal involves pressures gases omnipresent phenomenon evolutionary selective agent. asked altitude evolved cope altitude conditions. altitude arabis alpina altitude arabidopsis thaliana cultivated chambers altitude a.s.l. altitude altitude resulted narrowing stomatal aperture leaf weight. alpina stomata altitude ... | non_dup | [] |
162652379 | 10.1007/s00035-018-0203-8 | Light environments can influence variation in plant morphology, development and susceptibility to herbivores. Our research interest was to investigate the patterns of herbivore damage and developmental stability in dioecious understory forb Mercurialis perennis in contrasting light habitats, located at 1700 m a.s.l. on... | Patterns of herbivore damage, developmental stability, morphological and biochemical traits in female and male Mercurialis perennis in contrasting light habitats | patterns of herbivore damage, developmental stability, morphological and biochemical traits in female and male mercurialis perennis in contrasting light habitats | environments morphology susceptibility herbivores. herbivore developmental dioecious understory forb mercurialis perennis contrasting habitats a.s.l. kopaonik. habitats exposed shaded spruce forest herbivore leaf fluctuating asymetry developmental morphological leaf traits biochemical traits relating nutritional defenc... | non_dup | [] |
28930895 | 10.1007/s00037-002-0169-0 | We continue the investigation of interactive proofs with bounded communication, as initiated by Goldreich & Håstad (1998). Let <i>L</i> be a language that has an interactive proof in which the prover sends few (say <i>b</i>) bits to the verifier. We prove that the complement $\bar L$ has a <i>constant-round</i> interac... | On Interactive Proofs with a Laconic Prover | on interactive proofs with a laconic prover | continue interactive proofs initiated goldreich håstad interactive prover sends bits verifier. complement round interactive exponentially languages interactive provers laconic proof. restricted e.g. perfect completeness bounds .engineering | non_dup | [] |
2419583 | 10.1007/s00037-005-0189-7 | Given a quadratic map Q : K^n -> K^k defined over a computable subring D of a
real closed field K, and a polynomial p(Y_1,...,Y_k) of degree d, we consider
the zero set Z=Z(p(Q(X)),K^n) of the polynomial p(Q(X_1,...,X_n)). We present a
procedure that computes, in (dn)^O(k) arithmetic operations in D, a set S of
(real u... | Polynomial-time computing over quadratic maps I: sampling in real
algebraic sets | polynomial-time computing over quadratic maps i: sampling in real algebraic sets | quadratic computable subring computes arithmetic operations univariate representations intersects nontrivially soon faster exponential complexity. a.barvinok capable deciding operations nonemptiness constructing homogeneous symbolic computations outputs algebraic numbers. involves extending infinitesimals utilizes isom... | non_dup | [] |
28930898 | 10.1007/s00037-007-0233-x | Impagliazzo and Wigderson (36th FOCS, 1998) gave the first construction of pseudorandom generators from a <i>uniform</i> complexity assumption on EXP (namely EXP [not equal to] BPP). Unlike results in the nonuniform setting, their result does not provide a continuous trade-off between worst-case hardness and pseudorand... | Pseudorandomness and Average-Case Complexity via Uniform Reductions | pseudorandomness and average-case complexity via uniform reductions | impagliazzo wigderson focs gave pseudorandom generators unlike nonuniform trade worst hardness pseudorandomness explicitly establish hardness result. worst connection bptime solved inputs bptime omega exhibit pspace correctible downward reducible problem. simplifies strengthens impaglaizzo wigderson properties. argue i... | non_dup | [] |
48264482 | 10.1007/s00037-008-0255-z | International audienceDeterministic and probabilistic communication protocols are introduced in which parties can exchange the values of polynomials (rather than bits in the usual setting). It is established a sharp lower bound $2n$ on the communication complexity of recognizing the $2n$-dimensional orthant, on the oth... | Probabilistic communication complexity over the reals | probabilistic communication complexity over the reals | audiencedeterministic probabilistic protocols parties polynomials bits usual sharp recognizing orthant probabilistic recognizing exceed polyhedron union hyperplanes probabilistic recognizing proved. emptiness knapsack | non_dup | [] |
2119875 | 10.1007/s00037-010-0286-0 | In answer to Ko's question raised in 1983, we show that an initial value
problem given by a polynomial-time computable, Lipschitz continuous function
can have a polynomial-space complete solution. The key insight is simple: the
Lipschitz condition means that the feedback in the differential equation is
weak. We define ... | Lipschitz Continuous Ordinary Differential Equations are
Polynomial-Space Complete | lipschitz continuous ordinary differential equations are polynomial-space complete | answer raised computable lipschitz solution. insight lipschitz weak. tableaux equally complete. settles volterra pages preliminary | non_dup | [] |
2067202 | 10.1007/s00037-012-0046-4 | The Tutte polynomial of a graph G is a two-variable polynomial T(G;x,y) that
encodes many interesting properties of the graph. We study the complexity of
the following problem, for rationals x and y: given as input a planar graph G,
determine T(G;x,y). Vertigan completely mapped the complexity of exactly
computing the ... | Inapproximability of the Tutte polynomial of a planar graph | inapproximability of the tutte polynomial of a planar graph | tutte encodes graph. rationals planar vertigan mapped tutte planar graph. solved hyperbola hard. approximating usual randomised fpras. roughly speaking fpras answer error. fpras tutte portion plane. fpras fpras intriguing fpras epsilon epsilon epsilon leaves epsilon counting colourings planar revision clarify presentat... | non_dup | [] |
111365360 | 10.1007/s00037-012-0049-1 | We prove a dichotomy theorem for the rank of propositional contradictions, uniformly generated from first-order sentences, in both the Lovász-Schrijver (LS) and Sherali-Adams (SA) refutation systems. More precisely, we first show that the propositional translations of first-order formulae that are universally false, th... | Rank complexity gap for Lovász-Schrijver and Sherali-Adams proof systems. | rank complexity gap for lovász-schrijver and sherali-adams proof systems. | dichotomy propositional contradictions uniformly sentences lovász schrijver sherali adams refutation systems. precisely propositional translations formulae universally false fail infinite proofs universe. propositional formulae fail hold infinite proofs grows polynomially universe. kind somehow restricted nullstellensa... | non_dup | [] |
51214288 | 10.1007/s00037-013-0063-y | International audienceWe generalize Kedlaya and Umans' modular composition algorithm to the multivariate case. As a main application, we give fast algorithms for many operations involving triangular sets (over a finite field), such as modular multiplication, inversion, or change of order. For the first time, we are abl... | Modular Composition Modulo Triangular Sets and Applications | modular composition modulo triangular sets and applications | audiencewe generalize kedlaya umans modular multivariate case. operations involving triangular modular multiplication inversion order. exhibit running operations overhead exponential variables. viewpoint charlap coley robbins elliptic counting competitive elkies | non_dup | [] |
2158798 | 10.1007/s00037-013-0065-9 | This paper presents an efficient parallel approximation scheme for a new
class of min-max problems. The algorithm is derived from the matrix
multiplicative weights update method and can be used to find near-optimal
strategies for competitive two-party classical or quantum interactions in which
a referee exchanges any n... | Parallel approximation of min-max problems | parallel approximation of min-max problems | presents problems. multiplicative weights update competitive party referee exchanges messages party messages other. considerably extends admit demonstrating party reacts adaptively other. competing provers collapse pspace dqip. semidefinite programs feasible lists semidefinite satisfy transcript consistency condition. ... | non_dup | [] |
78071654 | 10.1007/s00037-014-0084-1 | We introduce a notion of the quantum query complexity of a certificate structure. This is a formalization of a well-known observation that many quantum query algorithms only require the knowledge of the position of possible certificates in the input string, not the precise values therein.
Next, we derive a dual formul... | On the Power of Non-adaptive Learning Graphs | on the power of non-adaptive learning graphs | notion query certificate structure. formalization query certificates precise therein. derive formulation adaptive adaptive tight certificate structures. possessing certificate query certificate certificates property. orthogonal arrays generalizes query belovs špalek proceeding itcs triangle proceeding siam soda setting... | non_dup | [] |
33103594 | 10.1007/s00037-014-0096-x | In this work, we study rank-one quantum games. In particular, we focus on the study of the computability of the entangled value ω*. We show that the value ω* can be efficiently approximated up to a multiplicative factor of 4. We also study the behavior of ω* under the parallel repetition of rank-one quantum games, show... | Rank-one quantum games | rank-one quantum games | games. computability entangled efficiently approximated multiplicative repetition games verify perfect repetition theorem. connect games mathematical spaces. reprove essentially entangled games efficiently satisfies perfect repetition | non_dup | [] |
78071655 | 10.1007/s00037-015-0099-2 | In this paper, we study the following variant of the junta learning problem. We are given oracle access to a Boolean function f on n variables that only depends on k variables, and, when restricted to them, equals some predefined function h. The task is to identify the variables the function depends on.When h is the XO... | Quantum Algorithms for Learning Symmetric Juntas via the Adversary Bound | quantum algorithms for learning symmetric juntas via the adversary bound | variant junta problem. oracle boolean restricted equals predefined on.when restricted variant bernstein–vazirani combinatorial respectively. analyze adversary formulation query problem. query supercript resolves ambainis montanaro comput majority supercript exact. quartic randomized majority quadratic adaptive .nationa... | non_dup | [] |
78071652 | 10.1007/s00037-016-0124-0 | We consider variants of the minimum circuit size problem MCSP, where the goal is to minimize the size of oracle circuits computing a given function. When the oracle is QBF, the resulting problem MSCP[superscript QBF] is known to be complete for PSPACE under ZPP reductions. We show that it is not complete under logspace... | The Minimum Oracle Circuit Size Problem | the minimum oracle circuit size problem | variants circuit mcsp goal minimize oracle circuits function. oracle mscp superscript pspace reductions. logspace reductions superscript superscript reductions. consequences oracle versions mcsp reductions. analogous determining resource kolmogorov strings kolmogorov measures.national foundation u.s. grants council can... | non_dup | [] |
25047888 | 10.1007/s00037-016-0135-x | "Help bits" are some limited trusted information about an instance or
instances of a computational problem that may reduce the computational
complexity of solving that instance or instances. In this paper, we study the
value of help bits in the settings of randomized and average-case complexity.
Amir, Beigel, and Gas... | The Value of Help Bits in Randomized and Average-Case Complexity | the value of help bits in randomized and average-case complexity | bits trusted instances solving instances. bits settings randomized complexity. amir beigel gasarch instances efficiently solved bits poly. extend randomized poly bits instances efficiently solved alpha bits cdot efficiently solve alpha instances correctly vanishing probability. extend logarithmic poly satisfies members... | non_dup | [] |
29527997 | 10.1007/s00037-016-0142-y | Schubert polynomials were discovered by A. Lascoux and M. Sch\"utzenberger in
the study of cohomology rings of flag manifolds in 1980's. These polynomials
generalize Schur polynomials, and form a linear basis of multivariate
polynomials. In 2003, Lenart and Sottile introduced skew Schubert polynomials,
which generalize... | Sparse multivariate polynomial interpolation in the basis of Schubert
polynomials | sparse multivariate polynomial interpolation in the basis of schubert polynomials | schubert polynomials discovered lascoux utzenberger cohomology rings flag manifolds polynomials generalize schur polynomials multivariate polynomials. lenart sottile skew schubert polynomials generalize skew schur polynomials expand schubert littlewood richardson coefficients. initiate families polynomials perspective ... | non_dup | [] |
29552852 | 10.1007/s00037-017-0158-y | We show that the problem of deciding positivity of Kronecker coefficients is
NP-hard. Previously, this problem was conjectured to be in P, just as for the
Littlewood-Richardson coefficients. Our result establishes in a formal way that
Kronecker coefficients are more difficult than Littlewood-Richardson
coefficients, un... | On vanishing of Kronecker coefficients | on vanishing of kronecker coefficients | deciding positivity kronecker hard. conjectured littlewood richardson coefficients. establishes formal kronecker littlewood richardson unless subclass kronecker positivity decide. hardness positivity combinatorial kronecker coefficients. algebraic combinatorics. partition triples lambda kronecker lambda kronecker lambd... | non_dup | [] |
42739458 | 10.1007/s00037-018-0164-8 | We introduce a method for transforming low-order tensors into higher-order
tensors and apply it to tensors defined by graphs and hypergraphs. The
transformation proceeds according to a surgery-like procedure that splits
vertices, creates and absorbs virtual edges and inserts new vertices and edges.
We show that tensor ... | Tensor surgery and tensor rank | tensor surgery and tensor rank | transforming tensors tensors tensors hypergraphs. proceeds splits creates absorbs virtual inserts edges. capable preserving decomposition nontrivial bounds border asymptotic tensors. illustrate examples. triangle multiplication nontrivial bounds tensors iterated multiplication. asymptotic bounds multiplication exponent... | non_dup | [] |
73380303 | 10.1007/s00037-018-0172-8 | We present an upper bound on the exponent of the asymptotic behaviour of the
tensor rank of a family of tensors defined by the complete graph on $k$
vertices. For $k\geq4$, we show that the exponent per edge is at most 0.77,
outperforming the best known upper bound on the exponent per edge for matrix
multiplication ($k... | Asymptotic tensor rank of graph tensors: beyond matrix multiplication | asymptotic tensor rank of graph tensors: beyond matrix multiplication | exponent asymptotic tensors vertices. exponent outperforming exponent multiplication raise exponent i.e. outperform multiplication multiplication exponent equals generalise tensors strassen asymptotic subrank tight tensors coppersmith winograd asymptotic multiplication. entanglement | non_dup | [] |
11259528 | 10.1007/s00038-005-4075-5 | OBJECTIVES: The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) was designed to investigate the health effects from long-term exposure to air pollution. METHODS: The health assessment at recruitment (1991) and at the first reassessment (2001-3) consisted of an interview about respiratory heal... | Follow-up of the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA 2) 1991-2003: methods and characterization of participants | follow-up of the swiss cohort study on air pollution and lung diseases in adults (sapaldia 2) 1991-2003: methods and characterization of participants | objectives swiss cohort pollution adults sapaldia pollution. recruitment reassessment consisted interview respiratory occupational exposures spirometry methacholine bronchial challenge expiratory monoxide atopy. bank markers established. hour holter aged older. nitrogen dioxide sulphur dioxide ozone particulates ambien... | non_dup | [] |
43316711 | 10.1007/s00038-006-5063-0 | Objectives: To assess whether a community intervention on health related behaviour in deprived neighbourhoods was delivered as planned and the extent of exposure to the intervention programme. Methods: Data were gathered throughout the intervention period using minutes of meetings, registration forms and a postal quest... | Process evaluation of a Dutch community intervention to improve health related behaviour in deprived neighbourhoods | process evaluation of a dutch community intervention to improve health related behaviour in deprived neighbourhoods | objectives deprived neighbourhoods delivered planned programme. gathered minutes meetings registration postal questionnaire residents neighbourhoods. delivered principles participation improved. neighbourhood coalitions organized neighbourhoods period. directed attracting awareness changing behaviours. programme awaren... | non_dup | [] |
11254731 | 10.1007/s00038-008-7077-2 | OBJECTIVES: Epidemiological research has confirmed the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, but only a few studies considered working conditions in this relationship. This study examined the contribution of physical and psychosocial working conditions in explaining the social gradient in self-rate... | Socioeconomic status, working conditions and self-rated health in Switzerland: explaining the gradient in men and women | socioeconomic status, working conditions and self-rated health in switzerland: explaining the gradient in men and women | objectives epidemiological confirmed socioeconomic relationship. psychosocial explaining rated health. employees swiss used. scheme. disturbances insecurity monotonous handling simultaneous tasks. logistic performed. rated psychosocial conditions. logistic controlling gender employment psychosocial predictors srh. psyc... | non_dup | [] |
186660189 | 10.1007/s00038-009-0058-2 | Objectives
To summarize evidence about the costs of limited health literacy (HL) and the cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve limited HL.
Methods
We performed a systematic review searching electronic databases and additional information resources. We included observational studies and interventional stu... | The costs of limited health literacy : a systematic review | the costs of limited health literacy : a systematic review | objectives summarize literacy effectiveness interventions searching databases resources. observational interventional outcomes. mellitus hyperlipidemia. retrieved papers analysis. prevalence considerable year. expenditures person persons adequate effectiveness interventions scarce. substantial retrieved heterogeneous | non_dup | [] |
11262803 | 10.1007/s00038-009-0084-0 | OBJECTIVES: This study provides information about the prevalence of tobacco prevention (TP) and the stages of change with respect to the introduction of TP among companies in the Canton of Zurich (n = 1,648). It explores the factors that predict restrictiveness of smoking policies, number of individual support measures... | Worksite tobacco prevention in the Canton of Zurich: stages of change, predictors, and outcomes | worksite tobacco prevention in the canton of zurich: stages of change, predictors, and outcomes | objectives prevalence tobacco prevention companies canton zurich explores predict restrictiveness smoking policies promote outcomes. gathered questionnaire analysed ordinal models. companies maintain smoke policies cessation courses. welfare organisations strictest hospitality companies strict policies. company predict... | non_dup | [] |
18154299 | 10.1007/s00038-009-0097-8 | Objective The aim is to analyze and compare individual BMI growth patterns of adults from Switzerland and the U.S. Methods The analyses are based on data from two population representative longitudinal household surveys, one from Switzerland, the other from the U.S. Each data set contains up to four data points for eac... | Change of individual BMI in Switzerland and the USA: a multilevel model for growth | change of individual bmi in switzerland and the usa: a multilevel model for growth | analyze adults switzerland u.s. longitudinal household surveys switzerland u.s. individual. multilevel growth. cohorts youngest oldest ages. swiss amounts comparable u.s. individuals. youngest cohort obesity u.s. aged future. aggravate | non_dup | [] |
16161717 | 10.1007/s00038-009-5411-y | Contains fulltext :
77252.pdf (author's version ) (Open Access)Objective: To examine trends in the prevalence of monthly alcohol use and lifetime drunkenness among 15 year olds in 20 European countries, the Russian Federation, Israel, the United States of America, and Canada.
Methods: Alcohol use prev... | Gender specific trends in alcohol use: cross-cultural comparisons from 1998 to 2006 in 24 countries and regions | gender specific trends in alcohol use: cross-cultural comparisons from 1998 to 2006 in 24 countries and regions | fulltext .pdf examine prevalence monthly alcohol lifetime drunkenness olds russian federation israel america canada. alcohol prevalence drunkenness aged cochran mantel haenszel trends. monthly alcohol declined drunkenness declined substantial drunkenness others. decline boys girls drinking drunkenness girls. alcohol dr... | non_dup | [] |
16161475 | 10.1007/s00038-009-5416-6 | Contains fulltext :
77010.pdf (author's version ) (Open Access)Objective: Because the potential for electronic media communication (EMC) has increased greatly, it is of interest to describe trends in EMC between adolescents and their friends and to investigate whether EMC facilitate or supersede face-... | Electronic media communication with friends from 2002 to 2006 and links to face-to-face contacts in adolescence: an HBSC study in 31 European and North American countries and regions | electronic media communication with friends from 2002 to 2006 and links to face-to-face contacts in adolescence: an hbsc study in 31 european and north american countries and regions | fulltext .pdf greatly adolescents friends facilitate supersede contacts peers. answers adolescents concerning contacting friends phone messages internet i.e. friends afternoons evenings week spent friends analysed regression. olds nearly thirds olds communicated electronically friends nearly daily. participating countr... | non_dup | [] |
11272992 | 10.1007/s00038-010-0139-2 | OBJECTIVES: Family members continue to play a prominent role in decisions to donate organs at the time of death. Prior knowledge of the deceased's intention to donate was identified as an important influential factor in the donation decision-making process. This study examined what factors lead to family communication ... | Predictors of family communication of one's organ donation intention in Switzerland | predictors of family communication of one's organ donation intention in switzerland | objectives continue prominent decisions donate organs death. deceased intention donate influential donation process. person wish organ donation. prevalence informed intention donate. bivariate multivariate analyses. multivariate member intention donate organs respondent signed donor card organ donation transplantation ... | non_dup | [] |
2808551 | 10.1007/s00038-010-0196-6 | To determine the prevalence of adolescent smoking in the Russian Federation and examine what factors are associated with it. Data were drawn from Round 13 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) carried out in 2004. The sample consists of 815 adolescents (430 boys, 385 girls) aged 14-17 years who answered q... | The social determinants of adolescent smoking in Russia in 2004 | the social determinants of adolescent smoking in russia in 2004 | prevalence adolescent smoking russian federation examine drawn round russia longitudinal rlms adolescents boys girls aged answered behaviours. smoking prevalent boys girls maternal smoking adolescent alcohol smoking sexes. socioeconomic unfavourable girls smoking living disrupted inactivity esteem predictive boys smoki... | non_dup | [] |
12954371 | 10.1007/s00038-010-0203-y | OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper was to explore connection between aspects of self and levels of physical activity among adolescents. METHODS: An international sample of 501 elementary school students (mean age 14.7 +/- 0.9 years, 48.5% males) from the Slovak and Czech Republics completed the Self-competence/Self-liki... | Aspects of self differ among physically active and inactive youths | aspects of self differ among physically active and inactive youths | objectives explore connection adolescents. elementary males slovak czech republics completed competence liking rosenberg esteem efficacy activity. respondents divided infrequent everyday activity. explored anova separately gender. boys liking efficacy boys everyday activity. girls esteem liking competence efficacy este... | non_dup | [] |
28939429 | 10.1007/s00038-011-0266-4 | Objectives: The objective of this study was to update an in-depth analysis of the time trend for prostate cancer (PCA) mortality in the population of Tyrol by 5 years, namely to 2008. In Tyrol, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests were introduced in 1988/89; more than three-quarters of all men in the age group 45–74 h... | Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing in Tyrol, Austria: Prostate Cancer Mortality Reduction Was Supported by an Update with Mortality Data up to 2008 | prostate-specific antigen testing in tyrol, austria: prostate cancer mortality reduction was supported by an update with mortality data up to 2008 | objectives update prostate tyrol tyrol prostate antigen quarters decade. publication i.e. cohort poisson covering decades tyrol prostate confidence tyrol austria excluding tyrol moderate confidence update strengthens offered prostate mortality. publications. permit harms screening recommendation screening careful overd... | non_dup | [] |
18151785 | 10.1007/s00038-011-0297-x | OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) between immigrant groups and Swiss nationals. METHODS: The Swiss Health Surveys (SHS, N = 49,245) and CoLaus study (N = 6,710) were used. Immigrant groups from France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, former Yugoslavia, other Eu... | The prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors in immigrant groups in Switzerland. | the prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors in immigrant groups in switzerland. | objectives prevalence cardiovascular cvrfs immigrant swiss nationals. swiss surveys colaus used. immigrant portugal spain former yugoslavia defined. immigrants portugal spain former yugoslavia prevalence smoking swiss nationals. immigrants hypertension swiss nationals used. prevalence dyslipidaemia immigrants swiss nat... | non_dup | [] |
12959237 | 10.1007/s00038-011-0300-6 | Social support is assumed to be a protective social determinant of health. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore whether social support from the father, mother and friends mediates or moderates the association between socioeconomic position and self-rated health among adolescents. The sample consisted of... | Does social support mediate or moderate socioeconomic differences in self-rated health among adolescents? | does social support mediate or moderate socioeconomic differences in self-rated health among adolescents? | protective determinant health. sectional explore father mother friends mediates moderates socioeconomic rated adolescents. consisted kosice slovakia females mediation moderation mother father friends socioeconomic rated performing logistic models. socioeconomic parents affluence strain. father affluence rated males fem... | non_dup | [] |
16187100 | 10.1007/s00038-011-0323-z | Contains fulltext :
102650pub.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)Objectives To determine the effect of interviewer BMI on self-reported restrained eating in a face-to-face survey and to examine under- and over-reporting using the face-to face study and a postal follow-up.
Methods A sample of 1,21... | Interviewer BMI effects on under- and over-reporting of restrained eating: Evidence from a national Dutch face-to-face survey and a postal follow-up | interviewer bmi effects on under- and over-reporting of restrained eating: evidence from a national dutch face-to-face survey and a postal follow-up | fulltext pub.pdf publisher objectives interviewer restrained eating examine reporting postal dutch adults assigned interviewers administered eating questionnaire. misreporting participants. hierarchical models. interviewer restrained eating. obese interviewers valid underweight interviewers stimulated underreporting ob... | non_dup | [] |
156621386 | 10.1007/s00038-012-0430-5 | Objectives: We compared rates of smoking among those aged 45 years and older in Australia, the United States of America and South Korea, and examined cross-national gender differences in key socioeconomic differentials in smoking.
Methods: We conducted weighted analyses on cross-sectional data from nationally represen... | Cross-national gender differences in the socioeconomic factors associated with smoking in Australia, the United States of America and South Korea | cross-national gender differences in the socioeconomic factors associated with smoking in australia, the united states of america and south korea | objectives smoking aged older australia america korea gender socioeconomic differentials smoking. weighted sectional nationally surveys smoking prevalent males females gender korea. unpartnered likelihood smoking wealth korea interacted gender indicators differentials men. educational attainment likelihood smoking kore... | non_dup | [] |
43335287 | 10.1007/s00038-013-0455-4 | There is a clear need for effective prevention and treatment interventions to manage the high prevalence of childhood overweight globally. It is well recognised that changes in the social and economic environment in the last three decades have been a major contributor to altered eating and activity patterns resulting i... | Improving weight status in childhood: results from the 'eat well be active' community programs | improving weight status in childhood: results from the 'eat well be active' community programs | prevention interventions manage prevalence childhood overweight globally. recognised decades contributor altered eating balance. update cochrane interventions preventing obesity majority childhood obesity prevention evaluations largely focussed change. settings obesity prevention interventions reducing term. interventi... | non_dup | [] |
19884073 | 10.1007/s00038-013-0487-9 | OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to describe health literacy and its association with substance use among young men.
METHODS: The present study was part of the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors that included 11,930 Swiss males participating in initial screening from August 2010 to July 2011. Se... | Health literacy and substance use in young Swiss men. | health literacy and substance use in young swiss men. | objectives literacy substance men. cohort substance swiss males participating screening august completed questionnaires covered substances literacy. roughly searched internet substances months. alcohol adjusted odds tobacco cannabis searched substances internet abstainers. risks substance marginally abstainers. substan... | non_dup | [] |
16487959 | 10.1007/s00038-013-0498-6 | OBJECTIVES: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is considered a major risk factor for a variety of health problems both in childhood and in later adult life. While population-based surveys aim to establish the real incidence rates of CSA by interviewing potential (past) victims, agency surveys focus on the rates of CSA reported t... | The tip of the iceberg. Incidence of disclosed cases of child sexual abuse in Switzerland: results from a nationwide agency survey | the tip of the iceberg. incidence of disclosed cases of child sexual abuse in switzerland: results from a nationwide agency survey | objectives sexual abuse childhood life. surveys establish incidence interviewing victims agency surveys authorities. nationwide agency switzerland. agencies anonymous month period. reporting translated incidence disclosed agencies males females roughly twice incidence methodologically canada australia. switzerland majo... | non_dup | [] |
33298604 | 10.1007/s00038-014-0545-y | To investigate the effect of a change in second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure on heart rate variability (HRV) and pulse wave velocity (PWV), this study utilized a quasi-experimental setting when a smoking ban was introduced.; HRV, a quantitative marker of autonomic activity of the nervous system, and PWV, a marker of arter... | The effect of workplace smoking bans on heart rate variability and pulse wave velocity of non-smoking hospitality workers | the effect of workplace smoking bans on heart rate variability and pulse wave velocity of non-smoking hospitality workers | smoke utilized quasi smoking introduced. marker autonomic nervous marker arterial stiffness smoking hospitality workers smoking change. nicotine badge inhaled cigarette equivalents changed manner group. successive rmssd pwv. introducing smoke workplaces cardiovascular | non_dup | [] |
33300793 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0660-4 | Our aim was to derive a short version of the Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS) using data from 412 adolescents of the Swiss HERMES (Health Effects Related to Mobile phonE use in adolescentS) cohort.; A German version of the original MPPUS consisting of 27 items was shortened by principal component analysis (PCA) u... | Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents : derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10 | problematic mobile phone use in adolescents : derivation of a short scale mppus-10 | derive mobile phone mppus adolescents swiss hermes mobile phone adolescents cohort. german mppus consisting items shortened principal confirmation later. addiction withdrawal consequences craving fifth reflecting mobile phone peer shortened mppus reflects mppus kendalls concordant consistency mppus cronbach alpha confi... | non_dup | [] |
43291060 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0669-8 | Objectives: To evaluate educational inequalities in diabetes mortality in Europe in the 2000s, and to assess whether these inequalities differ between genders.Methods: Data were obtained from mortality registries covering 14 European countries. To determine educational inequalities in diabetes mortality, age-standardis... | Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender | educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender | objectives educational inequalities europe inequalities genders.methods registries covering countries. educational inequalities standardised indices inequality calculated. differs genders regressed gender educational ‘gender educational rank’.results genders europe. educational inequalities inequalities pronounced ineq... | non_dup | [] |
33302272 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0690-y | Quantitative estimates of air pollution health impacts have become an increasingly critical input to policy decisions. The WHO project "Health risks of air pollution in Europe-HRAPIE" was implemented to provide the evidence-based concentration-response functions for quantifying air pollution health impacts to support t... | Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants : recommendations of a WHO/Europe project | quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants : recommendations of a who/europe project | pollution impacts increasingly decisions. risks pollution europe hrapie implemented quantifying pollution impacts revision union experts convened office europe reviewed accumulated commissioned reviews recommended pollutant causal association. indicators morbidity particulate ozone nitrogen dioxide. guidance benefit an... | non_dup | [] |
41979706 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0692-9 | This research was funded by NHS Health Scotland.Objectives. Previous research finds adolescents expecting to attend university are more likely to demonstrate health-promoting behaviour than those not expecting university attendance. This suggests public health improvements may be achievable by encouraging adolescents t... | Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour : an evolutionary approach | educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour : an evolutionary approach | funded scotland.objectives. finds adolescents expecting attend promoting expecting attendance. improvements achievable encouraging adolescents adopt academic goals. confounders putative focusing evolutionary theory. methods. logistic analyse scottish aged results. adolescents anticipating attendance exhibited engagemen... | non_dup | [] |
33303079 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0715-6 | Concerns about vaccination lead to under- and no-vaccination. Our objective is to synthesise and expose evidence on individuals' and communities' concerns about vaccination to influence current debates on strategies to improve vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries.; Systematic literature review till ... | Exposing concerns about vaccination in low- and middle-income countries : a systematic review | exposing concerns about vaccination in low- and middle-income countries : a systematic review | concerns vaccination vaccination. synthesise expose communities concerns vaccination debates vaccination coverage countries. till february methods. grey focused concerns childhood vaccinations selected. qualitative included. concerns referred perceptions vaccine harms e.g. attribution fatal concerns programme distrust ... | non_dup | [] |
35278676 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0733-4 | Objectives
To review existing cardiovascular risk models applicable to South Asian populations.
Methods
A systematic review of the literature using a combination of search terms for “South Asian”,
“cardiovascular”, “risk”/“score” and existing risk models for inclusion. South Asian was
defined as those residing or with ... | Cardiovascular Risk Models for South Asian populations: a systematic review | cardiovascular risk models for south asian populations: a systematic review | objectives cardiovascular applicable asian populations. “south asian” “cardiovascular” “risk” “score” inclusion. asian residing ancestry belonging indian subcontinent. medline embase papers. fulltext papers inclusion criteria. formal performance. framingham qrisk discrimination aurocs calibration reasonable asians prev... | non_dup | [] |
84007648 | 10.1007/s00038-015-0751-2 | To investigate the associations between problematic mobile phone use and mental health and behavioural problems in 412 Swiss adolescents owning a mobile phone while controlling for amount of mobile phone use.; Problematic mobile phone use was determined by the MPPUS-10 (Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale) and related to he... | Problematic mobile phone use of Swiss adolescents : is it linked with mental health or behaviour? | problematic mobile phone use of swiss adolescents : is it linked with mental health or behaviour? | associations problematic mobile phone behavioural swiss adolescents owning mobile phone controlling mobile phone use. problematic mobile phone mppus mobile phone behavioural multivariable modelling. mppus girls boys educational parents. problematic mobile phone impaired psychological impaired parent behavioural peer ac... | non_dup | [] |
77145858 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0835-7 | This study assessed the impact of education on diet and compliance with the national recommendations.
The study included 4338 adult participants of the Colaus study, a cross-sectional, population-based study conducted between 2009 and 2012 in Lausanne (Switzerland). Education was categorized as primary, apprenticeship,... | Educational differences in dietary intake and compliance with dietary recommendations in a Swiss adult population. | educational differences in dietary intake and compliance with dietary recommendations in a swiss adult population. | diet compliance recommendations. colaus sectional lausanne switzerland categorized apprenticeship tertiary. tertiary intake monounsaturated fatty iron vitamin retinol equivalents vitamin tertiary intake monounsaturated fatty fiber iron tertiary compliance recommendations odds tertiary compliance vitamin recommendations... | non_dup | [] |
96709235 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0886-9 | This study was funded in part by a grant from the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit to Peter D Donnelly (no grant number) and partly by a grant from the Scottish School of Public Health to Fergus G Neville (no grant number).Objectives. To explore the views of Scottish offenders on the impact of alcohol on their experien... | Preliminary research informing policy on remote alcohol monitoring in criminal justice : the Scottish experience | preliminary research informing policy on remote alcohol monitoring in criminal justice : the scottish experience | funded scottish violence peter donnelly partly scottish fergus neville .objectives. explore views scottish offenders alcohol offending lives general. explore views remote alcohol alcohol misuse liberation prison. methods. convenience serving offenders participated groups.data analysed principles thematic analysis. resu... | non_dup | [] |
77030673 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0900-2 | ?? The Author(s) 2016 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and ... | Self-harm in Adolescence: Protective Health Assets in the Family, School and Community | self-harm in adolescence: protective health assets in the family, school and community | creative commons attribution permits unrestricted reproduction credit creative commons made. publication springer objectives examine environments adolescent peers neighbourhood protective assets harming adolescence. utilised respondents aged hbsc england study. multilevel undertaken package mlwin neighbourhood operate ... | non_dup | [] |
79169288 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0901-1 | Contains fulltext :
166462.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)To include nominal and ordinal variables as predictors in regression models, their categories first have to be transformed into so-called 'dummy variables'. There are many transformations available, and popular is 'dummy coding' in whi... | When size matters: Advantages of weighted effect coding in observational studies | when size matters: advantages of weighted effect coding in observational studies | fulltext .pdf publisher nominal ordinal predictors categories transformed dummy transformations popular dummy coding deviations preselected avoid choosing coding deviations grand unweighted mean. coding sweeney ulveling representing deviations unbalanced i.e. categories holding elegancy weighted coding cited google sch... | non_dup | [] |
83621748 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0902-0 | Contains fulltext :
168867.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)Sweeney and Ulveling (1972) introduced weighted effect coding, where the estimates for categories of nominal and ordinal variables are deviations from the arithmetic mean, typically from a sample. This somewhat neglected parameterizati... | A novel method for modelling interaction between categorical variables | a novel method for modelling interaction between categorical variables | fulltext .pdf publisher sweeney ulveling weighted coding categories nominal ordinal deviations arithmetic sample. somewhat neglected parameterization preferred coding anova unbalanced i.e. categories hold revived grotenhuis weighted coding effects. weighted coded interactions. coding unbalanced observational data. para... | non_dup | [] |
154412287 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0922-9 | Objectives: We aimed to assess whether trends in inequalities in mortality during the period 1970–2010 differed between Finland, Norway, England and Wales, France, Italy (Turin) and Hungary. Methods: Total and cause-specific mortality data by educational level and, if available, occupational class were collected and ha... | Long-term trends of inequalities in mortality in 6 European countries | long-term trends of inequalities in mortality in 6 european countries | objectives aimed inequalities differed finland norway england wales turin hungary. educational occupational harmonized. inequality calculated. hungary declined socioeconomic groups. inequalities hungary norway elsewhere. inequalities narrowed went hungary norway. hungary inequalities absent norway inequalities smallest... | non_dup | [] |
87201046 | 10.1007/s00038-016-0938-1 | OBJECTIVES:To elucidate the association between passive smoking at home and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality via a large-scale nationwide cohort study in Japan.METHODS:Never smokers (n = 34,604) aged 40-79 years at baseline (1988-1990; 4884 men, 29,720 women) were included in the analysis. Passive... | Passive smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality: findings from the Japan collaborative cohort study. | passive smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality: findings from the japan collaborative cohort study. | objectives elucidate passive smoking home obstructive pulmonary copd nationwide cohort japan.methods never smokers aged analysis. passive smoking home weekly passive smoking home. weighted competing hazard confidence copd mortality.results died copd. exposed passive smoking home week passive smoking home copd | non_dup | [] |
84157479 | 10.1007/s00038-017-0952-y | The World Health Organization has developed ambient air quality guidelines at levels considered to be safe or of acceptable risk for human health. These guidelines are meant to support governments in defining national standards. It is unclear how they are followed.; We compiled an inventory of ambient air quality stand... | Time to harmonize national ambient air quality standards | time to harmonize national ambient air quality standards | ambient guidelines safe acceptable health. guidelines meant governments defining standards. unclear followed. compiled inventory ambient standards worldwide pollutants ozone nitrogen dioxide sulphur dioxide monoxide. internet searches asked representatives ambient standards. standards. varied greatly pollutant. ambient... | non_dup | [] |
80685542 | 10.1007/s00038-017-0965-6 | Objectives Bullying victimization among schoolchildren is a major public health concern. This paper aims to analyse the changing associations over two decades between bullying victimization and mental well-being in a representative Scottish schoolchildren sample. Methods Data were collected in six rounds of the cross-s... | Trends in bullying victimization in Scottish adolescents (1994-2014) : changing associations with mental well-being | trends in bullying victimization in scottish adolescents (1994-2014) : changing associations with mental well-being | objectives bullying victimization schoolchildren concern. aims analyse changing associations decades bullying victimization scottish schoolchildren sample. rounds sectional aged scotland adolescents aged logistic examine bullying victimization being. prevalence bullying victimization scotland gender apart boys girls. v... | non_dup | [] |
96708886 | 10.1007/s00038-017-0997-y | Objectives: This paper explores trends in Scottish adolescents’ body size perceptions and associated mental well-being outcomes. Methods: Data were collected on Scottish 11, 13 and 15-year olds by the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study between 1990 and 2014 (n=42,312). Logistic regression was used to examin... | Trends in the perceived body size of adolescent males and females in Scotland, 1990–2014 : changing associations with mental well-being | trends in the perceived body size of adolescent males and females in scotland, 1990–2014 : changing associations with mental well-being | objectives explores scottish adolescents’ perceptions outcomes. scottish olds aged logistic examine prevalence underweight perceptions. ordinal examine perception being. perceptions perceiving ‘about right’ perceiving overweight decreasing confidence decreasing happiness girls psychological girls boys perceived underwe... | non_dup | [] |
161283967 | 10.1007/s00038-017-1003-4 | Objectives:
The 22 countries of the East Mediterranean Region (EMR) have large populations of adolescents aged 10–24 years. These adolescents are central to assuring the health, development, and peace of this region. We described their health needs.
Methods:
Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 ... | Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study | adolescent health in the eastern mediterranean region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study | objectives east mediterranean adolescents aged years. adolescents assuring peace region. needs. burden morbidity adolescents prevalence behaviors determinants. communicable consequences disasters substantially gains largely offset impacts emergence communicable disorders unintentional injury harm. tobacco smoking risks... | non_dup | [] |
161283836 | 10.1007/s00038-017-1005-2 | Objectives:
We used GBD 2015 findings to measure the burden of intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) between 1990 and 2015.
Methods:
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study defines intentional injuries as a combination of self-harm (including suicide), interpersonal violence, collective v... | Intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study | intentional injuries in the eastern mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study | objectives burden intentional injuries eastern mediterranean burden defines intentional injuries harm suicide interpersonal violence collective violence legal intervention. deaths lost ylls lived disability ylds disability adjusted dalys intentional injuries. died harm interpersonal violence collective violence legal i... | non_dup | [] |
154420322 | 10.1007/s00038-017-1018-x | Objectives: Various studies on the health consequences of socio-economic position address social mobility. They aim to uncover whether health outcomes are affected by: (1) social mobility, besides, (2) social origin, and (3) social destination. Conventional methods do not, however, estimate these three effects separate... | Statistical challenges in modelling the health consequences of social mobility: the need for diagonal reference models | statistical challenges in modelling the health consequences of social mobility: the need for diagonal reference models | objectives consequences socio mobility. uncover mobility besides destination. separately invalid conclusions. highlight diagonal drms overcome illustrate focusing overweight obesity owob logistic dummy drms examine intergenerational educational mobility owob dutch aged males females mobility owob present. drms exist. c... | non_dup | [] |
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