Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The photometric period of the recurrent Nova T Pyxidis

The paper presents 1713 photometric measurements of T Pyx from 1966 to 1990. The light curve of T Pyx shows roughly sinusoidal variations with a typical amplitude of 0.09 mag and a time scale of 2 hr. Discrete Fourier transforms of data from individual nights and runs reveal a highly significant periodic modulation. This modulation is proven to be coherent only on time scales shorter than from 6 d to under 1 d. The present period for the modulation is 0.07616 +/- 0.00017 d. Since other stars have variable photometric periods (possibly related to the superhump phenomenon) which are slightly different from the orbital period, an orbital period of about 0.073 d for T Pyx is suggested.
SEMIPARAMETRIC COMPARISON OF REGRESSION CURVES VIA NORMAL LIKELIHOODS

Summary Hardle & Marron (1990) treated the problem of semiparametric comparison of nonparametric regression curves by proposing a kernel-based estimator derived by minimizing a version of weighted integrated squared error. The resulting estimators of unknown transformation parameters are n-consistent, which prompts a consideration of issues. of optimality. We show that when the unknown mean function is periodic, an optimal nonparametric estimator may be motivated by an elegantly simple argument based on maximum likelihood estimation in a parametric model with normal errors. Strikingly, the asymptotic variance of an optimal estimator of θ does not depend at all on the manner of estimating error variances, provided they are estimated n-consistently. The optimal kernel-based estimator derived via these considerations is asymptotically equivalent to a periodic version of that suggested by Hardle & Marron, and so the latter technique is in fact optimal in this sense. We discuss the implications of these conclusions for the aperiodic case.
The multi-mode stretched spiral vortex in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

The stretched spiral vortex is identified using direct numerical simulation (DNS) data for homogeneous isotropic turbulence and its properties are studied. Its genesis, growth and annihilation are elucidated, and its role in the generation of turbulence is shown. Aside from the two symmetric modes of configurations with regard to the vorticity alignment along two spiral sheets and the vortex tube in the core region studied in previous works, a third asymmetric mode is found. One of the two symmetric modes and the asymmetric mode are created not by a conventional rolling-up of a single vortex sheet but through the interaction among several sheets. The stagnation flow caused by the two sheets converges to form recirculating flow through its interaction with the vortex along the third sheet. This recirculating flow strains and stretches the sheets. The vortex tube is formed by axial straining, lowering of pressure and the intensification of the swirling motion in the recirculating region. As a result of the differential rotation induced by the tube and that self-induced by the sheet, the vortex sheets are entrained by the tube and form spiral turns. The transition between the three modes is examined. The initial configuration is in one of two symmetric modes, but it is transformed into another set of two modes due to the occurrence of reorientation in the vorticity direction along the stretched sheets. The symmetric mode tends to be more persistent than the asymmetric mode, among the two transformed modes. The tightening of the spiral turns of the spiral sheets produces a cascade of velocity fluctuations to smaller scales and generates a strongly intermittent dissipation field. To precisely capture the spiral turns, a grid resolution with at least $k_{\rm max} \overline{\eta} \,{\approx}\, 4.0$ (kmax is the largest wavenumber, $\overline{\eta}$ is the averaged Kolmogorov scale) is required. At a higher Reynolds number, self-similar spiral vortices are successively produced by the instability cascade along the stretched vortex sheets. A cluster consisting of spiral vortices with an extensive range of length scales is formed and this cluster induces an energy cascade.
Minimal Free Resolutions of Zero-dimensional Schemes in ℙ1 × ℙ1

Let X be a zero-dimensional scheme in ℙ1 × ℙ1. Then X has a minimal free resolution of length 2 if and only if X is ACM. In this paper we determine a class of reduced schemes whose resolutions, similarly to the ACM case, can be obtained by their Hilbert functions and depend only on their distributions of points in a grid of lines. Moreover, a minimal set of generators of the ideal of these schemes is given by curves split into the union of lines.
Bounds on the mean power-weighted nearest neighbour distance

In this paper, bounds on the mean power-weighted nearest neighbour distance are derived. Previous work concentrates mainly on the infinite sample limit, whereas our bounds hold for any sample size. The results are expected to be of importance, for example in statistical physics, non-parametric statistics and computational geometry, where they are related to the structure of matter as well as properties of statistical estimators and random graphs.
Minimum uncertainty solutions for partially coherent fields and quantum mixed states

A general prescription is given for finding uncertainty relations that dictate the lower bounds on the measures of spread corresponding to two different representations of a partially coherent wave field or mixed quantum state, for a given measure of overall coherence or purity. In particular it is shown that the coherent modes of the fields/states that achieve the lower bounds are independent of the measure of purity being used, and that this measure determines only the amount in which these modes contribute. Our results are important in the design of optical systems with partially coherent light and in quantum mixed states, for which maximal joint localization is desired. These ideas are illustrated for the case of optical beams, pulses propagating in dispersive media and quantum phase.
The Psychological Health and Work-Family Balance of Ambulatory Care Nurses in the COVID-19 era: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted nurses’ psychological health and work-family balance, including in ambulatory care settings. The results presented in this article are part of a study aiming to describe and contextualize the psychological health and changes in nurses’ follow-up practices in Quebec (Canada) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: Explore and describe factors that influenced ambulatory care nurses’ psychological health and work-family balance during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Exploratory mixed data cross-sectional study using the SurveyMonkey platform. We collected data from July 2020 to September 2020. The target population comprised all practicing nurses in Quebec whose clinical activities included the follow-up of ambulatory patients, 200 of whom completed the survey. Results: Multiple linear regression models indicated that anxiety (GAD-7 scores) and depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 scores) were associated with younger age, living alone, worries about transmitting COVID-19, and feeling that one’s work was not coherent with one’s values. Work-family balance was considered more difficult than before the pandemic by 54.5 % of participants. Factors perceived as influencing work-family balance were either related to work conditions (e.g., schedule and time at work, access to work from home, redeployment to another work setting), to family-related responsibilities/tasks or were specific to the pandemic. Discussion and conclusion: Apart from age, the feeling that one’s work was not coherent with their values was the only variable correlated with both GAD-7 and PHQ-9 in multivariate models. Further research should investigate the relationships between sense of coherence, psychological health, and work conditions like schedule flexibility and access to work from home.
Thinning and surface mass balance patterns of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Abstract. Debris-covered glaciers are a common feature of the mountain cryosphere in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. A better understanding of these glaciers is necessary to reduce the uncertainties in regional water resource variability and to anticipate potential cryospheric risks. In this study, we quantified the seasonal thinning and surface mass balance patterns of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers (23K Glacier and 24K Glacier) in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau with four unpiloted aerial vehicle surveys and in situ measurements. We observed that the thinning of 23K Glacier was ∼2–7 times greater than that of the 24K Glacier for annual and cold periods. The surface velocity of the 24K Glacier is higher than that of the 23K Glacier (∼5–6 times) for all periods. In contrast with the thinning patterns, the surface mass balance patterns of the two glaciers closely agree across the different periods. We found that the surface mass balance distribution strongly correlated with the spatial distribution of debris thickness for both glaciers. Ice cliffs and supraglacial ponds are prevalent on the surface of these glaciers (∼4.4–7.2±0.5 %) and enhance melt overall (enhancement factor: ∼2.5) but do not control the surface mass balance pattern of either glacier. This comparison study of two neighbouring glaciers confirms the significance of both glacier dynamics and debris thickness in controlling thinning and melt for the different debris-covered glaciers of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau in the context of climate change.
Radiation forces on a micrometer-sized sphere in an evanescent field

Electromagnetic wave theory is used to predict the radiation forces exerted upon a micrometer-sized spherical particle illuminated by evanescent waves penetrating across a dielectric interface. These forces are quantified for two incident beam polarizations (p and s polarization) and for different refractive-index media. The electromagnetic formalism that we use is based on theoretical studies of Barton et al. [ J. Appl. Phys.64, 1632 ( 1988);J. Appl. Phys.66, 4594 ( 1989)]. The novelty of the present research is to apply this general formalism to the calculation of forces when the evanescent field is identified with the incident field. Our theoretical results for the horizontal and vertical force components are shown graphically in nondimensional form as functions of the size parameter of the sphere. Moreover, our results are found to be in reasonable agreement with recent experimental findings of Kawata and Sugiura [ Opt. Lett.17, 772 ( 1992)].
UvA-DARE (

Unobserved confounding is one of the main challenges when estimating causal effects. We propose a novel causal reduction method that replaces an arbitrary number of possibly high-dimensional latent confounders with a single latent confounder that lives in the same space as the treatment variable without changing the observational and interventional distributions entailed by the causal model. After the reduction, we parameterize the reduced causal model using a ﬂexible class of transformations, so-called normalizing ﬂows. We propose a learning algorithm to estimate the parameterized reduced model jointly from observational and interventional data. This allows us to estimate the causal effect in a principled way from combined data. We perform a series of experiments on data simulated using nonlinear causal mechanisms and ﬁnd that we can often substantially reduce the number of interventional samples when adding observational training samples without sacriﬁcing accuracy. Thus, adding observational data may help to more accurately estimate causal effects even in the presence of unobserved confounders.
Treatment of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome in a Mouse Model by Cannabidiol, an Angiogenesis Pathway Inhibitor

Studies suggest that ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) can be treated by reducing the level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). However, due to the side effects of commercially available VEGF-reducing drugs, they can be ruled out as a suitable treatment for OHSS; therefore, researchers are looking for new medications to treat OHSS. This study is aimed at investigating the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in an OHSS model and to evaluate its efficacy in modulating the angiogenesis pathway and VEGF gene expression. For this purpose, 32 female mice were randomly divided into four groups (eight mice per group): control group, group 2 with OHSS induction, group 3 receiving 32 nmol of dimethyl sulfoxide after OHSS induction, and group 4 receiving 30 mg/kg of CBD after OHSS induction. The animals' body weight, ovarian weight, vascular permeability (VP), and ovarian follicle count were measured, and the levels of VEGF gene and protein expression in the peritoneal fluid were assessed. Based on the results, CBD decreased the body and ovarian weights, VP, and corpus luteum number compared to the OHSS group (p < 0.05). The peritoneal VEGF gene and protein expression levels reduced in the CBD group compared to the OHSS group (p < 0.05). Also, CBD caused OHSS alleviation by suppressing VEGF expression and VP. Overall, CBD downregulated VEGF gene expression and improved VP in OHSS.
Investigation of Adsorption Properties of Al 12 N 12 , SiAl 11 N 12 , and GaAl11N12 Nanoclusters for Sarin Detection: A Comparative DFT Study

In this study, the capability to adsorb and detect of pure and doped Al 12 N 12 nanoclusters were utilized to detect sarin nerve agents using the density functional theory (DFT) calculation. After adsorption of sarin on the Al 12 N 12 , SiAl 11 N 12 , and GaAl 11 N 12 nanoclusters, the adsorption energies (E ad ) were calculated at -38.36, -25.95, and -27.94 kcal mol -1 , respectively. The electrical properties calculations indicated electrical conductivity changes after adsorption of sarin are -3.04%, -24.64%, and -1.16% for Al 12 N 12 , SiAl 11 N 12 , and GaAl 11 N 12 , respectively. Thus, it is clear that the SiAl 11 N 12 nanocluster
An efficient time-domain soil-structure interaction analysis based on the dynamic stiffness of an unbounded soil

An approximate method and a rigorous method are presented for the time-domain soil-structure interaction analysis, both of which use the stiffness of soil obtained numerically or experimentally in the limited frequency range. In the aseismic design of a large-scale structure, the approximate and rigorous methods are intended to be used in a preliminary analysis and a detailed study, respectively. Both methods are based on the approximation that the first few terms of the Fourier or Taylor expansions of a frequency-dependent function are used. The difference lies in the number of coefficients of each series, and also in the manner in which the coefficients can be determined. In order to demonstrate the validity of the proposed methods, a soil-structure system, whose soil has a complex profile under the foundation, is analysed. The dynamic stiffness of the soil is calculated by a 3-D hybrid approach that combines the finite element method and the boundary element method. As a result, the present methods are capable of evaluating the complexity of the soil more precisely and efficiently than conventional methods.
Accuracy of photogrammetric technologies for the scanning of dental models: A systematic review

Background: Traditional dental scanners require a heavy investment, representing a high barrier of entry into digital dentistry. Photogrammetric-based scanners may represent an affordable cost-effective alternative to traditional dental scanners used for the digitalization of plaster models. Photogrammetry is the science of extracting 3D information from photographs. The process involves taking overlapping photographs of an object or space and converting them into 2D or 3D digital models. Objective: This review aimed to identify and appraise the reported accuracy of photogrammetric-generated digital dental models. Materials and methods: A search strategy was applied in 3 databases (Medline, Web of Science and Scopus), from Feb 1 2021 to Dec 1 2021, the search was limited to articles in English published in the last 5 years about studies evaluating the dimensional accuracy of 3-dimensional digital models acquired by the scanning of plaster models with photogrammetric technologies. Results: Two independent reviewers screened 75 records on basis of titles and abstracts for assessment against the inclusion criteria for the review, 4 articles were deemed eligible, the risk of bias for the selected articles was measured, data extraction was performed by only one author. Conclusion: With today’s technology, based on the four studies evaluated, we conclude that photogrammetric-generated digital models while lacking accuracy for incorporation into the treatment flow, in the future it could be used for diagnostic, planning, and achieving.
Watch and Learn: EFL Students’ Perceptions of Video Clip Subtitles for Vocabulary Instruction

Implementing the online learning process requires qualified EFL teachers as agents of change to get hold of effective learning resources to help students achieve learning goals. This pilot study explores EFL students’ perceptions from two private Islamic senior high schools in urban areas in Aceh Province, Indonesia, towards using video clips with subtitles (bimodal of English-Indonesian) while learning English in the classroom. The study applied the mixed-methods design by disseminating a questionnaire to 78 participants and conducting a semi-structured interview with ten selected participants. Findings revealed that most students positively perceived using subtitled video clips in learning English vocabulary. However, some encountered setbacks in learning English words due to the poor use of the elements in the video clip subtitles. Therefore, the subtitling procedures still need revisiting to assist students better in digesting subtitled movies in a more well-organized manner.
Evidence for ionized hydrogen in the cores of globular clusters

Photometric and spectrographic observations of 27 globular clusters reveal evidence for the existence of an emission component of H-alpha in the cores of several globular clusters, notably NGC 5824 and the X-ray clusters NGC 1851, 6624, and 7078. UBVR measurements for all 27 clusters show that the colors of the innermost cores (out to about 8 arcsec) are marginally reddened. A time-resolved spectrum of the central 1 by 3 arcsec of the X-ray burst source globular NGC 6624 revealed a remarkable brightening of about 1 magnitude with a duration of approximately 25 min. Concurrent with this apparent flare, H-alpha emission was seen at a radial velocity of -400 km/s relative to the absorption component. Both the emission equivalent width(about 1 A) and variability are consistent with the photometric data.
The nonlinear pressure field of plane, rectangular apertures: Experimental and theoretical results

The nonlinear sound pressure field from finite amplitude, plane, rectangular apertures, is considered. Experimental measurements on a 2.25‐MHz transducer are presented for various source geometries and excitation levels. These results are compared with simulations based on the transformed beam equation, using a new algorithm which generalizes the Bergen code to treat the case of nonaxisymmetric on‐source boundary conditions.
Targeting a thrombopoietin-independent strategy in the discovery of a novel inducer of megakaryocytopoiesis, DMAG, for the treatment of thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia is a thrombopoietin (TPO)-related disorder with very limited treatment options, and can be life-threatening. There are major problems with typical thrombopoietic agents targeting TPO signaling, so it is urgent to discover a novel TPO-independent mechanism involving thrombopoiesis and potential druggable targets. We developed a drug screening model by the multi-grained cascade forest (gcForest) algorithm and found that 3,8-di-O-methylellagic acid 2-O-glucoside (DMAG) (10, 20 and 40 µM) promoted megakaryocyte differentiation in vitro. Subsequent investigations revealed that DMAG (40 mM) activated ERK1/2, HIF-1b and NF-E2. Inhibition of ERK1/2 blocked megakaryocyte differentiation and attenuated the upregulation of HIF-1b and NF-E2 induced by DMAG. Megakaryocyte differentiation induced by DMAG was inhibited via knockdown of NF-E2. In vivo studies showed that DMAG (5 mg/kg) accelerated platelet recovery and mega-karyocyte differentiation in mice with thrombocytopenia. The platelet count of the DMAG-treated group recovered to almost 72% and 96% of the count in the control group at day 10 and 14, respectively. The platelet counts in the DMAG-treated group were almost 1.5- and 1.3-fold higher compared with those of the irradiated group at day 10 and 14, respectively. Moreover, DMAG (10, 25 and 50 mM) stimulated thrombopoiesis in zebrafish. DMAG (5 mg/kg) could also increase platelet levels in c-MPL knockout (c-MPL-/-) mice. In summary, we established a drug screening model through gcForest and demonstrated that DMAG promotes megakaryocyte differentiation via the ERK/HIF1/NF-E2 pathway which, importantly, is independent of the classical TPO/c-MPL pathway. The present study may provide new insights into drug discovery for thrombopoiesis and TPO-independent regulation of thrombopoiesis, as well as a promising avenue for thrombocytopenia treatment.
Tunable terahertz-mirror and multi-channel terahertz-filter based on one-dimensional photonic crystals containing semiconductors

We demonstrate that tunable terahertz-mirrors and multichannel terahertz-filters can be carried out by taking into account the transmission properties of the one-dimensional photonic crystals (1DPCs) containing semiconductor materials with a tunable dielectric constant in the THz frequency range. Using the semiconductor InSb as the components in the 1DPCs, we have designed such a mirror and a filter and identified their tunability. The THz-mirror is tunable by changing the external temperature or the thickness of the components of the 1DPC. The operation frequency of the multichannel-filter can be tuned by changing the temperature and thickness of the component materials in the 1DPC, the channel number of the filter can be controlled by varying the number of the defect layers in the 1DPC, and the transmittance bandwidth can be adjusted by changing the period number of the 1DPC. With thermal tunability, structure controllability and narrow bandwidth, 1DPCs containing semiconductors open a promising way to .
Nitrogen dioxide sensing using a novel gas correlation detector

A nitrogen dioxide point sensor, based on a novel nondispersive gas filter spectroscopic scheme, is described. The detection scheme relies on the fact that the absorption spectrum of nitrogen dioxide in the 400-550 nm region consists of a complicated line structure superimposed on an average broadband absorption. A compensating filter is used to remove the effect of the broadband absorption, making the sensor insensitive both to small particles in the optical path and to potentially interfering gases with broadband absorption features in the relevant wavelength region. Measurements are obtained using a remote optical absorption cell that is linked via multimode fibre optics to the source and detection optics. The incorporation of blue light emitting diodes which spectrally match the nitrogen dioxide absorption allows the employment of electronic (instead of mechanical) switching between optical paths. A sensitivity of better than 1.0 ppm m column density (1 s integration time) has been observed; improvements in electronics and thermal stabilization should increase this sensitivity.