cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Efficient Radio Resource Allocation Schemes and Code Optimizations for High Speed Downlink Packet Access Transmission
Creators: name: He, Zhenfeng
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2010

description: An important enhancement on the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) air interface of the 3G mobile communications, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) standard has been launched to realize higher spectral utilization efficiency. It introduces the features of multicode CDMA transmission and Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) technique, which makes radio resource allocation feasible and essential. This thesis studies channel-aware resource allocation schemes, coupled with fast power adjustment and spreading code optimization techniques, for the HSDPA standard operating over frequency selective channel. A two-group resource allocation scheme is developed in order to achieve a promising balance between performance enhancement and time efficiency. It only requires calculating two parameters to specify the allocations of discrete bit rates and transmitted symbol energies in all channels. The thesis develops the calculation methods of the two parameters for interference-free and interference-present channels, respectively. For the interference-present channels, the performance of two-group allocation can be further enhanced by applying a clustering-based channel removal scheme. In order to make the two-group approach more time-efficient, reduction in matrix inversions in optimum energy calculation is then discussed. When the Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) equalizer is applied, optimum energy allocation can be calculated by iterating a set of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. By using the MMSE Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) receiver, the optimum energies are calculated recursively combined with an optimum channel ordering scheme for enhancement in both system performance and time efficiency. This thesis then studies the signature optimization methods with multipath channel and examines their system performances when combined with different resource allocation methods. Two multipath-aware signature optimization methods are developed by applying iterative optimization techniques, for the system using MMSE equalizer and MMSE precoder respectively. A PAM system using complex signature sequences is also examined for improving resource utilization efficiency, where two receiving schemes are proposed to fully take advantage of PAM features. In addition by applying a short chip sampling window, a Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) based interference-free signature design method is presented.
Synchrotron radiation of crystallized beams
Creators: name: Primack, Harel
name: Blümel, Reinhold
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the modifications of synchrotron radiation of charges in a storage ring as they are cooled. The pair correlation lengths between the charges are manifest in the synchrotron radiation and coherence effects exist for wavelengths longer than the coherence lengths between the charges. Therefore the synchrotron radiation can be used as a diagnostic tool to determine the state (gas, liquid, crystal) of the charged plasma in the storage ring. We show also that the total power of the synchrotron radiation is enormously reduced for crystallized beams. This opens the possibility of accelerating particles to ultra-relativistic energies using small-sized cyclic accelerators.
description: REVTeX, 27 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. E
Towards Mirror Symmetry as Duality for Two-Dimensional Abelian Gauge Theories
Creators: name: Morrison, David R.
name: Plesser, M. Ronen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconformal sigma models with Calabi--Yau target spaces described as complete intersection subvarieties in toric varieties can be obtained as the low-energy limit of certain abelian gauge theories in two dimensions. We formulate mirror symmetry for this class of Calabi--Yau spaces as a duality in the abelian gauge theory, giving the explicit mapping relating the two Lagrangians. The duality relates inequivalent theories which lead to isomorphic theories in the low-energy limit. This formulation suggests that mirror symmetry could be derived using abelian duality. The application of duality in this context is complicated by the presence of nontrivial dynamics and the absence of a global symmetry. We propose a way to overcome these obstacles, leading to a more symmetric Lagrangian. The argument, however, fails to produce a derivation of the conjecture.
description: 14 pages, latex, no figures
Carnet nº 7, commencé à Urik (p. 12)
Creators: name: Péraire, Lucien
name: CNRS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023

description: created: 12-5-1930
A theory of electromagnetism with uniquely defined potential and covariant conserved spin
Creators: name: van Oosten, A. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theory of electromagnetism is proposed that is based on the Fermi Lagrangian, which is symmetric under electromagnetic spin rotation. Its features are: - the four-potential is unambiguously determined by the inhomogeneous wave equation and boundary conditions at infinity. - the Lorenz condition and minimal coupling then follow from charge conservation. - electromagnetic spin is conserved and spin operators can be defined without sacrificing covariance. - quantisation is fully covariant, without redefining the metric. - all experimental predictions are the same as in the standard theory. This result proves that electromagnetic gauge invariance is redundant as a fundamental principle of physics.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, 20 equations
Idiozetes hagenensis Colloff 2012
Creators: name: LIU, DONG
name: YI, TIAN-CI
name: XU, YUN
name: ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Eremaeozetidae
Idiozetes
Idiozetes hagenensis

description: Idiozetes hagenensis Colloff, 2012: 29
— Holotype (ANIC 419), near Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea (5°52'S, 144°15'E).
description: Published as part of LIU, DONG, YI, TIAN-CI, XU, YUN & ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG, 2013, Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012, pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3663 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3663.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5630595
Twisted vertex representations via spin groups and the McKay correspondence
Creators: name: Frenkel, Igor
name: Jing, Naihuan
name: Wang, Weiqiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B, 20C

description: We establish a twisted analog of our recent work on vertex representations and the McKay correspondence. For each finite group $Γ$ and a virtual character of $Γ$ we construct twisted vertex operators on the Fock space spanned by the super spin characters of the spin wreath products $Γ\wr\widetilde{S}_n$ of $Γ$ and a double cover of the symmetric group $S_n$ for all $n$. When $Γ$ is a subgroup of $SL_2(\mathbb C)$ with the McKay virtual character, our construction gives a group theoretic realization of the basic representations of the twisted affine and twisted toroidal algebras. When $Γ$ is an arbitrary finite group and the virtual character is trivial, our vertex operator construction yields the spin character tables for $Γ\wr\widetilde{S}_n$.
description: 45 pages
Additional file 2 of Human Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells alleviate concanavalin A-induced fulminant hepatitis by repressing NF-κB signaling and glycolysis
Creators: name: Pan, Lijie
name: Liu, Chang
name: Liu, Qiuli
name: Li, Yanli
name: Du, Cong
name: Kang, Xinmei
name: Dong, Shuai
name: Zhou, Zhuowei
name: Chen, Huaxin
name: Liang, Xiaoqi
name: Chu, Jiajie
name: Xu, Yan
name: Zhang, Qi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2. Table S1. Antibodies.
Finite-State Abstractions for Probabilistic Computation Tree Logic
Creators: name: Wagner, Daniel
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Probabilistic Computation Tree Logic (PCTL) is the established temporal logic for probabilistic verification of discrete-time Markov chains. Probabilistic model checking is a technique that verifies or refutes whether a property specified in this logic holds in a Markov chain. But Markov chains are often infinite or too large for this technique to apply. A standard solution to this problem is to convert the Markov chain to an abstract model and to model check that abstract model. The problem this thesis therefore studies is whether or when such finite abstractions of Markov chains for model checking PCTL exist. This thesis makes the following contributions. We identify a sizeable fragment of PCTL for which 3-valued Markov chains can serve as finite abstractions; this fragment is maximal for those abstractions and subsumes many practically relevant specifications including, e.g., reachability. We also develop game-theoretic foundations for the semantics of PCTL over Markov chains by capturing the standard PCTL semantics via a two-player games. These games, finally, inspire a notion of p-automata, which accept entire Markov chains. We show that p-automata subsume PCTL and Markov chains; that their languages of Markov chains have pleasant closure properties; and that the complexity of deciding acceptance matches that of probabilistic model checking for p-automata representing PCTL formulae. In addition, we offer a simulation between p-automata that under-approximates language containment. These results then allow us to show that p-automata comprise a solution to the problem studied in this thesis.
Cellular and Molecular Characterisation of Familial Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Type 1
Creators: name: Chakravorty, Subarna
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe hyperinflammatory condition in which absent or markedly reduced T cell and natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity results in uncontrolled proliferation of T cells, activation of macrophages, hypercytokinaemia, pancytopaenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. Familial HLH (FHL), an autosomal recessive disorder affecting young infants and children, is fatal unless treated with chemotherapy and allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation. Mutations in the gene encoding perforin, a lytic protein involved in cell cytotoxicity, account for 30% of cases of FHL (FHL II). Mutations in genes encoding hMunc 13-4, syntaxin 11, and syntaxin binding protein 2, all essential for perforin release and T/NK cell cytotoxicity, have also been identified in FHL (FHL III IV and V respectively). A previous report form our group showed that in the UK, in consanguineous families of Pakistani descent, FHL (designated FHL I) maps to 9q21.3-22 in an area spanning 5Mb and containing 14 genes. The aim of my project was to identify the gene responsible for FHL I and to study the function of the corresponding protein. Based on the premise that similar to other types of FHL, the protein product of FHL I candidate gene would function in the perforin-dependent cytotoxic pathway, 4 out of the 14 genes emerged as strong functional candidates: KIF27, RASEF, UBQLN1 and FRMD3. My mutation screening strategy aimed at amplifying and sequencing all exons and intronexon boundaries of the candidate genes, followed by screening the remaining genes of the FHL I locus. The material used was either genomic DNA extracted from 4 parental and 1 patient B cell line, or cDNA from the latter. In 2 newly identified patients, genomic DNA from granulocytes was used. PCR amplification of genomic DNA and direct sequencing or cloning and sequencing of individual clones or in some cases direct sequencing of the full length cDNA from the patient B cell line did not reveal any mutations in any of the known genes in the FHL I locus. For KIF27, mutations were excluded in gene regulatory areas by amplification and direct sequencing of the whole promoter region, up to 1kb upstream of the transcription start site. KIF27 protein expression was also studied by immunoblotting and immunostaining followed by confocal microscopy but no abnormality was identified at protein level. Promoter area mutation was also excluded in UBQLN1, the other strong candidate. The gene responsible for FHL I remains unidentified. Further refinement of the locus with high-density SNP arrays in newly diagnosed patients demonstrating linkage to the FHL I locus might help identify the gene responsible for FHL I.
Irreducible Hamiltonian BRST symmetry for reducible first-class systems
Creators: name: Bizdadea, C.
name: Cioroianu, E. M.
name: Saliu, S. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An irreducible Hamiltonian BRST quantization method for reducible first-class systems is proposed. The general theory is illustrated on a two-stage reducible model, the link with the standard reducible BRST treatment being also emphasized.
description: Latex 2.09, 23 pages, to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
title: Gazette SHCC, cycle 7, Cultures cinématographiques, séance du 12 avril 2012
Creators: name: Schmidt, Nicolas
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021

description: Relation: http://purl.org/poi/crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr/cocoon-0cedbb80-655a-4f25-adbb-80655acf259c
Nonlinear wave interactions with multiple bodies in close proximity
Creators: name: Peric, Milena
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2012

description: This thesis describes the interaction of waves with multiple bodies in close proximity. The case of two-dimensional fixed bodies is first considered, where large wave excitation is found to occur within the gap between the two bodies at the so-called resonance frequency. The width of the gap is identified as the most important factor in determining this frequency; an increase in the gap width leading to a decrease in the resonance frequency. Subsequently, the effect of the motion of one of the bodies (with a single degree of freedom) is investigated using a newly developed floating-body application of the boundary element method. In the floating-body case, the resonance frequency is found be higher than in the fixed-body equivalent. In addition, a large amplification of the nonlinear water surface elevation within the gap is identified. In order to determine whether the observations within the two-dimensional study can be applied to the practical case of side-by-side offloading of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), similar investigations are undertaken in a three-dimensional analysis. The latter involves both numerical and experimental studies. The three-dimensional studies confirm the effects identified in the two-dimensional analysis; specifically the effects of the gap width, the motion of one of the bodies, and the nonlinear effects arising within the gap are all clearly established. Furthermore, consideration of both beam-sea and head-sea incident wave conditions eliminates the orientation of the bodies relative to the incident wave direction as a key factor in determining the resonance frequency. Finally, consideration of the motion of the bodies shows that some unexpected higher order motion of the moored body arises when the two bodies have significantly different hydrodynamic properties. As a result, it is concluded that the numerical modelling of side-by-side offloading must be fully nonlinear, incorporate the body motion and include the forcing of the fenders and the mooring lines.
Trichoderma harzianum T-22 and BOL-12QD inhibit lateral root development of Chenopodium quinoa in axenic co-culture
Creators: name: Rollano-Peñaloza, Oscar M.
name: Widell, Susanne
name: Mollinedo, Patricia
name: Rasmusson, Allan G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: To investigate the symbiotic interaction of Trichoderma harzianum Rifai on Chenopodium quinoa Willd. in isolation, we studied axenic co-culture of the T. harzianum isolates T-22 and BOL-12QD and the C. quinoa cultivars Kurmi and Maniqueña real. Neither T-22 nor BOL-12QD affected seedling growth during two days of co-culture in the early growth phase of rapid primary root extension. However, after longer axenic co-culture T-22 and BOL-12 were found to significantly inhibit the overall growth of C. quinoa cv. Kurmi and Real, affecting also vitality parameters as seen for chlorophyll and betalains. Lateral root development was strongly inhibited in all plant-fungal combinations, leaving stunted lateral roots. These results suggest that T. harzianum has a general capacity to inhibit the growth of C. quinoa plants with a main effect on the lateral root development.
Black Mountain South ACMI Site
Creators: name: Nichols, Richard
Year: 1985
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
USGS Bunker Peak QUAD 7.5'
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Black Mountain 7.5' quad
CR Report 5-1279 (N)
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: Land Case N-42721 Black Mountain South (east part of Clover Range) ACMI Communications Site-USAF/Construction of a 15' x 15' solar powered communications tower (leveling and trenching) and 110' x 120' helicopter landing zone (brush-clearing only).
Oral history interview with Jan Goodman, 2000
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Civil rights movements--History--20th century.--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights workers--History--20th century.--Mississippi
African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi
Labor unions--Organizing--New York (State)

description: The first portion of this interview is spent discussing Goodman's political upbringing in Brooklyn and her early career. Goodman recalls her mother voting for Henry A. Wallace in the presidential election of 1948, and her aunt and uncle hosting fundraisers for Ebony magazine. Goodman recalls her education at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn and the University of Pennsylvania College for Women, where she became politically active and majored in Political Science. Goodman remembers her involvement in the Adlai Stevenson Convention in 1957, the significance of Jackie Robinson's success, and her ambitions as a young organizer. Goodman describes jobs at the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union health center and as a secretary at the International Federations of Trade Unions, after attending Washington Irving Night School. She describes activities with the Village Independent Democrats, East Harlem Reform Democrats, and CORE. In the summer of 1964, Goodman participated in the Freedom Summer Project in Meridian, Mississippi. Goodman briefly reflects on her experiences registering Mississippi voters and organizing a rally for Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Goodman returned to Mississippi in October of 1964, working briefly in Waveland, before relocating to Washington, DC to work for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Goodman describes the MFDP, its leadership, and a demonstration organized by it. After working for MFDP, Goodman moved back to New York City and worked for District Council 37. Goodman describes the challenges of organizing and union politics. She also recalls campaigning for Gene McCarthy and Sarah Kovner of the New York Democratic Party New Coalition in the election of 1968. She describes challenges she faced as a woman in NYU School of Law. Concluding with some thoughts on SNCC's eventual dissolution, Goodman speaks on the rise of Stokely Carmichael, the position of white women within SNCC, H. Rap Brown, the political demise of Marion (Shepilov) Barry Jr., and Mississippi Black politics after MDFP
Juris Mentem Law Review - Fall 2023 Edition
Creators: name: Arrington, Charity
name: Badgi, Kuhu
name: McBean-Linton, Nia
name: Squitteri, Julia
name: Oppenheimer, Owen
name: Naval, Rohan
name: Zia, Haniyyah
name: Kessler, Benjamin
name: Lacoretz, Rachel
name: Sehgal, Meera
name: Holtzapffel, Alexander
name: Cadenasso, Robert
name: Houessou-Adin, Viyon
name: Zelicof, Rachel
name: Taborga Sierra, Ariana
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: “Juris Mentem,” translating to “Legal Mind,” is the name of American University’s student-run legal studies research journal overseen by the School of Public Affairs. As a community, Juris Mentem is charged with providing students an opportunity to learn and practice the ability to engage in scholarly legal discourse. We seek to connect the student body with essential professional resources, experts, and knowledge. Through our organization, we provide a space for students to be excited about the current state and future of the legal profession.We proudly publish undergraduate articles written by current American University students.
Zeolite-dye micro lasers
Creators: name: Vietze, U.
name: Krauß, O.
name: Laeri, F.
name: Ihlein, G.
name: Schüth, F.
name: Limburg, B.
name: Abraham, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new class of micro lasers based on nanoporous molecular sieve host-guest systems. Organic dye guest molecules of 1-Ethyl-4-(4-(p-Dimethylaminophenyl)-1,3-butadienyl)-pyridinium Perchlorat were inserted into the 0.73-nm-wide channel pores of a zeolite AlPO$_4$-5 host. The zeolitic micro crystal compounds where hydrothermally synthesized according to a particular host-guest chemical process. The dye molecules are found not only to be aligned along the host channel axis, but to be oriented as well. Single mode laser emission at 687 nm was obtained from a whispering gallery mode oscillating in a 8-$μ$m-diameter monolithic micro resonator, in which the field is confined by total internal reflection at the natural hexagonal boundaries inside the zeolitic microcrystals.
description: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Introducing Quantum-Like Influence Diagrams for Violations of the Sure Thing Principle
Creators: name: Moreira, Catarina
name: Wichert, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: It is the focus of this work to extend and study the previously proposed quantum-like Bayesian networks to deal with decision-making scenarios by incorporating the notion of maximum expected utility in influence diagrams. The general idea is to take advantage of the quantum interference terms produced in the quantum-like Bayesian Network to influence the probabilities used to compute the expected utility of some action. This way, we are not proposing a new type of expected utility hypothesis. On the contrary, we are keeping it under its classical definition. We are only incorporating it as an extension of a probabilistic graphical model in a compact graphical representation called an influence diagram in which the utility function depends on the probabilistic influences of the quantum-like Bayesian network. Our findings suggest that the proposed quantum-like influence digram can indeed take advantage of the quantum interference effects of quantum-like Bayesian Networks to maximise the utility of a cooperative behaviour in detriment of a fully rational defect behaviour under the prisoner's dilemma game.
Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field Information Brochure
Creators: name: DeVos, Jim
Year: 1984
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

description: Information brochure for new personnel.
Operationalizing Blue Carbon in the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Texas
Creators: name: Hutchison, Lauren M.
name: Pollack, Jennifer B.
name: Swanson, Katie
name: Yoskowitz, David
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: Science Policy

description: Recently, greater interest in the resilience of coastal habitat ecosystem services in the northern Gulf of Mexico has emerged due in part to an expansion of mangroves into areas previously dominated by salt marshes. To operationalize coastal wetland ecosystem services for decision-making, there is a need to clarify how salt marshes and mangroves function in this region. The goal of this research is to operationalize blue carbon (carbon stored in coastal habitats) within the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, TX by documenting what we know about blue carbon within the study area, identifying data gaps and future research needs, and using available knowledge to inform management and decision-making within the Reserve. Our research shows that there is a lack of data within the Reserve on mangrove aboveground biomass, belowground biomass and soil carbon and on salt marsh soil carbon. There is also a dearth of information on wetland carbon sequestration and emission rates within the Reserve, making it challenging to inform management and develop a market for blue carbon.
Experimental Study of the Geotechnical Properties of UK Mudrocks
Creators: name: Hosseini Kamal, Ramtin
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2012

description: Quantifying soil characteristics using state of the art equipments is a necessary step in introducing comprehensive constitutive models which can be used in engineering design. Large areas of the Southern UK are covered by Triassic to Eocene mudrocks that were deposited in dissimilar geological environments, and have experienced diverse post depositional histories leading to a range of current natural structures. The aim of this study was to investigate different aspects of the mudrock’s structure and their implication on the mechanical behaviour of these soils. Three mudrocks were chosen and sampled; Oxford, Kimmeridge and Gault Clays. These were to be compared with London Clay which was previously studied at Imperial College by Gasparre (2005), Nishimura (2006) and Minh (2007). High quality block and rotary core samples obtained for these soils were used in two experimental studies carried out by the author and Brosse (2011) as well as for a micro-structure analysis performed by Wilkinson (2011). The author carried out series of tests using triaxial apparatus equipped with bender elements and high resolution displacement transducers. These tests provided the strength envelopes of each soil, undrained stiffness and drained elastic parameters. Oedometer cells were also used to investigate the 1-D compression of each material. These were complimented by ring shear tests and index tests performed on all four mudrocks. Findings of this study highlighted the highly anisotropic behaviour of these soils. No clear correlation was found to relate the anisotropy or any other characteristics of these materials to their geological age or their depth of burial. For Gault Clay, the effects of weathering and root action were investigated and the importance of highly fissured macro-structure of the soils was noted. The results from this study are in good agreement with those from tests carried out by Brosse (2011) using a hollow cylinder apparatus and the micro-analysis carried out by Wilkinson (2011).
Phylleremus leei Behan-Pelletier & Walter 2007
Creators: name: LIU, DONG
name: YI, TIAN-CI
name: XU, YUN
name: ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Micreremidae
Phylleremus
Phylleremus leei

description: Phylleremus leei Behan-Pelletier & Walter, 2007: 4
— Holotype female (ANIC), leaves of Sarcopteryx stipata (F. Muell.) Radlk, Mt. Warning National Park, NSW, Australia (28º23'S, 153º17'E).
description: Published as part of LIU, DONG, YI, TIAN-CI, XU, YUN & ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG, 2013, Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012, pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3663 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3663.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5630595
Institutional field-level change in post-Soviet contexts: logic elaboration in primary care restructuring
Creators: name: Secci, Federica
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2012

description: This thesis examines the evolution of the healthcare field in two countries, Estonia and Lithuania, using an institutional theory perspective and focusing specifically on institutional logics. The study finds that institutional change does not only occur through a shift in dominant logics, as the current literature suggests, but it can also occur through the elaboration of existing logics. Logic elaboration is a process of reconstruction of role-identities, organisational forms, governance structures, and practices and their gradual incorporation into the existing logic. This research shows that logic elaboration may unfold as a process of grafting or appending, depending on specific societal and field-level factors. Societal level factors relate to the flexibility to accept plurality and the ability to synthesise conflicts in a particular societal context. Field level factors relate to the legitimacy of theorisers within a given field and society, the concentration of theorisers in a field and their ability to channel resources and maintain high commitment, and the socialisation of practitioners to the new role-identity. This research makes several contributions to institutional theory. First, it introduces and develops the concept of logic elaboration. Second, it expands our understanding of logics as toolkits, whose elements can be variably combined in a field. Third, it identifies key contextual factors that shape or impact upon the trajectory of change toward logic elaboration. Key words: logic elaboration, institutional logics, institutional theory, institutional change, institutional field, health systems, health reforms, primary care, family medicine, transition countries, Estonia, Lithuania.
Second order transport coefficients of nonconformal relativistic fluids in various dimensions from Dp-brane
Creators: name: Wu, Chao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive all the dynamical second order transport coefficients for Dp-brane with $p$ from 1 to 6 within the framework of fluid/gravity correspondence in this paper. The D5 and D6-brane do not have dual relativistic fluids; D3-brane corresponds to 4-dimensional conformal relativistic fluid; D1, D2 and D4-brane separately correspond to nonconformal relativistic fluids of dimensions 2, 3 and 5. The Haack-Yarom relation only exists for Dp-branes with $p$ larger than 2 and is also satisfied by them. We also find that the Romatschke and Kleinert-Probst relations need to be generalized in order to be valid for relativistic fluids of dimensions other than 4.
description: 47 pages, 3 tables
Indian Springs Fiber Optic Project
Creators: name: Sheets, Robert S.
Year: 1991
Subjects: Clark (County)
Indian Springs Valley
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Records Search / Inventory Checking

description: Indian Springs Fiber Optic Project. The communication system includes direct burial of approximately 50 miles of fiber optic cable between Nellis AFB and Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field.
Engineering Robust CMOS ISFET Smart Sensor Systems
Creators: name: Liu, Yan
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: The development of biomedical research and fast point-of-care diagnostics require large-scale sensing equipment and smart portable healthcare devices. Therefore, integrating chemical sensors into solid state platforms becomes the most popular solution in modern chemical sensing applications. As a result, the continuous trend of scaling the transistor in semiconductor engineering and sensors' feature size in biomedical or biochemical areas, converge into the concept of Lab-On-Chip (LOC). By combining LOC and the well developed fabrication process, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor transistor (CMOS), a high level integration incorporating sensors and processing circuitry can be realized with minimal fabrication costs and convenient data processing ability. This work focuses on the engineering chemical sensing systems based on the CMOS ISFET, which provides high scalability and integration ability. An extended model for CMOS ISFETs is proposed to create an accurate model for robust sensors design. The origins of threshold variation and transconductance reduction are explained in detail by using this model. A complete study on the electrolyte-insulator interface across the sensing membrane is provided to qualitatively explain the non-ideal effects such as drift and noise. Based on the study of both electronic and chemical sides, a design strategy is presented and indicates that large sensors are better for accurate measurements and small sensors are suitable for large-scal parallel sensing. Using this knowledge, we investigate the interface circuit with capabilities to reduce the non-linear effects of ISFETs. To reduce the trapped charge effect in the device, an auto-offset-removal approach is presented and demonstrated in complimentary sensing pairs based on autozeroing techniques. The trapped charge effects and the transistor low frequency noise are attenuated to provide a larger dynamic range. Moreover, by using pH-to-Time sensors and Time-to-Digital converters, a highly compact readout scheme is designed with a minimized analogue biasing and processing. This scheme shows a great potential in large scale sensing platforms, which require low power consumption and high sensors density. Finally, a novel system, which feedbacks the electrical signal into the chemical environment, is developed to reduce the non-ideal characteristics. By incorporating the principle of a Sigma- Delta modulator, we develop the chemical sigma-delta modulator. By using the ISFETs as the quantizer, a titrator as the feedback delta modulator, and the chemical diffusion characteristics as the Sigma modulator, a chemical noise shaping is realized to minimize the drift and low frequency noise.
Thin film of a topological insulator as a spin Hall insulator
Creators: name: Akzyanov, R. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study spin conductivity of the surface states in a thin film of a topological insulator with Kubo formulas. Hybridization between the different sides of the film opens a gap at the Dirac point. We found that in the gapped region spin conductivity remains finite. In the gapless region near the band gap spin conductivity is enhanced. These findings make a thin film of a topological insulator as a promising material for spintronic applications.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of the Proposed Underground Test Area Well ER-18-2 Pad, Borrow Pit, and Access Road on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Creators: name: Jones, Robert C.
name: Holz, Barbara A.
name: Drollinger, Harold
name: Beck, Colleen M.
name: Dubarton, Anne
Publisher: name: Desert Research Institute
Year: 1998
Subjects: Clark (County)
United States of America (Country)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada (State / Territory)
Nye (County)
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
26NY11015
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: DOE/NV is proposing to drill several wells to characterize the area between western Pahute Mesa and Oasis Valley. The data acquired wIII assist DOE/NV to understand and model the hydrogeologic regime underlying Pahute Mesa. Reconnaissance of the Area of Potential Effect (APE) for the ER-18-2 project revealed site 26NY11015, a lithic artifact scatter, and three isolated artifacts.
Oral history interview with Jan Pronk, 2000
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Economic development
Cold War
Humanitarian assistance, Dutch

description: Born: 1940 Hague, Netherlands. Member of the Netherlands Youth Delegation to the Netherlands Youth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Uppsala; Education: Economics University of Rotterdam University; PhD Economics University of Rotterdam. Career: Development economics research at University of Rotterdam, Spokesperson on development policy and issues in the Netherlands, Parliament Member for the Netherlands Labor Party, Minister of Development Cooperation and Housing, Deputy Secretary United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Co-Author of World of Difference and A World of Dispute, and Special Representative to Secretary General Darfur. Themes: World War II; Economist and former teacher Jan Tinburgen; Jan Tinburgen's research on optimal economic development in third world; interest in links between macroeconomics, politics, and peace; member of Dutch Reformed Protestant Church; The Netherland's role in humanitarian, gender, and development policy; Impact of European integration, Cold War, and decolonization on The Netherland's foreign policy; Indonesian independence; quantitative targets and development policy; Marshall Plan; Impact of Cold War on East-West relations, third world, and international development; UNCTAD experience; international civil service; adjustment programs; humanitarianism; UN global conferences; UN reform; and importance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Global Majority E-journal Volume 14, Number 2 (December 2023)
Creators: name: Burgoyle, MacKenzie
name: Keeton, Amelia
name: LaTeef, Casey
name: Stuckrath, Abby
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: About the Global Majority E-Journal: The Global Majority E-Journal is published twice a year and freely available online at http://www.american.edu/cas/economics/ejournal/. The journal publishes articles that discuss critical issues for the lives of the global majority. The global majority is defined as the more than 80 percent of the world's population living in low- and middle-income countries. The topics discussed reflect issues that characterize, determine, or influence the lives of the global majority: poverty, population growth, youth bulge, urbanization, lack of access to safe water, climate change, agricultural development, etc. The articles are based on research papers written by American University (AU) undergraduate students (mostly freshmen) as one of the course requirements for AU's General Education Course: ECON-110--The Global Majority.
Economic impact of severe asthma in Spain: multicentre observational longitudinal study
Creators: name: Moreno, Carlos Melero
name: Quirce, Santiago
name: Huerta, Alicia
name: Estefany Uría
name: Cuesta, Maribel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Objective: Estimate the economic impact of severe asthma from the Spanish social perspective through the estimation of the associated annual direct and indirect costs. Methods: Observational, longitudinal, retrospective study carried out in 20 Spanish secondary settings (Pulmonology and Allergy Services) among patients aged ≥18, diagnosed with severe asthma according to European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society consensus and who have not experienced an exacerbation in the previous 2 months. Asthma-related healthcare resource utilization as well as asthma-related days off work were collected over a retrospective 12-month period from medical records review (inclusion period: June to November 2016). Total costs were calculated by multiplying the natural resource units used within 1 year by the corresponding unit cost. Costs were expressed in Euros for 2018. Results: A total of 303 patients were included, mean age was 54 years old and 67% were women. There were 5.7 physician visits per patient (3.3 in secondary care). The most common pharmacologic treatment was fixed dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting β2-adrenergic agonists (96.7%), followed by leukotriene receptor antagonists (57.1%). 134 patients (44.2%) had at least one severe asthma exacerbation (mean: 1.9 exacerbation/patient), of whom 22 patients required hospitalization, with a mean hospital stay of 10.9 days/patient. Mean sick leave due to severe asthma was 9.1 days per patient per year. Mean annual direct cost (confidence interval 95%) was €7472/patient (€6578–8612). The cost per exacerbation was €1410/patient. When indirect costs were added (€1082/patient [€564–1987]), the total annual mean cost rose to €8554/patient (€7411–10199). Conclusions: Taking the social perspective, the economic impact of severe asthma in Spain was estimated to be €8554/patient/year.
Belief Propagation List Decoding of Polar Codes
Creators: name: Elkelesh, Ahmed
name: Ebada, Moustafa
name: Cammerer, Sebastian
name: Brink, Stephan ten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a belief propagation list (BPL) decoder with comparable performance to the successive cancellation list (SCL) decoder of polar codes, which already achieves the maximum likelihood (ML) bound of polar codes for sufficiently large list size $L$. The proposed decoder is composed of multiple parallel independent belief propagation (BP) decoders based on differently permuted polar code factor graphs. A list of possible transmitted codewords is generated and the one closest to the received vector, in terms of Euclidean distance, is picked. To the best of our knowledge, the proposed BPL decoder provides the best performance of plain polar codes under iterative decoding known so far. The proposed algorithm does not require any changes in the polar code structure itself, rendering the BPL into an alternative to the SCL decoder, equipped with a soft output capability enabling, e.g., iterative detection and decoding to further improve performance. Further benefits are lower decoding latency compared to the SCL decoder and the possibility of high throughput implementations. Additionally, we show that a different selection strategy of frozen bit positions can further enhance the error-rate performance of the proposed decoder.
Oral history interview with Jane Bond Moore, 2002
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Lawyers
Civil rights movements--History--20th century.--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
African American universities and colleges
Student movements

description: Jane Bond Moore discusses her family's history and role in the advancement, and leadership, of historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), their role in the fight against segregation and discrimination, and her own nonviolent direct action activism. Moore discusses her father's appointments at various HBCUs including Dillard University, Fort Valley State College, Lincoln University, and Atlanta University. She also discusses her mother's return to school, at the age of 56, to earn a library science degree from Atlanta University and her career at Atlanta and Clark Atlanta Universities. Moore also discusses her experience with segregation and desegregation in Chester County, Pennsylvania and Atlanta, Georgia. She discusses her brother's involvement in the Atlanta student protest movement in March 1960 following the Greensboro sit-ins and the actions taken by Atlanta's students through the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR). This led to Julian and her work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Moore recalls her involvement in the student movement, her work with the Southern Regional Council (SRC), Dottie (Dorothy) Zellner, and the Albany, Georgia desegregation campaign. She reflects on her family's decision to relocate to California, her husband's work on Angela Davis' trial, the gendered impact of the trial on her and its influence on her decision to attend law school. Bond Moore discusses the two-year battle to have Julian sworn in and seated in the Georgia State legislature, after he expressed opposition to the Vietnam War. Last, she discusses her law career, her desire to teach in South Africa, the lessons she learned from involvement in 1960s protest activity, and her view of the current generation of students' lack of knowledge of their political power
Global_Majority_e_Journal_14_2_accessible.pdf
Creators: name: Burgoyle, MacKenzie
name: Keeton, Amelia
name: LaTeef, Casey
name: Stuckrath, Abby
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 38
subject: Economics

description: About the Global Majority E-Journal: The Global Majority E-Journal is published twice a year and freely available online at http://www.american.edu/cas/economics/ejournal/. The journal publishes articles that discuss critical issues for the lives of the global majority. The global majority is defined as the more than 80 percent of the world's population living in low- and middle-income countries. The topics discussed reflect issues that characterize, determine, or influence the lives of the global majority: poverty, population growth, youth bulge, urbanization, lack of access to safe water, climate change, agricultural development, etc. The articles are based on research papers written by American University (AU) undergraduate students (mostly freshmen) as one of the course requirements for AU's General Education Course: ECON-110--The Global Majority.
Oral history interview with Jane Douglas McCallister, 2000
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Civil rights movements--History--20th century.--United States
Labor movement--History--United States

description: McCallister begins her narrative with a description of her family background, focusing on her father's work as a community doctor and his experience in the Spanish-American War. McCallister discusses her two years at Mount Holyoke College, and her decision to attend the University of Chicago. McCallister elaborates on her involvement in Chicago CORE, her friendship to Bernice Fisher, and the Woodlawn African Methodist Episcopal Church, where CORE gathered. McCallister discusses World War II; Minister Archibald Carey Jr.; Atlanta, Georgia mayor Maynard Jackson; the social atmosphere of Chicago CORE; and her experience as a woman in the civil rights movement. McCallister also describes her husband's career, the impact of anti-Communist rhetoric, and the campaigns of Henry Wallace, Eugene McCarthy, and Norman Thomas. McCallister describes the founding of Roosevelt College by Frank McCulloch and Edward J. Sparling. She discusses the mission, politics, and administration of the University. McCallister discusses the later work of McCulloch and Sparling and the Montgomery-Ward strike of 1944