cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Statistical Models and Algorithms for Studying Hand and Finger Kinematics and their Neural Mechanisms
Creators: name: Castellanos, Lucia
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 170203 Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The primate hand, a biomechanical structure with over twenty kinematic degrees of freedom, has an elaborate anatomical architecture. Although the hand requires complex, coordinated neural control, it endows its owner with an astonishing range of dexterous finger movements. Despite a century of research, however, the neural mechanisms that enable finger and grasping movements in primates are largely unknown. In this thesis, we investigate statistical models of finger movement that can provide insights into the mechanics of the hand, and that can have applications in neural-motor prostheses, enabling people with limb loss to regain natural function of the hands. There are many challenges associated with (1) the understanding and modeling of the kinematics of fingers, and (2) the mapping of intracortical neural recordings into motor commands that can be used to control a Brain-Machine Interface. These challenges include: potential nonlinearities; confounded sources of variation in experimental datasets; and dealing with high degrees of kinematic freedom. In this work we analyze kinematic and neural datasets from repeated-trial experiments of hand motion, with the following contributions: We identified static, nonlinear, low-dimensional representations of grasping finger motion, with accompanying evidence that these nonlinear representations are better than linear representations at predicting the type of object being grasped over the course of a reach-to-grasp movement. In addition, we show evidence of better encoding of these nonlinear (versus linear) representations in the firing of some neurons collected from the primary motor cortex of rhesus monkeys. A functional alignment of grasping trajectories, based on total kinetic energy, as a strategy to account for temporal variation and to exploit a repeated-trial experiment structure. An interpretable model for extracting dynamic synergies of finger motion, based on Gaussian Processes, that decomposes and reduces the dimensionality of variance in the dataset. We derive efficient algorithms for parameter estimation, show accurate reconstruction of grasping trajectories, and illustrate the interpretation of the model parameters. Sound evidence of single-neuron decoding of interpretable grasping events, plus insights about the amount of grasping information extractable from just a single neuron. The Laplace Gaussian Filter (LGF), a deterministic approximation to the posterior mean that is more accurate than Monte Carlo approximations for the same computational cost, and that in an off-line decoding task is more accurate than the standard Population Vector Algorithm.
The z=0.8596 Damped Lyman Alpha Absorbing Galaxy Toward PKS 0454+039
Creators: name: Steidel, C.
name: Bowen, D.
name: Blades, J. C.
name: Dickinson, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present {\it Hubble Space Telescope} and ground--based data on the $z_{abs}=0.8596$ metal line absorption system along the line of sight to PKS 0454+0356. The system is a moderate redshift damped Lyman alpha system, with ${\rm N(HI)}=(5.7\pm0.3)\times10^{20}$~cm$^{-2}$ as measured from the {\it Faint Object Spectrograph} spectrum. We also present ground--based images which we use to identify the galaxy which most probably gives rise to the damped system; the most likely candidate is relatively underluminous by QSO absorber standards ($M_B \sim -19.0$ for $q_0=0.5$ and $H_0=50$ \kms Mpc$^{-1}$), and lies $\sim 8.5h^{-1}$ kpc in projection from the QSO sightline. Ground--based measurements of Zn~II, Cr~II, and Fe~II absorption lines from this system allow us to infer abundances of [Zn/H]=$-1.1$, [Cr/H]=$-1.2$, and [Fe/H]=$-1.2$, indicating overall metallicity similar to damped systems at $z >2$, and that the depletion of Cr and Fe onto dust grains may be even {\it less} important than in many of the high redshift systems of comparable metallicity. Limits previously placed on the 21-cm optical depth in the $z=0.8596$ system, together with our new N(H~I) measurement, suggest a very high spin temperature for the H~I, $T_S >> 580$ K.
description: changed uuencode header to produce .Z file so that unix uncompress command will work without modifying file name
PEDAGOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION  CULTURE FORMATION
Creators: name: Fatullaev Azizjon Nasullo oʻgʻli Bukhara Institute of Natural Resources Management of the  National Research University of Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In the article, important considerations should be made about the pedagogical, psychological, intellectual, ethical and aesthetic conditions for the formation of communication culture among teachers.

         Key words: pedagogical process, communication culture, reflection, position, educational relations, education, training, self-education, communication and development, creative technologies, didactics
Design for Chronic Illness: Exploring Service Systems & New Technologies for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Chapman, Lauren
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Design

description: My thesis project focuses on designing new services and technologies to assist with the daily management of type 2 diabetes. Through an ethnographic study, survey, and interviews, I identified that the patients who struggle most with management are those who lack social support. To combat the lack of social support after diagnosis, I propose an intervention directly after diagnosis in the form of a peer mentor service rooted within an online community for people with type 2 diabetes. I have designed the general service framework for an online peer mentor community called CareMentors, along with the web site architecture, general interface and system touchpoints. A prototype was created in terms of visual artifacts and video sketches, and evaluated by 24 users through role-playing scenarios. The results of the evaluation suggest that mentor relationships are most beneficial to users when they are initially diagnosed or feel they are losing control. The CareMentors service must be vigilant with who becomes a mentor, as the users want background checks on mentors-in-training for safety purposes. Users also want to control their sense of anonymity within the community, but many are willing and excited to give back by becoming a mentor.
RETURN To an Order of the House for a Return showing :-- 1. The number of Crown grants issued since 17th April, 1896. 2. Statement of how many, and which of them, contained the clause to bring such Crown grant into accord with section 13 of the "Land Act, 1896." 3. Wording of such clause.
Creators: name: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
Publisher: name: Victoria, BC : Government Printer
Year: 2014

Abstract
Electron correlation resonances in the transport through a single quantum level
Creators: name: Yeyati, A. Levy
name: Martín-Rodero, A.
name: Flores, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Correlation effects in the transport properties of a single quantum level coupled to electron reservoirs are discussed theoretically using a non-equilibrium Green functions approach. Our method is based on the introduction of a second-order self-energy associated with the Coulomb interaction that consistently eliminates the pathologies found in previous perturbative calculations. We present results for the current-voltage characteristic illustrating the different correlation effects that may be found in this system, including the Kondo anomaly and Coulomb blockade. We finally discuss the experimental conditions for the simultaneous observation of these effects in an ultrasmall quantum dot.
description: 4 pages (two columns), 3 figures under request
Neutrino Mass, Coupling Unification, Verifiable Proton Decay, Vacuum Stability and WIMP Dark Matter in SU(5)
Creators: name: Sahoo, Biswonath
name: Chakraborty, Mainak
name: Parida, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonsupersymmetric minimal SU(5) with Higgs representations ${24}_H$ and $5_H$ and standard fermions in ${\bar 5}_F\oplus {10}_F$ is well known for its failure in unification of gauge couplings and lack of predicting neutrino masses. Like standard model, it is also affected by the instability of the Higgs scalar potential. We note that extending the Higgs sector by ${75}_H$ and ${15}_H$ not only leads to the popular type-II seesaw ansatz for neutrino masses with a lower bound on the triplet mass $M_Δ > 2\times 10^9$ GeV, but also achieves precision unification of gauge couplings without proliferation of non-standard light Higgs scalars or fermions near the TeV scale. Consistent with recent LUX-2016 lower bound, the model easily accommodates a singlet scalar WIMP dark matter near the TeV scale which resolves the vacuum stability issue even after inclusion of heavy triplet threshold effect. We estimate proton lifetime predictions for $p\to e^+π^0$ including uncertainties due to input parameters and threshold effects due to superheavy Higgs scalars and superheavy $X^{\pm 4/3},Y^{\pm 1/3}$ gauge bosons. The predicted lifetime is noted to be verifiable at Super Kamiokande and Hyper Kamiokande experiments.
description: 36 pages, 9 figures (Accepted for publication in Advances in High Energy Physics)
PEDAGOGLARDA KASBIY STRESS VA EMOTSIONAL SO'NISH HOLATLARINI OLDINI OLISH
Creators: name: Siddiqova, Gulchinoy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqola pedagoglarda kasbiy stressning sabablari va emotsional so‘nish holatining salbiy oqibatlarini ko‘rib chiqadi. Shuningdek, maqolada olimlarning pedagoglarda kasbiy stressni yengish uchun taklif qiladigan turli xil usullar, jumladan, stressni boshqarish texnikalari, ijtimoiy qo‘llab-quvvatlash, kasbiy rivojlanish va ish joyida sog‘lom muhit yaratish kabi masalalar muhokama qilinadi.
Statistical Methods for studying Genetic Variation in Populations
Creators: name: Suyash  Shringarpure
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 170203 Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The study of genetic variation in populations is of great interest for the study of the evolutionary history of humans and other species. Improvement in sequencing technology has resulted in the availability of many large datasets of genetic data. Computational methods have therefore become quite important in analyzing these data. Two important problems that have been studied using genetic data are population stratification (modeling individual ancestry with respect to ancestral populations) and genetic association (finding genetic polymorphisms that affect a trait). In this thesis, we develop methods to improve our understanding of these two problems. For the population stratification problem, we develop hierarchical Bayesian models that incorporate the evolutionary processes that are known to affect genetic variation. By developing mStruct, we show that modeling more evolutionary processes improves the accuracy of the recovered population structure. We demonstrate how nonparametric Bayesian processes can be used to address the question of choosing the optimal number of ancestral populations that describe the genetic diversity of a given sample of individuals. We also examine how sampling bias in genotyping study design can affect results of population structure analysis and propose a probabilistic framework for modeling and correcting sample selection bias. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have vastly improved our understanding of many diseases. However, such studies have failed to uncover much of the variation responsible for a number of common multi-factorial diseases and complex traits. We show how artificial selection experiments on model organisms can be used to better understand the nature of genetic associations. We demonstrate using simulations that using data from artificial selection experiments improves the performance of conventional methods of performing association. We also validate our approach using semi-simulated data from an artificial selection experiment on Drosophila Melanogaster.
МЕТОДЫ ОБУЧЕНИЯ БИОЛОГИИ ИХ ОСОБЕННОСТИ И УСЛОВИЯ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЕ МЕТОДЫ ОБУЧЕНИЯ
Creators: name: Каландарова Дилноза Самандаровна Преподаватель  Зарипова Зайнаб Нарзулло кизи Студентка  Каримов Диёрбек Тоштемир угли Студент
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В статье говорится о практическом методе обучения. Рассматривается его цели и задачи. Говорится так же о его приемах. Говорится также о  том что они могут сочетаться с наглядными и словесными методами. Так же рассматриваются преимущества и недостатки этого метода.

корректировка недоработок, теоретическом уровне, когнитивных способностей, динамично, грамматический, орфографический, стилистический, культурно-просветительских мероприятий.
Next-to-leading order QCD effects in associated charged Higgs and W boson production in the MSSM at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
Creators: name: Gao, Jun
name: Li, Chong Sheng
name: Li, Zhao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the calculations of the next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the inclusive total cross sections for the associated production of the $W^{\pm}H^{\mp}$ through $b\bar{b}$ annihilation in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The NLO QCD corrections can either enhance or reduce the total cross sections, but they generally efficiently reduce the dependence of the total cross sections on the renormalization/factorization scale. The magnitude of the NLO QCD corrections is about 10% in most of the parameter space and can reach 15% in some parameter regions. We also show the Monte Carlo simulation results for the $2j+τ_{jet}+\not{p}_{T}$ signature from the $W^{\pm}$ and the $H^{\mp}$ decays including the NLO QCD effects, and find an observable signal at a $5σ$ level in some parameter region of the minimal supergravity model.
description: version to be published in Phys.Rev.D
RETURN To an Address presented to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, praying him to cause to be laid before the House any correspondence with his Government, or any member thereof, in regard to the applications of the "Reco Mining Co.," "Noble Five Mining Co.," and A. Heinze's Company for record of water in West Kootenay, together with particulars of conditions upon which any such record has been granted, and the extent of same. (b.) Any correspondence as to any such applications from any other persons since 1st January, 1896, and any reports in regard to same or any other applications, or in regard to the general question of water records, from any Government official or any other person.
Creators: name: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
Publisher: name: Victoria, BC : Government Printer
Year: 2014

Abstract
Devil's Staircases in SFS Josephson Junctions
Creators: name: Nashaat, M.
name: Botha, A. E.
name: Shukrinov, Yu. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of coupling between the superconducting current and magnetization in the superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junction under an applied circularly polarized magnetic field. Manifestation of ferromagnetic resonance in the frequency dependence of the amplitude of the magnetization and the average critical current density is demonstrated numerically. The IV-characteristics show subharmonic steps that form devil's staircases, following a continued fraction algorithm. The origin of the found steps is related to the effect of the magnetization dynamics on the phase difference in the Josephson junction. The dynamics of our system is described by a generalized RCSJ model coupled to the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. In the suplement we justify analytically the appearance of the fractional steps in IV-characteristics of the superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junction.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Deliverable 2.1 - Multirisk assessment in marine coastal ecosystems
Creators: name: Furlan, Elisa
name: Torresan, Silvia
name: Pham, Hung Vuong
name: Simeoni, Christian
name: Bianconi, Angelica
name: Cornet, Cindy
name: Trégarot, Ewan
name: Verri, Giorgia
name: Da Costa, Vladimir Santos
name: Fonseca, Catarina
name: Tiengo, Rafaela
name: Uchôa, Jessica
name: Fredriksen, Stein
name: Meesters, Erik
Publisher: name: MaCoBioS
Year: 2023
Subjects: Multi-risk assessment
Cumulative impacts
Marine Coastal ecosystems
Ecosystem services
Ecosystem state
Climate change
Machine learning
Random Forest
Scenario analysis
GIS maps
Mediterranean Sea eco-region
Nothern Europe eco-region

description: A report on the multirisk assesment in marine coastal ecosystems across MaCoBioS focus ecoregions.
Two-mode squeezing operator in circuit QED
Creators: name: Diniz, E. C.
name: Rossatto, D. Z.
name: Villas-Boas, C. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate the implementation of the two-mode squeezing operator in circuit quantum electrodynamics. Inspired by a previous scheme for optical cavities [Phys. Rev. A $\textbf{73}$, 043803(2006)], we employ a superconducting qubit coupled to two nondegenerate quantum modes and use a driving field on the qubit to adequately control the resonator-qubit interaction. Based on the generation of two-mode squeezed vacuum states, firstly we analyze the validity of our model in the ideal situation and then we investigate the influence of the dissipation mechanisms on the generation of the two-mode squeezing operation, namely the qubit and resonator mode decays and qubit dephasing. We show that our scheme allows the generation of highly squeezed states even with the state-of-the-art parameters, leading to a theoretical prediction of more than 10 dB of two-mode squeezing. Furthermore, our protocol is able to squeeze an arbitrary initial state of the resonators, which makes our scheme attractive for future applications in continuous-variable quantum information processing and quantum metrology in the realm of circuit quantum electrodynamics.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Entropy vs. Action in the (2+1)-Dimensional Hartle-Hawking Wave Function
Creators: name: Carlip, Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In most attempts to compute the Hartle-Hawking ``wave function of the universe'' in Euclidean quantum gravity, two important approximations are made: the path integral is evaluated in a saddle point approximation, and only the leading (least action) extremum is taken into account. In (2+1)-dimensional gravity with a negative cosmological constant, the second assumption is shown to lead to incorrect results: although the leading extremum gives the most important single contribution to the path integral, topologically inequivalent instantons with larger actions occur in great enough numbers to predominate. One can thus say that in 2+1 dimensions --- and possibly in 3+1 dimensions as well --- entropy dominates action in the gravitational path integral.
description: 17 pages
Perspectives of Mental Health Professionals on  Self-Diagnosis and Romanticization of Mental Illnesses
Creators: name: Quijano, Nathania Danielle
name: Naval, Angelie Jayne
name: Ignacio, Darwin
Publisher: name: TWR Book Publishing Services
Year: 2024

description: Abstract. In today's interconnected world, many individuals worldwide have become susceptible to the influences of the rising trends of self-diagnosis and the romanticization of mental illnesses, primarily facilitated by online platforms. This study explored the viewpoints of mental health professionals on the trends of self-diagnosis and romanticization of mental illnesses, including concerns about the accuracy of self-diagnoses, the impact of romanticization on individuals, and potential interventions to mitigate the issues. This research narrows its focus on the first-hand experiences and insights shared by mental health professionals, precisely five (5) psychologists, and five (5) guidance counselors in General Santos City and Davao City, shedding light on how these trends significantly shape individuals' perceptions of mental health. Using Braun and Clarke's (2006) thematic analysis, results from semi-structured interviews highlighted the harmful impacts of these trends. Additionally, the findings suggest a need for increased awareness and education surrounding mental health, as well as collaborative efforts to counter the negative consequences of self-diagnosis and romanticization of mental illnesses.

 

Keywords: Self-Diagnosis; Romanticization; Mental illnesses; Mental health professionals; Phenomenology
European XFEL Data Analysis Workflows for SFX and beyond
Creators: name: Dall'Antonia, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This poster illustrates the mechanism of the workflow-managing software tool EXtra-Xwiz for serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) data processing pipelines. It outlines the integration to other levels of workflow management, e. g. metadata and data display management with DAMNIT, and puts the current practice of using EXtra-Xwiz and DAMNIT into the context of other experiment techniques like SAXS, SPI and XPCS.
"UZOQ MUDDAT DAVOLANISHGA MUHTOJ BO'LGAN BOLALAR UCHUN TA'LIM MUHITINI YARATISHDA OTA-ONALAR BILAN HAMKORLIK"
Creators: name: Alimova, Nigora
name: Abdullayev, Aziz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqola uzoq muddatli kasalliklarga duch kelgan bolalar uchun ta’lim muhitini yaratishda ota-onalar bilan hamkorlikning ahamiyatini muhokama qiladi. Maqolada ota-onalar va o‘qituvchilar o‘rtasidagi samarali aloqa, bolaning ehtiyojlarini aniqlash, o‘quv jarayonini moslashtirish va bolaning ruhiy va ijtimoiy farovonligini qo‘llab-quvvatlash kabi muhim jihatlar ko‘rib chiqiladi.
Thermophysical modeling of main-belt asteroids from WISE thermal data
Creators: name: Hanus, Josef
name: Delbo, Marco
name: Durech, Josef
name: Ali-Lagoa, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By means of a varied-shape thermophysical model (VS-TPM) of Hanus et al. (2015) that takes into account asteroid shape and pole uncertainties, we analyze the thermal IR data acquired by the NASA's WISE satellite of about 300 asteroids with derived convex shape models. We utilize publicly available convex shape models and rotation states as input for the TPM. For more than one hundred asteroids, the TPM gives us an acceptable fit to the thermal IR data allowing us to report their size, thermal inertia, surface roughness or visible geometric albedo. This work more than doubles the number of asteroids with determined thermophysical properties. In the remaining cases, the shape model and pole orientation uncertainties, specific rotation or thermophysical properties, poor thermal IR data or their coverage prevent the determination of reliable thermophysical properties. Finally, we present the main results of the statistical study of derived thermophysical parameters within the whole population of main-belt asteroids and within few asteroid families. Our sizes are, in average, consistent with the radiometric sizes reported by Mainzer et al. (2016). The thermal inertia increases with decreasing size, but a large range of thermal inertia values is observed within the similar size ranges between D~10-100 km. We derived unexpectedly low thermal inertias (<20 SI) for several asteroids with sizes 10
description: Published in Icarus
Statistical Methods for Evaluating Exposure-Health Relationships
Creators: name: Orak, Nur H.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 90799 Environmental Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: 90599 Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Conventional experimental techniques are sometimes limited in their ability to assess the actual risk of chemical exposures. Therefore, there is a rising awareness of mathematical, computational, and statistical approaches to provide insight into the adverse effects of environmental contaminants. Richard Bach once wrote: “Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until we choose to use it.” Likewise, any data may be viewed as absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until we choose to understand and use it. Recent advances in science and technology provide alternative paths to develop effective risk-assessment methods for environmental contaminants. Moreover, these methods are more efficient in terms of time and cost. Therefore, I develop three Chapters to show the importance of statistical methods in environmental-health risk assessment, and highlight the potency of data-driven knowledge and multidisciplinary research for the future of environmental science and engineering. In Chapter 1, I review the potential risks of missing chemical data and concentration variability on mixture toxicity by developing 27 occurrence scenarios based on data from the literature. The @RISK software simulates random concentrations, assuming multivariate lognormal distributions for the mixture components. In Chapter 2, I demonstrate how a performance analysis can be implemented for a Bayesian Network (BN) representation of a dose-response relationship. I explore the effect of different sample sizes on predicting the strength of the relationship between true responses and true doses of environmental toxicants. In Chapter 3, I characterize the risk factors of a prenatal arsenic exposure network by using Bayesian Network (BN) modeling as a tool for health risk assessment.
Disturbance Grassmann Kernels for Subspace-Based Learning
Creators: name: Hong, Junyuan
name: Chen, Huanhuan
name: Lin, Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we focus on subspace-based learning problems, where data elements are linear subspaces instead of vectors. To handle this kind of data, Grassmann kernels were proposed to measure the space structure and used with classifiers, e.g., Support Vector Machines (SVMs). However, the existing discriminative algorithms mostly ignore the instability of subspaces, which would cause the classifiers misled by disturbed instances. Thus we propose considering all potential disturbance of subspaces in learning processes to obtain more robust classifiers. Firstly, we derive the dual optimization of linear classifiers with disturbance subject to a known distribution, resulting in a new kernel, Disturbance Grassmann (DG) kernel. Secondly, we research into two kinds of disturbance, relevant to the subspace matrix and singular values of bases, with which we extend the Projection kernel on Grassmann manifolds to two new kernels. Experiments on action data indicate that the proposed kernels perform better compared to state-of-the-art subspace-based methods, even in a worse environment.
description: This paper include 3 figures, 10 pages, and has been accpeted to SIGKDD'18
Data Visualization for Medical Price Education and Transparency
Creators: name: Sciuto, Alex
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Design

description: The health care system in the United States is changing rapidly. Individual patients are expected to become educated medical consumers making informed choices and paying for those choices. Many researchers and designers are studying how medical consumers understand their medical care, but there is an opportunity for meaningful design strategies using data visualization to help consumers understand how much they pay for their care. This thesis uses service and user-centered design methods and interactive data visualization to create systems that gather medical prices and display them back to users all with the goal of creating more educated medical consumers.
Instability of scalar perturbation in a phantomic cosmological scenario
Creators: name: Fabris, J. C.
name: Jardim, D. F.
name: Goncalves, S. V. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Scalar perturbations can grow during a phantomic cosmological phase as the big rip is approached, in spite of the high accelerated expansion regime, if the equation of state is such that $\frac{p}ρ = α< - {5/3}$. It is shown that such result is independent of the spatial curvature. The perturbed equations are exactly solved for any value of the curvature parameter $k$ and of the equation of state parameter $α$. Growing modes are found asymptotically under the condition $α< - {5/3}$. Since the Hubble radius decreases in a phantom universe, such result indicates that a phantom scenario may not survive longtime due to gravitational instability.
description: Latex file, 6 pages
Galaxy Dynamics Predictions in the Nonsymmetric Gravitational Theory
Creators: name: Moffat, J. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the weak field approximation, the nonsymmetric gravitational theory has, in addition to the Newtonian gravitational potential, a Yukawa potential produced by the exchange of a spin $1^+$ boson between fermions. If the range $r_0$ is of order $30$ kpc, then the potential due to the interaction of known neutrinos in the halos of galaxies can explain the flat rotation curves of galaxies. The results are based on a physical linear approximation to the NGT field equations and they are consistent with equivalence principle observations, other solar system gravitational experiments and the binary pulsar data.
description: 10 pages, plain TeX macro included
Deliverable 1.1 - Biodiversity dimensions and ecosystem services
Creators: name: Mouillot, David
name: Villeger, Sebastien
name: de Juan, Silvia
name: Maynou, Franscesc
name: Simide, Rémy
name: Casal, Gema
name: Meesters, Erik
name: Van Der Geest, Matthijs
name: Trégarot, Ewan
name: Cornet, Cindy
Publisher: name: MaCoBioS
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ecosystem services
Biodiversity
Europe
Caribbean
Marine Coastal Ecosystems

description: A report on the estimation of biodiversity dimensions at large scales in each targeted marin region and link with ecosystem services provision.
SRAM Reliability Improvement Using ECC and Circuit Techniques
Creators: name: McCartney, Mark
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Engineering
subject: 90699 Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Reliability is of the utmost importance for safety of electronic systems built for the automotive, industrial, and medical sectors. In these systems, the embedded memory is especially sensitive due to the large number of minimum-sized devices in the cell arrays. Memory failures which occur after the manufacture-time burnin testing phase are particularly difficult to address since redundancy allocation is no longer available and fault detection schemes currently used in industry generally focus on the cell array while leaving the peripheral logic vulnerable to faults. Even in the cell array, conventional error control coding (ECC) has been limited in its ability to detect and correct failures greater than a few bits, due to the high latency or area overhead of correction [43]. Consequently, improvements to conventional memory resilience techniques are of great importance to continued reliable operation and to counter the raw bit error rate of the memory arrays in future technologies at economically feasible design points [11, 36, 37, 53, 56, 70]. In this thesis we examine the landscape of design techniques for reliability, and introduce two novel contributions for improving reliability with low overhead. To address failures occurring in the cell array, we have implemented an erasurebased ECC scheme (EB-ECC) that can extend conventional ECC already used in memory to correct and detect multiple erroneous bits with low overhead. An important component of this scheme is the method for detecting erasures at runtime; we propose a novel ternary-output sense amplifier design which can reduce the risk of undetected read latency failures in small-swing bitline designs. While most study has focused on the static random access memory (SRAM) cell array, for high-reliability products, it is important to examine the effects of failures on the peripheral logic as well. We have designed a wordline assertion comparator (WLAC) which has lower area overhead in large cache designs than competing techniques in the literature to detect address decoder failure.
Low lying eigenmodes and meson propagator symmetries
Creators: name: Lang, C. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In situations where the low lying eigenmodes of the Dirac operator are suppressed one observed degeneracies of some meson masses. Based on these results a hidden symmetry was conjectured, which is not a symmetry of the Lagrangian but emerges in the quantization process. We show here how the difference between classes of meson propagators is governed by the low modes and shrinks when they disappear.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures; final version, accepted at Phys.Rev.D
A JURY-CENTRIC APPROACH: A Method for Improving Criminal Laws, Practices, and Procedures to Ensure Fair Jury Trials
Creators: name: Byrne, Greg
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 480401
subject: Criminal law

description: In a criminal trial, judges guide jurors so that they understand the law and their task. Courts assume that jurors understand the judge’s guidance. However, research reveals that this assumption is flawed, resulting in trials that are not fair. To address this problem, I propose that a law reform body use my five-step ‘jury-centric’ approach. It provides an evidence-informed method for making changes, within a fair trial framework, to help jurors understand their task. Further, because judges are not juror-comprehension experts, an interdisciplinary law reform body can bridge the gap between expertise in the law and juror comprehension research.
Quantum Ferromagnetism and Phase Transitions in Double-Layer Quantum Hall Systems
Creators: name: Yang, Kun
name: Moon, K.
name: Zheng, L.
name: MacDonald, A. H.
name: Girvin, S. M.
name: Yoshioka, D.
name: Zhang, Shou-Cheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Double layer quantum Hall systems have interesting properties associated with interlayer correlations. At $ν=1/m$ where $m$ is an odd integer they exhibit spontaneous symmetry breaking equivalent to that of spin $1/2$ easy-plane ferromagnets, with the layer degree of freedom playing the role of spin. We explore the rich variety of quantum and finite temperature phase transitions in these systems. In particular, we show that a magnetic field oriented parallel to the layers induces a highly collective commensurate-incommensurate phase transition in the magnetic order.
description: 4 pages, REVTEX 3.0, IUCM93-013, 1 FIGURE, hardcopy available from: dklemme@indiana.edu
Multiple protostellar systems. II. A high resolution near-infrared imaging survey in nearby star-forming regions
Creators: name: Duchêne, G.
name: Bontemps, S.
name: Bouvier, J.
name: André, P.
name: Djupvik, A. A.
name: Ghez, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (abridged) Our project endeavors to obtain a robust view of multiplicity among embedded Class I and Flat Spectrum protostars in a wide array of nearby molecular clouds to disentangle ``universal'' from cloud-dependent processes. We have used near-infrared adaptive optics observations at the VLT through the H, Ks and L' filters to search for tight companions to 45 Class I and Flat Spectrum protostars located in 4 different molecular clouds (Taurus-Auriga, Ophiuchus, Serpens and L1641 in Orion). We complemented these observations with published high-resolution surveys of 13 additional objects in Taurus and Ophiuchus. We found multiplicity rates of 32+/-6% and 47+/-8% over the 45-1400 AU and 14-1400 AU separation ranges, respectively. These rates are in excellent agreement with those previously found among T Tauri stars in Taurus and Ophiuchus, and represent an excess of a factor ~1.7 over the multiplicity rate of solar-type field stars. We found no non-hierarchical triple systems, nor any quadruple or higher-order systems. No significant cloud-to-cloud difference has been found, except for the fact that all companions to low-mass Orion protostars are found within 100 AU of their primaries whereas companions found in other clouds span the whole range probed here. Based on this survey, we conclude that core fragmentation always yields a high initial multiplicity rate, even in giant molecular clouds such as the Orion cloud or in clustered stellar populations as in Serpens, in contrast with predictions of numerical simulations. The lower multiplicity rate observed in clustered Class II and Class III populations can be accounted for by a universal set of properties for young systems and subsequent ejections through close encounters with unrelated cluster members.
description: 15 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cosmological screening and the phantom braneworld model
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Sourav
name: Kousvos, Stefanos R
name: Romanopoulos, Stylianos
name: Tomaras, Theodore N
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The scalar and vector cosmological perturbations at all length scales of our Universe are studied in the framework of the phantom braneworld model. The model is characterized by the parameter $Ω_M\equiv M^3/2m^2H_0$, with $M$ and $m$ the 5- and 4-dimensional Planck scales, respectively, and $H_0$ the Hubble parameter today, while $Ω_M\rightarrow 0$ recovers the $Λ\rm CDM$ model. Ignoring the backreaction due to the peculiar velocities and also the bulk cosmological constant, allows the explicit computation of the gravitational potentials, $Φ$ and $Ψ$. They exhibit exponentially decreasing screening behaviour characterized by a screening length which is a function of the quasidensity parameter $ Ω_M$.
description: v2, 14pp, 3 figs; mistake in the +- sign in the spatially homogeneous eqn in v1 corrected; consequently, the conclusions of the current version differ from those of v1
Stability Analysis of a Stringy Black Hole
Creators: name: Hsu, Rue-Ron
name: Huang, Green
name: Lin, Wei-Fu
name: Lee, Chin-Rong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the stability of charged black holes in two-dimensional heterotic string theories that were recently discussed by McGuidan, Nappi and Yost. In the framework of small time-dependent perturbation, we find that these black holes are linearly stable.
description: 7 pages
"Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Supporting Mental Health Nurses for a Healthier Future"
Creators: name: Jolly N J
Publisher: name: Brio Innovative Journal of Novel Research (BIJNR)
Year: 2025

description: Abstract: Burnout among mental health nurses is a significant issue that impacts both healthcare professionals and the quality of patient care. This article explores the causes, symptoms, and consequences of burnout in mental health nursing. It also discusses evidence-based strategies to prevent and manage burnout, including organizational support, self-care practices, and policy recommendations. Addressing burnout is crucial for improving job satisfaction, nurse retention, and patient outcomes.
Motion control and optical interrogation of a levitating single NV in vacuum
Creators: name: Conangla, G. P.
name: Schell, A. W.
name: Rica, R. A.
name: Quidant, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Levitation optomechanics exploits the unique mechanical properties of trapped nano-objects in vacuum in order to address some of the limitations of clamped nanomechanical resonators. In particular, its performance is foreseen to contribute to a better understanding of quantum decoherence at the mesoscopic scale as well as to lead to novel ultra-sensitive sensing schemes. While most efforts have so far focused on optical trapping of low absorbing silica particles, further opportunities arise from levitating objects with internal degrees of freedom like color centers. Nevertheless, inefficient heat dissipation at low pressures poses a challenge, as most nano-objects, even with low absorbing materials, experience photo-damage in an optical trap. Here, by using a Paul trap, we demonstrate levitation in vacuum and center-of-mass feedback cooling of a nanodiamond hosting a single nitrogen-vacancy center. The achieved level of motion control enables us to optically interrogate and characterize the emitter response. The developed platform is applicable to a wide range of other nano-objects and represents a promising step towards coupling internal and external degrees of freedom.
description: Nano Letters
Characteristics of 2D lattice models from fermionic realization: Ising and $XYZ$ models
Creators: name: Khachatryan, Sh. A.
name: Sedrakyan, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a field theoretical approach to the classical two-dimensional models, particularly to 2D Ising model (2DIM) and $XYZ$ model, which is simple to apply for calculation of various correlation functions. We calculate the partition function of 2DIM and $XY$ model within the developed framework. Determinant representation of spin-spin correlation functions is derived using fermionic realization for the Boltzmann weights. The approach also allows formulation of the partition function of 2DIM in the presence of an external magnetic field.
description: 18 pages, RevTex, 2 figures, extended the appraoch to the XYZ model, the published version
Many-particle mobility and diffusion tensors for objects in viscous sheets
Creators: name: Sokolov, Yulia
name: Diamant, Haim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a mobility tensor for many cylindrical objects embedded in a viscous sheet. This tensor guarantees a positive dissipation rate for any configuration of particles and forces, analogously to the Rotne-Prager-Yamakawa tensor for spherical particles in a three-dimensional viscous fluid. We test our result for a ring of radially driven particles, demonstrating the positive-definite property at all particle densities. The derived tensor can be utilized in Brownian Dynamics simulations with hydrodynamic interactions for such systems as proteins in biomembranes and inclusions in free-standing liquid films.
description: 9 pages, two useful appendices added
CreativeConnect: Bridging UX Designers & Startups
Creators: name: Lien, Jane
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Design

description: Startups are an important entity to bring new ideas into the world. However, nine out of ten early stage startups fail. There are many factors contributing to the fate of a startup. Incorporating user experience (UX) design into an early stage startup can increase its chances of success. UX designers have the capability to generate and evaluate ideas, as well as conduct user research, visualize concepts for communication, and create prototypes for user testing. Despite the valuable skills a UX designer might bring to a startup, many startups lack in-depth knowledge about design and access to the design community. A shallow understanding of design leads many startups to only add a designer’s input at the end for visual design. The proposed solution, CreativeConnect, is a platform connecting early stage startups with UX designers. CreativeConnect builds a community of UX designers and provides entrepreneurs and aspiring designers access to that community. Through tools and services provided by the platform, those outside of the design community can gain a deeper understanding of design. By utilizing design beyond visual design, startups can connect with their users on another level and increase their chances of success.
Improving yarn imperfection in polyester cotton blends by optimizing flat-to-cylinder setting
Creators: name: Tigabu, Mesay Dubale
name: Kasemo, Abayneh Kebede
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Yarn Imperfection
card setting
Yarn quality

description: In textile Industries, processing parameters, and machinery conditions play a decisive role in deciding the quality of the yarn produced.  The objective of this study is to improve the quality of the yarn by adjusting the setting between revolving flats and the Cylinder, while the other machine and process parameters were kept constant. Five points between flat and Cylinder were changed into 3.5,3, 2.5, 2.5, and 2.5 mm and have been used to produce 21 Ne Polycotton blended yarns. The improvement in the yarn quality due to the new setting is assessed. It is found that the thin place, thick place, neps and unevenness in the  yarn has  reduced considerably with this new setting. The total imperfections/km (IPI) of  30/70 Polycotton yarn improved  from 1579/km to 727/km. The clearer cut per 100 km after the new setting has shown a significant improvement by having lower number of cuts and better working performance.
Supplemental Material for V. M. Galfi and V. Lucarini, "Fingerprinting Heatwaves and Cold Spells and Assessing Their Response to Climate Change using Large Deviation Theory" (2021)
Creators: name: Lucarini, Valerio
name: Galfi, Vera Melinda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 20304 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: 29902 Complex Physical Systems
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Climate Science
subject: 40104 Climate Change Processes
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: This file contains the Supplemental Material for the paper:
V. M. Galfi and V. Lucarini, Fingerprinting Heatwaves and Cold Spells and Assessing Their Response to Climate Change using Large Deviation Theory, (2021)
For more information please contact Valerio Lucarini (v.lucarini@reading.ac.uk) or V. Melinda Galfi (vera.melinda.galfi@geo.uu.se)