cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Macquartia nudigena MESNIL 1972
Creators: name: Zeegers, Theo
name: Kim, Wonwoong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Macquartia
Macquartia nudigena

description: Macquartia nudigena MESNIL, 1972
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 1♁, 854, Hangye-ri, Buk-myeon, Inje-gun, Gangwon-do, 25.iii.2021.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Widespread on mainland of Palaearctic region. Eastern Palaearctic: Russia (Far East), South Korea *.
description: Published as part of Zeegers, Theo & Kim, Wonwoong, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of Tachinidae (Diptera) of Korea, pp. 669-678 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2) on page 672, DOI: 10.35011/lbb.54.2-47, http://zenodo.org/record/10414609
The equations of motion for a classical color particle in background non-Abelian bosonic and fermionic fields
Creators: name: Markov, Yuri A.
name: Markova, Margaret A.
name: Shishmarev, Alexey A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on the most general principles of reality, gauge and reparametrization invariance, a problem of constructing the action describing dynamics of a classical color-charged particle interacting with background non-Abelian gauge and fermion fields is considered. The cases of the linear and quadratic dependence of a Lagrangian on a background fermion field are discussed. It is shown that in both cases in general there exists an infinite number of interaction terms, which should be included in the Lagrangian in question. From a simple iteration scheme, examples of the construction of the first few gauge-covariant currents and sources induced by a moving particle with non-Abelian charge are given. It is shown that these quantities, by a suitable choice of parameters, exactly reproduce additional currents and sources previously obtained in [Yu.A. Markov, M.A. Markova, Nucl. Phys. A 784 (2007) 443] on the basis of heuristic considerations.
description: 32 pages, 1 eps figure; few typos corrected, version to appear in J.Phys.G
The role of DNA-binding and ARNT dimerization on the nucleo-cytoplasmic translocation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Creators: name: Haidar, Rashad
name: Henkler, Frank
name: Kugler, Josephine
name: Rosin, Aline
name: Genkinger, Doris
name: Laux, Peter
name: Luch, Andreas
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell biology
subject: Molecular biology
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie

description: The human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is predominantly located in the cytoplasm, while activation depends on its nuclear translocation. Binding to endogenous or xenobiotic ligands terminates the basal nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling and stabilizes an exclusive nuclear population. The precise mechanisms that facilitate such stable nuclear accumulation remain to be clarified as essential step in the activation cascade. In this study, we have tested whether the sustained nuclear compartmentalization of ligand-bound or basal AHR might further require heterodimerization with the AHR-nuclear translocator (ARNT) and binding to the cognate XRE-motif. Mutagenesis of the DNA-binding motif or of selected individual residues in the ARNT-binding motif did not lead to any variation in AHR’s nucleo-cytoplasmic distribution. In response to ligands, all mutants were retained in the nucleus demonstrating that the stable compartmentalization of activated AHR in the nucleus is neither dependent on interactions with DNA, nor ARNT. Knocking down the ARNT gene using small interfering RNA confirmed that ARNT does not play any role in the intracellular trafficking of AHR.
Macquartia pubiceps
Creators: name: Zeegers, Theo
name: Kim, Wonwoong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Macquartia
Macquartia pubiceps

description: Macquartia pubiceps (ZETTERSTEDT, 1845)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 1♀, 800, Bonghwa-ro, Anheung-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do, 37°27'27"N 128°08'42"E, 25.vi.2020.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Widespread Palaearctic region. Eastern Palaearctic: Russia (Far East), South Korea *.
description: Published as part of Zeegers, Theo & Kim, Wonwoong, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of Tachinidae (Diptera) of Korea, pp. 669-678 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2) on page 672, DOI: 10.35011/lbb.54.2-47, http://zenodo.org/record/10414609
Propagation Effects in Magnetized Transrelativistic Plasmas
Creators: name: Shcherbakov, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transfer of polarized radiation in magnetized and non-magnetized relativistic plasmas is an area of research with numerous flaws and gaps. The present paper is aimed at filling some gaps and eliminating the flaws. Starting from a Trubnikov's linear response tensor for a vacuum wave with ${\bf k}=ω/c$ in thermal plasma, the analytic expression for the dielectric tensor is found in the limit of high frequencies. The Faraday rotation and Faraday conversion measures are computed in their first orders in the ratio of the cyclotron frequency $Ω_0$ to the observed frequency $ω$. The computed temperature dependencies of propagation effects bridge the known non-relativistic and ultra-relativistic limiting formulas. The fitting expressions are found for high temperatures, where the higher orders in $Ω_0/ω$ cannot be neglected. The plasma eigenmodes are found to become linearly polarized at much larger temperatures than thought before. The results are applied to the diagnostics of the hot ISM, hot accretion flows, and jets.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, accepted by ApJ
Apsidal advance in SS 433?
Creators: name: Bowler, M. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. The Galactic microquasar SS 433 launches oppositely directed jets at speeds approximately a quarter of the speed of light. Both the speed and direction of the jets exhibit small fluctuations. A component of the speed variation has 13 day periodicity and the orbital phase at which its maximum speed occurs has advanced approximately 90 degrees in 25 years. Aims. To examine the possibility that these variations are associated with a mildly eccentric orbit and conditions necessary to achieve this apsidal advance. Methods. The advance of the orbital phase for maximum speed is taken to be advance of the apses of the putative elliptical orbit. It is compared with calculations of the effects of tides induced in the companion and also with gravitational perturbations from the circumbinary disc. These calculations are made in the light of recent results on the SS 433 system. Results. The 13 day periodicity in the speed of the jets of SS 433 might be attributed to a mildly elliptical orbit, through periodic approaches of the donor and the compact object. Advance of the apses of such an elliptical orbit due to tidal effects induced in a normal companion looks to be to small; if caused by the circumbinary disc the mass of the inner regions of that disc is ~ 0.15 solar masses.
description: 2 pages, no figures To appear in A & A. No significant changes from original version posted
A method to study complex systems of mesons in Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Detmold, William
name: Savage, Martin J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Finite density systems can be explored with Lattice QCD through the calculation of multi-hadron correlation functions. Recently, systems with up to 12 $π^+$'s or $K^+$'s have been studied to determine the 3-$π^+$ and 3-$K^+$ interactions, and the corresponding chemical potentials have been determined as a function of density. We derive recursion relations between correlation functions that allow this work to be extended to systems of arbitrary numbers of mesons and to systems containing many different types of mesons, such as $π^+$'s, $K^+$'s, $\bar{D}^0$'s and $B^+$'s. These relations allow for the study of finite-density systems in arbitrary volumes, and for the study of high-density systems.
description: JLAB-THY-10-1121, NT@UW-10-01, journal version
A Survey on Function Spaces of John--Nirenberg Type
Creators: name: Tao, Jin
name: Yang, Dachun
name: Yuan, Wen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 42B35, Secondary 42B30, 46E35

description: In this article, the authors give a survey on the recent developments of both the John--Nirenberg space $JN_p$ and the space BMO as well as their vanishing subspaces such as VMO, XMO, CMO, $VJN_p$, and $CJN_p$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ or a given cube $Q_0\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ with finite side length. In addition, some related open questions are also presented.
description: 65 pages; Submitted
Nemoraea japanica
Creators: name: Zeegers, Theo
name: Kim, Wonwoong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Nemoraea
Nemoraea japanica

description: Nemoraea japanica (BARANOV, 1935)(Fig. 1E)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 1♀, 800, Bonghwa-ro, Anheung-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do, 37°27'27"N 128°08'42"E, 5 vi.2021, on light trap.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Eastern Palaearctic: Japan, Russia (Far East), China (Northeast), South Korea *.
description: Published as part of Zeegers, Theo & Kim, Wonwoong, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of Tachinidae (Diptera) of Korea, pp. 669-678 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2) on page 672, DOI: 10.35011/lbb.54.2-47, http://zenodo.org/record/10414609
Process choice in the resolution of labour-management relations problems
Creators: name: Coleman, Richard S.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Two process frameworks are available to solve labour-management problems. One is based on the conflict aspect of the industrial relationship, while the other exploits the relationship's symbiotic nature. The study examined why specific problems are assigned to particular processes with the view that such an analysis would indicate the potential for cooperation. A decision model was proposed which isolates various conditions and resulting behaviors relating to the procedure of problem resolution. In the absence of a method for determining the universal nature of problems it was suggested that individual problems are independently categorized by each party according to their potential for a win/win or win/lose solution. Once each party has independently arrived at a classification for a single problem, a choice of process is effected by the domineering nature of the distributive bargaining process, the presence of audiences, and the need to maintain an image of power. It was hypothesized that a distributive process will be chosen when expectations of response are either unclear or distributive. If more than one problem exists, the same factors will restrict the decision to the distributive process unless both sides agree to a separate integrative process for potentially win/win problems. In addition to a mutual decision to pursue the integrative option, a successful resolution of a problem through a separate integrative process will only be successful if a strategic structure is implemented to minimize suspicion, tendencies towards revenge, and negative audience reactions.
Nonperturbative relativistic approach to pion form factor: predictions for future JLab experiments
Creators: name: Krutov, A. F.
name: Troitsky, V. E.
name: Tsirova, N. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some predictions concerning possible results of the future JLab experiments on the pion form factor F_pi(Q^2) are made. The calculations exploit the method proposed previously by the authors and based on the instant-form Poincare invariant approach to pion considered as a quark-antiquark system. Long ago, this model has predicted with surprising accuracy the values of F_pi(Q^2) measured later in JLab experiment. The results are almost independent from the form of wave function. The pion mean square radius and the decay constant f_pi also agree with experimental values. The model gives power-like asymptotic behavior of F_pi(Q^2) at high momentum transfer in agreement with QCD predictions.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, revtex
Scale Free Analysis and the Prime Number Theorem
Creators: name: Datta, Dhurjati Prasad
name: Choudhuri, Anuja Roy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Mathematics (math.GM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11A41, 26E30, 26E35, 28A80

description: We present an elementary proof of the prime number theorem. The relative error follows a golden ratio scaling law and respects the bound obtained from the Riemann's hypothesis. The proof is derived in the framework of a scale free nonarchimedean extension of the real number system exploiting the concept of relative infinitesimals introduced recently in connection with ultrametric models of Cantor sets. The extended real number system is realized as a completion of the field of rational numbers $Q$ under a {\em new} nonarchimedean absolute value, which treats arbitrarily small and large numbers separately from a finite real number.
description: AMS-latex 2e, 25 pages, A misprint in the printed paper is corrected
Opción National Survey: Uruguay October 2012
Creators: name: Opción Consultores, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: 2014 general election; vote for or against parties; Colorado Party; National Party; Frente Amplio (a leftist political coalition); Independent Party; vote for or against candidates; Pedro Bordaberry (Colorado Party); Jorge Larrañaga (National Party); Tabaré Vázquez (Frente Amplio); Pablo Mieres (Independent Party); lowering the age of criminal accountability; PLUNA; affinity to/separateness from political parties; President José Mujica job approval; 2009 general election. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
Inferences on earthquake kinematic properties from data inversion: two different approaches
Creators: name: Toraldo Serra, Eugenio Maria <1984>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: GEO/10 Geofisica della terra solida

description: During my PhD, starting from the original formulations proposed by Bertrand et al., 2000 and Emolo & Zollo 2005, I developed inversion methods and applied then at different earthquakes. In particular large efforts have been devoted to the study of the model resolution and to the estimation of the model parameter errors.
To study the source kinematic characteristics of the Christchurch earthquake we performed a joint inversion of strong-motion, GPS and InSAR data using a non-linear inversion method. Considering the complexity highlighted by superficial deformation data, we adopted a fault model consisting of two partially overlapping segments, with dimensions 15x11 and 7x7 km2, having different faulting styles. This two-fault model allows to better reconstruct the complex shape of the superficial deformation data. The total seismic moment resulting from the joint inversion is 3.0x1025 dyne.cm (Mw = 6.2) with an average rupture velocity of 2.0 km/s. Errors associated with the kinematic model have been estimated of around 20-30 %.
The 2009 Aquila sequence was characterized by an intense aftershocks sequence that lasted several months. In this study we applied an inversion method that assumes as data the apparent Source Time Functions (aSTFs), to a Mw 4.0 aftershock of the Aquila sequence. The estimation of aSTFs was obtained using the deconvolution method proposed by Vallée et al., 2004. The inversion results show a heterogeneous slip distribution, characterized by two main slip patches located NW of the hypocenter, and a variable rupture velocity distribution (mean value of 2.5 km/s), showing a rupture front acceleration in between the two high slip zones. Errors of about 20% characterize the final estimated parameters.
A Convergent Numerical Method for the Reflector Antenna Problem via Optimal Transport on the Sphere
Creators: name: Hamfeldt, Brittany Froese
name: Turnquist, Axel G R
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 78M20 (Primary), 49Q22, 78A46, 78A05, 35Q60, 65N06, 65N12, 58J05, 35J96, 35J60, 35J15, 35D40 (Secondary)

description: We consider a PDE approach to numerically solving the reflector antenna problem by solving an Optimal Transport problem on the unit sphere with cost function $c(x,y) = -2\log \left\Vert x - y \right\Vert$. At each point on the sphere, we replace the surface PDE with a generalized Monge-Ampère type equation posed on the local tangent plane. We then utilize a provably convergent finite difference scheme to approximate the solution and construct the reflector. The method is easily adapted to take into account highly nonsmooth data and solutions, which makes it particularly well adapted to real-world optics problems. Computational examples demonstrate the success of this method in computing reflectors for a range of challenging problems including discontinuous intensities and intensities supported on complicated geometries.
description: 18 pages, 20 figures
title: Thermal properties of Matahina Ignimbrite
Creators: name: McGovern, L.
name: Sanders, Fiona
name: Rosenberg, Michael D.
name: Seward, Anya M.
name: Chambefort, Isabelle
name: Funnell, Rob H.
Publisher: name: GNS Science
Year: 2021

description: Thermal properties of a 140 m section of the Matahina Formation ignimbrite were determined from a rock core drilled near Rotorua, New Zealand. For this project, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat capacity were determined using the divided-bar method in order to investigate interrelationships with density/porosity and lithological variation throughout the unit. Thermal conductivity ranged from 0.25 to 1.44 W/(m.K) for dry samples and 1.06 to 2.18 W/(m.K) for water-saturated samples. Specific heat capacity ranged from 675 to 830 J/(K.kg) for dry samples and 800 to 1470 J/(K.kg) for the saturated samples. Thermal diffusivity was determined to range from 4.0 x 10-7 m2/s to 1.6 x 10-6 m2/s for water-saturated samples. Measurements established that both thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity increased with increasing density and the degree of welding. Variations in lithology/minerology and welding were examined through the use of a binocular microscope and Scanning Electron Microscopy. Theoretical trends were calculated for thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity, based on appropriate mixing laws to account for porosity, and average matrix thermal rock properties were determined for this section of the ignimbrite. Measurement data are a good fit to those calculated trends, with some departure explained by variations in crystal content of the ignimbrite. (auth)
Ghost Loss to Question the Reliability of Training Data
Creators: name: Deliège, Adrien
name: Cioppa, Anthony
name: Van Droogenbroeck, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Supervised image classification problems rely on training data assumed to have been correctly annotated; this assumption underpins most works in the field of deep learning. In consequence, during its training, a network is forced to match the label provided by the annotator and is not given the flexibility to choose an alternative to inconsistencies that it might be able to detect. Therefore, erroneously labeled training images may end up ``correctly'' classified in classes which they do not actually belong to. This may reduce the performances of the network and thus incite to build more complex networks without even checking the quality of the training data. In this work, we question the reliability of the annotated datasets. For that purpose, we introduce the notion of ghost loss, which can be seen as a regular loss that is zeroed out for some predicted values in a deterministic way and that allows the network to choose an alternative to the given label without being penalized. After a proof of concept experiment, we use the ghost loss principle to detect confusing images and erroneously labeled images in well-known training datasets (MNIST, Fashion-MNIST, SVHN, CIFAR10) and we provide a new tool, called sanity matrix, for summarizing these confusions.
description: This is the authors' preprint version of a paper published in IEEE Access in 2020. Please cite it as follows: A. Deli\`ege, A. Cioppa and M. Van Droogenbroeck, "Ghost Loss to Question the Reliability of Training Data", in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 44774-44782, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2978283
Locating the source of volcanic tremor at stromboli volcano, italy
Creators: name: Longobardi, Mariantonietta <1983>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: GEO/10 Geofisica della terra solida

description: We have developed a method for locating sources of volcanic tremor and applied it to a dataset recorded on Stromboli volcano before and after the onset of the February 27th 2007 effusive eruption. Volcanic tremor has attracted considerable attention by seismologists because of its potential value as a tool for forecasting eruptions and for better understanding the physical processes that occur inside active volcanoes. Commonly used methods to locate volcanic tremor sources are: 1) array techniques, 2) semblance based methods, 3) calculation of wave field amplitude. We have choosen the third approach, using a quantitative modeling of the seismic wavefield. For this purpose, we have calculated the Green Functions (GF) in the frequency domain with the Finite Element Method (FEM). We have used this method because it is well suited to solve elliptic problems, as the elastodynamics in the Fourier domain. The volcanic tremor source is located by determining the source function over a regular grid of points. The best fit point is  choosen as the tremor source location. The source inversion is performed in the frequency domain, using only the wavefield amplitudes. We illustrate the method and its validation over a synthetic dataset.  We show some preliminary results on the Stromboli dataset, evidencing temporal variations of the volcanic tremor sources.
Design and synthesis of multipotent drugs: application to Alzheimer's disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia
Creators: name: Maestri, Valentina <1984>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: CHIM/08 Chimica farmaceutica

description: The aim of this thesis was to synthesize multipotent drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), two diseases that affect the elderly. AD is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized, among other factors, by loss of cholinergic neurons. Selective activation of M1 receptors through an allosteric site could restore the cholinergic hypofunction, improving the cognition in AD patients. We describe here the discovery and SAR of a novel series of quinone derivatives. Among them, 1 was the most interesting, being a high M1 selective positive allosteric modulator. At 100 nM, 1 triplicated the production of cAMP induced by oxotremorine. Moreover, it inhibited AChE and it displayed antioxidant properties. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments indicated that 1 acts at an allosteric site involving residue F77. Thus, 1 is a promising drug because the M1 activation may offer disease-modifying properties that could address and reduce most of AD hallmarks. 
BPH is an enlargement of the prostate caused by increased cellular growth. Blockade of α1-ARs is the predominant form of medical therapy for the treatment of the symptoms associated with BPH. α1-ARs are classified into three subtypes. The α1A- and α1D-AR subtypes are predominant in the prostate, while α1B-ARs regulate the blood pressure. Herein, we report the synthesis of quinazoline-derivatives obtained replacing the piperazine ring of doxazosin and prazosin with (S)- or (R)-3-aminopiperidine. The presence of a chiral center in the 3-C position of the piperidine ring allowed us to exploit the importance of stereochemistry in the binding at α1-ARs. It turned out that the S configuration at the 3-C position of the piperidine increases the affinity of the compounds at all three α1-AR subtypes, whereas the configuration at the benzodioxole ring of doxazosin derivatives is not critical for the interaction with α1-ARs.
Analysis of the drop trailer traffic between the B.C. Mainland and Vancouver Island
Creators: name: Hinds, Scott Douglas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis provides an analysis of the drop trailer traffic moving between the B.C. Mainland and Vancouver Island. Drop trailers are semi trailers which are literally dropped at the ferry terminal to be transported across the Strait of Georgia without the accompaniment of the power unit and driver. This specialized service is provided only by the British Columbia Coastal Steamship Service, a subsidiary of CP. Rail. One objective of the thesis is to analyze the economics of shipping via drop trailer as opposed to a live unit, or one that includes the driver and tractor unit such as is provided by the B.C. Ferries. A second objective is to determine the size and importance of the market, and to forecast future requirements. A third objective is to analyze the physical facilities available to determine their capacity and possibilities for expansion. The B.C.C.S.S. facility in downtown Vancouver is under pressure from various groups to relocate to a more suitable location. Thus a final objective is an analysis of the benefits and costs of relocating the B.C.C.S.S. terminal to the north Richmond area. Since the drop trailer industry is very specialized, and captive to the B.C.C.S.S., very little information is published or available concerning it. Thus the author has had to rely primarily on discussions with all the parties involved, namely the B.C.C.S.S., City of Vancouver, and numerous carriers. One of the by-products of the thesis is a body of information and data pertaining to the drop trailer industry, that can be used for future research in related topics. The analysis of the economics of shipping via drop trailer shows a substantial savings potential, even though the actual ferry cost is greater. The savings are generated by the elimination of idle driver and tractor time. This saving was estimated at $49.20 per one way trip. During the past decade the volume of drop trailer traffic has been increasing steadily even though railcar traffic has been on the decline. This increase is causing the B.C.C.S.S. to approach the capacity of the present system. Political and physical pressures have raised the issue of relocating the terminal A benefit-cost analysis of a particular alternative, a partial relocation to the north Richmond area shows there can be substantial benefits for carrier as well as the B.C.C.S.S.
Biodegradable systems for the development of functional materials
Creators: name: Gioffré, Michela <1984>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: CHIM/03 Chimica generale e inorganica

description: This PhD work was aimed to design, develop, and characterize gelatin-based scaffolds, for the repair of defects in the muscle-skeletal system. 
Gelatin is a biopolymer widely used for pharmaceutical and medical applications, thanks to its biodegradability and biocompatibility. It is obtained from collagen via thermal denaturation or chemical-physical degradation. Despite its high potential as biomaterial, gelatin exhibits poor mechanical properties and a low resistance in aqueous environment. Crosslinking treatment and enrichment with reinforcement materials are thus required for biomedical applications. 
In this work, gelatin based scaffolds were prepared following three different strategies: films were prepared through the solvent casting method, electrospinning technique was applied for the preparation of porous mats, and 3D porous scaffolds were prepared through freeze-drying.  
The results obtained on films put into evidence the influence of pH, crosslinking and reinforcement with montmorillonite (MMT), on the structure, stability and mechanical properties of gelatin and MMT/gelatin composites. The information acquired on the effect of crosslinking in different conditions was utilized to optimize the preparation procedure of electrospun and freeze-dried scaffolds.
A successful method was developed to prepare gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds electrospun from acetic acid/water solution and stabilized with a non-toxic crosslinking agent, genipin, able to preserve their original morphology after exposure to water. Moreover, the co-electrospinning technique was used to prepare nanofibrous scaffolds at variable content of gelatin and polylactic acid. Preliminary in vitro tests indicated that the scaffolds are suitable for cartilage tissue engineering, and that their potential applications can be extended to cartilage-bone interface tissue engineering.
Finally, 3D porous gelatin scaffolds, enriched with calcium phosphate, were prepared with the freeze-drying method. The results indicated that the crystallinity of the inorganic phase influences porosity, interconnectivity and mechanical properties. Preliminary in vitro tests show good osteoblast response in terms of proliferation and adhesion on all the scaffolds.
Opción National Survey: Uruguay November 2012
Creators: name: Opción Consultores, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: 2014 general election; vote for or against parties; Frente Amplio (a leftist political coalition); National Party; Colorado Party; Independent Party; vote for or against candidates; Pedro Bordaberry; Jorge Larrañaga; Pablo Mieres; lowering the age of criminal accountability; same-sex marriage; decrimiinalizing abortion; legalization of marijuana; party sympathies; 2009 general election past voting behavior. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
«L’impero portatile» dei portoghesi: articolazione e figure narrative nell’immaginario coloniale portoghese.
Portuguese «portable empire»: articulation and narrative figures in Portuguese colonial empire
Creators: name: Magnante, Chiara <1983>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: L-LIN/08 Letteratura portoghese e brasiliana

description: A partire da una ricognizione storica sull’ultimo impero coloniale portoghese, la tesi intende analizzare come il mito dell’impero abbia contribuito a definire l’identità nazionale del Portogallo e il suo patrimonio culturale e letterario. Il mito viene indagato in particolar modo nella sua componente linguistica e discorsiva, come modalità peculiare di costruire “costellazioni” di immagini. In questo contesto la letteratura assume una rilevanza specifica, poiché le sue risorse formali le permettono di contrapporre alla fissità del mito una potente articolazione in grado di scardinare gli automatismi legati ad una translatio imperii volta a reiterare l’immaginazione del centro. L’analisi di un corpus letterario afferente a quella che potremmo chiamare la letteratura “dei retornados”, che si concentra soprattutto sulla definizione della focalizzazione narrativa e sulla rielaborazione delle figure narrative, intende ricercare le diverse forme di assumere criticamente il canone imperiale e di oltrepassarlo.
description: Starting from an historical overview about last Portuguese colonial empire, the thesis intend to show how the myth of empire contributed in defining Portuguese national identity and Portuguese cultural and literary patrimony. Myth is mostly investigated in its linguistic and discursive components, as being a peculiar way of constructing “constellations” of images. In such context, literature takes on a specific importance, as its formal resources may enable it to oppose its powerful articulation to mythical fixity and to the automatisms of translation imperii, which reproduce the “imagination of the centre”. Then, by pointing up narrative focalisation and narrative figures of a literary corpus of novels belonging to the so called “retornados literature”, I intend to research different ways of critically assuming imperial canon and of going beyond it.
Spin Fluctuation Dynamics and Multiband Superconductivity in Iron Pnictides
Creators: name: Stanev, Valentin
name: Kang, Jian
name: Tesanovic, Zlatko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multiband superconductivity, involving resonant pair scattering between different bands, has emerged as a possible explanation of some of the main characteristics of the recently discovered iron pnictides. A key feature of such interband pairing mechanism is that it can generate or enhance superconducting pairing irrespective of whether it is attractive or repulsive. The latter case typically leads to the superconducting gap switching its sign among different sections of the Fermi surface. In iron pnictides, the natural scenario is that the gap changes sign between the hole and the electron Fermi surfaces. However, the macroscopic symmetry of such an extended s'-wave state still belongs to the general s-wave category, raising the question of how to distinguish it from an ordinary s-wave. In such a quest, it is essential to use experimental techniques that have a momentum space resolution and can probe momenta of order M, the wavevector that separates the hole and the electron Fermi surfaces in the Brillouin zone. Here we study experimental signatures in the spin fluctuation dynamics of the fully-gapped s- and s'-wave superconducting states, as well as those of the nodal d- and p-wave. The coupling between spin fluctuations of the incipient nearly-nested spin density-wave (SDW) and the Bogoliubov-deGennes quasiparticles of the superconducting state leads to the Landau-type damping of the former. The intrinsic structure of the superconducting gap leaves a distinctive signature in the form of this damping, allowing it to be used to diagnose the nature of iron-based superconductivity in neutron scattering and other experiments sensitive to spin fluctuations in momentum space. We also discuss the coexistence between superconductivity and SDW order.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Mechanisms of the in-plane magnetic anisotropy in superconducting NbSe2
Creators: name: Haim, Menashe
name: Levchenko, Alex
name: Khodas, Maxim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a unifying picture of the magnetic in-plane anisotropies of two-dimensional superconductors based on transition metal dichalcogenides. The symmetry considerations are first applied to constrain the form of the conductivity tensor. We hence conclude that the two-fold periodicity of transport distinct from the planar Hall related contributions requires a tensor perturbation. At the same time, the six-fold periodic variation of the critical field results from the Rashba spin-orbit coupling on a hexagonal lattice. We have considered the effect of a weak tensor perturbation on the critical field, gap function, and magneto-conductivity. The latter is studied using the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau phenomenology. The common origin of the two-fold anisotropy in transport and thermodynamics properties is identified. The scheme constructed here is applied to describe the existing theoretical scenarios from a unified point of view. This allows us to single out the differences and similarities between the suggested approaches.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures
Precessing ellipses as the building blocks of spiral arms
Creators: name: Harsoula, M.
name: Zouloumi, K.
name: Efthymiopoulos, C.
name: Contopoulos, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Stable periodic orbits in spiral galactic models that form families of precessing ellipses can create spiral density waves similar to those that are observed in real grand-design galaxies. We study the range in parameter space for which the amplitude of the spiral perturbation, the pattern speed, and the pitch angle collaborate so as to lead to the creation of density waves that are supported by precessing ellipses and their surrounding matter in ordered motion. Quantitative estimates lead to a correlation between the pitch angle and the amplitude of the spiral perturbation and also between the pitch angle and the pattern speed of the spiral arms. These correlations can be regarded as an orbital analog of a nonlinear dispersion relation in density wave theory.
description: 17 pages, 22 figures
title: Kaitiakitanga of geothermal ecosytems through joint scientific and Mātauranga-a-iwi approaches: Waiotapu case study
Creators: name: Reeves, Robert R.
name: Phillips, M.
name: Forrest, E.
name: Te Ngaru, H.
name: Simpson, Mark P.
name: Alcaraz, Samantha A.
name: Macdonald, Nick
Publisher: name: GNS Science
Year: 2021

description: Geothermal areas are unique environments that can include geothermal surface features, and exhibit unique flora and fauna that has adapted to these environmental conditions. Iwi have a strong historical and contemporary cultural association with geothermal resources, including cooking, bathing, trading and for spiritual purposes. This report integrates geological, geophysical, geothermal surface feature and vegetation data with Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa matauranga into a holistic knowledge-base combining indigenous knowledge and Western science regarding the Waiotapu Geothermal Field (New Zealand) to enhance knowledge and to support kaitiakitanga. The Waiotapu Geothermal Field is the largest (by surface area) of the 29 high temperature geothermal systems in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. With over 400 mapped geothermal surface features (e.g., hot springs, pools, mud pools, and heated ground), the area supports a unique ecosystem that includes the largest population of Cyclosorus interruptus (a threatened fern species) of any New Zealand geothermal site. Resources of the Waiotapu geothermal area have long been used by Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa for purposes such as cooking and preserving food, bathing, treating health conditions, and washing clothes. Vegetation was also used to build waka and houses, and flax was harvested to make woven products (e.g., mats, clothing, rope) that were traded with other tribes and, in later times, Europeans. Geothermally altered rocks and clays from the Waiotapu area provided a unique resource for Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa. One such rock, kokowai, was so highly valued by other iwi, it was considered to be worth the same as pounamu. (auth)
Search for Supersymmetry with Gauge-Mediated Breaking in Diphoton Events with Missing Transverse Energy at CDF II
Creators: name: The CDF Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of a search for supersymmetry with gauge-mediated breaking and $\NONE\toγ\Gravitino$ in the $γγ$+missing transverse energy final state. In 2.6$\pm$0.2 \invfb of $p{\bar p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$$=$1.96 TeV recorded by the CDF II detector we observe no candidate events, consistent with a standard model background expectation of 1.4$\pm$0.4 events. We set limits on the cross section at the 95% C.L. and place the world's best limit of 149\gevc on the \none mass at $τ_{\tildeχ_1^0}$$<
description: accepted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Additional file 1 of Differentiation and management of hepatobiliary mucinous cystic neoplasms: a single centre experience for 8 years
Creators: name: Gao, Jiaqi
name: Zheng, Junhao
name: Cai, Jingwei
name: Kirih, Mubarak Ali
name: Xu, Junjie
name: Tao, Liye
name: Liang, Yuelong
name: Feng, Xu
name: Fang, Jing
name: Liang, Xiao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Table. Characteristic and clinical feature of the patients with hepatobiliary mucinous cystic neoplasm (H-MCNs).
Captia 3.0
Creators: Finanstilsynet
Publisher: name: Rigsarkivet
Year: 2022

description: Formålet med ESDH-systemet er at bidrage til en hurtig og effektiv sagsbehandling. ESDH-systemet bidrager således til at:
• videndelingen på tværs af Finanstilsynet forbedres
• smidiggøre arbejdsgangene da sagsbehandlerne akterer egne dokumenter
• verserende eller afsluttede sager kan findes hurtigt
• viden og erfaring fra gamle sager kan lettere genfindes og genbruges
• sagsbehandlingstider kan kontrolleres
• dokumentere, om post er modtaget eller afsendt
• statistik om sagsbehandling kan udarbejdes
Spectral features due to inter-Landau-level transitions in the Raman spectrum of bilayer graphene
Creators: name: Mucha-Kruczynski, M.
name: Kashuba, O.
name: Fal'ko, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the contribution of the low-energy electronic excitations towards the Raman spectrum of bilayer graphene for the incoming photon energy Omega >> 1eV. Starting with the four-band tight-binding model, we derive an effective scattering amplitude that can be incorporated into the commonly used two-band approximation. Due to the influence of the high-energy bands, this effective scattering amplitude is different from the contact interaction amplitude obtained within the two-band model alone. We then calculate the spectral density of the inelastic light scattering accompanied by the excitation of electron-hole pairs in bilayer graphene. In the absence of a magnetic field, due to the parabolic dispersion of the low-energy bands in a bilayer crystal, this contribution is constant and in doped structures has a threshold at twice the Fermi energy. In an external magnetic field, the dominant Raman-active modes are the n_{-} to n_{+} inter-Landau-level transitions with crossed polarisation of in/out photons. We estimate the quantum efficiency of a single n_{-} to n_{+} transition in the magnetic field of 10T as I_{n_{-} to n_{+}}~10^{-12}.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, expanded version published in PRB
Simultaneous reconstruction and displacement estimation for spectral-domain optical coherence elastography
Creators: name: Mason, Jonathan H.
name: Reinwald, Yvonne
name: Yang, Ying
name: Waters, Sarah
name: Haj, Alicia El
name: Bagnaninchi, Pierre O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Optical coherence elastography allows the characterization of the mechanical properties of tissues, and can be performed through estimating local displacement maps from subsequent acquisitions of a sample under different loads. This displacement estimation is limited by noise in the images, which can be high in dynamic systems due to the inability to perform long exposures or B-scan averaging. In this work, we propose a framework for simultaneously enhancing both the image quality and displacement map for elastography, by motion compensated denoising with the block-matching and 4D filtering (BM4D) method, followed by a re-estimation of displacement. We adopt the interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy (ISAM) method to enhance the lateral resolution away from the focal plane, and use sub-pixel cross correlation block matching for non-uniform deformation estimation. We validate this approach on data from a commercial spectral domain optical coherence tomography system, whereby we observe an enhancement of both image and displacement accuracy of up to 33% over a standard approach.
description: 7 pages, 6 figures, presented at SPIE BiOS 2019
On the structure of the Sun and alpha Centauri A and B in the light of seismic and non-seismic constraints
Creators: name: Yildiz, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The small separation (delta nu 01, delta nu 02 and delta nu 13) between the oscillations with low degree l is dependent primarily on the sound speed profile within the stellar core, where nuclear evolution occurs. The detection of such oscillations for a star offers a very good opportunity to determine the stage of its nuclear evolution, and hence its age. In this context, we investigate the Sun and alpha Cen A and B. For alpha Cen A and B, each of the small separations delta nu 01, delta nu 02 and delta nu 13 gives a different age. Therefore, in our fitting process, we also employ the second difference, defined as nu n2 - 2 nu n1 + nu n0, which is 2 delta nu 01- delta nu 02. In addition to this, we also use frequency ratio (nu n0/ nu n2). For the Sun, these expressions areequivalent and give an age of about 4.9-5.0 Gyr. For alpha Cen A and B, however, the small separation and the second difference give very different ages. This conflict may be solved by the detection of oscillation frequencies that can be measured much more precisely than the current frequencies. When we fit the models to the observations, we find (i) Z 0=0.020, t=3.50 Gyr and M B=1.006 Msun from the small separations delta nu 01, delta nu 02 and delta nu 13 of alpha Cen B; and (ii) a variety of solutions from the non-seismic constraints and delta nu 02 of alpha Cen A and B, in which the masses of alpha Cen A and B are slightly modified and the age of the system is about 5.2-5.3 Gyr. For Z=0.025, the closest masses we find to the observed masses are M B=0.922 Msun and M A=1.115 Msun.The differences between these masses and the corresponding observed masses are about 0.01 Msun.
description: 9 Pages and 9 Figures