cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The composition of high temperature geothermal fluids in New Zealand
Creators: name: Evans, D
name: Mroczek, EK
name: Climo, M
Publisher: name: GNS Science
Year: 2017
Subjects: geothermal fields
geothermal solutions
high temperature
chemical composition
mineral deposits

description: This literature review updates and summarises the chemical composition of geothermal waters from wells in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and Ngawha, with the aim of characterising the “typical” reservoir water composition for the developed, high-temperature geothermal systems. The reservoir liquid composition is also calculated to atmospheric pressure which is the maximum amount of steam separation. Most information was available on the major chemical components: Na, K, Ca, Cl, B, SiO2, SO4 and HCO3, but also minor components of Li, Rb, Cs and Mg. This study also presents limited information on trace elements and precious metals, in particular Au, Ag and Cu but data for these species is limited in the surface discharges. The representative concentration of each species is provided for nine high temperature geothermal fields; namely Ohaaki, Kawerau, Mokai, Ngatamariki, Ngawha, Rotokawa, Rotorua, Tauhara, Wairakei and Ngawha. The estimated annual flux of each species is given based on the representative concentration multiplied by the consented fluid take for the producing geothermal fields. This compositional and flux data provides input data for determining the economics of mineral extraction from New Zealand’s geothermal fields. This Report is an amended copy of GNS Science Report 2014/68 issued in 2015. Table 4.2 “Total annual flux of the major elements for producing geothermal fields in New Zealand” has been corrected so that all values (except) bicarbonate are calculated using the total discharge concentrations given in Table 4.1. (auth)
Corrigendum: Probiotics: mechanism of action, health benefits and their application in food industries
Creators: name: Latif, Anam
name: Shehzad, Aamir
name: Niazi, Sobia
name: Zahid, Asna
name: Ashraf, Waqas
name: Iqbal, Muhammad Waheed
name: Rehman, Abdur
name: Riaz, Tahreem
name: Aadil, Rana Muhammad
name: Khan, Imran Mahmood
name: Özogul, Fatih
name: Rocha, João Miguel
name: Esatbeyoglu, Tuba
name: Korma, Sameh A.
Publisher: name: Lausanne : Frontiers Media
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: anti-allergic and gastrointestinal diseases
subject: functional foods
subject: immunomodulation
subject: lactic acid bacteria
subject: probiotics
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::570 | Biowissenschaften, Biologie

description: In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 2. Instead of “UniLaSalle, Transformations and Agroressources Research Unit, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France”, it should be “UniLaSalle, Univ. Artois, ULR7519 - Transformations & Agro-resources, Normandie Université, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.” The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
Language or Action? Functional Distinctions Between Imagistic and Categorical Gesture in English and ASL
Creators: name: Scherer
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022

description: This study reanalyzed motion capture data from 13 native American Sign Language (ASL) signers and 32 hearing English speakers, who were asked to physically imitate and then describe the trajectory of a three-dimensional version of the Müller-Lyer illusion (Brown et al., 2021). Building on the previous findings that all participants were less affected by the visual illusion when actually interacting with the object or gesturing/signing while describing it than when estimating the size of the object, this study examines specific kinematic features of their gesture, focusing on smoothness, accuracy, velocity, and rhythmicity using dynamic time warping and other quantitative methods. This analysis demonstrated that signers have smoother movements during gestures about trajectory than English speakers (but not during instrumental action), have faster hand movements overall, have greater general rhythmicity in their gestures (particularly in description tasks), and are less accurate in their description of the object’s trajectory than English speakers. These results suggest that there are subtle differences in the gestures produced by signers and speakers, which may indicate their engagement of different cognitive mechanisms while producing descriptive gestures. Specifically, this process seems to be more informed by action in speakers, but more by language in signers.
title: A Steel Bridge Design System Architecture using VR-CAD and Web Service-based Multi-Agents
Creators: name: Yabuki, Nobuyoshi
name: Kotani, Jun
name: Shitani, Tomoaki
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mehragentensystem
subject: Lernendes System
subject: Stahlbrücke
subject: Virtuelle Realität
subject: 620

description: This paper presents a new design environment based on Multi-Agents and Virtual Reality (VR). In this research, a design system with a virtual reality function was developed. The virtual world was realized by using GL4Java, liquid crystal shutter glasses, sensor systems, etc. And the Multi-Agent CAD system with product models, which had been developed before, was integrated with the VR design system. A prototype system was developed for highway steel plate girder bridges, and was applied to a design problem. The application verified the effectiveness of the developed system.
description: X. International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering: proceedings ; [ICCCBE], Weimar, June 02-04, 2004, vol. 2004
Additional file 5 of Novel artificial nerve transplantation of human iPSC-derived neurite bundles enhanced nerve regeneration after peripheral nerve injury
Creators: name: Nishijima, Takayuki
name: Okuyama, Kentaro
name: Shibata, Shinsuke
name: Kimura, Hiroo
name: Shinozaki, Munehisa
name: Ouchi, Takehito
name: Mabuchi, Yo
name: Ohno, Tatsukuni
name: Nakayama, Junpei
name: Hayatsu, Manabu
name: Uchiyama, Keiko
name: Shindo, Tomoko
name: Niiyama, Eri
name: Toita, Sayaka
name: Kawada, Jiro
name: Iwamoto, Takuji
name: Nakamura, Masaya
name: Okano, Hideyuki
name: Nagoshi, Narihito
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: Figure S5. Bioluminescence live cell imaging experiments with IVIS.
title: Auckland water outage scenario
titleType: Subtitle
title: modelling the economic consequences of interruptions in infrastructure service using MERIT
Creators: name: Smith, NJ
name: Kim, JH
name: McDonald, GW
Publisher: name: GNS Science
Year: 2016
Subjects: business continuity
resilience
infrastructure
water supply
modelling

description: This report describes the first infrastructure outage tested by the research team. The infrastructure outage is a hypothetical scenario of a significant interruption in water supply for the Auckland region. The water outage scenario was developed in conjunction with Watercare Services Ltd. (Watercare), an Auckland Council-Controlled Organisation responsible for water service provision, and is considered a plausible, but very unlikely scenario, for the Auckland region. The scenario is fully outlined in the ERI Science Report series, Buxton et al. (2014). Initial modelling results indicate that the water outage scenario would result in significant economic consequences for the Auckland region. (auth)
Breast Abnormality Diagnosis Using Transfer and Ensemble Learning
Creators: name: Azour, Farnoosh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CADx)
Convolutional Neural Networks
Deep Learning
Transfer Learning
Applied AI
Medical Imaging

description: Breast cancer is the second fatal disease among cancers both in Canada and across the globe. However, in the case of early detection, it can raise the survival rate. Thus, researchers and scientists have been practicing to develop Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD)x systems. Traditional CAD systems depend on manual feature extraction, which has provided radiologists with poor detection and diagnosis tools. However, recently the application of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)s as one of the most impressive deep learning-based methods and one of its interesting techniques, Transfer Learning, has revolutionized the performance and development of these systems. In medical diagnosis, one issue is distinguishing between breast mass lesions and calcifications (little deposits of calcium). This work offers a solution using transfer learning and ensemble learning (majority voting) at the first stage and later replacing the voting strategy with soft voting. Also, regardless of the abnormality's type (mass or calcification), the severeness of the abnormality plays a key role. Nevertheless, in this study, we went further and made an effort to create a (CAD)x pathology diagnosis system. More specifically, after comparing multi-classification results with a two-staged abnormality diagnosis system, we propose the two-staged binary classifier as our final model. Thus, we offer a novel breast cancer diagnosis system using a wide range of pre-trained models in this study. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first who integrate the application of a wide range of state-of-the-art pre-trained models, particularly including EfficientNet for the transfer learning part, and subsequently, employ ensemble learning. With the application of pre-trained CNN-based models or transfer learning, we are able to overcome the lack of large-size datasets. Moreover, with the EfficientNet family offering better results with fewer parameters, we achieved promising results in terms of accuracy and AUC-score, and later ensemble learning was applied to provide robustness for the network. After performing 10-fold cross-validation, our experiments yielded promising results; while constructing the breast abnormality classifier 0.96 ± 0.03 and 0.96 for accuracy and AUC-score, respectively. Similarly, it resulted in 0.85 ± 0.08 for accuracy and 0.81 for AUC-score when constructing pathology diagnosis.
Reducing chatter vibrations using NC and FE simulation - Vibrations in aerospace industry
Schwingungen in der Luftfahrtindustrie : Rattern reduzieren durch NC- und FE-Simulation
Creators: name: Surmann, Tobias
name: Denkena, Berend
name: Friebe, Sven
name: Schmidt, Alfred
name: Adili, Maimaiti
Publisher: name: Düsseldorf : VDI Fachmedien
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Finite-Elemente-Methode (FEM)
subject: Luft-/Raumfahrt
subject: Simulation
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik

description: Thin-walled structural components often tend to chatter vibrations due to their compliancy. Modal analyses can be used to calculate stability maps and avoid chatter vibrations, but this is time-consuming. ZeTeM Bremen and IFW Hannover together with Airbus GmbH are researching a software-based approach to simulate the frequency response function (FRF). Coupling NC and FE simulation allows for a simulative approximation of the component dynamics.
description: Dünnwandige Strukturbauteile neigen aufgrund der Schwingungsanfälligkeit häufig zu Ratterschwingungen. Durch eine Modalanalyse können Stabilitätskarten berechnet und Ratterschwingungen vermieden werden, was sehr aufwendig ist. Das ZeTeM Bremen und das Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Werkzeugmaschinen IFW Hannover erforschen mit der Airbus GmbH einen softwarebasierten Ansatz zur Simulation von Nachgiebigkeitsfrequenzgängen. Durch eine Kopplung von NC- und FE-Simulation erfolgt eine simulative Abschätzung des Bauteilschwingungsverhaltens
Cost and Power Loss Aware Coalitions under Uncertainty in Transactive Energy Systems
Creators: name: Sadeghi, Mohammad
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Microgrid
Bayesian Reinforcement Learning
Energy Trading
Deep Reinforcement Learning

description: The need to cope with the rapid transformation of the conventional electrical grid into the future smart grid, with multiple connected microgrids, has led to the investigation of optimal smart grid architectures. The main components of the future smart grids such as generators, substations, controllers, smart meters and collector nodes are evolving; however, truly effective integration of these elements into the microgrid context to guarantee intelligent and dynamic functionality across the whole smart grid remains an open issue. Energy trading is a significant part of this integration. In microgrids, energy trading refers to the use of surplus energy in one microgrid to satisfy the demand of another microgrid or a group of microgrids that form a microgrid community. Different techniques are employed to manage the energy trading process such as optimization-based and conventional game-theoretical methods, which bring about several challenges including complexity, scalability and ability to learn dynamic environments. A common challenge among all of these methods is adapting to changing circumstances. Optimization methods, for example, show promising performance in static scenarios where the optimal solution is achieved for a specific snapshot of the system. However, to use such a technique in a dynamic environment, finding the optimal solutions for all the time slots is needed, which imposes a significant complexity. Challenges such as this can be best addressed using game theory techniques empowered with machine learning methods across grid infrastructure and microgrid communities. In this thesis, novel Bayesian coalitional game theory-based and Bayesian reinforcement learning-based coalition formation algorithms are proposed, which allow the microgrids to exchange energy with their coalition members while minimizing the associated cost and power loss. In addition, a deep reinforcement learning scheme is developed to address the problem of large convergence time resulting from the sizeable state-action space of the methods mentioned above. The proposed algorithms can ideally overcome the uncertainty in the system. The advantages of the proposed methods are highlighted by comparing them with the conventional coalitional game theory-based techniques, Q-learning-based technique, random coalition formation, as well as with the case with no coalitions. The results show the superiority of the proposed methods in terms of power loss and cost minimization in dynamic environments.
title: Seid Öl im Getriebe des Patriarchats!?!
Creators: name: Staritz, Nikola
Year: 2008

description: Projekte wie Gender Mainstreaming oder Gender Studies haben sich relativ gut etabliert. Von diversen, auch konservativen, Seiten werden sie gehypt und paradiesische Zustände des Feminismus scheinen ausgerufen zu sein. Aber solche Projekte fügen sich relativ kritik- und reibungslos in bestehende Strukturen ein, ohne diese strukturell zu hinterfragen oder überhaupt zu thematisieren. Das kleine Gemeinsame feministischer Theorien, nämlich das (wie auch immer definierte) kritische Verhältnis zu den bestehenden patriarchal-kapitalistischen Verhältnissen, findet sich hier nicht wieder. Ganz im Gegenteil: Oft ist von Konzepten und Zielsetzungen die Rede, die völlig mit neoliberalen und patriarchalen (An-)Forderungen konform gehen (Arbeitsmarktorientierung, Schlüsselqualifikationen, Geschlechterdifferenz, Qualitätsdiskurse, Leistung etc.). So kommt es gleichzeitig zu einer Vereinnahmung aber auch einer aktiven Anpassung feministischer/frauenpolitischer Projekte, hegemoniale Normen werden umstandslos affirmiert. Der Wille zum Funktionieren scheint sich auch in vermeintlich kritischen Kontexten durchzusetzen. Mit Herrschafts- und Strukturkritik hat das nichts mehr am Hut. Eine Entpolitisierung und reibungslose Integrierbarkeit in herrschende Verhältnisse ist die Folge. Etablierte feministische Projekte wie GM oder die Gender Studies befinden sich zwischen Erfolg, Kritik und Affirmation. Dies aufzuzeigen und kritisch zu hinterfragen ist Inhalt dieser Arbeit. Das ist vor allem deshalb notwendig, weil ansonsten der Raum für kritische feministische Projekte und Auseinandersetzungen, noch weiter beschnitten wird.
description: Feminist projects like Gender Mainstreaming or Gender Studies seem to be quite successfull. They are enforced from different political sides, even conservatives like GM. Should feminists be happy because of this? No, because projekts like this are not critical and don't produce any resistance to existing patriarchal and capitalistic structures. Unequal structures are not even topic. There is one thing, that I thought feminisms, in all their differences, have in common: a critical relation towards hegemonic norms. This necessary political critique got lost in seemingly accepted feminist projects. In fact, it is the contrary: concepts and aims of GM and Gender Studies actively affirm needs and ideologies of a neoliberal and patriarchal present. They show a strong will to conform. That's why feminist projekts like GM and Gender Studies find themselves in an ambivalent position between success, critique and affirmation.
Effects of Auditory Vection Speed and Directional Congruence on Perceptions of Visual Vection
Creators: name: Gagliano, Isabella Alexis
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Spatial disorientation is a major contributor to aircraft mishaps. One potential contributing factor is vection, an illusion of self-motion. Although vection is commonly thought of as a visual illusion, it can also be produced through audition. The purpose of the current experiment was to explore interactions between conflicting visual and auditory vection cues, specifically with regard to the speed and direction of rotation. The ultimate goal was to explore the extent to which aural vection could diminish or enhance the perception of visual vection. The study used a 3 × 2 within-groups factorial design. Participants were exposed to three levels of aural rotation velocity (slower, matched, and faster, relative to visual rotation speed) and two levels of aural rotational congruence (congruent or incongruent rotation) including two control conditions (visual and aural-only). Dependent measures included vection onset time, vection direction judgements, subjective vection strength ratings, vection speed ratings, and horizontal nystagmus frequency. Subjective responses to motion were assessed pre and post treatment, and oculomotor responses were assessed before, during, and following exposure to circular vection. The results revealed a significant effect of stimulus condition on vection strength. Specifically, directionally-congruent aural-visual vection resulted in significantly stronger vection than visual and aural vection alone. Perceptions of directionally-congruent aural-visual vection were slightly stronger vection than directionally-incongruent aural-visual vection, but not significantly so. No significant effects of aural rotation velocity on vection strength were observed. The results suggest directionally-incongruent aural vection could be used as a countermeasure for visual vection and directionally-congruent aural vection could be used to improve vection in virtual environments, provided further research is done.
GIS and 3D Analysis Applied to Sea Turtle Mortalities and Navigation Channel Dredging
Creators: name: Shellito, Bradley A.
name: Lockwood, Keith B.
Publisher: name: Shellito, Bradley A.
Year: 2006

description: Between 2000 and 2003 there were an increased number of documented sea turtle mortalities related to hopper dredging in the channels of the Chesapeake Bay. A pilot study was undertaken to create a bathymetric surface and three-dimensional model of the Cape Henry Channel using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a visualization tool to examine sea turtle mortalities in relation to the dredging. In Fall 2003, the US Army Corps of Engineers dredged the Thimble Shoals Federal Navigation Channel, and a more refined model was developed using this data. This project examines the growing concerns over sea turtle mortality rates and dredging operations, as well as a description of the usage of GIS analysis, interpolation, and visualization methods as tools for examining turtle habitat and mortality issues. Future directions for incorporating GIS into attempts to reduce sea turtle mortality in dredging operations are then outlined.
title: ICTY - Rule of law or politics?
Creators: name: Rahimic, Elma
Year: 2008

description: Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien wurde im Mai 1993 als Reaktion auf die zunehmenden Forderungen der Oeffentlichkeit,insbesondere von Menschenrechtsorganisationen, begruendet. Das niedrige Ausmaß an Unterstuetzung, hauptsaechlich der finanziellen und militaerischen Unterstuetzung sowie auch bei der Informationsuebergabe bestaetigt,dass die Schaffung des Tribunals eher eine Alternative gegenueber einem noch entschiedeneren Auftreten gegen die stattfindenden Graeueltaten darstellte. Mangel an politischem Willen von den drei am Balkan am heftigsten involvierten Staaten - den USA, dem Vereinigten Koenigreich und Frankreich - das Tribunal in seiner Arbeit zu unterstuetzen, wird in den Faellen Radovan Karadzic und Ratko Mladic am deutlichsten. Auf der anderen Seite, das Tribunal hat es geschafft, seine starke rechtliche Basis auszunutzen und Druck auf Laender auszuueben und deren Kooperation zu bekommen. ICTY hat mehrere wichtige Entscheidungen getroffen und war letztendlich erfolgreich.
description: The ICTY was established in May 1993 as a response to the mounting pressure from the public and numerous human rights organizations for the international community to in some way intervene in the conflict in the Balkans. The small amount of support that the Tribunal received primarily in three areas essential to its work-- financial and military assistance and information transfer -- confirmed that the Tribunal was established as an alternative to a more decisive reaction to the atrocities taking place. The lack of political will of three states most involved in the Balkans--the U.S., Great Britain and France to assist the Tribunal in the completion of its mandate became most obvious in the cases of Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. On the other hand the Tribunal has managed to produce significant results using its strong legal basis and exercising pressure on states through the media and securing at least partial cooperation. The ICTY handed down several extremely important decisions which determined the nature of the conflicts. It prosecuted senior political and military officials and made an enormous contribution to international criminal justice. One of its biggest accomplishments was the indictment and the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.
Nanostructures across oppositely charged surfactant–polymer interfaces
Creators: name: Tangso, Kristian Joy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Oppositely charged surfactant and polymer systems have received increasing interest as they offer great versatility and control of highly ordered structures formed in solution for exploitation in various industrial and pharmaceutical applications. Early studies have focused on the phase behaviour of these systems as bulk mixtures or dispersions, however investigation across surfactant–polymer solution interfaces has been scarce. A novel approach was developed to study the kinetics of structure formation across such interfaces. Line scans were performed with synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering and Raman microscopy to obtain structural and compositional data spatially across SDS–polyDADMAC interfaces at various time points. Structures identified across these interfaces were compared with those formed in dispersions or bulk mixtures prepared at the same molar charge ratio to comment on their state of equilibrium. The release behaviour of model hydrophilic drug from a range of industrially and biologically relevant oppositely charged surfactant and polymer structured capsules to certain stimuli was also assessed. Results demonstrated the existence of both equilibrium and nonequilibrium nanostructures locally across SDS–polyDADMAC interfaces. The rate of structure formation across these interfaces and the extent to which equilibrium was reached was determined by the structure and concentration gradients existing at a given time and the mobility of the components within or from bulk regions, and across hexagonal and/or micellar phases. New insights gained into the slow mixing, equilibrium phase behaviour and structural attributes of oppositely charged surfactant and polymer systems can be applied in the development cost-effective formulations with the desired physicochemical properties and functionality, as well as the design of novel stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems.
Additional file 1 of Green-synthesized silver nanoparticles from Zingiber officinale extract: antioxidant potential, biocompatibility, anti-LOX properties, and in silico analysis
Creators: name: Ongtanasup, Tassanee
name: Kamdenlek, Patipat
name: Manaspon, Chawan
name: Eawsakul, Komgrit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biochemistry
Space Science
Medicine
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Virology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) of Zingiber officinale extracted with 50% ethanol and 50% ethyl acetate mixture. Supplementary Table 2. Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) of Zingiber officinale extracted with water. Supplementary Table 3. Active compounds and bioactivities of Zingiber officinale extracted with water (GW) and cosolvent between 50% ethanol and 50% ethyl acetate mixture (GE). Supplementary Table 4. PASS analysis of 6-gingerol. Supplementary Table 5. PASS analysis of 6-shogaol. Supplementary Table 6. PASS analysis of Zingiberine. Supplementary Table 7. PASS analysis of butan-2-one, 4-(3-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl). Supplementary Table 8. PASS analysis of beta-bisabolene. Supplementary Table 9. PASS analysis of sesquiphellandrene. Supplementary Table 10. PASS analysis of alpha-curcumene. Supplementary Table 11. PASS analysis of 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)tetradec-4-en-3-one. Supplementary Table 12. PASS analysis of 8-shogaol. Supplementary Table 13. PASS analysis of diacetoxy-6-gingerdiol. Supplementary Table 14. PASS analysis of 6-isoshogaol. Supplementary Table 15. PASS analysis of clionasterol. Supplementary Table 16. PASS analysis of (S)-8-gingerol. Supplementary Table 17. PASS analysis of 3-decanone,1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl).
Studying the Practices of Deploying Machine Learning Projects on Docker
Creators: name: Openja, Moses
name: Majidi, Forough
name: Khomh, Foutse
name: Chembakottu, Bhagya
name: Li, Heng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Docker is a containerization service that allows for convenient deployment of websites, databases, applications' APIs, and machine learning (ML) models with a few lines of code. Studies have recently explored the use of Docker for deploying general software projects with no specific focus on how Docker is used to deploy ML-based projects. In this study, we conducted an exploratory study to understand how Docker is being used to deploy ML-based projects. As the initial step, we examined the categories of ML-based projects that use Docker. We then examined why and how these projects use Docker, and the characteristics of the resulting Docker images. Our results indicate that six categories of ML-based projects use Docker for deployment, including ML Applications, MLOps/ AIOps, Toolkits, DL Frameworks, Models, and Documentation. We derived the taxonomy of 21 major categories representing the purposes of using Docker, including those specific to models such as model management tasks (e.g., testing, training). We then showed that ML engineers use Docker images mostly to help with the platform portability, such as transferring the software across the operating systems, runtimes such as GPU, and language constraints. However, we also found that more resources may be required to run the Docker images for building ML-based software projects due to the large number of files contained in the image layers with deeply nested directories. We hope to shed light on the emerging practices of deploying ML software projects using containers and highlight aspects that should be improved.
Estimation and Prediction for Type-II Hybrid Censored Data Follow Flexible Weibull Distribution
Creators: name: Sharma, Vikas Kumar
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Flexible Weibull distribution; Type-II hybrid censored sample; Maximum likelihood estimation; Bayesian estimation; Bayesian prediction

description: In this paper, we proposed Bayes estimators for estimating the parameters, reliability, hazard rate, mean time to failure from flexible Weibull distribution using Type-II hybrid censored sample. Bayes estimators have been obtained under squared error loss function assuming independent gamma prior distributions for the parameters. The maximum likelihood estimators along with asymptotic distributions have also been discussed. The performances of the estimators have been compared with respect to the various Type-II hybrid censoring schemes. For approximating the posteriors, we proposed the use of Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques such as Gibbs sampler and Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. Further, Bayesian One- andTwo-sample prediction problems have also been considered. A real data set has been analysed for illustration purposes.
description: Statistica, Vol 77, No 4 (2017)
Minimax Estimation of the Mean Matrix of the Matrix Variate Normal Distribution under the Divergence Loss Function
Creators: name: Zinodiny, Shokofeh
name: Rezaei, Sadegh
name: Nadarajah, Saralees
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Empirical Bayes estimation; Matrix variate normal distribution; Mean matrix; Minimax estimation

description: The problem of estimating the mean matrix of a matrix-variate normal distribution with a covariance matrix is considered under two loss functions. We construct a class of empirical Bayes estimators which are better than the maximum likelihood estimator under the first loss function and hence show that the maximum likelihood estimator is inadmissible. We find a general class of minimax estimators. Also we give a class of estimators that improve on the maximum likelihood estimator under the second loss function and hence show that the maximum likelihood estimator is inadmissible.
description: Statistica, Vol 77, No 4 (2017)
A Review of Test Equating Methods with a Special Focus on IRT-Based Approaches
Creators: name: Sansivieri, Valentina
name: Wiberg, Marie
name: Matteucci, Mariagiulia
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Test equating; IRT test equating; Item response theory

description: The overall aim of this work is to review test equating methods with a particularly detailed description of item response theory (IRT) equating. Test score equating is used to compare different test scores from different test forms. Several methods have been developed to conduct equating: traditional methods, kernel method, and IRT equating. We synthetically explain the traditional equating methods which include mean equating, linear equating and equipercentile equating and which have been developed under all the possible data collection designs. We also briefly describe the idea of the kernel method: this is a unified approach to test equating for which recent interesting developments have been proposed. Then we focus on IRT equating, by describing old and new methods: in particular, we define IRT observed-score kernel equating and IRT observed-score equating using covariates, as well as other recent proposals in this field. We conclude the review by describing strengths and weaknesses of the different discussed approaches and by identifying future research topics.
description: Statistica, Vol 77, No 4 (2017)
Photoionization cross sections of ultracold $^{88}$Sr in $^1$P$_1$ and $^3$S$_1$ states at 390 nm and the resulting blue-detuned magic wavelength optical lattice clock constraints
Creators: name: Witkowski, Marcin
name: Bilicki, Sławomir
name: Bober, Marcin
name: Kovačić, Domagoj
name: Singh, Vijay
name: Tonoyan, Ara
name: Zawada, Michał
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the measurements of the photoionisation cross sections of the excited $^1$P$_1$ and $^3$S$_1$ states of ultracold $^{88}$Sr atoms at 389.889 nm wavelength, which is the magic wavelength of the $^{1}$S$_{0}$-${}^{3}$P${}_{0}$ clock transition. The photoionisation cross section of the $^1$P$_1$ state is determined from the measured ionisation rates of $^{88}$Sr in the magneto-optical trap in the $^1$P$_1$ state to be 2.20(50)$\times$10$^{-20}$ m$^2$, while the photoionisation cross section of $^{88}$Sr in the $^3$S$_1$ state is inferred from the photoionisation-induced reduction in the number of atoms transferred through the $^3\text{S}_1$ state in an operating optical lattice clock to be $1.38(66)\times$10$^{-18}$ m$^2$. Furthermore, the resulting limitations of employing a blue-detuned magic wavelength optical lattice in strontium optical lattice clocks are evaluated. We estimated photoionisation induced loss rates of atoms at 389.889 nm wavelength under typical experimental conditions and made several suggestions on how to mitigate these losses. In particular, the large photoionisation induced losses for the $^3$S$_1$ state would make the use of the $^3$S$_1$ state in the optical cycle in a blue-detuned optical lattice unfeasible and would instead require the less commonly used $^3$D$_{1,2}$ states during the detection part of the optical clock cycle.
description: Copyright 2022 Optica Publishing Group. Users may use, reuse, and build upon the article, or use the article for text or data mining, so long as such uses are for non-commercial purposes and appropriate attribution is maintained. All other rights are reserved
Granite magmatism and mantle filiation
Creators: name: Pichavant, Michel
name: Villaros, Arnaud
name: Michaud, Julie A.-S.
name: Scaillet, Bruno
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus Publications
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Feldspar
subject: Melting
subject: Metamorphic rocks
subject: Mica
subject: 'current
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::540 | Chemie
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::550 | Geowissenschaften

description: Current granite magma generation models essentially reduce to two groups: (1) intra-crustal melting and (2) basaltic origin. A mixed, crustal, and basaltic origin and therefore a mantle filiation has been proposed for most granite magma types. In contrast, strongly peraluminous silicic magmas such as two-mica leucogranites have been classically interpreted as products of pure crustal melting. In this paper, we re-examine this interpretation and the evidence for considering leucogranites as unique among granite types. In the first part, some key aspects of the intra-crustal melting model are reviewed. Classical assumptions are discussed, such as the use of migmatites to infer granite generation processes. Our knowledge of crustal melt production is still incomplete, and fluid-present H2O-undersaturated melting should be considered in addition to mica dehydration melting reactions. The source rock remains essential as a concept despite difficulties in the identification of source lithologies from their geochemical and mineralogical signatures. Incorporating spatial and temporal variability at the source and the possibility of external inputs (fluids, magmas) would represent useful evolutions of the model. Thermal considerations bring strong constraints on the intra-crustal melting model since the absence of mafic magmas reduces possible external heat sources for melting. In the second part, the origin of a strongly peraluminous silicic volcanic suite, the Macusani Volcanics (SE Peru), is detailed. Magmas were generated in a mid-crustal anatectic zone characterized by high temperatures and heat fluxes. Crustal metamorphic rocks (metapelites) were dominant in the source region, although Ba-, Sr- and La-rich calcic plagioclase cores and some biotite and sanidine compositions point to the involvement of a mantle component. The heat necessary for melting was supplied by mafic mainly potassic-ultrapotassic magmas which also partly mixed and hybridized with the crustal melts. The Macusani Volcanics provide an example of a crustal peraluminous silicic suite generated with a contribution from the mantle in the form of mafic magmas intruded in the source region. This, as well as the limitations of the intra-crustal melting model, establishes that a mantle filiation is possible for peraluminous leucogranites as for most other crustal (S-, I- and A-type) peraluminous and metaluminous granites. This stresses the critical importance of the mantle for granite generation and opens the way for unification of granite generation processes.
sj-docx-1-tva-10.1177_15248380221122816 – Supplemental material for The Impact of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment on Mental Health Outcomes in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Creators: name: Xiao, Zhuoni
name: Murat Baldwin, Mina
name: Wong, Siu Ching
name: Obsuth, Ingrid
name: Meinck, Franziska
name: Murray, Aja Louise
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-tva-10.1177_15248380221122816 for The Impact of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment on Mental Health Outcomes in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zhuoni Xiao, Mina Murat Baldwin, Siu Ching Wong, Ingrid Obsuth, Franziska Meinck and Aja Louise Murray in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Additional file 1 of Blockade of αvβ6 and αvβ8 integrins with a chromogranin A-derived peptide inhibits TGFβ activation in tumors and suppresses tumor growth
Creators: name: Gasparri, Anna Maria
name: Pocaterra, Arianna
name: Colombo, Barbara
name: Taiè, Giulia
name: Gnasso, Chiara
name: Gori, Alessandro
name: Pozzi, Federica
name: Smith, Andrew
name: Magni, Fulvio
name: Ugolini, Alessia
name: Doglio, Matteo
name: Bonini, Maria Chiara
name: Mondino, Anna
name: Corti, Angelo
name: Curnis, Flavio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplementary Material 1
Induced Ranked Set Sampling when Units are Inducted from Several Populations
Creators: name: Thomas, P. Yageen
name: Philip, Anne
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Best linear unbiased estimator; Bivariate Pareto distribution; Concomitants of order statistics; Ranked set sampling

description: The method of ranked set sampling when units are to be inducted from several bivariate populations is introduced in this work. The best linear unbiased estimation of a common parameter of two bivariate Pareto distributions is discussed based on the n ranked set observations, when a sample of size n1 is drawn from a bivariate Pareto population with shape parameter a1 and a sample of size n2 is drawn from another bivariate Pareto with shape parameter a2 such that n=n1+n2. The application of the results of this paper is illustrated with a real life data.
description: Statistica, Vol 78, No 1 (2018)
Additional file 1 of Insights from Melipona bicolor hybrid genome assembly: a stingless bee genome with chromosome-level scaffold
Creators: name: Araujo, Natalia de Souza
name: Ogihara, Fernando
name: Martins, Pedro Mariano
name: Arias, Maria Cristina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. List of bee genome assemblies used for comparative analyses. Table S2. Orthogroups exclusive to eusocial corbiculate bees and containing M. bicolor. Table S3. Gene families under significant changes (expanding or contracting) in the nodes of all eusocial corbiculate bees and the node of M. bicolor. Table S4. Results of the selection tests of the genes associated with the bee venom using the Meliponini ancestral node as the foreground node. The branch model tests compare the entire gene evolution in the foreground (f) node to the remaining background (b) nodes, while the branch-site models search for codon selection in the foreground node. Significant values are highlighted in bold. Figure S1. Sequencing coverage and mapping quality of the alignment of short reads (upper plot) and long reads (lower plot) against the final genome assembly of M. bicolor. Below each coverage plot the mean GC content is shown and 400 windows were used to represent the genome regions. Each scaffold is represented by a segment that are separated by dotted lines. Figure S2. Sequencing coverage of short reads (x-axis) against long reads (y-axis) showing that coverage of the assembled scaffolds was mostly congruent between the two sequencing technologies as we removed outlier scaffolds (i.e., scaffolds with coverage <1x) during quality trimming steps. Circle size represents scaffold size. Figure S3. Blob plot of short reads base coverage against the GC proportion of scaffolds in the genome assembly of Melipona bicolor. Sequences are colored by matching genus sequences in databases. Circle size represents scaffold size. The histograms show the sequence length distribution in each axis. Figure S4. Genomic synteny inferred between the genome assembly of B. terrestris (upper bars), and M. bicolor (lower bars). The same colors represent syntenic chromosome regions in the B. terrestris genome. For M. bicolor the largest 27 scaffolds are presented instead of the chromosomes, these represent 80% of the total genome assembly. Figure S5. Genomic synteny inferred between the genome assembly of A. mellifera (upper bars), and M. bicolor (lower bars). The same colors represent syntenic chromosome regions in the A. mellifera genome. For M. bicolor the largest 27 scaffolds are presented instead of the chromosomes, these represent 80% of the total genome assembly.
A Compendium of Copulas
Creators: name: Nadarajah, Saralees
name: Afuecheta, Emmanuel
name: Chan, Stephen
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Bivariate distributions; Dependence; Independence; Multivariate distributions; Trivariate distributions

description: Copulas are used to specify dependence between two or more random variables. The last few years have seen a surge of developments of parametric models for copulas. Here, we provide an up-to-date and a comprehensive review of known parametric copulas as well as applications and open problems. This review is believed to be the first of its kind.
description: Statistica, Vol 77, No 4 (2017)
Improving the stability and activity of a dye-decolourizing peroxidase using NADESs
Creators: name: Garbe, Maria
name: Lutz, Linnea Ute
name: Lehmann, Leander Tom
name: Strotmann, Theresa
name: Berger, Ralf G.
name: Ersoy, Franziska
Publisher: name: [Cambridge] : Royal Society of Chemistry
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::540 | Chemie
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie::330 | Wirtschaft::333 | Boden- und Energiewirtschaft::333,7 | Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt

description: Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADESs) are composed of naturally occurring compounds such as organic acids, amines and sugars; they are biodegradable and have low toxicities. NADESs have gained attention not only as environmentally friendly solvents, but also for their enzyme stabilization effects at high temperatures or osmotic stress. Six betaine-based NADESs were tested regarding their impact on enzymatic activity and thermal stability of a dye-decolourizing peroxidase from the basidiomycete Pleurotus sapidus (PsaPOX). Betaine : sucrose : water (2 : 1 : 10) and betaine : trehalose : water (4 : 1 : 14) had the best impact on the thermostability. Coloured silk was discoloured more efficiently by PsaPOX after addition of either NADES, which indicates a potential as stain-removal agents. The yield of the enzymatic transformation of trans-anethole to the aroma compound p-anisaldehyde increased by a factor of three with both tested NADESs. Overall, it was shown that betaine-based NADESs serve as sustainable media for reactions using PsaPOX and increase temperature stability as well as enzymatic activity. They might thus improve the industrial usability of PsaPOX.
Modeling Association plus Agreement among Multi-Raters for Ordered Categories
Creators: name: Yilmaz, Ayfer Ezgi
Publisher: name: Statistica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Global agreement; Partial agreement ; Uniform association; Non-uniform association; Log-linear model; Ordinal scales

description: In square contingency tables, analysis of agreement between the row and column classifications is of interest. In such tables, the kappa-like statistics are used as a measure of reliability. In addition to the kappa coefficients, several authors discussed agreement in terms of log-linear models. Log-linear agreement models are suggested for use to summarize the degree of agreement between nominal variables. To analyze the agreement between ordinal categories, the association models with agreement parameter can be used. In the recent studies, researchers pay more attention to the assessment of agreement among more than two raters’ decisions, especially in areas of medical and behavioral sciences. This article focuses on the approaches to study of uniform and non-uniform association with inter-rater agreement for multi-raters with ordered categories. In this article, we proposed different modifications of association plus agreement models and illustrate use of the approaches over two numerical examples.
description: Statistica, Vol 77, No 4 (2017)
At-line monitoring of hydrogen peroxide released from its photocatalytic and continuous synthesis
Creators: name: Tjell, Anders Ø.
name: Meyer, Lars-Erik
name: Jud, Barbara
name: Kara, Selin
name: Mayr, Torsten
Publisher: name: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Doping (additives)
subject: Oxidation
subject: At-line monitoring
subject: Carbon nanodots
subject: Continuous measurements
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften::540 | Chemie

description: Providing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for enzyme-catalyzed reactions requires a careful balance between sufficient reactivity and toxicity. Herein, we demonstrate the photocatalytic synthesis of H2O2 in a continuous operation set-up using nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots (N-CNDs) and simultaneous determination of this in situ synthesis by continuous measurement with a novel developed H2O2 sensor.