cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Investigation and Modelling of Quantum-like User Cognitive Behaviour in Information Access and Retrieval
Creators: name: Uprety, Sagar
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis is fundamentally about using conceptual and mathematical constructs from the area of Quantum Theory in Information Retrieval (IR). The need and motivation for this is two-fold – firstly, it has been increasingly shown in decision sciences that human decision-making does not always conform to the norms of traditional probability and logic framework. The quantum framework offers a generalised probability and logic framework which can model decisions or judgements under dynamic context and ambiguity. Secondly, there is a need in IR for theories and models which improve our understanding of user behaviour. Hence it is worth exploring the combination of the quantum framework and IR, especially focused on the user aspects of IR. The overarching research question is whether there is evidence of user behaviour in IR scenarios which warrants the need for a quantum based approach by way of showing the limitations of the traditional (classical) approach. The methodology involves analysing data to detect quantum-like phenomena of interference, contextuality, incompatibility, etc. from two common data sources in IR–standard datasets like query log data, and through crowdsourced user studies designed similar to some quantum physics or cognitive science experiments. While the evidence of quantum-like phenomena from standard datasets is not convincing, we find that some of the user studies reveal the quantum-like structure of document judgements. One of the key findings which has implication for IR is the dynamic interactions between the different dimensions of relevance. For example, a user’s judgement of reliability of a document depends significantly on whether they found it understandable or not. Thus, the consideration of one relevance dimension or document feature can provide a context for another dimension, contrary to the current IR models which consider these features to be independent of each other and an objective property of the document. The quantum framework has been especially designed to deal with such scenarios where properties of systems or objects do not exist independent of measurement context. The thesis concludes with suggestions about incorporating quantum mathematical constructs into state-of-art IR algorithms.
Contamination of Cluster Radio Sources in the Measurement of the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Angular Power Spectrum
Creators: name: Zhou, Wei
name: Wu, Xiang-Ping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a quantitative estimate of the confusion of cluster radio halos and galaxies in the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. To achieve the goal, we use a purely analytic approach to both radio sources and dark matter of clusters by incorporating empirical models and observational facts together with some theoretical considerations. It is shown that the correction of cluster radio halos and galaxies to the measurement of the thermal SZ angular power spectrum is no more than 20% at $l>2000$ for observing frequencies $ν>30$ GHz. This eliminates the concern that the SZ measurement may be seriously contaminated by the existence of cluster radio sources.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Matter Coupling in Massive Gravity
Creators: name: Falkowski, Adam
name: Isabella, Giulia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the dRGT massive gravity interacting with spin-0, spin-1/2, or spin-1 matter. The effective theory of a massive spin-2 particle coupled to matter particles is constructed directly at the amplitude level. In this setting we calculate the gravitational Compton scattering amplitudes and study their UV properties. While the Compton amplitudes generically grow with energy as $\mathcal{O}(E^6)$, we identify regions of the parameter space where they are softened to $\mathcal{O}(E^4)$ or even $\mathcal{O}(E^3)$, which allows for a larger validity range of the effective theory. In these regions, both positivity and beyond-positivity of the forward Compton amplitudes are fulfilled, and the equivalence principle automatically emerges.
description: 21 pages, 1 figure
MOESM7 of Development of elastin-like polypeptide for targeted specific gene delivery in vivo
Creators: name: Aena Yi
name: Dahye Sim
name: Lee, Young-Jin
name: Sarangthem, Vijaya
name: Rang-Woon Park
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 7: Figure S7. Intracellular tracking of siRNA/ELPs complexes. MDA MB231 cells were incubated with siRNA/ELPs complexes for 1 h at 37 °C and then stained with lysotracker. The co-localizations of siRNA/ELPs complexes with lysosomes were assessed by confocal microscopy. Representative confocal images from five experiments. Blue: nuclei stained with Hoechst 33342; Green: siRNA/ELPs complexes; Red: lysotracker. Scale bar, 10 μm.
Generalized splines in R^n and optimal control
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Rui C.
name: Torres, Delfim F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49K15; 49N10; 41A15; 34H05

description: We have found an inconsistency in our previous version of the paper "Generalized splines in R^n and optimal control". We give a new-time-dependent definition of spline curves in R^n which results from solving a non-autonomous linear quadratic optimal control problem (P) where the matrix B(t) is assumed to be rectangular with maximum rank. Nevertheless, our results are only valid if B(t) is a square (nonsingular) matrix. This was pointed out to us by Andrey Sarychev. We have proceeded with the necessary corrections. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% We give a new time-dependent definition of spline curves in R^n, which extends a recent definition of vector-valued splines introduced by Rodrigues and Silva Leite for the time-independent case. Previous results are based on a variational approach, with lengthy arguments, which do not cover the non-autonomous situation. We show that the previous results are a consequence of the Pontryagin maximum principle, and are easily generalized using the methods of optimal control. Main result asserts that vector-valued splines are related to the Pontryagin extremals of a non-autonomous linear-quadratic optimal control problem.
description: This research was partially presented, as an oral communication, at the Second Junior European Meeting on "Control Theory and Stabilization", Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, 3-5 December 2003. To appear on Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Pol. Torino, Vol. 64 (2006) No.1
title: Emotional Dynamics of Persons with Type 2 Diabetes and Their Potential Role in Treatment Adherence: Insights from a Clinical Psychodynamic Perspective
Creators: name: Marchini, Francesco
name: Caputo, Andrea
name: Balonan, Jerilyn Tan
name: Fedele, Fabiola
name: Langher, Viviana
name: Napoli, Angela
Publisher: name: Psychology Hub
Year: 2020
Subjects: diabetes; depression; clinical psychology; defense mechanisms; adherence; unconscious

description: The aim of the present study is to test some differences between persons withwithout type 2 diabetes (T2D) on depression, defense mechanisms and unconscious ego-damaged related strategies, and to investigate their potential role in treatment adherence. Twenty-six persons with T2D and 25 healthy controls matched for agegender were enrolled and assessed using Self-Care Inventory-Revised, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Defense Mechanism Inventory and Projective Envy Technique. Mann-Whitney U tests and bivariate correlations were performed. Healthy controls reported higher depression (somatic-affective) (r = 0,51) and lower reversal (r = -0,36)mania (r = -0,36) compared to persons with T2D. A medium-high negative correlation effect was found between treatment adherence and depression (rs = -0,49), whilemedium positive correlation with principalization (rs = 0,48) emerged. Resultsnew light on the potential role of unconscious repressive defense mechanisms inrelationship between depression and diabetes and its impact on adherence. Therefore, some insights are provided concerning diabetes as an internal symbolic object.
description: Psychology Hub, V. 37, N. 2 (2020)
Ultrastrong coupling between nanoparticle plasmons and cavity photons at ambient conditions
Creators: name: Baranov, Denis G.
name: Munkhbat, Battulga
name: Zhukova, Elena
name: Rousseaux, Benjamin
name: Bisht, Ankit
name: Canales, Adriana
name: Johansson, Göran
name: Antosiewicz, Tomasz
name: Shegai, Timur
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultrastrong coupling is a distinct regime of electromagnetic interaction that enables a rich variety of intriguing physical phenomena. Traditionally, this regime has been reached by coupling intersubband transitions of multiple quantum wells, superconducting artificial atoms, or two-dimensional electron gases to microcavity resonators. However, employing these platforms requires demanding experimental conditions such as cryogenic temperatures, strong magnetic fields, and high vacuum. Here, we use plasmonic nanorods array positioned at the antinode of the resonant optical Fabry-Pérot microcavity to reach the ultrastrong coupling (USC) regime at ambient conditions and without the use of magnetic fields. From optical measurements we extract the value of the interaction strength over the transition energy as high as g/ω~0.55, deep in the USC regime, while the nanorods array occupies only ~4% of the cavity volume. Moreover, by comparing the resonant energies of the coupled and uncoupled systems, we indirectly observe up to ~10% modification of the ground-state energy, which is a hallmark of USC. Our results suggest that plasmon-microcavity polaritons are a promising new platform for room-temperature USC realizations in the optical and infrared range.
description: 4 figures
Thermodynamical fluctuations in optical mirror coatings
Creators: name: Braginsky, V. B.
name: Vyatchanin, S. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thermodynamical fluctuations of temperature in mirrors may produce surface fluctuations not only through thermal expansion in mirror body but also through thermal expansion in mirror coating. We analyze the last "surface" effect which can be larger than the first "volume" one due to larger thermal expansion coefficient of coating material and smaller effective volume. In particular, these fluctuations may be important in laser interferometric gravitational antennae.
description: 12 pages, LaTex, 3 figures
The LbL contribution to the muon g-2 from the axial-vector mesons exchanges within the nonlocal quark model
Creators: name: Dorokhov, A. E.
name: Martynenko, A. P.
name: Martynenko, F. A.
name: Radzhabov, A. E.
name: Zhevlakov, A. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The light-by-light contribution from the axial-vector (AV) mesons exchanges to the muon anomalous magnetic moment is estimated in the framework of the nonlocal chiral quark model. The preliminary answer for contributions from a1 and f1 mesons to (g-2)_mu is 0.34 x 10^(-11) and does not support the Melnikov-Vainshtein estimate 2.2 x 10^(-11).
description: 5 pages, talk at e+e- Collisions From Phi to Psi 2019
MOESM6 of Development of elastin-like polypeptide for targeted specific gene delivery in vivo
Creators: name: Aena Yi
name: Dahye Sim
name: Lee, Young-Jin
name: Sarangthem, Vijaya
name: Rang-Woon Park
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 6: Figure S6. Cellular uptake of ELP variants. 4T1 cells were incubated with Alexa Fluor 488 labeled ELP variants for 1 h at 37 °C. After staining nuclei and membranes with Hoechst 33342 or WGA-Alexa 594, cellular uptakes were assessed by confocal microscopy. Scale bar, 20 µm.
title: On-Demand Electricity from Future Fission Energy Systems
Creators: name: Wilson, Andy Robert
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis details a novel methodological approach to assessing the relative economic viability of a combined power generation and energy storage plant. The approach optimises the given system from both a process engineering and a financial perspective and this is the key novel contribution that this work provides to the field. The thesis utilises two key pieces of software. The first is Modelica code used within the Dymola simulation environment for engineering process modelling of the energy storage plant. The second is the Palisade @RISK plugin used within Excel for economic evaluation of the plant performance in a simulated UK electricity spot market, using a Monte Carlo approach for evaluating plant designs in the face of uncertainty. The first two technical sections of the thesis following the literature review comprise a detailed description of the engineering model and the financial model, respectively. The former describes the equations that are used in each component of the engineering process model. The latter describes not only the equations that make up the financial model, but also the approach taken to estimating energy storage plant capital costs. This thesis builds on previous work on liquid air energy storage, particularly the substantial body of engineering studies and the smaller but increasing body of economic studies. The market-led approach to engineering design remains, at the time of writing, the only example of a detailed study of how plant design parameters impact the economic viability of the plant in question. Results are presented in two sections. The first discusses the initial engineering-focused modelling in which the bulk of the plant engineering design work was performed. This begins with a deep dive into the effect of design parameters on plant performance and goes on to compare different plant configurations with a focus on the number of compression and expansion stages. The second result section discusses the initial results of the financial modelling using the plant performance results from both the engineering and financial models. The closing sections discuss the successes and limitations of the project and speculate on other fields in which this novel approach might prove enlightening. Whilst a nuclear power plant coupled with energy storage was the chosen example for demonstration of this work, the methodology could be equally well applied to other energy storage plants and is particularly well-suited to asymmetrical energy storage systems.
On the oscillations and future asymptotics of locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi type III cosmologies with a massive scalar field
Creators: name: Fajman, David
name: Heißel, Gernot
name: Maliborski, Maciej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse spatially homogenous cosmological models of locally rotationally symmetric Bianchi type III with a massive scalar field as matter model. Our main result concerns the future asymptotics of these spacetimes and gives the dominant time behaviour of the metric and the scalar field for all solutions for late times. This metric is forever expanding in all directions, however in one spatial direction only at a logarithmic rate, while at a power-law rate in the other two. Although the energy density goes to zero, it is matter dominated in the sense that the metric components differ qualitatively from the corresponding vacuum future asymptotics. Our results rely on a conjecture for which we give strong analytical and numerical support. For this we apply methods from the theory of averaging in nonlinear dynamical systems. This allows us to control the oscillations entering the system through the scalar field by the Klein-Gordon equation in a perturbative approach.
description: 25 pages, 6 figures. To be published in Classical and Qunatum Gravity - IOP. The new version includes small changes motivated by the helpful comments of the referees. In particular, we now give more information on the asymptotics of the scalar field
Inverse scattering on the line for a generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation
Creators: name: Aktosun, Tuncay
name: Papanicolaou, Vassilis G.
name: Zisis, Vassilis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34A55; 34L25; 34L30

description: A one-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation is considered, and the corresponding inverse scattering problem is analyzed when the potential is compactly supported and depends on the wave function. The unique recovery of the potential is established from an appropriate set of scattering data.
description: 20 pages
Aleurodicus ornatus Cockerell 1893
Creators: name: Martin, Jon H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aleyrodidae
Aleurodicus
Aleurodicus ornatus

description: Aleurodicus ornatus Cockerell
(Fig. 53)
 Aleurodicus ornatus Cockerell, 1893: 105. Lectotype puparium here designated, Jamaica [USNM].
DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region – Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. Type material detailed and discussed below (USNM); 3 puparia, Jamaica, Bath, on Cocos nucifera, 21.v.1969 (Heinze) (BMNH).
 COMMENTS. A slide of a single puparium of this species, bearing a USNM type label, has one label bearing the data “ Aleurodicus ornatus Ckll, type no.14773, USNM”, and other with “5673, Box 2, Q 6782, Cotype”. With such sparse data on this slide, Debra Creel (USNM) very kindly investigated, with the following report that I quote: “ …… another slide [with adults only] ….. says ‘ Aleurodicus ornatus Ckll. Q 6782. Remounted from slide with pupa [the slide whose data are quoted above] Type No. 14773’ with “capsicum” and “ Jamaica ” in pencil. …….an envelope of dry material says ‘ A. ornatus Ckll on Capsicum, Kingston Jamaica, from T D A Cockerell 1903, Q3284’ on the outside, and inside are a pupa, adult and leaf material with data ‘5673 on Capsicum Kingston Jamaica’. The year, 1903, may be a year of transfer from Jamaica (as with Bondar material sent from Brazil and discussed on p. 9), thus not precluding the material being part of the original sample that was described in 1893. The data for “5673” are also consistent with the quoted type data but no collection date is given. It is considered that the dry material, and single-puparium slide, are part of Cockerell’s original sample, sent from Jamaica, presumably to Quaintance. The single puparium from the dry envelope has been slide-mounted as part of this study and is here designated as the lectotype, which is clearly indicated; on the same slide is a single adult forewing, the only other insect material that was contained in the envelope.
 A. ornatus is the only known member of the capiangae / dugesii species-group to possess but a single pair of small compound pores, on abdominal segment VII (Fig. 53). Three puparia in BMNH (data above) closely resemble the lectotype of A. ornatus in having small compound pores only on abdominal segment VII, but they have more numerous submarginal double-rimmed pores which are, thus, closer together: these specimens (Fig. 53) are determined as A. ornatus with caution.
description: Published as part of Martin, Jon H., 2008, A revision of Aleurodicus Douglas (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), with two new genera proposed for palaeotropical natives and an identification guide to world genera of Aleurodicinae, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 1835 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1835.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5127230
The New Minimal Standard Model
Creators: name: Davoudiasl, Hooman
name: Kitano, Ryuichiro
name: Li, Tianjun
name: Murayama, Hitoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the New Minimal Standard Model that incorporates the new discoveries of physics beyond the Minimal Standard Model (MSM): Dark Energy, non-baryonic Dark Matter, neutrino masses, as well as baryon asymmetry and cosmic inflation, adopting the principle of minimal particle content and the most general renormalizable Lagrangian. We base the model purely on empirical facts rather than aesthetics. We need only six new degrees of freedom beyond the MSM. It is free from excessive flavor-changing effects, CP violation, too-rapid proton decay, problems with electroweak precision data, and unwanted cosmological relics. Any model of physics beyond the MSM should be measured against the phenomenological success of this model.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures. The discussions expanded with clarifications. The version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
MOESM3 of Experiences and perceptions of youth living with HIV in Western Uganda on school attendance: barriers and facilitators
Creators: name: Kimera, Emmanuel
name: Vindevogel, Sofie
name: Mugenyi Kintu
name: Rubaihayo, John
name: Maeyer, Jessica De
name: Reynaert, Didier
name: Anne-Mie Engelen
name: Nuwaha, Fred
name: Bilsen, Johan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. Information & informed consent
Aleurodicus pauciporus Martin
Creators: name: Martin, Jon H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aleyrodidae
Aleurodicus
Aleurodicus pauciporus

description: Aleurodicus pauciporus Martin
(Figs 9, 27, 28)
 Aleurodicus pauciporus Martin, 2004: 26. Holotype puparium, Belize [BMNH, examined].
DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region – Belize, Costa Rica, [Panamá], [Venezuela].
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. Type material listed in description, Belize (BMNH, USNM); 9 puparia, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province, Santa Rosa NP, on undetermined host, 06.iii.1990 (Cox) (BMNH); 7 puparia, Costa Rica, northern Heredia Province, 10 km north of Puerto Viejo, on undetermined host, 02.ii.1983 (Martin) (BMNH); 2 puparia, Ecuador, Manabi Province, Pedernales, on Psidium guajava, 11.ii.2005 (Martin) (BMNH); 1 puparium, Panamá, v.1912 (Busck, Q. 8801) (USNM), 5 puparia, Panamá, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island, 20.iii.1923 (Wheeler-Zetek, Q. 23110) (USNM); 3 puparia, 2 third-instar nymphs, Venezuela, Turmero, Aragua, 01.iii.1982 (Arnal / Debrot #5) (USNM).
 COMMENTS. The most notable feature of the puparia of this species is the paucity of dorsal simple pores, which are more numerous, and of more types, in most species of Aleurodicus. The lack of simple pores is reflected in similarly sparse secretion by the immature stages, with the puparia of some colonies distinctly brownish submarginally. Nevertheless, the nature and distribution of the compound pores, and the puparial chaetotaxy, meet the generic definition of Aleurodicus. Within the genus, A. pauciporus is the only described species with such scarcity of simple pores. The puparia from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panamá and Venezuela (listed above) are tentatively determined as A. pauciporus but have a higher density of submarginal pores, but this pore band is still poorly defined mesally.
 This species is cautiously treated as a member of the talamancensis species-group.
description: Published as part of Martin, Jon H., 2008, A revision of Aleurodicus Douglas (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), with two new genera proposed for palaeotropical natives and an identification guide to world genera of Aleurodicinae, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 1835 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1835.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5127230
Ranking Candidate Signals with Machine Learning in Low-Latency Search for Gravitational-Waves from Compact Binary Mergers
Creators: name: Kim, Kyungmin
name: Li, Tjonnie G. F.
name: Lo, Rico K. L.
name: Sachdev, Surabhi
name: Yuen, Robin S. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the multi-messenger astronomy era, accurate sky localization and low latency time of gravitational-wave (GW) searches are keys in triggering successful follow-up observations on the electromagnetic counterpart of GW signals. We, in this work, focus on the latency time and study the feasibility of adopting supervised machine learning (ML) method for ranking candidate GW events. We consider two popular ML methods, random forest and neural networks. We observe that the evaluation time of both methods takes tens of milliseconds for $\sim$ 45,000 evaluation samples. We compare the classification efficiency between the two ML methods and a conventional low-latency search method with respect to the true positive rate at given false positive rate. The comparison shows that about 10\% improved efficiency can be achieved at lower false positive rate $\sim 2 \times 10^{-5}$ with both ML methods. We also present that the search sensitivity can be enhanced by about 18\% at $\sim 10^{-11}$Hz false alarm rate. We conclude that adopting ML methods for ranking candidate GW events is a prospective approach to yield low latency and high efficiency in searches for GW signals from compact binary mergers.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
title: Radiant and mass fluxes in multi-platform, multi-payload satellite-based volcano monitoring
Creators: name: Rogic, Nikola
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2021

description: The enormous amount of remote sensing (RS) data available today at a range of temporal and spatial resolutions aid emergency management in volcanic crises. RS provides a technological solution for bridging critical gaps in volcanic hazard assessment and risk mitigation. Detection and measurement of high-temperature thermal anomalies enable eruption monitoring and new lava flow propagation forecasts, for example. The accuracy of such thermal estimates relies on the knowledge of input parameters, such as emissivity - the efficiency with which surfaces radiate thermal energy at various wavelengths and temperatures. Emissivity is directly linked to the measurement of radiant flux and therefore affects the mass flux estimate as well as any model-based prediction of lava flow behaviour.

 Emissivity is not commonly measured across the range of volcanic lava compositions and temperatures, and it is generally assumed to have a constant value between 1.0 and 0.80 for basaltic lava. There is a lack of field and laboratory-based emissivity data for robust, more realistic modelling. To address this deficit, experiments on ‘aa’ lava samples were performed using data from Mount Etna (Italy), representing the range of its eruptive behaviour. In three sequential stages, emissivity was measured over the widest range of temperatures (294 – 1373 K) and wavelengths (2.17 - 15.0 μm) executable in the laboratory environment.

The results show that emissivity is temperature, composition and wavelength dependent. Measured emissivity increases non-linearly with temperature decrease (cooling), exhibiting significant variations above 900 K with values considerably lower than the typically assumed 0.80. The measured and modelled emissivity values were applied to various remote sensing applications as input parameters for physical modelling of lava flows. This new evidence has significant impact on the computation of radiant heat flux from spaceborne data, as well as on modelling of lava flow ‘distance-to-run’ simulations. Furnished with improved input parameters (multicomponent emissivity), the novel approach developed here can be used to test an improved version of an unsupervised multi-platform, multi-payload volcano monitoring system.
title: The demand for populism. A psycho-cultural based analysis of the desire for non mainstream political representation
Creators: name: Mannarini, Terri
name: Rochira, Alessia
name: Ciavolino, Enrico
name: Russo, Federico
name: Salvatore, Sergio
Publisher: name: Psychology Hub
Year: 2020
Subjects: populism; non mainstream voting; psycho-cultural analysis

description: Inspired by Semiotic Cultural Psychology Theory, the study surveyed a representative Italian national sample (N=818) to test a culture-based model of populist voting. The model assumed that a set of socio-political orientations (i.e., support for democracy, civicness, egalitarianism, anti-elitism, confidence in institutions, and respect for diversity) would mediate the relationship between symbolic universes (i.e., generalized affect-laden sets of meanings) and mainstream vs. populist voting. The results supported the main hypotheses, revealing that populist voting was favoured by a combination of concern for democracy and distrust. As expected, symbolic universes affected socio-political orientations, while a structural variable such as socio-economic status proved to be irrelevant. Implications for the SCPT framework and for research on populism and voting behaviour are discussed.
description: Psychology Hub, V. 37, N. 2 (2020)
Linked Open Treebanks. Interlinking Syntactically Annotated Corpora in the LiLa Knowledge Base of Linguistic Resources for Latin
Creators: name: Mambrini, Francesco
name: Passarotti, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Linked Data
Latin
Treebank

description: In spite of the current availability of large collections of treebanks that can be used and queried from one common place on the web, we are still far from achieving a real interconnection, both between treebanks themselves and with other (kinds of) linguistic resources. However, making resources interoperable is a crucial requirement to maximize the contribution of each single resource, as well as to account for the linguistic complexity of the texts provided by (annotated) corpora and particu- larly by treebanks. This paper describes how dependency treebanks are interlinked in a Knowledge Base of linguistic resources for Latin based on Linked Open Data practices and standards. The Knowledge base is built to make linguistic resources interact by integrating all types of annotation applied to a particular word/text into a common representation.
title: Development of the X-ray Camera System for NASA's OGRE Sounding Rocket
Creators: name: Lewis, Matthew Richard Francis
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis discusses the developments of the EM-CCD camera system for the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment, or OGRE mission. The key science accomplishments look at the characterisation of devices of the same architecture as those to be used on the mission flight, a model of the complete project payload to determine its mission effectiveness, and an event processing system designed to find events within the images acquired as well as methods to identify events of interest. Chapters 1-4 focus on the backgrounds of x-ray spectroscopy and the OGRE project detailing knowledge required for understanding the work carried out. As the model created is based on the theories and fundamental science behind the OGRE system, this section, chapter 5, is before the experimental set-up discussed in chapter 6. The model based on ideal scenarios highlighted a need to restructure the mission payload as the initial design failed to reach the minimum mission requirements unless changes were implemented. These suggestions were passed on and design changes implemented based on these findings. Chapter 7 details the characterisation of the CCD207-10, and EM-CCD similar to the flight detectors for the project, showing the standard format for incident X-rays, as well as finding offsets present in the device and looking at other significant factors which any affect observations such as dark current, giving confidence the flight devices will operate satisfactorily. The event processing is discussed in chapter 8 with comparisons of observations for X-rays from two different sources with methods of identifying the source based on the observed signal looked at.
Vortex-unbinding and finite-size effects in Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 thin films
Creators: name: Jin, Hao
name: Wen, Hai-Hu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Current-voltage ($I$-$V$) characteristics of Tl$_2$Ba$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_8$ thin films in zero magnetic field are measured and analyzed with the conventional Kosterlitz-Thouless-Berezinskii (KTB) approach, dynamic scaling approach and finite-size scaling approach, respectively. It is found from these results that the $I$-$V$ relation is determined by the vortex-unbinding mechanism with the KTB dynamic critical exponent $z=2$. On the other hand, the evidence of finite-size effect is also found, which blurs the feature of a phase transition.
description: Typo corrected & reference added
title: Engaging the Pedagogic Potential of WP Learner Autonomy in HE: A Case Study on the Design and Exploration of an Autonomous Learning Construct, and its Application to Practice.
Creators: name: Ladenika, Temitope
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2021

description: This is a mixed-methods, affirmative postmodernist, pragmatic case study on how tutors recognise and engage learner autonomy in their teaching practices. The study involves the design and exploration of the Autonomy in Learning Construct (ALC) and an explanation of how it assists with operationalising learner autonomy on an HE programme. The pedagogic potential of learner autonomy is proposed as the degree of autonomy the learner brings to the teaching and learning relationship. The purpose of the ALC is to assist the tutor in engaging this potential in their day-to-day teaching practices. This study adopted Instructional Design Theory (IDT) for construct design, and the Framework for an Integrated Methodology (FraIM) for case study research design. Methods included survey, tutor task and semi-structured interview. It was found that the newly developed ALC could support tutor practices in engaging the proposed pedagogic potential of learner autonomy. This study inducts four degrees which provide a meta language and means of evaluation for learner autonomy. The study concludes that the ALC is a feasible means of engaging learner autonomy in day-to-day teaching practices. It constrains tutors to provide an active learning environment, and its evaluation aspect provides a means by which tutors recognise and evaluate degrees of learner autonomy. This study contributes to knowledge of learner autonomy through four new concepts including: The Autonomy in Learning Construct, the pedagogic potential of learner autonomy, heteronomous independence, and learner heteronomy. Four degrees of learner autonomy with their codes (A, AD H, HI) are a further contribution from this study, by which tutors evaluate learner autonomy. The study also contributes evidence to Benson’s (2013) second hypotheses that learners who lack autonomy, can develop it given appropriate conditions and preparations. Finally, this study contributes to current studies on the learner autonomy of students on widening participation programmes.
MOESM5 of Development of elastin-like polypeptide for targeted specific gene delivery in vivo
Creators: name: Aena Yi
name: Dahye Sim
name: Lee, Young-Jin
name: Sarangthem, Vijaya
name: Rang-Woon Park
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 5: Figure S5. Cell binding by ELP variants. 4T1 cells were incubated with Alexa Fluor 488 labeled ELPs for 1 h at 4 °C. Cell binding activities of ELPs were determined by confocal microscopy. Cell nuclei and membranes were stained with Hoechst or WGA-Alexa 594. Scale bar, 20 µm.
Proximity-Induced Superconductivity in a Topological Crystalline Insulator
Creators: name: Rachmilowitz, Bryan
name: Zhao, He
name: Li, Hong
name: LaFleur, Alex
name: Schneeloch, J.
name: Zhong, Ruidan
name: Gu, Genda
name: Zeljkovic, Ilija
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconducting topological crystalline insulators (TCI) are predicted to host new topological phases protected by crystalline symmetries, but available materials are insufficiently suitable for surface studies. To induce superconductivity at the surface of a prototypical TCI SnTe, we use molecular beam epitaxy to grow a heterostructure of SnTe and a high-Tc superconductor Fe(Te,Se), utilizing a 'buffer' layer to bridge the large lattice mismatch between SnTe and Fe(Te,Se). Using low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we measure a prominent spectral gap on the surface of SnTe, and demonstrate its superconducting origin by its dependence on temperature and magnetic field. Our work provides a new platform for atomic-scale investigations of emergent topological phenomena in superconducting TCIs.
description: to appear in Physical Review B
Inverse scattering on the line with incomplete scattering data
Creators: name: Aktosun, Tuncay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 34A55; 81U40; 34L25; 34L40; 47A40; 8105

description: The Schroedinger equation is considered on the line when the potential is real valued, compactly supported, and square integrable. The nonuniqueness is analyzed in the recovery of such a potential from the data consisting of the ratio of a corresponding reflection coefficient to the transmission coefficient. It is shown that there are a discrete number of potentials corresponding to the data and that their L^2-norms are related to each other in a simple manner. All those potentials are identified, and it is shown how an additional estimate on the L^2-norm in the data can uniquely identify the corresponding potential. The recovery is illustrated with some explicit examples.
description: 11 pages, to appear in Contemporary Mathematics
Planet Formation by Coagulation: A Focus on Uranus and Neptune
Creators: name: Goldreich, Peter
name: Lithwick, Yoram
name: Sari, Re'em
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planets form in the circumstellar disks of young stars. We review the basic physical processes by which solid bodies accrete each other and alter each others' random velocities, and we provide order-of-magnitude derivations for the rates of these processes. We discuss and exercise the two-groups approximation, a simple yet powerful technique for solving the evolution equations for protoplanet growth. We describe orderly, runaway, neutral, and oligarchic growth. We also delineate the conditions under which each occurs. We refute a popular misconception by showing that the outer planets formed quickly by accreting small bodies. Then we address the final stages of planet formation. Oligarchy ends when the surface density of the oligarchs becomes comparable to that of the small bodies. Dynamical friction is no longer able to balance viscous stirring and the oligarchs' random velocities increase. In the inner-planet system, oligarchs collide and coalesce. In the outer-planet system, some of the oligarchs are ejected. In both the inner- and outer-planet systems, this stage ends once the number of big bodies has been reduced to the point that their mutual interactions no longer produce large-scale chaos. Subsequently, dynamical friction by the residual small bodies circularizes and flattens their orbits. The final stage of planet formation involves the clean up of the residual small bodies. Clean up has been poorly explored.
description: to appear in ARA&A (2004), 51 pages, 3 figures
Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin
Creators: name: Martin, Jon H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aleyrodidae
Aleurodicus
Aleurodicus rugioperculatus

description: Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin
(Figs 12, 14–16, 32)
 Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin, 2004: 29. Holotype puparium, Belize [BMNH, examined].
DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region – Belize, Guatemala, Mexico.
 MATERIAL EXAMINED. Type material as detailed in description, Belize, Mexico (BMNH, USNM); non-type material – 2 puparia, 3 adult females, Guatemala, on palm, 18.iii.1913 (E. Bethel / Quaintance #8826) (USNM); several samples, Mexico, on Caryocar amygdaliferon, Cocos nucifera, Melia sp, Musa sp., Persea americana and Psidium guajava, various dates and collectors (USNM).
 COMMENTS. The lingular apex of this species is atypical for Aleurodicus, being narrowly acute, its 4 setae situated very close to the apex (Fig. 16). The subtle reticulate patterning of the cuticle in the cephalothorax and abdominal subdorsum (Figs 14, 15), seen in many specimens, is also unusual as is the sometimes extensive dark, cloudy cuticular pigmentation seen in some individual puparia. A. rugioperculatus is most similar to A. niveus (also described from Belize) and may be distinguished from it by use of the key to species of Aleurodicus, couplets 30-31, p. 19.
description: Published as part of Martin, Jon H., 2008, A revision of Aleurodicus Douglas (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), with two new genera proposed for palaeotropical natives and an identification guide to world genera of Aleurodicinae, pp. 1-100 in Zootaxa 1835 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1835.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5127230
Irregular changes in Hα emission line of V423 Aur observed by LAMOST Medium-Resolution Spectrographs
Creators: name: Wu, Chao-Jian
name: Wu, Hong
name: Hsia, Chih-Hao
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Ren, Juan-Juan
name: Li, Guang-Wei
name: Chen, Jian-Jun
name: Yang, Fan
name: Shi, Jian-Rong
name: Hou, Yong-Hui
name: Liu, Ji-Feng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtained 7 spectra of the Be star V423 Aur on Dec. 5th, 2017 using the LAMOST Medium-Resolution Spectrograph with exposures from 600 to 1200 seconds. These spectra show the irregular Hα emission line profile variations (LPVs). In the seven spectra, from the 4th to 7th, the left part of Hα profile even show excess. However, no variation can be seen from the follow-up observation of photometry by 1.26-m telescope and High-Resolution spectra by 2.16-m telescope. According to the High-Resolution spectra, we conclude that it is a B7V type star with E(B-V)= 0.709{\pm}0.036 and its vsini is {\sim} 221.8km/s. The short-term Hα LPVs could be explained as a result of the transient ejection of matter from rotating disk or shell around V423 Aur.
description: Accepted for publication in RAA
title: The Conservation and Adaptation of Historic Anglican Churches in England for Secular Community Use and Continued Worship, Post‐1945
Creators: name: Steele, Matthew George
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2021

description: Accounts of the architectural profession’s engagement with historic Anglican churches in England in the post‐1945 period have tended, perhaps inevitably, to focus upon the seismic impact of the Second World War and the physical destruction of the buildings. Moreover, the re‐instatement of bomb‐damaged churches and how this was enacted through legislation has typically been described with reference to nineteenth‐century attitudes to historic building preservation. Although this provides useful evidence of the conservation movement’s continued growth in the twentieth century, such narrow focus on matters of preservation or restoration has meant that the profession’s other activities in relation to historic Anglican churches have been somewhat overlooked. For example, following the comprehensive redevelopment of inner city areas in the post‐1945 period, the fate of historic inner‐city churches of all denominations has been presented as one of abandonment, demolition or adaptive re‐use. Yet, as redevelopment plans faltered in the face of the Skeffington Report, published in 1969, what impact did such political and socioeconomic change have on the Church of England’s attitudes towards its historic inner‐city churches and their continued use for both worship or community purposes? Outside of any religious context, this is little understood; particularly the role of the architectural profession in facilitating and implementing changes to the buildings on behalf of the Church. To address this lack, this thesis traces the changing relationship between the Church of England and the architectural profession from 1945 to the present day whilst highlighting the differing attitudes and approaches taken through time. The thesis covers three periods: the consolidation of the conservation movement and the reinstatement of bomb‐damaged churches (1945 to 1968); the adaptation of historic churches for religious and community benefit, whilst aided by state funding (1969 to 1989); and finally where dwindling congregation have brought about the widespread adaptation of historic churches to serve as community hubs in what today is a predominantly neoliberal environment (1990 to the present day). Each time period has presented particular challenges to the way in which the architectural profession has engaged with the Church of England and its congregations. The thesis highlights how the Church’s understanding of its role in society has been pivotal in shaping its attitude to its historic churches, its engagement with the architectural profession, and the influence of community orientated architectural practices upon its historic churches thereafter; all issues of contemporary relevance in light of present day church adaptation.