cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Prime-Encoded Fractal Geometry as a Universal Organizing Principle in Quantum, Neural and Cosmological Structures
Creators: name: Gericke, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Mathematical physics
subject: General Relativity
subject: Quantum Gravity
subject: Complexity
subject: dark matter
subject: cosmology
subject: CMB
subject: Universal Model Framework
subject: UMF
subject: fMRI
subject: quantum mind
subject: panpsychism
subject: neural criticality
subject: consciousness
subject: NV centers
subject: graphene

description: The Universal Model Framework (UMF) proposes that prime numbers and fractal geometry form a structural blueprint unifying quantum mechanics, general relativity, and consciousness. This study rigorously tests UMF’s core hypothesis—that spacetime, quantum coherence, and neural dynamics emerge from a prime-fractal information lattice—through interdisciplinary investigations spanning cosmology, quantum physics, and neuroscience. Utilizing cosmological datasets (Planck CMB, SDSS voids), quantum spin systems (NV centers, graphene lattices), and neuroimaging (EEG/fMRI), we evaluate three predictions: (1) cosmic structures align with prime-derived scales, (2) prime-modulated systems exhibit enhanced quantum coherence, and (3) neural activity displays fractal-prime criticality. Methodologically, we employ Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests for cosmic void–prime correlations, prime-timed dynamical decoupling in quantum experiments, and Higuchi fractal dimension analysis of brain activity, all under pre-registered, open-science protocols. Results reveal significant void clustering at prime radii (7, 11, 13 Mpc; p < 0.01), a 23% coherence boost in NV centers under prime-timed sequences (N = 30, p = 0.003), and scale-free neural dynamics (Hurst exponent H = 0.78 ± 0.05) with prime-spaced spectral peaks. These findings suggest gravity emerges as an entropy gradient (∇S ∼ Gμν) and consciousness arises from fractal-prime resonance. Ethically, we mitigate risks of ideological misuse through transparent reporting and independent replication. The UMF bridges physics’ divides, offering pathways to quantum gravity resolution, optimized qubit arrays, and biomarkers for consciousness disorders. This work establishes prime-fractal geometry as a foundational framework for 21st-century physics, with implications spanning quantum computing to neuroscience.

This project was developed by Marco Gericke, with structured assistance from a large language model (Perplexity). All scientific concepts and conclusions were generated, verified, and interpreted by the author.

Dedicated to Peter Plichta, who envisioned the code before it could be computed.
Materialsammlung und Entwurf zu "Geographische Literatur der Juden"
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1800
Subjects: subject: 090

description: Listen mit Toponymen, Textstellen der jüdischen Traditionsliteratur und Angaben zu Autoren von geographisch relevanten Texten; Entwurf zum Aufsatz "Geographische Literatur der Juden"; Material, das teilweise zum Aufsatz "Zur Palästinischen Geographie, aus jüdischen Quellen" paßt
Reformulation linearization technique based branch-and-reduce approach applied to regional water supply system planning
Creators: name: Fujun Lan
name: Bayraksan, Güzin
name: Lansey, Kevin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Engineering

description: A regional water supply system design problem that determines pipe and pump design parameters and water flows over a multi-year planning horizon is considered. A non-convex nonlinear model is formulated and solved by a branch-and-reduce global optimization approach. The lower bounding problem is constructed via a three-pronged effort that involves transforming the space of certain decision variables, polyhedral outer approximations, and the Reformulation Linearization Technique (RLT). Range reduction techniques are employed systematically to speed up convergence. Computational results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm; in particular, the critical role range reduction techniques could play in RLT based branch-and-bound methods. Results also indicate using reclaimed water not only saves freshwater sources but is also a cost-effective non-potable water source in arid regions. Supplemental data for this article can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2015.1016508.
Hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity? An experimental investigation in Borderline Personality Disorder
Creators: name: Bortolla, Roberta
name: Cavicchioli, Marco
name: Soler Rivaldi, Joaquim
name: Pascual Mateos, Juan Carlos
name: Verschure, Paul F. M. J.
name: Maffei, Cesare
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Borderline Personality Disorder; Biosocial model; Hyperreactivity; Hypersensitivity; Negative affectivity; Physiology.

description: Objective: Starting from the controversial results showed by empirical research on Linehan’s Biosocial model of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), this study aims to empirically evaluate Linehan’s conceptualization of emotional hypersensitivity and hyperreactivity, as well as to investigate the role of pre-existing emotional states in BPD altered physiological responsivity. Methods: We asked 24 participants (BPD = 12; Healthy Controls = 12) to complete a self-reported questionnaire (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) in order to assess their pre-task affective state. Subsequently, 36 emotional pictures from four valence categories (i.e. erotic, negative, positive, neutral) were administered while assessing participants self-reported and electrodermal responses. Results: BPD patients showed higher levels of pre-task negative affectivity as well as an enhanced physiological response to neutral stimuli. No main BPD group effect was found for the physiological data. Moreover, pre-task negative affectivity levels were exclusively related to physiological responses among BPD subjects. Discussion: Our findings supported the hypersensitivity hypothesis operationalized as an enhanced responsiveness to non-emotional cues. Hyperreactivity assumption was not supported. Conversely, our study revealed heightened physiological responses in relation to pre-existent negative emotional states in BPD. We discussed our results in the context of the putative pathological processes underlying BPD.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Emotional and symbolic components of hikikomori experience: A qualitative narrative study on social withdrawal
Creators: name: Caputo, Andrea
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Hikikomori; Social withdrawal; Narrative; Online research; Emotional text analysis.

description: Hikikomori is a form of social withdrawal affecting adolescents and young adults that prevents social, school and work activities. The present study aims at expanding qualitative narrative research on such a social withdrawal from the participants’ perspective, as to detect emotional and symbolic components of the hikikomori experience. Emotional Text Analysis was conducted on the narratives of 17 Italian people (9 men, 18-39 aged), who posted their hikikomori stories via an online forum. Statistical multidimensional techniques were performed to detect some thematic domains (Cluster Analysis) and latent factors organizing the contraposition between them (Multiple Correspondence Analysis). Five clusters emerged as follows: refusal of intimacy (cluster 1), retreat to passivity (cluster 2), search for comfort (cluster 3), interpersonal distress (cluster 4), and performance anxiety (cluster 5). Then, four latent factors were identified dealing with a complex of dependency, tendency to introversion, refusal of agency, and ambivalence towards intimacy, respectively. The results provide new insights on the complexity and awareness of the affective experience of hikikomori to be integrated with the existing evidence in the literature.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Facial and mandibular landmark tracking with habitual head posture estimation using linear and fiducial markers
Creators: name: Saad, FH
name: Farook, TH
name: Ahmed, S
name: Zhao, Yang
name: Liao, Z
name: Verjans, JW
name: Dudley, J
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 4601
subject: Applied computing
classificationCode: 4203
subject: Health services and systems
classificationCode: 4003
subject: Biomedical engineering

description: This study compared the accuracy of facial landmark measurements using deep learning-based fiducial marker (FM) and arbitrary width reference (AWR) approaches. It quantitatively analysed mandibular hard and soft tissue lateral excursions and head tilting from consumer camera footage of 37 participants. A custom deep learning system recognised facial landmarks for measuring head tilt and mandibular lateral excursions. Circular fiducial markers (FM) and inter-zygion measurements (AWR) were validated against physical measurements using electrognathography and electronic rulers. Results showed notable differences in lower and mid-face estimations for both FM and AWR compared to physical measurements. The study also demonstrated the comparability of both approaches in assessing lateral movement, though fiducial markers exhibited variability in mid-face and lower face parameter assessments. Regardless of the technique applied, hard tissue movement was typically seen to be 30% less than soft tissue among the participants. Additionally, a significant number of participants consistently displayed a 5 to 10° head tilt.
Metamorphic testing and special case testing: A case study
Creators: name: Wu, Peng
name: Shi, Xiao Chun
name: Tang, Jiang Jun
name: Lin, Hui Min
name: Chen, Tsong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents an integrated metamorphic testing environment MTest and reports an experimental analysis of the effectiveness of metamorphic testing, which is carried out using MTest with a real program of sparse matrix multiplication. Quantitative evaluation and comparison of special case testing, metamorphic testing with special and random test cases are illustrated with two measurements: mutation score and fault detection ratio. The case study shows that metamorphic testing and special case testing are complementary to each other, and with respect to source test case for metamorphic testing, random test cases are preferred to special test cases.
A JOURNEY-CENTRIC APPROACH TO BUSINESS GROWTH: ENHANCING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR COMPETITIVE EDGE
Creators: name: Blanco Moreno, Sofia
name: Rodríguez Santos, Maria Carmen
name: Bayram-Arlı, Nuran
name: OHannrachain, Ciaran
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Grasping the customer journey is essential for creating business strategies that not only foster innovation but also improve customer satisfaction and cultivate long-term loyalty. This research introduces a detailed, stage-oriented framework that captures the full spectrum of customer behaviors, emotions, and cognitive processes during their interactions with a brand. Through this comprehensive lens, companies can systematically pinpoint and optimize crucial touchpoints, allowing them to consistently surpass customer expectations and secure a sustainable edge in competitive markets. The paper expands the ongoing conversation on customer experience management by emphasizing the strategic importance of viewing the customer journey in an integrated manner. It highlights how a deeper insight into this journey can guide more precise business decisions, resulting in significant improvements in performance. The study underscores the need for businesses to adopt a unified, journey-focused strategy that aligns their operations and resources with customer expectations, driving both growth and competitive distinction.
Executive Functioning and Personality Traits in Insomnia Disorder: A Preliminary Report on the Clinical Importance of Objective and Subjective Reduction of Total Sleep Time
Creators: name: Somma, Antonella
name: Marelli, Sara
name: Barranca, Margherita
name: Gialdi, Giulia
name: Lucini, Chiara
name: Castelnuovo, Alessandra
name: Mombelli, Samantha
name: Ferini-Strambi, Luigi
name: Fossati, Andrea
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Insomnia; Sleep misperception; Executive functions; PEBL; PID-5.

description: To confirm and extend previous findings on the relationships between executive functioning (EF) and insomnia, as well as the available evidence on the associations between personality traits and insomnia, 30 consecutively-admitted insomnia participants and 30 community dwelling adult participants matched on age, gender and educational level, were administered a battery of EF measures and the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5). Insomnia participants underwent two full-night polysomnographic (PSG) recording, followed by a morning assessment of subjective sleep parameters. A misperception index (MI) was computed in order to identify participants characterized by objective insomnia and non-objective insomnia. The EF performance associations between insomnia and poor performance on selected executive functions was confirmed. However, the objective insomnia and non-objective insomnia sub-groups show significant differences on specific EF indices, as well as on dysfunctional personality dimensions.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Anger: what we know and what we don't want to know. Scientific contributions and social representation.
Creators: name: Manfredi, Paola
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Anger; Rage; Social representation; Shame; Repression; Clinical psychology.

description: Introduction: Aggressiveness is an essential component of every living thing and the experience of anger is common to all historical periods, all ages and all mental structures. Different forms and narrative ways of anger can be found in each society and can, therefore, become indicators of some aspects of society itself.Method: Starting from the emphasis that our society attributes to forms of anger and violence and their narration as incomprehensible, the scientific contributions on the subject and some characteristics of our culture are highlighted. Our society, on one hand, increases the triggers suitable to trigger anger, on the other silences and disapproves all forms of anger and even aggressiveness.Conclusions: There is a discrepancy between scientific contributions and the representation of anger in the media. The cultural operation for which we focus only on extreme episodes and repress the presence of other universal forms of anger seems to respond not only to the need to make the news but seems to indicate difficulties and defense mechanisms against aggressiveness and anger (potentially healthy and universal). It is also a way of not seeing our social responsibility and is also a missed opportunity to think about effective prevention.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Working with children who are victims of abuse: emotions and representations of professionals in residential children’s communities
Creators: name: Guarnaccia, Cinzia
name: Giunta, Serena
name: Rasho, Abdul Rahman
name: Ferraro, Anna Maria
name: Giannone, Francesca
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Social Work; Child Protection; Emotions; Abuse; Photolangage.

description: Professionals who work in residential children’s communities face many difficulties and, when the hosted children have a history of abuse and maltreatment, the risk of vicarious traumatization and professional burn-out, which has a negative effect on the professional’s work and well-being as well as on the effectiveness at work, is very high.This qualitative study aims to explore, via the content analysis of text recorded in some Photolangage® groups, the representations of social workers and educators in residential children’s communities on the theme of work management of physical and sexual abuse victims. The participants were 37 social workers from 6 residential communities for 0-6 years old child in the region of Palermo (Italy). The analysis of the discourse revealed four main themes: “emotional responses”, “difficulty in coping with emotions related to abuse”, “relationship with the institutional network” and “work methods/strategies”, which seem to guide and inform the social workers in our daily relationship with children. These results, which are in line with clinical observations, indicate the importance of supporting, through tools such as supervision and analysis of professional practices, professionals who work with maltreated and abused children, the only way to protect their well-being and the “therapeutic role” in the care and protection of children which they fulfil.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
The Concept of Gravitorotational Acceleration Field and its Consequences for Sun and Compact Stellar Objects
Creators: name: Hassani, Mohamed Elmansour
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Astrophysics

description: In a previous series of papers relating to the Combined Gravitational Action (CGA), we have exclusively studied orbital motion without spin. In the present paper we apply CGA to any self-rotating material body, i.e., an axially spinning massive object, which itself may be locally seen as a gravitorotational source because it is capable of generating the gravitorotational acceleration field, which seems to be unknown to previously existing theories of gravity. The consequences of such an acceleration field are very interesting, particularly for Sun and Compact Stellar Objects.
Patients’ involvement in the development of pharmaceutical products at pre-launch: problems experienced and how to resolve them
Creators: name: Fatoye, Clara Toyin
name: Betts, April
name: Odeyemi, Abayomi
name: Fatoye, Francis
name: Odeyemi, Isaac
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Market access; Pre-launch; Target products profile; Product development plan; Design of clinical trials; Food and Drug Administration.

description: Background: Pharmaceutical products are developed for patients as the end-users. It has been advocated that patients should be involved in the development of such products. However, this is not the case as patients are usually not involved. To date, no study has investigated the involvement of patients at pre-launch stage of pharmaceutical products. Therefore, this study explored patients’ involvement at this stage of pharmaceutical products development. Methods: A survey of Market Access (MA) and Health Economic and Outcomes Research (HEOR) professionals at International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Glasgow 2017 was carried out. Responses were examined using thematic and descriptive analyses to capture professionals’ suggestions about involvement of patients at pre –launch stage and how to resolve issues identified. Results: Results showed patients are not currently involved in this process, depriving them of benefits associated with involvement such as improved psychological well-being, health outcomes and drug safety. Participants advocated involvement of patients in the developments of pharmaceutical products. This may help improve adherence and quality of life in patients hence, ensuring effective use of pharmaceutical products. Conclusion: Patients are to be involved at pre-launch stage of pharmaceutical product development. Their involvement can ensure adherence to early stage development regulations. This may facilitate effective networking among stakeholders. Whilst it is generally agreed that patients should be involved to ensure adherence to regulations, problems are experienced that could be resolved by effective communication; understanding of external issues and how to tackle them. Also, it may help with deeper understanding of issues important to patients.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
The brave new world of online digital home entertainment
Creators: name: But, Jason
name: Nguyen, Thuy T.T.
name: Armitage, Grenville
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The emergence of widespread broadband home Internet connectivity is leading to a change in patterns of home user online behavior. Innovative networked applications (e.g., online multimedia and gaming) are making their mark. Will the next killer Internet applications be new forms of online digital home entertainment? Can the Internet support a widespread explosion in the use of such applications? In this article we explore potential problems in running interactive multimedia and game applications over existing Internet and home access network infrastructures. We also discuss the issues both network and application developers should consider when designing new Internet entertainment applications such that widespread usage becomes a possibility.
FOUNDATIONS OF SUPERLUMINAL RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS
Creators: name: Hassani, Mohamed Elmansour
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Mechanics
Special Relativity

description: The paper provides an elementary derivation of new superluminal spatio-temporal transformations based on the idea that, conceptually and kinematically, each subluminal, luminal and/or superluminal inertial reference frame has, in addition to its relative velocity, its proper specific kinematical parameter, which having the physical dimensions of a constant speed. Consequently, the relativity principle and causality principle both are coherently extended to superluminal velocities and, more importantly, this original approach constitutes the first basic step toward the formulation of superluminal relativistic mechanics, which is in fact a pure superluminalization of special relativity theory.
Perils of Partialing: Can scholars predict residualized variables’ nomological nets?
Creators: name: Miller, Josh
name: Rose, Leigha
name: Lynam, Donald
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Partialing is a statistical procedure in which the variance shared among two or more variables is removed, allowing researchers to examine the unique properties of the residualized/partialed constructs. Although common in personality and psychological research, this procedure has been critiqued due to the difficulty in knowing what is "left" in a variable after substantial proportions of its variance has been removed. In these studies, we use pairs of variables that are moderately-to-highly intercorrelated to test the abilities of experts (i.e., personality, clinical, and social psychologists) to estimate the nomological networks of partialed variables vis-a-vis basic trait profiles.

** This project is an accepted Stage 1 Registered Report. The accepted proposal has been uploaded here to document pre-registration prior to data collection.
Attractor tempos for metrical structures
Creators: name: Gotham, Mark
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Medicine

description: Through new mathematical modelling based on experimentally-substantiated principles of cognitive science, this article provides robust principles for identifying “attractor tempos” which optimise the salience of metrical structures. This sheds lights on core musical phenomena such as the inclination towards parti-cular tempos in given metrical contexts, the use of (non-optimal) tempos as a source of expressive tension in music, and even what it means for music to be “fast” or “slow” in the first place. The study does not purport to set out a comprehensive model of metrical listening, but simply to identify the core principles which are necessarily involved in establishing attractor tempos. The (limited) dependence of those principles on the initial modelling parameters is discussed. Furthermore, there is no prescription of “correct” tempos here, instead the attractors model a set of defaults against which musicians may select tempos for expressive effect. An Online Supplement to this article, providing a subsidiary data table and further mathematical details, may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17459737.2014.980343.
Combined Gravitational Action (IV): Exploitation
Creators: name: Hassani, Mohamed Elmansour
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar System, Solar Physics, Planets and Exoplanets
subject: Astrophysics
subject: 20104 Galactic Astronomy
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cosmology

description: In previous papers relating to the concept of Combined Gravitational Action (CGA) we have established the CGA-theoretical foundations as an alternative gravity theory that already allowed us to resolve -in its context- some unexpected and defiant problems occurred inside and outside the Solar System like, e.g., the anomalous Pioneer 10’s deceleration; the observed secular increase of the
Astronomical Unit; the apsidal motion anomaly of the eclipsing binary star systems and the study of
CGA-effects in the non-compact and compact stellar objects. All that has been done without exploiting fully the CGA-formalism, hence, the main purpose of the present paper is to exploit profoundly the CGA-equations in order to investigate, among other things, CGA-spin-orbit coupling precession and application of CGA to Large-Scale Structures with the aim of resolving the problem of galactic rotation curves.
Πράσινα Οπτικά Δίκτυα
Creators: name: Παπαγεωργίου, Ιωάννης Αργύριου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: IP μέσω WDM δίκτυο
προσομοιωτής
μείωση ενέργειας
IP over WDM network
simulator
energy reduction

description: Στον κόσμο των δικτύων υπάρχουν δύο είδη, τα ασύρματα και τα ενσύρματα. Τα ενσύρματα αποτελούνται από διάφορες υποκατηγορίες οι οποίες δεν θα παρουσιαστούν σε αυτή την εργασία. Θα παρουσιαστούν τα οπτικά δίκτυα, τα στοιχεία των οπτικών δικτύων, τα οπτικά δίκτυα 2ης γενιάς και τα IP μέσω WDM δίκτυα. Η παρούσα πτυχιακή εργασία θα εστιάσει στην βιβλιογραφική μελέτη της μείωσης της ενέργειας (ρεύμα) που χρησιμοποιεί ένα IP μέσω WDM δίκτυο. Θα παρουσιαστούν δύο αλγόριθμοι για ένα τέτοιο δίκτυο όπου χρησιμοποιούν την τεχνική bypass. Τέλος, θα παρουσιαστούν τα αποτελέσματα του προσομοιωτή που έχει υλοποιηθεί για τους δύο αλγορίθμους.
description: In the world of networks there are two types, wireless and wired. Wired consists of several subclasses which will not be presented in this paper. Optical networks, optical network components, 2nd generation optical networks and IP over WDM networks will be presented. This thesis will focus on the bibliographic study of energy (current) reduction using an IP over WDM network. Two algorithms for such a network will be presented using the bypass technique. Finally, the results of the simulator implemented for the two algorithms will be presented.
Aerodynamic optimization of high pressure turbine and interstage duct in a two-stage air system for a heavy-duty diesel engine
Creators: name: Khairuddin, Uswah Binti
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2017

description: The automotive industry is turning to turbochargers for engine downsizing in order to adapt to more stringent CO2 emissions regulations every year. For smaller-size engines, turbochargers are able to provide similar boost power as their larger counterparts by allowing more compressed air into the engine. However, turbocharger turbines will experience a different level of unsteadiness depending on different engine speed and load combinations. Part of the unsteady effect is due to pulsating flow from valve opening and closing, pulsating flow due to cylinder interactions and a high frequency-turbomachinery unsteadiness due to blade passing at the volute tongue. Therefore, it is important to increase turbocharger turbine efficiency at design conditions as well as in the wider range of engine operating conditions. This thesis presents development of an aerodynamic optimization method for engine air system geometry using a 3D CFD method. It focuses on a high pressure turbine (HPT) wheel and an interstage duct for a two-stage air system. The optimization method covers geometry parameterization of the components, automatic meshing and post-processing, and employs a genetic algorithm based optimizer. Prototypes of optimized designs were manufactured and tested. CFD simulations and experimental test data for the optimized wheel design show an increase of around 2 percentage points of efficiency at peak condition as well as increased overall performance at off-design between 1.5 to 10 percentage points efficiency. The optimized interstage duct shows a small benefit of 0.18 percentage points efficiency increase for the HPT but importantly reduces static pressure at the volute inlet by up to 1.3 kPa. Although small, this pressure reduction represents lower exhaust back pressure and thus reduced pumping work at the engine level
Combined Gravitational Action (III): Exploration
Creators: name: Hassani, Mohamed Elmansour
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Solar System, Solar Physics, Planets and Exoplanets
Cosmology
Stellar Astronomy
Astrophysics

description: In previous papers relating to the concept of Combined Gravitational Action (CGA) we have
established the CGA-theoretical foundations as an alternative gravity theory that already allowed us to resolve -in its context- some unexpected and defiant problems occurred inside and outside the Solar System. All that has been done without exploring fully the CGA-formalism, hence, the main purpose of the present paper is to explore and exploit profoundly the CGA-equations in order to investigate, among other things, the secular perigee precession
of the Moon; the secular perihelion advance of the planets; the CGA-effects in the non-compact and compact stellar objects.
Brief von Leopold Zunz an Kommission für den Israelitisch-deutschen Gottesdienst, 12.09.1822
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1822
Subjects: subject: 090

description: Kündigung des Predigeramtes an der Gemeindesynagoge Spandauer Straße
iMagine: a Cutting Edge AI Platform for Aquatic Sciences
Creators: name: Alibabaei, Khadijeh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: iMagine is an EU-funded project that has set itself the task of developing, operating, validating, and promoting a dedicated iMagine AI framework and platform. The project aims to promote advances that are in line with the overarching theme of 'Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters'. To effectively achieve the objectives of the project, eight use cases in different areas of aquatic science collaboratively engage with the iMagine AI Platform providers. The iMagine platform is closely linked to EOSC and AI4EU and heralds a new era in which researchers in the aquatic sciences have unfettered access to a variety of AI-based image analysis services and image storage. The platform allows users to develop, train, and share AI models on the marketplace. The models are encapsulated as Docker images to ensure the reproducibility of the models. Researchers leveraging the flexibility of the platform can seamlessly execute these Docker containers on both federated clouds of the EGI e-infrastructure and on High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructures. This seamless execution is facilitated by the user-friendly udocker tool available to users. As an open-access ecosystem, the iMagine platform not only drives research, but also fosters collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing within the aquatic science community.

Poster about the iMagine project with a focus on the iMagine AI Platform and an overview of the preliminary results from the project's use cases.

Displayed at the ISC High Performance 2024 on May 13-May 15, 2024.
Evaluation of Particle Bounce in Various Collection Substrates to be Used as Vaporizer in Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Creators: name: Minsoo Kang
name: Cho, Hee-Joo
name: Heesung Kwak
name: Kihong Park
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: The determination of the collection efficiency (CE) of particles during transport, vaporization, and ionization in the aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS), which uses vaporizer to evaporate non-refractory particles with subsequent ionization, is important for accurately quantifying the concentrations of chemical constituents. Particle bounce in the vaporizer can be considered as one of the most important parameters influencing the CE of particles. Substrates with various shapes (flat, cylindrical, reverse-conical, cup, trapezoidal, and reverse-T), materials (stainless steel, copper, tungsten, and molybdenum), pores with average sizes of 0.2, 1, 5, 20, and 100 μm, and mesh with a size of 79 μm, which can be a possible candidate for the vaporizer in the AMS, were constructed. Bounce fractions of sub-micrometer particles (polystyrene latex, oleic acid, and dioctyl phthalate) were determined using the differential mobility analyzer (DMA)-impactor technique under a constant impact velocity. For the porous substrate, the particle bounce fraction significantly decreased with increasing pore size and porosity, but there was an upper limit for the pore size above which the particle bounce fraction no longer decreased significantly (i.e., the rebounded particles successfully escaped from the pores). The mesh substrate also had a lower particle bounce fraction than the flat substrate. Among the tested materials, the copper substrate having the lowest hardness and elasticity had the lowest particle bounce fraction. In addition, the reverse-T shape substrate having more available surfaces for particle entrapment led to the reduction of particle bounce fraction. In terms of phase, the liquid particles had lower particle bounce fractions than the solid particles. Our results suggest that the vaporizer in the AMS should provide traps for multiple collisions of the rebounding particles with an appropriate porosity or mesh and should be made of low-hardness materials to minimize particle bounce.Copyright 2015 American Association for Aerosol Research
Formation of supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei: LISA binaries & intermediate-mass ratio inspirals
Creators: name: Askar, Abbas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are found to co-exist with a nuclear star cluster (NSC) in the nuclei of most galaxies. The work presented in this talk builds on the idea that the NSC forms before the SMBH through the merger of several stellar clusters that may contain intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs). These IMBHs can subsequently grow in the NSC, and form an SMBH. To check the observable consequences of this proposed SMBH seeding mechanism, we created a mock population of galaxies and constructed their NSCs by aggregating stellar clusters. Each aggregating stellar cluster was assigned a probability for forming an IMBH based on its properties. If multiple IMBH are delivered to the NSC by stellar clusters than they may form a binary which can merge by gravitational wave emission. By looking at the NSCs in which we deliver two IMBHs to the NSC, we find that about 10% of these binary mergers maybe detectable with LISA and will have observed frequencies between 0.01 to 0.3 Hz. However, if we allow for the first IMBH to grow moderately (via gas accretion and/or tidal disruption of stars) before the delivery of the second IMBH, we find that more than 50% of the BH binaries will have properties at merger that may make them observable with LISA. In this case, many of the mergers will be intermediate-mass ratio (~0.001-0.01) inspirals with observable frequencies between 1E-4 to 0.3 Hz. The detection (or non-detection) of such binaries with LISA will provide insights and constraints on the seeding and growth mechanisms of SMBHs at the center of galaxies.
Comparing several coverage criteria for detecting faults in logical decisions
Creators: name: Yu, Y. T.
name: Lau, Man
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Many testing coverage criteria, including decision coverage and condition coverage, are well-known to be inadequate for software characterised by complex logical decisions, such as those in safety-critical software. In the past decade, more sophisticated testing criteria have been advocated. In particular, compliance of MC/DC has been mandated in the aviation industry for the approval of airborne software. On the other hand, the MUMCUT criterion has been proved to guarantee the detection of certain faults in logical decisions in irredundant disjunctive normal form. We analyse and empirically evaluate the ability of test sets satisfying these testing criteria in detecting faults in logical decisions. Our results show that MC/DC test sets are effective, but they may still miss some faults that can almost always be detected by test sets satisfying the MUMCUT criterion.
Supplementary material from The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health: a natural experiment
Creators: name: Mansfield, Rosie
name: Santos, Joao
name: Deighton, Jessica
name: Hayes, Daniel
name: Velikonja, Tjasa
name: Boehnke, Jan R.
name: Patalay, Praveetha
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Care
subject: Diseases
subject: 111706 Epidemiology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supporting materials methods and results with tables and figures
Letter to the Editor: the application of transcranial direct current stimulation on phantom phenomena
Creators: name: Orrù, Graziella
name: Cesari, Valentina
name: Baroni, Martina
name: Conversano, Ciro
name: Ciacchini, Rebecca
name: Menicucci, Danilo
name: Gemignani, Angelo
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Transcranial direct current stimulation; tDCS- Amputation; Phantom limb phenomena; Phantom limb; Phantom limb pain.

description: Phantom limb phenomena are often reported by patients after the amputation or deafferentation of limbs. The most debilitating condition is named phantom limb pain and, to present, an efficacious treatment is not been identify, yet. However, alternative non-invasive treatments such as transcranial direct current stimulation could be a valid approach in order to modulate pain. Based on the studies considered, tDCS might represent a potential novel tool able to reduce phantom limb symptoms. Due to the limited number of investigations, the positive outcomes summarized in this letter to editor need to be interpreted with caution.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Defensive responses to stressful life events associated with cancer diagnosis
Creators: name: Di Giuseppe, Mariagrazia
name: Miniati, Mario
name: Miccoli, Mario
name: Ciacchini, Rebecca
name: Orrù, Graziella
name: Lo Sterzo, Rosa
name: Di Silvestre, Annarita
name: Conversano, Ciro
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2020
Subjects: Defense mechanism; Dissociation; DMRS; Trauma; cancer; Psychosomatic.

description: Objectives: Stressful life events (SLEs) are common in patients who developed both physical and psychological syndromes. Research shown the role of psychological defense mechanisms in cancer progression and survival probability. The present study analyzed recent SLEs and defense mechanisms as characteristic of cancer patients and tested their role as potential predisposing factors to cancer development. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 145 participants: 48 recently diagnosed cancer patients (CP), 43 recently diagnosed benign tumor patients (BT), and 54 healthy subjects (HC). Non-blinded raters assessed participants’ defense mechanisms using the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales Q-sort version (DMRS-Q). Groups were compared on the presence of SLEs and on the maturity of defensive functioning. Significant associations between SLE and defense mechanisms as related to cancer diagnosis were explored. Results: Higher overall defensive functioning was associated with good physical conditions. Recent SLEs, higher use of neurotic defenses and lower use of obsessional defenses characterized cancer patients. CP showed higher use of suppression, repression, dissociation, rationalization and passive aggression and lower use of affiliation, sublimation, undoing, and devaluation of self-image as compared to controls. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that recent SLEs and defense mechanisms of suppression, repression, dissociation, displacement and omnipotence were associated with cancer diagnosis. Discussion: Recent SLEs and repressive defensive functioning characterized the CP’s defensive response to stress. Despite the relevance of present findings, this study shows several limitations. Prospective and longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these results and to investigate the potential role played by SLEs and defense mechanisms in cancer development.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 8, No 1 (2020)
Estimation of Treatment and Carryover Effects in Optimal Cross-Over Designs for Clinical Trials
Creators: name: Divecha, Jyoti
name: Jignesh Gondaliya
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Medicine

description: A particular multi-period cross-over design useful in trials where naturally observations are correlated and carryover effect may not die after one period, such as, Thorough QT, trials on diet, asthma and others, is shown to be useful for estimation in three practical cases. The cases are, the variance balanced estimation of direct and carryover treatment effects in presence of higher order carryover and correlated errors using ordinary least squares method, estimation of the said treatment effects under scattered missing, and, the interim estimation of the same for trials with early stopping rules. Comparison of treatment effect estimates and their variances is made with those given in literature for the higher order carryover model. A numerical example demonstrating estimation in all three cases is given.
MPEC 2024-E104 : 2024 EE2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 EE2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Evaluation of Particle Bounce in Various Collection Substrates to be Used as Vaporizer in Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Creators: name: Minsoo Kang
name: Cho, Hee-Joo
name: Heesung Kwak
name: Kihong Park
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Hematology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: The determination of the collection efficiency (CE) of particles during transport, vaporization, and ionization in the aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS), which uses vaporizer to evaporate nonrefractory particles with subsequent ionization, is important for accurately quantifying the concentrations of chemical constituents. Particle bounce in the vaporizer can be considered one of the most important parameters influencing the CE of particles. Substrates with various shapes (flat, cylindrical, reverse-conical, cup, trapezoidal, and reverse-T), materials (stainless steel, copper, tungsten, and molybdenum), pores with average sizes of 0.2 µm, 1 µm, 5 µm, 20 µm, and 100 µm and mesh with a size of 79 µm, which can be a possible candidate for the vaporizer in the AMS, were constructed. Bounce fractions of submicrometer particles (PSL, oleic acid, and dioctyl phthalate (DOP)) were determined using the differential mobility analyzer (DMA)-impactor technique under a constant impact velocity. For the porous substrate, the particle bounce fraction significantly decreased with increasing pore size and porosity, but there was an upper limit for the pore size above which the particle bounce fraction no longer decreased significantly (i.e., the rebounded particles successfully escaped from the pores). The mesh substrate also had a lower particle bounce fraction than the flat substrate. Among the tested materials, the copper substrate having the lowest hardness and elasticity had the lowest particle bounce fraction. In addition, the reverse-T shape substrate having more available surfaces for particle entrapment led to the reduction of particle bounce fractions. In terms of phase, the liquid particles had lower particle bounce fractions than the solid particles. Our results suggest that the vaporizer in the AMS should provide traps for multiple collisions of the rebounding particles with an appropriate porosity or mesh and should be made of low-hardness materials to minimize particle bounce.
Brief von Joseph Muhr an Leopold Zunz, Isaac Levin Auerbach und Israel Jacobson, 08.02.1822
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1822
Subjects: subject: 090

description: Termine für den Entwurf von Statuten für die deutsche Synagoge
Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Valuable Heterocyclic Compounds Using a Tandem Oxidation Process Approach
Creators: name: Jeena, Vineet
name: Siphamandla Sithebe
name: Robinson, Ross S.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: The synthesis of quinoxalines via a tandem oxidation process using a copper acetate monohydrate/2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine N-oxyl (TEMPO) oxidative system has been described. Using this approach, a series of quinoxaline derivatives were formed in good yields within short reaction times under microwave irradiation. The oxidative system was also extended to the selective synthesis of dihydropyrazines and pyrazines.