cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Inhibition of the Sonic Hedgehog pathway as a strategy to treat ocular neovascularization in animal models
Creators: name: Cotugno, Gabriella
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2009

description: Ocular neovascularization (NV) is a feature of several common retinal and choroidal blinding diseases, including proliferative diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Unbalanced production of pro- vs anti-angiogenic molecules in the eye causes abnormal vessel growth. Although several pro-angiogenic pathways leading to ocular NV have been elucidated,  the identification of novel molecules involved in this complex process is desirable to  better understand the disease pathogenesis and to develop efficient therapeutic strategies. To this aim, we investigated the role of the morphogen Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) in the development of ocular NV.
We observed that the Shh pathway is activated in the retina of the retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and the laser-induced choroidal NV (CNV) murine models of retinal and choroidal neovascularization, respectively. We show that systemic administration of cyclopamine, a Shh pathway inhibitor, results in reduction of pathological vascularization in both models, suggesting that activation of the Shh pathway plays an important role in the ocular NV process. We then developed two nucleic acid-based systems for specific Shh inhibition in the retina: a Shh-decoy receptor (HIP--22) able to bind and sequester Shh inhibiting its pathway; and short interfering RNAs (siRNA) able to reduce 70% Shh expression levels in vitro. Both HIP--22 and the siRNA inhibited Shh-induced osteogenic differentiation of the mesenchymal cell line C3H10T1/2. In the ROP retina, adeno-associated viral vector-mediated HIP--22 delivery or periocular injections of Shh siRNA resulted in efficient inhibition of the Shh pathway but not of  retinal neovascularization, even when the two strategies were combined. Stronger inhibition of the Shh pathway may be required to reduce retinal NV in the ROP model. Alternatively, the inhibition of ocular NV observed following systemic cyclopamine administration may result from secondary, extraocular effects of the Shh pathway blockade. These results suggest Shh as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of ocular NV. Thorough characterization of Shh role in ocular NV is required for the development of an appropriate therapeutic strategy.
Phonon-Induced Collective Modes in Spin-Orbit Coupled Polar Metals
Creators: name: Kumar, Abhishek
name: Chandra, Premala
name: Volkov, Pavel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the interplay between collective electronic and lattice modes in polar metals in an applied magnetic field aligned with the polar axis. Static spin-orbit coupling leads to the appearance of a particle-hole spin-flip continuum that is gapped at low energies in a finite field. We find that a weak spin-orbit assisted coupling between electrons and polar phonons induces the emergence of electronic collective modes. The strength of the applied magnetic field tunes the number of modes and their energies, which can lie both above and below the particle-hole continuum. For a range of field values, we identify Fano-like interference between the electronic continuum and phonons. We show that signatures of these collective modes can be observed in electron spin resonance experiments, and we provide the corresponding theoretical predictions.
description: Published version, 26 pages, 8 figures
Paesaggi terrazzati: scelte per il futuro. Note sul 3° Incontro mondiale (Venezia-Padova, 6-15 ottobre 2016)
Creators: name: Varotto, Mauro
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2017

description: Cos’è stato davvero il 3° Incontro mondiale sui paesaggi terrazzati, tenutosi dal 6 al 15 ottobre 2016 per la prima volta in Europa, grazie
alla candidatura italiana, dopo i primi incontri nello Yunnan in Cina,
prefettura di Honghe (novembre 2010), e in Perù a Cusco (maggio 2014)?
Una risposta esaustiva a questa domanda richiede di passare in rassegna più aspetti di un evento complesso, che ha combinato interventi di key note speakers, conferenze tematiche, scambi di esperienze in forma diretta, dibattiti in piccoli gruppi, visite e incontri con testimoni locali, e ha richiesto circa 2 anni di preparazione e un percorso di cooperazione tra soggetti e istituzioni di natura differente e a diversa scala: in primis la Regione del Veneto, l’Università di Padova e l’Università IUAV di Venezia, incaricati di organizzare l’evento dall’International Terraced Landscape Alliance (ITLA) e dalla sua sezione italiana.
È stata innanzitutto, per il mondo accademico che l’ha organizzato,
un’occasione di conoscenza del patrimonio delle aree terrazzate del nostro
Paese: prima di tutto diretta, sul terreno, grazie all’organizzazione su 10 sedi di fieldtrips e conferenze tematiche che hanno consentito di visitare e toccare con mano eccellenze e criticità delle aree terrazzate della penisola (la Costiera triestina e l’isola di Cherso, Topolò e Dordolla in Friuli Venezia Giulia; il Canale di Brenta, Valdobbiadene e Valpolicella in Veneto; la Val di
cembra e Vallagarina in Trentino; la val d’Ossola e il Canavese in Piemonte assieme a Pont Saint Martin e la bassa Valle d’Aosta; Chiavari, Lavagna e Vernazza in Liguria; Ischia e la Costiera amalfitana in Campania; e infine l’isola di Pantelleria, il comune più terrazzato d’Italia al centro del Mediterraneo).
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 1 (2017): GEOGRAFIA E DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Cetonurus Gunther 1887
Creators: name: Iwamoto, Tomio
name: Nakayama, Naohide
name: Shao, Kwang-Tsao
name: Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Gadiformes
Macrouridae
Cetonurus

description: Genus Cetonurus G ü nther, 1887
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— A distinctive genus owing to its large, soft, globose head, fully scaled including branchiostegal rays (and gular membrane in some specimens); enlarged scales along dorsal-fin interspace and anterior portion of 2D; interrupted lateral line; BR 7; large periproct region spanning most of the short space between V and A; and serrated spinous 1D ray.
REMARKS.— Two species recognized, one in our area; genus reviewed by Sazonov and Shcherbachev (1985).
description: Published as part of Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, pp. 31-126 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3) on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512126
EEG Cortical Source Feature based Hand Kinematics Decoding using Residual CNN-LSTM Neural Network
Creators: name: Jain, Anant
name: Kumar, Lalan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Motor kinematics decoding (MKD) using brain signal is essential to develop Brain-computer interface (BCI) system for rehabilitation or prosthesis devices. Surface electroencephalogram (EEG) signal has been widely utilized for MKD. However, kinematic decoding from cortical sources is sparsely explored. In this work, the feasibility of hand kinematics decoding using EEG cortical source signals has been explored for grasp and lift task. In particular, pre-movement EEG segment is utilized. A residual convolutional neural network (CNN) - long short-term memory (LSTM) based kinematics decoding model is proposed that utilizes motor neural information present in pre-movement brain activity. Various EEG windows at 50 ms prior to movement onset, are utilized for hand kinematics decoding. Correlation value (CV) between actual and predicted hand kinematics is utilized as performance metric for source and sensor domain. The performance of the proposed deep learning model is compared in sensor and source domain. The results demonstrate the viability of hand kinematics decoding using pre-movement EEG cortical source data.
Additional file 1 of Functional analysis of a viral promoter from a strawberry vein banding virus isolate from China
Creators: name: Jiang, Lei
name: Chen, Jing
name: Yang, You-zhi
name: Li, Rui
name: Li, Shuang
name: Wang, Zhan-qi
name: Jiang, Tong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. Table S1. The comparison of the functional elements between SVBV promoter and CaMV 35S promoter. The comparison is analyzed by PlantCARE ( http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/webtools/plantcare/html/ ) (A) and (B).
A closed loop gradient descent algorithm applied to Rosenbrock's function
Creators: name: Bhattacharjee, Subhransu
name: Petersen, Ian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a novel adaptive damping technique for an inertial gradient system which finds application as a gradient descent algorithm for unconstrained optimisation. In an example using the non-convex Rosenbrock's function, we show an improvement on existing momentum-based gradient optimisation methods. Also using Lyapunov stability analysis, we demonstrate the performance of the continuous-time version of the algorithm. Using numerical simulations, we consider the performance of its discrete-time counterpart obtained by using the symplectic Euler method of discretisation.
description: In proceedings of the 2021 Australia and New Zealand Control Conference, 2021. (Final reviewed version)
Introduction to protein folding for physicists
Creators: name: Echenique, Pablo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The prediction of the three-dimensional native structure of proteins from the knowledge of their amino acid sequence, known as the protein folding problem, is one of the most important yet unsolved issues of modern science. Since the conformational behaviour of flexible molecules is nothing more than a complex physical problem, increasingly more physicists are moving into the study of protein systems, bringing with them powerful mathematical and computational tools, as well as the sharp intuition and deep images inherent to the physics discipline. This work attempts to facilitate the first steps of such a transition. In order to achieve this goal, we provide an exhaustive account of the reasons underlying the protein folding problem enormous relevance and summarize the present-day status of the methods aimed to solving it. We also provide an introduction to the particular structure of these biological heteropolymers, and we physically define the problem stating the assumptions behind this (commonly implicit) definition. Finally, we review the 'special flavor' of statistical mechanics that is typically used to study the astronomically large phase spaces of macromolecules. Throughout the whole work, much material that is found scattered in the literature has been put together here to improve comprehension and to serve as a handy reference.
description: 53 pages, 18 figures, the figures are at a low resolution due to arXiv restrictions, for high-res figures, go to http://www.pabloechenique.com
Additional file 1 of Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Mahul
name: Arunachalam Ramaiah
name: Adolfi, Adriana
name: Halas, Paige
name: Bhagyashree Kaduskar
name: Ngo, Luna Thanh
name: Suvratha Jayaprasad
name: Paul, Kiran
name: Saurabh Whadgar
name: Subhashini Srinivasan
name: Subramani, Suresh
name: Bier, Ethan
name: James, Anthony A.
name: J. J. Emerson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Assembly coverage and heterozygosity. Figure S2. Distribution of repeats and estimates of new full length TEs. Figure S3. Tandem repeats in An. stephensi. Figure S4. Identification and annotation of microbial sequences. Figure S5. Comparison of assembly contiguity and completeness of genome assemblies of various mosquitoes and D. melanogaster. Figure S6. TE insertion in a functional gene and TE content of An. stephensi chromosomes. Figure S7. Y-linked genes supported by uniquely mapping Iso-Seq reads. Figure S8. The repertoire of putative immune-related proteins of An. stephensi that belong to 27 gene families. Figure S9. kdr gene of An. stephensi and presence of SV near the gene. Figure S10. Position of 20 physical map probes against their sequence identity to the new An. stephensi genome assembly. Figure S11. Identification and validation of Y-linked sequences. Table S1. Comparison of assembly statistics for An. stephensi older and new assemblies. Table S9. A list of 23 mosquito genomes and D. melanogaster reference genome from VectorBase/NCBI that were used to create a custom database for Kraken2 to classify An. stephensi contigs. Table S11. SRA accession of the publicly available RNAseq data used in this study.
Biogeography of the montane moss flora of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State
Creators: name: Spence, John R.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: restricted species appear to have distributions coincident with the northern and southern limits of the Wisconsin ice sheets. The study area has the largest number of montane-restricted species of nine sites examined in western North America. The area may have served as a refugium for these species during glaciation. At the study area level, few distributions related to glaciation appear to exist. Most can be correlated with climate (especially precipitation) and habitat factors. A group of species with their centers of distribution in the more continental portions of interior western North America occur west of the Coast Ranges-Cascades crest in coastal areas. The largest concentration of these is in the dry northeastern Olympic Mountains. A combination of habitat restrictions, rarity, lack of sporangium production and disjunct distributions from the interior suggest that the majority of these species may have migrated into coastal areas during the Hypsithermal, with subsequent restriction to xeric sites (especially basic rock such as sandstone) during the cooler and wetter Neoglacial. Many of these species are concentrated in plant communities in the northeastern Olympic Mountains that are also suggested to be relictual.
Evoluzione politica, nomadismo e contraddizioni dello sviluppo in Mongolia
Creators: name: Scaini, Maurizio
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2017

description: La difficoltà di comprensione di civiltà lontane è sintetizzata dal numero
di metafore elaborate da quanti si sono cimentati nell’argomento.
La metafora, come noto, è un’immagine volutamente incompleta ed evocativa. Quando riesce, però, ha il pregio di sintetizzare i luoghi comuni
che condizionano le conclusioni dell’osservatore esterno e i problemi ancora da risolvere.
Se poniamo la nostra attenzione al territorio che convenzionalmente
definiamo con il termine di Asia centrale, una delle metafore più  suggestive è quella che lo paragona a un Oceano costituito da pianure, intervallate da rilievi ondulati, che si estende dalle foreste siberiane del nord est fino alla puzda ungherese e le cui onde sono stati i popoli che si sono susseguiti nei secoli. I confini simbolici di questo insieme possono essere naturali, come l’Himalaya o il Mar Caspio, o artificiali, come la
Grande Muraglia. La loro costruzione, la perdita repentina di significato
simbolico e il loro superamento, indicano bene la spinta propulsiva delle
civiltà interessate, il livello tecnologico a disposizione in un determinato
momento storico e le vicissitudini politiche intervenute. Generalmente, chi studia l’Asia Centrale segue due vie: o si concentra su un gruppo etnico preminente (gli Unni, i Mongoli, i Turchi), e lo segue attraverso i suoi  spostamenti, magari allargando l’attenzione a gran parte dell’Eurasia, come nel caso dei Turchi, oppure si dedica a una regione considerando le popolazioni che vi hanno vissuto. In ambedue i casi è necessario considerare gli stereotipi presenti nel racconto metaforico di riferimento che inevitabilmente alterano la realtà e riducono le possibilità interpretative di chi studia.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 1 (2006): Evoluzione politica, nomadismo e contraddizioni dello sviluppo in Mongolia
Misura e caratterizzazione della regolarità in ambito urbano, ed in particolare per le pavimentazioni lapidee della città di Napoli
Creators: name: Localzo, Andrea
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2008

description: La misura ed il controllo della regolarità superficiale rappresenta un aspetto cruciale nella gestione della manutenzione delle pavimentazioni in ambito urbano, che però sembra non aver trovato sufficienti spazi di approfondimento nella letteratura tecnica.
Il lavoro ha inteso fornire un contributo nell’analisi dei profili di pavimentazioni stradali urbane. Lo studio si è sviluppato a valle di una estesa campagna sperimentale di misure delle caratteristiche superficiali delle pavimentazioni condotta sulla viabilità principale della città di Napoli, con un particolare riferimento alle pavimentazioni lapidee in lastricato ed in cubetti.
L’analisi delle misure di regolarità condotta su un campione di pavimentazioni lapidee in lastricato ed in cubetti ha permesso di individuare e calibrare una originale procedura di rielaborazione volta a razionalizzare l’acquisizione e la successiva archiviazione dei dati di profilo. La procedura messa a punto, consente di individuare ed estrarre le cosiddette irregolarità concentrate e di ricondurre successivamente il profilo ad una successione di tratte stazionarie.
Ulteriori considerazioni hanno riguardato le modalità operative di misura che sembrano differenziarsi da quelle convenzionalmente adottate in ambito extra-urbano sia in ordine alle tecniche di sezionamento che al calcolo di indicatori descrittivi di tipo sintetico che necessitano di un opportuno ripensamento per poter essere adeguati alle differenti esigenze ed ai vincoli imposti dalla viabilità urbana.
In ultimo si sono condotte delle analisi spettrali sulle pavimentazioni lapidee che hanno consentito di effettuare delle considerazioni sul comfort di marcia e sulle vibrazioni indotte da tali pavimentazioni.
Introduzione
Creators: name: De Vecchis, Gino
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2018

description: Nel 1983 stavo compiendo una ricerca geografica sull'arredo urbano, con particolare riferimento alla città di Roma, da pubblicare nella Collana dell'Istituto di Geografia della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. A integrazione dello studio erano opportune alcune immagini di Roma, per esaminare come la città "si mostrava" all'inizio del Novecento. Si riaffacciò allora il ricordo della presenza nell'Archivio dell'Istituto di vecchie lastre fotografiche, delle quali ero venuto a conoscenza una diecina di anni prima, appena laureato. Mi era stato chiesto, infatti, dal prof. Osvaldo Baldacci, mio Maestro e allora Direttore d'Istituto, di suddividere per soggetto i libri della Biblioteca: una Biblioteca ricchissima e prestigiosa, ma ordinata secondo schemi non più consoni alla fruizione di studenti e ricercatori. Quel lavoro, lungo e faticoso, svolto per di più a titolo gratuito, oltre a consentirmi la conoscenza del patrimonio librario dell'Istituto, mi aveva riservato in compenso non poche sorprese. Tra quelle di maggiore interesse vi era stata la scoperta (per me) in armadi posti in una stanza, usata come archivio-deposito ma in realtà un piccolo e straordinario museo, di migliaia di lastre raccolte in numerosi contenitori di legno o di cartone. Non avevo avuto allora il tempo di visionarle con attenzione, ma il rapido sguardo gettato mi aveva fortemente impressionato, rimanendomi ben impresso nella memoria per una serie di ragioni, che in realtà riguardano tutte le foto d'epoca.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2005)
Coelorinchus Giorna 1810
Creators: name: Iwamoto, Tomio
name: Nakayama, Naohide
name: Shao, Kwang-Tsao
name: Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Gadiformes
Macrouridae
Coelorinchus

description: Genus Coelorinchus Giorna, 1810
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— BR 6; suborbital ridge formed of stout, coarsely spined, modified scales extending continuously from tip of snout to posterior angle of preopercle, ending in a sharp point; second spinous ray of first dorsal fin smooth along leading edge (some juveniles and exceptional adults may have a few spinules near distal tip); ventral light organ variously developed, from small gland anterior to anus not externally visible, to large prominent organ with one or two dermal fossae along ventral midline; no rakers along outer (lateral) side of first gill arch. V almost always 7, rarely 6.
REMARKS.— The most diverse genus of family Macrouridae with more than 118 recognized species, categorized by some into as many as seven subgenera; 23 species known from Taiwan. Relationships closest to Macrourus, the only significant differences between the two genera the presence of denticulations on spinous second ray of 1D and generally more pelvic fin rays (8 or 9, rarely 7) in Macrourus. Preliminary cladistic analysis (e.g., Roa-Varón and Ortí 2009:700) suggests that Macrourus is deeply nested within Coelorinchus, a situation that could prove to be a nomenclatural nightmare. Greatest diversity found in tropical regions of the Indo-West Pacific. Species most common in upper- to middle-slope waters between 200 and 1000 m, although some species range into shallow continental-shelf depths and others into depths greater than 1000 m. Many species of shallower waters are highly restricted in their geographic distribution. Maximum size attained range from about 20 cm TL to more than 87 cm.
In statements concerning the ventral light organ, Groups I through IV refer to categories assigned by Iwamoto (1990) based on the external development of the dermal window of the light organ.
description: Published as part of Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, pp. 31-126 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3) on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512126
L'impatto delle biotecnologie sulla soggettività femminile.
Creators: name: Marcozzi, Federica
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2008

description: [italiano] Il presente lavoro si muove nel tentativo di analizzare le modalità in cui le biotecnologie, e in particolare le tecniche di riproduzione assistita, intervengono sul corpo femminile al fine di produrre un rinnovato controllo.
Questa analisi è rivolta alle tecniche di riproduzione assistita in quanto evidente spazio dove è in gioco il controllo sia del corpo femminile che di tutto il processo riproduttivo. A tal fine mi sono avvalsa quasi esclusivamente dell posizioni del movimento femminista favorevoli e non alle nuove tecnologie riproduttive.
La scelta di considerare tali posizioni nasce dal fatto che il movimento femminista, da sempre rivolto a legittimare e difendere il diritto delle donne nel decidere autonomamente dei propri corpi, sta portando avanti una dettagliata analisi sull'intervento biotecnologico in ambito procreativo in relazione al corpo femminile.
Analizzando le modalità con cui lo sviluppo tecnologico e biotecnologico interviene sul corpo femminile e sulla sfera riproduttiva, ho evidenziato la necessità e l'urgenza di ritornare a parlare e ridefinire la maternità nell'ottica della differenza sessuale.
Tenendo sempre presenti i cambiamenti proposti dalle tecniche riproduttive, ho evidenziato come il materno possa essere riconosciuto non più come luogo mancante, secondo la logica fallologocentrica, ma possa al contrario trasformarsi in un laboratorio politico dove potenziare e affermare le differenze e ritagliare spazi di condivisione e relazione.

[english] The aim of this work is to analyze the way in which biotechnologies, by focusing on the new reproductive technologies, act on the feminine body to control it.
This analysis focuses on the new reproductive technologies as a space where both the feminine body and the reproductive process is at stake. The sources I mainly consider are the positions expressed by feminist scholars, those supporting as well as those not supporting this technologies.
By analysing the modalities through which both the technology and the biotechnology development act on the female body and on the reproductive sphere, I argue on the urgent necessity to rediscuss on and redefine motherhood according to sexual difference.
By taking seriously the changes that the reproductive technologies propose, I point out how the maternal might be considered as a political laboratory in and through which affirming differences and their potentiality as relational space.
Comparison of three soil health indicators between different vegetative strip compositions
Creators: name: Nicolay, Robyn
name: Jeffery, Simon
name: Randall, Nicola
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Contemporary evidence shows biotic factors play a prominent role in the soil health and the provision of soil functions. Herbaceous grassland species differ in their modulation of soil communities, effects on soil components, as well the processes they interact with or regulate. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of different plant species communities on soil health, as quantified by soil physical (water infiltration), chemical (soil organic matter) and biological (Collembola community data) indicators. Data was collected from an existing long-term field trial in the UK, planted to either forb-dominated composition, grass species dominated composition or a multipurpose mixture of forb and grass species. Results showed that plant community can determine soil water infiltration rates, particularly with observed increased soil organic matter (SOM) and epigeic Collembola abundances. The results presented here add evidence that plant communities planted as vegetative buffer strips can be specifically tailored to support soil health development and maintenance.
CoMP Transmission in Downlink NOMA-Based Cellular-Connected UAV Networks
Creators: name: Sun, Hongguang
name: Zhang, Linyi
name: Quek, Tony Q. S.
name: Wang, Xijun
name: Zhang, Yan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we study the integration between the coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission and the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in the downlink cellular-connected UAV networks with the coexistence of aerial users (AUs) and terrestrial users (TUs). Based on the comparison of the desired signal strength to the dominant interference strength, the AUs are classified into CoMP-AUs and Non-CoMP AUs, where the former receives transmissions from two cooperative BSs, and constructs two exclusive NOMA clusters with two TUs, respectively. A Non-CoMP AU constructs a NOMA cluster with a TU served by the same BS. By leveraging the tools from stochastic geometry, we propose a novel analytical framework to evaluate the performance of the CoMP-NOMA based cellular-connected UAV network in terms of coverage probability, and average ergodic rate. We reveal the superiority of the proposed CoMP-NOMA scheme by comparing with three benchmark schemes, and further quantify the impacts of key system parameters on the network performance. By harvesting the benefits of both CoMP and NOMA, we prove that the proposed framework can provide reliable connection for AUs by using CoMP and enhance the average ergodic rate through NOMA technique as well.
description: 29 pages,10 figures, submitted to a transaction journal
Solving the LHC Inverse Problem with Dark Matter Observations
Creators: name: Altunkaynak, Baris
name: Holmes, Michael
name: Nelson, Brent D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the utility of cosmological and astrophysical observations for distinguishing between supersymmetric theories. In particular we consider 276 pairs of models that give rise to nearly identical patterns of observables at hadron colliders. Despite inherent uncertainties in such things as the local halo density model, or background rates from astrophysical sources, we find observations associated with stable relic neutralinos can be a surprisingly effective discriminant between candidate theories. We focus attention on neutralino scattering experiments (direct detection of relic neutralinos) and observations of gamma-rays from relic neutralino annihilation (indirect detection experiments). With extremely conservative physics assumptions and background estimates we find 101 of the 276 degenerate pairs can be distinguished. Using slightly more optimistic assumptions about background rates increases this number to 186 of the 276 pairs. In the direct detection arena the ability to distinguish between models will be dependent on further progress in addressing uncertainty in nuclear matrix elements. For observations in the indirect detection arena we discuss the sensitivity of these results to additional assumptions made about the cosmological density of neutralinos and the galactic halo profile. We also comment on the complementarity of this study to recent work investigating these same pairs at a 500 GeV linear collider.
description: 42 pages, 7 figures. Additional discussion of halo model uncertainties and references added. Corresponds to version accepted and published in JHEP
Orthosoma brunneum
Creators: name: Webster, Reginald
name: McCoqrquodale, David
name: Majka, Christopher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Orthosoma
Orthosoma brunneum

description: Orthosoma brunneum (Forster, 1771) New Brunswick: Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 17.VII.1997, R. P. Webster, oak and maple forest, M. V. light (1, NBM). York Co., Fredericton, 22.VII.1930, L.J. Simpson, 18730, det. W.J. Brown (1, AFC); Fredericton, 11.VII.1931, det. R. E. Balch (1, AFC); Fredericton, 20.VII.1938, FIS (1, AFC); Fredericton, 15.VIII.1958, FIS, light trap, 59-624, 59C34 (1, AFC); Nashwaaksis, 9.VIII.1958, FIS, 59-624, 59C37 (1, AFC); Nashwaaksis, 21.VII.1959, FIS, light trap, 59C31 (1, AFC). Spondylidinae Spondylidini
description: Published as part of Webster, Reginald, McCoqrquodale, David & Majka, Christopher, 2009, New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, pp. 285-308 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on page 291, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.122, http://zenodo.org/record/576540
Chitosan-based nanoparticles and microparticles
Creators: name: Nasti, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2008

description: Chitosan-Triphosphate Nanoparticles
There is a widespread interest in the use of nano-carriers for drug delivery and chitosan is one of the most sought-after components for designing biocompatible nanoparticles.
Here, using a rational experimental design, I have studied the influence of a number of variables (pH, concentrations, ratios of components, different methods of mixing) in the preparation of chitosan/triphosphate (CS/TPP) nanoparticles and in their coating with hyaluronic acid (HA). The aim was to minimise size polydispersity, maximise zeta potential and long-term stability, and control the average nanoparticle size. As a result, three kinds of optimised nanoparticles have been developed, two uncoated and one HA-coated. Their toxicity on fibroblasts and uptake by macrophages have been evaluated. Experiments showed the beneficial character of HA-coating in the reduction of toxicity (IC50 raised from 0.7-0.8 mg/mL to 1.8 mg/mL) and suggested that the uncoated chitosan/TPP nanoparticles had toxic effects following internalisation rather than membrane disruption. Uptake tests were performed after the conjugation of fluorescein isothiocyanate (fluorescent label) with chitosan. The nano-carrier can be produced in future for the delivery of short sequences of RNA (e.g. siRNA), be trackable and rather have the ability to specifically bind to target cells.

Chitosan-Triphosphate microparticles
Monodisperse microparticles were produced using the Inotech® encapsulator exploiting the gelation between chitosan and TPP. The target of 300 µm size was obtained through optimising several parameters (nozzle oscillation, nozzle diameter, pH, concentrations, flow rate, electrostatic charge). TPP was chosen for its non-toxicity and fast gelling ability. The method was mild and did not require organic solvents or toxic cross-linking reagents. These particles will be used in future experiments to embed hydrophobic actives, proteins or living cells.
Cesare Battisti geografo e cartografo di frontiera (Trento, 27-29 ottobre 2016)
Creators: name: Carallo, Sara
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2017

description: In occasione del Centenario della morte di Cesare Battisti, studioso e intellettuale poliedrico, dal 27 al 29 ottobre 2016 si è svolto a Trento il
convegno internazionale “Cesare Battisti geografo e cartografo di frontiera”.
Organizzato dal Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università di Trento e dal Centro Italiano per gli Studi Storico – Geografici (CISGE) in collaborazione
con il Castello del Buonconsiglio, l’incontro si è tenuto all’interno della prestigiosa sede della Sala Grande del Castello del Buonconsiglio.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 1 (2017): GEOGRAFIA E DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Optimized minigaps for negative differential resistance creation in strongly delta-doped (1D) superlattices
Creators: name: Ferrus, T.
name: Goutiers, B.
name: Ressier, L.
name: Peyrade, J. P.
name: Porto, J. A.
name: Sanchez-dehesa, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The "atomic saw method" uses the passage of dislocations in two-dimensional (2D) quantum-well superlattices to create periodic slipping layers and one-dimensional (1D) quantum wire superlattices. The effects of this space structuring of the samples on the allowed energies are analysed in the case of GaAs d-doped superlattices. If they are sufficiently large, the various minigaps appearing in the 1D band structure could be responsible for the presence of negative differential resistance (NDR) with high critical current in these systems. The purpose is to determine the evolution of the minigaps in terms of the sample parameters and to obtain the means to determine both the 2D and 1D structural characteristics where NDR could appear.
description: see erratum 10.1006/spmi.1998.0702
Sampling-based Reactive Synthesis for Nondeterministic Hybrid Systems
Creators: name: Ho, Qi Heng
name: Sunberg, Zachary N.
name: Lahijanian, Morteza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper introduces a sampling-based strategy synthesis algorithm for nondeterministic hybrid systems with complex continuous dynamics under temporal and reachability constraints. We model the evolution of the hybrid system as a two-player game, where the nondeterminism is an adversarial player whose objective is to prevent achieving temporal and reachability goals. The aim is to synthesize a winning strategy -- a reactive (robust) strategy that guarantees the satisfaction of the goals under all possible moves of the adversarial player. Our proposed approach involves growing a (search) game-tree in the hybrid space by combining sampling-based motion planning with a novel bandit-based technique to select and improve on partial strategies. We show that the algorithm is probabilistically complete, i.e., the algorithm will asymptotically almost surely find a winning strategy, if one exists. The case studies and benchmark results show that our algorithm is general and effective, and consistently outperforms state of the art algorithms.
description: Published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
NvDEx-100 Conceptual Design Report
Creators: name: Cao, X.
name: Chang, Y.
name: Chen, K.
name: Ciuffoli, E.
name: Duan, L.
name: Fang, D.
name: Gao, C.
name: Ghorui, S. K.
name: Hu, P.
name: Hu, Q.
name: Huang, S.
name: Huang, Z.
name: Lang, L.
name: Li, Y.
name: Li, Z.
name: Liang, T.
name: Liu, J.
name: Lu, C.
name: Mai, F.
name: Mei, Y.
name: Qiu, H.
name: Sun, X.
name: Tang, X.
name: Wang, H.
name: Wang, Q.
name: Xiao, L.
name: Xiao, M.
name: Xin, J.
name: Xu, N.
name: Yang, P.
name: Yang, Y.
name: Yang, Z.
name: Yu, Z.
name: Zhang, D.
name: Zhang, J.
name: Zhao, C.
name: Zhu, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observing nuclear neutrinoless double beta (0vbb) decay would be a revolutionary result in particle physics. Observing such a decay would prove that the neutrinos are their own antiparticles, help to study the absolute mass of neutrinos, explore the origin of their mass, and may explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry in our universe by lepton number violation.
 We propose developing a time projection chamber (TPC) using high-pressure 82SeF6 gas and top-metal silicon sensors for read-out in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 82Se, called the NvDEx experiment. Besides being located at CJPL with the world's thickest rock shielding, NvDEx combines the advantages of the high Qbb (2.996 MeV) of 82Se and the TPC's ability to distinguish signal and background events using their different topological characteristics. This makes NvDEx unique, with great potential for low-background and high-sensitivity 0vbb searches.
 NvDEx-100, a NvDEx experiment phase with 100 kg of SeF6 gas, is being built, with plans to complete installation at CJPL by 2025. This report introduces 0vbb physics, the NvDEx concept and its advantages, and the schematic design of NvDEx-100, its subsystems, and background and sensitivity estimation.
Is a step in the primordial spectral index favored by CMB data ?
Creators: name: Joy, Minu
name: Shafieloo, Arman
name: Sahni, Varun
name: Starobinsky, Alexei A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A sudden small change in the second derivative of the inflaton potential can result in a universal local feature in the spectrum of primordial perturbations generated during inflation. The exact solution describing this feature \cite{minu} is characterized by a step in the spectral index modulated by characteristic oscillations and results in a large running of the spectral index localized over a few e-folds of scale. In this paper we confront this step-like feature with the 5 year WMAP results and demonstrate that it provides a better fit to this data than a featureless initial spectrum. If such a feature exists at all, then it should lie at sufficiently large scales $k_0 \lesssim 0.003 {\rm Mpc}^{-1}$ corresponding to $l \lesssim 40$. The sign of the effect is shown to correspond to the negative running of $n_s$ localized near this scale. This feature could arise as a result of a `mini-waterfall'-type fast second order phase transition experienced by an auxiliary heavy field during inflation, in a model similar to hybrid inflation (though for a different choice of parameters). If this is the case, then the auxiliary field should be positively coupled to the inflaton.
description: Several new results, figures and enhanced discussion. Main conclusions unchanged. Matches the final version to be published in JCAP
The Angular-Diameter-Distance-Maximum and Its Redshift as Constraints on $Λ\neq 0$ FLRW Models
Creators: name: Araújo, M. E.
name: Stoeger, W. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The plethora of recent cosmologically relevant data has indicated that our universe is very well fit by a standard Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) model, with $Ω_{M} \approx 0.27$ and $Ω_Λ \approx 0.73$ -- or, more generally, by nearly flat FLRW models with parameters close to these values. Additional independent cosmological information, particularly the maximum of the angular-diameter (observer-area) distance and the redshift at which it occurs, would improve and confirm these results, once sufficient precise Supernovae Ia data in the range $1.5 < z < 1.8$ become available. We obtain characteristic FLRW closed functional forms for $C = C(z)$ and $\hat{M}_0 = \hat{M}_0(z)$, the angular-diameter distance and the density per source counted, respectively, when $Λ\neq 0$, analogous to those we have for $Λ= 0$. More importantly, we verify that for flat FLRW models $z_{max}$ -- as is already known but rarely recognized -- the redshift of $C_{max}$, the maximum of the angular-diameter-distance, uniquely gives $Ω_Λ$, the amount of vacuum energy in the universe, independently of $H_0$, the Hubble parameter. For non-flat models determination of both $z_{max}$ and $C_{max}$ gives both $Ω_Λ$ and $Ω_M$, the amount of matter in the universe, as long as we know $H_0$ independently. Finally, determination of $C_{max}$ automatically gives a very simple observational criterion for whether or not the universe is flat -- presuming that it is FLRW.
description: 17 Pages, 1 Figure
Electrostatic Discovery Atomic Force Microscopy
Creators: name: Oinonen, Niko
name: Xu, Chen
name: Alldritt, Benjamin
name: Canova, Filippo Federici
name: Urtev, Fedor
name: Cai, Shuning
name: Krejčí, Ondřej
name: Kannala, Juho
name: Liljeroth, Peter
name: Foster, Adam S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: While offering unprecedented resolution of atomic and electronic structure, Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques have found greater challenges in providing reliable electrostatic characterization at the same scale. In this work, we introduce Electrostatic Discovery Atomic Force Microscopy, a machine learning based method which provides immediate quantitative maps of the electrostatic potential directly from Atomic Force Microscopy images with functionalized tips. We apply this to characterize the electrostatic properties of a variety of molecular systems and compare directly to reference simulations, demonstrating good agreement. This approach opens the door to reliable atomic scale electrostatic maps on any system with minimal computational overhead.
Neospondylis upiformis
Creators: name: Webster, Reginald
name: McCoqrquodale, David
name: Majka, Christopher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Neospondylis
Neospondylis upiformis

description: Neospondylis upiformis (Mannerheim, 1843) ** New Brunswick: Northumberland Co., Boiestown, June [year not given]. C.E. Atwood (1, ROM). Asemini
description: Published as part of Webster, Reginald, McCoqrquodale, David & Majka, Christopher, 2009, New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, pp. 285-308 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on page 291, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.122, http://zenodo.org/record/576540
A study of the quantum classical crossover in the spin dynamics of the 2D S=5/2 antiferromagnet Rb2MnF4: neutron scattering, computer simulations, and analytic theories
Creators: name: Huberman, T.
name: Tennant, D. A.
name: Cowley, R. A.
name: Coldea, R.
name: Frost, C. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report comprehensive inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic excitations in the 2D spin-5/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet Rb2MnF4 as a function of temperature from deep in the Neel ordered phase up to paramagnetic, 0.13 < kBT/4JS < 1.4. Well defined spin-waves are found for wave-vectors larger than the inverse correlation length $η^{-1}$ for temperatures up to near the Curie-Weiss temperature, $Θ_{CW}$. For wave-vectors smaller than $η^{-1}$, relaxational dynamics occurs. The observed renormalization of spin-wave energies, and evolution of excitation line-shapes, with increasing temperature are quantitatively compared with finite-temperature spin-wave theory, and computer simulations for classical spins. Random phase approximation calculations provide a good description of the low-temperature renormalisation of spin-waves. In contrast, lifetime broadening calculated using the first Born approximation shows, at best, modest agreement around the zone boundary at low temperatures. Classical dynamics simulations using an appropriate quantum-classical correspondence were found to provide a good description of the intermediate- and high-temperature regimes over all wave-vector and energy scales, and the crossover from quantum to classical dynamics observed around $Θ_{CW}/S$, where the spin S=5/2. A characterisation of the data over the whole wave-vector/energy/temperature parameter space is given. In this, $T^2$ behaviour is found to dominate the wave-vector and temperature dependence of the line widths over a large parameter range, and no evidence of hydrodynamic behaviour or dynamical scaling behaviour found within the accuracy of the data sets.
description: 28 pages 20 figures, Published in J. Stat. Mech. (2008) P05017 without changes