cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Analysis of Drinking Water Supply System Encompassing The Catchment, The Reservoir and The Treatment Facility (A Case Study of Osman Sagar Drinking Water Supply System, Hyderabad, India)
Creators: name: Balijepalli, Valli Priya
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009
Subjects: Water balance
Drinking water supply system
Osman Sagar
Integrated approach

description: Unregulated urban growth and unscientific approach towards source protection led to the degradation and loss of fresh water lakes in Hyderabad. Osman Sagar is one of the few lakes that still retains its fresh water status. In recent times it witnessed drastic fluctuations in its inflows resulting in reduced drinking water supply. The study emphasizes the need to improve the overall water management based on the integration of scientific assessment and appropriate management strategies.
Additional file 1 of The effects of probiotics supplementation on glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Creators: name: Li, Guang
name: Feng, Hao
name: Mao, Xin-Liang
name: Deng, Yan-Jun
name: Wang, Xiao-Bao
name: Zhang, Qiong
name: Guo, Yan
name: Xiao, Su-Mei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. PRISMA Checklist.
title: Application of a Multivariable Robust Controller Design Method to Hard-Coal Preparation
Creators: name: Cuno, Bernd
name: Neddermeyer, Werner
Publisher: name: IFAC - International Federation of Automatic Control
Year: 2023

description: The paper describes an application of a robust controller design method for calculating the parameters of a controller for a multivariable hard-coal preparation process. The parameters are optimized via a sequential design method in the frequency domain, being based on a combination of the Horowitz/Sidi design (1972), Mayne's (1973) sequential design and Steinhauser/Kreisselmeier's (1979) vector performance criterion method. The design was carried out using a relatively sophisticated CAD-program. The paper shows how the parameters are calculated with this CAD-method and discusses the simulated control results. The simulation is compared with the measured results at the plant after implementation of the designed controller on a process computer AEG 80/30 with a real time software control package ARSI.
Prozessorganisation in eingebetteten, ubiquitären Rechnersystemen
Creators: name: Decker, Christian
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009
Subjects: Ubiquitous Computing
Kooperation
Kollaboration
Regelkreise
Scheduling

description: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Prozessausführung ubiquitärer Rechnersysteme unter unbekannten, sich zeitlich verändernden Einsatzbedingungen systematisch zu organisieren, um eine verbesserte Informationsverarbeitung ubiquitärer Appliances zu erreichen. Zentraler Beitrag ist die Theorie der kooperativen und kollaborativen Prozessorganisation für eingebettete, ubiquitäre Rechnersysteme. Kooperative und kollaborative Prozesse erreichen eine zeitnahe Datenverarbeitung und bessere Ressourcennutzung.
Description Logic for Scene Understanding at the Example of Urban Road Intersections
Creators: name: Hummel, Britta
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009
Subjects: Beschreibungslogik
Deduktion
Szeneninterpretation
Kreuzungsinterpretation
Fahrbahnerkennung

description: Understanding a natural scene on the basis of external sensors is a task yet to be solved by computer algorithms. The present thesis investigates the suitability of a particular family of explicit, formal representation and reasoning formalisms for this task, which are subsumed under the term Description Logic.
Economic Effects of Banning Soil Fumigants
Creators: name: Barse, Joseph R.
name: Ferguson, Walter
name: Seem, Robert
name: Barse, Joseph R.
name: Ferguson, Walter
name: Seem, Robert
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Production Economics
subject: Productivity Analysis
subject: Fumigants
subject: pesticides
subject: soil-borne pests
subject: nematodes
subject: insects
subject: weeds

description: Producers who formerly used fumigants to control soil-borne pests would be worse off by $100-$200 million per year, despite higher prices, if soil fumigants were banned for citrus fruit, potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, and a few other crops, because crop output would decline sharply. Producers who did not use fumigants would be better off by $480-$800 million per year because of higher product prices received. Consumers would pay $3.0-$5.1 billion more annually in the short run. Average annual consumer prices would rise 53 percent for fresh tomatoes, 11 percent for potatoes, a percent for canned tomatoes, and 4 percent for cigarettes. Loss of fumigants would have no effect on prices of cotton products, citrus fruit, or frozen juice. This report estimates the economic effects on producers and consumers of certain crops if the use of all soil fumigants were lost because of EPA cancellation, suspension, or manufacturer withdrawal.
Ktaqamkuk : remembering and re-imagining our relations
Creators: name: Bennett, Jordan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: My thesis exhibition Mniku, translating to island in Mi’kmaw, consists of a series of carvings, paintings, drawings and interactive sound installation. Each piece in the exhibition is a representation of the island of Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland) itself. With each piece created I strived to find a visual balance between known Mi’kmaq and Beothuk designs while dismantling western interpretations and understandings of time and space. The thesis exhibition and this support paper follow my journey in attempting to revisit known and speculative sites of both Beothuk and Mi’kmaq settlement in Ktaqamkuk through both a physical and artistic journey. Most early historical documentation I encountered concerning the Beothuk and Mi’kmaq of Ktaqamkuk was from a western colonial perspective, and through that writing I believe it is impossible to fully know the true history of our people. There is currently little critical analysis of this historical writing, which creates more questions than answers. It is my intention to demonstrate the impact of these documents in relationship to my research/creation methodology, as a response in part to the colonial tradition and assumptions based in this historical documentation. The research I have undertaken here will allow me to apply my findings into future research, writing and artistic creation. The intention of my work is to question historical and contemporary writing, assumptions and interpretations of Mi’kmaq and Beothuk relations and to add to future dialogue and discourse in this area.
Integral field spectroscopy of H2 and CO emission in IRAS 18276-1431: evidence for ongoing post-AGB mass loss
Creators: name: Gledhill, T. M.
name: Forde, K. P.
name: Lowe, K. T. E.
name: Smith, M. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present K-band integral field spectroscopy of the bipolar post-AGB object IRAS 18276-1431 (OH 17.7-2.0) using SINFONI on the VLT. This allows us to image both the continuum and molecular features in this object from 1.95-2.45μm with a spatial resolution down to 70 mas and a spectral resolution of approx. 5000. We detect a range of H2 ro-vibrational emission lines which are consistent with shock excitation in regions of dense (approx. 10^7 cm^-3) gas with shock velocities in the range 25 - 30 km/s. The distribution of H2 emission in the bipolar lobes suggests that a fast wind is impinging on material in the cavity walls and tips. H2 emission is also seen along a line of sight close to the obscured star as well as in the equatorial region to either side of the stellar position which has the appearance of a ring with radius 0.3 arcsec. This latter feature may be radially cospatial with the boundary between the AGB and post-AGB winds. The first overtone 12^CO bandheads are observed longward of 2.29 μm with the v = 2-0 bandhead prominently in emission. The CO emission has the same spatial distribution as the K-band continuum and therefore originates from an unresolved central source close to the star. We interpret this as evidence for ongoing mass loss in this object. This conclusion is further supported by a rising K-band continuum indicating the presence of warm dust close to the star, possibly down to the condensation radius. The red-shifted scattered peak of the CO bandhead is used to estimate a dust velocity along the bipolar axis of 95 km/s for the collimated wind. This places a lower limit of approx. 125 yr on the age of the bipolar cavities, meaning that the collimated fast wind turned on very soon after the cessation of AGB mass loss.
description: 16 pages, 9 Figures, Accepted by MNRAS
Bildverarbeitung für ein generisches Entladesystem
Creators: name: Kaiser, Benedikt
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009
Subjects: Griff in die Kiste
bin picking
Automatisierung
Logistik
Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle

description: Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden Verfahren der Bildverarbeitung für den Einsatz in einem generischen Entladesystem untersucht. Eine wichtige Randbedingung bestand darin, dass keine exakte Kenntnis über die Form und die Beschaffenheit der zu greifenden Objekte vorausgesetzt werden sollte. Anhand mehrerer experimentelle Entladesysteme konnte die Effektivität der vorgestellten Verfahren demonstriert werden.
Additional file 1 of Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and pneumonia hospital admission among patients with COPD: a time-stratified case-crossover study
Creators: name: Lu, Wenfeng
name: Tian, Qi
name: Xu, Ruijun
name: Zhong, Chenghui
name: Qiu, Lan
name: Zhang, Han
name: Shi, Chunxiang
name: Liu, Yuewei
name: Zhou, Yun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Adjusted ORs (95% CIs) for pneumonia hospital admission among patients with COPD associated with each IQR increase of exposure to PM2.5 (lag 2), PM10 (lag 2), SO2 (lag 03), NO2 (lag 03), CO (lag 2), and O3 (lag 04) stratified by sex, age, and season. Table S2. Adjusted ORs (95% CIs) for pneumonia hospital admission among patients with COPD associated with each IQR increase of exposure to PM2.5 (lag 2), PM10 (lag 2), SO2 (lag 03), NO2 (lag 03), CO (lag 2), and O3 (lag 04) estimated by single- and two-pollutant models.
Additional file 2 of The effects of probiotics supplementation on glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Creators: name: Li, Guang
name: Feng, Hao
name: Mao, Xin-Liang
name: Deng, Yan-Jun
name: Wang, Xiao-Bao
name: Zhang, Qiong
name: Guo, Yan
name: Xiao, Su-Mei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. MeSH and non-MeSH terms used in the systematic search.
Kreativität in der Produktentwicklung und Muster als methodisches Hilfsmittel. Creativity in Product Development and Patterns as a Methodological Means of Support
Creators: name: Deigendesch, Tobias
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009
Subjects: Produktentwicklung
Kreativität
Wissensmanagement
Konstruktion
Muster

description: Die vorliegende Dissertation beleuchtet den Kreativitätsbegriff für den Kontext der ingenieurmäßigen Produktentwicklung. Auf dieser Basis wird der Ansatz der Muster begründet, durch die Wissen bereitgestellt und gleichzeitig kreative Lösungsfindung in den Konstruktionsaktivitäten ermöglicht wird. Weiterhin wird ein Modell zur Erzeugung, Anwendung und Verbesserung von Mustern zur Verfügung gestellt, durch neue Methoden ergänzt und am Bespiel der Mikrotechnik in einem ersten Schritt erprobt.
Double pass quantum volume hologram
Creators: name: Vasilyev, Denis V.
name: Sokolov, Ivan V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new scheme for parallel spatially multimode quantum memory for light. The scheme is based on the propagating in different directions quantum signal wave and strong classical reference wave, like in a classical volume hologram and the previously proposed quantum volume hologram [Phys. Rev. A 81, 020302(R)(2010)]. The medium for the hologram consists of a spatially extended ensemble of cold spin-polarized atoms. In absence of the collective spin rotation during the interaction, two passes of light for both storage and retrieval are required, and therefore the present scheme can be called a double pass quantum volume hologram. The scheme is less sensitive to diffraction and therefore is capable of achieving higher density of storage of spatial modes as compared to the thin quantum hologram of [Phys. Rev. A 77, 020302(R)(2008)], which also requires two passes of light for both storage and retrieval. On the other hand, the present scheme allows to achieve a good memory performance with a lower optical depth of the atomic sample as compared to the quantum volume hologram. A quantum hologram capable of storing entangled images can become an important ingredient in quantum information processing and quantum imaging.
Wireless Networks In-the-Loop: Software Radio as the Enabler
Creators: name: Elsner, Jens
name: Braun, Martin
name: Nagel, Stefan
name: Nagaraj, Kshama
name: Jondral, Friedrich K.
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2009

description: A software architecture to rapidly develop and test radio networks in real and physical environments is proposed. Radio network terminals are developed in software and run on generic hardware to maximize reconfigurability. Due to the software nature of the radio terminals, radio networks can be simulated in a virtual environment, where physical channels are emulated by software entities. Without any changes to the code base, the same waveform can also be run in a real, physical environment. This feature is used to rapidly switch between real and virtual networks, thus bridging the gap between simulation and physical reality. Aspects of the proposed system are implemented and demonstrated with the GNU Software Radio framework.
Additional file 2 of Genome-wide identification, characterization and transcriptional profile of the SWEET gene family in Dendrobium officinale
Creators: name: Hao, Li
name: Shi, Xin
name: Qin, Shunwang
name: Dong, Jiahong
name: Shi, Huan
name: Wang, Yuehua
name: Zhang, Yi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Material 2
Classification of stability failure modes of sandwich panels under compression loading: global and local buckling, crippling at support line
Creators: name: Käpplein, Saskia
name: Ummenhofer, Thomas
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2010

description: Traditionally, sandwich panels are designed as unidirectional spanning flexural members, transferring the load to a skeletal substructure. As a recent development, sandwich panels are used without substructure. In this application the panels have to transfer normal forces in addition to transverse loads. The paper introduces a design model for axial loaded sandwich panels. Additionally, the basic failure modes at the area of load application were illustrated and a mechanical model is presented.
On QGP Formation in pp Collisions at 7 TeV
Creators: name: Liu, Fu-Ming
name: Werner, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possibility of QGP formation in central pp collisions at ultra-high collision energy is discussed. Centrality-dependent $\pt$-spectra and (pseudo)rapidity spectra of thermal photons (charged hadrons) from pp collisions at 7 TeV are presented (addressed). Minimal-bias $\pt$-spectrum of direct photons and charged hadrons is compared under the framework with and without hydrodynamical evolution process.
description: 4pages, 5figs, submitted to the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collision (Quark Matter 2011), 23 - 28 May 2011, Annecy, France
Additional file 5 of The effects of probiotics supplementation on glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Creators: name: Li, Guang
name: Feng, Hao
name: Mao, Xin-Liang
name: Deng, Yan-Jun
name: Wang, Xiao-Bao
name: Zhang, Qiong
name: Guo, Yan
name: Xiao, Su-Mei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: Additional file 5: Figure S3. Funnel plot for studies included in this meta-analysis. (a) FBG, (b) Insulin, (c) HbAc1, and (d) HOMA-IR.
Crack initiation under static loads including the influence of residual welding stresses
Creators: name: Volz, Michael,
name: Saal, Helmut
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2010

description: Starting from the basic approaches for the reduction of ultimate strain for steel with increasing hydrostatic stress tensor a function is derived which reflects the different influences on ultimate strain abetting brittle fracture. This function, which via stress state includes the influence of residual stresses, e.g. due to welding, is a tool for predicting the formation of the crack. Nonlinear FE-analyses including a welding simulation macro are performed to describe the stress-strain situation up to the fracture state in component tests.
Einmischprozesse am Oberrand der konvektiven atmosphärischen Grenzschicht
Creators: name: Träumner, Katja
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2010
Subjects: Doppler Lidar
Einmischen
Entrainment
Grenzschicht

description: Der Prozess des Einmischens von Luft aus der freien Atmosphäre in die konvektive Grenzschicht wird mit Hilfe eines Doppler Lidars und konzeptioneller Ansätze untersucht. Durch  detaillierte Betrachtung der Vorgänge an der Oberkante der Grenzschicht einerseits und der quantitativen Erfassung der Wirkung dieser Vorgänge andererseits, konnte eine Erweiterung des Prozessverständnisses erfolgen sowie Möglichkeiten zu einer robusteren numerischen Beschreibung des Prozesses aufgezeigt werden.
Prospects for a Secondary Market for Farm Mortgages
Creators: name: Hiemstra, Stephen W.
name: Koenig, Steven R.
name: Freshwater, David
name: Hiemstra, Stephen W.
name: Koenig, Steven R.
name: Freshwater, David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: Farmer Mac
subject: secondary market
subject: agricultural credit
subject: agricultural policy
subject: Agricultural Credit Act of 1987
subject: farm mortgage markets
subject: agricultural real estate loans
subject: agricultural mortgages

description: The success of a secondary market for farm mortgages depends on the underwriting standards adopted by the recently created Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) and active participation of Farm Credit System (FCS) lenders. Development of underwriting standards and other administrative requirements in both the public and private sectors is likely to delay the initiation of market operations until late 1989. Tight underwriting standards and less than full participation of the FCS could delay active trading for several years after market operations begin. A secondary market is a financial market in which lenders sell mortgages to poolers who, in turn, market securities backed by those mortgages to investors. Loan sales allow lenders to recover most of the loan principal. Borrowers who meet Farmer Mac underwriting standards may therefore be able to get loans even when the supply of loanable funds is otherwise constrained. When loanable funds are more accessible, secondary market sales will increase competition among lenders and lower interest rates. Borrowers who do not meet Farmer Mac standards may either have to rely increasingly on Government credit programs or pay more for credit.
Statistical Mechanics of Glass Formation in Molecular Liquids with OTP as an Example
Creators: name: Boué, Laurent
name: Hentschel, H. G. E.
name: Ilyin, Valery
name: Procaccia, Itamar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend our statistical mechanical theory of the glass transition from examples consisting of point particles to molecular liquids with internal degrees of freedom. As before, the fundamental assertion is that super-cooled liquids are ergodic, although becoming very viscous at lower temperatures, and are therefore describable in principle by statistical mechanics. The theory is based on analyzing the local neighborhoods of each molecule, and a statistical mechanical weight is assigned to every possible local organization. This results in an approximate theory that is in very good agreement with simulations regarding both thermodynamical and dynamical properties.
Development and application of proteomic tools to quantify the redox status change in blood cells
Creators: name: Li, Ru
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the number one killer around the world, representing a huge unmet need in innovative therapies. Platelet activation and their interaction with monocytes are critical in the development of CVDs, particularly atherosclerosis. Activated platelets release the contents of their granules, commonly called “platelet releasate”, and recruit monocytes to damaged endothelium. However, the molecular mechanisms of the redox regulation in monocytes in response to platelet releasate are not fully understood. To extend our knowledge in this area, the modified biotin switch assays were developed and applied to an atherosclerotic model in sequential experiments, i.e. the quantification of reversible cysteine oxidations and sulfenic acid modification. We found that monocytes treated with platelet releasate activated NADPH oxidase (NOX) to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) and resulted in cysteine oxidations. The proteome of reversible cysteine oxidations was analyzed in the atherosclerotic model using the modified biotin switch assay, and several biological processes were identified including glycolysis, cytoskeleton arrangement, and redox regulation. To better understand redox regulation in monocytes, the proteome of the sulfenic acid modification, a subtype of reversible cysteine oxidations, was obtained in the same model. Bioinformatics analysis of the proteome of sulfenic acid modification highlighted the biological process of monocyte transendothelial migration, which included integrin β₂. Flow cytometry confirmed the activation of LFA-1 (αLβ₂), a subfamily of integrin β₂ complex, on human primary monocytes following platelet releasate treatment, which was mediated by the NOX-derived ROS. Furthermore, dyslipidemia is closely associated with hyperactivity of platelets in atherosclerosis and the generation of biologically active oxidized phospholipids including oxidized phosphatidylcholine (oxPC). Through our studies, we found a previous unknown inhibitory effect of oxPC species on platelet activation via soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC)– cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway. In summary, the versatile modified biotin switch assay provides an approach for the quantification of reversible cysteine oxidation in biological systems. The application of this assay has extended our understanding of redox regulation in platelet-monocyte interaction and platelet function in atherosclerosis. The better understanding of redox regulation in atherosclerosis has the potential to advance the design of more targeted antioxidant therapies for CVDs.
Additional file 1 of Identifying mutations in sd1, Pi54 and Pi-ta, and positively selected genes of TN1, the first semidwarf rice in Green Revolution
Creators: name: Panibe, Jerome P.
name: Wang, Long
name: Lee, Yi-Chen
name: Wang, Chang-Sheng
name: Li, Wen-Hsiung
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. TN1 Botanical studies.
Designing location and mobility aware solutions for message dissemination in vehicular ad-hoc networks
Creators: name: Hosseininezhad, Seyedali
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is one of the potential solutions for providing low cost and best efforts connectivity platforms which can coexist with cellular and WiFi technologies. Due to high mobility of nodes and short lifetime of links, server-to-client and server-to-server communications become challenging. Effective context-aware broadcasting of information to the destination areas is also a challenge in VANET’s. It is usually assumed that the information about these areas is known a priori, either by a centralized source of information or by the entire set of vehicles. However, in reality, this information may not be available on demand. Message dissemination using partially known location information can reduce the overall throughput of the network. We propose to enhance the performance of server selection in a heterogeneous VANET by taking link reliability into consideration in the server selection mechanism.Thereby, extra client-to-server hand-offs are avoided and the need of serverto-server synchronization is reduced. We also propose an adaptive broadcasting scheme based on distributed reinforcement learning. In this scheme, vehicles collaboratively tune the rate of their message broadcasts based on the network dynamics without any initial knowledge about the geographical distribution of Areas of Interest (AOI). The proposed approach enables a more practical implementation of distributed context-aware broadcasting, which requires no global information and only partial synchronization. In our third contribution, we propose a message dissemination algorithm for location-aware services in vehicular networks. The objective is to reduce information delivery time in intermittently connected urban vehicular networks by using historical mobility information of vehicles. Roads are divided into dense and sparse paths based on observed traffic density and vehicles share their current knowledge about fastest possible message delivery time to contouring dense roads. We evaluate and compare our methods to well known and related literature by running network and mobility simulations using tools such as network simulators NS2, NS3 and Matlab. Mobility simulations are done using SUMO simulator.
Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue -- II. Two spotted M < 1 M$_\odot$ systems at different evolutionary stages
Creators: name: Hełminiak, Krzysztof G.
name: Konacki, Maciej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. We present the results of our detailed spectroscopic and photometric analysis of two previously unknown < 1 M{_\sun} detached eclipsing binaries: ASAS J045304-0700.4 and ASAS J082552-1622.8. Methods. With the HIgh Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) on the Keck-I telescope, we obtained spectra of both objects covering large fractions of orbits of the systems. We also obtained V and I band photometry with the 1.0-m Elizabeth telescope of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). The orbital and physical parameters of the systems were derived with the PHOEBE and JKTEBOP codes. We investigated the evolutionary status of both binaries with several sets of widely-used isochrones. Results. Our modelling indicates that (1) ASAS J045304-0700.4 is an old, metal-poor, active system with component masses of M1 = 0.8452 \pm 0.0056 M$_\odot$, M2 = 0.8390 \pm 0.0056 M$_\odot$ and radii of R1 = 0.848 \pm 0.005 R$_\odot$ and R2 = 0.833 \pm 0.005 R$_\odot$, which places it at the end of the Main Sequence evolution - a stage rarely observed for this type of stars. (2) ASAS J082552-1622.8 is a metal-rich, active binary with component masses of M1 = 0.703 \pm 0.003 M$_\odot$, M2 = 0.687 \pm 0.003 M$_\odot$ and radii of R1 = 0.694(+0.007-0.011) R$_\odot$ and R2 = 0.699(+0.011-0.014) R$_\odot$. Both systems show significant out-of-eclipse variations, probably owing to large, cold spots. we also investigated the influence of a third light in the second system.
description: 15 pages (two-column), 9 figures, 6 tables, to appear in A&A
1:1 alkali-TCNQ salts and the bond order wave (BOW) phase of half-filled linear Hubbard-type models
Creators: name: Soos, Z G.
name: Kumar, M.
name: Ramasesha, S.
name: Pascal,, R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The bond order wave (BOW) phase of half-filled linear Hubbard-type models is narrow and difficult to characterize aside from a few ground state properties. The BOW phase of a frustrated Heisenberg spin chain is wide and tractable. It has broken inversion symmetry C_i in a regular array and finite gap E_m to the lowest triplet state. The spin-BOW is exact in finite systems at a special point. Its elementary excitations are spin-1/2 solitons that connect BOWs with opposite phase. The same patterns of spin densities and bond orders appear in the BOW phase of Hubbard-type models. Infrared (IR) active lattice phonons or molecular vibrations are derivatives of P, the polarization along the stack. Molecular vibrations that are forbidden in regular arrays become IR active when C_i symmetry is broken. 1:1 alkali-TCNQ salts contain half-filled regular TCNQ- stacks at high temperature, down to 100 K in the Rb-TCNQ(II) polymorph whose magnetic susceptibility and polarized IR spectra indicate a BOW phase. More complete modeling will require explicit electronic coupling to phonons and molecular vibrations.
description: 7 pages and 2 figures
Additional file 1 of Factors associated with refractory autoimmune necrotizing myopathy with anti-signal recognition particle antibodies
Creators: name: Zhao, Yawen
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Liu, Yilin
name: Wang, Zhaoxia
name: Yuan, Yun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary materials. Demographic and clinical features of patients with ANM-SRP.
title: A Robot Arithmetic Processor Concept for Cartesian Closed-Loop Control with Prescribed Dynamics
Creators: name: Ersü, Enis
name: Rathgeber, K.
name: Schnell, Michael
name: Neddermeyer, Werner
Publisher: name: IFAC - International Federation of Automatic Control
Year: 2023

description: The hardware implementation of a cartesian closed-loop control scheme will be presented which allows to define the dynamic behaviour of each degree of freedom of the cartesian coordinate system in a prescribed sense. The control system at joint level is designed by multivariate design methods with an additional feedforward component using the concept of inverse dynamics. To achieve high accuracy for cartesian motions quasi-continuous control mode with cartesian sampling periods of not greater than 5 ms is aimed at. A special purpose processor for calculation of kinematic and dynamic terns is designed and integrated into a multiprocessor architecture. This implementation concept with Robot Arithmetic Processor provides the necessary computational power and allows real-time cartesian closed-loop control which is also essential for cartesian sensory control tasks.
Weighted Attribute Fusion Model for Face Recognition
Creators: name: Sakthivel, S.
name: Lakshmipathi, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recognizing a face based on its attributes is an easy task for a human to perform as it is a cognitive process. In recent years, Face Recognition is achieved with different kinds of facial features which were used separately or in a combined manner. Currently, Feature fusion methods and parallel methods are the facial features used and performed by integrating multiple feature sets at different levels. However, this integration and the combinational methods do not guarantee better result. Hence to achieve better results, the feature fusion model with multiple weighted facial attribute set is selected. For this feature model, face images from predefined data set has been taken from Olivetti Research Laboratory (ORL) and applied on different methods like Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based Eigen feature extraction technique, Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT) based feature extraction technique, Histogram Based Feature Extraction technique and Simple Intensity based features. The extracted feature set obtained from these methods were compared and tested for accuracy. In this work we have developed a model which will use the above set of feature extraction techniques with different levels of weights to attain better accuracy. The results show that the selection of optimum weight for a particular feature will lead to improvement in recognition rate.
description: Keywords - Face Recognition, Feature Fusion Method, Parallel Method, PCA, DCT, Histogram Matching
SySTEM 2020 Policy Recommendations for Equitable Informal Science Education
Creators: name: Durall, Eva
name: Hurley, Mairéad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Informal science education

description: Scientific and technological literacy has been recognised as an important skill for active citizenship in contemporary societies. In this context, Science Learning Outside the Classroom (SLOC) has a great potential for supporting meaningful engagements with science that enable learners to recognise science in their lives and develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills to actively participate in society through science and technology. Equity in SLOC is inextricably linked to social justice. Guaranteeing equal opportunities to participate in science learning activities is a necessary priority in SLOC and contributes to strengthening democracy.
 Informal science learning offers an alternate pathway into science engagement for many learners who may otherwise not connect with science for a variety of reasons. This policy brief encourages leaders of SLOC organisations to embed equity into institutional policies and procedures to increase this impact. It also encourages Governmental bodies and funding agencies to provide long-term support for this valuable sector, and to provide robust pathways for their collaboration with formal science education, research and industry. This policy brief aims to summarise the key messages and recommendations from the SySTEM 2020 project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 788317.
Sønderjysk genforening 1920 / 2020
Creators: name: Delfs, Rune
name: Gebauer, Mirjam
name: Kühl, Jørgen
Publisher: name: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter
Year: 2020

description: On the centenary of the Reunification of Southern Jutland, this issue of Academic Quarter presents ten articles which deal with Danish-German relations, the consequences of the new border of 1920 and experiences of the border in history, culture and literature. The first article critically discusses the labelling of the outcome of the plebiscites. The second contribution investigates narratives of Danishness in Southern Jutland in the years between 1920 and 1933. The next two articles give an insight into present identities in the Danish-German borderland. The following two contributions investigate the economic consequences of the division of Schleswig and the introduction of emergency currency in the years 1919-1921. A linguistic analysis compares the use of the exclamation mark in Danish and German. The last three articles deal with artists and their relations to the borderland. Firstly, Kaj Munk’s attitude to the question of Southern Jutland is investigated, secondly, the relation between humans and nature in Theodor Storm’ novella The Rider on the White Horse and finally, identity issues in the works of Gynther Hansen.
description: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, No. 21 (2020): Sønderjysk genforening 1920/2020
Beta delayed emission of a proton by a one-neutron halo nucleus
Creators: name: Baye, D.
name: Tursunov, E. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Some one-neutron halo nuclei can emit a proton in a beta decay of the halo neutron. The branching ratio towards this rare decay mode is calculated within a two-body potential model of the initial core+neutron bound state and final core+proton scattering states. The decay probability per second is evaluated for the $^{11}$Be, $^{19}$C and $^{31}$Ne one-neutron halo nuclei. It is very sensitive to the neutron separation energy.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
Genforening eller Slesvigs deling?
Creators: name: Davidsen, Hans Christian
Publisher: name: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter
Year: 2020

description: In an era of globalization with new standards for politically correct everyday language, it is remarkable that there are still historic events which in Danish everyday language are being considered in a very isolated Danish context. This applies for example to the so-called „reunification“ in 1920, which is a common Danish term for the integration of North Schleswig into Kingdom of Denmark after World War I. The term „reunification“ is just one perspective on this very historic event. There are also other perspectives on the outcome of the plebiscites in the former Duchy of Schleswig in 1920 and therefore new narratives are emerging these years. In the Danish discourse, however, the national approach to the plebiscites in Schleswig is still the dominating one even at a time when many historic perceptions are being reviewed.
description: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, No. 21 (2020): Sønderjysk genforening 1920/2020
Identifying Outside the Box
Creators: name: Zepke, Annika
Publisher: name: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter
Year: 2020

description: On the basis of six qualitative interviews with members of the German minority in Denmark, the article addresses different ways according to which individuals identify themselves as members of the German minority. The analysis shows that the identification with the minority varies from individual to individual. Identity in the German minority is therefore very multi-layered. Furthermore, the analysis illustrates that members of the minority identify beyond national categories on a rather regional level while comprising both German and Danish linguistic and cultural traits.
description: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, No. 21 (2020): Sønderjysk genforening 1920/2020
1920-grænsen: national optimal, økonomisk katastrofal?
Creators: name: Klatt, Martin
Publisher: name: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter
Year: 2020

description: Usually, the drawing of the Danish-German border in 1920 is perceived as the best possible solution to a national conflict turned violent, with annexations and consequent border changes. It was part of the First World War settlement, it involved the people in a plebiscite, both national governments agreed in principle that the border should be drawn in accordance with the right of national self-determination. Dissenters were provided a framework of cultural autonomy within a recognized national minority. While perhaps the national and political optimal border, though, economic consequences of the border drawing have been overlooked in the numerous handbooks and other publications on the region’s history. This paper asks the question whether the border drawn was in fact an economic catastrophe, transforming a wealthy, well connected region into two peripheral fringes, economically marginalized and locked in national conflict.
description: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, No. 21 (2020): Sønderjysk genforening 1920/2020
Plebiscite Notgeld from Schleswig 1919-1921
Creators: name: Petersen, Klaus Tolstrup
Publisher: name: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter
Year: 2020

description: During World War One, local authorities began printing “notgeld” (emergency money) in Germany because of an immediate shortage of coins. Over time, emergency money evolved from being an emergency measure into a collectors item with colourful illustrations often drawn by artists. After World War One, at the peace conference in Versailles, it was decided, that a new Danish-German border should be defined on the basis of plebiscites in Northern and Middle Schleswig. Before and after the plebiscites, emergency money were used to advocate national agendas and is a testimony to the state of mind in Schleswig at a time when much was at stake. In this article, the development of this particular kind of money will be examined, and a closer look will be taken upon the significance they had as a means of propaganda as well as a profitable commodity.
description: Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, No. 21 (2020): Sønderjysk genforening 1920/2020
The impact of comorbidities on productivity loss in asthma
Creators: name: Ehteshami-Afshar, Solmaz
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Rationale Health-related productivity loss and the impact of comorbidities on the economic burden of asthma are important, yet overlooked, components. I aimed at revising recent estimates of the costs of asthma worldwide. The empirical research involved evaluating the effect of comorbidities on productivity loss among adult asthma patients. Methods A literature review was conducted on studies regarding the costs of asthma (January 2008 to January 2015) and subsequently on the effects of comorbidities on productivity. In parallel data from a prospectively evaluated random sample of employed adults with asthma was used and the prevalence of comorbidities measured using a validated self-administered comorbidity questionnaire (SCQ), range 0 – 39, (the higher the score, the higher the level of comorbidity). Productivity loss, including absenteeism and presenteeism, were also measured using validated instruments in 2010 Canadian dollars ($). I used a two-part regression model to estimate the adjusted difference of productivity loss across levels of comorbidity, controlling for potential confounding variables. Results The review demonstrated that asthma imposes a major economic burden, however there are large discrepancies in the reported estimates. There is also uncertainty about the indirect costs of asthma and the effects of comorbidities on these costs. A random sample of 284 adults with the mean age of 47.8 (SD 11.8) was included (68% women). The mean SCQ score was 2.47 (SD 2.97, range 0-15) and the average productivity loss was $317.5 per week (SD $858.8). Comorbidity was significantly associated with productivity loss. One-unit increase in the SCQ score was associated with a 14% (OR=1.14, 95% CI 1.02-1.28) increase in the odds of reporting productivity loss, and 9.0% (OR=1.09, 95% CI 1.01-1.18) increase in productivity loss among those who reported any loss of productivity. A person with a SCQ score of 15 had $1,685 per week more productivity loss than a patient with a SCQ of zero. Conclusion This study demonstrates that comorbidities substantially decrease productivity in working asthma patients. Asthma management strategies must be cognizant of the role of comorbidities and should properly incorporate the effect of comorbidity and productivity loss in estimating the benefit of disease management strategies.
Impaired pro-islet amyloid polypeptide processing promotes beta-cell dysfunction in diabetes and islet transplants
Creators: name: Courtade, Jaques
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Soaring rates of diabetes highlight the importance of controlling this global epidemic, with an estimated 415 million people thought to be living with diabetes in 2015. The defining characteristic of diabetes is elevated fasting blood glucose levels, or hyperglycemia, which if not controlled promotes long-term complications such as neuropathy, kidney failure and damage to blood vessels. Glucose homeostasis is primarily controlled by pancreatic islets, cell clusters that mediate the endocrine functions of the pancreas. To manage circulating glucose concentrations, islet beta cells synthesize proinsulin, a peptide that undergoes proteolytic cleavage to become bioactive. In this dissertation, I examine the processing of the beta-cell protein pro-islet amyloid polypeptide (proIAPP), a propeptide that is cleaved similarly to proinsulin to form the aggregation-prone mature IAPP molecule, and determine whether impairments in the processing of this protein accelerate diabetes development. First, I generated a novel immunoassay to quantify the concentration of IAPP prohormone precursors for the first time in human circulation. Following rigorous validation of this ELISA, I demonstrated that elevated levels of the NH₂-proIAPP₁-₄₈ intermediate form are characteristic of type 1 diabetic recipients of islet transplants, and children with impaired glucose tolerance. Furthermore, I elucidated that this effect was not true for patients with established type 2 diabetes, implicating the peptide intermediate as a biomarker of diabetes onset but not a marker of the diseased state. Following this, I generated a rodent transplant model in which the loss of prohormone convertase 2 (PC2), essential for proIAPP processing in rodents, led to early islet transplant failure. Using a beta cell-specific PC2 null mouse that we generated, I also demonstrated that the loss of this enzyme in beta cells promotes earlier development of diabetes. Lastly, I was successful in establishing an in vitro islet culture model in which the overexpression of a non-cleavable proIAPP substrate leads to increased islet cell death. Altogether, the work in this dissertation highlights the importance of precise prohormone processing in the pancreatic islet, and demonstrates a role for proIAPP processing intermediates as biomarkers of diabetes and contributors to beta-cell dysfunction.