cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fake Supergravity and Domain Wall Stability
Creators: name: Freedman, D. Z.
name: Nunez, C.
name: Schnabl, M.
name: Skenderis, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the generalized Witten-Nester spinor stability argument for flat domain wall solutions of gravitational theories. Neither the field theory nor the solution need be supersymmetric. Nor is the space-time dimension restricted. We develop the non-trivial extension required for AdS-sliced domain walls and apply this to show that the recently proposed "Janus" solution of Type IIB supergravity is stable non-perturbatively for a broad class of deformations. Generalizations of this solution to arbitrary dimension and a simple curious linear dilaton solution of Type IIB supergravity are byproducts of this work.
description: 37 pages, 3 figures, v2: minor corrections, references and acknowledgments added
Translation of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire to Maltese and reliability testing
Creators: name: Spiteri, Karl
name: Grafton, Kate
name: Xerri De Caro, John
name: Broom, David
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Purpose: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is a widely used self-reported physical activity (PA) measure at population level, developed to allow for international cross-country comparisons. Due to its unavailability, the aim of this study was to translate the IPAQ-long to Maltese and undertake reliability testing. Method: The IPAQ-long English version was translated into Maltese following the IPAQ guidelines which included backward translation. Maltese-speaking participants, aged between 18 and 69 years, were recruited through convenience sampling (n = 170). Participants completed the IPAQ-long twice within an 8-to-48-hour period between completions. PA was calculated in MET minutes per week and reliability was calculated using Spearman correlation, interclass correlation coefficient (ICC), concordance correlation coefficient (CCC), and Bland Altman plots. Results: 155 participants completed the questionnaire at two-time points. Spearman correlation was 0.83 (0.76-0.88) for total PA and 0.84 (0.77-0.89) for total sitting time. The ICC was 0.83 (0.76-0.88) and CCC 0.75-0.87 for total PA. The lowest reliability was for total transport with CCC of 0.21-0.45. Bland Altman plots highlight that 95% of the differences fell within 2 standard deviations from the mean. Conclusion: The Maltese IPAQ-long has similar reliability to the English version, we recommend healthcare professionals and physical activity practitioners use this tool when examining population-level PA amongst Maltese-speaking individuals. Funding: Study part-funded by the ENDEAVOUR scholarship scheme – Group B- National funds - Malta MEDE/1117/2017/43 (individual grant).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Beyond climate change and active transport: Physical activity as sustainable behaviour
Creators: name: Nigg, Carina
name: Nigg, Claudio
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Individuals’ physical activity (PA) and sustainable behavior (SuB) are important for human’s well-being. To date, research in PA has mostly focused on health outcomes. However, considering the interdependence of human’s and nature’s health within the planetary health concept, we evaluated how PA can be conceptualized as SuB and how PA relates to other types of SuB within the United Nations’ comprehensive sustainable development goal (SDG) framework. Policy components: PA should be considered as part of SuBs related to the SDGs. Evaluation: Regarding social SDGs, mostly (organized) sports and exercise activities were identified as sustainable PAs that also relate to other SuBs (e.g. skill acquisition, cultural practices) contributing to combat malnutrition (SDG 2), health behaviors (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), reducing inequalities (SDG 10), sustainable cities (SDG 12), and peace (SDG 16). For ecological SDGs, mostly leisure and commuting PAs were identified as sustainable PAs that also relate to other SuBs (e.g. bike sharing, pro-environmental behavior) contributing to sustainable consumption (SDG 11) and combating climate change (SDG 13). Conclusions: Our results suggest that PA is more than a health behavior, but a behavior that allows each person individually to contribute to planetary health and sustainable development. Thus, we recommend establishing PA and SuB as a future research field to investigate 1) PA as social and ecological SuB, 2) sustainable PA promotion, 3) measurement of sustainable PA, 4) common underlying constructs and contextual factors of PA and SuB, and 5) exploring technology’s role to assess and promote PA and SuB. Funding: N/A.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Early verification of the LBIST support of an Automotive MCU
Creators: name: Dessbesell, Gustavo
name: Alvarado, Ary Adilson Morales
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90604 Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The safety and security requirements of automotive MCUs have significantly increased in recent years, leading to the establishment of related standards, like ISO 26262. Among other things, this standard defines a process that could ensure higher tolerance to failure, where LBIST is a possible design implementation to such a process. This work presents an approach that allows the functional verification of the LBIST architecture to start earlier, reducing the chances of finding killer bugs late in the design cycle. The use of such approach resulted in 89% of the LBIST-related bugs being caught still during the RTL simulation phase.
Care of supra-pubic drainage
Creators: name: Creator not identified.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1940
Subjects: subject: Pezzer Tube
subject: Freyer Tube
subject: Urinary Bladder
subject: Drainage
subject: Catheters
subject: Postoperative Care
subject: Postoperative Complications
subject: Urinary Bladder/surgery

description: Procedures for draining the urinary bladder following bladder surgery.
Decision-Making with Auto-Encoding Variational Bayes
Creators: name: Lopez, Romain
name: Boyeau, Pierre
name: Yosef, Nir
name: Jordan, Michael I.
name: Regier, Jeffrey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: To make decisions based on a model fit with auto-encoding variational Bayes (AEVB), practitioners often let the variational distribution serve as a surrogate for the posterior distribution. This approach yields biased estimates of the expected risk, and therefore leads to poor decisions for two reasons. First, the model fit with AEVB may not equal the underlying data distribution. Second, the variational distribution may not equal the posterior distribution under the fitted model. We explore how fitting the variational distribution based on several objective functions other than the ELBO, while continuing to fit the generative model based on the ELBO, affects the quality of downstream decisions. For the probabilistic principal component analysis model, we investigate how importance sampling error, as well as the bias of the model parameter estimates, varies across several approximate posteriors when used as proposal distributions. Our theoretical results suggest that a posterior approximation distinct from the variational distribution should be used for making decisions. Motivated by these theoretical results, we propose learning several approximate proposals for the best model and combining them using multiple importance sampling for decision-making. In addition to toy examples, we present a full-fledged case study of single-cell RNA sequencing. In this challenging instance of multiple hypothesis testing, our proposed approach surpasses the current state of the art.
Small rare gas clusters in soft X-ray pulses
Creators: name: Siedschlag, Ch.
name: Rost, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a microscopic model for the interaction of small rare gas clusters with soft X-ray radiation. It is shown that, while the overall charging of the clusters is rather low, unexpectedly high atomic charge states can arise due to charge imbalances inside the cluster. The mechanism does not require unusually high absorption rates, and the heating can be described by standard inverse bremsstrahlung formulae.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Variable Stars in Metal-Rich Globular Clusters. II. NGC 6316
Creators: name: Layden, A. C.
name: Bowes, B. T.
name: Welch, D. L.
name: Webb, T. M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present time-series VI photometry of the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6316. Our color-magnitude diagrams show a predominantly red-clump horizontal branch morphology with no evidence of the blue extensions seen in NGC 6388 and NGC 6441. Our data are in good agreement with published estimates of the reddening and metallicity provided the cluster has an absolute distance modulus of 15.50 mag. We have discovered more than one dozen long-period variable stars in our field of view, and argue that at least seven of them are members of NGC 6316. We have also discovered four RR Lyrae variables, although only one of them probably belongs to the cluster. The specific frequency of RR Lyrae stars in NGC 6316 is found to be less than 0.4, making it clear that this cluster is a normal, metal-rich globular and is not an analog of NGC 6388 and NGC 6441. We recommend long-term photometric monitoring of NGC 6316 to clarify the nature of the RR Lyrae member candidate as well as the pulsation classes of the long-period variables.
description: 33 pages, 5 figures, 6 tables. Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Fundamental Limits of Biometric Identification Systems with Strong Secrecy
Creators: name: Yachongka, Vamoua
name: Yagi, Hideki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The fundamental limits of biometric identification systems under a strong secrecy criterion are investigated. In the previous studies of this scenario, the fundamental trade-off among secrecy, template, privacy- and secrecy-leakages has been revealed in the case where there is only one user, while the case of multiple users has not been discussed yet. In this study, we consider the system with exponentially many users, and we characterize the capacity region of the rate tuples including the user (identification) rate under the strong secrecy criterion. In the achievability proof, we derive a new method to incorporate multiple users by extending the random binning for one user's case. The obtained result shows that the characterization of the capacity region does not vary regardless of the weak or strong secrecy criterion in terms of secrecy-leakage.
description: Some critical errors are found in the proofs of the main results, so we want to withdraw this paper. Thank you
Is there an early Universe solution to Hubble tension?
Creators: name: Krishnan, Chethan
name: Colgáin, Eoin Ó
name: Ruchika
name: Sen, Anjan A.
name: Sheikh-Jabbari, M. M.
name: Yang, Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a low redshift $(z<0.7)$ cosmological dataset comprising megamasers, cosmic chronometers, type Ia SNe and BAO, which we bin according to their redshift. For each bin, we read the value of $H_0$ by fitting directly to the flat $Λ$CDM model. Doing so, we find that $H_0$ descends with redshift, allowing one to fit a line with a \textit{non-zero} slope of statistical significance $2.1 \, σ$. Our analysis rests on the use of cosmic chronometers to break a degeneracy in BAO data and it will be imperative to revisit this feature as data improves. Nevertheless, our results provide the first independent indication of the descending trend reported by the H0LiCOW collaboration. If substantiated going forward, early Universe solutions to the Hubble tension will struggle explaining this trend.
description: v1 4 pages, 2 figures; v2 references updated, comments added; v3, matches published version
Depletion Forces in Athermally Sheared Mixtures of Frictionless Disks and Rods in Two Dimensions
Creators: name: Marschall, Theodore A.
name: Teitel, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We carry out numerical simulations to study the behavior of an athermal mixture of frictionless circular disks and elongated rods in two dimensions, under three different types of global linear deformation at a finite strain rate: (i) simple shearing, (ii) pure shearing, and (iii) isotropic compression. We find that the fluctuations induced by such deformations lead to depletion forces that cause rods to group in parallel oriented clusters for the cases of simple and pure shear, but not for isotropic compression. For simple shearing, we find that as the fraction of rods increases, this clustering increases, leading to an increase in the average rate of rotation of the rods, and a decrease in the magnitude of their nematic ordering.
description: 11 pages, 11 figures; updated to accepted version; significant revisions and additional content
Eleodes labialis Triplehorn 1975
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes labialis

description: Eleodes labialis Triplehorn, 1975
(Fig. 39, Map 16)
 Diagnosis. Similar to E. easterlai but even more slender. The fronto-clypeal area of the head has a transverse concavity. The mentum has a conspicuous digitiform process. Length: 14–15.5 mm.
 Distribution. Very rare. Known only from two specimens, both males, collected from rock fissures in Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 434, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a systematic review of costs and health state utilities
Creators: name: Chataway, Jeremy
name: Murphy, Niamh
name: Khurana, Vivek
name: Schofield, Helen
name: Findlay, John
name: Adlard, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Objective: To identify evidence in the literature presenting the economic and humanistic (based on health state utility values [HSUVs]) burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) and report the incremental burden of secondary progressive MS (SPMS) compared with relapsing–remitting MS (RRMS). Methods: Electronic databases (Embase, MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process, Cochrane Library) and other relevant repositories were systematically searched from the date of inception until November 2019 for evidence on the economic burden of MS, or HSUVs in patients with MS. Data were extracted from studies investigating cost data or HSUVs for patients with SPMS compared with RRMS. Results: In total, 25 studies were identified that reported data on the economic and HSUV burden of SPMS versus RRMS: 18 studies reported cost data and nine presented HSUVs. Overall, costs associated with SPMS were consistently higher than those for RRMS. Major cost drivers appeared to shift following transition from RRMS to SPMS, with higher direct medical costs associated with RRMS than with SPMS, while the opposite was true for direct non-medical costs and indirect costs. In all studies presenting HSUVs specifically in patients with SPMS, the disease burden was greater (indicated by lower HSUV scores or a negative regression coefficient vs RRMS) for patients with SPMS than for those with RRMS. Fatigue and psychological stress (including depression) were identified as key drivers of this reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Conclusions: Our findings indicate that SPMS is associated with higher costs and more substantial HRQoL decrements than RRMS. These results highlight the substantial unmet need for effective treatments that can slow disease progression in patients with SPMS, which, in turn, would reduce the rate of HRQoL deterioration and increasing healthcare costs.
Fermionic Linear Optics Revisited
Creators: name: DiVincenzo, David. P.
name: Terhal, Barbara M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide an alternative view of the efficient classical simulatibility of fermionic linear optics in terms of Slater determinants. We investigate the generic effects of two-mode measurements on the Slater number of fermionic states. We argue that most such measurements are not capable (in conjunction with fermion linear optics) of an efficient exact implementation of universal quantum computation. Our arguments do not apply to the two-mode parity measurement, for which exact quantum computation becomes possible, see quant-ph/0401066.
description: 16 pages, submitted to the special issue of Foundation of Physics in honor of Asher Peres' 70th birthday
Assessing parks of Delhi – for physical activity and health
Creators: name: Mukerjee, Prarthna
name: Kondal, Dimple
name: Tayyab, Mohammed
name: Rautela, Garima
name: Gongal, Gyanendra
name: Mandal, Siddharth
name: Mohan, Sailesh
name: Prabhakaran, Dorairaj
name: Goenka, Shifalika
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Parks profoundly influences health and physical activity levels Purpose: To do a situational assessment of parks in Delhi from a physical activity & health perspective & elicit user experiences. Methods: Observations, user perceptions, and qualitative elicitation from users and Normalised difference vegetative index (NDVI) calculation. Setting & sampling. Delhi is spread over 1484 km2. 564 parks were randomly sampled from 3427 parks identifiable on Google Earth Pro. We report data from 206/564 parks, and 1613 users. (Data collection stopped due to COVID lockdown, restarting, will be completed by August.) Observations, assessments, user experiences: Quantitative: Data collection instruments uploaded on tablets and field workers trained. Objective observations on park maintenance, presence of open gyms etc. Subjective perception of park users, usage of Open gyms etc. Qualitative elicitation of user experiences/stories. NDVI calculated - Geographic Information System software ‘ArcGIS’. Results: Qualitative “Our houses are so small, that we can’t even breathe there that is why we come here.” “We have become old now, our families don’t want us to be at home for long time so we spend our time here at the park.” “We sit and talk together, maintain the park, exercise together. Quantitative: 201/206 were accessible to the public. 36/206 had sidewalks encroached/illegal shops/garbage. OPEN GYMs 143/ 206(69.4%) had open gyms. Yoga and group fitness activities were carried out in 60.7% and 32.5% of the parks respectively. Park in low Socio-economic areas faced encroachments, badly maintained. User views (n=1613, 725: women): 689/1613 stayed >2km away from the park. 83.1% used the park on daily basis. Parks were motivational and gave happiness (98.6%); Presence of open gym- encouraged 87.4%. Conclusions: Delhi is one of the few cities to have allocated green parks/urban forests. These enhance physical activity, mental health and equity in its users. Funding: WHO- South-East Asia Regional Office APW number 202602587-1.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Magnetic study of an amorphous conducting polyaniline
Creators: name: Chaudhuri, Debangshu
name: Kumar, Ashwani
name: Sarma, D. D.
name: Garcia-Hernandez, M.
name: Joshi, J.
name: Bhat, S. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that newly found BF3-doped polyaniline, though highly conducting, remains amorphous. Magnetic studies reveal many unusual properties, while suggesting that the intrinsic conductivity of this system is significantly larger than all other known forms of conducting polyaniline, establishing it as an interesting class of highly conducting amorphous polymer.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Nature visit frequency and its influence on physical activity and pro-environmental behaviors
Creators: name: Teixeira, Andreia
name: Gabriel, Ronaldo
name: Martinho, José
name: Quaresma, Luís
name: Alencoão, Ana
name: Moreira, Helena
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical inactivity is an issue that needs to be addressed and nature visits could be a key health promotion strategy, contributing to increased levels of physical activity (PA). Purpose: Explore the differences in physical activity and pro-environmental behaviors accordingly the nature visit frequency. Methods: We recruited a sample of 219 individuals (77 men and 142 women). A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure nature visits and PEB’s. Physical activity was measured using ActiGraph accelerometers (wGT3X-BT). Kruskal-Wallis test was performed to explore the differences on total PA, moderate-vigorous PA, steps/day and PEB’s through the nature visit frequency (never, once a week, 2-3 times/week and ≥4 times/week). Results: There was a significant difference between groups with respect to moderate-vigorous PA ( p=0.01), steps/day ( p=0.02) and PEB’s ( p=0.04) according to the number of visits to natural spaces. Individuals who visit nature 2-3 times/week achieved higher levels of moderate-vigorous PA and performed a greater number of daily steps, compared to those who visited natural spaces only once time/week or never visit. It was the individuals who visited nature ≥4 times/week those who adopted a greater number of PEB's. Conclusions: Individuals who visited natural spaces 2-3 times per week tended to achieve higher levels of moderate-vigorous PA, perform a greater number of steps, and adopt a greater number of environmentally friendly behaviors. Funding: This work is supported by National Funds by FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the projects UIDB/04033/2020, UID04045/2020 and UIDB/00073/2020. The investigation was also supported by European funding program Interreg Atlantic Area, under the project (EAPA_772/2018-Triple-C).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
SHARED APPRECIATION FARM MORTGAGES: CONSEQUENCES FOR BORROWERS AND LENDERS
Creators: name: Lins, David
name: Nixon, Clair
name: Lins, David
name: Nixon, Clair
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Farm Management

description: Shared appreciation mortgages can help borrowers overcome the initial cash flow problems associated with the purchase of land, while providing the lender with a hedge against inflation. Procedures for evaluating shared appreciation mortgages versus traditional mortgages and renegotiable rate mortgages are presented.
The International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1938
Creators: name: Marley, John Harold
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Among the many crises that threatened the uneasy peace in Europe during the years between the First and Second World Wars, the Spanish Civil War may be said to have been one of the most complicated from the point of view of international relations, The war in Spain was not simply a civil war; it became a compound of international frictions through the direct and indirect interference of outside interests.
Gas Physics, Disk Fragmentation, and Bulge Formation in Young Galaxies
Creators: name: Immeli, Andreas
name: Samland, Markus
name: Gerhard, Ortwin
name: Westera, Pieter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the evolution of star-forming gas-rich disks, using a 3D chemodynamical model including a dark halo, stars, and a two-phase interstellar medium with feedback processes from the stars. We show that galaxy evolution proceeds along very different routes depending on whether it is the gas disk or the stellar disk which first becomes unstable, as measured by the respective Q-parameters. This in turn depends on the uncertain efficiency of energy dissipation of the cold cloud component from which stars form. When the cold gas cools efficiently and drives the instability, the galactic disk fragments and forms a number of massive clumps of stars and gas. The clumps spiral to the center of the galaxy in a few dynamical times and merge there to form a central bulge component in a strong starburst. When the kinetic energy of the cold clouds is dissipated at a lower rate, stars form from the gas in a more quiescent mode, and an instability only sets in at later times, when the surface density of the stellar disk has grown sufficiently high. The system then forms a stellar bar, which channels gas into the center, evolves, and forms a bulge whose stars are the result of a more extended star formation history. We investigate the stability of the gas-stellar disks in both regimes, as well as the star formation rates and element enrichment. We study the morphology of the evolving disks, calculating spatially resolved colours from the distribution of stars in age and metallicity, including dust absorption. We then discuss morphological observations such as clumpy structures and chain galaxies at high redshift as possible signatures of fragmenting, gas-rich disks. Finally, we investigate abundance ratio distributions as a means to distinguish the different scenarios for bulge formation.
description: 16 pages, Latex, 14 figures, to appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Version with high quality images available at http://www.astro.unibas.ch/leute/ai.shtml
Eleodes delicatus Blaisdell 1929
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes delicatus

description: Eleodes delicatus Blaisdell, 1929
(Fig. 42, Map 13)
 Diagnosis. Small, form fragile, very slender, elongate; dull black in color. Pronotum quadrate, about as long as wide, strongly convex; surface obsoletely punctate. The surface of elytra is finely, obsoletely punctate. The profemora of both sexes is slender, mutic. Length: 11–14 mm.
 Distribution. Specimens are known from all of the southwestern states and from Baja California Norte. The Texas record is for Potter County.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 434, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Nematic first order phase transition for liquid crystals in the van der Waals-Kac limit
Creators: name: Erignoux, Clément
name: Giuliani, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we revisit and extend some mathematical aspects of Onsager's theory of liquid crystals that have been investigated in recent years by different communities (statistical mechanics, analysis and probability). We introduce a model of anisotropic molecules with three-dimensional orientations interacting via a Kac-type interaction. We prove that, in the limit in which the range of the interaction is sent to infinity after the thermodynamic limit, the free energy tends to the infimum of an effective energy functional à la Onsager. We then prove that, if the spherical harmonic transform of the angular interaction has a negative minimum, this effective free energy functional displays a first order phase transition as the total density of the system increases.
Modeling Optimal Replacement Decisions for Farm Machinery: Some Theoretical and Empirical Problems
Creators: name: Bradford, Garnett
name: Reid, Donald
name: Bradford, Garnett
name: Reid, Donald
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Farm Management

description: Machine replacement research has concentrated on delineating and comparing present value (PV) and derived marginal analysis models. With such, one encounters problems in generating reliable estimates of new and used machine prices, repairs and opportunity costs. Some empirical problems may be surmounted by altering the traditional PV framework, but theoretical considerations require more comprehensive models.
Machine-scored syntax (Roberts et al., 2020)
Creators: name: Roberts, Jenny A.
name: Altenberg, Evelyn P.
name: Hunter, Madison
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Language
subject: 170204 Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Purpose: The results of automatic machine scoring of the Index of Productive Syntax from the Computerized Language ANalysis (CLAN) tools of the Child Language Data Exchange System of TalkBank (MacWhinney, 2000) were compared to manual scoring to determine the accuracy of the machine-scored method.Method: Twenty transcripts of 10 children from archival data of the Weismer Corpus from the Child Language Data Exchange System at 30 and 42 months were examined. Measures of absolute point difference and point-to-point accuracy were compared, as well as points erroneously given and missed. Two new measures for evaluating automatic scoring of the Index of Productive Syntax were introduced: Machine Item Accuracy (MIA) and Cascade Failure Rate— these measures further analyze points erroneously given and missed. Differences in total scores, subscale scores, and individual structures were also reported.Results: Mean absolute point difference between machine and hand scoring was 3.65, point-to-point agreement was 72.6%, and MIA was 74.9%. There were large differences in subscales, with Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase subscales generally providing greater accuracy and agreement than Question/Negation and Sentence Structures subscales. There were significantly more erroneous than missed items in machine scoring, attributed to problems of mistagging of elements, imprecise search patterns, and other errors. Cascade failure resulted in an average of 4.65 points lost per transcript.Conclusions: The CLAN program showed relatively inaccurate outcomes in comparison to manual scoring on both traditional and new measures of accuracy. Recommendations for improvement of the program include accounting for second exemplar violations and applying cascaded credit, among other suggestions. It was proposed that research on machine-scored syntax routinely report accuracy measures detailing erroneous and missed scores, including MIA, so that researchers and clinicians are aware of the limitations of a machine-scoring program.
Supplemental Material S1. Sample Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn) output.
Supplemental Material S2. CLAN sample transcript.
Supplemental Material S3. IPSyn manual scores (based on Scarborough, 1990).
Roberts, J. A., Altenberg, E. P., & Hunter, M. (2020). Machine-scored syntax: Comparison of the CLAN automatic scoring program to manual scoring. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-19-00056
The influence of dog ownership on physical activity, pro-environmental behaviors and nature visits
Creators: name: Teixeira, Andreia
name: Gabriel, Ronaldo
name: Martinho, José
name: Santos, Mário
name: Pinto, Graça
name: Moreira, Helena
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The literature suggests that dog ownership may improve physical activity (PA) and nature visits, however, most previous studies used self reported PA measures. The association between owning a dog and adopting pro-environmental behaviors (PEB’s) is also under researched. Purpose: Explore the differences between dog owners and non-dog owners concerning objectively measured physical activity, nature visits and pro-environmental behaviors. Methods: Our sample was comprised 219 individuals, 64.8% female and mean age of 40.63 (±15.35) years, divided into the following groups: dog owners (DO) and nondog owners (NDO). PA was measured using ActiGraph accelerometers (wGT3X-BT). Dog ownership, nature visits and PEB’s were assessed by questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the Sudent’s T test or the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Approximately 33% of a sample reported having a dog. The TPA ( p=0.02), steps/day ( p=0.03) and nature visits (p<0.01) were higher among men DO than NDO. In women, no significant results were observed between DO and NDO. Male DO perform a greater number of daily steps ( p=0.03) and visit nature more often (p<0.01) compared to female DO. Among individuals NDO no gender differences were not identified. Conclusions: In both genders, there were no differences in the adoption of PEB’s between DO and NDO. Only in men, dog-ownership was associated with higher total PA, daily steps and nature visits. Within individuals DO we found gender differences in the number of steps and nature visits. Funding: This work is supported by National Funds by FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the projects UIDB/04033/2020, UID04045/2020 and UIDB/00073/2020. The investigation was also supported by European funding program Interreg Atlantic Area, under the project (EAPA_772/2018-Triple-C).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
The New Kingdom of Libya and Its Position in World Affairs, 1951-1956
Creators: name: Omari, Selma
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Libya, which in the past was influenced by many great civilizations, was part of the great Arab Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. Later, during the 16th century, it formed part of the domains of the Ottoman Empire. Following the Tripolitanian War (1911-1912) between the Ottoman Empire and Italy, it became an Italian colony in 1912. During World War II Libya was overrun several times by the armies of both Western Allies and the Axis Powers and following a period of British administration, Libya became independent in 1951 with the assistance of the United Nations.
Early verification of the LBIST support of an Automotive MCU.pdf
Creators: name: Dessbesell, Gustavo
name: Alvarado, Ary Adilson Morales
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90604 Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The safety and security requirements of automotive MCUs have significantly increased in recent years, leading to the establishment of related standards, like ISO 26262. Among other things, this standard defines a process that could ensure higher tolerance to failure, where LBIST is a possible design implementation to such a process. This work presents an approach that allows the functional verification of the LBIST architecture to start earlier, reducing the chances of finding killer bugs late in the design cycle. The use of such approach resulted in 89% of the LBIST-related bugs being caught still during the RTL simulation phase.
Norma ERG BR 1000 - Estabelecimento do Organismo Certificador do Ergonomista Brasileiro (OCEB)
Creators: name: ABERGO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Certificação de Ergonomistas
ABERGO
Organismo Certificador do Ergonomista Brasileiro
SisCEB

description: Norma ERG BR 1000
 Estabelecimento do Organismo Certificador do Ergonomista Brasileiro (OCEB)
 Aprovada na Assembléia Geral Ordinária da ABERGO
 04 de setembro de 2002 | Recife, Pernambuco
Accretion in Young Stellar/Substellar Objects
Creators: name: Muzerolle, James
name: Hillenbrand, Lynne
name: Calvet, Nuria
name: Briceno, Cesar
name: Hartmann, Lee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of accretion in a sample of 45 young, low mass objects in a variety of star forming regions and young associations, about half of which are likely substellar. Based primarily on the presence of broad, asymmetric Halpha emission, we have identified 13 objects (~30% of our sample) which are strong candidates for ongoing accretion. At least 3 of these are substellar. We do not detect significant continuum veiling in most of the accretors with late spectral types (M5-M7). Accretion shock models show that lack of measurable veiling allows us to place an upper limit to the mass accretion rates of
description: 38 pages, including 8 figures and 6 tables, accepted by ApJ
Eleodes dissimilis Blaisdell 1909
Creators: name: Triplehorn, Charles A.
name: Thomas, Donald B.
name: Rile, Edward G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Eleodes
Eleodes dissimilis

description: Eleodes dissimilis Blaisdell, 1909
(Fig. 41, Map 14)
 Diagnosis. Oblong-ovate to fusiform ovate in form, more slender than most species in the genus, dull to slightly shiny black. Pronotum subquadrate, widest at middle; dorsum evenly convex, surface finely and sparsely punctulate. Surface of elytra glabrous, punctate; the punctures arranged in series but widely spaced. Profemora of male sinuate, rarely subdentate near apex. Length: 14–19 mm.
 Distribution. Occurs in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas. The single Texas record, from Culberson County near the border of New Mexico at Upper Dog Canyon in the Guadalupe Mountains, resides in the Texas Tech University collection.
description: Published as part of Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, pp. 413-437 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4) on page 434, DOI: 10.1649/1177.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4924379
Gender differences in the associations between physical activity, nature visits and pro-environmental behaviors
Creators: name: Teixeira, Andreia
name: Gabriel, Ronaldo
name: Martinho, José
name: Pinto, Graça
name: Alencoão, Ana
name: Moreira, Helena
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: It has been suggested that nature visits are positively associated with higher levels of physical activity (PA) and generates greater respect and responsibility for the natural environment. These benefits may differ between men and women, making this gender differentiation required. Purpose: Analyze, in both genders, the influence of age and PA on nature visits and pro-environmental behaviors (PEB’s). Methods: We recruited a sample of 219 individuals (77 men and 142 women) and a self-administered questionnaire was used to measure nature visits, PEB’s and obtain some demographic variables. PA was measured using ActiGraph accelerometers (wGT3X-BT). Pearson’s correlation and logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed a gender differences in nature visits (p<0.01), with men (1.56±1.01) visiting nature more often than women (1.20±1.05). In females, age explained 3.3% of the variation of nature visits (b= 0.290; p=0.02) and moderate-vigorous PA proved to be a significant predictor of PEB’s. In men, the regressors selected for visits to natural spaces were dog ownership (b= 0.369; p<0.01), residence place (b= -0.224; p=0.03) and PEB’s (b= 0.198; p=0.05). Conclusions: In men, nature visits were associated with daily steps and PEBs. Conversely, in women, no associations were identified between visits to natural environments and levels of PA and environmentally concerned. Funding: This work is supported by National Funds by FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the projects UIDB/04033/2020, UID04045/2020 and UIDB/00073/2020. The investigation was also supported by European funding program Interreg Atlantic Area, under the project (EAPA_772/2018-Triple-C).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Harmonious Representation of PDF's reflecting Large Deviations
Creators: name: Arimitsu, T.
name: Arimitsu, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The framework of multifractal analysis (MFA) is distilled to the most sophisticated one. Within this transparent framework, it is shown that the harmonious representation of MFA utilizing two distinct Tsallis distribution functions, one for the tail part of probability density function (PDF) and the other for its center part, explains the recently observed PDF's of turbulence in the highest accuracy superior to the analyses based on other models such as the log-normal model and the $p$ model.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures
Deep reconstruction of strange attractors from time series
Creators: name: Gilpin, William
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Experimental measurements of physical systems often have a limited number of independent channels, causing essential dynamical variables to remain unobserved. However, many popular methods for unsupervised inference of latent dynamics from experimental data implicitly assume that the measurements have higher intrinsic dimensionality than the underlying system---making coordinate identification a dimensionality reduction problem. Here, we study the opposite limit, in which hidden governing coordinates must be inferred from only a low-dimensional time series of measurements. Inspired by classical analysis techniques for partial observations of chaotic attractors, we introduce a general embedding technique for univariate and multivariate time series, consisting of an autoencoder trained with a novel latent-space loss function. We show that our technique reconstructs the strange attractors of synthetic and real-world systems better than existing techniques, and that it creates consistent, predictive representations of even stochastic systems. We conclude by using our technique to discover dynamical attractors in diverse systems such as patient electrocardiograms, household electricity usage, neural spiking, and eruptions of the Old Faithful geyser---demonstrating diverse applications of our technique for exploratory data analysis.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, plus appendices
The New Kingdom of Libya and Its Position in World Affairs, 1951-1956
Creators: name: Omari, Selma
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Libya, which in the past was influenced by many great civilizations, was part of the great Arab Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. Later, during the 16th century, it formed part of the domains of the Ottoman Empire. Following the Tripolitanian War (1911-1912) between the Ottoman Empire and Italy, it became an Italian colony in 1912. During World War II Libya was overrun several times by the armies of both Western Allies and the Axis Powers and following a period of British administration, Libya became independent in 1951 with the assistance of the United Nations.
The health promoting sports club model (HPSC): An intervention planning framework
Creators: name: Van Hoye, Aurélie
name: Johnson, Stacey
name: Geidne, Susanna
name: Donaldson, Alex
name: Rostan, Florence
name: Lemonnier, Fabienne
name: Vuillemin, Anne
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Researchers and policymakers acknowledge sports clubs (SCs) as health promoting settings but SCs need strategies to inform their health promotion efforts. Purpose: To provide SCs with an intervention planning framework for developing and implementing health promotion interventions. Methods: The 4-step process included: 1) investigating ‘health promoting’ indicators, 2) adapting the theoretical HPSC concept to create a model, 3) reformulating evidence-driven guidelines into intervention components (ICs) and 4) merging the model with ICs to produce an intervention planning framework. During 3 workshops, researchers defined the HPSC model and ICs before participants classified ICs into the model (each IC could be classified multiple times). Results: Researchers drafted 5 HPSC indicators: 1) an approach embracing all SC actions, 2) involve all SC levels in actions and decisions, 3) involve external partners, 4) promoting health is continuous and iterative and 5) base actions on needs. Researchers created the HPSC model by defining elements based on indicators: 3 SC levels (club, management, coaches) and 4 health determinants (organizational, social, environmental, economic). Published guidelines aided in developing 14 strategies with 55 ICs. Workshop classification of ICs into the model included: club (n=79), management (n=67) and coaches (n=48). Conclusions: The HPSC model and intervention planning framework are starting points to increase SC health promotion efforts by: 1) applying strategies based on goals, 2) targeting specific SC levels with corresponding ICs or 3) targeting specific health determinants using ICs. Funding: Study funded with a grant from Santé publique France
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress