cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhopalidae
Rhopalus
Rhopalus subrufus

description: Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus (Gmelin, 1790)
 Material examined. Many specimens: GILAN: Darreh Dasht, 3 specimens, 26.v.-20.vi.1995; Gyssom, 3 specimens, 11.-16.vi.1995; Lahijan, 4 specimens, 2.v.1995; Rasht, 4 specimens, 4.-6.vi.1995; Ziba Kenar, 1 specimen, 7.- - 10.vi.1995. ARDABIL: 20-30 km E of Khalkhal, 1 specimen, 1.-21.viii.1996.
 Comments. In hilly steppes on Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, etc. Westpalaearctic.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 77-91 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328527
Black Hole Fluctuations and Backreaction in Stochastic Gravity
Creators: name: Sinha, Sukanya
name: Raval, Alpan
name: Hu, B. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a framework for analyzing black hole backreaction from the point of view of quantum open systems using influence functional formalism. We focus on the model of a black hole described by a radially perturbed quasi-static metric and Hawking radiation by a conformally coupled massless quantum scalar field. It is shown that the closed-time-path (CTP) effective action yields a non-local dissipation term as well as a stochastic noise term in the equation of motion, the Einstein-Langevin equation. Once the thermal Green's function in a Schwarzschild background becomes available to the required accuracy the strategy described here can be applied to obtain concrete results on backreaction. We also present an alternative derivation of the CTP effective action in terms of the Bogolyubov coefficients, thus making a connection with the interpretation of the noise term as measuring the difference in particle production in alternative histories.
description: Latex 23 pages. To appear in a special issue of Foundations of Physics {\it Thirty Years of Black Hole Physics} edited by L. Horwitz.}
An immigrant minority : the adaptation of Chinese in Papua New Guinea
Creators: name: Wu, David Yen-Ho
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: Chinese Papua New Guinea

description: This study examines the adaptation of Chinese as a minority population in Papua New Guinea during the past 80 years. The analysis is focused on two general themes: how did the Chinese achieve their present economic position in Papua New Guinea, and what are the implications of their changing socio-political status in view of the developments towards political independence. Large scale immigration of Chinese to New Guinea began at the turn of this century, when skilled Chinese labourers and artisans were in demand by the European colonizers. Although the Chinese were restricted in their social and economic activities, they eventually emerged as a merchant dominated population. Their adaptation to a specific position in the Papua New Guinea environment is analyzed by delineating both the activities of the Chinese population as a whole, and the actions and decisions of individual Chinese immigrants. In analyzing Chinese modes of adaptation, this study discusses several aspects of the Chinese population: composition, settlement patterns, history, socialization processes, social, economic and political organizations, and relationships with the other ethnic groups. This analysis makes it possible for us to understand how the Chinese successfully developed commercial enterprises in Papua New Guinea and the means by which their upward social mobility was achieved. It is concluded that the success of the Chinese in adapting to a specific position in the colonial socio-economic structure has jeopardized their future in Papua New Guinea, at a time when the indigenous people are gaining political autonomy.
The labour movement in Wollongong, New South Wales, 1928-39
Creators: name: Richardson, Leonard Edward
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: Working class Australia Wollongong (N.S.W.)
subject: Depressions 1929 Australia New South Wales
subject: Wollongong (N.S.W.) Social conditions

description: This thesis examines both the response of the Wollongong labour movement to the depression of the 1930s, and the influence of the depression experience upon the movement's organisation 3ttitudes and actions in the years 1928-39. Accordingly, conclusions have been drawn about the relationship between working and living conditions and the changing political and industrial demands of Wollongong workers. Even so, the thesis does not purport to be either a social history of Wollongong workers or a history of labour.
Coalition and conflict : the united front governments of West Bengal, 1967 and 1969-70
Creators: name: Ray, Sally-Ann
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1974
Subjects: subject: West Bengal (India) Politics and government

description: This thesis is a study of two multi-party coalition governments which were in power in West Bengal, India, during 1967 and 1969-70 , respectively . They were unique in that as many as fourteen parties joined the coalitions , and this very fact automatically makes them an object of fascination and interest . Added to the plurality of parties was a heterogeneity of aims , interests and ideologies .
Stictopleurus abutilon
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhopalidae
Stictopleurus
Stictopleurus abutilon

description: Stictopleurus abutilon (Rossi, 1790)
 Material examined. KHORASAN: Khalkanlod 30 km E of Quchan, 1 specimen, 7.vi.1994.
 Comments. In mountain meadows. Euro-Siberian.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 77-91 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328527
Analysis of the heat transfer fluctuations in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets
Creators: name: Pelusi, Francesca
name: Ascione, Stefano
name: Sbragaglia, Mauro
name: Bernaschi, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Employing numerical simulations, we provide an accurate insight into the of heat transfer mechanisms in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets. We focus on the unsteady dynamics characterizing the thermal convection of these complex fluids close to the transition from conductive to convective states, where the heat transfer phenomenon, expressed in terms of the Nusselt number Nu, is characterized by pronounced fluctuations triggered by collective droplets motion [Pelusi et al., Soft Matter 17(13), 3709 - 3721 (2021)]. By systematically increasing the droplet concentration, we show how these fluctuations emerge along with the segregation of "extreme events" in the boundary layers, causing intermittent bursts in the heat flux fluctuations. Furthermore, we quantify the extension $S$ and the duration $\mathcal{T}$ of the coherent droplet motion accompanying these extreme events via a suitable statistical analysis involving the droplets displacements. We show how the increase in droplet concentration results in a power-law behaviour of the probability distribution function of $S$ and $\mathcal{T}$ and how this outcome is robust at changing the analysis protocol. Our work offers a comprehensive picture, linking macroscopic heat transfer fluctuations with the statistics of droplets at the mesoscale.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
PHT-bot: Deep-Learning based system for automatic risk stratification of COPD patients based upon signs of Pulmonary Hypertension
Creators: name: Chettrit, David
name: Amitai, Orna Bregman
name: Tamir, Itamar
name: Bar, Amir
name: Elnekave, Eldad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Identifying those at highest risk of deterioration would allow more effective distribution of preventative and surveillance resources. Secondary pulmonary hypertension is a manifestation of advanced COPD, which can be reliably diagnosed by the main Pulmonary Artery (PA) to Ascending Aorta (Ao) ratio. In effect, a PA diameter to Ao diameter ratio of greater than 1 has been demonstrated to be a reliable marker of increased pulmonary arterial pressure. Although clinically valuable and readily visualized, the manual assessment of the PA and the Ao diameters is time consuming and under-reported. The present study describes a non invasive method to measure the diameters of both the Ao and the PA from contrast-enhanced chest Computed Tomography (CT). The solution applies deep learning techniques in order to select the correct axial slice to measure, and to segment both arteries. The system achieves test Pearson correlation coefficient scores of 93% for the Ao and 92% for the PA. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first such fully automated solution.
An optical search for distant galaxy clusters
Creators: name: Lidman, Christopher E
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Galaxies Clusters

description: In this dissertation, a new catalogue of distant galaxy clusters is presented. Also presented are new results on the galaxy two-point angular correlation function and new data on galaxy number counts. These results are based on two deep I-band surveys of the sky, covering a total area of 13 square degrees and reaching a mean limiting magnitude of I = 22.5. The area imaged in the second survey, which covers 1.5 square degrees, was also imaged in V. These fields reach a mean V-band magnitude limit of 23.0. All the data were taken with the / / I camera on the A AT in conjunction a Thomson CCD. Reduction of the CCD data and the creation of an object catalogue for each / / I field are discussed in detail. From this data, galaxy number counts in V and I are determined. In /, the counts cover the magnitude interval from / = 16 to I = 22.5 and m atch very well the counts found at fainter limits. The theoretical counts for a few common cosmological models are fitted to the data. The model that agrees with the data best is one that includes a cosmological constant. Also presented are the colourmagnitude distributions for both stars and galaxies in both V — I and Bj — I . The galaxy two-point angular correlation function is also determined from the //1 data. The function is measured from / = 17 to / = 22.5 and is well described by a power law with an index near the canonical value of —0.8. The am plitude of the correlation function falls below that predicted by models that incorporate clustering evolution in a simple parametric way. Additionally, the area-averaged three and four point angular correlation functions are determined. The slope of these functions are respectively two and three times steeper than the slope of the two point function. The cell count distribution is calculated from the infinite hierarchy of correlation functions and then compared to that determined directly from the data. The methods by which distant clusters are found from the f/1 data are discussed. The cell count distribution is used to estim ate both the expected number of candidates with Abell Richness greater than or equal to zero and to calculate the expected red-shift distribution of such clusters. This distribution has a median near z = 0.5 The f/1 cluster catalogue contains 106 candidates; 96 of which are new candidates. At least half are expected to be poorer than Abell Richness zero. The red-shift of two cluster candidates is determined. Both clusters show significant contamination. In the appendix, the results of a search for halo white dwarfs are presented. It will be shown that white dwarfs are unlikely to contribute more than half the mass attributed to the Galaxy halo.
Noncommutative finite-dimensional manifolds. I. Spherical manifolds and related examples
Creators: name: Connes, Alain
name: Dubois-Violette, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We exhibit large classes of examples of noncommutative finite-dimensional manifolds which are (non-formal) deformations of classical manifolds. The main result of this paper is a complete description of noncommutative three-dimensional spherical manifolds, a noncommutative version of the sphere $S^3$ defined by basic K-theoretic equations. We find a 3-parameter family of deformations $S^3_{\mathbf{u}}$ of the standard 3-sphere $S^3$ and a corresponding 3-parameter deformation of the 4-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb R^4$. For generic values of the deformation parameters we show that the obtained algebras of polynomials on the deformed $\mathbb R^4_{\mathbf{u}}$ only depend on two parameters and are isomorphic to the algebras introduced by Sklyanin in connection with the Yang-Baxter equation. It follows that different $S^3_{\mathbf{u}}$ can span the same $\mathbb R^4_{\mathbf{u}}$. This equivalence generates a foliation of the parameter space $Σ$. This foliation admits singular leaves reduced to a point. These critical points are either isolated or fall in two 1-parameter families $ C_{\pm}\subset Σ$. Up to the simple operation of taking the fixed algebra by an involution, these two families are identical and we concentrate here on $ C_{+}$. For $u \in C_{+}$ the above isomorphism with the Sklyanin algebra breaks down and the corresponding algebras are special cases of $θ$-deformations, a notion which we generalize in any dimension and various contexts, and study in some details. Here, and this point is crucial, the dimension is not an artifact, i.e. the dimension of the classical model, but is the Hochschild dimension of the corresponding algebra which remains constant during the deformation....
description: 52 pages, Section 3 rewritten, references added
Additional file 3: of mDixon ECG-gated 3-dimensional cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography in patients with congenital cardiovascular disease
Creators: name: Kourtidou, Soultana
name: Jones, Marty
name: Moore, Ryan
name: Tretter, Justin
name: Ollberding, Nicholas
name: Crotty, Eric
name: Mantosh Rattan
name: Fleck, Robert
name: Taylor, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Figure S3. Signal to noise and contrast to noise ratios for water and in-phase images. There is a significant difference in both parameters. ***p-value <0.001. (DOCX 187 kb)
Stictopleurus pictus
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhopalidae
Stictopleurus
Stictopleurus pictus

description: Stictopleurus pictus (Fieber, 1861)
 Material examined. Many specimens: GILAN: Damashk – Bareh Sar, 27.vii.2002; Deylaman, 9.v.-24.vi.1995; Jirandeh, 26.-27.vii.2002; Lowshan, 18.-20.viii.2002; Manjil, 14.v.-14.vi.1995, 26.viii.1996; Parudbar, 29.-30.vii.2003; Sang Rud, 19.-20.viii.2002, 29.-30.vii.2003. ARDABIL: near Khalkhal, 9.-11.viii.1998, 8.-9.vii.2002; Khalkhal – Kivi, 4.viii.1996, 8.-9.viii.2002. ZANJAN: Gilankesh, 15 km NW of Gilvan, 26.-27.vi.2004; Mamalan – Abbar, 20.-21.vii.2002; 20-35 km E of Zanjan, 13.vii.2004. SEMNAN: Kharghan 20 km N of Shahrud, 16.-17.vii.2003; Pircham, 7.-9.x.2000; 25-30 km N of Shahrud, 4.vii.2004; Shahrud, Rowyan, 3.-4.vii.2004. GOLESTAN: Alagol, 12.-13.vii.2003; Gonbad Bakhst-e-Haft, 14.-15.vii.2003; near Maraveh, 21.vii.2005. TEHRAN: Gachsar, 15.vii.2002; Kordan, 14.vii.2002.
 Comments. In hilly meadows, forests and gardens. Recorded on Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, and Brassicaceae. Holomediterranean, extending to Central Europe and the Middle East.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 77-91 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328527
Physics and mathematics of interfaces in self-assemblies : studies in electrostatics and triply periodic minimal surfaces
Creators: name: Fogden, Andrew
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Minimal surfaces
subject: Surface active agents
subject: Liquids

description: The key to theoretical prediction of the behaviour of self-assembling systems is an understanding of structure. This structure is the global spatial manifestation of the sum of all local interactions. As a consequence of the subtlety of this connection, prediction of structure from the basis of a detailed model of the specific molecular interactions is not feasible, as our mathematical limitations force the imposition of strict geometrical assumptions. Instead, such physical treatments are sacrificed for the freedom of description offered by simplified geometrical approaches. In this thesis two examples of such geometrical motivations, of particular reference to the phases observed in binary surfactant-water mixtures, are analysed and extended. Helfrich attributed the energy cost of fluctuation of the surfactant aggregate to the bending of the interface separating the hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, and proposed a simple curvature energy function describing this. Applying simple stability considerations, we find that this functional form cannot be reconciled with the intuition of a preferred interfacial curvature, and propose an alternative phenomenological description which is consistent with this notion and with existing continuum models of the surfactant film. For the specific case of preferentially flat films (that is, zero spontaneous curvatures) the surfactant bilayers have a tendency to form lamellar phases, which exhibit interesting behaviour attributed to the bending energy. To investigate this, we calculate this energy directly for the specific case of ionic surfactants in aqueous electrolytes, thus permitting the inference of formulae for the bilayer bending modulus (characterising its degree of stiffness). Perhaps the most striking structural feature of surfactant-water systems is the observation of bicontinuous phases. The partitioning interface in these formations is found to be modelled in many cases by the class of triply periodic minimal surfaces. Here we derive new examples of these special surfaces and present an algorithm for the parametrisation of this class, thus facilitating a quantitative assessment of the degree to which these surfaces match the real surfactant interface.
Mekeo : a study of a Papua New Guinea society
Creators: name: Hauʹofa, Epeli
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1975
Subjects: subject: Mekeo (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs

description: This thesis is based on fieldwork research conducted in Mekeo in three extended periods covering twenty three months from December 1969 to April 1973. My initial aim was to study 'channels of communication' between rural villages and the organs of the central Administration from the subdistrict to the national levels. The choice of Mekeo was fortuitous; I was reading a copy of the Post-Courier in Port Moresby one day when my attention was drawn to a very short item about the construction of a road from the city to Bereina. Mekeo was mentioned as a possible source of food supply for the rapidly growing capital. I decided on the spot to go there, and began making preparations for a preliminary field research. I was informed by the Central District headquarters in Port Moresby that the only government house vacant in the area was just outside Beipa'a village. So this was the dwelling that my wife and I occupied during our first stay in Mekeo. On our subsequent field trips after we had become well known to the villagers, we were given the rear half of a ceremonial house (ufu) to live in. Being located in the middle of the village, our new accommodation afforded us a central spot from which to observe what was happening in the community. The people received us with hospitality, generosity and patience; and whilst at times they were uncertain of our intentions they rarely failed to treat us with courtesy.
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhopalidae
Stictopleurus
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus

description: Stictopleurus punctatonervosus (Goeze, 1778)
 Material examined. GILAN: Gyssom, 1 specimen, 11.-18.vi.1995. ARDABIL: 20-30 km E of Khalkhal, 1 specimen, 1.-21.vii.1996.
 Comments. In mountain meadows, e.g. on Asteraceae. Euro-Siberian.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 77-91 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328527
Improved Modeling of the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Projected-Fields signal and its Cosmological Dependence
Creators: name: Patki, Raagini
name: Battaglia, Nicholas
name: Ferraro, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Over the past decade, the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect has emerged as an observational probe of the distribution of baryons and velocity fields in the late Universe. Of the many ways to detect the kSZ, the 'projected-fields kSZ estimator' has the promising feature of not being limited to galaxy samples with accurate redshifts. The current theoretical modeling of this estimator involves an approximate treatment only applicable at small scales. As the measurement fidelity rapidly improves, we find it necessary to move beyond the original treatment and hence derive an improved theoretical model for this estimator without these previous approximations. We show that the differences between the predicted signal from the two models are scale-dependent and will be significant for future measurements from the Simons Observatory and CMB-S4 in combination with galaxy data from WISE or the Rubin Observatory, which have high forecasted signal-to-noise ratios ($>100$). Thus, adopting our improved model in future analyses will be important to avoid biases. Equipped with our model, we explore the cosmological dependence of this kSZ signal for future measurements. With a Planck prior, residual uncertainty on $Λ$CDM parameters leads to $\sim7\%$ marginalized uncertainties on the signal amplitude, compared to a sub-percent level forecasted with a fixed cosmology. To illustrate the potential of this kSZ estimator as a cosmological probe, we forecast initial constraints on $Λ$CDM parameters and the sum of neutrino masses, paving the way for jointly fitting both baryonic astrophysics and cosmology in future analyses.
description: 18 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D
The legal nature of government contracts
Creators: name: Puri, Kanwal Krishan
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Government purchasing Australia
subject: Public contracts Australia

description: This thesis deals with the legal nature of government contracts in Australia. It deals with the law relating to and governing federal contracts. The scope of this body of law is broad and somewhat complex. It includes several aspects of constitutional law relating to the structure and operation of the government as well as a substantial amount of law that might normally be categorised as sales or contract law. Contracting for supplies and services is only one of the several means by which the government can satisfy its needs. The government can perform the work itself, the supplies can be requisitioned or the right of eminent domain can be invoked. These alternate techniques have all been used at one time or another, especially during periods of crisis or emergency. Under normal circumstances, however, the government has chosen to fulfil the vast majority of its needs by contracting for them - the method most consistent with a private enterprise economy.
A Serious Game for Introducing Software Engineering Ethics to University Students
Creators: name: Xenos, Michalis
name: Velli, Vasiliki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a game based on storytelling, in which the players are faced with ethical dilemmas related to software engineering specific issues. The players' choices have consequences on how the story unfolds and could lead to various alternative endings. This Ethics Game was used as a tool to mediate the learning activity and it was evaluated by 144 students during a Software Engineering Course on the 2017-2018 academic year. This evaluation was based on a within-subject pre-post design methodology and provided insights on the students learning gain (academic performance), as well as on the students' perceived educational experience. In addition, it provided the results of the students' usability evaluation of the Ethics Game. The results indicated that the students did improve their knowledge about software engineering ethics by playing this game. Also, they considered this game to be a useful educational tool and of high usability. Female students had statistically significant higher knowledge gain and higher evaluation scores than male students, while no statistically significant differences were measured in groups based on the year of study.
The eternal fractal in the universe
Creators: name: Winitzki, Serge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Models of eternal inflation predict a stochastic self-similar geometry of the universe at very large scales and allow existence of points that never thermalize. I explore the fractal geometry of the resulting spacetime, using coordinate-independent quantities. The formalism of stochastic inflation can be used to obtain the fractal dimension of the set of eternally inflating points (the ``eternal fractal''). I also derive a nonlinear branching diffusion equation describing global properties of the eternal set and the probability to realize eternal inflation. I show gauge invariance of the condition for presence of eternal inflation. Finally, I consider the question of whether all thermalized regions merge into one connected domain. Fractal dimension of the eternal set provides a (weak) sufficient condition for merging.
description: Conversion to RevTeX4; minor changes; version accepted by Phys. Rev. D
Stictopleurus subtomentosus
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhopalidae
Stictopleurus
Stictopleurus subtomentosus

description: Stictopleurus subtomentosus (Rey, 1888)
 Material studied. GILAN: Rustam Abad, 1 specimen, 13.v.1995. GOLESTAN: Inche Borun, 1 specimen, 22.vii.2005. KHORASAN: Khalkanlod 30 km E of Quchan, 2 specimens, 7.vi.1994.
 Comments. In Golestan on a shore of a little salt lake, with growths of Alhagi and Tamarix. Holomediterranean.
Tribe Chorosomatini
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 77-91 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 86, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328527
Natural grasslands in Canberra: their distribution, phenology and effects of mowing
Creators: name: Chan, Cheng Wai
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1980

description: A method of mapping natural grasslands in the Canberra region using infra-red colour and natural colour photography is described. Five grassland types are identified depending on the relative proportions in them of the four native grasses,Themeda australis, Bothriochloa macra, Stipa bigeniculata and Danthonia species. The inter-relationships of these grassland types to the habitat and different land uses are discussed. The phenology of the four major native grass species was studied to help understand their seasonal behaviour. Observations of the four species indicated differing photoperiod requirements, stem and leaf yield and reproductive tillering patterns. Bothriochloa grew, flowered and shed seed much later than the other three species. A species list for a Canberra grassland site, together with the flowering times, is presented. The peak of flowering occurred in October-November. A study was made of the effect of five mowing frequencies 0n two grassland types. The responses of the four dominant species present were different when subjected to the same sequence of treatments. Themeda and Stipa appeared to be less tolerant of frequent mowing than Danthonia or Bothriochloa, especially when percentage basal cover and foliage cover measurements were considered. Mowing periods timed with regard to the seasonal behaviour of the grass species could alter the relative contribution of these species to the grassland. The presence of grasslands may be seen as a result of many environmental factors such as fire incidence, grazing and climate acting on the vegetation. Limitations of the study are discussed and proposals for further research suggested. Management schedules for maintaining five different grassland types in Canberra are recommended. They involve mowing before and after periods of active grass growth.
Sclerothyonidae Thandar 1989
Creators: name: Thandar, Ahmed S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea
Dendrochirotida
Sclerothyonidae

description: Family Sclerothyonidae Thandar, 1989  Sclerothyonidae Smirnov, 2012: 820; Thandar, 2018: 69.
description: Published as part of Thandar, Ahmed S., 2021, Nomenclatural changes in some sea cucumbers with the erection of a new genus and description of a Thyone? juvenile (? n. sp.) from the Gulf of California (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), pp. 507-526 in Zootaxa 5026 (4) on page 508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5300888
Paraparomius leptopoides
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Paraparomius
Paraparomius leptopoides

description: Paraparomius leptopoides (Baerensprung, 1859)
 Material examined. Many specimens: GILAN: Jafrud, 31.vii.-1.viii.2002; Lashte Nesha, 30.iv.1995; Nasir Mahaleh, 14.-15.viii.2002; Rasht, iv.-vi.1995, vi.-viii.1996. ZANJAN: Gilvan, 1.-2.vii.2005; 8-15 km W of Gilvan, 31.vii.- 1.viii.2004. GOLESTAN: Talulestan, 15.-16.vii.2003.
 Comments. In meadows and gardens. North-Mediterranean and Pontomediterranean.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat. (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 57-75 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 73, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328517
Photoacoustic monitoring of blood oxygenation during neurosurgical interventions
Creators: name: Kirchner, Thomas
name: Gröhl, Janek
name: Holzwarth, Niklas
name: Herrera, Mildred A.
name: Adler, Tim
name: Hernández-Aguilera, Adrián
name: Santos, Edgar
name: Maier-Hein, Lena
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multispectral photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a prime modality to monitor hemodynamics and changes in blood oxygenation (sO2). Although sO2 changes can be an indicator of brain activity both in normal and in pathological conditions, PA imaging of the brain has mainly focused on small animal models with lissencephalic brains. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to investigate the usefulness of multispectral PA imaging in assessing sO2 in a gyrencephalic brain. To this end, we continuously imaged a porcine brain as part of an open neurosurgical intervention with a handheld PA and ultrasonic (US) imaging system in vivo. Throughout the experiment, we varied respiratory oxygen and continuously measured arterial blood gases. The arterial blood oxygenation (SaO2) values derived by the blood gas analyzer were used as a reference to compare the performance of linear spectral unmixing algorithms in this scenario. According to our experiment, PA imaging can be used to monitor sO2 in the porcine cerebral cortex. While linear spectral unmixing algorithms are well-suited for detecting changes in oxygenation, there are limits with respect to the accurate quantification of sO2, especially in depth. Overall, we conclude that multispectral PA imaging can potentially be a valuable tool for change detection of sO2 in the cerebral cortex of a gyrencephalic brain. The spectral unmixing algorithms investigated in this work will be made publicly available as part of the open-source software platform Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK).
description: AAM Conference Proceedings, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2019; 108780C (2019)
MPEC 2025-D27 : 2025 DP
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2025 DP

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Paromius gracilis
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Paromius
Paromius gracilis

description: Paromius gracilis (Rambur, 1839)
 Material examined. Several specimens: GILAN: Manjil, 15.-17.ix.2000; Parudbar, 25.-26.vi.2004; Tutkabon- Rudbar, 2.viii.1998. MAZANDARAN: Chalus, 16.-17.vii.2002. GOLESTAN: Talulestan, 15.-16.vii.2003.
 Comments. On Poaceae in gardens. Palaeotropical.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat. (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 57-75 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on pages 73-74, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328517
Fragmentation in Population III Galaxies formed through Ionizing Radiation
Creators: name: Kulkarni, Mihir
name: Visbal, Eli
name: Bryan, Greg L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Population III stars forming in minihalos tend to be relatively inefficient, with each minihalo hosting one or a small number of stars which are more massive than local stars but still challenging to observe directly at high redshift. Here we explore a possible mechanisms for the generation of larger clusters of such stars: a nearby ionizing source which ionizes a late forming halo, delaying its collapse until the halo is sufficiently large that the core can self-shield and suffer runaway collapse. We use simulations with a simple but accurate model for the radiative ionizing flux and confirm the basic predictions of previous work: higher ionizing fluxes can delay the collapse to lower redshifts and higher masses, up to an order of magnitude above the atomic cooling limit. In a limited number of runs we also examine the fragmentation of the cores at even higher resolution, using both simple estimates and sink particles to show that the number of fragments is generally small, at most a handful, and that the mass accretion rate on the fragments is of order $10^{-3}$ M$_\odot$ yr$^{-1}$. This rate is sufficiently high that the descent on the main sequence (and hence the suppression of accretion) is delayed until the stellar masses are of order $100-1000$ M$_\odot$, but not high enough to produce direct collapse black holes of mass $\sim 10^5$ M$_{\odot}$. The resulting clusters are larger than those produced in minihalos, but are still likely to fall short of being easily detectable in JWST blind fields.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
The rehabilitation of the economy of Uganda : internal and external balance
Creators: name: Byamugisha, Fulgence K
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: Uganda Economic conditions
subject: Uganda Economic policy

description: The purpose of this study is to devise an approach to macro-economic policy in the reconstruction of the Ugandan economy. The study analyses Ugandan economic performance in the major sectors of production, the principal markets in the economy and external trade and tries to identify the important trends and their cause. A framework, built around the attainment of internal and external balance objectives, is designed from which a package of macro-economic policies and strategies is derived. The macro-economic policies and strategies are classified into three categories: stabilisation, rehabilitation and development. Stabilisation and rehabilitation are pursued concurrently in the short-run while development strategy focuses on the long-run. Stabilisation policy is directed at attaining stability in the price level, full employment and external balance; rehabilitation strategy aims at rebuilding Uganda's production capacity to the 1970 level where it can support an economic growth rate of at least 6 per cent; development strategy aims at boosting the rate of investment in order to attain a high rate of economic growth (at least 6 per cent per year) with high employment and equity. A long-term strategy of macro-economic stabilisation is recommended to support the development strategy.
Improving the Sensitivity of LISA
Creators: name: Nayak, K. Rajesh
name: Pai, A.
name: Dhurandhar, S. V.
name: Vinet, J-Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been shown in the past, that the six Doppler data streams obtained LISA configuration can be combined by appropriately delaying the data streams for cancelling the laser frequency noise. Raw laser noise is several orders of magnitude above the other noises and thus it is essential to bring it down to the level of shot, acceleration noises. A rigorous and systematic formalism using the techniques of computational commutative algebra was developed which generates all the data combinations cancelling the laser frequency noise. The relevant data combinations form a first module of syzygies. In this paper we use this formalism for optimisation of the LISA sensitivity by analysing the noise and signal covariance matrices. The signal covariance matrix, averaged over polarisations and directions, is calculated for binaries whose frequency changes at most adiabatically. We then present the extremal SNR curves for all the data combinations in the module. They correspond to the eigenvectors of the noise and signal covariance matrices. We construct LISA `network' SNR by combining the outputs of the eigenvectors which improves the LISA sensitivity substantially. The maximum SNR curve can yield an improvement upto 70 % over the Michelson, mainly at high frequencies, while the improvement using the network SNR ranges from 40 % to over 100 %. Finally, we describe a simple toy model, in which LISA rotates in a plane. In this analysis, we estimate the improvement in the LISA sensitivity, if one switches from one data combination to another as it rotates. Here the improvement in sensitivity, if one switches optimally over three cyclic data combinations of the eigenvector is about 55 % on an average over the LISA band-width. The corresponding SNR improvement is 60 %, if one maximises over the module.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, Submitted to Class. Quant. Gravity
Regional differences in fertility in Thailand
Creators: name: Dharmasaroja, Phandhipaya
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Fertility, Human Thailand

description: This thesis is concerned with an analysis of changes in fertility levels and patterns for Thailand and differences in fertility for the four regions, the North, Northeast, Central and South. The data used are the 1960 and 1970 Censuses and the birth registration data for 1975 to 1978. Some data from the Longitudinal Surveys and the Survey of Fertility in Thailand (SOFT) are used to explain these changes and regional differences in fertility. During the intercensal period 1960-70, the decline in fertility occurred in all regions except the South. The age shape of the fertility schedules for all four regions was similar during that period. However, the mean age of the fertility schedules was lower in North and South than in Northeast and Central regions. The adjusted birth registration data suggested that the decline in fertility was accelerating between 1975 and 1978. The decline occurred in all regions, especially the North and South. The regional fertility level during this period indicates that South has the higher fertility followed by Northeast, Central and North in that order. This study suggests that since the mid 1960s the age pattern of fertility for the whole country has shifted towards a younger pattern. The change in pattern is more obvious between 1975 and 1978, especially in both the North and Central Regions and the rural sectors of Thailand. The changes in fertility levels and patterns are due to changes in nuptiality patterns and contraceptive knowledge and practice.
Additional file 2: of mDixon ECG-gated 3-dimensional cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography in patients with congenital cardiovascular disease
Creators: name: Kourtidou, Soultana
name: Jones, Marty
name: Moore, Ryan
name: Tretter, Justin
name: Ollberding, Nicholas
name: Crotty, Eric
name: Mantosh Rattan
name: Fleck, Robert
name: Taylor, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Figure S2. Average quality score for mDixon water and in-phase images. ***p-value <0.01. (DOCX 139 kb)
Remaudiereana annulipes
Creators: name: Linnavuori, Rauno E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Remaudiereana
Remaudiereana annulipes

description: Remaudiereana annulipes (Baerensprung, 1859)
 Material examined. Many specimens: GILAN: Dasht-e-Veel, 8.-10.ix.2000, 10.-12.v.2001; Lowshan 18.-20.viii.2002; Parudbar, 25.-26.vi.2004, 29.-30.vii.2005. ZANJAN: Abbar, 29.ix.-9.x.2000; Gilvan, 30.-31.vii.2005.
 Comments. On halophytes such as Salsola. Palaeotropical.
description: Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2007, Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat. (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran, pp. 57-75 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47 on page 74, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5328517
On a Subspace Perturbation Problem
Creators: name: Kostrykin, Vadim
name: Makarov, Konstantin A.
name: Motovilov, Alexander K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Primary 47A55, 47A15; Secondary 47B15

description: We discuss the problem of perturbation of spectral subspaces for linear self-adjoint operators on a separable Hilbert space. Let $A$ and $V$ be bounded self-adjoint operators. Assume that the spectrum of $A$ consists of two disjoint parts $σ$ and $Σ$ such that $d=\text{dist}(σ, Σ)>0$. We show that the norm of the difference of the spectral projections $\EE_A(σ)$ and $\EE_{A+V}\big (\{λ| \dist(λ, σ)$ $
Evaluation of the benefits of natural ecosystem preservation with special references to existence values
Creators: name: Bennett, Jeff William
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1981
Subjects: subject: Ecology Research
subject: Environmental protection
subject: Conservation of natural resources

description: This thesis is aimed at furthering the effectiveness of benefit-cost analyses of perserved natural ecosystem provision, by considering the evaluation of the benefits which arise from this type of land use.
Spinning Black Holes with Axion Hair
Creators: name: Burrage, Clare
name: Fernandes, Pedro G. S.
name: Brito, Richard
name: Cardoso, Vitor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we construct and analyse non-perturbative stationary and axially-symmetric black hole solutions in General Relativity coupled to an electromagnetic and an axion field. The axion field is coupled to the electromagnetic field, which leads to hairy solutions in the presence of an electric charge and rotation. We investigate the existence and characteristics of these solutions for different values of the spin, charge and coupling constant. Our analysis shows the presence of violations of the Kerr-Newman bound, solutions with large positive and negative values of the gyromagnetic ratio, and the existence of multiple branches of solutions with distinct properties, demonstrating that black hole uniqueness does not hold in this scenario. The code used in this study is publicly available, providing a valuable tool for further research on this model.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures