cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
First-principles computational study of defect clustering in solid solutions of ThO$_{2}$ with trivalent oxides
Creators: name: Alexandrov, Vitaly
name: Gronbech-Jensen, Niels
name: Navrotsky, Alexandra
name: Asta, Mark
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The energetics of mixing and defect ordering in solid solutions of fluorite-structured ThO$_{2}$ with oxides of trivalent cations (Sc, In, Y, Nd, La) are investigated by electronic density-functional-theory (DFT). Through DFT calculations of structures enumerated by lattice-algebra techniques, we identify the lowest-energy patterns for defect clustering for four separate dopant concentrations. The most stable structures are characterized by a repulsive interaction between nearest-neighbor vacancies on the oxygen sublattice. The enthalpies of formation with respect to constituent oxides are positive for all dopants considered, and show a tendency to decrease in magnitude as the size and electronegativity of the trivalent dopant decrease. Due to the small positive formation enthalpies and low oxygen-vacancy binding energy with La dopants, La$_{2}$O$_{3}$-ThO$_{2}$ solid solutions are predicted to have relatively high ionic conductivities relative to those for the other aliovalent dopants considered. Our results are compared with those for the more widely studied ZrO$_{2}$ and CeO$_{2}$ fluorite-structured solid solutions with trivalent cations.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
StyleFusion TTS: Multimodal Style-control and Enhanced Feature Fusion for Zero-shot Text-to-speech Synthesis
Creators: name: Chen, Zhiyong
name: Li, Xinnuo
name: Ai, Zhiqi
name: Xu, Shugong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce StyleFusion-TTS, a prompt and/or audio referenced, style and speaker-controllable, zero-shot text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis system designed to enhance the editability and naturalness of current research literature. We propose a general front-end encoder as a compact and effective module to utilize multimodal inputs including text prompts, audio references, and speaker timbre references in a fully zero-shot manner and produce disentangled style and speaker control embeddings. Our novel approach also leverages a hierarchical conformer structure for the fusion of style and speaker control embeddings, aiming to achieve optimal feature fusion within the current advanced TTS architecture. StyleFusion-TTS is evaluated through multiple metrics, both subjectively and objectively. The system shows promising performance across our evaluations, suggesting its potential to contribute to the advancement of the field of zero-shot text-to-speech synthesis.
description: The 7th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision PRCV 2024
Epitaxial germanidation of full-Heusler Co2FeGe alloy thin films formed by rapid thermal annealing
Creators: name: Takamura, Yota
name: Sakurai, Takuya
name: Nakane, Ryosho
name: Shuto, Yusuke
name: Sugahara, Satoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The authors demonstrated that a full-Heusler Co2FeGe (CFG) alloy thin film was epitaxially grown by rapid-thermal-annealing-induced germanidation of an Fe/Co/pseudo-Ge(001)-on-insulator (GOI) multilayer formed on a Si-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements with the out-of-plane and in-plane configurations revealed that the CFG film was epitaxially grown along the [001] direction with the in-plane epitaxial relation of CFG[100]||GOI[100], although the film slightly contained a texture component. The strong (111) and (200) superlattice diffraction intensities indicated that the CFG film had a high degree of order for the L21 structure. Cross-sectional high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of the film implied that the film had the dominant epitaxial and slight texture components, which was consistent with the XRD measurements. The epitaxial component was grown directly on the BOX layer of the SOI substrate without the formation of any interfacial layer.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures
Structural and dynamical properties of a quasi-one-dimensional classical binary system
Creators: name: Ferreira, W. P.
name: Carvalho, J. C. N.
name: Oliveira, P. W. S.
name: Farias, G. A.
name: Peeters, F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ground state configurations and the \lq{}\lq{}normal\rq{}\rq{} mode spectra of a $quasi$-one-dimensional (Q1D) binary system of charged particles interacting through a screened Coulomb potential are presented. The minimum energy configurations were obtained analytically and independently through molecular dynamic simulations. A rich variety of ordered structures were found as a function of the screening parameter, the particle density, and the ratio between the charges of the distinct types of particles. Continuous and discontinuous structural transitions, as well as an unexpected symmetry breaking in the charge distribution are observed when the density of the system is changed. For near equal charges we found a disordered phase where a mixing of the two types of particles occurs. The phonon dispersion curves were calculated within the harmonic approximation for the one- and two-chain structures.
description: 11 pages, 11 figs
Data and code for Wlodarczak, Heldner, Bruggeman & Wagner (2023). Voice quality dynamics of turn-taking events in Swedish and German. ICPhS 2023
Creators: name: Wlodarczak, Marcin
name: Heldner, Mattias
name: Bruggeman, Anna
name: Wagner, Petra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Code and data for Data and code for Wlodarczak, Heldner, Bruggeman & Wanger (2023). Voice quality dynamics of turn-taking events in Swedish and German. In Proceedings of ICPhS 2023.
Enhancing Open-Set Speaker Identification through Rapid Tuning with Speaker Reciprocal Points and Negative Sample
Creators: name: Chen, Zhiyong
name: Ai, Zhiqi
name: Li, Xinnuo
name: Xu, Shugong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper introduces a novel framework for open-set speaker identification in household environments, playing a crucial role in facilitating seamless human-computer interactions. Addressing the limitations of current speaker models and classification approaches, our work integrates an pretrained WavLM frontend with a few-shot rapid tuning neural network (NN) backend for enrollment, employing task-optimized Speaker Reciprocal Points Learning (SRPL) to enhance discrimination across multiple target speakers. Furthermore, we propose an enhanced version of SRPL (SRPL+), which incorporates negative sample learning with both speech-synthesized and real negative samples to significantly improve open-set SID accuracy. Our approach is thoroughly evaluated across various multi-language text-dependent speaker recognition datasets, demonstrating its effectiveness in achieving high usability for complex household multi-speaker recognition scenarios. The proposed system enhanced open-set performance by up to 27\% over the directly use of efficient WavLM base+ model.
description: IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop 2024
Star formation and dust obscuration in the tidally distorted galaxy NGC 2442
Creators: name: Pancoast, Anna
name: Sajina, Anna
name: Lacy, Mark
name: Noriega-Crespo, Alberto
name: Rho, Jeonghee
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Abridged: We present a detailed investigation of the morphological distribution and level of star formation and dust obscuration in the nearby tidally distorted galaxy NGC2442. Spitzer images in the IR at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, 8.0um, and 24um and GALEX images at 1500Å and 2300Å allow us to resolve the galaxy on scales between 240-600pc. We supplement these with archival data in the B, J, H, and K bands. We use the 8um, 24um and FUV (1500Å) emission to study the star formation rate (SFR). We find that globally, these tracers of star formation give a range of results of ~6-11\msun/yr, with the dust-corrected FUV giving the highest value of SFR. We can reconcile the UV and IR-based estimates by adopting a steeper UV extinction curve that lies in between the starburst (Calzetti) and SMC extinction curves. However, the regions of highest SFR intensity along the spiral arms are consistent with a starburst-like extinction. Overall, the level of star-formation we find is higher than previously published for this galaxy, by about a factor of two, which, contrary to previous conclusions, implies that the interaction that caused the distorted morphology of NGC2442 likely also triggered increased levels of star-formation activity. Outside of the spiral arms, we discover what appears to be a superbubble, ~1.7kpc across in the IRAC images. Significant Hα, UV and IR emission in the area also suggest vigorous ongoing star-formation. A known, recent supernova (SN1999ga) is located at the edge of this superbubble. Although speculative at this stage, this area suggests a large star-forming region with a morphology shaped by generations of supernovae. Lastly, we discover an 8um (PAH) circumnuclear ring with an ~0.8kpc radius. The Hα emission is largely concentrated inside that ring and shows a vague spiral structure in the rest of the galaxy.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Analysis of Controlling and Directional Transport of Excitons in Plasmonic Nanostructures under Optical Strong Coupling
Creators: name: GETTAPOLA, KAMANI INDRACHAPA
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 100711 Nanophotonics
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: Computational Physics
subject: Condensed Matter Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Excitons are quasi-particles that are the fundamental energy transporter in many light-harvesting applications. To efficiently transport energy, these excitons should maintain a suitable lifetime and should be able to travel specific distances before they decay and experience decoherence. When quantum emitters that generate excitons are strongly coupled to optical cavities such that created by localized surface plasmons, the exciton transport properties are shown to be increased. This thesis focuses on identifying spatial control mechanisms for exciton transport using electrostatic fields and directional exciton transport methods using chiral plasmonic setups in the strong coupling regime, that could improve many possible applications.
Coherent Heteroepitaxy of Bi2Se3 on GaAs (111)B
Creators: name: Richardella, A.
name: Zhang, D. M.
name: Lee, J. S.
name: Koser, A.
name: Rench, D. W.
name: Yeats, A. L.
name: Buckley, B. B.
name: Awschalom, D. D.
name: Samarth, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the heteroepitaxy of single crystal thin films of Bi2Se3 on the (111)B surface of GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy. We find that Bi2Se3 grows highly c-axis oriented, with an atomically sharp interface with the GaAs substrate. By optimizing the growth of a very thin GaAs buffer layer before growing the Bi2Se3, we demonstrate the growth of thin films with atomically flat terraces over hundreds of nanometers. Initial time-resolved Kerr rotation measurements herald opportunities for probing coherent spin dynamics at the interface between a candidate topological insulator and a large class of GaAs-based heterostructures.
description: To appear in Applied Physics Letters
Long-range interactions between ultracold atoms and molecules including atomic spin-orbit
Creators: name: Lepers, Maxence
name: Dulieu, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate theoretically the long-range electrostatic interactions between a ground-state homonuclear alkali-metal dimer and an excited alkali-metal atom taking into account its fine-structure. The interaction involves the combination of first-order quadrupole-quadrupole and second-order dipole-dipole effects. Depending on the considered species, the atomic spin-orbit may be comparable to the atom-molecule electrostatic energy and to the dimer rotational structure. Here we extend our general description in the framework of the second-order degenerate perturbation theory [M. Lepers and O. Dulieu, Eur. Phys. J. D, 2011] to various regimes induced by the magnitude of the atomic spin-orbit. A complex dynamics of the atom-molecule may take place at large distances, which may have consequences for the search for an universal model of ultracold inelastic collisions as proposed for instance in [Z. Idziaszek and P. S. Julienne, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{104}, 113202 (2010)].
description: Submitted to Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., special issue on cold molecules
title: Protocole d’administration de la toxine botulinique : expérience du service de chirurgie pédiatrique du CHU de Saint Etienne.
Creators: name: H. AL Khoury Salem
Publisher: name: Société Française d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique (SOFOP)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: toxine
subject: botulinique
subject: protocole

description: La toxine botulique est la première ligne de traitement de la spasticité. Son efficacité est prouvée. Les injections nécessitent beaucoup de rigueur et devraient être absolument réalisées par des équipes entrainées. Elle diminue la douleur, améliore la mobilité et le confort et facilite les soins des patients.
Effect of chill condition and grain refinement on the microstructure and mechanical properties of B319 aluminum alloy
Creators: name: Kumar, Vishank
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The demand for lightweight vehicles continues to stimulate extensive research into the development of lightweight aluminum alloys for automotive castings and associated optimization of the processing parameters. However, the mechanical properties (hardness, tensile strength and thermal fatigue resistance) of many alloys still remain low for many applications in the automotive engine market. In order to improve the mechanical properties, a fine grain size of the as-cast alloy is preferred, which can be most commonly achieved in the foundry industry by: a) Higher cooling rate; or b) Addition of grain refiners. To provide higher cooling rates, chill is often placed in the casting cavity to act as a heat sink and consequently increase the local solidification rate. More aggressive cooling can be achieved by running water through the chill. However, high thermal gradients may develop residual strain in the as-cast alloy, which may be detrimental to the life-cycle of the automotive part and thus needs to be evaluated. The results of this thesis suggest that water cooled chill provides higher thermal gradient, resulting in a finer grain size and improved hardness with lower residual strain and texture as compared to no water cooled chill cast samples. Delaying water flow in the chill after 10 seconds introduces anisotropy in a casting by developing a fibre texture as compared to the samples prepared with continuously water cooled chill. Grain refinement is a well established foundry practice to inoculate the melt by the addition of grain refiner, which acts as heterogeneous nucleation site for solidifying α-Al to form a fine grained microstructure. Industrial grain refiners used for aluminum castings are generally master alloys of Al, Ti, B and C with specific stoichiometric ratio. In the present study, TiC powder was tested as grain refiner to effectively refine the microstructure of B319 alloy. The results showed that 0.03 wt% TiC addition refined the microstructure, lowered the SDAS and assisted in the segregation of secondary phases, which in turn resulted in increased hardness and yield strength.
Scale interactions in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Creators: name: Mininni, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This article reviews recent studies of scale interactions in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. The present day increase of computing power, which allows for the exploration of different configurations of turbulence in conducting flows, and the development of shell-to-shell transfer functions, has led to detailed studies of interactions between the velocity and the magnetic field and between scales. In particular, processes such as induction and dynamo action, the damping of velocity fluctuations by the Lorentz force, or the development of anisotropies, can be characterized at different scales. In this context we consider three different configurations often studied in the literature: mechanically forced turbulence, freely decaying turbulence, and turbulence in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. Each configuration is of interest for different geophysical and astrophysical applications. Local and non-local transfers are discussed for each case. While the transfer between scales of solely kinetic or solely magnetic energy is local, transfers between kinetic and magnetic fields are observed to be local or non-local depending on the configuration. Scale interactions in the cascade of magnetic helicity are also reviewed. Based on the results, the validity of several usual assumptions in hydrodynamic turbulence, such as isotropy of the small scales or universality, is discussed.
description: Posted with permission from the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 43 (c) 2011 by Annual Reviews, http://www.annualreviews.org
Predicting the self-assembly of a model colloidal crystal
Creators: name: Klotsa, Daphne
name: Jack, Robert L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the self-assembly (crystallisation) of particles with hard cores and isotropic, square-well interactions, using a Monte Carlo scheme to simulate overdamped Langevin dynamics. We measure correlation and response functions during the early stages of assembly, and we analyse the results using fluctuation-dissipation theorems, aiming to predict which systems will self-assemble successfully and which will get stuck in disordered states. The early-time correlation and response measurements are made before significant crystallisation has taken place, indicating that dynamical measurements are valuable in measuring a system's propensity for kinetic trapping.
Convertible preferred stock : testing the legal framework of the U.S. venture capital model in China
Creators: name: Adamski, Olivia-Nathale
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: Convertible preferred stock is a risk-mitigating security integral to the success of venture capital (VC) investment strategy in the United States (U.S.). Its function in protecting ownership rights and illiquid investment, as well as facilitating the sale of the portfolio company has attracted the attention of the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) that has implemented its own convertible preferred stock provisions in search of similar gains. Importantly, the PRC lacks the institutional stronghold of the U.S. – stringent securities regulations and a stock market centered economy - which provides an optimal environment for convertible preferred stock. Despite this, VC analysts unidirectionally support the U.S. model as a template for the PRC without explaining the addition of the provisions as needed law in China’s VC systems. This thesis rethinks the ‘ivory tower’ approach of the U.S. VC model and addresses a missing link in the literature: the tension between what is borrowed from Western structures for the formation of convertible preferred stock and domestic PRC market needs. Through the consideration of law as an instrument of policy, I argue that the party-state’s incremental implementation of convertible preferred stock provisions reflects Western expressions of economic autonomy while also reflecting counteracting socialist goals of state supremacy. This tension provides academic insight into VC and securities laws previously unexplored by the literature, particularly valuable in light of the U.S. and PRC’s status as competing super economies in our modern world.
MHV Diagrams in Momentum Twistor Space
Creators: name: Bullimore, Mathew
name: Mason, Lionel
name: Skinner, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that there are remarkable simplifications when the MHV diagram formalism for N=4 super Yang-Mills is reformulated in momentum twistor space. The vertices are replaced by unity while each propagator becomes a dual superconformal `R-invariant' whose arguments may be read off from the diagram. The momentum twistor MHV rules generate a formula for the full, all-loop planar integrand of the super Yang-Mills S-matrix that is manifestly dual superconformally invariant up to the choice of a reference twistor. We give a general proof of this reformulation and illustrate its use by computing the momentum twistor NMHV and NNMHV tree amplitudes and the integrands of the MHV and NMHV 1-loop and the MHV 2-loop planar amplitudes.
description: 36 pages, 13 figures
Applying comparative molecular modelling techniques on diverse hydroxamate-based HDAC2 inhibitors: an attempt to identify promising structural features for potent HDAC2 inhibition
Creators: name: Yadav, V.
name: Banerjee, S.
name: Baidya, S.K.
name: Adhikari, N.
name: Jha, T.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) has been implicated in a variety of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders as well as in cancers. Thus, HDAC2 has become an exclusive target for anticancer drug development. Therefore, the development of newer HDAC2 inhibitors in disease conditions is a prime goal to restrain such a scenario. Although a handful of HDAC inhibitors was accepted for the treatment of HDAC-related disease conditions, the non-selective nature of these entities is one of the major setbacks in the treatment of specific HDAC isoform-related pathophysiology. In this framework, the analyses of pre-existing molecules are essential to identify the important structural features that can fulfil the requirements for the cap and linker moieties to obtain potent and effective HDAC2 inhibition. Thus, in this study, the implementation of a combined comparative 2D and 3D molecular modelling techniques was done on a group of 92 diverse hydroxamate derivatives having a wide range of HDAC2 inhibitory potency. Besides other crucial features, this study upheld the importance of groups like triazole and benzyl moieties along with the molecular fields that are crucial for regulating HDAC2 inhibition. The outcomes of this study may be employed for the designing of HDAC2 inhibitors in future.
title: Corporate Cybersecurity in the Context of M&A Transactions
Creators: name: Beck, Cameron
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: The rapid rise of digital devices has unlocked a new dimension of innovation and prosperity in the 21st century. Computers are now an integrated and ubiquitous part of our global culture. You would be hard-pressed to walk into any given room without several computer chips humming inaudibly inside the machines that facilitate our modern world. Even lightbulbs and doorbells are connected to the Internet, capturing information from the world around them and sending that information to the Cloud. The Internet expands access to communication, international marketplaces, entertainment, professional resources, and nearly every book in the world.
title: Chirurgie Multisites, Protocole de mobilisation en post opératoire immédiat.
Creators: name: B. Dohin
Publisher: name: Société Française d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique (SOFOP)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: protocole
subject: post opératoire
subject: chirurgie

description: Les patients paralysés cérébraux opérés de chirurgie multisites sont le plus souvent à mobilité réduite et lorsque ce n’est pas le cas, la chirurgie augmente leur dépendance. Leurs difficultés, associées aux douleurs et la sidération musculaire post opératoires, augmentent leur immobilité. Les risques de complications cutanées, de perte musculaire et d’ankylose en sont augmentés. Il importe donc que ces patients soient particulièrement stimulés et mobilisés. La prévention des lésions cutanées de décubitus (phlyctènes, escarres…) est essentielle et le point de vigilance dès les premières heures post-opératoire. Les postures et mobilisation sont donc indispensables, même si la mise en place de matelas fluidisés est un plus, car la présence d’appareillages d’immobilisation (plâtres, attelles…) rend les parties molles immobilisées, inaccessibles à l’effet du matelas qui devient un « faux ami ». Si les phénomènes douloureux sont au premier plan, il faudra adapter le traitement antalgique, ne serait-ce que pour permettre les mobilisations.
A search for radio pulsations from neutron star companions of four subdwarf B stars
Creators: name: Coenen, Thijs
name: van Leeuwen, Joeri
name: Stairs, Ingrid H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We searched for radio pulsations from the potential neutron star binary companions to subdwarf B stars HE 0532-4503, HE 0929-0424, TON S 183 and PG 1232-136. Optical spectroscopy of these subdwarfs has indicated they orbit a companion in the neutron star mass range. These companions are thought to play an important role in the poorly understood formation of subdwarf B stars. Using the Green Bank Telescope we searched down to mean flux densities as low as 0.2 mJy, but no pulsed emission was found. We discuss the implications for each system.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A, 4 pages, 1 figure
Data for publication: Remotely sensing resource allocation strategies of willow communities in perialpine floodplains
Creators: name: Milani, Gillian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018

description: Here can be found:

- the imaging spectroscopy base data

- the prediction of variable on the detected willows

- 2 CSV containing data extracted from the POSTGRES database used to store the data

- drone data of the areas (more data can be requested, only 1 time step is made available here)

- pictures taken on sites

- the ZIP of code containing:

    - the PLSR regression

    - the willow detection

    - the calculation of the effective sample size
title: Place de la chirurgie de la hanche chez l’enfant polyhandicapé
Creators: name: B. De Billy
name: C. Pechin
name: J. Nallet
name: M. Anriot
name: J. Bevalot
Publisher: name: Société Française d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique (SOFOP)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: enfant
subject: hanche
subject: chirurgie

description: La hanche est la pièce intermédiaire entre le tronc et le membre inférieur. Chez l’enfant polyhandicapé, elle est soumise aux forces déformantes des muscles du membre inférieur mais aussi à la bascule du bassin induite par les muscles sus pelviens. Le maintien de sa congruence assure la mobilité du membre inférieur, l’indolence et la protection de l’articulation face à l’arthrose. Le maintien d’une symétrie est fondamental pour l’avenir, de la mobilité de la verticalisation et du nursing. Toute excentration progressive expose à des modifications de pression et à un risque d’apparition de douleurs puis de dégradation articulaire cartilagineuse et d’arthrose précoce. Tout ceci explique que la surveillance de cette articulation est obsessionnelle et va exiger des traitements dont la chirurgie.
title: Soins de Prévention pré et post opératoire chez l’enfant polyhandicapé
Creators: name: B. Dohin
name: F. Rebai
Publisher: name: Société Française d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique (SOFOP)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: enfant
subject: polyhandicapé
subject: soin

description: Les patients polyhandicapés sont caractérisés par une extrême dépendance, des troubles importants de communication et nombre de comorbidités. Le contexte familial est souvent délicat (surprotection, dépendance affective…) et ne facilite pas toujours les relations de soin même s’il représente souvent une aide importante dans l’évaluation de ces patients (habitudes, communication…). Nous souhaitons envisager ici les points spécifiques de prise en charge de ce type de patients qui sont souvent hospitalisés pour des chirurgies lourdes.
title: The Future of Blockchain
Creators: name: Gartrell, Elijah N.
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: Blockchain is the leading technology for cryptocurrencies, NFT’s and other online marketplace transactions that go through it because of it’s secure technology and how they distribute their data with Smart Contracts. This report shows how we can use Blockchain for other uses in our world and how it could advance us in the cybersecurity aspects. Showing also why we should use blockchain with basic cybersecurity concerns as in: Malware Detection, Voter Fraud, and Medical Record Security.
Period-Color and Amplitude-Color Relations in Classical Cepheid Variables - VI. New Challenges for Pulsation Models
Creators: name: Kanbur, S.
name: Marconi, M.
name: Ngeow, C.
name: Musella, I
name: Turner, M.
name: James, A.
name: Magin, S.
name: Halsey, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present multiphase Period-Color/Amplitude-Color/Period-Luminosity relations using OGLE III and Galactic Cepheid data and compare with state of the art theoretical pulsation models. Using this new way to compare models and observations, we find convincing evidence that both Period-Color and Period-Luminosity Relations as a function of phase are dynamic and highly nonlinear at certain pulsation phases. We extend this to a multiphase Wesenheit function and find the same result. Hence our results cannot be due to reddening errors. We present statistical tests and the urls of movies depicting the Period-Color/Period Luminosity and Wesenheit relations as a function of phase for the LMC OGLE III Cepheid data: these tests and movies clearly demonstrate nonlinearity as a function of phase and offer a new window toward a deeper understanding of stellar pulsation. When comparing with models, we find that the models also predict this nonlinearity in both Period-Color and Period-Luminosity planes. The models with (Z=0.004, Y=0.25) fare better in mimicking the LMC Cepheid relations, particularly at longer periods, though the models predict systematically higher amplitudes than the observations.
title: PC Marchant : Pourquoi une Chirurgie Multisites ?
Creators: name: A. Presedo
Publisher: name: Société Française d’Orthopédie Pédiatrique (SOFOP)
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: chirurgie
subject: multisites
subject: marchant

description: Dans le passé, le traitement des troubles de marche chez l’enfant avec paralysie cérébrale (PC) était essentiellement basé sur la correction des rétractions musculaires. Différentes techniques chirurgicales d’allongement myotendineux, voire de transferts tendineux, étaient utilisées en complément de la prise en charge par des séances de rééducation motrice et des plâtres d’étirement. Ces allongements musculaires étaient réalisés d’une façon isolée, au fur et à mesure que les rétractions se présentaient tout au long de la croissance. Les enfants se retrouvaient hospitalisés très souvent pour subir des interventions, suivies de longs périodes de rééducation. Le Dr. Mercer Rang parlait du « Syndrome de l’Anniversaire » en faisant allusion à la fréquence de ces séjours à l’hôpital. En plus du temps passé à l’hôpital, le résultat fonctionnel après plusieurs
Conformational trimorphism in an ionic cocrystal of hesperetin
Creators: name: Jin, Shasha
name: M. Haskin, Molly
name: Andaloussi, Yassin.H
name: Ouyang, Ruiling
name: Gong, Junbo
name: ZAWOROTKO, MICHAEL
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: We report the existence of conformational polymorphism in an ionic cocrystal (ICC) of the nutraceutical compound hesperetin (HES) in which its tetraethylammonium (TEA+) salt serves as a coformer. Three polymorphs, HESTEA-α, HESTEA-β and HESTEA-γ, were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD). Each polymorph was found to be sustained by phenol···phenolate supramolecular heterosynthons that self-assemble with phenol···phenol supramolecular homosynthons into C32(7) H-bonded motifs. Conformational variability in HES moieties and different relative orientations of the H-bonded motifs resulted in distinct crystal packing patterns: HESTEA-α and HESTEA-β exhibit H-bonded sheets; HESTEA-γ is sustained by bilayers of H-bonded tapes. All three polymorphs were found to be stable upon exposure to humidity under accelerated stability conditions for 2 weeks. Under competitive slurry conditions, HESTEA-α was observed to transform to the β or γ forms. Solvent selection impacted the relationship between HESTEA-β (favored in EtOH) and HESTEA-γ (favored in MeOH). A mixture of the β and γ forms was found to be present following H2O slurry.
title: Reclaiming Your Competitive Advantage
Creators: name: Hamilton, Mason
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: The Kentucky Distillers Association announced that over 10 million barrels of bour-
bon are aging across the commonwealth. In 2020, Kentucky distillers purchased 17
million bushels of corn, 75% coming from Kentucky farmers (KDA, 2020). That is,
65% of corn grown in Kentucky remains in the state to be used in Kentucky bour-
bon whiskey distillation. There is no shortage of support from the distilling industry
for American agriculture and the Kentucky economy. In the same, American wine
production is a dynamic sector in the United States economy, accounting for $276.07
billion in economic output or around 1.28% of GDP.
Whether you are new to the alcoholic beverage industry or have experience, pro-
ducers seek new ways to increase the premiumization of their products at the retail
level. Labeling allows for clear product differentiation. Due to the lack of available
research to distilleries on premiumization through product labeling, our research aims
to compare methodology and results from wine industry related research, to the labels
found on bourbon whiskey bottles. Producers can display important characteristics
of the product to potential consumers. Utilizing a nationally representative retail
scanner data set containing over 650,000 unique UPC and 7,000 brands of wine and
whiskey products, we investigate the price premiums in the two industries for the
various labels from 2017-2020. Example labels include, but are not limited to, estate,
reserve, organic, varietal, location, single barrel, and bottled-in-bond.
The retail scanner data set also contains information about the purchase price,
store type, and location. A hedonic pricing model and a demand model is employed
for each industry to evaluate each sector’s price premiums by label type. The he-
donic pricing framework will estimate the product’s monetary value based on label’s
characteristics.
Results from this research will provide wine and whiskey producers with a stronger
understanding on product differentiation and price premiums or discounts they should
expect depending on how they distill or ferment their products. Through the eval-
uation of the long history of product differentiation in the wine industry, we will
offer new insights to help whiskey producers establish themselves among a rapidly
expanding and competitive market.
description: © 2023 Mason T. Hamilton
Gravitational collapse of K-essence Matter in Painlevé-Gullstrand coordinates
Creators: name: Leonard, C. Danielle
name: Ziprick, Jonathan
name: Kunstatter, Gabor
name: Mann, Robert B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We conduct numerical simulations in Painlevé-Gullstrand coordinates of a variety of K-essence-type scalar fields under spherically symmetric gravitational collapse. We write down generic conditions on the K-essence lagrangian that can be used to determine whether superluminality and Cauchy breakdown are possible. Consistent with these conditions, for specific choices of K-essence-type fields we verify the presence of superluminality during collapse, while for other type we do not. We also demonstrate that certain choices of K-essence scalar fields present issues under gravitational collapse in Painlevé-Gullstrand coordinates, such as a breakdown of the Cauchy problem.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures
The soft X-ray and narrow-line emission of Mrk573 on kiloparcec scales
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Martin, O.
name: Acosta-Pulido, J. A.
name: Garcia, A. M. Perez
name: Almeida, C. Ramos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a study of the circumnuclear region of the nearby Seyfert galaxy Mrk573 using Chandra, XMM-Newton and HST data. The X-ray morphology shows a biconical region extending up to 12 arcsecs (4 kpc) in projection from the nucleus. A strong correlation between the X-rays and the highly ionized gas seen in the [O III] image is reported. Moreover, we have studied the line intensities detected with the RGS/XMM-Newton and used them to fit the low resolution EPIC/XMM-Newton and ACIS/Chandra spectra. The RGS spectrum is dominated by emission lines of C VI, O VII, O VIII, Fe XVII, and Ne IX, among others. A good fit is obtained using these emission lines found in the RGS spectrum as a template for Chandra spectra of the nucleus and extended emission. The photoionization model Cloudy provides a reasonable fit for both the nuclear region and the cone-like structures. For the nucleus the emission is modelled using two phases: a high ionization [log(U)=1.23] and a low ionization [log(U)=0.13]. For the high ionization phase the transmitted and reflected component are in a ratio 1:2, whereas for the low ionization the reflected component dominates. For the extended emission, we successfully reproduced the emission with two phases. The first phase shows a higher ionization parameter for the NW (log(U)=0.9) than for the SE cone (log(U)=0.3). The second phase shows a low ionization parameter (log(U)=-3) and is rather uniform for NW and SE cones. In addition, the nuclear optical/infrared SED has been modeled by a clumpy torus model. The torus bolometric luminosity agrees with the AGN luminosity inferred from the observed hard X-ray spectrum. The optical depth along the line of sight derived from the SED fit indicates a high neutral column density in agreement with the classification of the nucleus as a Compton-thick AGN.
description: 15 pages, 14 figures, final version of the paper submitted to ApJ
Potential and peril : incapacitation in the new age of international criminal law
Creators: name: Bolton, Tessa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: International criminal law (and in particular the permanent ICC) is experiencing the new and unique context of operation within ongoing contexts. In an attempt to clarify our intentions and purposes in the orchestration of international tribunals, this thesis confronts the role of incapacitation in such a context. This leads to a new interpretation of justice in both the international, as well as the domestic, criminal law spheres. The thesis methodology comprises of a theoretical consideration of jurisprudential theories of domestic and international criminal law theories (predominantly incapacitation, but also deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, reparation, and restitution), including a comprehension of the deontological/consequentialist discourse. It subsequently explores case-studies of three chosen situations in which international criminal law has operated. These contexts and examined individuals are : the ‘Butchers of Bosnia’ (Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić) in context of the former Yugoslavia; Joseph Kony and the LRA in Northern Uganda; and President Al Bashir in Sudan’s Darfur region. These studies encompass a historical, social, political, and legal perspective of the context and perpetrated crimes. Results of the explorations and theoretical discoveries within this paper lead to a new, expanded concept of incapacitation that brings light to both international and domestic criminal legal theory. Law is portrayed as a carefully wielded weapon which may render culpable, powerful war criminals toothless and alone. ‘Incapacitation’ so called becomes a broader and substantially different concept. This contains a new distinction between ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ incapacitation – the latter referring to the possibility of law to impact on the actions of the accused before incarceration, for instance by restraining personal liberty, political power, freedom of movement, and overall legitimacy. Recommendations for how this newly defined power can be harnessed by international criminal institutions and actors are explored. There is also a reflection on the potential negative outcomes of international criminal law, which must be taken seriously if the ultimate objective of the law is indeed consequential.
Generation of symmetric exponential sums
Creators: name: Sergeyev, Yaroslav D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11L03

description: In this paper, a new method for generation of infinite series of symmetric identities written for exponential sums in real numbers is proposed. Such systems have numerous applications in theory of numbers, chaos theory, algorithmic complexity, dynamic systems, etc. Properties of generated identities are studied. Relations of the introduced method for generation of symmetric exponential sums to the Morse-Hedlund sequence and to the theory of magic squares are established.
The Environmental Data Initiative (EDI): Supporting Curation and Archiving of Environmental Data
Creators: name: Gries, Corinna
name: Servilla, Mark
name: Vanderbilt, Kristin
name: Grossman Clarke, Susanne
name: O'Brien, Margaret
name: Costa, Duane
name: Smith, Colin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: data repository
open data
Ecological Metadata Language
metadata
environment
ecology
Environmental Data Initiative

description: EDI’s mission and approaches Data repository and publishing Data publication workflow support Outreach and training Data integration support
description: Funding: NSF DBI-1629233 and NSF DBI-1565103
Channels That Die
Creators: name: Varshney, Lav R.
name: Mitter, Sanjoy K.
name: Goyal, Vivek K
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Given the possibility of communication systems failing catastrophically, we investigate limits to communicating over channels that fail at random times. These channels are finite-state semi-Markov channels. We show that communication with arbitrarily small probability of error is not possible. Making use of results in finite blocklength channel coding, we determine sequences of blocklengths that optimize transmission volume communicated at fixed maximum message error probabilities. We provide a partial ordering of communication channels. A dynamic programming formulation is used to show the structural result that channel state feedback does not improve performance.
title: Cybersecurity & Correctional Institutions
Creators: name: Himelwright, Kelly
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2022

description: Cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly important aspect of correctional operations. To properly maintain security, more jails and prisons are using comprehensive cyber protection techniques. Correctional facilities face risks that were perhaps unimaginable only a few decades ago. Many organizations have used information technology to help them run their businesses, but few have the resources or vision to foresee and adequately manage the cyber dangers that come with it. Institutions need to be more aware of these hazards, as well as have more information security experts on staff.
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Creators: name: Mittermaier, Bernhard
name: Wagner, Alexander
name: Barake, Louai
name: Diallo, Abdoulaye Saliou
name: Hesselbach, Stefan
name: Pazera, Tomasz
name: Plott, Cornelia
Publisher: name: RWTH Aachen University
Year: 2013

description: Open Access Tage 2013, OAT13, Hamburg, Germany, 1 Oct 2013 - 2 Oct 2013
Thermohaline Mixing and its Role in the Evolution of Carbon and Nitrogen Abundances in Globular Cluster Red Giants: The Test Case of Messier 3
Creators: name: Angelou, George C.
name: Church, Ross P.
name: Stancliffe, Richard J.
name: Lattanzio, John C.
name: Smith, Graeme H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the observational evidence for extra mixing in stars on the red giant branch (RGB) and discuss why thermohaline mixing is a strong candidate mechanism. We recall the simple phenomenological description of thermohaline mixing, and aspects of mixing in stars in general. We use observations of M3 to constrain the form of the thermohaline diffusion coefficient and any associated free parameters. This is done by matching [C/Fe] and [N/Fe] along the RGB of M3. After taking into account a presumed initial primordial bimodality of [C/Fe] in the CN-weak and CN-strong stars our thermohaline mixing models can explain the full spread of [C/Fe]. Thermohaline mixing can produce a significant change in [N/Fe] as a function of absolute magnitude on the RGB for initially CN-weak stars, but not for initially CN-strong stars, which have so much nitrogen to begin with that any extra mixing does not significantly affect the surface nitrogen composition.
description: 33 Pages, 10 Figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal