cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Model for the X-Ray and UV Emission from Seyfert Galaxies and Galactic Black Holes
Creators: name: Haardt, Francesco
name: Maraschi, Laura
name: Ghisellini, Gabriele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose that the X--ray emission from radio quiet AGN and galactic black holes is due to Comptonization of soft thermal photons emitted by the underlying accretion disk in localized structures (blobs). The power per unit area produced by the blobs, impinging on the disk, can easily dominate the radiation internally produced by the disk. In this case the electron temperature and the high energy spectrum can be determined in a similar way as in the previously studied homogeneous model (Haardt \& Maraschi 1991). However in the present model: a) the emitted spectrum is largely independent of the {\it fraction} of gravitational power dissipated in the blobs; b) the X--ray spectrum can be harder depending on a form factor of the blobs; c) the UV (or soft X--ray for galactic objects) luminosity that is not intercepted by the blobs can be larger than the X--ray luminosity. In the framework of a simplified accretion disk $α-Ω$ dynamo model, we make order of magnitude estimates of the number of active blobs, their size, luminosity and hence their compactness, finding values in agreement with what is observed. The expected UV to X--ray spectra and correlations of X--ray and UV light curves are discussed.
description: 10 pages. Plain Tex. Accepted in ApJ Letters
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Improving access to the Endocrine Clinic in a teaching hospital for patients with thyroid dysfunction
Creators: name: Tracey, Michael James
Publisher: name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Thyroid disease is very common with thyroid dysfunction affecting approximately 4% of the population. In many cases, specialist opinion is required to effectively manage patients with thyroid dysfunction who may often wait long periods of time to access specialist care, due to the prevalence of conditions and competing clinical requirements, especially from people with diabetes. Most endocrine services cannot see patients with thyroid dysfunction as often as indicated by international guidelines. In the thyroid clinic studied in February 2017, it was found that the waiting time for new referrals was 12 weeks, while return patients waited 14 weeks on average to be seen at the thyroid clinic. This means that patients with hypothyroidism- and hyperthyroidism cannot be seen following treatment commencement in 2-6 (hypothyroid) or 3-4 (hyperthyroid) weeks as recommended. This project addresses the factors contributing to this delay. Using a Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control (DMAIC) approach, a Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycle is proposed to improve an access to the endocrine clinic for patients with thyroid dysfunction. Identifying that the frequency of thyroid clinics does not allow the service to meet guidelines, it is proposed to introduce a “virtual” thyroid clinic which will be consultant-delivered. Patients’ laboratory data, treatment regimen and clinic notes will be reviewed at a once monthly clinic where the patients will not be in attendance and treatment decisions will be communicated to patients. The aim of this quality improvement intervention is to shorten the wait time for return patients by two months over the first year.
The seasonal cycle of Titan's detached haze
Creators: name: West, Robert A.
name: Seignovert, Benoît
name: Rannou, Pascal
name: Dumont, Philip
name: Turtle, Elizabeth P.
name: Perry, Jason
name: Roy, Mou
name: Ovanessian, Aida
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Titan's 'detached' haze, seen in Voyager images in 1980 and 1981 and monitored by the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS), during the period 2004-2017, provides a measure of seasonal activity in Titan's mesosphere with observations over almost one half of Saturn's seasonal cycle. Here we report on retrieved haze extinction profiles that reveal a depleted layer that visually manifests as a thin layer detached from the main haze below. Our new measurements show the disappearance of the feature in 2012 and its reappearance in 2016, as well as details after the reappearance. These observations highlight the dynamical nature of the detached haze. The reappearance appears congruent but more complex than previously described by climate models. It occurs in two steps, first as haze reappearing at $450\pm20$ km and one year later at $510\pm20$ km. These new observations provide additional tight and valuable constraints about the underlying mechanisms, especially for Titan's mesosphere, that control Titan's haze cycle.
description: Nature Astronomy, 2018
Stability of HDE model with sign-changeable interaction in Brans-Dicke theory
Creators: name: Zadeh, M. Abdollahi
name: Sheykhi, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the Brans-Dicke (BD) theory of gravity and explore the cosmological implications of the sign-changeable interacting holographic dark energy (HDE) model in the background of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe. As the system's infrared (IR) cutoff, we choose the future event horizon, the Granda-Oliveros (GO) and the Ricci cutoffs. For each cutoff, we obtain the density parameter, the equation of state (EoS) and the deceleration parameter of the system. In case of future event horizon, we find out that the EoS parameter, $w_{D}$, can cross the phantom line, as a result the transition from deceleration to acceleration expansion of the universe can be achieved provided the model parameters are chosen suitably. Then, we investigate the instability of the sign-changeable interacting HDE model against perturbations in BD theory. For this purpose, we study the squared sound speed $v_s^2$ whose sign determines the stability of the model. When $v_s^2<0$ the model is unstable against perturbation. For future event horizon cutoff, our universe can be stable (${v}^{2}_s>0$) depending on the model parameters. Then, we focus on GO and Ricci cutoffs and find out that although other features of these two cutoffs seem to be consistent with observations, they cannot leads to stable dominated universe, except in special case with GO cutoff. Our studies confirm that for the sign-changeable HDE model in the setup of BD cosmology, the event horizon is the most suitable horizon which can passes all conditions and leads to a stable DE dominated universe.
description: 19pages, 22figures
Chern-Simons D=3, N=6 superfield theory
Creators: name: Zupnik, B. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct the D=3, N=5 harmonic superspace using the SO(5)/U(1) x U(1) harmonics. Three gauge harmonic superfields satisfy the off-shell constraints of the Grassmann and harmonic analyticities. The corresponding component supermultiplet contains the gauge field A_m and an infinite number of bosonic and fermionic fields with the SO(5) vector indices arising from decompositions of gauge superfields in harmonics and Grassmann coordinates. The nonabelian superfield Chern-Simons action is invariant with respect to the N=6 superconformal supersymmetry realized on the N=5 superfields. The component Lagrangian contains the Chern-Simons interaction of A_m and an infinite number of bilinear and trilinear interactions of auxiliary fields. The fermionic and bosonic auxiliary fields from the infinite N=5 multiplet vanish on-shell.
description: Latex file, 9 pages, v.2 a note and references added
SM3–6 – X-ray maps and microphotographs: P–T conditions of symplectite formation in the eclogites from the Western Gneiss Region (Norway)
Creators: name: Martin, Céline
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Quantified electron probe analyses, additional processed X-ray maps and microphotographs of samples.
Improving Patient Flow Through an Outpatient Breast Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project.
Creators: name: Anderson, Patricia
Publisher: name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This consultant-led outpatient breast clinic in a large teaching hospital in Dublin often experiences clinic delays due to slow patient flow through the clinic processes. Patients have expressed dissatisfaction with the long queuing times and staff believe that patient flow can be improved with enhanced communication. The aim of this Quality Improvement Project is to examine the clinic process in detail using Lean and Six Sigma tools within a DMAIC framework to discover the priority delay points and recommend measures to improve patient flow. The choice of tools used was guided by a comprehensive literature review. Value Stream Mapping techniques are applied and a basic queuing simulation Gantt chart model is created to demonstrate that the proposed new consultation rates and staff availability changes can reduce patient clinic waiting times. Under the recommendations, no staffing, major process changes or extra funding is required to reduce queuing bottlenecks in the clinic, only the introduction of a patient flow co-ordinator role for a current staff member. The expected outcomes after implementation are an average reduction of waiting time to first clinician consultation for non-Triple Assessment patients of 28% and for Triple Assessment patients a 56% reduction, with clinics finishing 15 minutes earlier. Additionally, this project plan’s recommendations of improved clinic communication tools, patient flow control measures, monitoring, training and feedback proposals, should create a culture of continuous quality improvement and increase patient and staff satisfaction.
title: ADCO, Septième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1665), Cart. 29 (G 134), 996 folios, f. 0769
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge

description: Septième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1665), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 29 (G 134), 996 folios, f. 0769, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Septième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661-1665), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 29 (G 134), 996 folios, f. 0769, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https://manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
An Analysis of the Challenges Encountered by Anaesthetists when Obtaining Consent for Obstetric Epidurals
Creators: name: Conlon, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Background Obtaining informed consent for obstetric epidurals is a complex area of anaesthesia. Practice among obstetric anaesthetists in this jurisdiction is widely varied. This paper provides an analysis of the ethical and legal challenges encountered by anaesthetists when endeavouring to obtain informed consent to administer the obstetric epidural and makes recommendations as to how these challenges might be lessened. Methods A systematic review of research papers sourced from relevant data bases and websites was conducted. Direct inquiries were also made with three Dublin Maternity Hospitals regarding the practice of obtaining consent for epidurals as well as with the State Clams Agency regarding the incidence of litigation in this area. Results The study demonstrates the onerous legal duty now placed upon clinicians when obtaining informed consent as well as the ethical quandaries that can arise. The legal expectation is that the clinician has or ought to have an awareness of the risks associated with any given procedure / treatment which his patient will attribute significance to and that his patient will be advised accordingly. This presents challenges in the context of the administration of the obstetric epidural including ethical dilemmas, demands on resources, moral distress and potential litigation. Conclusion In order to lessen the incidence of such challenges the following recommendations are made: A national standard governing the process of obtaining informed consent to obstetric epidurals is implemented across the nineteen public maternity units in this jurisdiction.
This includes the introduction of a nationalised patient information card regarding obstetric epidurals which is first presented in the antenatal period and re-introduced on admission for delivery.
Ante-natal classes includes a class given by the obstetric anaesthetist regarding the effects, side effects and risks associated with obstetric epidurals.
Obstetric anaesthetists are provided with better guidance from their professional bodies in respect of the doctrine of informed consent.
Annual group sessions with an ethicist and a medico-legal specialist whereby anaesthetists gain better understanding of their legal and ethical obligations in this context should also be facilitated.
Toustain, Charles, Le mortgage de Normandie sous le deguisement des ventes pactionnees, Paris, Lucas Brayer, 1577
Creators: name: Toustain, Charles
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2019

description: Source: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k132132j/f3.image.r=charles%20toustain
description: Relation: vignette : https://www.nakala.fr/data/11280/e48628ab
The Casimir Effect as a Possible Source of Cosmic Energy
Creators: name: Sokolov, Igor Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Energy production due to the Casimir effect is considered for the case of a superdense state of matter, which can appear in such cosmological objects as white dwarfs, neutron stars, quasars and so on. The energy output produced by the Casimir effect during the creation of a neutron star turns out to be sufficient to explain nova and supernova explosions. It is shown that the Casimir effect might be a possible source of the huge energy output of quasars.
description: 6 pages, Latex ver.2.09, preprint UTPT-94-12., (new version - with substraction of the electron self-energy)
Proceedings to the 10th Workshop 'What Comes Beyond the Standard Models', Bled, July 17. - 27., 2007, Slovenia
Creators: name: Bennett, D.
name: Bregar, G.
name: Breskvar, M.
name: Dvoeglazov, V. V.
name: Gregoric, M.
name: Khlopov, M. Yu.
name: Kleppe, A.
name: Laperashvili, L. V.
name: Lukman, D.
name: Borstnik, N. S. Mankoc
name: Mirman, R.
name: Nielsen, H. B.
name: Ninomiya, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Contents: 1. Finestructure Constants at the Planck Scale from Multiple Point Principle (D.L.Bennett, L.V. Laperashvili and H.B. Nielsen) 2. Random Dynamics in Starting Levels (D. Bennett, A. Kleppe in H.B. Nielsen), 3. Families of Quarks and Leptons and Their Mass Matrices from the Approach Unifying Spins and Charges: Prediction for the Fourth Family (G. Bregar, M. Breskvar, D. Lukman and N.S. Mankoc Borstnik) 4. Fermion-Fermion and Boson-Boson Amplitudes: Surprising Similarities (V.V. Dvoeglazov) 5. Antisymmetric Tensor Fields, 4-Vector Fields, Indefinite Metrics and Normalization (V.V. Dvoeglazov) 6. Quantum Gates and Quantum Algorithms with Clifford Algebra Technique (M. Gregoric and N.S. Mankoc Borstnik) 7. From the Starting Lagrange Density to the Effective Fields for Spinors in the Approach Unifying Spins and Charges (N.S. Mankoc Borstnik) 8. New Generations of Particles in the Universe (M.Yu. Khlopov) 9. A Subversive View of Modern 'Physics' (R. Mirman) 10. Mass Spectra are Inherent in Geometry: an Analysis Using the Only Conformal Group Allowing a Universe (R. Mirman) 11. Complex Action, Prearrangement for Future and Higgs Broadening (H.B. Nielsen and M. Ninomiya) 12. Discussion on Dark Matter Candidates from the Approach Unifying Spins and Charges (G. Bregar and N.S. Mankoc Borstnik) 13. Discussion Section Summary on Dark Matter Particle Properties (M.Yu. Khlopov and N.S. Mankoc Borstnik)
description: Contains articles by different authors presented at the 10th Workshop 'What Comes Beyond the Standard Models', 17. - 27. September 2007, Bled, Slovenia. Editors were N. Mankoc Borstnik, H. Bech Nielsen, C.D. Froggatt, D. Lukman. vii+201pp
A gravitational energy-momentum and the thermodynamic description of gravity
Creators: name: Acquaviva, Giovanni
name: Kofroň, David
name: Scholtz, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A proposal for the gravitational energy-momentum tensor, known in the literature as the square root of Bel-Robinson tensor, is analyzed in detail. Being constructed exclusively from the Weyl part of the Riemann tensor, such tensor encapsulates the geometric properties of free gravitational fields in terms of optical scalars of null congruences: making use of the general decomposition of any energymomentum tensor, we explore the thermodynamic interpretation of such geometric quantities. While the matter energy-momentum is identically conserved due to Einstein's field equations, the SQBR is not necessarily conserved and dissipative terms could arise in its vacuum continuity equation. We discuss the possible physical interpretations of such mathematical properties.
description: 22 pages, typos corrected
Representations of the $SU(N)$ $T$-algebra and the loop representation in $1+1$-dimensions
Creators: name: Hallin, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the phase-space of Yang-Mills on a cylindrical space-time ($S^1 \times {\bf R}$) and the associated algebra of gauge-invariant functions, the $T$-variables. We solve the Mandelstam identities both classically and quantum-mechanically by considering the $T$-variables as functions of the eigenvalues of the holonomy and their associated momenta. It is shown that there are two inequivalent representations of the quantum $T$-algebra. Then we compare this reduced phase space approach to Dirac quantization and find it to give essentially equivalent results. We proceed to define a loop representation in each of these two cases. One of these loop representations (for $N=2$) is more or less equivalent to the usual loop representation.
description: 15 pages, LaTeX, 1 postscript figure included, uses epsf.sty, G\"oteborg ITP 93-39
title: Climate Change: Science to Solutions
Creators: name: Persad, Geeta
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Climate change

description: Understanding how climate change will stress our human systems can lead to better decisions and better outcomes for people. Using computer representations that can capture the entire Earth system, geoscientist Geeta Persad conducts research that sheds more light on our climate future and solutions at hand. Our Hot Science - Cool Talks event is a featured event in the Texas Science Festival, sponsored by the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.
Strong and Electromagnetic Decays of the Baryon Decuplet
Creators: name: Butler, Malcolm
name: Savage, Martin
name: Springer, Roxanne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the strong and radiative decays of the decuplet of baryon resonances to the baryon octet in chiral perturbation theory. We comment on the implications for the polarisability of the nucleon.
description: 16 pages + 5 figures (.ps files) appended to file. Uses tables.tex and harvmac.tex
An Empirical Analysis of Constrained Support Vector Quantile Regression for Nonparametric Probabilistic Forecasting of Wind Power
Creators: name: Hatalis, Kostas
name: Kishore, Shalinee
name: Scheinberg, Katya
name: Lamadrid, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Uncertainty analysis in the form of probabilistic forecasting can provide significant improvements in decision-making processes in the smart power grid for better integrating renewable energies such as wind. Whereas point forecasting provides a single expected value, probabilistic forecasts provide more information in the form of quantiles, prediction intervals, or full predictive densities. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of an approach for nonparametric probabilistic forecasting of wind power that combines support vector machines and nonlinear quantile regression with non-crossing constraints. A numerical case study is conducted using publicly available wind data from the Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2014. Multiple quantiles are estimated to form 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% prediction intervals which are evaluated using the pinball loss function and reliability measures. Three benchmark models are used for comparison where results demonstrate the proposed approach leads to significantly better performance while preventing the problem of overlapping quantile estimates.
description: Originally published at The AAAI-17 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids and Smart Buildings
Additional file 6: of Mediation analysis to understand genetic relationships between habitual coffee intake and gout
Creators: name: Hutton, Joseph
name: Tahzeeb Fatima
name: Major, Tanya
name: Topless, Ruth
name: Stamp, Lisa
name: Merriman, Tony
name: Dalbeth, Nicola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Table S4. Association analysis of genotype with habitual coffee intake. (DOC 54 kb)
Viscous dark fluid
Creators: name: Folomeev, V.
name: Gurovich, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The unified dark energy and dark matter model within the framework of a model of a continuous medium with bulk viscosity (dark fluid) is considered. It is supposed that the bulk viscosity coefficient is an arbitrary function of the Hubble parameter. The choice of this function is carried out under the requirement to satisfy the observational data from recombination ($z\approx 1000$) till present time.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, added references
Odd-time reversal $PT$ symmetry induced by anti-$PT$-symmetric medium
Creators: name: Konotop, Vladimir V.
name: Zezyulin, Dmitry A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce an optical system (a coupler) obeying parity-time ($PT$) symmetry with odd-time reversal, $T^2=-1$. It is implemented with two birefringent waveguides embedded in an anti-$PT$-symmetric medium. The system possesses properties which are untypical for most physical systems with the conventional even-time reversal. Having symmetry-protected degeneracy of the linear modes, the coupler allows for realization of a coherent switch operating with a superposition of binary states which are distinguished by their polarizations. When a Kerr nonlinearity is taken into account, each linear state, being double degenerated, bifurcates into several distinct nonlinear modes, some of which are dynamically stable. The nonlinear modes are characterized by amplitude and by polarization and come in $PT$-conjugate pairs.
description: 5 pages + Supplemental Material; 4 figures; accepted for Phys. Rev. Lett.; several typos fixed
title: A Dinosaur’s Roar
Creators: name: Clarke, Julia
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: dinosaurs

description: Based on Hollywood movies, many of us imagine that a dinosaur may have roared like a lion or a tiger. But what if instead of roaring, dinosaurs instead cooed? By examining birds as living descendants of dinosaurs, Dr. Julia Clarke shares how ancient dinosaurs may have produced sound and what that tells us about modern-day birds.
Additional file 3 of The incidence, risk factors and maternal and foetal outcomes of uterine rupture during different birth policy periods: an observational study in China
Creators: name: Zhou, Yangwen
name: Mu, Yi
name: Chen, Peiran
name: Xie, Yanxia
name: Zhu, Jun
name: Liang, Juan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 3. The relative risks in different parity and previous caesatean section of women by age, China.
Observation of [CI] toward the GL 2591 and W28 A2 Molecular Outflows
Creators: name: Choi
name: Evans
name: Jaffe
name: Walker
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular outflows associated with GL 2591 and W28 A2 were observed in the 492 GHz [CI] line. Upper limits are set on the [CI] emission in the extremely high velocity line wings. These limits are discussed in terms of wind-driven and jet-driven models of molecular outflows.
description: 9 pages (7 texts + 2 figures) Prepared with the AAS LaTeX macro v3.0
Lettre de Esprit-Claude-François Calvet à Jean-François Séguier, 1765-06-19
Creators: name: Calvet, Esprit-Claude-François
name: Esprit-Claude-François Calvet
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021
Subjects: Antiquités (général)
Bibliographie
Epigraphie

description: [transcription] Monsieur,

Puisque j'aidu loisir et qu'on me promet une commodité, je viens m'entretenir encore un moment avec vous. L'exemple que je vais vous donner prouve combien il est difficile d'avoir les inscriptions antiques dans toute leur pureté. M. le chevalier de Gaillard, commandeur de Portlaval, frère du commandeur de Valence, est connaisseur et très intelligent en antiquité, il a surtout le talent de copier les inscriptions avec une exactitude sévère. Comme il me dit qu'il y avait à Montélimar une inscription d'utriculaires, je le priai par une lettre de vouloir bien me la procurer. Il ne l'a pas pu parce qu'il s'est trouvé à Arles, mais en revanche il m'a envoyé celles qu'il a pucopier dans le lieu où il est. Il me fournit donc celle de St Gilles et voici comme il l'a rendue:

NAVTA TERET QV CVRATOR

EIVSDEM CORPORIS ITEM

VTRICLAR CORP ARELAT

EIVSDEMQ CORP CVRATOR

M. de Portlaval m'assure qu'il l'a prise avec leplus grand soin et m'ajoute (sans douter le moins du monde des lettres de la 1ère ligne) [fol. 45v] qu'il ne se rappelle pas d'avoir vu e autre part les mots TER ET QVATER ainsi employés. Que pensez-vous de cette leçon? Monsieur, je vous prie de m'en dire votre sentiment, je ne puis me résoudre à croire qu'on lise ter et quater et surtout je ne saurais m'imaginer que le mot TER soit exprimé par TER.

Je suis comme à l'ordinaire,

Monsieur

Votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur

Calvet

Avignon ce 19juin 1765

[fol. 46]

[Graphie anonyme: Tandis que les montagnes de St Ambroixne vous fournissent plus de nouvelles curiosités, j'enaidécouvert à l'extrémité du terroir de St Gilles qui nous en fournira, on m'a posté des coquillagesqu'on y trouve qui sont très bien conservés. Il y a des huitres d'une figure particulière et bien d'autres curiosités àce qu'on m'a dit. Je verraiau 1er jour ce que cela peut être.

Voici une inscription sommaire trouvée à Bath en mai1753 qui se trouve dans le Journal étranger de Fréron dans le mois de décembre 1755, je la copie parce que vous n'avez pas le journal

LOCVM RELI PEG

GIOSVM PER IN

SOLENTIAME

RVTVM

VIRTVTE N?

AVGREPVRGA

TVM REDDIDIT

E SEVERIVS

EMERITVS D

[fol. 46v]

A Monsieur / Monsieur de Séguier / à Nîmes
description: [personnes citées] Chrysostome de Gaillard, Commandeur de Valence
description: Source: [lieu de Conservation] Nîmes, Bibliothèque Carré d'Art [cote]ms. 140, fol. 45-46v
description: Source: ark:/12148/btv1b10015185m
Business Model of a Botnet
Creators: name: Putman, C. G. J.
name: Abhishta
name: Nieuwenhuis, Lambert J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Botnets continue to be an active threat against firms or companies and individuals worldwide. Previous research regarding botnets has unveiled information on how the system and their stakeholders operate, but an insight on the economic structure that supports these stakeholders is lacking. The objective of this research is to analyse the business model and determine the revenue stream of a botnet owner. We also study the botnet life-cycle and determine the costs associated with it on the basis of four case studies. We conclude that building a full scale cyber army from scratch is very expensive where as acquiring a previously developed botnet requires a little cost. We find that initial setup and monthly costs were minimal compared to total revenue.
description: Proceedings of 2018, 26th Euromicro International conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing (PDP)
Approximate $w_ϕ\simΩ_ϕ$ Relations in Quintessence Models
Creators: name: Luo, Mingxing
name: Su, Qiping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quintessence field is a widely-studied candidate of dark energy. There is "tracker solution" in quintessence models, in which evolution of the field $ϕ$ at present times is not sensitive to its initial conditions. When the energy density of dark energy is neglectable ($Ω_ϕ\ll1$), evolution of the tracker solution can be well analysed from "tracker equation". In this paper, we try to study evolution of the quintessence field from "full tracker equation", which is valid for all spans of $Ω_ϕ$. We get stable fixed points of $w_ϕ$ and $Ω_ϕ$ (noted as $\hat w_ϕ$ and $\hatΩ_ϕ$) from the "full tracker equation", i.e., $w_ϕ$ and $Ω_ϕ$ will always approach $\hat w_ϕ$ and $\hatΩ_ϕ$ respectively. Since $\hat w_ϕ$ and $\hatΩ_ϕ$ are analytic functions of $ϕ$, analytic relation of $\hat w_ϕ\sim\hatΩ_ϕ$ can be obtained, which is a good approximation for the $w_ϕ\simΩ_ϕ$ relation and can be obtained for the most type of quintessence potentials. By using this approximation, we find that inequalities $\hat w_ϕ
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Improving National Intelligence for Public Health Preparedness: a methodological approach to finding local multi-sector indicators for health security
Creators: name: Erondu, Ngozi A
name: Rahman-Shepherd, Afifah
name: Khan, Mishal S
name: Abate, Ebba
name: Agogo, Emmanuel
name: Belfroid, Evelien
name: Dar, Osman
name: Hollmann, Lara
name: Fehr, Angela
name: Ihekweazu, Chikwe
name: Ikram, Aamer
name: Iversen, Bjorn Gunnar
name: Mirkuzie, Alemnesh H
name: Rathore, Tayyab Razi
name: Squires, Neil
name: Okereke, Ebere
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: The COVID-19 epidemic is the latest evidence of critical gaps in our collective ability to monitor country-level preparedness for health emergencies. The global frameworks that exist to strengthen core public health capacities lack coverage of several preparedness domains and do not provide mechanisms to interface with local intelligence. We designed and piloted a process, in collaboration with three National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Pakistan, to identify potential preparedness indicators that exist in a myriad of frameworks and tools in varying local institutions. Following a desk-based systematic search and expert consultations, indicators were extracted from existing national and subnational health security-relevant frameworks and prioritised in a multi-stakeholder two-round Delphi process. Eighty-six indicators in Ethiopia, 87 indicators in Nigeria and 51 indicators in Pakistan were assessed to be valid, relevant and feasible. From these, 14–16 indicators were prioritised in each of the three countries for consideration in monitoring and evaluation tools. Priority indicators consistently included private sector metrics, subnational capacities, availability and capacity for electronic surveillance, measures of timeliness for routine reporting, data quality scores and data related to internally displaced persons and returnees. NPHIs play an increasingly central role in health security and must have access to data needed to identify and respond rapidly to public health threats. Collecting and collating local sources of information may prove essential to addressing gaps; it is a necessary step towards improving preparedness and strengthening international health regulations compliance.
Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n $\rightarrow χ+ e^+e^-$
Creators: name: Sun, X.
name: Adamek, E.
name: Allgeier, B.
name: Blatnik, M.
name: Bowles, T. J.
name: Broussard, L. J.
name: Brown, M. A. -P.
name: Carr, R.
name: Clayton, S.
name: Cude-Woods, C.
name: Currie, S.
name: Dees, E. B.
name: Ding, X.
name: Filippone, B. W.
name: García, A.
name: Geltenbort, P.
name: Hasan, S.
name: Hickerson, K. P.
name: Hoagland, J.
name: Hong, R.
name: Hogan, G. E.
name: Holley, A. T.
name: Ito, T. M.
name: Knecht, A.
name: Liu, C. -Y.
name: Liu, J.
name: Makela, M.
name: Mammei, R.
name: Martin, J. W.
name: Melconian, D.
name: Mendenhall, M. P.
name: Moore, S. D.
name: Morris, C. L.
name: Nepal, S.
name: Nouri, N.
name: Pattie,, R. W.
name: Galván, A. Pérez
name: Phillips, D. G.
name: Picker, R.
name: Pitt, M. L.
name: Plaster, B.
name: Ramsey, J. C.
name: Rios, R.
name: Salvat, D. J.
name: Saunders, A.
name: Sondheim, W.
name: Sjue, S.
name: Slutsky, S.
name: Swank, C.
name: Swift, G.
name: Tatar, E.
name: Vogelaar, R. B.
name: VornDick, B.
name: Wang, Z.
name: Wei, W.
name: Wexler, J.
name: Womack, T.
name: Wrede, C.
name: Young, A. R.
name: Zeck, B. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has been proposed recently that a previously unobserved neutron decay branch to a dark matter particle ($χ$) could account for the discrepancy in the neutron lifetime observed in experiments that use two different measurement techniques. One of the possible final states discussed includes a single $χ$ along with an $e^{+}e^{-}$ pair. We use data from the UCNA (Ultracold Neutron Asymmetry) experiment to set limits on this decay channel. Coincident electron-like events are detected with $\sim 4π$ acceptance using a pair of detectors that observe a volume of stored Ultracold Neutrons (UCNs). The summed kinetic energy ($E_{e^{+}e^{-}}$) from such events is used to set limits, as a function of the $χ$ mass, on the branching fraction for this decay channel. For $χ$ masses consistent with resolving the neutron lifetime discrepancy, we exclude this as the dominant dark matter decay channel at $\gg~5σ$ level for $100~\text{keV} < E_{e^{+}e^{-}} < 644~\text{keV}$. If the $χ+e^{+}e^{-}$ final state is not the only one, we set limits on its branching fraction of $< 10^{-4}$ for the above $E_{e^{+}e^{-}}$ range at $> 90\%$ confidence level.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
Squeezed Vacua and the Quantum Statistics of Cosmological Particle Creation
Creators: name: Hu, Be-lok
name: Kang, G.
name: Matacz, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the language of squeezed states to give a systematic description of two issues in cosmological particle creation: a) Dependence of particle creation on the initial state specified. We consider in particular the number state, the coherent and the squeezed state. b) The relation of spontaneous and stimulated particle creation and their dependence on the initial state. We also present results for the fluctuations in particle number in anticipation of its relevance to defining noise in quantum fields and the vacuum susceptibility of spacetime.
description: 19 pages in latex. To appear in IJMPA
Additional file 5: of Mediation analysis to understand genetic relationships between habitual coffee intake and gout
Creators: name: Hutton, Joseph
name: Tahzeeb Fatima
name: Major, Tanya
name: Topless, Ruth
name: Stamp, Lisa
name: Merriman, Tony
name: Dalbeth, Nicola
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: Table S3. Association analysis of genotype with gout risk. (DOC 57 kb)
Effective Lagrangian for Heavy and Light Mesons: Semileptonic Decays
Creators: name: Casalbuoni, R.
name: Deandrea, A.
name: Feruglio, N. Di Bartolomeo F.
name: Gatto, R.
name: Nardulli, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce an effective lagrangian including negative and positive parity heavy mesons containing a heavy quark, light pseudoscalars, and light vector resonances, with their allowed interactions, using heavy quark spin-flavour symmetry, chiral symmetry, and the hidden symmetry approach for light vector resonances. On the basis of such a lagrangian, by considering the allowed weak currents and by including the contributions from the nearest unitarity poles we calculate the form factors for semileptonic decays of $B$ and $D$ mesons into light pseudoscalars and light vector resonances. The available data, together with some additional assumptions, allow for a set of predictions in the different semileptonic channels, which can be compared with those following {}from different approaches. A discussion of non-dominant terms in our approach, which attempts at including a rather complete dynamics, will however have to wait till more abundant data become available.
description: LaTeX (style article), 19 pages, UGVA-DPT 1992/11-790, BARI-TH/92-125
Extrapolation for multilinear Muckenhoupt classes and applications to the bilinear Hilbert transform
Creators: name: Li, Kangwei
name: Martell, José María
name: Ombrosi, Sheldy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B25, 42B30, 42B35

description: In this paper we solve a long standing problem about the multivariable Rubio de Francia extrapolation theorem for the multilinear Muckenhoupt classes $A_{\vec{p}}$, which were extensively studied by Lerner et al. and which are the natural ones for the class of multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators. Furthermore, we go beyond the classes $A_{\vec{p}}$ and extrapolate within the classes $A_{\vec{p},\vec{r}}$ which appear naturally associated to the weighted norm inequalities for multilinear sparse forms which control fundamental operators such as the bilinear Hilbert transform. We give several applications which can be easily obtained using extrapolation. First, for the bilinear Hilbert transform one can extrapolate from the recent result of Culiuc et al. who considered the Banach range and extend the estimates to the quasi-Banach range. As a direct consequence, we obtain weighted vector-valued inequalities reproving some of the results by Benea and Muscalu. We also extend recent results of Carando et al. on Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund estimates for multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators. Finally, our last application gives new weighted estimates for the commutators of multilinear Calderón-Zygmund operators and for the bilinear Hilbert transform with BMO functions using ideas from Bényi et al.
Detection of Lens Candidates for the Double QSO Q2345+007
Creators: name: Fischer, Philippe
name: Tyson, J. Anthony
name: Bernstein, Gary M.
name: Guhathakurta, Puragra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Luminous objects associated with the 7.06\arcsec\ separation double quasar Q2345+007 have, until now, escaped detection. In this letter we present the results of the deepest known imaging of the region surrounding the quasar. The total exposure times were 47600 seconds in B$_j$ (101 frames) and 32160 seconds in R (82 frames). The frames came from CFHT, CTIO, and KPNO. We detect a B$_j$ = 25.0 mag galaxy (B$_j$ -- R = 0.5 mag) in close proximity to the fainter QSO image, possibly at $z = 1.49$ given by several absorption features in the QSO spectra. Furthermore, there is a 2.9$σ$ enhancement in the number density of faint galaxies ($24 \le$ B$_j$ $\le 28$, B$_j-$ R $ \le 1.5$) near the quasar and another 3.1$σ$ enhancement further away. These discoveries support the hypothesis that Q2345+007 is being lensed by one or more distant mass concentrations and may imply that compact ``clusters'' already exist at early epochs. We discuss several lens models for the system and the cosmological implications.
description: (uuencoded compressed postscript)
title: ADCO, Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome VIII, Cart. 192 (11 H 77), 295 folios, f. 0251r
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: cartulaire
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome VIII, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 192 (11 H 77), 295 folios, f. 0251r, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire général de Cîteaux, dit de Jean de Cirey, (XVe siècle), tome VIII, Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 192 (11 H 77), 295 folios, f. 0251r, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
Impact of Anterior Uveitis on Patients: 5 Year Prognosis from the DUET Study
Creators: name: Goodchild, Christine
Publisher: name: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Year: 2019
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Introduction Anterior uveitis (AU) is the the most common form of uveitis of which autoimmunity is one of the primary causes.(1, 2) This includes idiopathic AU or those associated with HLA-B27 polymorphism and spondyloarthropathy (SpA) The DUET study formalised an early detection and referral algorithm for AU patients who had previously undiagnosed SpA. Aims To review patients who were first diagnosed in the DUET study 5 years ago, and better understand the nature of AU and its impact on quality of life. Methods This is a cohort study examining the natural history of AU. All patients (n=96) who were ‘first presenters’ from the DUET study were invited. During the outpatient appointment, a standardised ocular history and examination together with quality of life survey with the SF36 and VCM1 questionnaire were completed. Basic descriptive statistical analysis for epidemiological data was conducted with univariable and multivariable analysis to identify clinical predictors which may affect quality of life, visual acuity, cataract and glaucoma development in the long term. Results 41% (n=39) of patients attended the appointment. SF36 scores were above average in all patients (PCS= 72.9± 21.52, MCS= 74.52±22.70) and no clinical predictors identified. Patients of Irish heritage tend to have better VCM1 score (coefficient =-1.4, CI=-2.5 to -0.29, p=0.01). Male patients (coefficient=-0.08, CI=-0.15 to 0, p=0.05) and patients with HLA-B27 positive (coefficient=-0.08, CI=-0.17 to 0, p=0.04) have better visual acuity of 4 letters. 42% of patients had cataract development of which main risk factor is age (OR=1.3, CI=1.07 to 1.57 p Conclusions The long-term prognosis of anterior uveitis is very reassuring as quality of life and ocular outcomes are above average. This study also highlights the importance of diagnosing SpA early as it is able to provide a quality of life similar to those without SpA