cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Forest Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data & ILWIS GIS
Creators: name: Lemenkova, Polina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 70504 Forestry Management and Environment
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: 90901 Cartography
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering

description: Работа оценивает изменения в типах растительного покрова российского Севера в течение последних двух десятилетий. Результаты проведенной классификации спутниковых снимкой показывают экологические аспекты изменения лесотундровых экосистем. Технически, обработка данных была выполнена в ПО ГИС ILWIS, с использованием методов дешифрирования и контролируемой классификации. Результаты позволяют выявить изменения в типах и распределении растительного покрова. This paper focuses on the assessment of the changes in land cover types in Yamal peninsula over the past two decades, which shows local environmental aspects of the climate change in North. Technically, the data processing was performed in ILWIS GIS, using semi-automated methods of image interpretation and supervised classification. The results of the classification analysis enable to identify changes in land cover types and their distribution in Yamal.
In Pursuit of New Physics with B_s Decays
Creators: name: Dunietz, Isard
name: Fleischer, Robert
name: Nierste, Ulrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The presence of a sizeable CP-violating phase in B_s^0-B_s^0-bar mixing would be an unambiguous signal of physics beyond the Standard Model. We analyse various possibilities to detect such a new phase considering both tagged and untagged decays. The effects of a sizeable width difference Delta Gamma between the B_s mass eigenstates, on which the untagged analyses rely, are included in all formulae. A novel method to find this phase from simple measurements of lifetimes and branching ratios in untagged decays is proposed. This method does not involve two-exponential fits, which require much larger statistics. For the tagged decays, an outstanding role is played by the observables of the time-dependent angular distribution of the B_s -> J/psi [-> l^+ l^-] ϕ[-> K^+K^-] decay products. We list the formulae needed for the angular analysis in the presence of both a new CP-violating phase and a sizeable Delta Gamma, and propose methods to remove a remaining discrete ambiguity in the new phase. This phase can therefore be determined in an unambiguous way.
description: minor changes, lattice prediction of Delta Gamma updated, appears in PRD
Edge Modes and Teleportation in a Topologically Insulating Quantum Wire
Creators: name: Ghrear, Majd
name: Mackovic, Brie
name: Semenoff, Gordon W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We find a simple model of an insulating state of a quantum wire which has a single isolated edge mode. We argue that, when brought to proximity, the edge modes on independent wires naturally form Bell entangled states which could be used for elementary quantum processes such as teleportation. We give an example of an algorithm which teleports the spin state of an electron from one quantum wire to another.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Oral history interview with C. A. Scott, 1971
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2019
Subjects: Family-owned business enterprises
Editors
Journalism--Social aspects
Journalism--Political aspects
Journalists
African Americans--Civil rights
African American press
African American journalists

description: In this 1971 interview conducted by Henry La Brie III, Cornelius Adolphus "C. A." Scott describes his early experiences with printing and how that affected his work as publisher and editor of the Atlanta Daily World. He explains why the Daily World supported certain political candidates and movements over others, how he used the paper for justice, and how unions have affected the paper. Scott discusses the distinguishing features of a black newspaper, the future of the black press and advertising, and his own impact on journalism. He describes the changes of the white press as stagnant over time and talks about the successes of the black press and its role in society. Finally, he explains why the black press was being an important area of study at the time of the interview.
On the entropy bound of three dimensional simplicial gravity
Creators: name: MOGAMI
name: Tsuguo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is proven that the partition function of 3-dimensional simplicial gravity has an exponential upper bound with the following assumption: any three dimensional sphere $S^3$ is constructed by repeated identification of neighboring links and neighboring triangles in the boundary of a simplicial 3-ball. This assumption is weaker than the one proposed by other authors.
description: 6 pages, two figures (in uudecode compressed tar)
Class action certified in Google antitrust lawsuit
Creators: name: Houessou-Adin, Viyon
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: On November 28, 2022, a California federal judge certified a class action of more than twenty-one million consumer plaintiffs in an antitrust suit against the Google Play Store. District Judge James Donato of the District Court for the Northern District of California granted the consumer plaintiffs’ motion for class certification after determining they satisfied the requirements under Rule 23(a) and (b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.[1]
This case traces back to August 2020, when Epic Games Inc. filed suit against Google, alleging that its charging practices for in-app purchases violate antitrust laws. Following this suit, Mary Carr, a consumer from Illinois, and a coalition of state attorneys general, filed a proposed consumer class action on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated.[2] The cases were consolidated into a multidistrict litigation for centralized proceedings before Judge Donato.[3]
Through their consolidated second amended class action complaint, the consumer plaintiffs alleged, “Google has willfully and unlawfully maintained its monopoly in the Android Application Distribution Market through a series of related anticompetitive acts designed to foreclose alternative and competing Android app distribution channels.”[4] In opposition to the class certification, Google argued that the consumer plaintiffs failed to show how they were harmed.[5] Consumer plaintiffs presented to the court an economics expert who estimated how much injury they suffered as a result of Google’s actions and Google filed a motion to exclude this expert testimony. Judge Donato denied the motion finding that, “Google has not demonstrated that unreliability or invalidity warrant exclusion of [consumer plaintiffs’ expert’s] opinions.”[6] With consumer plaintiffs’ class action being certified, the litigation can proceed, and a trial date is currently set for some time in May 2023.
Ressource de la chrestienté
Creators: name: André De La Vigne
name: De La Vigne, André
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2022
Subjects: Langue et littérature françaises médiévales

description: Texte en français médiéval. Date de composition : 1494 (1494 - 1494), domaine : didactique, genre : débat, forme : mixte
description: Bibliographic citation: André de la Vigne, Ressource de la chrestienté, édité par Cynthia Jane Brown, Montréal, 1989. Publié en ligne par la Base de français médiéval, http://catalog.bfm-corpus.org/ressource. Dernière révision le 2016-07-12.
Axial Vector Coupling Constant in Chiral Colour Dielectric Model
Creators: name: Sahu, Sarira
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The axial vector coupling constants of the $β$ decay processes of neutron and hyperon are calculated in SU(3) chiral colour dielectric model (CCDM). Using these axial coupling constants of neutron and hyperon, in CCDM we calculate the integrals of the spin dependent structure functions for proton and neutron. Our result is similar to the results obtained by MIT bag and Cloudy bag models.
description: 9 pages, Latex file, no figure, to appear in Phys. Rev. C
Muon Collider Lattice Concepts
Creators: name: Alexahin, Y.
name: Gianfelice-Wendt, E.
name: Kapin, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A Muon Collider poses a number of challenging problems in the lattice design - low beta-star, small circumference, large physical and dynamic aperture - which must be solved in order to realize the unique opportunities it offers for the high-energy physics. This contribution presents basic solutions which make it possible to achieve the goals for both the energy frontier collider and the Higgs factory with Nb3Sn magnet parameters.
description: 17 pages, 14 figures
Traveling Faster than the Speed of Light in Non-Commutative Geometry
Creators: name: Hashimoto, Akikazu
name: Itzhaki, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study various dynamical aspects of solitons in non-commutative gauge theories and find surprising results. Among them is the observation that the solitons can travel faster than the speed of light for arbitrarily long distances.
description: 16 pages 3 figures, references added
Мониторинг современного состояния лесов по материалам дистанционного зондирования и ILWIS ГИС [Forest Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data & ILWIS GIS]
Creators: name: Lemenkova, Polina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 70504 Forestry Management and Environment
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: 90901 Cartography
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering

description: Работа оценивает изменения в типах растительного покрова российского Севера в течение последних двух десятилетий. Результаты проведенной классификации спутниковых снимкой показывают экологические аспекты изменения лесотундровых экосистем. Технически, обработка данных была выполнена в ПО ГИС ILWIS, с использованием методов дешифрирования и контролируемой классификации. Результаты позволяют выявить изменения в типах и распределении растительного покрова. This paper focuses on the assessment of the changes in land cover types in Yamal peninsula over the past two decades, which shows local environmental aspects of the climate change in North. Technically, the data processing was performed in ILWIS GIS, using semi-automated methods of image interpretation and supervised classification. The results of the classification analysis enable to identify changes in land cover types and their distribution in Yamal.
MPEC 2024-K78 : 2017 BL235
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Class action certified in Google antitrust lawsuit
Creators: name: Houessou-Adin, Viyon
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: On November 28, 2022, a California federal judge certified a class action of more than twenty-one million consumer plaintiffs in an antitrust suit against the Google Play Store. District Judge James Donato of the District Court for the Northern District of California granted the consumer plaintiffs’ motion for class certification after determining they satisfied the requirements under Rule 23(a) and (b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.[1] This case traces back to August 2020, when Epic Games Inc. filed suit against Google, alleging that its charging practices for in-app purchases violate antitrust laws. Following this suit, Mary Carr, a consumer from Illinois, and a coalition of state attorneys general, filed a proposed consumer class action on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated.[2] The cases were consolidated into a multidistrict litigation for centralized proceedings before Judge Donato.[3] Through their consolidated second amended class action complaint, the consumer plaintiffs alleged, “Google has willfully and unlawfully maintained its monopoly in the Android Application Distribution Market through a series of related anticompetitive acts designed to foreclose alternative and competing Android app distribution channels.”[4] In opposition to the class certification, Google argued that the consumer plaintiffs failed to show how they were harmed.[5] Consumer plaintiffs presented to the court an economics expert who estimated how much injury they suffered as a result of Google’s actions and Google filed a motion to exclude this expert testimony. Judge Donato denied the motion finding that, “Google has not demonstrated that unreliability or invalidity warrant exclusion of [consumer plaintiffs’ expert’s] opinions.”[6] With consumer plaintiffs’ class action being certified, the litigation can proceed, and a trial date is currently set for some time in May 2023.
On The Estimation of the Hurst Exponent Using Adjusted Rescaled Range Analysis, Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and Variance Time Plot: A Case of Exponential Distribution
Creators: name: Ceballos, Roel F.
name: Largo, Fe F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Hurst Exponent has been widely used in different fields as a measure of long range dependence in time series. It has been studied in hydrology and geophysics, economics and finance, and recently, it is still a hot topic in the different areas of research involving DNA sequences, cardiac dynamics, internet traffic, meteorology and geology. Various methods in the estimation of Hurst Exponent have been proposed such as Adjusted Rescaled Range Analysis, Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and Variance Time Plot Analysis. This study explored the efficiency of the three methods: Adjusted Rescaled Range Analysis, Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and Variance Time Plot Analysis in the estimation of Hurst Exponent when data are generated from an exponential distribution. In addition, the efficiency of the three methods was compared in different sample sizes of 128, 256, 512, 1024 and varying λ parameter values of 0.1, 0.5, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0 and 7.0. The estimation process for each of the methods using different sample sizes and λ parameter values were repeated for 100, 500 and 1000 times to verify the consistency of the result. A Scilab Program containing different functions was developed for the study to aid in the simulation process and calculation. The Adjusted Rescaled Range Analysis was the most efficient method with the smallest Mean Square Error for all λ parameter values and different sample sizes.
Crisis in Well-being: Law Schools Adopt Program to Respond to Student Mental Health Struggles
Creators: name: Ells, Willem
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: A growing focus in recent years—especially after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic—has highlighted the mental health challenges people face daily. Law school students experience especially high rates of mental health struggles. In a recent survey, over 75% of law students reported anxiety due to issues with law school. Over 50% of respondents also reported depression [1]. Many law schools have announced initiatives to improve mental health among their student body. At least five law schools have recently adopted a promising program called Early Alert [2]. Every week, students receive a question asking them to rate their well-being on a specific topic. Topics vary and often surround academics, personal relationships, sleep quality, and financial stability. Students who report a low rating receive a list of resources, outreach by a staff member, or an automatic call with a crisis counselor [2]. Chalak Richards, the Dean of Students at Pepperdine Law, which uses Early Alert, reports that the program “has had substantive impact” and that “every single student I’ve reached out to has been exceptionally grateful for the contact” [2]. Rates of reported mental health challenges and medical diagnoses of depression and anxiety have risen starkly in recent years, especially for law students undertaking demanding programs. One survey reported that in 2021, about 69% of respondents from 39 law schools reported needing help for emotional and mental health struggles. This was a large rise from 2014 when 42% of students answered similarly [3]. While the cause of the current crisis is unknown, there are some likely factors. First, the COVID-19 pandemic has added stress and anxiety to many people’s lives. Additionally, while mental health has long been stigmatized, there are signs that the culture around reaching out is shifting. For example, some professionals report that law students are more open to seeking assistance than previously [4]. While the Early Alert system will not solve the mental health crisis many law students confront, it is an important tool. Law students face stressful course loads and a competitive culture while preparing for a legal career. Rather than ignore the issue, staff should continue to increase outreach and counseling efforts to ensure the well-being of their students while also preparing them to care for themselves after graduation.
Unionicola (Giselatax) trisetica Smit 2008
Creators: name: LIU, DONG
name: YI, TIAN-CI
name: XU, YUN
name: ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Unionicolidae
Unionicola
Unionicola trisetica

description: Unionicola (Giselatax) trisetica Smit, 2008: 15
— Holotype male (WAM), pool Valentine Springs, W of Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia.
description: Published as part of LIU, DONG, YI, TIAN-CI, XU, YUN & ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG, 2013, Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012, pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3663 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3663.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5630595
Analyzing the Ionospheric Irregularities Caused by the September 2017 Geomagnetic Storm Using Ground-Based GNSS, Swarm, and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data near the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly in East Africa
Creators: name: Atabati, Alireza
name: Jazireeyan, Iraj
name: Alizadeh, Mahdi
name: Pirooznia, Mahmood
name: Flury, Jakob
name: Schuh, Harald
name: Soja, Benedikt
Publisher: name: MDPI AG
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften
subject: global navigation satellite system
subject: GNSS
subject: ionospheric irregularities
subject: geomagnetic storm
subject: total electron content
subject: TEC
subject: rate of TEC index
subject: FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
subject: ionospheric scintillation
subject: Swarm

description: Geomagnetic storms are one of the leading causes of ionospheric irregularities, depending on their intensity. The 6–10 September 2017 geomagnetic storm, the most severe geomagnetic event of the year, resulted from an X9 solar flare and a subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME), with the first sudden storm commencements (SSC) occurring at 23:43 UT on day 06, coinciding with a Sym-H value of approximately 50 nT, triggered by a sudden increase in the solar wind. The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and disturbance storm time (Dst) increased when the first SSC occurred at 23:43 UT on 6 September. The second SSC occurred with a more vigorous intensity at 23:00 UT on 7 September, with the Kp index reaching 8 and the auroral electrojet (AE) 2500 nT. In this study, we investigated this phenomenon using data from Swarm, FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC, and ground-based GNSS networks in East Africa to measure ionospheric irregularities near the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA). In this procedure, the total electron content (TEC), amplitude scintillation (S4), and rate of TEC Index (ROTI) were implemented to recognize ionospheric irregularities appearing during the geomagnetic storm. In addition, the Langmuir plasma probes of the Swarm satellites were employed to identify the rate of electron density index (RODI). The results obtained from the different techniques indicate the effects of geomagnetic storms in terms of increased ionospheric irregularities indicated by geophysical ionospheric parameters. This study demonstrates the potential of using space-based measurements to detect the effects of a geomagnetic storm on ionospheric irregularities for regions where ground-based ionospheric observations are rarely available, such as above the oceans.
Entropy dissipation estimates for the relativistic Landau equation, and applications
Creators: name: Strain, Robert M.
name: Tasković, Maja
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we study the Cauchy problem for the spatially homogeneous relativistic Landau equation with Coulomb interactions. Despite it's physical importance, this equation has not received a lot of mathematical attention we think due to the extreme complexity of the relativistic structure of the kernel of the collision operator. In this paper we first largely decompose the structure of the relativistic Landau collision operator. After that we prove the global Entropy dissipation estimate. Then we prove the propagation of any polynomial moment for a weak solution. Lastly we prove the existence of a true weak solution for a large class of initial data.
description: 48 pages
Updating QCD$_2$
Creators: name: Abdalla, E.
name: Abdalla, M. C. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review two-dimensional QCD. The report contains: 1. Introduction. 2. QCD$_2$ as a field theory 2.1 The 1/N expansion and spectrum, 2.2 Ambiguity in the self-energy of the quark, 2.3 Polyakov--Wiegmann formula and gauge interactions, 2.4 Strong coupling analysis, 2.5 A Lagrangian realization of the coset construction, 2.6 Chiral interactions. 3. Pure QDC$_2$ and string theory, 3.1 Introduction, 3.2 Wilson loop average and large-N limit, 3.3 String interpretation, 3.4 Collective coordinates approach, 3.5 Phase structure of QCD$_2$, 4. Generalized QCD$_2$ and adjoint-matter coupling, 4.1 Introduction and motivation, 4.2 Scalar and fermionic matter coupling; quantization 4.3 The Hagedorn transition; supersymmetry 4.4 Landau--Ginzburg description; spectrum and string theory 5. Algebraic aspects of QCD$_2$ and integrability 5.1 $W_\infty$ algebras for colourless bilinears 5.2 Integrability and duality 5.3 Constraint structure of the theory 5.4 Spectrum and comparison with the 1/N expansion 5.5 Integrability conditions and Calogero-type models 5.6 QCD at high energies and two-dimensional field theory 6. Conclusions, 3 appendices.
description: 121 pages, figures contained in a uuencoded separate file. Some references have been added, and figure file replaced
Damping of differential rotation in neutron stars
Creators: name: Sedrakian, Armen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the transport relaxation times for quasiparticle-vortex scattering processes via nuclear force, relevant for the damping of differential rotation of superfluids in the quantum liquid core of a neutron star. The proton scattering off the neutron vortices provides the dominant resistive force on the vortex lattice at all relevant temperatures in the phase where neutrons only are in the paired state. If protons are superconducting, a small fraction of hyperons and resonances in the normal state would be the dominant source of friction on neutron and proton vortex lattices at the core temperatures $T\ge 10^{7}$ K.
description: 5 pages, Revtex, Phys. Rev. D 58, Rapid Communication, in press
Crisis in Well-being: Law Schools Adopt Program to Respond to Student Mental Health Struggles
Creators: name: Ells, Willem
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: A growing focus in recent years—especially after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic—has highlighted the mental health challenges people face daily. Law school students experience especially high rates of mental health struggles. In a recent survey, over 75% of law students reported anxiety due to issues with law school. Over 50% of respondents also reported depression [1].
Many law schools have announced initiatives to improve mental health among their student body. At least five law schools have recently adopted a promising program called Early Alert [2]. Every week, students receive a question asking them to rate their well-being on a specific topic. Topics vary and often surround academics, personal relationships, sleep quality, and financial stability. Students who report a low rating receive a list of resources, outreach by a staff member, or an automatic call with a crisis counselor [2].
Chalak Richards, the Dean of Students at Pepperdine Law, which uses Early Alert, reports that the program “has had substantive impact” and that “every single student I’ve reached out to has been exceptionally grateful for the contact” [2].
Rates of reported mental health challenges and medical diagnoses of depression and anxiety have risen starkly in recent years, especially for law students undertaking demanding programs. One survey reported that in 2021, about 69% of respondents from 39 law schools reported needing help for emotional and mental health struggles. This was a large rise from 2014 when 42% of students answered similarly [3].
While the cause of the current crisis is unknown, there are some likely factors. First, the COVID-19 pandemic has added stress and anxiety to many people’s lives. Additionally, while mental health has long been stigmatized, there are signs that the culture around reaching out is shifting. For example, some professionals report that law students are more open to seeking assistance than previously [4].
While the Early Alert system will not solve the mental health crisis many law students confront, it is an important tool. Law students face stressful course loads and a competitive culture while preparing for a legal career. Rather than ignore the issue, staff should continue to increase outreach and counseling efforts to ensure the well-being of their students while also preparing them to care for themselves after graduation.
D.C. Council Passes Overhaul of Criminal Code
Creators: name: Hill, Eli
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: The D.C. Council voted unanimously to pass the slate of reforms recommended by the Council’s Criminal Code Reform Commission (CCRC). The bill, if passed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, must go to Congress for sixty days, in which it has the authority to disapprove of the Act. If the reforms are passed by Mayor Bowser and are accepted by Congress, it will be the first major revision of the District’s criminal codes since 1901 [1].
What is in the Bill?
The bill most notably includes provisions that would eliminate minimum and maximum sentencing requirements for certain crimes and the right to a jury trial for misdemeanor crimes. Overall, the bill seeks to update the language and categorizations of D.C.’s criminal laws after decades of resisting reform. According to the CCRC, “The RCCA [Revised Criminal Code Act] provides for greater predictability, transparency, proportionality, and fairness in District criminal laws” [1].
Responses to the Bill
The Bill is not flawless, as many of its advocates have even stated. Mayor Bowser has not yet declared her intentions on whether or not she will approve the bill, but she has been critical of certain parts of the bill, such as a proposed gun amendment that was ultimately rejected by the council [2].
Prior to the Council’s passage of the Bill, the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia released a statement regarding some of their criticisms of the bill, including provisions that “could undermine community safety and impede the administration of justice” [3]. However, ultimately, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. supports the bill, citing that “the D.C. Criminal Code is in dire need of an update, and there is much in this bill that would help” [4].
Hard Exclusive Production of Tensor Mesons
Creators: name: Braun, V. M.
name: Kivel, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We point out that hard exclusive production of tensor mesons $f_2(1270)$ with helicity $λ=\pm 2$ is dominated by the gluon component in the meson wave function and can be used to determine gluon admixture in tensor mesons in a theoretically clean manner. We present a detailed analysis of the tensor meson distribution amplitudes and calculate the transition form factor $γ+γ^*\to f_2(1270)$ for one real and one virtual photon.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures
Crystallization and flow in active patch systems
Creators: name: Hasnain, Jaffar
name: Menzl, Georg
name: Jungblut, Swetlana
name: Dellago, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based upon recent experiments in which Janus particles are made into active swimmers by illuminating them with laser light, we explore the effect of applying a light pattern on the sample, thereby creating activity inducing zones or active patches. We simulate a system of interacting Brownian diffusers that become active swimmers when moving inside an active patch and analyze the structure and dynamics of the ensuing stationary state. We find that, in some respects, the effect of spatially inhomogeneous activity is qualitatively similar to a temperature gradient. For asymmetric patches, however, this analogy breaks down because the ensuing stationary state is specific to partial active motion.
description: Version published in Soft Matter is significantly improved
Urban Heat Inequality: Empowering Vulnerable Households in Combating Heat Exposure in their Environments. ODISSEI LISS panel Grant 2023 proposal
Creators: name: Moustafa Habib Abdelraouf, Maha
name: van Ham, Maarten
name: van Esch, Marjolein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Elevated summertime temperatures disproportionately affect marginalized communities, particularly in urban regions. Generally, urban areas are warmer than rural surroundings, and vulnerable populations tend to reside in densely populated areas with significant heat buildup. Frequent heat exposure, limited resources, and inadequate heat-coping behaviors among at-risk residents result in adverse effects. This disrupts their sleep, hampers concentration, and limits carrying out valued activities. Additionally, there are other challenges, such inadequate green spaces, as poor air quality and suboptimal housing conditions, all of which augment the effects for vulnerable populations. Our research has two objectives: first, we aim to identify vulnerable groups at risk of various heat exposures within their places of residence and their nearby surroundings. Second, our study comprises of an experiment to test the effectiveness of tailored heat-mitigation recommendations in enhancing participants' knowledge, thereby empowering them as informed citizens, and enabling their effective participation in public initiatives and policymaking.
Central potential and examples of hidden algebra structure
Creators: name: Brihaye, Y.
name: Devaux, N.
name: Kosinski, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose two generalisations of the Coulomb potential equation of quantum mechanics and investigate the occurence of algebraic eigenfunctions for the corresponding Scrhödinger equations. Some relativistic counterparts of these problems are also discussed.
description: 8 pages, latex, no figures
The Impact of Mobile Blockers on Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems
Creators: name: Jain, Ish Kumar
name: Kumar, Rajeev
name: Panwar, Shivendra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Millimeter Wave (mmWave) communication systems can provide high data rates, but the system performance may degrade significantly due to interruptions by mobile blockers such as humans or vehicles. A high frequency of interruptions and lengthy blockage durations will degrade the quality of the user's experience. A promising solution is to employ the macrodiversity of Base Stations (BSs), where the User Equipment (UE) can handover to other available BSs if the current serving BS gets blocked. However, an analytical model to evaluate the system performance of dynamic blockage events in this setting is unknown. In this paper, we develop a Line of Sight (LOS) dynamic blockage model and evaluate the probability, duration, and frequency of blockage events considering all the links to the UE which are not blocked by buildings or the user's own body. For a dense urban area, we also analyze the impact of non-LOS (NLOS) links on blockage events. Our results indicate that the minimum density of BS required to satisfy the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) applications will be driven mainly by blockage and latency constraints, rather than coverage or capacity requirements.
description: This paper earlier published on arxiv with a different name as: "Can Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems provide High Reliability and Low Latency? An analysis of the impact of Mobile Blockers." The paper is published at IEEE Journal in Selected Area of Communication (JSAC 2019). This current arxiv version also corrects Figure 3 and Figure 11(b) of the published JSAC version
Types of the Human Impacts on the Ecosystems for the GIS Based Environmental Monitoring
Creators: name: Lemenkova, Polina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 50102 Ecosystem Function
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Данная работа представляет проведение комплексного анализа факторов антропогенного воздействия, влияющие на состояние природной среды морских экосистем, включая анализ природных взаимосвязей элементов морских экосистем и динамики природных явлений, а также анализ факторов загрязнения акваторий и закономерности распределения загрязняющих веществ на примере Баренцева моря. На исследовательском этапе работы был выполнен сбор всей доступной информации для ее организации в базе экологических данных. Был рассмотрен и обобщен существующий опыт экологического мониторинга, классифицированы основные типы антропогенных воздействий на отдельные компоненты морской экосистемы. Данная работа представляет проведение комплексного анализа факторов антропогенного воздействия, влияющие на состояние природной среды морских экосистем, включая анализ природных взаимосвязей элементов морских экосистем и динамики природных явлений, а также анализ факторов загрязнения акваторий и закономерности распределения загрязняющих веществ на примере Баренцева моря. На исследовательском этапе работы был выполнен сбор всей доступной информации для ее организации в базе экологических данных. Был рассмотрен и обобщен существующий опыт экологического мониторинга, классифицированы основные типы антропогенных воздействий на отдельные компоненты морской экосистемы. Current work presents analysis of the human induced impact factors on the sustainability of the marine environment. It includes the analysis of the interconnections between the marine ecosystems and the dynamics of the natural phenomena as well as analysis of the factors of the contamination of the sea waters and spatial patterns of this distribution with a case study of the Barents Sea. All available information on the environment of the study area has been collected and organized in a database. The paper summarized current experience of the existing environmental monitoring, classified the main types of the anthropogenic impacts on the selected parts of the marine ecosystem.
Regulation of ATF3 expression in cardiomyocytes
Creators: name: Giraldo Ramirez, Diego Alejandro
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2008

description: The stress responses of cardiomyocytes are likely to constitute a significant aspect of the development of cardiac pathologies. Oxidative stress is a common theme in the pathophysiology of ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy. On the other hand, hypertrophic agonists (e.g. endothelin-1, ET-1) are important mediators of the hypertrophic response to hemodynamic overloading, and cardiac pathologies such as heart failure are usually preceded by cardiac hypertrophy. Microarray studies indicate that one of the genes most potently induced by H2O2 (as an oxidative stress) or ET-1 in cardiac myocytes is the transcription factor ATF3. This thesis examines the regulation and role of ATF3 in neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. The increase in expression of ATF3 mRNA was confirmed in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes exposed to H2O2 or ET-1 using RT-PCR and Q-PCR. Using immunoblotting, it was confirmed that H2O2 or ET-1 increased ATF3 protein expression. ATF3 is an immediate early gene since the upregulation of ATF3 mRNA by ET-1 was not inhibited by cycloheximide (20 μM). Upregulation of ATF3 was inhibited by U0126 (10 μM), suggesting that signalling through ERK1/2 (extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2) was required. Other studies suggest that ATF3 downregulates interleukin-6 (IL-6) in human cells. The rat IL-6 promoter possesses an ATF consensus sequence, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis indicated that ET-1 or H2O2 increased the association of ATF3 with the IL-6 promoter. IL-6 mRNA and protein expression was transiently upregulated in cardiomyocytes exposed to H2O2 or ET-1, and this was shown to be an immediate early gene response. Following IL-6 mRNA upregulation, its expression was more rapidly downregulated than that of ATF3. The peak of ATF3 protein expression coincided with the return of IL-6 mRNA to basal levels after stimulation with either ET-1 or H2O2. This suggests that ATF3 operates in a negative feedback loop to downregulate IL-6 mRNA expression in cardiomyocytes. This was confirmed by adenoviral-mediated overexpression of full-length ATF3 antisense RNA, which attenuated ATF3 mRNA and protein expression following stimulation with ET-1. Inhibition of ATF3 expression was associated with superinduction of IL-6 mRNA as shown by Q-PCR. Other potential downstream targets of ATF3 were identified from microarray studies using bioinformatics. Those with ATF/CRE consensus sequences in their promoters included epiregulin and leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) (also shown to be immediate early genes). Epiregulin and LIF mRNA expression was superinduced by ATF3 antisense RNA. Taken together, these experiments indicate that ATF3 operates in a negative feedback loop by downregulating a cluster of immediate early genes induced by ET-1. Thus, ATF3 may play an important role in the establishment and fine-tuning of an organised and compensatory hypertrophic response in the cardiomyocyte secondary to hypertrophic stimulation.
Dominance of Nuclear Processes in the Dissociation of 8B
Creators: name: Dasso, C. H.
name: Lenzi, S. M.
name: Vitturi, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the break-up of 8B in collisions with heavy-ions. The process is described in terms of inelastic excitations leading to states in the continuum. The effects of the nuclear and coulomb fields are included on the same footing in the microscopic construction of the transition matrix elements. The interplay between coulomb and nuclear excitation processes differs significantly from the situation encountered in reactions involving systems close to the stability line. In particular, nuclear excitation is found to remain predominant at energies well below the coulomb barrier,
description: TEX file + 11 postscript figures
Learning Based Industrial Bin-picking Trained with Approximate Physics Simulator
Creators: name: Matsumura, Ryo
name: Harada, Kensuke
name: Domae, Yukiyasu
name: Wan, Weiwei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this research, we tackle the problem of picking an object from randomly stacked pile. Since complex physical phenomena of contact among objects and fingers makes it difficult to perform the bin-picking with high success rate, we consider introducing a learning based approach. For the purpose of collecting enough number of training data within a reasonable period of time, we introduce a physics simulator where approximation is used for collision checking. In this paper, we first formulate the learning based robotic bin-picking by using CNN (Convolutional Neural Network). We also obtain the optimum grasping posture of parallel jaw gripper by using CNN. Finally, we show that the effect of approximation introduced in collision checking is relaxed if we use exact 3D model to generate the depth image of the pile as an input to CNN.
description: This is presented at Int. Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems
D.C. Council Passes Overhaul of Criminal Code
Creators: name: Hill, Eli
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 48
subject: Law and legal studies

description: The D.C. Council voted unanimously to pass the slate of reforms recommended by the Council’s Criminal Code Reform Commission (CCRC). The bill, if passed by Mayor Muriel Bowser, must go to Congress for sixty days, in which it has the authority to disapprove of the Act. If the reforms are passed by Mayor Bowser and are accepted by Congress, it will be the first major revision of the District’s criminal codes since 1901 [1]. What is in the Bill? The bill most notably includes provisions that would eliminate minimum and maximum sentencing requirements for certain crimes and the right to a jury trial for misdemeanor crimes. Overall, the bill seeks to update the language and categorizations of D.C.’s criminal laws after decades of resisting reform. According to the CCRC, “The RCCA [Revised Criminal Code Act] provides for greater predictability, transparency, proportionality, and fairness in District criminal laws” [1]. Responses to the Bill The Bill is not flawless, as many of its advocates have even stated. Mayor Bowser has not yet declared her intentions on whether or not she will approve the bill, but she has been critical of certain parts of the bill, such as a proposed gun amendment that was ultimately rejected by the council [2]. Prior to the Council’s passage of the Bill, the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia released a statement regarding some of their criticisms of the bill, including provisions that “could undermine community safety and impede the administration of justice” [3]. However, ultimately, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. supports the bill, citing that “the D.C. Criminal Code is in dire need of an update, and there is much in this bill that would help” [4].
Spatial Analysis and Geostatistical Interpolation for Modeling Data Distribution on the Surface
Creators: name: Lemenkova, Polina
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90901 Cartography
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering

description: Работа рассматривает применение методов моделирования и интерполяции пространственных данных при геоинформационном картографировании. Составление карт загрязнения при экологическом мониторинге сталкивается с техническими проблемами, которые были рассмотрены в настоящей статье: выбор оптимальных методов обработки данных: построение гридов, кригинг, экстра- и интерполирование точечных данных.
title: Gefährdendes Verbreiten personenbezogener Daten durch Posting von Sprachnachrichten: LG Oldenburg, Urteil vom 1. September 2022 – 5 Ks 8/22
Creators: name: Haas, Janick
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 345

description: Neue Strafrechtswissenschaft, vol. 2024, no. 2, p. 217
Endothelial progenitor cell dysfunction- mechanisms and therapeutical approaches
Creators: name: Thum, Thomas
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2008

description: Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are bone-marrow derived circulating cells participating in angiogenesis and vascular homeostasis. Reduced numbers of circulating EPC are observed in patients with various cardiovascular diseases and are related to an increased risk for future cardiovascular events and death. Little is known about functional changes. The aim of this thesis was to study the function of EPC from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) or with cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes or advanced age. In particular, underlying molecular mechanisms were examined and potential therapeutic approaches were explored. CAD patients had reduced EPC numbers, which were correlated with increased plasma concentration of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. In vitro, ADMA impaired EPC function which could be restored by statin treatment. In addition, EPC number and function decreased with age. Treatment of volunteers with growth hormone increased EPC levels and improved EPC function. Animal and in vitro studies showed the EPC increase to be directly mediated by the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which enhanced endothelial NOS expression of the EPC in a phosphoinositide-3-kinase/Akt dependent manner. Growth hormone-mediated increase in IGF-1 reversed age-related EPC dysfunction. Finally, function of EPC from patients with type II diabetes mellitus was analysed. Uncoupling of eNOS occurred within diabetic EPC and resulted in enhanced superoxide anion formation with subsequent EPC dysfunction. EPC dysfunction was protein kinase C-dependent, associated with reduced intracellular tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) concentrations and reversible after exogenous BH4 treatment. Impairment of EPC function is likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of vascular disease in diabetes mellitus. In conclusion, mechanisms underlying EPC dysfunction in various cardiovascular diseases were investigated and novel treatment approaches for dysfunctional EPC were explored. The knowledge may provide clues for the therapy and prevention of certain cardiovascular diseases.