cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Orthodontic and Facial Characteristics of Craniofacial Syndromic Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Creators: name: Alsaeed, Suliman
name: Huynh, Nelly
name: Wensley, David
name: Lee, Kevin
name: Hamoda, Mona M.
name: Ayers, Evan
name: Sutherland, Kate
name: Almeida, Fernanda
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder in which ventilation becomes disrupted due to a complete or partial upper airway obstruction Altered craniofacial morphology is one of the most important anatomical factors associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Studies have assessed craniofacial features in the non-syndromic pediatric population. The aim of this study was to analyze the orthodontic and facial characteristic of craniofacial syndromic children referred for polysomnography (PSG) and to assess the correlation with the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI). Methods: In the current cross-sectional study, consecutive syndromic patients referred for PSG were invited to participate. A systematic clinical examination including extra- and intra-oral orthodontic examination was performed by calibrated orthodontists. Standardized frontal and profile photographs with reference points were taken and analyzed using ImageJ® software to study the craniofacial morphology. PSG data were analyzed for correlation with craniofacial features. STROBE guidelines were strictly adopted during the research presentation. Results: The sample included 52 syndromic patients (50% females, mean age 9.38 ± 3.36 years) diagnosed with 17 different syndromes, of which 24 patients had craniofacial photography analysis carried out. Most of the sample (40%) had severe OSA, while only 5.8% had no OSA. Down’s syndrome (DS) was the most common syndrome (40%) followed by Goldenhar syndrome (5%), Pierre Robin Sequence (5%), and other syndromes. The severity of AHI was significantly correlated with decreased midfacial height. increased thyromental angle and cervicomental angle, decreased mandibular angle, and decreased upper facial height. All patients with DS were diagnosed with OSA (57% severe OSA), and their ODI was significantly correlated with increased intercanthal distance. Obesity was not correlated to the severity of AHI for syndromic patients. Conclusions: Decreased midfacial height and obtuse thyromental angle were correlated with increased AHI for syndromic patients. Increased intercanthal distance of DS patients could be a major predictor of OSA severity. Obesity does not seem to play a major role in the severity of OSA for syndromic patients. Further studies with larger samples are necessary to confirm these findings.
Pauli blockade catalogue and three- and four-particle Kondo effect in bilayer graphene quantum dots
Creators: name: Tong, Chuyao
name: Kurzmann, Annika
name: Garreis, Rebekka
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Ihn, Thomas
name: Ensslin, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Pauli blockade is a fundamental quantum phenomenon that also serves as a powerful tool for qubit manipulation and read-out. While most systems exhibit a simple even-odd pattern of double-dot Pauli spin blockade due to the preferred singlet pairing of spins, the additional valley degree of freedom offered by bilayer graphene greatly alters this pattern. Inspecting bias-triangle measurements at double-dot charge degeneracies with up to four electrons in each dot reveals a much richer double-dot Pauli blockade catalogue with both spin and/or valley blockade. In addition, we use single-dot Kondo effect measurements to substantiate our understanding of the three- and four-particle state spectra by analyzing their magnetic field dependence. With high controllability and reported long valley- and spin-relaxation times, bilayer graphene is a rising platform for hosting semiconductor quantum dot qubits. A thorough understanding of state spectra is crucial for qubit design and manipulation, and the rich Pauli blockade catalogue provides an abundance of novel qubit operational possibilities and opportunities to explore intriguing spin and valley physics.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
title: Physiological and Mechanical Comparisons between Clipless and Flat Pedals
Creators: name: Conroy, Katelyn
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the physiological and mechanical comparisons between clipless and flat pedals. Participants (n=4) completed two at-home 20-minute FTP tests: using clipless and flat pedals using Zwift. The order of conditions were randomized for each participant. Participants used their personal Smart Trainers, clipless pedals, and cycling shoes while flat pedals were provided (Syun-LP, Road Bike Platform Pedals). Power, heart rate and cadence were recorded and used for analysis. All dependent variables were compared using paired t-tests. Power was significantly greater for clipless (226.7 ± 46.2 W) vs. flat (215.2 ± 41.8 W) pedals (p < 0.05). Heart rate was significantly greater for flat (138.5 ± 17.4 bpm) vs. clipless (135.2 ± 18.1 bpm) pedals (p < 0.05). However, cadence was not significantly different between clipless (70 ± 8.7 rpm) vs. flat (71.7 ± 13.3 rpm) pedals (p > 0.05). The greater power when using clipless pedals combined with a lower heart rate is an indication that clipless pedals are preferable to flat pedals.
The Modern Greek Tradition and Identity
Creators: name: Boss, Rachel
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2004
Subjects: Research -- Periodicals.
Humanities -- Research -- Periodicals.
Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals.

description: From John Boughton: Rachel’s paper emerged from an open-ended assignment set for my World History class. Students were asked to interview someone born and raised in a foreign land, to conduct academic research on their interviewee’s country and, in synthesis, to write a study of its culture and history. Quite simply, Rachel did this superbly. She wrote eloquently but precisely. She was comprehensive in scope but rigorous throughout. Most impressively, she combined anecdotal evidence with the hard data and critical analysis of academic accounts to produce a history that came alive.
description: In beginning my research for this assignment I was intimidated by the scope of information on Greece and its ancient history. My thesis took shape from an interview with Anna Guatieri, a woman who grew up in Greece and now lives in the US. After our interview and once I began more intensive research, I came to find that, due mostly to her insight and character, Anna had provided me with a thorough and telling paper. The experiences that shaped her young life were common experiences in the evolution of modern Greece. The stories she shared in our interview gave shape and meaning to the written history of her country, allowing me to understand, and, in turn, retell it.
description: John Boughton
description: http://blogs.goucher.edu/verge/verge-1/
Minimum regularized covariance trace estimator and outlier detection for functional data
Creators: name: Oguamalam, Jeremy
name: Radojičić, Una
name: Filzmoser, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we propose the Minimum Regularized Covariance Trace (MRCT) estimator, a novel method for robust covariance estimation and functional outlier detection. The MRCT estimator employs a subset-based approach that prioritizes subsets exhibiting greater centrality based on the generalization of the Mahalanobis distance, resulting in a fast-MCD type algorithm. Notably, the MRCT estimator handles high-dimensional data sets without the need for preprocessing or dimension reduction techniques, due to the internal smoothening whose amount is determined by the regularization parameter $α> 0$. The selection of the regularization parameter $α$ is automated. The proposed method adapts seamlessly to sparsely observed data by working directly with the finite matrix of basis coefficients. An extensive simulation study demonstrates the efficacy of the MRCT estimator in terms of robust covariance estimation and automated outlier detection, emphasizing the balance between noise exclusion and signal preservation achieved through appropriate selection of $α$. The method converges fast in practice and performs favorably when compared to other functional outlier detection methods.
Lepidokirbyia venigera Toulgoet 1983
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lepidokirbyia
Lepidokirbyia venigera

description: Lepidokirbyia venigera Toulgoët, [1983]
Lepidokirbyia venigera Toulgoët, [1983] a: 372.
TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Saül.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (MNHN).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 211, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Supplementary document for Snapshot Ptychography on Array-cameras - 5614991.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Chengyu
name: Hu, Minghao
name: Takashima, Yuzuru
name: Schulz, Timothy
name: Brady, David
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental example images
Programmable photonic time circuits for highly scalable universal unitaries
Creators: name: Piao, Xianji
name: Yu, Sunkyu
name: Park, Namkyoo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Programmable photonic circuits (PPCs) have garnered substantial interest in achieving deep learning accelerations and universal quantum computations. Although photonic computation using PPCs offers critical advantages, including ultrafast operation, energy-efficient matrix calculation and room-temperature quantum states, its poor scalability impedes the integration required for industrial applications. This challenge arises from the temporally one-shot operation using propagating light in conventional PPCs, which leads to the light-speed increase of device footprints. Here we propose a concept of programmable photonic time circuits, which employ time-cycle-based computations analogous to the gate cycling in the von Neumann architecture and quantum computation. As a building block, we develop a reconfigurable SU(2) time gate composed of two resonators, which have tunable resonances and are coupled through time-coded dual-channel gauge fields. We demonstrate universal U(N) operations with high fidelity using the systematic assembly of the SU(2) time gates, achieving improved scalability from O(N^2) to O(N) in both the footprint and gate number. This result opens a pathway to industrial-level PPC implementation in very large-scale integration.
description: 46 pages, 6 figures
Shallower radius valley around low-mass hosts: Evidence for icy planets, collisions or high-energy radiation scatter
Creators: name: Ho, Cynthia S. K.
name: Rogers, James G.
name: Van Eylen, Vincent
name: Owen, James E.
name: Schlichting, Hilke E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The radius valley, i.e., a dearth of planets with radii between 1.5 and 2 Earth radii, provides insights into planetary formation and evolution. Using homogenously revised planetary parameters from Kepler 1-minute short cadence light curves, we remodel transits of 72 small planets mostly orbiting low-mass stars, improving the precision and accuracy of planet parameters. By combining this sample with a similar sample of planets around higher-mass stars, we determine the depth of the radius valley as a function of stellar mass. We find that the radius valley is shallower for low-mass stars compared to their higher mass counterparts. Upon comparison, we find that theoretical models of photoevaporation under-predict the number of planets observed inside the radius valley for low-mass stars: with decreasing stellar mass, the predicted fraction of planets inside the valley remains approximately constant whereas the observed fraction increases. We argue that this provides evidence for the presence of icy planets around low-mass stars. Alternatively, planets orbiting low-mass stars undergo more frequent collisions and scatter in the stars' high-energy output may also cause planets to fill the valley. We predict that more precise mass measurements for planets orbiting low mass stars would be able to distinguish between these scenarios.
description: 19 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Physical Literacy for Communities (PL4C) : physical literacy, physical activity and associations with wellbeing
Creators: name: Tang, Yiling
name: Algurén, Beatrix
name: Pelletier, Chelsea
name: Naylor, Patti-Jean
name: Faulkner, Guy E. J., 1970-
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2023

description: Background: Physical literacy (PL) is considered an important determinant of children's physical activity through which health benefits may be derived. The purpose of this study is to describe a sample of Canadian children’s baseline levels of PL and movement behaviors, and explore whether the associations between PL and their mental wellbeing, if any, are mediated by moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Methods: All grade two children in 14 elementary schools in the West Vancouver School District, Canada were invited to participate in a two-year longitudinal project. PL was assessed through PLAYfun and PLAYself tools. Physical activity was measured by wrist-worn accelerometers (GT3X + BT) for seven days. Children's mental well-being was assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). A score of total difficulties was aggregated for internalizing and externalizing problems. Results: A total of 355 children aged 7–9 (183 boys, 166 girls, 6 non-binary) participated with 258 children providing valid accelerometer data. Children exhibited an average of 111.1 min of MVPA per day, with 97.3% meeting the physical activity guidelines. Approximately 43% (108/250) of participants were meeting the Canadian 24-h movement guidelines. Children were at an ‘emerging’ level of overall physical competence (45.8 ± 5.6) and reported a mean score of 68.9 (SD = 12.3) for self-perceived PL, with no significant differences between boys and girls. PL was significantly associated with MVPA (r = .27) and all SDQ variables (rs = -.26—.13) except for externalizing problems. Mediation analyses showed PL was negatively associated with internalizing problems and total difficulties when the association with MVPA was considered. However, the mediating role of MVPA was found only between PL and internalizing problems, β = -.06, 95%CI [-.12, -.01]. Conclusions: Although most of our sample was physically active and showed higher adherence to 24-H movement guidelines than comparable population data, the motor competence and self-perceived PL of our sample were similar to those of previous studies. PL has an independent association with children’s internalizing problems and total difficulties. Ongoing assessment will investigate the relationships between PL and children’s mental health from a longitudinal perspective.
ce:res – Gamification in den Kulturwissenschaften (abgelehnter Projektantrag)
Creators: name: Mummelthei, Victoria
Publisher: name: Pionierprojekte – Impulse für das (deutsche) Wissenschaftssystem, VolkswagenStiftung
Year: 2022
Subjects: gamification
studying
volkswagenstifung
pioniervorhaben

description: Projektvorhaben im Rahmen der Ausschriebung "Pionierprojekte – Impulse für das (deutsche) Wissenschaftssystem" der VolkswagenStiftung. Leider abgelehnt.
Phylogenetic network classes through the lens of expanding covers
Creators: name: Francis, Andrew
name: Marchei, Daniele
name: Steel, Mike
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: It was recently shown that a large class of phylogenetic networks, the `labellable' networks, is in bijection with the set of `expanding' covers of finite sets. In this paper, we show how several prominent classes of phylogenetic networks can be characterised purely in terms of properties of their associated covers. These classes include the tree-based, tree-child, orchard, tree-sibling, and normal networks.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures. Version 2 fixes an error in Fig 6, clarifies some statements, and corrects some typos
A Novel Approach for an Integrated Straw Tube-Microstrip Detector
Creators: name: E. Basile
name: F. Bellucci
name: L. Benussi
name: M. Bertani
name: S. Bianco
name: M.A. Caponero
name: D. Colonna
name: F. Di Falco
name: F.L. Fabbri
name: F. Felli
name: M. Giardoni
name: A. La Monaca
name: G. Mensitieri
name: B. Ortenzi
name: M. Pallotta
name: A. Paolozzi
name: L. Passamonti
name: D.Pierluigi
name: C. Pucci
name: A. Russo
name: G. Savian
name: S. Tomassini
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2004

description: We report on a novel concept of silicon microstrips and straw tubes detector, where integration is accomplished by a straw module with straws not subjected to mechanical tension in a Rohacell lattice and carbon fiber reinforced plastic shell. Results on mechanical and test beam performances are reported on as well.
title: Identifying Risk Factors for PTSD Symptom Clusters in Maltreated, Multiracial Youth Using Nonparametric Modeling
Creators: name: Constantine, Mallory
Publisher: name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year: 2021

description: Multiracial youth are one of the most at-risk racial groups for child maltreatment. Multiracial individuals are also more likely to report mental health concerns than other racial or ethnic groups. This study aimed to identify demographic and psychological risk factors that are unique to multiracial, maltreated youth with respect to PTSD symptoms (i.e., re-experiencing, hyperarousal, avoidance) through classification and regression tree (CART) analyses. Participants included 99 multiracial, maltreated youth directly following their placement in an emergency group shelter due to substantiated maltreatment. The first hypothesis was that female gender, English first language, questions related to guilt and self-blame, and depressive symptoms would predict re-experiencing symptoms. The second hypothesis was that sexual maltreatment and questions related to interpersonal difficulties, negative cognitions about self, and dissociation would predict avoidance symptoms. The third hypothesis was that multiple traumas and questions related to internalized coping strategies, including isolation and resignation, and physical pain would predict hyperarousal symptoms. Hypotheses were partially supported. Feelings of tiredness and being self-religious were most predictive of re-experiencing symptoms. External locus of control, dissociative symptoms, emotion regulation, self-efficacy, and age were most predictive of avoidance symptoms. Lack of trust in others, age, and sexual maltreatment were most predictive of hyperarousal symptoms.
Lepidokirbyia vittipes subsp. vitellina Seitz 1921
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Lepidokirbyia
Lepidokirbyia vittipes
Lepidokirbyia vittipes vitellina (seitz, 1922)

description: Lepidokirbyia vittipes vitellina (Seitz, 1922)
Automolis vittipes vitellina Seitz, 1922: 374.
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Colombia], [Meta], Villavicencio; Upper Rio Negro.
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of syntypes (BMNH; one male syntype from Villavicencio labeled TYPE).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 211, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Supplementary document for Snapshot Ptychography on Array-cameras - 5614991.pdf
Creators: name: Wang, Chengyu
name: Hu, Minghao
name: Takashima, Yuzuru
name: Schulz, Timothy
name: Brady, David
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental example images
Simple few-shot method for spectrally resolving the wavefront of an ultrashort laser pulse
Creators: name: Smartsev, Slava
name: Liberman, Aaron
name: Andriyash, Igor A.
name: Cavagna, Antoine
name: Flacco, Alessandro
name: Giaccaglia, Camilla
name: Kaur, Jaismeen
name: Monzac, Joséphine
name: Tata, Sheroy
name: Vernier, Aline
name: Malka, Victor
name: Lopez-Martens, Rodrigo
name: Faure, Jérôme
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel and straightforward approach for the spatio-spectral characterization of ultrashort pulses. This minimally intrusive method relies on placing a mask with specially arranged pinholes in the beam path before the focusing optic and retrieving the spectrally-resolved laser wavefront from the speckle pattern produced at focus. We test the efficacy of this new method by accurately retrieving chromatic aberrations, such as pulse front tilt, pulse front curvature, and higher-order aberrations introduced by a spherical lens. The simplicity and scalability of this method, combined with its compatibility with single-shot operation, make it a promising candidate to become a new standard diagnostic tool in high-intensity laser facilities.
description: Algorithm updated: near-field intensity measurement no longer needed. Revised version extracts phase and amplitude at pinhole positions. Wavefronts nearly unchanged. Paper adjusted, typos corrected, and cosmetic figure changes made
Load Test on the EMCAL Module Frame
Creators: name: F. Noto
name: A. Palmeri
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2009

description: A consortium of French, Italian and US institutions is constructing a large electromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal ), which will complete the ALICE detector capabilities for measuring the entire range of physics observables in heavy ion interactions. Jet quenching, the interaction of energetic partons with dense matter, has been shown at RHIC to provide a broad range of unique and sensitive probes of the hot QCD medium. Jet quenching will play an equally important role in the LHC heavy ion physics program. The EMCal enables ALICE to explore the physics of jet quenching in detail, over the large kinematic range provided in heavy by the LHC.
Topological magnon-polarons in honeycomb antiferromagnets with spin-flop transition
Creators: name: Go, Gyungchoon
name: Yang, Heejun
name: Park, Je-Geun
name: Kim, Se Kwon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate the thermal Hall transport of magnon-polarons in a two-dimensional honeycomb antiferromagnetic insulator under the influence of a perpendicular magnetic field, varying in strength. The application of a perpendicular magnetic field induces a magnetic phase transition from the collinear antiferromagnetic phase to the spin-flop phase, leading to a significant alteration in Hall transport across the transition point. In this paper, our focus is on the intrinsic contribution to thermal Hall transport arising from the magnetoelastic interaction. To facilitate experimental verification of our theoretical results, we present the dependence of thermal Hall conductivity on magnetic field strength and temperature.
description: 10 pages, 6 figures
Ground Motion Measurements at LNF
Creators: name: B. Bolzon
name: L. Brunetti
name: M. Esposito
name: A. Jeremie
name: U. Rotundo
name: S. Tomassini
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2009

description: Preliminary measurements of ground motion have been done at the LNF for Super B site characterization. Measurements done during 18 hours in the vertical direction near a main road on surface show that earth motion (from 0.2Hz to 1Hz) is around 70nm, and that cultural noise (from 1Hz to 100Hz) varies from about 12nm to 35nm between 17h40 and 8h00 and from 38nm to 65nm between 09h40 and 11h40 on average, but highly increases between 8h00 and 09h40 due to traffic of rush hours ([3; 30] Hz) up to 240nm. However, measurements done during 20 minutes simultaneously on the surface and a 50m depth hole show that cultural noise is well attenuated in depth on its entire bandwidth (from 1Hz up to at least 100Hz). Vertical ground motion measured for 20 minutes in three other points located near various vibration sources during non rush hours the day was shown to be almost the same, about 70-80nm from 0.2Hz to 100Hz and about 30-35nm from 1Hz to 100Hz on average. Also, ground motion measurements done during 20 minutes simultaneously in the three directions at two points (located also near different vibration sources) show that horizontal motion is not much higher than vertical motion compared to horizontal tolerances which should be much less strict than the vertical one. To finish, measurements of ground motion coherence has been done for different distances on two different floors close to each other at LNF (soft and rigid) and compared to the one of ATF2 where a special floor was built for stability. Results confirm that a rigid floor keeps the coherence at higher frequencies, and that the LNF floor is much better than the one of ATF2 although it was not built for stability.
Aphanes acutidens Buser
Creators: name: Becherer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1956
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: A. acutidens Buser Cat. 123. !LC.01deBalme.(J-.).- 3:valsorey(Paiche);beiderGandegghütteobZermatt,3029m (Becherer 1944, det. Maillefer).
description: Published as part of Becherer, 1956, Florae Vallesiacae Supplementum, pp. 1-556 in Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 71 on pages 1-556
Optimization of a Linac-Based Neutron Source for Time-of-Flight Measurements
Creators: name: S. Bartalucci
name: V. Angelov
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2010

description: The conceptual design of a neutron source for time-of-flight (TOF) measurements with good energy resolution was presented in a previous paper, aiming at its implementation on a high energy electron Linac . There is a growing interest in nuclear data worldwide and the existing neutron sources are clearly insufficient. The distinguished feature of this source is the very small size of the neutron producing target, what reduces the uncertainty on the neutron pathlength and so helps improve resolution. This in turn allows one to reduce the neutron flightpath down to only 1 m, in order to keep the flux at an acceptable level for a given energy resolution. Hence a special design of the shielding used for background reduction is needed, if compared to other similar sources. The basic criterion used in designing the various components was the optimization of the TOF resolution, and consequent background reduction, which were done mainly by extensive simulations with the MCNP5 code. The optimization results of the main elements of this source (target, moderator, shielding, collimator) are reported on in this paper, suggesting the feasibility of a simple, cheap and flexible neutron facility with  an energy resolution ≤5%  to be implemented even on a low power but high energy electron Linac.
PORFIDO: Oceanographic Data for Neutrino Telescopes
Creators: name: M. Cordelli
name: R. Habel
name: A. Martini
name: L. Trasatti
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2010

description: PORFIDO (Physical Oceanography by RFID Outreach) is a system designed to be installed in the optical modules of the NEMO experiment and possibly, in future underwater neutrino telescopes to gather oceanographic data with a minimum of disturbance to the main project and a very limited budget. The system gathers oceanographic data (temperature, etc.) from passive RFID tags (WISPs) attached to the outside of the NEMO optical modules with an RF reader situated inside the glass sphere, without the need of connectors or penetrators, which are very expensive and offer low reliability. Ten PORFIDOs will be deployed with the NEMO Phase 2 tower in 2011.
Machaeraptenus Schaus 1894
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Machaeraptenus

description: Genus Machaeraptenus Schaus, 1894
(Fig. 6A)
Machaeraptenus Schaus, 1894: 228.
TYPE SPECIES. — Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus, 1894, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 211, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Fungal Colonization of Weathered Radiata Pine Surfaces Protected with Inorganic Nanoparticles and Coatings
Creators: name: Hernandez, Vicente A.
name: Sagredo, Nicole
name: Riquelme, Javiera
name: Romero, Romina
name: Evans, P. D. (Philip D.)
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: Photoactive nanoparticles are used to reduce microbial colonization and self-clean surfaces of materials such as glass and ceramics. To test whether such an approach is feasible for wood surfaces, we treated radiata pine samples with TiO2 (rutile and anatase) or ZnO nanoparticles and then coated the samples with different finishes. Coated samples and uncoated controls were exposed outdoors for six months. After exposure, fungi colonizing wood surfaces were identified using molecular techniques and microscopy, and colour changes in the wood samples were also measured. Treatment of uncoated surfaces with nanoparticles reduced the discolouration of wood during weathering but had little effect on colonization of wood by black mould fungi. In contrast, pretreatment of samples with titanium dioxide nanoparticles increased the number and diversity of fungi including basidiomycetes colonizing coated samples, whereas zinc oxide nanoparticles had the opposite effect. Zinc oxide nanoparticles, however, were less effective than rutile titanium dioxide nanoparticles at reducing the discolouration of coated samples exposed to natural weathering. We conclude that none of the photoactive nanoparticles on their own are able to reduce microbial colonization and discoloration of samples. This suggests that it may be difficult to create self-cleaning wood surfaces using photoactive nanoparticles.
Technical Design Report of the Inner Tracker for the KLOE-2 experiment
Creators: name: F. Archilli
name: D. Badoni
name: D. Babusci
name: G. Bencivenni
name: C. Bini
name: C. Bloise
name: V. Bocci
name: F. Bossi
name: P. Branchini
name: A. Budano
name: S. A. Bulychjev
name: P. Campana
name: G. Capon
name: F. Ceradini
name: P. Ciambrone
name: E. Czerwinski
name: E. Dane'
name: E. De Lucia
name: G. De Robertis
name: A. De Santis
name: G. De Zorzi
name: A. Di Domenico
name: C. Di Donato
name: B. Di Micco
name: D. Domenici
name: M. Dreucci
name: O. Erriquez
name: G. Felici
name: S. Fiore
name: P. Franzini
name: P. Gauzzi
name: S. Giovannella
name: F. Gonnella
name: E. Graziani
name: F. Happacher
name: B. Hoistad
name: E. Iarocci
name: M. Jacewicz
name: T. Johansson
name: A. Kupsc
name: V. V. Kulikov
name: L. Kurdadze
name: J. Lee Franzini
name: F. Loddo
name: M. A. Martemianov
name: M. Martini
name: M. A. Matsyuk
name: D. Mchedlishvili
name: R. Messi
name: S. Miscetti
name: G. Morello
name: D. Moricciani
name: P. Moskal
name: F. Nguyen
name: V. Patera
name: A. Passeri
name: L. Quintieri
name: A. Ranieri
name: P. Santangelo
name: I. Sarra
name: M. Schioppa
name: B. Sciascia
name: A. Sciubba
name: M. Silarski
name: M. Tabidze
name: C. Taccini
name: L. Tortora
name: G. Venanzoni
name: R. Versaci
name: W.Wislicki
name: M. Wolke
name: J. Zdebik
name: A. Balla
name: S. Cerioni
name: M. Gatta
name: N. Lacalamita
name: S. Lauciani
name: R. Liuzzi
name: M. Mongelli
name: A. Pelosi
name: M. Pistilli
name: V. Valentino
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2010

description: The technical design report of the Inner Tracker for the KLOE-2 experiment is presented
Prediction of stable nanoscale skyrmions in monolayer Fe$_5$GeTe$_2$
Creators: name: Li, Dongzhe
name: Haldar, Soumyajyoti
name: Kollwitz, Leo
name: Schrautzer, Hendrik
name: Goerzen, Moritz A.
name: Heinze, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using first-principles calculations and atomistic spin simulations, we predict stable isolated skyrmions with a diameter below 10 nm in a monolayer of the two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet Fe$_5$GeTe$_2$, a material of significant experimental interest. A very large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is observed due to the intrinsic broken inversion symmetry and strong spin-orbit coupling for monolayer Fe$_5$GeTe$_2$. We show that the nearest-neighbor approximation, often used in literature, fails to describe the DMI. The strong DMI together with moderate in-plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy allows to stabilize nanoscale skyrmions in out-of-plane magnetic fields above $\approx 2$~T. The energy barriers of skyrmions in monolayer Fe$_5$GeTe$_2$ are comparable to those of state-of-the-art transition-metal ultra-thin films. We further predict that these nanoscale skyrmions can be stable for hours at temperatures up to 20 K.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
A Shift In Artistic Practices through Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Tatar, Kıvanç
name: Ericson, Petter
name: Cotton, Kelsey
name: del Prado, Paola Torres Núñez
name: Batlle-Roca, Roser
name: Cabrero-Daniel, Beatriz
name: Ljungblad, Sara
name: Diapoulis, Georgios
name: Hussain, Jabbar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The explosion of content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) models has initiated a cultural shift in arts, music, and media, whereby roles are changing, values are shifting, and conventions are challenged. The vast, readily available dataset of the Internet has created an environment for AI models to be trained on any content on the Web. With AI models shared openly and used by many globally, how does this new paradigm shift challenge the status quo in artistic practices? What kind of changes will AI technology bring to music, arts, and new media?
Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus 1894
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Machaeraptenus
Machaeraptenus ventralis

description: Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus, 1894
Machaeraptenus ventralis Schaus, 1894: 229.
Automolis sordidipennis Rothschild, 1916: 266. — Type locality: Venezuela, [Carabobo], Las Quigas, near San Esteban. — Type specimen: Lectotype female designated by Watson (1975: 81) (BMNH).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Venezuela, [Aragua], Aroa.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype male no. 11 043 designated by Watson (1971: 95) (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 211, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Novel proposal for a low emittance muon beam using positron beam on target
Creators: name: M. Antonelli
name: M. Boscolo
name: R. Di Nardo
name: P. Raimondi
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2015

description: Muon beams are customarily obtained via K=π decays produced in proton interaction on target. In this paper we investigate the possibility to produce low emittance muon beams from electron-positron collisions at centre-of-mass energy just above the μ^+ μ^- production threshold with maximal beam energy asymmetry, corresponding to a positron beam of about 45 GeV interacting on electrons on target. We present the main features of this scheme with an outline of the possible applications.
Atrichoparia curticornis Published 2010, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Published, First
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Conopidae
Atrichoparia
Atrichoparia curticornis

description: Atrichoparia curticornis (Kröber), comb. nov. (Figs 36, 37, 57, 78) Heteroconops curticornis Kröber 1940: 69. Type material. Holotype (examined) ♀, L1: Type; L2: Heteroconops curticornis, Kröb. examined & det. O. Kröber, 1938.; L3: Heteroconops curticornis Krb [hand written pencil]; L4: Yanchep. 32 mls. N. of Perth. 3– 19.xii.1935; L5: TYPE; L6: W. AUSTRALIA: R. E. Turner. B.M.1936-28. (NHM). Additional material. Western Australia: 1♂, 1♀, Dongarra, 26.ix–3.x.1933 (NHM); 1♂, 16 km NW Eneabba, 29°49’S 115°16’E, 9–12.ix.1987 (WAM); 1♂, 30 W of Coolgardie, 29.x.1958; 2♂, 2♀, 25 S Coolgardie, 28.x.1958 (all ANIC); 5♂, 1♀, Wembley, 21.x; 2.xi.1961 (WAM); 1♂, Capel Dist., 18 mi [29 km] S Bunbury, 7.vii.1957 (AM); 1♀, Porongurup NP, 11.x.1970 (ANIC).
description: Published as part of Published, First, 2010, A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera) 2581, pp. 1-246 in Zootaxa 2581 on page 34
description: {"references": ["Krober, O. (1940) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Conopiden. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11), 5, 64 - 82."]}
Towards AI-Assisted Synthesis of Verified Dafny Methods
Creators: name: Misu, Md Rakib Hossain
name: Lopes, Cristina V.
name: Ma, Iris
name: Noble, James
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Large language models show great promise in many domains, including programming. A promise is easy to make but hard to keep, and language models often fail to keep their promises, generating erroneous code. A promising avenue to keep models honest is to incorporate formal verification: generating programs' specifications as well as code so that the code can be proved correct with respect to the specifications. Unfortunately, existing large language models show a severe lack of proficiency in verified programming.
 In this paper, we demonstrate how to improve two pretrained models' proficiency in the Dafny verification-aware language. Using 178 problems from the MBPP dataset, we prompt two contemporary models (GPT-4 and PaLM-2) to synthesize Dafny methods. We use three different types of prompts: a direct Contextless prompt; a Signature prompt that includes a method signature and test cases, and a Chain of Thought (CoT) prompt that decomposes the problem into steps and includes retrieval augmentation generated example problems and solutions. Our results show that GPT-4 performs better than PaLM-2 on these tasks and that both models perform best with the retrieval augmentation generated CoT prompt. GPT-4 was able to generate verified, human-evaluated, Dafny methods for 58% of the problems, however, GPT-4 managed only 19% of the problems with the Contextless prompt, and even fewer (10%) for the Signature prompt. We are thus able to contribute 153 verified Dafny solutions to MBPP problems, 50 that we wrote manually, and 103 synthesized by GPT-4.
 Our results demonstrate that the benefits of formal program verification are now within reach of code generating large language models...
description: This is an author provided preprint. The final version will be published at Proc. ACM Softw. Eng; FSE 2024, in July 2024
Monitoring the exposure to ethoxyquin between 2000 and 2021 in urine samples from the German Environmental Specimen Bank
Creators: name: Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
name: Pluym, Nikola
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Umweltprobenbank
Expositionsabschätzung
Kanzerogenität

description: Human Biomonitoring (HBM) of emerging chemicals gained increasing attention within the EU in recent years. After evaluating the metabolism, we established a new HBM method for ethoxyquin (EQ), a feed additive, which was banned in 2017 due to concerns regarding the possible exposure of the general population to it and its highly toxic precursor p-phenetidine. The method was applied to 250 urine samples from the Environmental Specimen Bank collected between 2000 and 2021. The major metabolite EQI was quantified in the majority of the study samples illustrating the ubiquitous exposure of the non-occupationally exposed population. A rather constant exposure was observed until 2016 with a significant decline from 2016 to 2021. This drop falls within the EU wide ban of the chemical as a feed additive from June 2017 which led to a gradual removal until its complete suspension in June 2020. The daily intake (DI) was evaluated with respect to the reported derived no-effect level (DNEL) to estimate the potential health risks from EQ exposure. The median DI of 0.0181 Ìg/kg bw/d corresponds to only 0.01 % of the DNEL. Even the observed maxima up to 13.1 Ìg/kg bw/d only accounted for 10 % of the DNEL. Nevertheless, the values suggest a general exposure with the risk of higher burden in a low fraction of the population. In regard to the EQ associated intake of the carcinogen and suspected mutagen p-phenetidine, this level of exposure cannot be evaluated as safe. The recent decrease and the broad exposure substantiate the need for future HBM campaigns in population representative studies to further investigate the observed reductions, potentially find highly exposed subgroups and clarify the impact of the ban as feed additive on EQ exposure. © 2023 The Author(s)
Exploring the Potential of Broadband Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Micro-Coil Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Environmental Research
Creators: name: Lysak, Daniel H.
name: Grisi, Marco
name: Marable, Kathryn
name: Conley, Gaurasundar M.
name: Michal, Carl A.
name: Moxley-Paquette, Vincent
name: Wolff, William W.
name: Downey, Katelyn
name: Kock, Flavio V. C.
name: Costa, Peter M.
name: Ronda, Kiera
name: Moraes, Tiago B.
name: Steiner, Katrina
name: Colnago, Luiz A.
name: Simpson, Andre J.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: With sensitivity being the Achilles’ heel of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), the superior mass sensitivity offered by micro-coils can be an excellent choice for tiny, mass limited samples such as eggs and small organisms. Recently, complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-based micro-coil transceivers have been reported and demonstrate excellent mass sensitivity. However, the ability of broadband CMOS micro-coils to study heteronuclei has yet to be investigated, and here their potential is explored within the lens of environmental research. Eleven nuclei including 7Li, 19F, 31P and, 205Tl were studied and detection limits in the low to mid picomole range were found for an extended experiment. Further, two environmentally relevant samples (a sprouting broccoli seed and a D. magna egg) were successfully studied using the CMOS micro-coil system. 13C NMR was used to help resolve broad signals in the 1H spectrum of the 13C enriched broccoli seed, and steady state free precession was used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio by a factor of six. 19F NMR was used to track fluorinated contaminants in a single D. magna egg, showing potential for studying egg–pollutant interactions. Overall, CMOS micro-coil NMR demonstrates significant promise in environmental research, especially when the future potential to scale to multiple coil arrays (greatly improving throughput) is considered.
Enhanced quantum state transfer: Circumventing quantum chaotic behavior
Creators: name: Xiang, Liang
name: Chen, Jiachen
name: Zhu, Zitian
name: Song, Zixuan
name: Bao, Zehang
name: Zhu, Xuhao
name: Jin, Feitong
name: Wang, Ke
name: Xu, Shibo
name: Zou, Yiren
name: Li, Hekang
name: Wang, Zhen
name: Song, Chao
name: Yue, Alexander
name: Partridge, Justine
name: Guo, Qiujiang
name: Mondaini, Rubem
name: Wang, H.
name: Scalettar, Richard T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ability to realize high-fidelity quantum communication is one of the many facets required to build generic quantum computing devices. In addition to quantum processing, sensing, and storage, transferring the resulting quantum states demands a careful design that finds no parallel in classical communication. Existing experimental demonstrations of quantum information transfer in solid-state quantum systems are largely confined to small chains with few qubits, often relying upon non-generic schemes. Here, by using a large-scale superconducting quantum circuit featuring thirty-six tunable qubits, accompanied by general optimization procedures deeply rooted in overcoming quantum chaotic behavior, we demonstrate a scalable protocol for transferring few-particle quantum states in a two-dimensional quantum network. These include single-qubit excitation and also two-qubit entangled states, and two excitations for which many-body effects are present. Our approach, combined with the quantum circuit's versatility, paves the way to short-distance quantum communication for connecting distributed quantum processors or registers, even if hampered by inherent imperfections in actual quantum devices.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures (main text); 14 pages, 20 figures (supplementary materials)
Lipowheat phytoceramides, a powerful dietary ingredient for hydration and anti-aging
Creators: name: Sylvie, DR Boisnic
name: Marie-Christine, Branchet
name: Emmanuelle, Gaillard
name: Irène, Lamour
Publisher: name: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health
Year: 2016

description: Lipowheat  is  the  first  natural ingredient rich in ceramides intended todietary   supplements.   There  is  a correlation  between  themodification  of  skin  lipids  in skin dryness and aging. Ceramides play amajor  role  in  this  relationship.  Studies  have  proven  that a lack ofceramides  in  the  skin leads to a non-functional hydrolipidic barrier, todry skin, to a lack of plumpness and finally to the apparition of wrinkles.Lipowheat is objectivized through in vitrotests, ex-vivotests and four oralingestion  clinical  studies  on  a total of 150 volunteers. The results ofthese  studies show that Lipowheat improves dramatically skin hydration andreduces all associated dry skin signs like roughness, itching, redness. Newresults  indicate  that  Lipowheat  improves  significantly  aging signs byreducing  wrinkle  depth (-18%),  by  increasing  significantly dermis density (+48%)(echography  measurements) and homogeneity of the complexion (+58,2%).  All  these  findings  indicate  a new powerful anti-aging action.
description: Journal of International Society of Antioxidants in  Nutrition & Health, Vol 3, No 1 (2016): Journal of ISANH Volume 3: Special Issue for Antioxidants Middle East